Chapter 251
The name of the store is 'Qianhui Department Store'.
Zhou Jiani picked a homophonic name for good luck, Qianhui, which means money is gathered here.
Everyone thinks it sounds nice and has a fashionable tone.
The opening date happened to be Saturday, so she could be there, and Bai Haoyang, Yu Wanxia and others could also come. Even Wang Qianjin and Sun Ping came early in the morning to watch the fun.
Lv Minjuan and Zhai Hong also came over.
Only Lv Minjuan and Zhai Hong in their dormitory knew about the opening of the store. Zhou Jiani didn't want to be too conspicuous, so Lv Minjuan helped her keep it a secret.
Even though it had been a long time, her mother hadn't told anyone else in the dormitory that she was helping Zhou Jiani with handicrafts.
Zhou Jiani wanted to keep a low profile. It wasn't that she didn't trust her roommates, but her behavior was quite bold at that time, and she didn't want others to think she was too different.
The same goes for opening a shop. There is no rule that prohibits college students from opening a shop, but once more people know about it, trouble will often follow. Since keeping a low profile can bring peace, why publicize it and cause unnecessary trouble?
Finally, he told Zhai Hong that he was doing this to purchase goods, so that he could deliver the goods in a more legitimate way in the future, and they wouldn't have to act like street vendors.
So Zhai Hong came here today.
She just found out about it, and she didn't expect that the fifth roommate in the dormitory had quietly opened a shop without telling anyone.
In addition, the Qiu family members also came today.
Zhou Jiani prepared firecrackers and held a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Any movement is a rare thing these days, let alone a new store appearing out of nowhere.
When I walked in to take a look, I found that the variety of things was not very rich. After all, no matter how many styles of woven products there are, they are all of the same variety.
Then there are rice noodles, vermicelli, some dried cowpeas, duck eggs, and hair bands.
But there were also large hams that many people had never seen, hanging on the wall.
There was also a board nailed to the wall next to it, with a lot of beautiful hair flowers neatly arranged on it.
But such a small shop makes people feel fresh.
Why? Because it’s scarce.
I haven't seen any shops other than department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives.
Some customers even joked: "It's called a department store, but you don't have many things here..."
There weren't many things, but many comrades stood in front of the baskets and couldn't move their feet.
The younger girl couldn't take her eyes off the beautiful hair ornament.
There are also vermicelli and rice paper, which are not usually available in grocery stores. Therefore, this small shop, which does not have many varieties of products, is actually crowded with customers, and few people leave empty-handed.
Zhou Jiani didn't organize any promotions. She didn't have many items and her inventory was not very full. Once she started a promotion and sold out all the items, the shop would be empty.
She is not in a hurry to get rich from this, she just wants to develop it slowly.
But Du Yunxin was very happy and praised Zhou Jiani to Old Lady Jiang for being smart and daring to think and act.
Jiang Xinfeng has been grinning from ear to ear since morning till now.
The old lady really looked proud. Anyone would feel honored to have such a great granddaughter.
Qiu Dongshu also felt relieved and said, "I didn't expect there would be so many people."
I was worried before that the store would be deserted. After all, there are only a few such large department stores in the capital, and each street office has a supply and marketing cooperative, some of which are even larger than this store.
Where can't I buy something?
But I didn't expect that there were people coming in, and many people were walking out carrying baskets or rice noodles, with smiles on their faces.
After watching the firecrackers, Mr. Qiu left, but Mr. and Mrs. Qiu Dongshu stayed for a while longer.
Du Yunxin said, "This is a good location. The firecrackers just now attracted a lot of people."
She looked around and said, "The location is great. This shop is neither too big nor too small, just the right size. After Jiani goes to school, I'll let the clerk look after it. The two of us can still handle it..." As she spoke, she glanced at the intersection ahead, paused, and said with a surprised smile, "Oh, look quickly, who's here?"
Jiang Xinfeng and Qiu Dongshu also saw people walking towards them.
Jiang Xinfeng's eyesight wasn't as good as the Qiu couple's, but she could tell by their clothes quickly and smiled lovingly.
Qiu Zeming, dressed in a neat military uniform, with a bag on his shoulder and a briefcase in his hand, came up to them in a flash with his long legs and saluted the three of them: "Grandma, Dad, Mom!"
Jiang Xinfeng was even more delighted.
"You kid, you're always up to these little tricks." Du Yunxin said with a smile, and hurriedly took the luggage from her son. "If you had been a few minutes earlier, you could have run into your grandfather. Come on in..."
Qiu Zeming smiled and said, "No matter how hard I try, I still can't catch up."
He also wanted to come and see the opening of Jiani's store, but he didn't expect it to be delayed.
