Customized Signs
Hu Yufeng was busy asking what students learned in kindergarten. Qin Wenping then recounted his son's daily life in kindergarten.
Hearing that the activity would mainly be about playing and that some simple words would be taught, Hu Yufeng felt relieved.
My granddaughter is taught by her father on a daily basis. In addition, there has been a strong learning atmosphere at home in the past half month, so she has mastered a lot of basic knowledge through osmosis.
Even Qin Shu would occasionally mutter at home: "Upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephone, it's so convenient..."
Seeing that she spoke with great affection towards her grandchildren, Qin Wenping's opinion of her changed slightly, and the two of them had a very pleasant conversation for a while.
After the four of them had a simple breakfast, Qin Wenping led the two of them straight to their destination.
On the East Ring Road, which is two streets away from the East Lake Market, the sounds of "clang, clang" and "sizzle, sizzle" and the flying sparks are intertwined to form a symphony that makes those who hear it feel pain in the ears and those who see it dizzy.
This entire street is lined with iron shops, including those that make doors and windows, and those that make signs.
Qin Wenping stopped at the door of one of the houses and called out, "Lao Tian, Lao Tian, are you there?"
After a while, a middle-aged bald man came out and laughed when he saw the few people: "Oh, Boss Qin! I'm sorry for not welcoming you, my distinguished guest..."
Qin Wenping also laughed: "It's not too late to come and welcome me now..."
After a long exchange of pleasantries, Qin Wenping pointed at the two and said to Lao Tian, "My aunt and my brother are going to order a custom sign."
"Brother Wenping is my brother. No matter what kind of product you want to order, the price is negotiable. Don't worry about the quality." Lao Tian greeted with a smile.
Qin Wenli smiled and gave Lao Tian a cigarette, then explained his family's needs.
Old Tian thought for a moment and said, "The most common street stalls on our street are to hang a piece of white cloth with the business details written in red. I suggest you make aluminum-plastic panels. Just make one 90 cm long and 60 cm wide. You can hang it on a welded frame or in front of a chopping board. What do you think?"
"How much does this cost?" Hu Yufeng asked.
"For the sake of the surface, it's only 12 yuan. Aluminum-plastic panels are new materials. Auntie, don't underestimate them because they are expensive. They are very durable!"
Few people would customize such a small sign, and Lao Tian really took the job because of Qin Wenping's consideration.
After he quoted the price, he couldn't help but grumble in his heart. In fact, the smaller the manual work, the higher the cost. If the other party bargains, he has no choice but to give in. How much should he give in?
But the mother and son opposite didn't even blink when they heard the price.
He didn't know that Qin Wenli had asked about the price before coming, and the mother and son had an idea of it.
Hu Yufeng had an idea. She looked at Qin Wenli and said, "Then make one for the fried dough twist stall and one for the tofu stall."
Sure enough, it coincided with Qin Wenli's idea.
Lao Tian readily agreed: "Okay, when do you want it?"
"How about this afternoon? We are from Yang County and plan to go back this afternoon."
"I'm afraid it's too late in the afternoon. How about tomorrow afternoon?"
Seeing Hu Yufeng was a little hesitant, Qin Wenping said, "Well, when it's ready tomorrow, I'll come over and take it to the car. What do you think, aunt?"
Hu Yufeng nodded: "Okay, I'll just trouble you to make a trip..."
"Aunt, you are too polite. It's just a matter of convenience."
Qin Wenli paid the deposit, and several people came out of the shop and went to customize bags.
This workshop is also in the eastern suburbs. The few of them walked east for eight minutes and arrived at a farmyard.
A few people came in and explained their purpose. The person in charge pointed to the colorful plastic bags hanging on the wall behind them and said, "These are samples. You can choose one first."
Some have black words on colored paper, and some have colorful words on white paper. Prices vary according to color and size.
Hu Yufeng and Qin Wenli considered carefully for a long time, and finally decided on the one with a white background and green words.
Green looks refreshing and clean, and green also represents hope. What their family lacks most right now is hope.
Paper bags are much simpler, just kraft paper, no choice.
These goods can only be picked up three days later, and I asked Qin Wenping to pick them up and bring them back.
A total of 500 plastic bags and 200 paper bags were ordered, spending a total of 20 yuan.
Seeing that everything was done, Qin Wenping asked:
"Aunt, Wenli, it's still early, where else do you want to go shopping?"
"Wenping, we've kept you occupied for the entire afternoon. Your store is still busy, so the two of us can just walk around here." Hu Yufeng said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, auntie. Qingfang is in the store. Besides, I'm only here with you guys so I can take a break. Please don't send me back." Qin Wenping pretended to be sad.
Hu Yufeng couldn't help laughing: "Okay, thank you for your help. Let's go find a market with many stalls."
Hu Yufeng had wanted to come out and take a look a long time ago. The more words she learned in the past half month, the more she felt that her knowledge was shallow. When I think about my own business, I feel a sense of urgency.
The two stalls of his family have established themselves in two nearby communes, and they bring in a stable monthly income. But it was this stability that made her feel fraught with danger.
Their family has neither special skills nor strong background, and they have achieved this stability only by taking advantage of opportunities and working diligently. But there are so many new things in this world, especially in the past two years, new things have emerged in an endless stream, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are changing with each passing day.
