Tian Lang picked up the wine glass again, clinked it with me, and said: "Master, you are simply my lucky fruit! You see, as soon as you came back, I found a breakthrough point in my work. Even my parents have always opposed it.
The matter has been resolved, and they even said they would help me pay off the remaining loan. I feel like it’s a dream now.”
I smiled and joked: "Oh! It seems true when you say that, so how are you going to thank me?"
"Master, how about I kowtow to you!" Tian Lang said jokingly.
"Knock, knock, knock, I can bear it."
Tian Lang really took him seriously. He hurriedly moved his chair and was about to kowtow. I hurriedly pulled him up and said, "You kid, why do you still take it seriously? I'm kidding you. If you're happy, it hurts."
Let’s have a good drink!”
"Drink, I will definitely be happy today." After saying that, Tian Lang toasted me with another drink.
I did drink too much that night, so I slept at Tian Lang's house all night.
When I woke up in the morning, Qinqin had already prepared breakfast. She was really very virtuous. It was a blessing for Tian Lang to find a wife like Qinqin.
Although Qinqin was divorced and had a child, it was not a big deal.
I think they will be happy in the future, and I also envy Tian Lang.
Because I have been stumbling for so many years and am still a complete failure, I may never get married again or fall in love with another woman in the future.
After leaving Tian Lang's house, I planned to return to Chengdu, but before I went back, I had to meet one more person, and that was Lao Fu.
I called Lao Fu and after asking him his current address, I drove there directly.
Lao Fu's store is located in a block not far from where he lives. It's in a pretty good location, surrounded by several communities, and there are several real estate projects that are selling like hotcakes.
And there is a primary school not far away, so it can be said that the location is quite good.
I met Lao Fu in his store. Someone happened to be buying vegetables in his store. Lao Fu had been doing small business for so many years.
I looked at the door for a while and found that Lao Fu was really eloquent.
It wasn't until the grocery shopper came out that I walked into the store and shouted to Lao Fu who was busy arranging the goods: "Boss, are all your dishes fresh?"
"Yes, I just brought them here this morning. They are all fresh."
Lao Fu thought it was business coming to the door, but when he turned around and saw that it was me, Lao Fu suddenly laughed: "Xiao Chen, it's you! You kid is teasing me."
I smiled, walked over to him like Lao Fu, handed him a cigarette, and asked him without saying a word: "Lao Fu, I think you have chosen a good location for this store. It seems that you are also very good at it."
You are discerning!”
Lao Fu lit up his cigarette and replied with a smile: "Where is it! My daughter helped me find this store, and it's pretty cheap."
"How much does it cost per year?"
"Five thousand in the first year."
"Hey! That's pretty cheap, but this place won't be that cheap, right? Are you an acquaintance?"
"I don't know about that. It was my daughter who found it. She said it was a new building project. The rent would be cheap in the first year, but it would be hard to say in the second year."
I nodded in agreement, because when I came just now, there were several properties still for sale, and there were even some unfinished properties.
However, I felt that a commercial street would definitely form here in the future, so I said to Lao Fu: "Lao Fu, you have to be careful. Now that you have money, I suggest you buy this store."
Lao Fu smiled and said, "I just took out a loan to buy a small truck. How can I still have money to buy a store?"
"It doesn't matter, just take your time. How is your business after you open the business?"
Lao Fu said excitedly: "Don't tell me, my business has been quite good since I opened the business. I make at least five or six hundred dollars every day."
"Is this pure profit?"
"Yes! I told my wife, but she still didn't believe it, so I asked her to take a day off from her boss and come to my place to help."
I nodded and said, "That's for sure. First of all, the location here is quite good. There is a primary school not far away. Parents who pick up their children from school will come in and take a look when they pass by. And your vegetables are all fresh.
Without going through middlemen, the sales will definitely be good.”
Lao Fu said with a smile: "Really, I didn't expect that selling vegetables can actually make such a profit. I thought the difference of 10 cents or 20 cents was nothing to change, but Xiao Chen has a lot of tricks here."
Seeing Lao Fu so happy, I was naturally happy too, and then said to him: "Lao Fu, I think you should do some advertising to let more people know that there is a vegetable shop here to ensure that your business will be better."
"Oh! Why do I, a vegetable seller, want to advertise? In fact, I am satisfied with what I am doing right now."
"Then it's probably a little difficult for you to earn enough money for a house."
Lao Fu sighed softly and said, "What you said seems right, but how can we advertise it?"
"Ask your daughter to do a favor and ask her to print some flyers. The flyers indicate the location of the store, the quality of your vegetables, self-produced and sold, etc. Anyway, write down all the highlights on it, and face it.
You can hold an event and give away eggs or other prizes for every amount of money you spend to attract more customers."
Lao Fu listened to my suggestion very seriously. After thinking deeply, he nodded and said, "This sounds pretty good."
"It won't hurt to give it a try. You just opened your business not long ago. If you wait a long time and form a habit, everyone will come to you to buy food. Look at the many residential areas around here. There are huge markets."
Lao Fu was a very sensible person, so he immediately nodded and replied: "Sure, I'll do as you say."
I asked him again: "By the way, Lao Fu, how is your relative's character?"
"It's okay. He and I are cousins. Among all my relatives, he is the only one with whom I have a good relationship."
"Well," I nodded and added, "if you establish a good relationship with him and cooperate with him in the future, I think you can become bigger and stronger."
"How big can this vegetable business be?"
"Lao Fu, you have tasted the benefits now, don't you think this is a business that can be done?"
"It can be done, but if you want to do it on a large scale, it's still not possible."
I smiled and said: "It depends on how you operate it. I think the development direction in the next few years will definitely be related to the Internet. You can think about it in this direction."
"Well, what you said seems to make sense. I'll discuss it with my daughter later."
I reached out and patted Lao Fu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "That's right. Discuss everything with your daughter. She is a talent."
While we were chatting, someone came to buy groceries again, so Lao Fu went to work.
I said to him: "Lao Fu, you are busy first. I have to go back to Chengdu, so I will leave first."
Lao Fu turned around and called me and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? You just came and you have to leave. It's not too late to leave after lunch."
"No, I still have a lot of work to do when I go back. I'll come back to have a drink with you next time I have time."
"Oh, I said I'd have lunch and leave. Anyway, it's noon when you go back now." Lao Fu still insisted.
"That's no need, you go ahead and do your work."
As soon as I walked out of the store, I saw an unexpected guest.
I know this person, he is Lao Fu's son Fu Zhiqiang. Looking at him like this, he seems to have a bad intention.