◎Be careful with the quilt sack◎
"Ahem." Jiang Che coughed twice and said, "The money hasn't been paid yet. I came back to ask you for the money." ”
? ? ? Wei Xuan looked at him in disbelief. How could she have the money? If she had money, would she need it so urgently?
Perhaps he saw Wei Xuan's unfinished intention, so Jiang Che pulled her to a chair nearby and said to her in a soothing tone, "Listen to me first."
"Wait," Wei Xuan stretched out her hand to stop, "I haven't turned off the fire in the kitchen yet." After saying that, she pushed Jiang Che away and ran quickly to the kitchen.
Fortunately, the food in the pot was not burnt yet. Wei Xuan turned off the fire and went to the living room to find a chair to sit down. She folded her hands and looked at Jiang Che and said, "Tell me, how much did you pay for the house?"
Jiang Che touched his nose and uttered a number awkwardly after a while.
"What?" Wei Xuan was immediately upset after hearing this: "1,500 yuan, this is too expensive. We don't have the money. All our belongings now only add up to 2,500 yuan, and that's before we even take out the money for the lights and tiles."
Jiang Che walked up to Wei Xuan, pulled a stool and sat opposite her, and said, "Don't worry, I've calculated it, and there's actually no problem. Look, minus the fifteen hundred yuan for buying the house, we still have one thousand yuan left. We have to wait until we get the money for the tiles, which will take at least three days. Because of the braised meat, our four stores can probably make nearly four hundred yuan in sales a day. When the lamps arrive, the money will be almost collected."
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"But the net income of more than 400 yuan is less than 100 yuan..."
Jiang Che interrupted her, "Yes, but think about it this way. We are settling accounts with Angkor Wu every half a month, so there is still some time before the next settlement. As for the two brothers, they are our family, so it will be fine if their money is paid a few days later. Only the money for the pork from the Zhao family needs to be settled every day. But even if we pay for their meat, it will not affect the overall situation. We will definitely be able to collect 500 yuan before the lamps arrive."
Jiang Che's argument was well-reasoned, and Wei Xuan was convinced by him, but she still hesitated and said, "But in a few days, it will be salary day again, and this will cost another two or three hundred yuan. I'm afraid it's so tight. What if I can't make any money by then?"
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Jiang Che had actually forgotten about this matter. It was only two or three hundred more, and it would not affect his plans.
"It's okay. After I get paid, I won't have much to spend money on. I can discuss the renovation fee with the master and pay him after it's done. We've worked together several times before, so there shouldn't be any problem. The renovation will take at least ten days, and I'm sure I'll have some money left over by then."
"Okay." This was the best solution now, so Wei Xuan had no choice but to nod and agree: "Then I'll give you the money later, and you can go buy the house tomorrow first."
As long as the store is opened, the money can be earned back quickly. It is common to run a business without sufficient funds. Her family is lucky, after all, there are four stores open that can provide her with cash. Otherwise, she would be really at a loss this time.
Wei Xuan hated asking people for money the most, luckily she didn't fall to that point this time.
Now that we have a house, the next step is to find someone to decorate it.
Wei Xuan thought of knocking down the wall between the two stores, and then placing two rows of shelves in the middle, hanging tops on the left and pants on the right.
As for coats, Wei Xuan planned to put together a set herself and hang them on the wall, three sets on each side of the two walls, just enough to show off all the six cotton-padded jackets she bought this time.
There is a spotlight above each set of clothing, and six spotlights are just right. Wei Xuan decided to use these six positions to hang the main items of each season.
As for the left and right sides, Wei Xuan also placed a row of shelves on each side. They look relatively empty now because it is the first time to purchase goods, so Wei Xuan is more cautious. As more goods are purchased in the future, they will naturally be filled up.
The day before the clothing store opened, Wei Xuan and Jiang Che took their children to Jiang's house.
Such important matters must be told to the family in person.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the Jiang family, I saw Third Sister Jiang, whose voice was almost hoarse from crying.
"What happened? Did you have a fight with your brother-in-law?" Jiang Che asked this question with no other meaning, because this was not the first time that Third Sister Jiang ran back to her parents' home and cried because of a fight with her husband. Unlike Second Sister Jiang who was introverted, Third Sister Jiang was the type of person who would let everyone know if she suffered the slightest grievance.
So when the incident with Jiang's second brother-in-law happened, Jiang Che nagged Wei Xuan more than once, saying that if the second and third sisters had even personalities, they wouldn't have been bullied like this.
But this time Jiang Che guessed wrong. Seeing her daughter crying so sadly, Jiang's mother could only sigh and tell her the whole story.
It turned out that the second sister was given a "long vacation" by the factory.
Wei Xuan was surprised. Didn’t the wave of layoffs only start in the 1990s? How could it have already started at the end of 1984?
She had only heard about this period of history from others in a cursory manner and didn't know much about it in detail. At that moment, I asked, "Did the factory say when I can go back to work?"
Jiang's mother shook her head and said, "It depends on how much work there is." What she meant was that if there was not much work, she might have to stay at home passively for a "long vacation."
But according to the current economic situation, the poor management problems of old factories like this will only become more and more serious. It is really difficult to expect them to revive.
Of course, Third Sister Jiang also knew this problem, and she burst into tears even louder.
Jiang's mother was annoyed by her noise. She slammed the table and shouted, "Enough. You are so old and still crying. You only grow older but not smarter. I think you are not as good as Yuanyuan in your life."
