In the east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan, except for the two brothers Bian Baoguo and Bian Jiangong, both the front and back had happy events and got married.
This month, many new things and changes have appeared on the streets of Beijing.
For example, the first self-selected market appeared in Beijing.
This is what Hong Yanru discovered unexpectedly on her way to Haidian District to participate in a fashion design exchange event.
The store is only 200 square meters in size. If a hundred customers squeeze in at one time, they will be unable to turn around.
Moreover, it only sells vegetables and meat, which is much more expensive than the vegetable market not far away.
Therefore, the buyers were all foreigners, and most of the people in the capital came in curiously, took a look around, and immediately ran out with their tongues hanging out.
What's interesting is that even foreigners are complaining.
Because there is only price on the packaging bag but no product name or quality, customers often mistake chicken for pork and buy it.
When Hong Yanru talked about this incident at home, the whole Hong family was attracted and thought it was a very awesome thing.
Only Hong Yanwu knew that this was just a prototype of a supermarket at best.
He made a blunt judgment, saying that the store had entered a misunderstanding and would not be able to operate in the long run.
Because it pays too much attention to form, it is positioned to target high-end people.
The so-called advanced business philosophy is actually just the use of open-shelf sales.
Compared to traditional shops, although it is bright and beautiful.
But due to the limited scale, and the goods sold need to support such a beautiful store, the price must be high.
As a result, when the price is high, fewer people come, and when fewer people come, there is less income. Such a vicious cycle is the undoubted cause of failure.
Most of the family members didn't really believe what he said.
Because the self-selected market comes from abroad, and it has been proven successful everywhere, so how could it fail?
Especially Hong Yanzheng, who has formed a habit of making excuses against his younger brother, and always speaks out.
"Let me see what you can do. Do you know about foreign things? I think you don't know your last name anymore. You have to pretend to be an expert on everything."
However, Hong Yanwu didn't mind at all.
Because the water was clear, Chen Liquan and Xiao Hongjun both believed what he said, and Hong Lucheng also nodded to him tacitly.
So what else does he ask for?
Now that everyone who needs to understand understands it, the rest is not important.
But another incident caused even greater commotion.
That is, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the second nationwide "panic buying wave" has occurred in the capital.
The introduction to this incident came from a rumor that "there is a shortage of cotton cloth and the country will once again strictly control cloth."
It stands to reason that this news should be spread as it is, it doesn't hurt or hurt, it doesn't mean anything.
But then on November 17, the department store actually started selling free warehouse cotton and wadding.
This was great, just like a fire lit on dry firewood, immediately triggering a rush to buy goods.
At the beginning, the main targets of mass panic buying were cotton cloth and wadding, but later it gradually spread to ready-made clothes, woolen yarn, bed sheets, and cotton sweaters and pants.
Then, they even grabbed eggs, matches, sugar and other items in a daze.
The spirit of rushing to be the first and not letting the others behind is very similar to the situation in 1979 when everyone worked together to help the grocery store "clean out its inventory".
Needless to say, Fu Ruli will certainly not fail in his rush to buy.
The story of selling cloth in department stores was first spread by the well-informed "Qiu Zi's mother".
At that time, she heard the message from somewhere, and quickly ran into the courtyard and screamed.
"The department store is queuing up to sell cotton fabrics. We don't need any tickets. Let's go and have a look. If we get there late, we won't be able to buy them."
It was easy to mobilize all the ladies in the courtyard.
As a result, several neighbors went together, and as expected, the queue to buy fabrics was dozens of meters long.
They waited in line for more than an hour before entering the main entrance of the department store.
But at this time, when they saw people coming out in groups carrying cloths with happy faces, they became even more panicked.
I was afraid that they would be sold out and my trip would be in vain.
Fortunately, the department store is worthy of being the first commercial building in Beijing at this time, and the supply of goods is sufficient.
When it was finally their turn, at the fabric counter on the third floor, I could see with my own eyes several salesmen who were so tired that they were sweating profusely and were using trolleys to pull goods to the counter.
This was great, several old ladies couldn't wait to squeeze to the front, and they were fighting for nothing.
On average, each person bought at least two pieces of white cloth, one piece of plaid cloth and six quilt cloths.
Especially Aunt Shui, because she was afraid that the Hong family would suffer a loss, she even bought a double portion.
So when Shui Qing, Hong Yanwu and Xiao Ying came home from get off work for dinner, they found a mountain of cloth piled up in Aunt Shui's house.
Of course Shui Qing had to ask about this.
"Mom, why did you buy so much cloth?"
Aunt Shui said, "Don't do anything, just save it. There is also a share for your husband's family."
But when he asked and understood what was going on, Shui Qing stopped doing it and forced Aunt Shui to retreat.
Shui Qing said that Aunt Shui was buying things blindly and making fun of them. She didn’t even think about whether buying these would be useful. The Hong family would never do such a thing.
But how can Aunt Shui listen?
This was the fruit of her hard work after queuing up all morning, hiring a three-wheeler, and finally getting it all the way back.
Retreat?
no way!
It would be better if the Hong family loved it or not.
The old lady had her own reasons, saying that Shui Qing could stand and talk without back pain. The Hong family was in charge of her marriage, but who was in charge of her two sisters? She had to be prepared, so as not to have to be beaten and blinded.
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Looking at the mother-in-law, she said it was inappropriate and became anxious.
