Seeing the contents of the grocery store, Wu Chunlan was surprised for a while. "The store is so big! It's even bigger than the supply and marketing cooperative in our village."
Yan Gusheng nodded repeatedly, touching the various items in the general store with great interest. "They have everything! I'll have to memorize the prices of all these things for days."
That's what she said, but she couldn't hide the smile on her face.
It was clear that the two were very satisfied with the shop, or rather, they hadn't expected Duoduo to prepare such a large shop for them. They had originally planned to sell some cigarettes, alcohol, or children's snacks, just like back home, earning a little money each day, enough to cover their living expenses.
But this shop is comparable to a rural supply and marketing cooperative.
The two elderly people were very moved, especially Wu Chunlan, who was truly glad that she hadn't held onto Yan Gusheng's past.
Yun Duoduo smiled and pointed to the labels on each item, telling Yan Gusheng and the other person, "No need to remember them, the prices are all marked on them for you. Just remember to mark them when you go to restock. Take your time at first, and you'll naturally remember them over time."
After saying that, Yun Duoduo led them to the house next door and pointed to the goods stored inside, saying, "This is the warehouse. We usually keep our stock here. You can come and get it when you need it."
Yun Duoduo had also calculated that the goods in the counter, plus the goods in the warehouse, were enough for them to sell for at least a week or ten days at a time, so they didn't need to restock frequently.
Each time goods arrive, Yan Qiuting, Yan Honglan, or Yan Junting can help sort them out; it's not too much trouble.
Even if the three siblings take turns coming, it's still once a month for each of them.
However, aside from these, the only thing they need to do themselves is to keep track of the accounts.
Yun Duoduo instructed them, "The most troublesome thing for you is that you have to keep accounts every day, see how much goods you sold and how much income you made. At the end of the month, you will settle the accounts once a month, and then you will know how much money you can make in a month."
Yun Duoduo knew that although Wu Chunlan had little formal education, Yan Gusheng was quite educated and had even served as a brigade cadre in their hometown, so he was certainly capable of calculating such accounts.
Moreover, it's also beneficial for older people to use their brains.
Yan Gusheng was quite confident about this matter. "Okay, okay, no problem. We'll take it slowly. We'll definitely be able to do it well."
Seeing how excited the two were, Yun Duoduo smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's pick a day to open for business then."
Upon hearing this, Yan Gusheng eagerly asked, "Then shall we open for business tomorrow?"
Wu Chunlan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I've checked the auspicious date, tomorrow is a good day, we'll open for business tomorrow."
Yun Duoduo let them decide. Opening tomorrow is fine too. Anyway, the neighbors all know that a general store is opening here, and it has a lot of stuff.
Because there are several tailors living nearby in their factory, it's easy for them to spread the word quickly.
Seeing that Wu Chunlan and Yan Gusheng had already started discussing what to prepare for tomorrow's opening, Yun Duoduo didn't participate. Instead, she smiled and asked, "Then you two keep an eye on things, and I'll make you something to eat."
Wu Chunlan nodded, and specifically instructed Yun Duoduo, "Duoduo, just make something simple, don't make it too complicated."
Yan Junting immediately caught up and followed her to the kitchen. He said to Yun Duoduo, "Honey, you rest. I'll cook. Just make a bowl of noodles for each of them. Dinner will be ready soon."
After Yan Junting finished speaking, he asked Yun Duoduo to sit down and turned on the stove in the kitchen to make noodles for the two of them.
Just as they were about to boil water, Song Qinglian's voice came from outside, "Duoduo, Duoduo!"
Yun Duoduo exclaimed "Oh!" and hurried to the yard.
The courtyard where they lived was connected to the general store. Originally, there was a wall separating them, but since it was all for the Yan family to live in, a few days ago when Yan Junting was cleaning the courtyard, he took some bricks from the wall and made a gate.
This makes it more convenient for the two courtyards to be connected.
When Song Qinglian saw Yun Duoduo come out, she pointed to a basket she had brought over and said, "Duoduo, don't cook anymore, I've already made it. You guys eat something quickly."
Song Qinglian is a very thoughtful person. Knowing that Yan Gusheng would be discharged from the hospital today, she had prepared the meal well in advance.
However, after she finished cooking, she didn't see Yun Duoduo and assumed that Yun Duoduo and Yan Junting had gone to pick up Yan Gusheng and the others from the hospital.
She used a bamboo basket to carry the food over.
Song Qinglian prepared a simple lunch: scrambled eggs, pan-fried tofu, and a yam and meatball soup. She thought that Yan Gusheng had just been discharged from the hospital and shouldn't eat anything too greasy, so she prepared something light.
Yun Duoduo had already eaten at Ning Yue's place, so she told Yan Junting and Yan Gusheng to eat quickly.
Taking advantage of this time, Yun Duoduo originally wanted to go to the yard to see if she could plant a few pots of flowers in the yard, just like Ning Yue.
The yard here is very spacious; you could easily grow a few potted plants or even create a small garden.
Perfect, we can have Yan Gusheng take care of it then, and it will bring more life to the yard.
However, while she was in the yard, she unexpectedly heard voices coming from the neighboring yard.
The courtyard next door is where Jian Dan lives. Because Jian Dan likes quiet, the courtyard basically looks like no one lives there to outsiders.
Yun Duoduo rarely heard voices from that side, but this time the voice was quite loud and didn't sound like a simple voice; it sounded like a man's voice.
The man's voice, just listening to it, doesn't sound like Aunt Liu's son, Wang Weicheng's voice.
Wasn't it said that only Wang Weicheng was allowed to come and go from this simple place? Were there other men there?
Yun Duoduo became increasingly curious about Jian Dan. She felt that this girl gave off a strange vibe, like a foe or a friend, but neither.
This feeling made Yun Duoduo very uneasy.
Originally, if there had been no interaction, it would have been fine, but Jian Dan came to her for cooperation.
In fact, she never understood why Jian Dan wanted to cooperate with her.
In terms of making money, she could actually earn much more.
For example, if she gets more stock to sell, her profit will naturally be higher.
If it weren't for the money, she wouldn't be so daring on her own. She has plenty of food and drink and could easily choose not to cooperate with me.
Not only Yun Duoduo, but even Wu Chunlan and the others heard the noise next door. Wu Chunlan pointed to the next door and said, "Does someone live next door? Should we go and say hello? After all, it's Lin Jun, so we should at least get acquainted with him."
Yun Duoduo quickly stopped her, "Never mind, there's a girl living next door who doesn't really like interacting with people."
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