Chapter 16 Procurement of New Year's Goods
Time has come to the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month in a blink of an eye, and according to the customs of the Chinese people, it is time to celebrate the New Year.
These days, the pickled radishes of the Wu family are still sold as usual.
Although there are more and more copycat products, the impact on the pickled radishes produced by Chef Wu is not too great, after all, the number of pickled radishes produced by his family is not much, and Wu Xiaozheng has not even started the channel sales that have been prepared.
However, Wu Xiaozheng still made some moves.
After discovering the copycat products, Wu Xiaozheng immediately pulled Grandma Wu into the city.
He first found a barber shop, first dressed up Grandma Wu, Wu Xiaozheng also put a little makeup on her with his own hands, and bought a brand new chef's uniform for her to wear.
Not to mention, Grandma Wu dresses up a little, and she has the temperament of a chef, after all, she was also a great beauty when she was young.
After dressing up, Wu Xiaozheng took Grandma Wu to a photo studio and spent a lot of money to take a snapshot, the kind that was expedited and developed.
The next day, after Wu Xiaozheng took the photo, he immediately found a small printing factory to design and print food labels.
The label is relatively simple to print.
Because the product is still very single and the output is still very limited, when Wu Xiaozheng designed the label, he only used Grandma Wu's chef portrait, plus the three big characters of "Chef Wu" and the "secret food" boys, plus the simple design was completed, and there was no factory address or contact number, which was a typical three-no product.
However, in this era, as long as it is not large-scale production and sales, no one generally checks it, and the public does not care about it because the awareness of food safety has not yet been developed.
As a result, a simple but beautiful sticker appeared on the pickled radish jar produced by Chef Wu, officially distinguishing it from those copycat products.
In this way, under the most limited conditions, the brand of Chef Wu took its first step with difficulty.
Wu Xiaozheng originally wanted to do a little more, but as the New Year approached, many things could not be done, and even pickled radishes had to stop in a few days.
However, Grandpa Wu and Grandma Wu are already very satisfied, in less than ten days, Wu Xiaozheng helped the family earn almost 3,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the usual income of almost two years.
So on the day of the New Year, all the children of the family entered the city.
Pickled radishes still have to be sold, but Wu Xiaozheng gave this errand to Wu Changhe, and he took Grandma Wu and Wu Xiaoli to the store.
It's almost the New Year, and it's time to buy New Year's goods.
In this era, supermarkets have not yet entered Xiangshui County, and the larger ones are still state-run stores or supply and marketing cooperatives. However, under the influence of the market economy, some state-run stores or supply and marketing cooperatives have begun to contract or sublease to individuals, and the materials are much more abundant and the service attitude is much better.
The three of them went to the clothing department first, and Wu Xiaozheng first wanted to buy new clothes for Wu Xiaoli and Grandma Wu to wear for the New Year.
This era is like this, for rural people, it is not an easy thing to buy new clothes, the family conditions are better, only the New Year will buy a new clothes or two for the children, if the conditions are poor, a few years may not buy new clothes.
The most common thing is that the old clothes worn by the elder brother are changed for the younger brother because they are small, and the old clothes worn by the elder sister are changed for the younger sister to wear...... So the younger children in the family will always pout: "Let me wear my brother's (sister's) old clothes again." β
The Wu family is not short of money now, Wu Xiaozheng naturally will not let this kind of thing happen again, the first thing he wants to satisfy is Wu Xiaoli's desire.
Because the money was earned by him, and he was the only knowledgeable "cultural person" in the family, he easily took the economic control of the family into his hands, and his grandparents all listened to him.
"Wu Xiaoli, this sweater is good, come and try it. β
"Wu Xiaoli, this coat is very beautiful, let's try it. β
"Wu Xiaoli, these leather shoes are beautiful and comfortable, let's try the size. β
"Wu Xiaoli, these gloves are very beautiful, do you like them? It's about to snow, be careful that your little hands will freeze." β
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Wu Xiaozheng wanted a daughter very much in his previous life, but unfortunately his wish has never been realized. Now that he is reborn, he spoils his cute and cute sister, as long as he looks like he fits his eyes, he will stuff it all to Wu Xiaoli to try, and Wu Xiaoli will be so happy that her brother and brother will not stop, and her happy laughter often rings in the store.
Later, Wu Xiaoli directly put on a new set of clothes, and kept turning in front of Wu Xiaozheng: "Brother, is it good-looking?"
Because Wu Xiaozheng often buys delicious food for the little guy, Wu Xiaoli has been much closer to him in her life, and often follows him like a little tail.
Wu Xiaozheng found that it was quite good to raise his sister as a daughter.
Grandma Wu was so distressed that she was carrying a large bag of things in her hand, and kept nagging behind Wu Xiaozheng: "Xiaozheng, it's almost, it's too bad to buy so much at once." β
Wu Xiaozheng said with a straight face: "Grandma, you can make more money when the money is gone, we can't treat ourselves badly." Also, the poor raise a son and a rich daughter, and the little girl has to be spoiled to know a little no. β
Grandma Wu naturally doesn't understand why she wants to raise her son and daughter poorly, this concept that has been widely spread in the future is still unknown to most people, and it is not consistent with the concept of patriarchy in rural areas, but she feels that her grandson is a literate person, and everything she says is right, so she is not so opposed.
After buying new clothes for Wu Xiaoli, Wu Xiaozheng began to dress Grandma Wu again.
"Oh, Xiaozheng, this dress is too foreign, grandma will be laughed at when she wears it. β
"Don't worry, grandma, people will only envy you. β
"Oops, this dress is so colorful, grandma is so old, it doesn't fit properly. β
"Grandma, you are still very young, you are still a big beauty, it is just right to wear such clothes. β
"Oh, grandma is a countryman, and she can't work in the fields in this kind of clothes. β
"Grandma, don't worry, in a few years, you will also become a city person, and you will no longer have to work in the fields. β
"I can't!"
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It is not an easy thing to dress Grandma Wu, the key is that she thinks many of the clothes that Wu Xiaozheng helped her pick out are too avant-garde, so that Wu Xiaozheng has to keep doing work for her. Fortunately, Wu Xiaozheng's mouth is very sweet, although she is against it in her mouth, but she is happy in her heart.
finally finished buying clothes for grandma, but grandma was going to pull him to buy clothes.
Wu Xiaozheng originally didn't plan to buy it for himself, as a person who came over, he didn't pay much attention to his appearance, and felt that it was enough to have sportswear in this era, but Grandma Wu didn't agree!
So Wu Xiaozheng chose two more clothes for himself.
Then it was to buy clothes for Wu Changhe.
I didn't buy too much for my grandfather, and the styles I bought were not avant-garde, because Wu Xiaozheng knew that according to Wu Changhe's old and stubborn personality, he wouldn't wear clothes that were too good and avant-garde.
The next thing is to buy candy, peanuts, melon seeds, fruits or something, and these things must be used as a faΓ§ade for guests during the New Year.
When the three of them walked out of the store, their hands were already full of large bags and small bags, and even Wu Xiaoli was not idle.
"Wu Xiaozheng, why are you?"
Wu Xiaozheng turned his head and saw that it was the Jiang squad leader he had been talking about for a long time.
The two met so unexpectedly.