Two days later, when Sheng Nuan had almost prepared the business plan, Huo Yinghan finished cutting trees on the mountain and was preparing to go to the demolition team in the county to find a job.
The county town is going to demolish a shanty town to build a factory, and young people from nearby villages are flocking to find work.
Sheng Nuan knew that Huo Yinghan joined the developer's demolition team this time. Because the demolition process was not very smooth, there would be various situations and people to do something bad. Huo Yinghan was taciturn but was just ruthless, and soon he got the developer's side.
Appreciate and earn your first pot of gold.
But this also laid the groundwork for his later gradual involvement in gangs.
When he heard Huo Yinghan say he was going to the county town, Sheng Nuan asked him to take her with him: "Brother, I have not been to the county town here yet, can you take me to take a walk?"
Huo Yinghan frowned: "I'm going to find work, not shopping."
Sheng Nuan said oh, and she curled her lips and didn't say anything again.
When Huo Yinghan left, Huo Yingshi comforted her: "I'm going to school the day after tomorrow. If you want to go to the county town, I'll take you there."
Sheng Nuan smiled at him: "It's okay, he won't take me and I'll go by myself."
Huo Yingshi laughed helplessly.
Sheng Nuan planned to bring Su Ruan with her. She needed help, and Su Ruan needed to have a meal, which was just right.
But when she found Su Ruan and said she would take her to the county town, Su Ruan hesitated, looked down at her shoes, bit her lip: "I, I'm like this, it's not appropriate to go to the county town."
Her feet were still the pair of black cloth shoes, and her thumb was exposed. It looked like that, but it wasn't that I couldn't repair it, but the fabric was so bad that it couldn't be repaired.
Thinking of several pairs of shoes in the original owner's cabinet, Sheng Nuan waved to Su Ruan: "Come with me."
Su Ruan followed Sheng Nuan into the Huo family's yard with some suspicion and restraint, and entered Sheng Nuan's room.
The furniture of the Huo family was made by Horton before. Although it was all logs and there was no trick, it was flat and easy to use. There were two layers of baffles under the wardrobe, just putting shoes on.
When Su Ruan saw Sheng Nuan’s seven or eight pairs of shoes, white shoes, small leather shoes, green rubber shoes, etc., she was full of envy.
She didn't even have a pair of neat shoes.
Sheng Nuan looked at it, took out a pair of green rubber shoes that the original owner had worn less, and turned around and handed them to Su Ruan: "We should be about the same size, so let's wear these shoes for you."
Su Ruan was stunned and was a little scared: "Give it, give it to me?"
Sheng Nuan nodded and smiled and comforted: "I may want you and me to be busy in the future. If your shoes are not good, it will be a problem for you to walk."
Su Ruan's eyes were red: "Thank you, thank you, Nuannuan, the first time I saw you, I thought you were the best person. Really, thank you so much."
These green rubber shoes are not like the ones sold in the town shop, but are very delicate, just like the ones worn by educated youth from the village in the past.
In this era, the villagers were not willing to buy such good shoes for their children, but Sheng Nuan gave them to her directly.
Su Ruan was surprised and grateful. She sat down and quickly changed her shoes. When she changed her shoes, she moved her feet uneasy, and then said embarrassedly: "It feels so comfortable, soft and elastic."
Sheng Nuan smiled: "It's good if it's right."
The next moment, she saw Su Ruan pick up her rag shoes again, a little shy: "This... can still be worn in the future."
Sheng Nuan nodded: "Let's put it there first, let's go to the county town first."
Su Ruan was a little restrained: "I don't have money..."
Sheng Nuan smiled: "I know, you don't have to spend money."
The two went out to walk out of the village together, and arrived on the main road outside the village. After waiting for a long time, they finally waited for the bus and got on the bus to the county town.
It’s not during the morning and evening rush hour, there are not many people in the car and there are seats.
When they arrived at the county town, Sheng Nuan took Su Ruan straight to the demolition site.
She planned to set up a deli restaurant first. She originally thought about starting with the stall, but her home was not in the county town, so it was troublesome to get everything in the stall, so she thought about renting a place to open a store directly.
She had forty dollars on her hands, which was actually a little nervous, but it was almost enough to calculate it in detail.
There are many people in the demolition area, most of whom are here to find work. Sheng Nuan took Su Ruan around the demolition site, looked at several places for rent, and chose one or two in the end.
Small shop on the floor.
This shop is not far from the demolition site. It turns out to be made of paper. There is a small attic above it that can be used for people. The storefront below is about twenty square meters. Although it is a bit dilapidated, it is enough for her at the moment.
