"No, I don't agree." Ma's father firmly disagreed. He had only been here for a few days and it was like this. If he stayed, who knows how big a problem would be.
"Mom and Dad, that department store is also opened by an individual. I can't find a decent job, but I can't even try this person's store and go back. I'm too unwilling to accept it."
"How about...let your daughter go and try? We can help take advantage of the two days we are here. Who knows, maybe she will meet someone else. After all, she may just be a villager when she returns to the village..." Ma's mother couldn't bear to let her daughter down, so she spoke up to help.
"What nonsense are you talking about? They can afford this store. Do you really think they are an ordinary family? How could such a family be interested in Ma Lan?" Ma's father was somewhat moved by Ma's mother's words. He thought of Nanqiao... and then thought of his own daughter. Such a big class gap... she couldn't cross it by herself, but if she married into a rich family, who would not be able to guarantee that one day her daughter would be on par with Nanqiao...
Thinking of this, Ma's father was a little shaken.
Ma Lan did not agree with what her father said. Although she was not a great beauty, she was also a pretty girl. Even if it was her father, Ma Lan could not bear to hear such words that looked down on her.
"Mom and Dad, can you let me try? If it doesn't work, I'll go back. Otherwise, we'll go and see someone this afternoon. If I get the job, you'll let me go. If I don't, I'll go back with you."
Ma's father was speechless, thinking about the feasibility. Seeing this, Ma's mother also persuaded him, "Let's go down and give it a try. Anyway, we have nothing to do in the afternoon. We will know whether it works or not after we go and see it."
"Then let's go this afternoon. If it doesn't work, you have to go home with me."
"Dad, don't worry, I can do it," Ma Lan promised solemnly, and began to think in her heart that she would go down to ask the front desk of the guesthouse to find out if there are any shops opened by individuals in Shanghai. She is not from Shanghai, and the shop she just mentioned to her father is just the one she passed by on the day she came to Shanghai. Zhou Nier told her about it.
She said that Chaoyang Department Store was opened by one person and the boss was less than 30 years old. She was distracted by what she heard and asked Zhou Nier for details, but Zhou Nier kept silent and did not mention anything about Chaoyang Department Store.
In addition to Chaoyang Department Store, she also had to ask about other privately-owned stores. She had to stay in Shanghai. After all, there were more possibilities in Shanghai. She didn't want to go back and marry those villagers who only knew how to work and eat all day.
"Mom and Dad, I'm going to go back to my room to rest and get ready. We'll go out together later."
"Go ahead, wash up and get ready, so you can make a good impression when you go there in the afternoon." Ma's mother fixed Ma Lan's hair and told her to go back to the house.
Ma Lan left the room but did not go back. Instead, she put her things in the room, then quietly went downstairs and headed towards the front desk of the guesthouse.
When Ma Lan came down, the front desk staff was eating a handful of melon seeds. Seeing Ma Lan coming over, they asked, "What's up?"
"Big sister, I have something to ask you." She took out a few White Rabbits from her pocket and put them on the counter.
Seeing that there was candy, the older sister's attitude became much better and she said, "Ask me. I'm not busy now. I can tell you."
The elder sister put the candies into her pocket.
"Sister, I've noticed that Shanghai is developing very well, so I want to know if many people have started their own businesses."
“This matter” The elder sister became interested when this was mentioned. She usually had no one to talk to, but when she talked about this matter, her face was full of pride. “In Shanghai, there are many small shops, but the biggest and best ones are Chaoyang Department Store and Fusheng. One of them sells department stores and the other sells pastries. The team took pictures and if you go a little later, you won’t be able to buy anything. My brother from my mother’s family bought me pastries from Fusheng when he came to see me. The taste was really amazing. Chaoyang Department Store is a department store, but you don’t need a ticket to buy things from it. In addition, many stores have opened in Shanghai recently. I heard that he must have a background.”
The elder sister smacked her lips as she spoke, savoring the memory.
"Sister, who are the owners of these two stores? How can they become so big in just a short time?" Ma Lan continued to ask.
"I don't know much about their background. I only know that Fusheng is a female boss, very beautiful. The boss of Chaoyang Department Store is a man. Someone who has met him said that his accent sounds like he is from another place." The elder sister thought about it and said that it was all hearsay, and she didn't know whether it was true or not.
"But why are you asking this?" asked the eldest sister.
"Isn't this just curiosity? Our place is a small one and we have never seen so many powerful people," Ma Lan complimented with a smile.
"Then you can go and have a look. These two stores are both on Chaoyang Road, not far away," the older sister said, pointing in the direction to Ma Lan.
"Okay, thank you, big sister. I have nothing to do this afternoon, so I'll go out for a walk and see the world." Ma Lan said, and chatted with her big sister for a few more words before returning to her room.
She was thinking about which store to go to. In terms of convenience, Fusheng was more convenient. After all, it was a female boss and most of the people in the store were girls. But in such a store, her goal of climbing up the social ladder seemed difficult to achieve.
Then, her first choice is Chaoyang Department Store. If she can get in smoothly, she can find a way to get in touch with the boss of Chaoyang... I just don't know if the boss... is married. But Ma Lan doesn't care. So what if he is married? He can still get divorced.
After making up her mind, Malan went back to her room to wash up and take a nap before packing up and going to her parents' room.
"Mom and Dad, I'm ready, let's go." Ma Lan knocked on the door of her parents' room and said with a smile.
Ma's father and mother looked at their daughter with such an expression, and their minds were extremely complicated for a moment. Ma Lan's appearance was considered good in her hometown, but in the Shanghai market, she was just ordinary. Although Ma's father had some other thoughts, he was skeptical about whether his daughter had this opportunity and whether she had the brains to win.
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