November 1983 was a busy month.

In the east courtyard of Guanyin Temple, in addition to the two brothers Bian Baoguo and Bian Jiangong, they have done happy events and become a family.

This month, there have been many new things and changes in the streets and alleys of the capital.

For example, the first self-selected market appeared in Beijing.

This was discovered by Hong Yanru on the way to Haidian District to participate in the fashion design exchange activity.

The store is only 200 square meters in size, and you can't turn around if you squeeze in 100 customers at a time.

And it only sells vegetables and meat, which is much more expensive than the vegetable market not far away.

So the buyers were all foreigners, and the vast majority of the people in the capital came in curiously and immediately fled, sticking out their tongues.

It's just interesting that even foreigners are complaining.

Because there is only the price on the bag, but there is no product name and quality, customers often buy the chicken as pork.

When Hong Yanru talked about this at home, the whole Hong family was attracted and thought it was a special thing.

Only Hong Yanwu knew that this was just a prototype of a supermarket at best.

He bluntly made a judgment, saying that the store had entered a misunderstanding and would not open for a long time.

Because it pays too much attention to form, the positioning is aimed at high-end people.

The so-called advanced business philosophy is actually just the way of open-shelf sales.

Compared to traditional shops, it is bright and beautiful.

But because of the limited scale, the goods sold still have to support such a beautiful store, and the price must be high.

So when the price is high, fewer people come, and less people earn less, and so on in a vicious circle, this is undoubtedly the cause of failure.

Most of the family members didn't believe him very much.

Because the self-selected market comes from abroad, how can it fail if people have proven successful everywhere?

Especially Hong Yanzheng, who has formed a habit of raising the bar to his younger brother, pouted and said.

"Look, you can get one, you know about foreign things, I don't think you know what your last name is. You have to pretend to be an expert in everything. ”

But Hong Yanwu didn't mind at all about this.

Because Shui Qing, Chen Liquan and Xiao Hongjun all thought deeply of his words, Hong Lucheng also nodded at him tacitly.

So what else is he asking for?

Since everyone who should understand has understood, everything else is not important.

And the other thing made a bigger fuss.

That is, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has been a second nationwide "rush to buy" in the capital.

The introduction of this incident is on a small piece of gossip that "there is a shortage of cotton cloth, and the state must strictly control cloth again".

It stands to reason that this news will be spread, it doesn't hurt or itch, there is nothing.

But then on November 17, the department store actually began to sell cotton cloth and wadding that did not require tickets.

This is good, just like a fire lit on a dry firewood, which triggered a rush to buy goods.

At the beginning, the main targets of the masses were cotton cloth and wadding, but later it gradually spread to ready-to-wear, wool, bed sheets, cotton sweaters and pants.

Then, even eggs, matches, sugar and other things were grabbed in a daze.

The strength of fighting bravely and not letting others follow is a bit of a situation in 1979, when the big guys worked together to help the non-staple food store "clear the warehouse".

There is no need to ask, the matter of the rush purchase will naturally not be disappointed.

The matter of selling cloth in department stores was first spread by the well-informed "ball mother".

At that time, she didn't know where to listen to the letter, and quickly ran into the courtyard with a voice.

"The department store is queuing up to sell cotton cloth, don't need a ticket, let's go and have a look." If you're late, you won't be able to buy it. ”

It was easy to mobilize all the old ladies in the courtyard.

As a result, several neighbors went in groups, and sure enough, 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 the people carrying the cloth in groups walking out with happy faces, they were even more panicked.

I'm afraid that they will sell out here, so I will run this trip in vain.

Fortunately, the department store is worthy of the first commercial building in Beijing at this time, and the supply is sufficient.

When it was finally their turn, at the fabric counter on the third floor, they could see with their own eyes that several salespeople were tired and sweaty, and they were pulling goods to the counter with a cart.

This is good, several old ladies can't wait to squeeze to the front, like a white robbery.

On average, each person bought at least two white cloths, one plaid cloth and six quilt cloths.

Especially Aunt Shui, because she was afraid that the Hong family would suffer a loss, she also bought a double portion.

So when Shui Qing and Hong Yanwu took Xiaoying home from work to eat, they found Bushan piled up like a hill in Aunt Shui's house.

Of course, Shui Qing has to ask.

"Mom, why did you buy so much cloth?"

Aunt Shui said, "Don't do it, save it." And your mother-in-law's share. ”

And when he asked what was going on, Shui Qingke didn't do it, so he had to let Aunt Shui retreat.

Shui Qing said that Aunt Shui was blindly rushing to buy, and she was coaxing the seedlings. I don't want to think about whether it is useful to buy these, the Hong family will never do such a thing.

But where can Aunt Shui listen?

This is the fruit of her labor that she has been queuing for a whole morning, hiring a three-wheeler, and finally getting it back from afar.

Retreated?

Never!

The Hong family loves it or not, not better.

The old lady has her own reason, saying that Shui Qing belongs to standing and talking without backache, and she is married by the Hong family, but who cares about her two younger sisters. I can't help but be prepared, and I need to be blinded when I need to be caught in front of you.

Seeing that the two of them said that it was not suitable, they had to be anxious.

Hong Yanwu, the son-in-law, hurriedly played a leveling role, and winked at Shui Qing.

deliberately said, "It's better to save some and save some steadfast." ”

Shui Gengsheng also explained for Aunt Shui.

