Chapter 51

When they arrived at the provincial capital, it was only a few days away from May. Normally speaking, it was a bit late to start selling summer clothes at this time.

But there was no other way. Qin Xiang had just started her career and did not have sufficient funds. She could not go to Guangzhou without some family background. So this was her fastest speed.

Because of this, she had not been able to go to school recently. Fortunately, she did well in the monthly exam at the beginning of the month, otherwise Teacher Ning Sumei would have definitely taken her back to study.

Even so, Qin Xiang was studying all the time on the way back and forth. Fortunately, she spent a little more money to buy a seat ticket. Qin Yang sat outside and she studied inside.

The environment on the train was not good, but there was no way to negotiate conditions. She just studied as much as she could.

When they arrived at the provincial capital, they went to the freight station to ask, and learned that the goods would not arrive until the next day or the day after. They hurried to find the master. The master did not expect that they really came again. He raised his eyelids and said, "What a coincidence you came. Our host came this morning. I have already asked. This storefront is not for sale, but it can be rented to you for a long time. The agreement has been written. You can take a look. If you agree, sign it and I will transfer it on your behalf."

Qin Xiang felt a little regretful when she heard that the other party was not selling it. To be honest, if she were the landlord, she would not sell the house. Although the house has a good location, the purchase price would not exceed three to five thousand yuan at most. Instead, she would rent it out because of the good location. It would cost at least fifty yuan a month, which would be a lot for three years.

Qin Xiang took the agreement and looked at it. She was stunned. The rent on it was only 25 yuan. She was surprised and said, "Grandpa, didn't you say 51 months before?"

Who doesn't like a bargain, but the difference between the two is a bit big. And she also asked about the rent of the houses around, and the rent of half the price is 20 yuan a month.

Grandpa snorted, "You are lucky. Our host is a good person. It is not easy to find out that you are a self-employed person, so he changed the price. But this is only the price for three years. After three years, the rent will be based on the market price."

This gives people time to make money.

Qin Xiang couldn't help but sigh that this landlord is a kind person.

And she looked at the terms of the rental agreement. Every item is very reasonable, and it can't be more perfect than the later ones.

Qin Xiang glanced at the place where the landlord signed. It was a round and full character, and it also had a nice name: Meng Huaiqing.

What a good name.

Qin Xiang didn't hesitate, took out a pen and was about to sign.

Qin Yang held her hand and said, "Have you thought about it, are you really going to rent this place?"

"Rent, there is no reason not to rent it." Qin Xiang signed her name, and asked her third brother to take out 900 yuan and give it to the grandfather. The grandfather also gave her a bunch of keys, "This one is downstairs, this one is upstairs, I live here, if you have anything, just tell me."

Qin Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him solemnly, "Thank you, grandfather, what is your surname?"

"No need to be surnamed Ge, just call me Old Man Ge."

After saying that, Grandpa Ge walked them away.

Qin Xiang hesitated for a moment, "Master Ge, is the landlord still in the provincial capital? If there is a chance, can I treat him to a meal to express my gratitude?" He

saved her half of her money in a month, so it is only right to treat her to a meal.

Master Ge curled his lips and snorted, "My master doesn't care about your meal. Just manage the business well after getting the advantage."

Qin Xiang regretted, "Then we have to treat you to a meal as well."

"No need, the old man is used to it."

Although Master Ge's attitude was not very good, Qin Xiang did not force it. To be honest, she was anxious to open the door and go in to see her territory. It would be fun to just look at it from the outside.

And the goods were on the way, so she had to take advantage of this time to quickly clean up the store, and it would be better to paint the walls and open it for business as soon as possible.

The brother and sister said goodbye to Master Ge, went out and opened the door of the front room, and pushed it open and walked in.

From the outside, you can only see a corner of the house, because there is no light on, so it looks dark.

However, Qin Xiang was stunned again when she opened the door and walked in.

She thought that this front room would be full of dust and mess after being vacant for so long.