After saying hello to the elders, he turned and went into the shop.
Zhou Jiani was weighing rice noodles for someone. After she finished weighing and collected the money, she looked up and saw Qiu Zeming with a smile on his face. Her heart skipped a beat and surprise flashed in her eyes: "You're back?"
Qiu Zeming felt quite regretful: "I was a step late and missed the opening."
"It's not too late, not too late at all..." Zhou Jiani felt like her heart was about to fly away. She couldn't see anyone else for a moment and just stared at the handsome face of her partner.
It was Bai Haoyang and the others who were standing next to them who yelled and rushed over, interrupting the affectionate conversation of the young couple.
Wang Qianjin hooked his arm around Qiu Zeming's neck and shook him: "You're quite good at giving your sister-in-law surprises."
Others also came over to say hello.
Amidst the commotion, Du Yunxin came in smiling and said goodbye to Zhou Jiani. Zhou Jiani's face flushed and she forgot about her future parents-in-law. She hurriedly took Du Yunxin's arm and walked her out to say goodbye to Uncle Qiu.
Du Yunxin raised her hand and pinched his face, teasing him, "Leave him here to work for you."
Even she could see that Jiani's mood changed instantly, but she and Lao Qiu were happy about this. This showed that the two children had a good relationship. If Jiani hadn't reacted normally, she would have been worried.
But before getting on the bus, he whispered, "You guys are graduating next year, right?"
After graduation, the two children will be able to get married.
Zhou Jiani immediately understood what Aunt Du meant, smiled and nodded.
She was also a little hesitant. It wasn't that she was eager to get married, but they had been in a good relationship for several years. She liked Qiu Zeming and Qiu Zeming also liked her. So when the time came to get married, she was still very happy to start a small family with her beloved.
Du Yunxin patted her hand affectionately, thinking that she would have to get ready quickly when she got home.
Before getting in the car, Du Yunxin took Mrs. Jiang's hand and said, "Auntie, after you're busy these past two days, I'll pick you up and we can have dinner together."
Jiang Xinfeng thought that Qiu Zeming had returned home and wanted to have a reunion dinner, so she agreed to eat the meal.
After seeing off the Qiu couple, Jiang Xinfeng turned around and asked with a smile, "Where's Zeming?"
"We're being held hostage by Wang Qianjin and the others." Zhou Jiani walked into the store holding her grandmother's arm, and the old lady also went in to help greet customers.
At noon, Zhou Jiani ordered food from the state-owned restaurant and everyone had a simple celebration.
Aunt Zhang's hands trembled slightly with excitement. Her breakthrough today was huge.
There were several times when she responded to people so loudly that she even scared herself.
It's not that I'm yelling at people, it's just that there are so many people and it's so noisy that the customers can't hear me clearly if I don't respond loudly.
Yue Cuiyun's face also flushed with joy.
She sold nearly thirty knitted items and more than twenty head flowers in the morning.
In the past, when making head flowers, Jiani or Bai Haoyang would directly take them to people to give away. This kind of direct sales was the first time. Especially when I heard people say that the head flowers were beautiful, the sense of accomplishment was immediately different.
However, Jiani originally told them to continue making hair ornaments and bags when no one was around, and to greet customers when there were people around. But with the situation today, both of them were a little worried that they would not have time to make hair ornaments and bags.
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "It's just that our store just opened, so everyone thinks it's new and interesting. Plus, today is the weekend, so there are a lot of people shopping. After the weekend, it shouldn't be this busy anymore."
There were still customers coming in during meal time, which was really interesting.
In addition to the wide variety of woven products that you won’t find in department stores, the photos posted in the corresponding product areas are also fresh.
The woven products indicated the place of production, and also had photos of Li Jingdang shaking hands with foreign customers or signing contracts posted on them; photos of their later booth at the Canton Fair; and photos of Zhou Jiani and Bai Haoyang taken at the entrance of the Canton Fair venue when they first attended the fair were also hung up.
It looks quite high-end.
In addition to these displays, there are also close-up photos of workers at the Qianjin Weaving Factory, sample display stands, etc.
The photos of vermicelli and rice noodles were taken by Zhao Hai according to Zhou Jiani's request.
Close-up and long-range photos during processing, and photos of drying.
It has invisibly enriched the product content.
After dinner, Zhai Hong went home. She will come to deliver the goods tomorrow afternoon.
She also felt a sense of accomplishment this morning because the duck eggs she supplied were selling very well here.
What made her laugh was that Zhou Jiani cracked one open on the spot to show everyone the oil in the egg yolk. Then she took a sip and said as she sipped it, "This egg yolk is not only oily, but also very soft and sandy. It's delicious and goes well with rice..."
