Sitting in the car, Jiang Chuning looked at the time and said, "I have something else to do in the afternoon, so you don't have to accompany me."
Then, she said to the driver: "Stop at the intersection ahead."
Jiang Shanghan's brows moved without trace, and he spoke slowly: "What's the matter?"
Jiang Chuning said: "I made an appointment with an agent to visit the store, and it's almost time now."
While she was talking, the car stopped on the side of the road.
Jiang Shanghan lowered his head and looked at his watch. When she went to open the car door, he held her wrist: "I'll take you there. It's very hot outside."
Jiang Chuning turned his head and said seriously: "I just want to rent a shop and open a small dessert shop. If you take me there in this car, the agency will trick me."
Jiang Shanghan: "..."
Jiang Chuning took out an umbrella from his bag and waved it towards him: "Don't worry, I have an umbrella with me. There is a bus stop in front of me. It only takes two steps to get there."
She pushed Jiang Shanghan's hand away, gave him a quick kiss on the side of his face, then opened the car door and trotted away.
In the front row, the assistant immediately looked away and looked away.
Jiang Shanghan looked at her back, the tip of his tongue touching his teeth, and after a while he ordered: "Follow her."
Jiang Chuning stood at the bus stop and waited for nearly ten minutes before the bus she was waiting for came.
She put away her umbrella and lifted her legs to get into the car.
The appointment with the agent was at two o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still half an hour left, so it would be appropriate to go there.
The weather is hot now, not many people are going out, the whole bus is empty, there are only a few people.
Jiang Chuning found a seat to the side and sat down, tilting his head to look at the scenery outside the window.
The bus staggered through several streets, and the surrounding scenery was unfamiliar.
Only then did Jiang Chuning realize that although she had lived in Jiangzhou for more than twenty years, she had visited very few places.
Basically, it's just running back and forth to a few familiar places.
The sun falls on the ground, the shadows of the trees are dancing, and the cats and dogs are enjoying the shade in the shadows, which is quiet and comfortable.
Suddenly, she seemed to feel it.
Jiang Chuning leaned on the car seat and slowly closed his eyes due to the sun.
It was exactly two o'clock when we arrived at the place agreed with the agent.
The agent saw her and stepped forward and said, "Is this Miss Xie?"
Jiang Chuning nodded: "I am, hello."
Here in Jiangzhou, as long as your surname is Jiang, you will inevitably have some relationship with the Jiang family.
So she didn't tell the truth.
The agent took her inside and opened the door with the key: "Ms. Xie, you have really good taste. This store is near the CBD and has a lot of customers. No matter what you do, the business will be very good.
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After entering, Jiang Chuning looked around. The facilities and environment here were pretty good, but they were just a bit big.
She said: "I just open a small dessert shop by myself. This place seems a bit big."
The agent said: "It won't be big. Business is getting better and better. If it is smaller, there won't be enough room for a few people in the store."
Jiang Chuning thought for a while and asked about the rent.
After the other party said a number, Jiang Chuning shook his head: "It's too expensive, I don't have that much money."
"Ms. Xie, this is near the CBD. Although the rent is a bit expensive, you can get your money back in just a few months. Believe me, you will definitely not lose money by renting here."
Jiang Chuning said: "This is not a question of how long it will take to get back the money, but I really don't have that much money. Please show me other places."
The agency could only take her away.
Next, I looked at a few places, but none of them were suitable. Jiang Chuning always felt that something was missing.
Until the agent's high interest became less and less, and he took her to a small store in the alley: "Ms. Xie, this is the last one, but you probably won't like it. I have been backlogging it for several years.
The conditions and location are not good in all aspects, and the customer flow is far inferior to the ones I showed you before, but it is quite cheap.
In fact, I think the first store is the best. You should stop thinking about it and increase your budget..."
As soon as the door opened, it was filled with dust, swirling in the sunlight.
The store is not big, only about ten square meters, and the walls are already mottled and peeling off.
The falling sunlight just enveloped the entire house.
At this time, Jiang Chuning saw several high school students crossing the street in front of the store.
She asked: "Is there a school nearby?"
The agent fanned the wind with the paper bag in his hand: "Yes, there are. In addition to high schools, there are elementary and junior high schools, but they are all a bit far away."
The implication is that they would not come here specially to eat.
Jiang Chuning quickly decided happily: "Then let's do it here."
She likes the location of this store very much, it is quiet and not noisy.
But if there are students passing by, including parents picking up and dropping off, it means there is traffic.
When signing the contract, the agent said: "Miss Xie, I still have to remind you that this is the old city. If you want to open a dessert shop, you may..."
Jiang Chuning knew what he wanted to say, smiled and signed his name at the end happily: "It doesn't matter, I'll give it a try first. I believe that whether it is in the old city or the city center, as long as you manage it carefully, there will still be a chance.
, not to mention that with my current funds, this store is the most suitable for me.”
"Okay, then Miss Xie, please contact me if you need it in the future, and I will definitely find a better home for you."
This probably means she thinks she won't last long here.
After signing the contract and paying the money, the agent left. Jiang Chuning sat alone in the store, looking around.
Although the store looks shabby now, it has a lot of room for improvement.
She can completely style it into whatever look and style she likes.
The first step to clean up should be these old dining tables.
Jiang Chuning turned on her mobile phone and was just about to call a moving company to handle it when she realized that the sunlight in the house was slowly receding and was replaced by the afterglow of the setting sun.
It's already so late.
Outside the store, people were walking around all the time.
There were middle and high school students after school, elementary school students whose parents came to pick them up, and people returning home from get off work.
Full of the breath of life.
Jiang Chuning looked at it and slowly raised the corners of his mouth.
At this time, her cell phone suddenly rang.
Jiang Chuning retracted her thoughts and realized that it was a call from Jiang Shanghan. She swiped the screen to answer the call, and her voice revealed her happiness: "Are you done?"
On the other end of the phone, Jiang Shanghan hummed in a low voice: "Where are you? I'll pick you up."
Jiang Chuning looked around and couldn't tell the name of the place where she came. She said, "I can just go back by myself. It should be quite crowded for you to come here during the rush hour after work."
Jiang Shanghan said: "Then how do you go back?"
"I'll check back later. There's still something unfinished here."
Jiang Chuning put away her mobile phone and planned to clean up the small things in the kitchen and throw them away. The dining table still had to wait for the moving company to arrive tomorrow.