Chu Yu lied to her on the train, saying she wanted to repeat a year of high school, when in fact she hadn't even graduated yet. Shen Zhuyu was utterly impressed. A high school senior had made so much money in just two months of summer vacation. She really wanted to put Chu Yu's photo on the wall and pray to her three times a day.
"So, you're going to take the college entrance exam again next year? What will happen to our shop after you get into university?"
Chu Yu glanced at her. "How did you know I could get into university?"
Is there even a question? Shen Zhuyu not only believed that she could get into university, but she also thought that she could get into a prestigious university.
"Tell me honestly, what's your ranking in the grade?"
Chu Yu paused in her book-flipping motion, inexplicably feeling that her answer was a bit pretentious.
"First place, I guess."
Shen Zhuyu felt yet another gap between herself and Chu Yu. Chu Yu was an excellent partner—fair-skinned, with a promising future, beautiful and intelligent; every compliment in the world could be used to describe her. Shen Zhuyu didn't regret giving all her assets to Chu Yu, but Chu Yu was going to take the college entrance exam next year. It wasn't impossible for Shen Zhuyu to manage the store, but she was afraid she wouldn't be able to do a good job.
Chu Yu is the soul of this clothing store.
“After you get into university, you can’t just hand this shop over to me, can you? You’ll be busy with your studies then, and it’s definitely not going to work for me to handle all the purchasing and selection of goods.”
Chu Yu had already considered this point.
"Don't worry, a year is enough for me to develop the clothing store into a chain store. Next year I'll go to university in Beijing, and we'll open a chain store there, on the busiest streets, one in every district of Beijing. After that, we'll expand from north to south, turning the clothing store into a clothing company, a listed company. Once the company is big, we'll have other clothing brands, making pants, children's wear, girls' wear, middle-aged wear, down jackets... By then, why will you need to source the goods?"
Shen Zhuyu swallowed hard, feeling that Chu Yu was trying to instill something new in her. She couldn't keep up with Chu Yu's thoughts and was being fooled. She thought to herself, "If the future is really that beautiful, then so be it."
She was just a self-employed individual and had never thought about starting a clothing company or anything like that, but Chu Yu had already thought that far ahead.
Shu Hui was worried when she heard that Chu Yu was going to open a clothing store in partnership with someone:
"You two have only met a few times, what if you get scammed?"
Chu Yu took out the 20,000 yuan that Shen Zhuyu had given her. When Shu Hui heard that Shen Zhuyu had been foolish enough to give her entire fortune to someone she had only met a few times, she worried that Shen Zhuyu would be easily deceived. She earnestly said to Shen Zhuyu:
"You silly child, don't be so stubborn next time. Your family will worry if they find out."
How could Chen Zhuyu not be afraid! She was terrified!
She painstakingly sold erotic magazines, painstakingly saving up 20,000 yuan, which she poured her heart out to Chu Yu. She was terrified that Chu Yu would abscond with the money, and that she would wake up one morning to find not only the money gone, but also her heart and soul ripped out.
But what could she do?
In this kind of relationship, someone has to make a sacrifice. She can only take a gamble and hope that she has a good eye for people.
“Aunt Shu, I am an orphan, I have no father or mother, I can go anywhere, no one will worry about me.”
These words brought tears to the eyes of Shu Hui and Deng Fangping. The two of them served Shen Zhuyu a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and soy milk, and also cut a plate of freshly cooked pork leg meat.
Shu Hui also specifically instructed Chu Yu:
"You've taken so much money from them, you can't treat them badly!"
Chu Yu thought to herself that she wasn't a scumbag, so how could she mistreat Shen Zhuyu? Taking 30% of the shares for 20,000 yuan wasn't much, but with her experience from two lifetimes, taking this extra share from Shen Zhuyu was already merciful enough and not at all taking advantage of her.
Shu Hui was an honest person, and Shen Zhuyu quickly realized this. She was very curious about how Shu Hui had given birth to Chu Yu. How could a rural woman with little knowledge raise such a shrewd daughter? Was it because the mother was weak and the daughter was strong, and the mother's gentleness created the daughter's strength?
Shen Zhuyu settled down in Deyang without even going back to get her clothes.
Deng Fangping joked that she was afraid Chu Yu would run away, so she had to guard her 20,000 yuan.
Chu Yu asked Shu Aiguo to help buy a few beds and simply decorated the third floor of the clothing store. They moved the beds in to live in first. Tables and wardrobes were optional. After the simple arrangement, this became Shen Zhuyu's little nest in Deyang.
"The renovation might be a bit noisy during the day, so we'll try to finish it within two weeks."
Shen Zhuyu didn't care; she wasn't someone who hadn't suffered before. "I saw my second uncle setting up the shelves?"
Chu Yu showed her the shelf diagram he had drawn.
"On the east side, we used wooden display racks to hang clothes, and below we used clothes racks to hang clothes one by one. On the west side, we used U-shaped hanging rods directly nailed to the wall. I had someone make the hanging rods black. These three hanging rods can hang forty or fifty different kinds of clothes."
Shen Zhuyu had never seen a clothing store like this before. Even the ones in Hong Kong movies weren't this luxurious. If it were properly decorated, it would cause a sensation throughout Deyang.
In the 1980s, tourism was not yet developed, and there were not many places to visit in Deyang. Ji Kai was not very interested, and Chu Yu did not force him to go sightseeing. She only took him to a few hole-in-the-wall restaurants, discussed some details about suit fabrics with him, and then sent Ji Kai to the train station.
"Chu Yu, I'll treat you to dinner next time I go to Wenzhou."
Chu Yu has already given Ji Kai the profits from the more than one thousand suits.
"I'll transfer the remaining money to you once it's in your account."
"Those are minor matters."
Ji Kai waved casually, and the train gradually pulled away from the platform. As the conductor closed the doors, he caught sight of Chu Yu and asked with a smile, "Is this young comrade your girlfriend?"
Ji Kai shook his head with a smile, "I'm not that lucky. This girl is very capable; I'm not good enough for her."
As soon as Ji Kai left, Chu Yu dragged Chen Zhuyu to the building materials market. Shu Aiguo helped her build shelves and order clothes racks. Although they were not as exquisite as those in later generations, they were not considered low-class after being painted.
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