But she didn't expect it to be clean inside. Except for some spider webs in the corners and some dust on the ground, other places were well preserved. There are

even a few counters and tables in the house, which are obviously left over from the previous business.

Even Qin Yang couldn't help but sigh, "This house is really good."

It is obvious that this house has been empty all these years. But what is precious is that it has been preserved so well in the past ten years, and there is no trace of broken huge glass on both sides of the street.

This really saves Qin Xiang money and labor.

Of course, the walls here are not white enough because of their age, but overall it is very good.

The decoration is definitely not comparable to that of later generations, but she believes that as long as she cleans it up, it will be very good.

They have to paint the walls, hang the ceiling, and install suitable light bulbs. They are busy.

Qin Xiang told Qin Yang about her ideas. Qin Yang knew that this job was not easy, and immediately said, "Let's buy things now and paint the walls first. We can do other things while we are working on the walls."

So the brother and sister went out to the department store next door to buy tools and materials, and started working when they came back.

First clean the bathroom, then clean the walls, brush the walls and sweep the floor.

While Qin Yang was brushing the walls, Qin Xiang went to the second floor to clean up.

The second floor was different from the first floor. It was obviously prepared for living. The downstairs was two large rooms connected, while the upstairs was divided into two small rooms and a small living room. What was rare was that there was also a small toilet and a small kitchen.

Both work and life could be solved here.

Qin Xiang was very energetic. It was not until dark that they realized a problem. There was no electricity here.

Well, the brother and sister worked in the house for a while, and Qin Yang came up to her, "Let's stop here today and go back to the guesthouse to rest. Tomorrow morning I'll ask someone to come and install the light bulbs on the ceiling and connect the power."

In fact, there were also wires in the house, but it had been too long, Qin Yang was afraid it was unsafe, so he decided to replace them all.

The two locked the door and came out, and happened to see Ge Da Ye from next door sitting on the curb with a horse to cool off. Seeing the two come out, he said, "You are quite capable."

Qin Xiang smiled and said, "It's not good to waste such a good place."

Grandpa Ge smiled, "You have good taste. There is absolutely no better shop around here. You are also lucky. Someone came to ask before, but was scared away when I said fifty yuan." Qin Xiang

finally understood at this time that fifty yuan a month might be nonsense made up by this grandpa, or she might really be lucky and happened to meet the owner of the house here, otherwise she might not be able to rent this house.

As she was talking, a car stopped at the door of Grandpa Ge's house. Qin Xiang glanced and saw it was another Mercedes-Benz. A

young man with a slicked-back hair got out of the car and invited Grandpa Ge to get in with his not very fluent Mandarin.

Grandpa Ge was a real grandpa. He snorted, "No, tell him I'm full and I'm not going anywhere. I'll just stay here."

The young man persuaded him a few more times, but when he saw that the grandpa didn't get in the car, he left helplessly.

Qin Xiang said hello to Grandpa Ge and returned to the guesthouse.

Qin Yang said, "Then Grandpa Ge seems to have an unusual relationship with the landlord."

"It's indeed unusual. If it was just a simple master-servant relationship, would they let a Mercedes-Benz pick him up? And he still has that attitude?"

But this matter didn't have much to do with them. They were able to rent a storefront and get a preferential price for three years, which was already a big bargain for them.

Thanks to the development of the country in the past two years, there have been many more people going to the city to do odd jobs. Even now is the busy farming season, people can still be found in some places.

So Qin Yang successfully found two people to help him, two yuan a day for each person. Qin Yang calculated that if he worked faster, he could finish it. After all, he had finished painting the walls yesterday evening. What he had to do today was to install the ceiling and light bulbs.

As for the light bulbs, Qin Xiang naturally wanted to follow the way of the future, but the provincial capital had not yet formed a large-scale lighting market. He had to go to a department store to buy light bulbs, but there were only two types to choose from. He had no choice but to choose the most suitable one for the store and install more.

