Chapter 88: Going South to Guangzhou and the Special Administrative Region (Revised)
The fact that Qiao Qinglu turned down the job caused a stir in the school. No one understood and didn't know what she was trying to do, but her roommates didn't ask too many questions. She was a person with her own ideas, and everyone respected her decision.
Qiao's father, Qiao's mother and Xiao Yu didn't ask too many questions. She was already a mother of three children. Since she had made the decision, it was enough as long as she didn't regret it.
Brother Qiao wanted to ask, but was stopped by his sister-in-law, "Don't worry about it, your sister must have a plan, just wait and see."
It is said that after Brother Qiao graduated, he returned to the machinery factory. Now he is no longer a worker, but Engineer Qiao.
My sister-in-law joined the Foreign Trade Department, in charge of import trade. The two of them live happily together. Our little girl goes to the factory-run kindergarten, and Brother Qiao picks her up and drops her off every day.
Qiao Qinglu came home ready to talk to her family about her plans, but she didn't expect them to be so open-minded and no one asked her about them. Well, all her thoughts were wasted.
Qiao Qinglu planned to go to Guangzhou first, but Xiao Qinyun was worried and wanted to accompany her. After all, they had graduated and the graduate school would not start until September, which was more than 6 months away.
Qiao Qinglu thought about it and decided that it was indeed inconvenient to go alone, so let’s go together.
Thinking that they would be traveling far away and communication would be inconvenient, the two decided to install a landline phone. When they asked the telecommunications bureau, they were told it would cost 5,500 yuan per phone and they would have to wait three months for installation.
There was no other way, so Xiao Qinyun found an old man and gave him a box of peonies, asking him if there was any other way as he needed them urgently these days.
The old man pointed in the direction of the leader's office, and the two of them went to find the leader again. After much persuasion and giving him a red envelope, the leader finally approved the note and the installation would be done the day after tomorrow.
After coming out of the office, I gave the note to the old man for registration, and the phone was finally installed.
In the first few days after the telephone was installed, the triplets were very active. They told the students that they had a phone at home and that they could call home whenever they had time and keep in touch.
But after a few days of excitement, peace came.
These days, all the phones are public, and few homes have them installed. Moreover, the calls are expensive, and both making and receiving calls cost money. People generally don’t make calls unless it’s something important.
So after installing a telephone at home, it actually became convenient for the neighbors, and had nothing to do with the triplets.
After installing the phone, Qiao Qinglu told the triplets that they had to go out of town to do some business and might have to stay for three to five days.
The triplets had no objection. During the past few years when they were in school, their parents were often not at home. Only the clever Doubao thought of asking for a gift, and he specifically asked for a ship model.
So, Qiao Qinglu agreed to bring back a space model for Mantou, a ship model for Doubao, and paints and brushes for Mantou.
This time when they passed by Guangzhou, Xiao Qinyun and his friend also planned to visit Xiao Qinyu. In early March, they booked plane tickets and flew directly to Guangzhou.
At this time, the flight time is also relatively long, and you have to stop 1 or 2 times along the way before you can reach your destination.
After eating cakes, bread, biscuits and some fruits on the plane, and drinking soda and coffee, it was already 3:30 in the afternoon when the two got off the plane.
After leaving the airport, the two took a taxi directly to a guesthouse near the clothing street. After checking in and washing up, they went downstairs refreshed.
Qiao Qinglu handed the receptionist a box of Yanjing specialty pastries and asked her where to find delicious food and fun things nearby, where the clothing street was, whether there were any yards for rent nearby, etc.
The young lady answered her questions enthusiastically.
The Zhouji Beef Brisket Noodles nearby is very good. You can stroll around the night market street. The clothing street is not far from here. Just turn right about 500 meters away. Her uncle's house has a big yard nearby, and the rent is only 8 yuan a month.
Qiao Qinglu and Xiao Qinyun were very surprised to hear that there was a yard nearby. She asked her sister to bring her uncle over first, and they would have their weekly meal first and then go see the yard.
The little girl happily agreed, and called a kid from the neighborhood, gave him two candies, and asked him to ask her uncle to come over, as someone had the yard to rent.
After a while, Qiao Qinglu and the others came back and met a middle-aged man who spoke Cantonese. Qiao Qinglu could understand him but could not speak it. In the end, the girl found someone to take charge of the class and followed them to explore the yard.
The yard is more than 1,000 square meters, with three tiled houses and a utility room. It has water and electricity, as well as a simple wooden bed and an octagonal table.
Qiao Qinglu agreed with the landlord on a three-year lease: 8 yuan a month for the first year, 10 yuan a month for the second year, and 12 yuan a month for the third year, with a deposit of 50 yuan. She took out two pieces of paper from her bag and quickly wrote the rental agreement. If either party breached the contract, they would have to pay 50 yuan in compensation.
After both sides signed and stamped their fingerprints, Qiao Qinglu got the key and then came to the clothing street.
There are people coming and going on this street. There are small stalls on both sides with sample clothes hanging on hangers. There are also some stalls selling glasses, small accessories, electronic watches, calculators, etc.
Although it is early March now, the weather in Guangzhou is warm, summer clothes have already been put on, and all spring clothes have been cleared out.
Qiao Qinglu asked for prices and compared them as she walked, and finally stopped at a stall that was doing very good business. The stall was selling a variety of short-sleeved dresses, flared jeans, floral shirts, sunglasses and tights.
After bargaining with the boss lady for a long time, Qiao Qinglu finally bought the goods at the price of 10 yuan for a dress, 12 yuan for a pair of jeans, 8 yuan for a floral shirt, 8 yuan for a pair of sunglasses, and 2 yuan for a pair of pantyhose. She bought 3,000 dresses, 3,000 pairs of men's and women's jeans each, 2,000 floral shirts, 500 pairs of sunglasses, and 5,000 pairs of pantyhose.
Qiao Qinglu wanted too much goods, and the boss lady couldn't get them all, so she could only give her half first, and the rest would have to wait until tomorrow morning.
Qiao Qinglu had no objection. She gave the boss lady a deposit, checked the quality of the clothes, and asked the boss lady to find someone to deliver them to the newly rented yard, and she would pay for half of the goods directly when the time came.
Seeing that she was a big customer, the boss lady readily agreed and sent the clothes to her shortly afterwards. She also agreed that the remaining clothes would be sent to her the next morning to settle the balance.
Qiao Qinglu had a total of more than 180,000 yuan. She spent more than 130,000 yuan here, leaving only 50,000 yuan.
After shopping for a while, I spent more than 10,000 yuan and bought 3,000 small accessories such as hairpins, head flowers, earrings, etc. inlaid with pearls and rhinestones.
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