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Section 4 Wang Ai Flower Shop Opens

 November 30th is a day worth remembering. In the morning, Ai Xiaoqing got on the phone with Boss Liu of Nanzhonghua Flower Shop in Anshan and said that his flowers were ready, about thirty flowers. Boss Liu

I was overjoyed to hear that. Although the quantity is not large, this is the first batch of local flowers. It is much easier than competing with a bunch of flower shops in Shenyang and Dalian to transport flowers by air. This logistics base must be cultivated well. Although it is the first batch of local flowers.

It’s a deal, but once the other party sees the money, he can expand planting without his own supervision, and the future supply of goods will be stable!

Boss Liu enthusiastically explained how to prune branches and how to keep warm, and agreed to deliver the goods to the store the next morning. Ai Xiaoqing and Wang Bin happily went home from get off work. When they got home, they couldn't take care of cooking, so they went to the greenhouse first.

He looked at the flowers in full bloom, just like looking at a stack of money. It wasn't until Wang Ai shouted that he was hungry that he woke up and looked at each other with a smile.

Early the next morning, the couple got up before dawn, shoveled out the soil with a small shovel and put it into a small medicine bottle. They cut a flower with scissors and inserted it into the soil. They used a cardboard box covered with cotton wool.

The flowers are packed in layers, and each flower is wrapped in a large plastic bag. The thirty or so flowers in total don’t take up much space, but this thing is delicate, and it’s already very cold at the end of November, so most of the flowers in the cardboard box

They are all warm cotton batting and quilts.

After packing up, Wang Bin ate a few mouthfuls of rice and drank a bowl of porridge in a hurry, and then like a hero going out on a battle, he gently hugged the cardboard box and went out with great righteousness.

This morning, Ai Xiaoqing was restless, and Wang Ai, who was sitting in the school classroom, was also a little uneasy. When school was over at noon, Wang Ai cheered when he saw his mother who couldn't hide her smile at the school gate. It was done!

Sure enough, when he got home, Wang Bin was humming and cooking. Wang Bin rarely cooked.

At the dinner table, Wang Bin specially poured a glass of wine for Wang Ai, but before Wang Ai could pick up the glass, Wang Bin choked him with one gulp. Wang Ai glared angrily, and the couple laughed.

Wang Bin said: "Son, you are the first to get back 285 yuan from this business! After catching up with me and your mother, we have two months' salary together, but you are too young to give you a drink, but I will remember this drink for you."

, we’ll figure it out together when you grow up.”

Wang Ai rolled his eyes and ignored him while eating. Ai Xiaoqing touched Wang Ai's head: "Son, why did you end up in someone else's shop?"

Wang Ai said: "I just looked at the flower seller and wanted to go in and have a look."

"My son is not only good at studies, but he also has great vision. He is really amazing!" Ai Xiaoqing hurriedly praised and comforted Wang Ai.

Wang Ai pouted. Anyway, there is no need to spend money now, so I don’t need any money. But there is something I need to tell you in advance: "Mom and Dad, I plan to skip a grade after I finish my studies next semester."

"Skip a grade? Have you finished reading all the third grade books?"

"I have finished reading the third-grade books a long time ago, and now I am reading the fourth-grade books. Next semester I can read the fifth-grade books, and I have also read some of the sixth-grade books."

The couple didn't want to eat anymore, so they dug out Wang Ai's third-year elementary school textbook and began to take the test. They asked and answered dozens of questions, and sure enough, they answered fluently. They were really prodigies! The couple was very happy.

The flower selling business went smoothly, and Wang Ai's studies went smoothly. Although some people in the village were curious about what Wang Bin and his wife were doing, they couldn't break into the house. During the Chinese New Year, relatives asked several times, and after listening to

Those who said they were growing and selling flowers didn't take it seriously. Wang Ai's grandfather Wang Cheng was quite unhappy and lectured Wang Bin, "What nonsense are you talking about if you don't work hard in farming?" Wang Bin didn't dare to tell the difference, but Ai Xiaoqing was afraid that her high income from selling flowers would be ruined.

After hearing this, they pretended to be honest and kept silent, and the matter was over. Fortunately, everyone in the village knew that these two couples were top students and if they were a little bit out of touch, they treated it as if they were scholars going crazy and laughed it off once.

The new year has come, spring is warm and flowers are blooming. In May of 1994, after half a year of exploration, the couple's flower planting technology has gradually matured. They have done a good job in controlling the flowering period in batches. Now they can produce nearly five flowers per month.

One hundred branches, a net profit of 4,000 yuan. Not only did the family have a greenhouse in the backyard, but also an ugly, unremarkable plastic shed in the front yard. Most of the supplies at Anshan Nanzhonghua Flower Shop are supplied by Wang Ai's family. A small part is supplied by Wang Ai's family.

If there are no flower seeds, Mrs. Liu from the flower shop has promised to find seeds for them.

After half a year, the couple already had more than 20,000 yuan in bank deposits, and they quietly became the richest people in the village. Fortunately, the couple are both scholars, well-educated, and did not mess around with money. How did they live in the past?

Ai Xiaoqing was obsessed with saving money for Wang Ai to go to college. Other people's children can only go to college when they are 17 or 18 years old. My own little ancestor will skip a grade for six years when he is only seven years old in the second half of the year.

But it's much earlier than other people's children.