While Qin Yang was leading people to pull wires and install light bulbs, Qin Xiang was also not idle. He first went to a department store to buy more than a hundred clothes racks, then spent a lot of money to buy some fabrics from a nearby merchant, and then went to buy some wires, and then thought about installing a fitting room in the corner.

The storefront is so big that it is not possible not to install a fitting room.

After looking around, he finally chose the location under the stairs and installed three in a row. The only place next to the fitting room was the cash register, and the original table in the house could also be used.

At noon, Qin Xiang went to a small restaurant to pack some food and brought it back. The three workers ate in the store and continued to work.

Qin Yang went to the railway freight station and brought back the goods they had imported when they went to Guangzhou.

The clothes were piled in the corner. Qin Xiang watched them busying around, thinking about setting up a stand at the door tomorrow.

At this time, Master Ge came over strolling over. "Little girl."

Qin Xiang went over, "Master Ge, I'm free."

Master Ge hummed, glanced at the busy people in the store, and said, "Have you applied for the license?"

Qin Xiang was stunned, then slapped her head, "Oh no, I forgot about it."

Master Ge rolled his eyes, looking as if it was as expected. Qin Xiang was not as familiar with the provincial capital as Master Ge, so she hurriedly said, "Master, do you have any connections?"

Although she had been in the provincial capital for so long in her previous life, it was estimated that the people she knew had not yet been to the provincial capital. If she wanted to find someone related to industry and commerce, she would not be as good as someone like Master Ge who had lived there for so many years.

When Master Ge came to ask, it was obvious that he was planning to help. If the store was closed down by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau right after the rented house was opened, it would be a waste of time.

Master Ge nodded, "You will come with me tomorrow with your ID."

Qin Xiang nodded, "Okay."

After a day, the ceiling and light bulbs were all installed. The next morning, Qin Xiang followed Master Ge to apply for a license, and Qin Yang took three workers to clean up the upstairs. There was nothing upstairs. Let's ignore other things for the time being. The beds must be prepared.

Two beds were bought from the flea market, an old eight-immortal table, four matching chairs, and Qin Yang decided to buy other things when he had time.

After paying the bill for the workers, Qin Yang was not idle. He sorted out the clothes for the time being according to Qin Xiang's instructions.

The walls were newly painted so clothes could not be hung for the time being, but the glass windows on both sides facing the road could not be left idle.

Someone was asked to weld two iron racks, and clothes were hung one by one, and then placed against the glass windows, full of clothes.

Qin Xiang came back at noon, and as soon as he came in, he called Qin Yang, "Third brother, let's go and have a meal with Master Ge." Qin Yang was

surprised. They had invited Master Ge to dinner before, but the old man had directly refused. Unexpectedly, he agreed this time.

Qin Xiang whispered, "Grandpa is a nice guy, and he has strong connections. We should be able to get our license in three days."

This surprised Qin Yang, "Is he that amazing?"

"Of course?" Qin Xiang laughed, "Let's go, we'll clean up in the afternoon, and set up a stall at the door tomorrow."

In fact, there were people setting up stalls in this square, but Qin Xiang felt that the location of her store was not bad, and the flow of people was good, so there was no need to go far away.

And as far as she knew, there was a large night market in this square in the provincial capital, and the location of their store was really good. As long as they made good use of it, there was no way they would not make money.

The two of them came out to take Grandpa Ge to the state-owned hotel for a meal. After all, although the state-owned hotel was in decline, the chefs in the state-owned hotel were still good. But Grandpa Ge was not willing to go, and instead took them to a small courtyard, "The chefs here are much better than the chefs in state-owned hotels, and their ancestors specialized in this."

In the past years, many old craftsmen have been silent and their skills have been hidden. In the past two years, the environment has improved, and they have started to open quietly.

Now the environment is better, and no one is catching speculation, so this small courtyard is also open for business.

At this time, the weather is a bit hot. There are four tables in the small courtyard. A large banyan tree with lush branches and leaves is planted against the south wall, just covering the small courtyard. Entering the small courtyard is entering a cool place, which is particularly cool and comfortable.