Hong Yanwu, the son-in-law, quickly acted as an equalizer and blinked at Shui Qing.
I deliberately said, "It's better to save a little to be practical."
Shui Gengsheng also explained for Aunt Shui.
"Your mother, you are so scared of being poor."
As a result, Shui Qing had no choice but to shut up.
But she stopped talking because she couldn't bear the thought of others talking about it at home.
Shui Lan said while biting the steamed bun.
"Isn't it just that I'm afraid of poverty? Good guy, one purchase is four pieces of white cloth. Unless there is a funeral tomorrow, filial sons and grandsons can only spend one piece each...".
Aunt Shui was so angry that she threw her chopsticks and scolded the two girls for being ignorant, making them unable to spit out ivory from their mouths.
Hey, out of the blue, Shui Lian continued her words and hit the gong.
He actually said, "It's better to follow what the second sister said. I'm afraid that no one will want one by then. If you tie half a foot of black cloth around your arm, you can wear it for a long time and then throw it away. You have to be filial."
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Aunt Shui really can't eat this meal.
He was so angry that he pushed the bowl away and went into the back room to lie down and sulk.
Only Xiaoying was very discerning, holding a steamed bun, shouting "Grandma", "Grandma", and chased after her.
This rush to please, of course, appropriately aroused the old lady's grievances.
After a moment, a loud scolding came from the room.
"When I gave birth to you, I should have strangled you one by one to avoid raising a whole bunch of white-eyed wolves! You are not as good as our Xiaoying..."
It would be nice if this storm could stop here.
A few quarrels at home about how we should live our lives in the future are actually nothing.
According to Aunt Shui's thinking, the cloth will be used only when it is used.
Sooner or later, when it really comes in handy, these brats will understand her mother's clever plan.
But who could have imagined that the gossip would go astray on this matter, and the clever calculation would naturally go wrong.
On December 1, the state announced that cloth tickets would be completely cancelled, which was a total commotion.
Okay, now all the ladies in the hospital are embarrassed.
They can only comfort themselves by saying, "The cloth will last forever and will be as good as new no matter how you use it."
Especially Aunt Shui, she is different from others, the old lady is serious.
Although her family didn't say another word, she was anxious, ashamed and worried about money, and she was still sick.
I have a fever and my mouth is burning like a gun.
Hong Yanwu hurriedly asked Shou Jingfang to come and see him. As expected, he got three characters and became very angry.
So, while taking medicine, I also had to think of ways to relieve the old lady's worries.
If Hong Yanwu was right, he not only solved Aunt Shui's cloth, but also other people's cloth in the courtyard.
The method is very simple, that is, use these cloths to make booth cloths, and then print "Civilized Business, Courteous Service" in artistic calligraphy on it.
Then he distributed it to the self-employed people under him at a price of 30 yuan per household.
Think about it, there are more than a hundred stalls in Xidan Night Market, Wangfujing Night Market and Xiushui Street.
Just this little cloth is not enough, naturally it is a piece of cake.
The most amazing thing is that when Hong Yanwu gave the money to the big guys, he actually doubled his profit.
This time it really made all the old ladies in the courtyard calm down, and that was praised by everyone.
Not to mention Aunt Shui, once her heartache is gone and her anger is gone, she knows she is hungry.
Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu had already thought of this and specially brought lotus root powder to his mother-in-law.
At this time, I quickly mixed the water and fed it to Aunt Shui by the spoonful.
Needless to say, this is also a good way to make up for the emotional discord between mother and daughter.
Shuiqing looked at her mother eating, and she immediately felt that she had given her mother too little over the years. As the eldest daughter in the family, she was really not qualified.
She blamed herself for being careless and caring for her mother too late. Her nose couldn't help but feel sore.
While Aunt Shui drank the lotus root starch, she also felt grateful to Hong Yanwu in her heart. She was very happy that this uncle became a member of her family.
So he said something unprecedented.
"To say that Xiao Wu is not a bad person, it seems that it is not entirely correct to say that you are young and look down on your old age. This is all thanks to him. If I could not survive this obstacle, half of my life would have to be sacrificed..."
I just remembered something and couldn't help but feel excited.
"But Qing'er, I just think that the cloth we sell...isn't it a bit expensive? Look at the thirty-one stalls, but in fact ten yuan of cloth is enough. For someone to be like this
Is it legal to pay a lot of money? Can people be happy with it? Or...should I give it back? People are being arrested outside, but don't report it just because of this matter. We will be accused of "speculation" again.
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Shuiqing couldn't help but smile after hearing this.
"Mom, don't worry. I've asked him before, and he said it's too expensive to sell. Will he be willing to sell it? But Xiaowu said that with the recent panic buying trend, self-employed people are also making money. How many goods are sold?
With so many goods, I have made three months’ worth of money in these ten days. This amount of money is nothing. Besides, the printing effect is also good, and it has been praised by the Industrial and Commercial Office.”
Only then did Aunt Shui feel truly at ease.
"Oh, that's good, that's good... Hey, few people can match this guy's shrewdness and meticulousness. If you can really follow him for the rest of your life, you probably won't suffer the consequences."
Shui Qing was unhappy with these words and was picky.
"Mom, what are you saying? Why can't we live forever?"
Aunt Shui was a little embarrassed.
"Hey, that's all I said. It's the same sentence. You are older and he is younger. You must have your own children to be upright."