On May 15th, Wang Bin came back from the delivery and was not very happy. It turned out that Boss Liu from Anshan had reduced the price of the flowers, but the selling price remained the same. The average price of the goods was reduced by 20%. He said that the flowers could no longer be sold and the cost was high or something.

Wang Bin still has the foresight to travel all over the country. It is obvious that the supply of goods is stable, and he is jealous when he sees how much money he makes. But there is only one flower shop in Anshan now, and there is nothing they can do to lower the price. What is even more frightening is that this time

If you lower the price, you may lower the price next time.

Seeing that the couple was worried, Wang Ai smiled and said: "Mom and Dad, there are flower shops in Anshan, and there must be flower shops in Shenyang, and there must be more than one. There must be people in Shenyang, Liao, and An who are thinking about growing flowers, but like ours

Our family must be the only one to do this. This is an unpopular business. Our family has been doing it for half a year, and no one in the village in front of us is following suit. Our family is the only one with the supply of goods, so we still have to worry about selling it?"

Wang Bin's eyes lit up, and he went directly to Shenyang without saying a word the next day. When he came back in the evening, the news was really good. Shenyang is indeed the capital of the province. There are now seven flower shops in the city. Three of them directly promised a monthly payment of less than 1,000 flowers.

, as much as you want, the price will be one yuan lower than that shipped by air. Although the other four companies are not so happy, they are also very enthusiastic and agreed to see the goods when they arrive before making an order. They may be afraid of encountering scammers or the flowers will not grow well.

The family counted their output and found that they could barely supply two families. The supply exceeded demand, so what are you waiting for? The couple withdrew money from the bank and hired people to build greenhouses directly on their own land. The couple originally wanted to plant directly on the land.

Here, Wang Ai advised that flowers are delicate and will be destroyed when encountering heavy rain, hail, insects, etc. They have to be planted in a greenhouse to be safe.

Wang Ai's family was the first to build a greenhouse in the village. Now the villagers' minds were moved, and there was a constant stream of people coming to inquire. Wang Ai gave the family ideas and asked the villagers to follow suit. No matter what kind of flowers, as long as they look good

, two yuan per branch. The price is not high, but it is much better than farming. If you clean up the vegetable plots in front of and behind the house and plant them, you can easily make an income of one or two hundred per month. Farmers these days can farm a year.

It only costs three to four hundred yuan to get food, so the rest is for nothing. So the brave villagers bought some rice seedlings from Wang Ai's house and tried to match the quantity. After a month or two, Wang Ai's family really spent all the money.

After the acquisition, there was a sensation in the village. Every family, old and young, planted flowers in front of and behind their houses. The villagers were afraid that other villages would follow suit, so they begged Wang Ai's family not to buy flowers from other villages, and they also told each other that this

It is a plan for the whole village to get rich. No one is allowed to tell people from other villages. Those who come from other villages will not be taught. The village committee also sends militiamen to guard the entrance of the village. No one from outside the village is allowed to enter the village. The security is tight.

By the time Wang Ai went on summer vacation, the number of flower growers in the village had become large, and villagers would come to their homes every day to ask Wang Bin to collect flowers. In the past, Wang Bin and his wife were celebrities in the village, but now they are highly respected and have smiling faces everywhere.

Then Wang Ai also encouraged the couple to open a flower shop, telling the couple that the flower business also had ups and downs, and other villages could not control it as they had followed, and they had to have their own distribution channels. They all relied on others and finally everyone got together.

Now, the market has failed, and there is no money to be made from collecting and selling flowers. While there is no flower shop in Liaoyang yet, let’s start it first. With our own flower shop, even if the business of growing flowers fails, we will not be able to make money anymore.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if the Anshan market in Shenyang is lost. Then there won't be a shortage of flower growers, but a shortage of flower sellers in the market.

After hearing this, the couple thought it made sense, so they both decided to take a leave of absence without pay. Anyway, the couple's combined income of 178 in January was no longer attractive to them. In the whole of July, including what they grew at home and what they purchased.

, selling flowers for more than 26,000 yuan in January, which is more than a hundred years of salary. I simply looked for a house in front of major hospitals in Liaoyang. I wanted to rent a house. When Wang Ai asked, a man in his thirties

The price in Ping's store was only over 20,000 yuan, so I just bought it.

On August 15th, the first flower shop of Wang Ai's family opened in front of the Fourth Hospital. The opening was very low-key, but the response was great. As the first flower shop in Liaoyang City, this small shop called Wang Ai Flower Shop has customers

The door is full. People these days have just a little money and are envious of Western life. There are a lot of petty bourgeoisie opening in front of the hospital. People who come to buy flowers have crossed the threshold. Although the price is very expensive, rich people can

There is no shortage of money, especially for those who visit patients in the ward of senior officials. No one is short of money. Ai Xiaoqing couldn't bear it after working in the store for ten days, so she quickly invited a best friend of hers to help. She settled the accounts in half a month.

, with a net profit of more than 3,000 yuan.

A month later, under the mobilization of Wang Ai, he opened a flower shop in front of another large hospital. Although he spent most of the money earned by his family for most of the year, this was really a fixed monthly income.

Xiaoqing asked three classmates to help look after the store. Wang Bin not only served flowers at home but also delivered goods to Anshan and Shenyang. Later, in September, he simply bought an old Jinbei Bread truck specifically for delivery.

Wang Ai breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the wealthy life of his family was stable. If a poor person cannot take the first step, everything is in vain, but as long as he takes the first step to make money, everything will go smoothly. The next step is his own

It's over.


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