The onlookers also found it interesting. The key point was that they had never seen goods sold in this way. In addition, the duck eggs were of good quality, so they bought three or five of them.
There were not as many people in the afternoon as in the morning. Zhou Jiani went to the post office, made two calls to Bin County, and ordered another batch of goods.
The production task there is tight, and we have to be busy with this year's Spring Canton Fair. If we don't order in advance, we are afraid that production will not be able to keep up.
Qiu Zeming accompanied her to make the call. On the way, Zhou Jiani asked him, "Are you going straight to further studies after returning this time?"
"No." Seeing that there were not many people on the street, Qiu Zeming pulled his girlfriend's hand, then quickly let go and said, "I came back to handle some formalities this time. I can stay for five or six days. I'll wait for notification after I go back."
Zhou Jiani was delighted, her eyes dancing with joy: "That means it's officially settled, right?"
Qiu Zeming nodded and quickly pulled the little hand again.
Zhou Jiani smiled and glanced at him: "Sneaky, not serious!"
Qiu Zeming said happily: "Let's go to the Shichahai Courtyard and I'll show you seriously."
The two of them bickered as they walked.
After taking inventory and checking the goods in the evening, everyone was very satisfied.
Apart from the ham, which people only asked about but didn't buy, the best-selling woven products were baskets, vermicelli sheets and noodles. The storage stools were also not sold out, as everything in this series was expensive.
Head flowers and duck eggs also sell well.
The total sales amounted to more than 200 yuan, which is pretty good.
Because the store had just opened, Zhou Jiani did not leave her business to go out for a short meeting. Anyway, Qiu Zeming changed into casual clothes the next day and came to the store to accompany her. He also greeted the customers very considerately.
However, Bai Haoyang and Yu Wanxia did not come. They went to the garment factory to settle accounts and collect materials. They also brought back the bags that Zhou Jiani had ordered for Qi Yang's neighbor and also talked to the garment factory about purchasing.
They didn't have that many cloth coupons, so they had to buy on credit first to purchase goods. However, they could just buy on credit the coupons and pay the money. When they sold the bags, they would collect the cloth coupons from the customers and then settle with the factory.
If they didn't agree, Zhou Jiani decided to produce the new model themselves.
As for how to purchase goods without cloth coupons, she could buy cloth from Qi Yang No. 1 or No. 2 Textile Mill and buy the coupons on credit first.
Besides, she still had a batch of defective cloth in her hands. Zhou Jiani planned to find an opportunity to take it out and put it in the store to sell at the lowest price, but she needed cloth coupons, so she could exchange them for some cloth coupons.
It’s hard to make ends meet without cloth coupons.
Sunday was a little busier than Saturday, with sales of thirty yuan more.
After the weekend, Zhou Jiani went back to school. Only Aunt Zhang and Yue Cuiyun were left to look after the store, with Jiang Xinfeng helping out.
It is true that there are not as many people as on weekends, but there are also many people who have just heard the news and come over out of curiosity to take a look, and take some things away. At the end of the day, the business income is still around 50 to 60 yuan.
But the difference compared to the two days of the weekend was so big that Aunt Zhang was so anxious that she got blisters at the corners of her mouth.
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "I'm not anxious, so why should you be anxious? We're still supplying them with goods, and we don't just have these in the store."
The two of them didn't have to worry about not having time to make hair ornaments and school bags. They had plenty of time. Old Man Jiang could take care of it all by himself, and the two of them could concentrate on the work.
Aunt Zhang smiled shyly. She was too embarrassed to say it out loud, fearing that Zhou Jiani would lose money in this business and not be able to get back her investment. All the money she had earned during this period would be lost, and she would have to quit the business.
She finally felt that her life was a little more enjoyable and was hoping that the boss would be well.
Yue Cuiyun was also anxious and angry. She was hoping that her husband would come back quickly and stock the store with some new goods.
Otherwise, many customers come in and look around, and one asks, "Don't you sell clothes?"
The other one said, "Do you sell meat here?"
Or: "Do you sell cloth shoes here?"
"Do you have soy sauce and vinegar?"
"Your store is weird. There's no meat, and you don't even sell salt. I want to buy a box of matches, so there should be some, right?"
Although Zhang Lihai will not replenish the above-mentioned goods, he can still find things that other stores do not have, which can enrich his business to some extent.
Qiu Zeming took advantage of his girlfriend being at school to complete the necessary procedures, and came to the school to pick up Zhou Jiani at noon on Wednesday to take her to Qiu's house for dinner.
Jiang Xinfeng had already sent a car to pick him up home.
She thought it was just because Qiu Zeming came back for a reunion dinner, but she didn't expect that her in-laws mentioned the two children's marriage at the dinner table.
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