The landlord asked for five yuan per month and deposited one and three yuan per month. Sheng Nuan discussed with him that he would try renting it for a month first, and then he could only agree.
Su Ruan was stunned and asked Sheng Nuan carefully: "This, I've rented it now? Don't you see more? It's a lot of money."
Sheng Nuan shook her head: "This place is good. No matter how cheap it is, the conditions are not good. I plan to cook food, so I need water, electricity and space. If it is better, the rent will be too expensive."
Su Ruan didn't understand these things, she just felt frightened.
Next, Sheng Nuan took Su Ruan to the second-hand market. The main reason was that the new stove was too expensive. First, buy two second-hand emergency responses, and it was too late to save money and then exchange it.
After almost halfway through, she finally chose two stoves. The old coal-burning stove was still old and worthless. She bought a large, a small, two iron pots and seven or eight stools in the second-hand market.
The stool was made at home and was quite worn. The iron pot was also an item from more than ten years ago, but it was strong. The seller of the pot was dizzy when he was bargained by Sheng Nuan. In the end, in order to make her not bargain, she gave it to her.
A total of eleven pieces of chopping boards were spent.
The person who sold the stove happened to have a tricycle. Sheng Nuan asked the man to ride the tricycle and send the stove and pot to the store he just rented. He took advantage of the tricycle and bought the coal and piled up a full three-wheeler.
Then there were pots, pans, pots, pots, chopsticks... After buying them all, it took nearly two hours. Finally, Sheng Nuan took Su Ruan straight to the flour mill in the west of the city.
The flour mill only supplies goods and rarely sells them in small retail stores unless there is a person who has a connection. Sheng Nuan bought a pack of cigarettes at the door. When she met the manager inside, she said openly that she was a catering person and wanted to use flour in the future.
Factory order flour.
When someone asked how much goods they wanted, she said that she would first take a small amount to see the quality, and then bought three large bags of flour at the purchase price. After being introduced by the flour mill manager, she took oil and seasonings at the wholesale price in the grain and oil store.
When she bought everything and sent it to the store, she didn't have much money left, and the two of them were exhausted.
The empty shop had already set up all over the floor, and Su Ruan was confused: "Nannuan, do you open a store just by saying that you want to open a store?"
Sheng Nuan smiled at her: "How about it? Follow me in the future, you can still make money without starving and freezing."
Su Ruan pursed her lips and lowered her eyes. After a moment, she looked up and said seriously: "Okay, I'll follow you."
For most of the day, although she just followed Sheng Nuan back and forth and didn't do anything, she felt inexplicably feeling that Sheng Nuan had bought so many things directly, and was sweating all over her face but with bright eyes.
A wave of expectation comes.
This was done by her with Sheng Nuan... She is a poor village with no food and clothing, and the money-losing girl she said can also do business with others.
The days suddenly seemed not so dark, just like a road suddenly appeared in front of you in the vast fog.
She didn't know what was at the end of the road, but she wanted to make decisions for the first time and walked on.
With a way and a direction, she felt that she seemed to be a living person...
After finishing all this, Sheng Nuan locked the store door and took Su Ruan to the station. While walking, she said to her: "We will collect some eels and vegetables tomorrow, and we will come to the county town the day after tomorrow to start construction."
She said to Su Ruan: "I may be a little tired at the beginning, but don't worry, I won't treat you badly."
Su Ruan looked down at the green rubber shoes on her feet, pursed her lips and nodded vigorously: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Just then, a voice sounded: "Sheng Nuan."
Sheng Nuan looked up and saw Huo Yinghan and a few young men standing there not far away, as if they were looking for a job with him.
Huo Yinghan frowned and walked over: "Why did you run away?"
Sheng Nuan shrugged: "Brother refuses to take me, so I'll come by myself."
Behind him, someone was shouting, asking Huo Yinghan who was this. Huo Yinghan ignored him. Seeing Sheng Nuan's sweating signs, he looked at Su Ruan, who was beside him, and paused for a moment, leaving.
When I entered the convenience store next to me, I saw two bottles of soda in my hand.
He handed the soda to Sheng Nuan and Su Ruan, and Huo Yinghan in a deep voice: "After drinking, go home, there are many people in the county town these two days, so don't run around, you two girls."
Sheng Nuan took the soda and smiled: "Thank you, brother, I'm so nice."
Huo Yinghan glanced at her, turned around and walked away.
Sheng Nuan drank a sip of sweet and cool soda and sighed comfortably, while Su Ruan was a little flattered with the soda bottle.
After a pause, she took a sip carefully and her eyes lit up instantly: "It's so delicious."
Sheng Nuan laughed: "We do it well, so we can drink as much soda in the future."
Su Ruan took another sip and nodded harder: "Okay!"