How long can their family's stability last in the face of social changes? Will it be like a mirage in the mirror, which will break with a single poke?
She was wrong before. Their goal should never be stability, but getting better and better. How can we get better and better? Only by continuous learning, going out and mastering new technologies can a business last long.
She had not mentioned this to Qin Wenli yet, but Wenli had read much more books than her, so he should have understood this principle long ago.
Qin Wenping thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go to the Dongjiao Vegetable Market. It's not the largest in the city, but it's one of the best, and it has a complete range of shops..."
Hu Yufeng and the other person nodded happily.
The Dongjiao Vegetable Market is quite far away, so in order to save time they decided to take a bus.
However, this time they took the bus, and the fare was 1 cent per person, so Hu Yufeng did not compete with the younger generations.
This was Hu Yufeng's first time riding on it. She saw buses passing by from time to time on the road. They looked similar to shuttle buses from the outside, but she didn't expect that they were very different inside.
There were few people on the bus at this time of day, so Hu Yufeng chose a window seat near the back door and looked out at the unique city scenery through the large glass window.
After four stops, they arrived. After getting off the bus, Hu Yufeng looked in the direction Qin Wenping pointed and saw an iron archway across the road with "Dongjiao Vegetable Market" written on it.
There were people coming and going at the entrance of the vegetable market, and many of them were carrying bags in their hands. It seems that most of them are middle-aged or elderly. It makes sense. It’s not even eleven o’clock yet. Young people are all at work. Who has time to go to the vegetable market?
Hu Yufeng and her companions crossed the crosswalk and arrived at the entrance of the vegetable market. From a distance they could smell the unique aroma of various foods mixed together in the market.
Just the smell makes people salivate.
Hu Yufeng was about to go in when Qin Wenping's pager rang.
Qin Wenping stopped, took it off his waist, looked at it with a puzzled expression, raised his head and said to the two of them, "Wenli, why don't you take your aunt in for a walk first? I'll call you back and come over."
"It's okay, we'll wait for you here." Qin Wenli suddenly felt a little nervous for some reason.
Qin Wenping found a nearby phone and called back. After a few words, Qin Wenping's face suddenly turned ugly, and Qin Wenli's heart tightened.
Qin Wenping hung up the phone before he could even pay, and said to the two of them, "Wenli, Auntie, it's a call from home, saying that my sister-in-law's delivery was robbed..."
Qin Wenli's brain went blank with a buzz.
Hu Yufeng's face turned pale, and he asked hurriedly, "Didn't you say how Xiu'er is?"
Qin Wenli also looked over when he heard this, his eyes anxious: "That's brother, did you say that the person is okay?"
Qin Wenping said solemnly, "He said he was injured in a fall, and several people sent him to the health center."
"Let's go, let's go back quickly." Hu Yufeng said.
"There is no bus going back right now, so go home first. My brother said he will take you there on his motorcycle, and I will wait for the afternoon bus back." Qin Wenping said to Qin Wenli.
Qin Wenli's expression relaxed a little after hearing this: "Okay, let's go back first..."
Several people rushed back to Qin Wenping's house on a tricycle, and Qin Wenjun's motorcycle had just arrived.
Qin Wenjun said hello to Hu Yufeng, and Qin Wenli climbed onto the motorcycle and left.
Hu Yufeng was worried because the earliest bus was not scheduled to leave until 12:30 and it would arrive at 2:00. But no matter how anxious she was, she could only wait for the bus back.
Liu Qingfang also looked worried, and she and Hu Yufeng chatted about this and that, but it was so confusing that no one knew what they were talking about.
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Qin Wenjun rode the motorcycle very fast and arrived at Shangguan Town in an hour.
As soon as the car stopped, Qin Wenli went straight to the outpatient building. Shangguan Town Health Center is a two-story single-sided building with a door curtain hanging on each door with the name of the department written on it.
Qin Wenli didn't bother to look. He ran around like a headless fly and couldn't find the doctor. He then caught a doctor and asked, "Hello, where is the female patient named Yang Xiu who was sent here this morning?"
Before the doctor could say anything, he heard someone in the next room calling out, "Wen Li?"
Qin Wenli let go of the doctor and ran away.
As soon as I came in, I saw Yang Xiu sitting on the wooden sofa against the wall, his hair was messy and there was a scratch on his right cheekbone, which was swollen. His left hand was supporting his right arm, his right foot was hanging in the air, and his swollen ankle was painted with red medicine. He looked miserable.
Qin Wenli felt relieved when he saw this, and said with concern:
"How are you injured? Are your bones okay?"
As he asked, he looked Yang Xiu over.
"It's just an injured ankle. The doctor just examined it and said it's some kind of soft tissue contusion. He applied some medicine and it's now drying. There's nothing else wrong, just a knot... wuwu..." Yang Xiu answered calmly at first, but when he came to his senses, his eyes were red.
"Okay, okay, I'm glad you're okay..." Qin Wenli sat down on her right side, put his arm around her head and comforted her softly.
"Wuwu...hiss...you are pressing on my arm..." Yang Xiu raised his right arm and took a deep breath, tears streaming down his face.
"Oh, your right arm is also injured? Has the doctor checked it?" Qin Wenli said as he was about to roll up Yang Xiu's sleeves.
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