24. Xinzha shopkeeper (1)
The next morning, Jiang Shuiyuan went to the park for half an hour to exercise in the morning as usual, and then came back to make breakfast, eat some by himself, and bring one to his father who was in the hospital, and by the way, he saw his mother. When his grandmother came to take over, he went straight to Qing'an Mall with the key.
As the big brother of the department store industry in Huai'an, Qing'an Mall is located on Gulou Road, the most lively in Huai'an Province, and is one of the largest shopping malls in the province, and its history can even be traced back to the early years of the Republic of China. The surrounding transportation is convenient, the flow of people is dense, and the supporting facilities are complete, which is the first choice for many people to shop, leisure and entertainment.
Qing'an shopping mall has five floors, and the first floor is a luxury store for watches, gold and silver, leather bags, perfumes and other luxury goods, and customers can smell the rich fragrance as soon as they enter. On the second floor are the stores of various famous domestic brands, such as computers, mobile phones, sports shoes, and small household appliances. The third floor is for women's clothing. The fourth floor is men's clothing. The fifth floor is a place for leisure, with tea houses, cafes, fast food restaurants, bookstores, cinemas, pottery bars, etc., from the first floor to the fourth floor are tired, just come up to rest, eat.
Chen Fangyi's "Feng Laiyi" women's clothing store is located on the third floor of Qing'an shopping mall.
Jiang Shuiyuan has been here a few times before, either to ask his mother for pocket money, or to deliver food to his mother, or to pick up his mother from work, but he is also familiar with the road. When I opened the shutter door, the room was still familiar, except that no one had come for a week or two, and the floor was a little dusty. He put down the key, fetched a basin of water, and began to clean up.
Before the ground was mopped, I heard someone speak: "You are Xiao Chen's son Shuiyuan, right? I often hear your mother mention you." I'm Uncle Zhang, who sells shoes next to me, and my son used to be in the same grade as you in junior high school, so you should have heard of me, right? I saw your store open from afar just now, and I thought Xiao Chen's injury was already healed!
It turns out that this is the old Zhang next door that my mother often uses to fight pastimes!
Jiang Shuiyuan looked at him carefully, and saw that he was about forty-five years old, a little dark and thin, but he always had a polite smile on his face, and he was still holding a glass full of tea rust in his hand. Then he hurriedly replied: "It turned out to be Uncle Zhang! I used to hear my mother talk about you at home, saying that you have a good business and your shoes sell very well, and today I finally met the real person." My mom is still in the hospital and doesn't know when she's going to get better, so I'm going to come over on the weekend to have a look. ”
Lao Zhang sighed and shook his head: "Your mother is diligent, she works neatly, and she sells things genuinely, and she is not bullied, and her neighbors admire her! Now that she's gone, it feels like the floor is much more deserted. You say that such a good person, how can he be in a car accident?
Yes, my mother is so good, why did she encounter a car accident? Jiang Shuiyuan also sighed.
Lao Zhang said again: "When I used to chat with your mother, your mother often praised you, saying that your grades were among the best in Huai'an Mansion, and you often won awards like this and that. It is said that a few days ago, he went to the provincial capital to participate in the competition on behalf of our Huai'an Prefecture. How's it going, what's the result?"
"Got a fourth place!"
Today, the competition of the provincial Chinese culture theory difficult selection competition has all ended. Because of the loss of the soul of Jiang Shuiyuan, the Huai'an Fu squadron won the fourth place in both battles in the semifinals. However, Chen Di, Shi Xuan and others were very unconvinced, and in their words: "If it weren't for the accident in our lord's family, the director would not be able to participate in the competition, the champion would have been in our pocket a long time ago, how could you have anything to do?"
Not only the Huai'an Fu squadron itself thinks so, but even Zhou Yuantong, Cheng Daqi and others also think so: without a master like Jiang Shuiyuan on the field, the champion is a bit unworthy of the name after all!