The three of them sat down in the courtyard. The proprietress smiled and took out the menu for them to order. Qin Xiang was not familiar with it, so she gave the choice to Mr. Ge.

Mr. Ge was very satisfied with the two people's self-esteem, and ordered four dishes and a soup without hesitation, "They are all their specialties, but it takes a little time."

After all, it is a husband-and-wife shop, and there are other customers, so it really can't be too fast.

Qin Xiang said, "It's a good time to take a break after a busy morning."

While talking, the proprietress brought tea, "Have some green tea, brought from Laoshan, it tastes good."

Grandpa Ge seemed to come here often. He poured tea and drank it with familiarity. "This is really good."

Qin Xiang and Qin Yang also poured some to taste.

Unfortunately, Qin Xiang is a vulgar person. In her previous life, after becoming Mrs. Wang, she drank imported coffee and didn't know much about tea. Now, although she feels a little bitter when she drinks a cup of green tea, it has a fragrance in the aftertaste, which is really good.

Qin Yang and she are indeed siblings. They drink tea like cows drinking water and can't understand the meaning of it.

Grandpa Ge was quite disgusted with this. "If you want to do business, you don't even understand the basic tea drinking culture. You are not as good as someone who has lived outside for many years."

Qin Xiang was embarrassed. Although she didn't know who Grandpa was talking about, it didn't stop her from admiring him.

Well, she is too vulgar.

Qin Xiang said sincerely, "Then we are neighbors in the future. When you have time, Master Ge, please give us more guidance."

Master Ge was satisfied, "That's more like it."

After waiting for nearly an hour, the food was finally served. Qin Xiang also understood why Master Ge ordered so much, because the food was not large in quantity, but the taste was exceptionally good.

Qin Xiang is actually quite good at cooking. After all, she was a nanny in her previous life, and cooking is a basic skill. It's just that she personally is not very keen on food, so she is too lazy to cook.

After a lunch, the guests enjoyed it very much, and the three returned to the store. Master Ge took a look around, made some small suggestions, and then went back to rest.

Qin Xiang envied, "I really want to live the life of Master Ge as soon as possible."

Qin Yang was happy, "In fact, you can do it now, you have a 10,000 yuan household, you don't have to worry about spending."

Qin Xiang rolled his eyes at him, "This is just the beginning, there is still a long way to go."

More than 20,000 yuan is definitely a huge sum of money in this day and age, but it will not be enough in ten years, let alone twenty years.

So if you want to retire early, you have to accumulate funds to a certain level in advance, so that you can lie down happily.

Moreover, life is so long, and there are many things to enjoy. If you have less funds, it is really not enough.

So there is really a lot to endure.

The brother and sister couldn't be idle in the afternoon. They hung two racks full of clothes early. One rack was dedicated to hanging skirts and tops, and the other rack was dedicated to hanging jeans, shorts and trousers. They were placed there neatly, which was pleasing to the eye.

It was already six o'clock when they finished packing. They were getting ready to go out when two girls came in. "Is this a clothing store? Are you selling these clothes?"

Qin Xiang was stunned, then nodded with a smile. "Yes, but we're not open yet."

The girl regretted, "Can we sell them now? I saw a beautiful red skirt."

Qin Xiang hurriedly said, "Come in and have a look. We have a fitting room here. You can try them on."

This time, Qin Xiang bought more than ten kinds of red skirts, including dresses and skirts, all to cater to the popularity of the movie. She knew that this popularity would last for a long time until the 'yellow skirts are popular on the street' craze passed and clothing began to become colorful.

Qin Xiang turned on the lights here, and the girl saw the red dress up close. As a result, she took off the one she liked and saw other red dresses. She was dazzled for a moment and didn't know how to choose.

There was a red dress in her left hand and a red dress in her right hand. The girl was confused, "They all look good, which one should I choose?"