Phoenix Girl in the 1990s - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

“Let’s go to the main street and find a place to eat first, and then we’ll go buy something for your sister afterward.”

If Xia Zhimin had come out alone, he could have coped with a meal by buying two buns at any place.

It costs less than a yuan, but today it’s rare to bring his two daughters out together, and he doesn’t want to make a fuss about it.

So he found a noodle shop and ordered a bowl of noodles for each of them.

But Xia Lin and Xia Qing had meat, eggs and vegetables in their bowls, while Xia Zhimin only ordered vegetables in his bowl.

A bowl of noodles with meat and eggs costs three yuan, and a bowl of vegetable noodles only costs one and a half yuan, and pork costs only three yuan a pound these days.

This price is not cheap, Xia Zhimin himself is reluctant to spend more money.

The two sisters looked at each other, in silent agreement, from their own bowls to give their father some meat and eggs.

Xia Qing, who had a small appetite, even added several chopsticks of noodles to Xia Zhimin’s bowl.

“Father, with what I have here, you can eat the rest of it.”

“We can’t eat that much, just help us take a portion.”

Xia Zhimin looked at his two daughters, and from the bottom of his heart, a wave of joy came out.

Having children who are so attentive and understanding, even if the days are hard and tiring, it’s all worth it.

After dinner, the three of them went to a place similar to a wholesale market, in which there were many outlets selling clothes.

The prices were cheaper than the stores nearby, which was what the owner of the noodle store told them when they were eating their noodles.

“Sis, choose whatever style you like for yourself.”

T shirts, shirts, jeans, dresses, colorful and flowery, in Xia Qing’s opinion many of the styles were simply unbearable to look at, but there were trends for every era, and since they were hanging in the store, the people buying them and wearing them were definitely quite a lot.

Just like the trendiest wide-legged pants and sweatshirts in the eighties, the nineties had a burst of popularity for the popular killer look, existence is reasonable.

Xia Lin has already picked her choice, in line with the principle of economizing, she feels that T shirt.

Shirts with jeans or casual pants is more practical, although the dress looks good, but when the summer is over, she can not wear it.

T-shirts and shirts are both ten yuan each. Xia Lin bought two of each, and the jeans which are more expensive, she only bought one, and when it was time to pay, Xia Qing used her eloquence to bargain with the boss. The original price of 68 yuan was only brought down to 50 yuan.

“Xiao Qing, you are awesome, instantly at a bargain price of eighteen yuan.”

“Clothing is very profitable, the boss can earn more than twice as much.”

“How do you know she can make so much?”

“I have a classmate whose family sells clothes, I heard her mention it.”

“I didn’t realize that doing business is so profitable, it would be great if our family could open a small store.”

“If we can open a store, we’ll be able to do it if we really want to.”

The conditions of the Xia family, far from the point of poverty, she remembered that in the past she had read a sentence, “the twenty-first century, talent is the most important”, the Xia family’s four daughters, not to say that there is a great achievement, at least they all went to college, in the nineties, college students are still very appealing.

After buying the clothes, Xia Lin bought shoes in another store, 38 yuan for two pairs, a pair of black leather shoes, a pair of white sneakers, both are simple and elegant design, although it is not a famous brand, but are easy to match with any clothes, putting them at any time to be worn does not look out of fashion.

Li Xiuqin has given a hundred yuan with 12 yuan remaining at this point, but Xia Lin is not willing to use it, and is ready to take the rest of the money and bring it back.

Sister, do you need anything else? Let’s buy it together if you need anything. You still have to spend money even if you go to school, right?

Xia Qing could roughly guess what her second sister was thinking, she must be thinking that this hundred dollars was given by her parents, so if she could spend less, it would be better not to spend her parents’ money, and after she went to school, she would squeeze what she lacked out of her own living expenses, so that she wouldn’t be counting her parents’ money on it.

Xia Zhimin heard the third daughter say this, and also asked the second daughter to see if there was anything that needed to be added, and if the money was not enough, he still carries more.

Under the persuasion of her father and sister, Xia Lin bought a few pairs of socks, and didn’t ask for anything else.

It took more than an hour to buy them, and at this hour it was just the right time to go searching for someone, so Xia Zhimin took his two daughters across a few streets to Zhou Quangui’s store that he opened in the county town.

Business in the afternoon is not hectic, occasionally there are only one or two customers to come to visit, when Xia Zhimin and his daughters entered the store, the bell at the door rang a few times, Zhou Quangui looked up from behind the counter and found that it was an acquaintance from the village.

“Zhimin, why are you here?”

“I’m buying a bus ticket for my daughter, school will start in a few days.”

Xia Lin and Xia Qing also greeted Zhou Quangui, calling out “Uncle Quangui”.

“Aigoo, the two little girls have grown so big? I remember they were still only as tall as a table.”

Zhou Quangui opened a department store, which sells everything, and came out from the counter, took a soda along with him for them to drink, but Xia Lin Xia Qing was unable to refuse, and finally took it.

These days, soda is also a few yuan a can, until the 21st century inflation and rising prices, the price of soda has not changed much.

After the pleasantries, Xia Zhimin and Zhou Quangui sat down to talk, hearing Xia Zhimin explained the purpose, Zhou Quangui was quite surprised, because in his perception, Xia Zhimin is not like this character of planning to do business.

“There’s no way around it. Several children need to go to school. How can we make ends meet with just the income from farming?”

Zhou Quangui nodded his head in understanding, “Yes, raising children costs money, unlike when we were young, as long as we manage to eat, it’s fine.”

He is not the kind of narrow-minded person who can’t see the good nature of others, otherwise he can’t contribute money to the village to build bridges and roads, not to mention that the village store is just a small thing, a month’s income is not seen to be as much as a day’s worth of department stores.

If you really want to open a store, I can introduce you to the supply channels. You don’t have to worry about this aspect. There are also some display cabinets and such that I have eliminated and you can use them directly if you don’t mind. There is nothing else to pay attention to. The procedures have been completed, and the necessary greetings have been made. This store can be opened at any time.

He did not expect Zhou Quangui was so generous, not only willing to introduce the supply channels, even the shelves is willing to provide, even if it is old it can still save a good amount of money.