Lao Zhang heard that Jiang Shuiyuan won the fourth place, and nodded approvingly: "Not bad, not bad, worthy of being a top student in Huai'an Mansion, if your mother listens to it, I don't know how happy she will be! Compared with you, my son is a pig, not to mention that he is not good at studying, and he knows how to play all day long, and he can't do without the computer at one o'clock or three o'clock on the weekend, either playing games or chatting with someone." How can you be like you, you still know how to help your family take care of the store! Hmph, I'll bring him over later, so that he can learn from you!"
"Uh......" Jiang Shuiyuan didn't know whether to comfort Lao Zhang, who hated iron and steel, or sympathize with Xiao Zhang, who was abused and killed by other people's children.
After chatting with Jiang Shuiyuan for a few words, Lao Zhang suddenly said: "My girl is about the same age as you, and she has been shouting that she has no clothes to wear these days." Her mother and I wanted to buy it for her, but she thought we had a generation gap with her, and the clothes we bought were either too old-fashioned or too rustic. I want her to buy it herself, but I'm afraid that she will buy some fancy clothes and be criticized by the teacher when she wears them at school. You're the same age as her, why don't you help me pick one for her?"
"I pick?"
Lao Zhang smiled and said: "Yes, you pick! The young man is handsome and smart, and his vision is definitely not far behind." If she dares to complain when she buys it back, I will say that it was picked by the little handsome guy in Huai'an Mansion, and I guarantee that she can't say a word!"
“!”
Jiang Shuiyuan finally understood why his mother often hit this Lao Zhang, it was really this guy who was too bad to fight.
Fortunately, Chen Fangyi's "Feng Laiyi" women's clothing store has a wide range of business, from girls' cute clothes to young people's workplace suits, and then to middle-aged casual series, everything is available, and her vision is also good.
There is no reason not to do the business of door-to-door. It's just that Jiang Shuiyuan usually doesn't care much about the way girls dress, and he doesn't have any opinions about what kind of clothes girls like. At the moment, I had to bite the bullet, compared the dressing styles of Pu Xiaoxiang, Liu Chenyu and Cai Xiaojia, combined with Lao Zhang's description of his daughter, and picked out a pink cartoon pattern T-shirt for her, and then matched it with a pair of pure white breeches.
Lao Zhang nodded happily: "The young man's vision is really good! My daughter must like these two clothes!"
After taking Lao Zhang's money, Jiang Shuiyuan was still a little excited in his heart: he just wanted to come over and clean up the store, but he didn't expect it to be a business. I don't know how much money I've made now, so I must ask when my mother wakes up!
After sending Lao Zhang away, other shopkeepers from nearby shops soon came to chat and inquire about the situation, and when they left, everyone bought a piece of clothing or other supplies. Jiang Shuiyuan realized that this was actually a means for everyone to show their concern and support for each other. Everyone is in business, and it is not good to give money directly, so they can convey it in this way.
After ten o'clock in the morning, the shopkeepers who should have come to visit had already visited, and the number of customers on the third floor gradually increased.
Men and women go shopping for clothes in exactly the same way. Male compatriots buy clothes like primitive people falling in love, and if they see a suitable one, they will be knocked out and taken home with a stick, saving effort and worry. Female compatriots buy clothes like modern people fall in love, first pick left and right, try to talk about what is pleasing to the eye, and then ride a donkey to find a horse, and change their course immediately when they meet the right one, until they finally pick and choose. So the female customers went to the third floor, just like Zhu Bajie met the monk: "Don't pull, don't pull, wait for my family to eat." ”
There were also several groups of guests in Feng Laiyi's women's clothing store, and Jiang Shuiyuan didn't know how to greet them, so he had to close his mouth and stand aside, waiting for their summons. I don't know if it's because women have a habit of visiting the store, or if there is no style they like in the store, or because the river source won't attract customers, many people just turn around and leave, without even asking a question. This made Jiang Shuiyuan slightly frustrated.
Finally, a girl in her early twenties took a fancy to a piece of clothing in the store, probably because she wanted to ask some questions, looked left and right for a long time, and found that there was only one person in the store, Jiang Shuiyuan, and couldn't help asking: "Children, where is the owner of this store?"
Jiang Shuiyuan smiled slightly: "I am!"