Liao Xiumei was taken aback. Her family did have an oscillating fan, which someone had given to Shu Jiandang as payment for a debt. Shanguan Village had never had electricity, so the oscillating fan was useless. It was kept at home and covered with a bed sheet to prevent dust from settling in.
But why should I use her products for free when we're doing business together? The electric fan is so expensive, what if it breaks? Nobody in the store takes care of it, and customers keep changing the speed and direction, which will greatly shorten the lifespan of the fan.
Liao Xiumei was extremely unwilling.
"My electric fan consumes a lot of electricity, which is inconvenient."
"So what? Something is better than nothing."
"But the child needs it at home."
Liu Chunhua glanced at her and said, "Sister, you wouldn't be unwilling, would you? We don't have the money to buy a new electric fan right now. If this continues, our business will be squeezed out by the Shu family, and we might not even be able to keep the shop. I won't be the only one who loses money then!"
That little vixen Liu Chunhua is so respectful to her in public, but her words are unpleasant to hear in private.
Liao Xiumei had cursed her thousands of times, but she had to admit that Liu Chunhua was right. If things continued like this, the business would not be able to continue and the shop would have to close down sooner or later. Half of the money in the shop belonged to her, and she couldn't let the shop go bankrupt!
Liao Xiumei had no choice but to grit her teeth and say, "Fine, I'll have Jian Dang go back and move the electric fan later."
"Should we add some variety and make some fried rice, noodles, dumplings, and the like to sell in the shop?" Liao Xiumei suggested.
Liu Chunhua had no objections. Their business was only busy during mealtimes; after that, the shop was empty, so they could easily make dumplings or something.
A rainstorm in Deyang heralded the arrival of autumn. After the weather cleared up, the temperature dropped significantly. Chu Yu had just laid out his freshly ironed suit when he was surrounded by several older women.
"Young comrade, we've been waiting for you for a long time."
Chu Yu was somewhat surprised. Sales of pleated skirts had cooled down after the temperature dropped, and logically there shouldn't have been any queues.
"Sister, what would you like to buy?"
"That suit of yours! I saw it a few days ago when I was queuing to buy a pleated skirt. At the time, I thought it was too expensive and unnecessary, but the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. So, my husband just got his bonus, and I came here to buy one!"
"Sis, your brother really dotes on you. He gave you the bonus first."
The older sister laughed so hard her eyes narrowed into slits. "He's as fat as a pig, but he dotes on his wife and is incredibly good to me! He never complains when I buy clothes; he lets me spend whatever it costs!"
"Big sister, you've really come to the right person."
Chu Yu offered a few words of flattery and then slipped the suit jacket onto his older sister.
The eldest sister has a plump figure, and her shoulders appear broad when she wears other clothes, but after wearing Chu Yu's suit, she doesn't look it at all.
The suit concealed all her flesh, and it's no exaggeration to say that it even gave the older sister the illusion that "she's very thin and could eat an extra two ounces of smoked meat at night."
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