Yuanyuan knew that she should study hard at school. It didn't take her any effort to figure out why she was suspended from work. It was because she didn't work hard. Otherwise, given her father's current status, she wouldn't have been one of the first people to take a long vacation.
Yuanyuan was sitting on the sofa playing with her sister when she heard her grandmother calling her name. She opened her eyes wide and looked towards the adults.
Just when I was thinking about whether I should go over there and ask her if there was anything wrong, I was stopped by Jiang Yuanqing.
"Yuanyuan, let me take you out to play."
Jiang Yuanqing is now a big boy of fourteen years old. He knows that his grandmother and others are talking about important matters and it is not good to disturb them, so he wants to coax his sister out.
As soon as Yuanyuan heard the word "play", she immediately forgot the previous question and went out holding her sister's hand.
In the living room, since Mother Jiang got angry, Third Sister Jiang's crying has become much quieter. Mother Jiang asked her in a deep voice: "Tell me, have you not been working properly recently?"
Jiang Sanjie felt a little guilty when asked this question. She sniffed, lowered her eyes and said nothing.
No one understood what was going on in her expression, and Jiang's mother wanted to ask more questions when Jiang's third brother-in-law Feng Jianshe hurried over.
As soon as he saw Jiang Sanjie, he first breathed a sigh of relief, then greeted everyone one by one.
Jiang's mother asked him, "Do you know what happened?"
"I know," Feng Jianshe heard a colleague who lived nearby and worked in the same factory as Jiang Sanjie talking about this before he even got home. When he got home, he didn't see Jiang Sanjie, so he was afraid that she would get upset and something would happen again, so he hurried over here to see if she was there.
Jiang's mother changed the subject and asked him, "Do you know what your wife is like at work every day? Why did the factory target her first?"
Feng Jianshe glanced at his daughter-in-law when he heard this. Jiang's mother said angrily, "Don't look at her. I'm asking you now."
After a while, Feng Jianshe finally spoke: "It's probably because the factory's performance has been poor in the past two months and there has been a lot of work, so she took two extra days off."
"How many days are the extra two days you took? Please explain clearly."
After Jiang's father opened his mouth, Feng Jianshe dared not hide it. Besides, he had told his wife long ago that she should not relax at times like this, but she refused to listen. It would be good for him to tell her now so that his father-in-law could discipline her. So he said honestly, "I take leave and stay at home for almost half of the month."
"Feng Jianshe!" Third Sister Jiang didn't expect him to tell the truth, and she shouted at him angrily.
Father Jiang pointed at her and said angrily, "Why are you yelling? How dare you yell? I see that you don't want to go to work anyway, so this is just what you want. Why are you running back to cry?"
Not to mention Father Jiang, even Wei Xuan was speechless at Third Sister Jiang's boldness. How can your boss not be dissatisfied if you don't go to work for half a month?
Seeing that his father was angry with his sister, Brother Jiang quickly stepped forward and advised: "Now that the incident has happened, it's useless for you to be angry. You should think about how to save the situation."
"Yes, yes, yes." Third Sister Jiang could no longer care about crying and immediately nodded in agreement: "Dad, you can scold me and hit me if you want, but you have to help me think of a way to get a job. Otherwise, if only Jianshe works to earn money, how can our family survive?"
Father Jiang was so angry that he really didn't want to bother with his daughter, but when he thought of his two grandsons, he couldn't bear to do it.
Feng Jianshe also looked at his father-in-law expectantly. Although he didn't like what his wife said, it was the truth. He and his wife were very generous, and the combined salary was just enough to cover their family expenses. They didn't have any savings at all. Now that his wife had lost her job, it was indeed a bit difficult for him to support a family of four with just his salary.
However, in the end, until Jiang Che and Wei Xuan left, Jiang's father still did not say whether he would help or not.
Jiang Che and Wei Xuan were originally planning to come back to announce the good news, but this incident happened and they didn't even have time to talk about opening a store.
After finishing his meal and returning home, Jiang Che said, "Wait a few days, until the matter of Third Sister is over, I will go back and tell my parents. You just need to take care of the store, and you don't need to worry about these things."
OK. Even if Wei Xuan wanted to manage it, she was powerless.
As the clothing store was about to open, she became busier and busier. She was so busy every day that she didn't even have time to cook. Yuanyuan has been eating takeaway meals from restaurants for several days.
Even though Zhang Daya from the fourth store has been transferred over to help, at this stage she can only follow behind and lend a hand. All specific matters have to be confirmed and decided by Wei Xuan personally.
Now Wei Xuan really has to say goodbye to her previous idle life.
The next day, Wei Xuan’s first clothing store, “Beautiful Women’s Clothing”, officially opened.
Wei Xuan was bad at naming, and Jiang Che laughed at her name for several days. But deep down she felt that being beautiful was what every woman wanted, and this name fit her very well, so she refused to change it.
On the opening day, several of Wei Xuan and Jiang Che's friends came to support the event.
Fang Jing also came. Fang Jing's store had opened two days ago. Wei Xuan also went there on the same day. It must be said that when the big lights in her store were turned on, her store was instantly distinguished from the store next door.
The newly renovated store is brighter to begin with, and with the addition of the headlights, the stores next to it look even darker.
Wei Xuan also teased Fang Jing privately, telling her to be careful of the owners of other stores holding a grudge against her and secretly putting her in a sack.
Today, Fang Jing returned these words to Wei Xuan exactly as they were.
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