Song Zhaoxia received the pleated skirt and proudly showed it off, exclaiming, "Look at this fabric, this pattern, it's really a fine piece!"
Passersby and nearby residents gathered around, and sure enough, another group of people lined up.
The news spread like wildfire, and eventually, the entire city of Deyang was in an uproar!
"Boss, when will the next batch of goods arrive?"
"Does paying money guarantee you'll get the goods?"
"I want to pay a deposit, boss, please write my name on the notebook."
Only thirty of the pre-booked customers showed up, and the rest arrived sporadically. Chu Yu had to put in a lot of effort to serve them, which wasn't worth it.
Ultimately, the problem lies in the small amount of deposit paid; a deposit of 2 yuan is negligible for an employee's family.
Chu Yu simply raised the deposit to 5 yuan.
Firstly, customers' deposits can be used to place orders with merchants, thereby increasing revenue.
Secondly, 5 yuan is not a small amount. Customers are afraid that she will run away after paying. Once the agreed time arrives, even the most important things have to be put aside, which shortens the pickup time and saves labor costs.
"The deposit is now increased to 5 yuan. Those who pay the deposit can pick up the goods on Wednesday noon."
After Chu Yu finished speaking, some customers hesitated. A deposit of 2 yuan was not a big deal. Even if the stall owner ran away, it wouldn't cause any real damage. But 5 yuan was a different story. With so many customers paying in cash, who would they turn to for justice if the stall owner ran away with the money?
However, some customers didn't care about the money at all and immediately paid 5 yuan to reserve their spot, rushing to be the first to write their names down.
"Don't worry about me running away. If I'm not here by noon on Wednesday, come find me at Shujia Roujiamo near the entrance of Deyang Middle School."
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped hesitating and rushed to pay the deposit.
Chu Xiang's hands were shaking as she collected the money. She had paid a deposit of 195 yuan for the pleated skirt. Since the deposit amount was large, many customers hesitated and thought they would wait until the day the goods were delivered to queue up and buy them.
Shu Hui and Deng Fangping were so happy to earn tens of yuan a day that they couldn't sleep. Her sister sold a hundred skirts and dozens of flared pants in one day, and also placed orders for nearly forty more. The profit was at least three or four thousand yuan!
This isn't making money, it's robbing people! At this rate, her sister will be a millionaire in no time! And yet, her sister remains completely calm, as if earning a few thousand yuan is nothing. She's still wearing the same tattered shirt and black cloth shoes she brought from the Zhou family!
Luckily, her sister is beautiful, so any clothes look extraordinary on her. Otherwise, who would believe that such a plainly dressed girl is a sure-fire millionaire?
Chu Yu once said she would buy her a house so that they would have a respectable family home. Chu Xiang thought that day would be a long time coming, but her sister made her dream come true in less than a month.
If you already have 10,000 yuan, how far away can 20,000, 30,000, or even 100,000 yuan be?
Although Chu Xiang was naive, she wasn't stupid. Her sister was making a fortune selling only pleated skirts and flared pants, a very limited selection. If they could expand the business and add more variety, the business would grow exponentially.
Chu Xiang didn't even dare to think about it.
Chu Yu sent another telegram to Boss Chen, saying he wanted to order three hundred pleated shirts.
I originally wanted to order 500 skirts, but with summer vacation coming to an end and Deyang's climate being so changeable—a single rain shower can turn it into autumn in a second—if the weather turns bad and the skirts don't sell, this batch of goods might become a burden.
Goods only create value when they circulate in your hands; Chu Yu doesn't covet too much.
Mr. Chen replied quickly that the pleated skirt would take two days to ship, and that autumn clothing was already on the market in Wenzhou. He suggested that if Chu Yu had time, he would like to invite her to visit Wenzhou and bring back some new products.
Chu Yu had the same idea. Autumn and winter clothing, especially winter clothing, accounted for the majority of clothing sales, and the entire annual turnover depended on winter clothing.
In his past life, Chu Yu knew a woman who ran a clothing business. She would close her shop for half the year and only open it again in the fall to sell down jackets. She could earn millions a year, no less than anyone else.
On Monday, Shu's Roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) shop opened for business. Shu Aiguo bought firecrackers early in the morning, and several strings of firecrackers were strung together, totaling a thousand firecrackers.
Deng Fangping and Shu Hui were wearing new clothes, their hair was up in a bun, and they wore jade-colored leather sandals and flesh-colored stockings underneath.
After all, she spends most of her time in the kitchen, so her attire isn't particularly trendy; it's more about cleanliness and comfort.
For the past month, Shu Hui has been selling roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) at a street stall. While she hasn't exactly lived a life of luxury, the workload has been many times lighter than when she was at the Zhou family's house.
You can set up your stall in the shade, sit down when no one's around, and do farm work like that.
After working herself to the bone all day at the Zhou family's house, she still had to watch Jiang Meifeng's face when she got home. She had to pick up the chores and keep doing them, with no time to sleep. Even so, her husband still wrote back to divorce her. The double torment of body and mind made Shu Hui look like a beaten ox, with dry eyes and sallow, lifeless skin.
What's worse is that every penny she earns in the Zhou family never reaches her own hands, so no matter how much hardship Shu Hui endures, there's no hope for her future.
Now, Shu Hui has her own career, is confident and strong. After more than half a month of training, she is not so afraid of people anymore. When she encounters a gruff male customer, she dares to speak clearly.
A woman who doesn't waste her life in marriage can look forward to every day of her remaining life.
Chu Yu was very pleased to see Shu Hui's transformation.
"Mom, you two should take a break every now and then. You can't keep yourselves trapped in the shop."
Shu Hui used to never dare to go to department stores. The sales clerks there had a sharp eye and could tell at a glance whether you had money in your pocket. Every time she went to a department store, she felt inferior and didn't dare to lift her head.
Now that I've made money, my mindset is different.
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