Since no one was notified of their arrival in Haishi this time, and no one came to pick them up, Li Manjun and the other three took a taxi to the old bungalow by themselves. The house was empty and they were unprepared.
But the home is not in a state of being unoccupied all year round. You can tell at a glance that someone is taking care of it from time to time.
Li Manjun put away her luggage, arranged a room for Aunt Guo, and then took her excited daughter to see her room.
Sure enough, there were some personal belongings of Li Lijun inside. Although she did not dare to spend the night alone in the bungalow, Li Lijun would put a few of her own books and a change of clothes in the room for convenience.
During the Chinese New Year, the school could not accommodate her, so Li Manjun opened a hotel room for her, and she stayed in the hotel until the end of the Spring Festival. The guest bathroom on the first floor of her home now still has disposable toiletries brought back from the hotel.
Tomorrow is Wednesday, Li Manjun counts the time, and arranges work matters with Wang Dasheng these two days, and then calls Li Lijun over the weekend to go out for a walk together.
The school had started in the past two days and it must have been very busy. Li Manjun was not in a hurry to contact his sister. He took Aunt Guo to familiarize herself with various places in the house, especially the kitchen. Taking advantage of some time in the afternoon, she went out to buy food.
The taste of Haishi is completely different from that of Rongcheng. Here, we like a sweet and refreshing taste. Li Manjun is very heavy-mouthed and doesn't like spicy food. If you want to eat well, you have to cook it yourself.
The stay this time is relatively long, about half a month, and I brought Aunt Guo, the "chef" here, so of course I can eat comfortably at home.
She was just over two years old when she last came, so she doesn't remember much about it, but she always remembers the garden and swimming pool at home.
The swimming pool had just passed through a winter, and there was no water in it. It was covered with a cover. Li Manjun was afraid that her children would fall in because of their playfulness, so she specifically told Aunt Guo not to let Nian Nian stay alone in the back garden.
Aunt Guo wrote it down carefully and said she understood.
He keeps talking every year and is not happy about being restricted in his activities.
After finally getting from the small house to the big house, she thought she could run around freely.
Li Manjun knew what she was thinking as soon as he saw her little expression. Fortunately, a fence was installed for the swimming pool during the original decoration. The height was so high that even a small child could not climb over it now, which made her feel at ease a little bit.
The three of them walked out of the small door left on the main door. Li Manjun handed the key to Aunt Guo and told her to open the small door more conveniently when going out in the future.
Aunt Guo took the key and followed Li Manjun while taking note of the route.
Haishi is a developed city, much larger than Rongcheng, with more roads, especially the area with old bungalows, stretches of Wutong Avenue, identical roofs, and several alleys that all look exactly the same. If you are not familiar with it, it is easy to get lost.
Just go there a few times and get familiar with it.
After buying vegetables and daily necessities in the afternoon, and after dinner in the evening, Li Manjun took Aunt Guo and her daughter out for a walk to familiarize themselves with the road.
Spring has begun, but the temperature here in Haishi is still a few degrees lower than in Rongcheng. The cold wind blows at night, and the winter quilt has to be taken out.
Early the next morning, after having breakfast at home, Li Manjun told her daughter to play with her aunt at home, then took her work bag and went out.
After taking a taxi, we first went to the Junda branch warehouse to meet Wang Dasheng for inspection.
Now that school has started, all part-time students have returned to school. There are only four sorting workers hired temporarily in the warehouse. They are sorting the collected used clothes. After they are sorted into equal parts, large trucks will be sent there one by one.
Pier pull.
Wang Dasheng also rented a warehouse at the dock. Originally, the freighter could have a storage function. Unfortunately, the ship Joseph contacted had not yet arrived at the port, so he had to rent a warehouse for storage first.
Two million tons of used clothes, this amount is a large order that Li Manjun has never taken before. After this time, I don’t know when I will do such a large order next time.
It takes time to produce used clothes. Now is not the era when online shopping will be developed and low-cost clothing will be everywhere in 20 years. Everyone has not yet come out of the concept of diligence and frugality.
So when Joseph expressed that he wanted to place such a large order, Li Manjun refused.
Seeing her determined expression, Joseph had no choice but to give up.
Li Manjun asked him: "I can still get twenty or thirty tons of old clothes, do you still want them?"
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Joseph shook his head and said apologetically: "They only want large orders, and the amortized cost is very low. They can make more money than small orders, so there is no need for large orders for the time being."
"Li." Joseph specifically told Li Manjun, "Don't hoard old clothes. You may not need them for the time being."
Li Manjun is a little regretful, but after making a lot of money this time, he should be satisfied.
After all, the used clothes market is still very immature, and collection is too slow.
But this project is only temporarily shelved, and she will restart it when the time comes.
Li Manjun handed the cargo list to Joseph, and they didn't have much to do next. Joseph would complete the loading and inventory verification tasks himself. Li Manjun arranged for Wang Dasheng to do some work on the side, and he had two days to spare.
Li Lijun only saw the text message from her sister on Friday, asking her to go to the old bungalow after class and take her to see the house on the weekend.
Li Lijun was so happy that everyone was stunned. Her sister and Nian Nian came to Haishi! They will go to see the house tomorrow!
The happiness came so violently that as soon as the two classes in the afternoon were finished, Li Lijun immediately packed up her things and took a taxi to the old bungalow.
She couldn't wait for the slow bus to come, and since she made a huge sum of money during the summer vacation, taking a taxi was a piece of cake for her.
During this summer vacation, Li Lijun earned 1,000 yuan from head fees alone. In addition, she was also collecting used clothes, so the salary was settled at 600 yuan.
One thousand six hundred yuan, at the beginning of 1996, was a lot of money for both students and adults.
Li Lijun felt what it felt like to have money in her hands. This feeling was so wonderful. She could buy whatever she wanted to eat by herself. She could just take it from the school’s canteen without looking at the price. There was food in it, and she could walk with wind.
I was also thinking about not going home during the summer vacation and looking for a job in Haishi. Unfortunately, my family members unanimously rejected my idea as soon as I expressed it.
"You're not going back for the winter vacation, but you're not going back for the summer vacation?" Li Manjun picked up her sister at the door. As soon as the two sisters met, they heard her say she wasn't going home during the summer vacation, and he poked her forehead angrily, "Don't even think about it, I have to go home during the summer vacation.
If you need money, just say, I’ll give it to you.”
Li Lijun rubbed her forehead and was about to fake crying, but when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Really?" Li Lijun confirmed again.
Li Manjun laughed helplessly, "It's fake."
"No, it's true. Sister, don't go back on your word. I just heard it!" Li Lijun was anxious and hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her sister's arm, asking her to admit it.
Li Manjun deliberately ignored him and kept messing around in the yard for a while.
Nian Nian couldn't wait any longer, so he walked out of the living room, stood on the steps and shouted: "Auntie! Your favorite Nian Nian is here~, come and play with me!"
