1981, New Year’s Day, Shangao Village.
The sound of firecrackers never stopped early in the morning.
It started at seven and continued until nine.
Tang Aiguo got up early to open the door for business.
Qin Zijin added a lot of new things to the store, which were unpacked from the cartons in the warehouse.
Tang Aiguo had no doubts.
These days, he has found new joy in life by running the store every day. It is not like when he just came out of the mountains, when he was alone and quiet, he would always think about his deceased wife.
Qin Zijin slept in and it was almost eight o'clock when he woke up.
People don’t light fires to cook on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so what they eat in the morning are all the various New Year snacks that have been prepared in advance.
The two little guys, Tang Ruixuan and Tang Simeng, were naturally the happiest.
I ate early, put on new clothes, and went out to play.
After Qin Zijin finished her breakfast, she stood at the door and watched the children outside running back and forth with smiles on their faces.
For them, the Chinese New Year is undoubtedly the happiest time of the year.
Everyone was wearing brand new clothes and had a bright smile on their face.
"Tang Ruixuan, your clothes are so beautiful. Did your mother buy them for you?"
Tang Ruixuan took Tang Simeng by the hand and soon arrived under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village.
Several children surrounded them, looking at their beautiful clothes with envy on their faces.
Tang Ruixuan nodded with a proud smile on his face.
Tang Simeng introduced it in a baby voice, "This is made by my mother. Isn't it beautiful? Mom also made several sets for me and my brother. We can wear different clothes every day to play."
"Wow, Tang Simeng, your mother is so amazing. My mother can't even make clothes."
"My mom can't make them either, and the clothes she buys don't look good. Your clothes are really beautiful."
"Can we come to your house for Chinese New Year?"
"Of course, my mother made a lot of delicious food and also bought a lot of delicious food. Here, this is milk candy, I'll share it with you." Tang Simeng nodded seriously.
She liked to hear others praise Qin Zijin, so the little girl generously took out a few White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket and gave one to each of the children around her.
Everyone felt happier after eating the candy.
"My mother gave me New Year's money. Let's go to the grocery store to buy some delicious food." At this time, a chubby little boy with a round head and a round brain next to him suddenly took out a one-dollar coin from his pocket and spoke excitedly.
The others' eyes lit up and they nodded.
"Which grocery store should we go to?" Several people looked at each other hesitantly.
After all, there are only two small shops in the village.
Tang’s grocery store has a lot of things, but the prices are relatively high.
The Cheng family has few things, but they are cheap.
"You guys make your own choice. My brother and I are going to look for grandpa." Tang Simeng waved her hand, took Tang Ruixuan's hand and left.
"I also went to the Tang family's grocery store. My mother said that although their things are a bit expensive, they are good things and it's worth buying them." After watching Tang Ruixuan and Tang Simeng leave, a child immediately spoke up.
In the end, only one child chose to go to the Cheng family because he didn't have much money, and the others followed Tang Simeng and the others.
Tang Aiguo sat in the store, smiling as he watched the little ones come in with money, buy what they liked, and leave happily.
He had a lot of red envelopes in his pocket, and whenever he saw a child coming in, he would give a red envelope.
The money is not much, each red envelope is only one cent.
Everyone was happy to receive the red envelopes.
After buying things, everyone left happily.
"Uncle Aiguo, why are you still open on New Year's Day?" Miao Cuicui poked her head in from outside the door, looked at Tang Aiguo sitting in the store, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"I have nothing to do anyway, so I came to the store to take a look. Is there anyone who wants to buy things on New Year's Day?" Tang Aiguo stood up and walked out. Seeing that Miao Cuicui's belly was already showing, he fumbled in his pocket for a while, then turned back into the store. Finally, he came out with two red envelopes and handed them to Miao Cuicui, "One for the baby in your belly, and one for Gangzi."
"Uncle Aiguo..." Miao Cuicui subconsciously wanted to refuse.
"You're welcome. It's not much money. I just want to be lucky." Tang Aiguo waved his hand.
Miao Cuicui had no choice but to accept it.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, basically all the shops were closed, except Tang Aiguo who had nothing to do and opened his shop to do business.
As for Cheng Zhihao, his mother was originally resting at home, but when she heard that Tang Aiguo's shop was open, she immediately asked Cheng Zhihao's wife to open the shop.
"The Tang family is really something. They eat the meat themselves but don't even give others some soup. They have a big business and make a lot of money, but they are reluctant to let us make a little money." Mother Cheng sat there, her face full of resentment when she mentioned the Tang family.
She still remembers that if it weren't for Qin Zijin, their family wouldn't have lost such a huge sum of money.
Cheng Zhihao had a cold face. When he heard what his mother said, he just turned around and went back to the house with a stern face.
After opening this small shop, he now feels embarrassed when he sees Tang Shen.
"Mom, our business is far behind the Tang family's. What should we do? We spent a lot of money on purchasing goods. We won't lose money, right?" Cheng Zhihao's wife sat aside, touching her bulging belly worriedly.
Mother Cheng glared at her angrily, "Why are you in such a hurry? The things won't expire. Just keep them and sell them slowly. I don't believe we can't beat the Tang family! Don't they have to spend money to buy their goods? They're fighting a price war with us. We buy things at low prices!"
But even though I said that, I still didn't feel confident.
After all, after their store opened, business was good on the first day, but the business in the following days was average.
Cheng's mother was a little worried, but there was no other way now, so she could only bite the bullet and do it.
"Call someone later to go to the Tang family and buy some things. I don't believe they have a source of supply, right? I'll ask my brother to find out and see if we can seize their supply channel." There was viciousness in Cheng's mother's eyes.
"Mom, I'll go right away." Cheng Zhihao's wife didn't want to look after the store in the first place, but when she heard what Cheng's mother said, she immediately stood up excitedly and went out to find someone.
Mother Cheng couldn't help but curse, but she was thinking quickly in her mind.
Tang Aiguo naturally didn't know that his family's shop was being targeted again.
Business is indeed good on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
At around ten o'clock, Qin Zijin and Tang Can came to the store carrying several large boxes.
"What are they selling?" Tang Aiguo stared at the boxes curiously.
"Of course, it's stuff for the New Year." Qin Zijin and Tang Can opened the box with a smile. Tang Can even went into the house and brought out benches and door panels, set up a stall in the yard, and then took out the things in the box one by one and arranged them neatly.
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