After receiving the new property certificate, Gu Wei and Gu Zhiwen completed the final steps of the home purchase—property handover and payment of the remaining balance.
Zhong Xiang also came along.
After finishing, Gu Zhiwen left because he had other things to do.
Gu Wei invited Zhong Xiang to dinner at the Qingcheng Hotel.
The two are now closer than before.
We ate and chatted, and everyone was very relaxed.
"Brother, to be honest, I really envy you. You're young and promising, handsome and rich. When I was your age, it was the early 1990s, and I was still learning how to deal in medicinal herbs from my elders."
Gu Wei immediately became interested. "Was the medicinal herb business profitable back then? What were the profit margins like?"
"It was easy to do! Back then, information wasn't readily available, and there were few customers buying on credit, so the profits were quite substantial! However, traveling all over the country, you'd encounter plenty of robbers, and some would even kill you for your money. Let me tell you, there are many stories behind this..."
When talking about the past, Zhong Xiang's eyes lit up considerably.
That was a field that Gu Wei had never heard of or been exposed to before.
Zhong Xiang's vivid storytelling made Gu Wei feel like he was listening to a storyteller.
Finally, Zhong Xiang sighed, "Business used to be really easy, unlike now. Peak seasons aren't booming, and off-seasons are even worse. Sometimes I even think about changing careers, but after decades of doing this, it's not so easy to start over in a different industry, especially at my age."
"I'll just take it one day at a time. When I can't work anymore, I'll go abroad to retire like Lao Gu and the others. Anyway, my son isn't planning to come back from there. It's just that I'm used to Chinese food, and my foreign girlfriend isn't used to it."
Gu Wei was initially feeling somewhat conflicted.
But his last words made him laugh again.
It turns out that Zhong Xiang is a seasoned takeout enthusiast.
Unfortunately, he dislikes close physical contact without an emotional foundation.
Otherwise, I would definitely ask to be taken along.
The meal ended happily for both of them.
Gu Wei accepted another order from Zhong Xiang for ten bottles of medicinal wine tomorrow.
After they parted ways, Gu Wei did not return to the villa, but went to a restaurant instead.
The store renovation is nearing completion and should be finished tomorrow.
Gu Wei looked around upstairs and downstairs and was quite satisfied.
So they entrusted the task of making some changes to the villa to this renovation company.
By the time I finished my work and returned to 84, it was already past 7 p.m.
As soon as Gu Wei entered the house, he sensed that something was very wrong.
Not only did Gu Hongjie look like a wilted eggplant, but Gu Jianguo and Li Guizhi also looked worried.
His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
Upon seeing Gu Wei, the three of them seemed to have immediately found their pillar of support.
"Gu Wei, you're finally back! Today, when we went to sell goods at the entrance of the food factory, two people who said they were from the city management came and wouldn't let us sell there. They said if we didn't leave, we would be fined, so we had to leave."
"In the evening, we thought we'd try another store near a different office, but after selling just five skirts, two more people doing the same thing appeared. If Yingzi hadn't mentioned that her in-laws had a relative working at the bureau, we probably would have had all our goods confiscated!"
They all knew that if the goods were taken away, even if Gu Wei tried to get them back later, he might not be able to get a single item back.
Moreover, asking someone to do something will definitely cost money.
Fortunately, someone I knew happened to be there, so it was a false alarm.
But just when they were selling so well every day, they suddenly had to stop. Gu Jianguo and the others were very worried about this.
Gu Wei breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
It doesn't matter if the goods are confiscated, as long as my grandparents are alright.
“I thought it was something serious. Let’s stop selling at the company gate starting tomorrow. The business license will be issued in the next couple of days, and we need to prepare for the opening.”
Actually, Gu Wei didn't initially intend for his grandparents to suffer this hardship.
However, considering that they took the initiative to propose it and were quite enthusiastic, and that they felt a heavy psychological burden from just eating without doing any work, we agreed.
Now that the urban management officers have appeared, there's no need to continue.
"Sigh, but we're losing a lot of sales every day."
"Yes, we get several hundred every day."
Gu Jianguo and his colleagues weren't upset about their own commissions, but rather they felt that they were hindering Gu Wei from making money.
Gu Wei knew exactly what his grandparents were thinking, and comforted them, "It's alright, a couple more days won't make a difference. Selling outside the factory gates isn't a long-term solution anyway. A factory only has a fixed number of people; who can buy clothes every day? You can stay in the store from now on, and customers from all over will come to you on their own. You'll definitely sell faster and more."
Gu Jianguo and the others thought about it and realized that it made sense.
Before, when Gu Wei didn't come back, they were extremely worried.
Now it's finally clearing up from cloudy to sunny.
The two were restless people, so they immediately found work to do.
Gu Hongjie also performed Yangko dance and opera.
He even dragged Gu Wei to tell him about the martial arts moves in the comic books.
Gu Wei watched Gu Hongjie gesturing and joking with amusement, thinking how wonderful it was to have family around, where happiness and worries could be found in an instant.
The next day, before Gu Wei and the others had finished breakfast, Zhao Zhengying arrived at their house carrying a small bag.
"Brother Gu, you've heard about it, right? What should we do?"
Seeing that she looked just as worried as her grandparents had yesterday, Gu Wei smiled and said, "It's alright, we won't go starting today. You guys tidy up and decorate the shop properly, and we'll open in two days."
Zhao Zhengying hadn't slept well all night, but now she realized that it was no big deal in Gu Wei's eyes, and immediately her face lit up with joy: "Okay, Brother Gu."
Gu Wei casually asked, "Was the TV moved back to the forest farm and then put on display?"
Zhao Zhengying hurriedly said, "It took quite a while to get it... Brother Gu, my mom said that one day when the hunters kill that hurt bear, she'll ask them for bear paws and send them down for you to try."
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