Chapter 94 Renting a Store
Sure enough, by the end of July, the financial crisis began to gradually approach inland, and for a time, everyone was in danger.
Obviously, even Li Xu's small business has been affected.
Now I can only earn thirty or forty yuan a day, not even half of what I used to make.
As business was slow, Li Xu gave up the idea of renting a storefront.
No matter how Ji Yuanyuan persuaded her, she remained unmoved.
Ji Yuanyuan could also understand. After all, their family was not rich. Even if the housing prices had fallen now, it would still cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to buy a shop.
A slightly larger one would probably cost around 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, or even 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.
Li Xu doesn't have that much money now. Even if he did, what would he do if he ended up with a small fortune after buying the shop?
Li Xu is not like Ji Yuanyuan. He knows that housing prices will definitely go up in the future, so he naturally does not dare to take the risk.
Ji Yuanyuan is not in a hurry either, as housing prices will continue to fall in the next few years anyway.
Buying later will cost less money. But Ji Yuanyuan thinks that buying early means enjoying early, and whether you have more or less money is not that important.
The money will be earned back sooner or later.
Although he didn't want to buy it, Li Xu still planned to rent a storefront for half a year after Ji Yuanyuan's persuasion.
If that doesn’t work, just go back to the vegetable market. Even if you lose money, it won’t be much.
Just when Li Xu was looking for a suitable shop, Qin Mucheng's letter and gift were sent from City B again.
This time, Qin Mucheng sent quite a lot of things, all miscellaneous.
These are all interesting things that Qin Mucheng saw on a daily basis and wanted to share with Ji Yuanyuan.
In addition to Qin Mucheng’s daily sharing, this letter also contained some bad news.
Qin Mucheng can't come over to play this summer.
There are two reasons. One is that Qin Haowen has been very busy recently and comes back very late every day. Qin Mucheng complained in his heart that Qin Haowen had not had dinner with him for almost a month.
It goes without saying that it must have been affected by the financial crisis, and Qin Haowen is busy recovering his losses!
The second reason was that Qin Junshan was not in good health. He said he had started coughing last month and was panting heavily whenever he walked.
When Ji Yuanyuan saw this message, her heart skipped a beat.
Is it possible that Mr. Qin's health is failing?
Although she didn't know what year Grandpa Qin passed away in her previous life, she vaguely heard Qin Mucheng say that he died when he was very young.
Maybe it’s these two years!
Looking at the letter, Ji Yuanyuan fell into deep thought.
If Mr. Qin was by her side, she could use the spiritual spring water to nourish him, and maybe the old man's health would get better.
But now they are thousands of miles apart, and she is powerless and cannot help.
Perhaps, should she try to get the old man to come over? Or should she go there herself?
She is still so young, so she can only follow Li Xu wherever he goes.
Li Xu's business and the Li family's greenhouse are just starting out, so it is naturally impossible for Li Xu to leave S City.
Then let Mr. Qin come to S City?
What reason can I give?
Ji Yuanyuan lay at the desk thinking for a whole day, but couldn't figure out anything. There was a lot of waste paper on the floor.
Li Xu was busy all day and came back from outside. Seeing Ji Yuanyuan's appearance, he laughed and said, "What's wrong? Is it so difficult to write a letter to your brother Mu Cheng?"
You've wasted so many sheets of paper, but still can't come up with a satisfactory one?
Ji Yuanyuan scratched his head with the tip of his pen, looking distressed: "I have so many things to say, but I don't know how to say them..."
Even if I tell them, I’m not sure whether the Qin family will believe it!
Li Xu smiled when she heard this: "In that case, when we have a telephone installed at home, you can call Brother Mu Cheng directly and say whatever you want to say."
Ji Yuanyuan turned around and looked at Li Xu in surprise: "Are we going to install a telephone at home?"
A phone, from the installation fee to the monthly rental and call charges, is not a small amount of money.
That is something that only rich people can afford to install. When did her mother become so generous?
"Today, your uncle Zhang and I have chosen a shop, negotiated the price, and paid the deposit. Mom plans to install a telephone in the shop, and she can earn some pocket money then!"
So that's how it is!
Ji Yuanyuan gave Li Xu a thumbs up.
Due to the economic downturn, the store owner had a hard time finding someone to rent the store, and the price was very low.
The store is over 50 square meters and the monthly rent is only 100 yuan.
I signed a one-year contract temporarily, and paid the rent in one lump sum plus one month's deposit.
The total amount is 1,300 yuan.
On the day of signing the contract, Ji Yuanyuan went to see the store and was quite satisfied with it.
In 1997, the concept of public area had not yet emerged, and the more than 50 square meters on the contract was the actual area of the unit.
The entire store is a rectangle of seven meters by seven and a half meters, and the space is divided into three parts.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a large room of 7 meters by 6 meters. On the left hand side is a small bathroom of about 1.5 square meters. It is very small inside, with only a squat toilet and a faucet. On the right is a long corridor, with nothing in it.
Ji Yuanyuan stood inside the store and made a preliminary estimate that the open space outside could accommodate at least three rows of shelves.
The corridor inside can be used as a warehouse to store vegetables, or as a kitchen.
The walls of the storefront were all painted, so there was no need to redecorate. All he needed to do was buy a few rows of shelves and a table to put at the door for Li Xu to use to collect money.
The shelves were simple, Zhang Kun took Li Xu to the second-hand market and bought six of them. They looked good, and they only cost less than 100 yuan.
Place one on each of the four walls and two rows in the middle.
The table was also bought at a second-hand market for less than thirty yuan, and the seller also gave it a chair.
After everything was installed, Li Xu asked someone to install a phone on the table at the door.
It was already past five in the afternoon when the phone was installed.
Ji Yuanyuan couldn't wait to call the Qin family. Qin Mucheng had told her this in their previous correspondence.
The phone rang three times, and a young voice answered the phone: "Hello, this is the Qin family, who are you looking for?"
Judging from the voice, it wasn't anyone from the Qin family. Ji Yuanyuan guessed that it might be the Qin family's nanny.
"Hello, sister. I'm Qin Mucheng's classmate. I'm looking for Qin Mucheng."
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go call him." The woman said, and soon there was no movement.
Ji Yuanyuan waited for about a minute before a childish voice came from the other end of the phone: "I'm Qin Mucheng, may I ask which classmate you are?"
"Ahem, classmate Qin, you can't be unable to recognize my voice, right?" Ji Yuanyuan deliberately cleared his throat and spoke in a very rough voice.
I originally thought that Qin Mucheng would have to guess a few people before he could figure her out.
But what Ji Yuanyuan didn't expect was...
"Yuanyuan, you are Yuanyuan, right?" Qin Mucheng's voice sounded particularly excited.
Ji Yuanyuan blinked, looking confused.
Is it so easy to guess your own voice?
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(End of this chapter)
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