"Your mother, this is poor and afraid. ”

As a result, Shui Qing had no choice but to shut up.

But she didn't say it, she couldn't stand it from others at home.

Shui Lan said while biting the steamed bun.

"Isn't it just poor and afraid? Good guy, as soon as you buy it, it will be four white cloths, unless you rush to Ming'er for a funeral, and the filial sons and grandsons can send the ...... away."

Aunt Shui was so angry that she threw her chopsticks and scolded the second girl for not knowing anything, and the whole dog couldn't spit out ivory in his mouth.

Hey, it's cold, she still continues to speak and knock on the gong.

actually said, "It's good if you really want to do what the second sister said, I'm afraid that no one will want one person or one horse at that time, and half a foot of black cloth will be strangled on the arm, and at most worn for half a day and thrown away, then you have to be filial." ”

Aunt Shui really can't eat this meal.

Angry, the bowl was pushed, and he went into the inner room to lie down and sulk.

Only Xiaoying was very discerning and saw a steamed bun, "grandma", "grandma" shouted, and chased after him.

This kind of rushing to curry favor certainly appropriately aroused the old lady's grievances.

In a moment, there was a cry of rebuke from the room.

"When I give birth to a few of you, I should strangle you one by one. Lest we raise a litter of white-eyed wolves......!

It would be nice if this turmoil was a stop here.

A few words at home, how to live in the future and how to live, in fact, is nothing.

You have to think according to Aunt Shui, and you will hate less when you use it.

Sooner or later, when it really comes in handy, these little cubs will understand her mother's clever plan.

But who would have thought that the gossip would actually deviate in this matter, and the clever calculation would naturally be inaccurate.

On December 1, the news announced by the state was that the cloth ticket was completely canceled, and the whole thing was full of trouble.

Well, the old ladies in the whole courtyard are embarrassed.

They can only comfort themselves with "the cloth is not broken, when to use it, it is still the same as new".

Especially Aunt Shui, she is different from others, and the old lady is very important.

Although the family didn't say a word, she was anxious, ashamed and worried about money, and she was still sick.

Fever, a big cannon on the mouth.

Hong Yanwu hurriedly asked Shou Jingfang to come and see, and sure enough, he got the word and made a fuss.

So, on the one hand, I was taking medicine, and on the other hand, I had to think about getting rid of the old lady's heart disease.

If you want to say that Hong Yanwu still has a rut, not only Aunt Shui'er's cloth, but also the cloth of other people in the courtyard, he has also solved it.

The solution is very simple, that is, to use these cloths to make the cloth of the stall, and then print "civilized business, polite service" with the word "civilized business, polite service" on it.

Then at the price of 30 yuan per household, it was apportioned to the self-employed people under his hands.

Think about it, Xidan Night Market, Wangfujing Night Market and Silk Street, there are more than 100 stalls.

That's not enough, it's naturally a piece of cake.

The most amazing thing is that when Hong Yanwu gave the money to the big guys, he actually doubled it.

This is really what makes the old ladies in the courtyard stop, which is praised by everyone.

Not to mention Aunt Shui, as soon as the heart disease is gone, the fire is gone, and she knows that she is hungry.

Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu had already thought of this, and specially brought back lotus root powder for his mother-in-law.

At this time, I quickly let the water be cleared and fed it to Aunt Shui one by one.

Needless to ask, this is also a good way to make up for the emotional discord between mother and daughter.

Shui Qing looked at her mother's eating, and she immediately felt that over the years, she had given too little to her mother, and as the eldest daughter in the family, she was really not qualified.

She blamed herself for her carelessness, blamed herself for caring for her mother too late, and her nose couldn't help but feel sour.

And Aunt Shui drank lotus root powder, and she also had gratitude to Hong Yanwu in her heart, and she was very glad that this aunt had become her family.

So he said it for the first time.

"If you want to say that Xiao Wu is not bad, it seems that it is not entirely right to look down on the old. Thanks to him, if you can't do this, you won't have to ask me to go with half my life......"

I just remembered one thing, and I couldn't help but feel excited.

"But Qing'er, I just think, let's sell these cloths...... Isn't it a bit expensive? You look at thirty-one stalls, but in fact ten dollars is enough. Is it legal to ask people for so much money? Can they be happy? Or ...... Why don't you go back to someone? Now people are being arrested outside, but don't report it because of this. Let's provoke some more charges of 'speculation'......"

Shui Qing couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"Mom, don't worry. I had already asked him, and he also said that selling people is too expensive, can people be happy? But Xiao Wu said that recently, those self-employed people have also made money. How many goods are sold, and the money has been earned for a few months in the past ten days. That's a lot of money. What's more, the printing effect is also good, and it has been praised by the industrial and commercial office. ”

Aunt Shui is truly at ease.

"Oh, that's good, that's good...... Hey, this kid is shrewd and meticulous, and few people can match it. If you can really live with him for the rest of your life, you probably won't be able to bear the loss. ”

Shui Qing was not happy with this, and picked his eyes.

"Mom, what are you talking about, why can't we live for the rest of our lives?"

Aunt Shui was a little embarrassed.

"Hey, that's not what I said. Again, that's the same sentence. You're big, he's small, you have to have your own children to be the right subject. ”

"Look at you, why are you here again......"

The second group has been opened, group number: 608640021

(End of chapter)