Chapter 386 Shocking

  Welcome to Jiupin Literature, search for "Jiupin Literature" in any search engine to quickly enter this site. This site permanently provides free downloads of fine and txt formats without pop-up windows! Today's business at the clothing store was particularly good, and it wasn't until noon that customers gradually became fewer. Many customers ordered custom-made clothes, but because we didn't have many fabrics prepared, those customers who ordered asked us to make them exactly like the model's. I was thinking of asking customers to buy their own fabric on the street, but my sister said it wasn't necessary to bother, and we might as well provide a one-stop service to avoid losing customers. Thinking about it, it makes sense - as long as people come, try your best to succeed. But buying fabric costs so much money! Where can we get that much all at once?

  Sister thought for a moment and said: "I and Ruoming will go back to the city immediately, go to the wholesale market to take a look, the wholesale price of fabric there is much cheaper, we'll go and stock up first. Let's go now, if everything goes smoothly, we can deliver it back by tonight, if the fabric is hard to find, at the latest we will be back tomorrow morning."

  Mom counted the deposit for today's clothing orders, 10 yuan per piece of clothing, a total of 320 yuan, which means that 32 customers ordered clothes today. Originally, when I proposed this suggestion at last night's family meeting, Mom disagreed, saying that we didn't have such rules and usually paid directly after the clothes were made. But I think it's not good to do so, what if someone doesn't want them halfway? Such things often happen in the future, so it's better to be more stable. My older brother and sister agreed with me, so today we collected deposits. Fortunately, everyone seemed to think it was reasonable and were afraid they wouldn't have a chance to make clothes, so when we proposed collecting some deposit, those women quickly took out their money. Hehe, you can see how great the charm of new clothes is! Mom gave my older sister 300 yuan, saying it was for buying fabric in the city. After receiving the money, my sister made a list of fabrics to be purchased and then set off with my brother.

  Mom looked at the list in her hand and her hands trembled slightly: "It's really started! Our store has really opened!" "Congratulations, boss," I chuckled. "You have a lot to do. I think it's too slow for one person to do it alone, you need at least two people! I'm going back to school tomorrow, otherwise I can help."

  "Dad said beside him, 'I think I won't go to school for the next few days either. Anyway, primary school has just started enrolling, and there's nothing much going on. You draw a good pattern first, then I'll cut it out according to your drawing, and you can sew it with the sewing machine afterwards, how about that?' 'Right! Train Dad as your apprentice, if it goes well, don't be a famous teacher anymore, just quit and focus on opening a store!'

  "Dad glared at me: 'Nonsense, how can you quit that job so casually? Didn't you ask me to start a kindergarten in the first place? Why are you changing your mind again?' 'Isn't it because mom is too busy with work alone?' I asked with a smile. 'Do you want to open a kindergarten or something? If you really do, I can support you.' 'What's that supposed to mean?' Dad shook his head. 'First, focus on doing one thing well, don't be so flighty and end up not being able to do anything properly.' I quickly nodded: 'Dad is absolutely right!'"

  I paused for a moment, looked at those friends wandering outside, and asked them to come in. They complained that it was too small inside and there were too many people, so they wanted to stay outside and talk about helping us with activity advertising. Bao'er ordered three skirts all at once today, really generous! Looking at the time now, it's also time for lunch, I have to take them out to eat something. So, I asked my mom: "Mom, I'm hungry, what should we do? What's for lunch?" My mom was busy drawing and didn't have time to pay attention to me. My dad stood up and said: "We did bring some dry rations at home, but it's definitely not enough for you all. Why don't you take these friends out to eat on the street? Your mom and I will wait until we're hungry to eat." Saying that, my dad gave me 10 yuan.

  I took the money and came outside, waving my hand at them: "Hey, handsome guys and beauties, are you hungry? We're going to eat now, I promised to treat! Don't try to grab it from me!" I deliberately glanced at Bao'er. Bao'er immediately smiled and welcomed me: "Got it, boss!" "Hehe, that's more like it. Let's go, tell me, what are some good places to eat in town? You should know best, right?" I walked with my arms around Bao'er and Qiao'ui, asking as we went. With thirty yuan in my pocket, I had to get something good!

  Bao'er smiled, her eyebrows curved: "Okay, I'll take you there." We went to a small restaurant, quite simple, with just a few tables set up and the kitchen in the back, but it was clean. The owner was a couple in their 40s, looking very kind. Bao'er said she had eaten here several times before, their stir-fries were delicious and cheap.

  We ordered three dishes and a soup, sat around the table, eating and chatting. Xiao Yang and Lu Qi actually started talking about basketball training, and once they started, they surprisingly hit it off, with a feeling of having met too late. If I hadn't seen the subtle hostility between them before, I would have been really fooled by their appearance. But thinking again, they were not people who were content with being ordinary, putting aside their grudges, simply communicating, maybe they could become the best of friends. I sincerely hope so.

  "Come on, today is the opening day of Ruo Yun's store. We wish your clothing store a prosperous business and abundant wealth!" Bao'er raised her cup, after all, she was a child from the town, and had a different air about her! "Thank you! With your help, my business will definitely get better." I sincerely thanked them. Everyone raised their cups and clinked them together. "Don't worry, I'll help promote your store in the future. I'll definitely tell all my friends to come and shop here." Bao'er smiled brightly. "I'd like to toast everyone a cup too, hoping we can always be good friends and our friendship will last forever." I raised my cup, looking at each of them, "And I hope you two become the best of friends with each other, okay?" Xiao Yang and Lu Qi exchanged a glance, silently raised their cups and downed their drinks. I smiled. This meal only cost less than 20 yuan, indeed very cheap.

  After lunch, I remembered that there was something important to do, which was the task assigned by the teacher, buying music tapes. We came to the street, and Bao'er took us to a store that specialized in selling tapes, CDs, and other things. The owner asked me what kind of music I wanted, but I didn't have any idea, so I just said "Welcome to Jiu Pin Literature" (a website). He was also a handsome guy, very cool, and helped me pick out a few songs. He even played them on the store's tape recorder for us to listen to. We thought that the school song medley sounded great, with both foreign and Chinese songs, and a strong rhythm that made you want to dance. So everyone agreed that this was the one we wanted.