Chapter 41: Opening
Chen's mother immediately heard Chen Yuan's voice, walked to the balcony and answered, and then instructed Chen Lan to go downstairs to open the door
Chen Lan rubbed for a while before he reluctantly went downstairs with his slippers.
Chen Yuan waited for a while before someone came down to open the door, and when she saw that it was Chen Lan, she said impatiently: "Why did you come to open the door so slowly, you did it on purpose." β
Chen Lan sneered, "I just did it on purpose?!" β
Chen Yuan was so angry that her face turned red, she walked directly around her and walked into the door, and bumped into Chen Lan by the way.
Chen Lan couldn't avoid it and was hit in the arm, but fortunately Chen Yuan didn't use much force, otherwise Chen Lan would have to fight with her.
It wasn't completely dark, and Mrs. Hong at the door was still sitting outside the door, not wanting to know how Chen Yuan complained to her parents, so Chen Lan simply didn't go up first, and ran to the opposite door to chat with Mrs. Hong.
"Grandma Hong, have you eaten?" Chen Lan held the old lady's arm, her voice was so sweet that it was greasy, if Chen's mother was afraid, she couldn't help but get goosebumps on the ground, but the old lady liked the little girl of her children and grandchildren to be so intimate with her.
Old Mrs. Hong smiled so much that her eyes narrowed, "Eat, eat, eat, was that girl a relative of your family just now?" Her old man had seen this little girl go to Chen Lan's house several times, so she was a little curious.
Chen Lan replied to her, "My uncle's family." β
Mrs. Hong has lived so long, how could she not see Chen Lan's cold look when she mentioned the little girl, and she didn't even say anything about her cousin, but directly said that her uncle's family has this little temper.
Mrs. Hong smiled happily and talked about other topics.
As he spoke, he smelled the aroma of stir-frying, accompanied by the sound of stir-frying, and as soon as he smelled it, he knew that it was wafting from his own kitchen.
Chen Lan touched her stomach and said, "It must be my mother cooking, it's so fragrant." β
Old Lady Hong patted Chen Lan's arm gently, "Let's go up and eat." β
Chen Lan was already hungry, so she stood up and said to Mrs. Hong, "I'll come over to talk to you next time when I have time." "Tomorrow, my mother's women's clothing store will open, and Chen Lan has to go over to help, so she won't have time to chat with the old lady.
Mrs. Hong responded with a smile.
When I went upstairs, I heard Chen's mother shouting outside, "Old Chen, is Lan Lan back?" β
Chen's father was watching TV, and when he heard Chen's mother's words, he didn't turn his head and said, "I didn't see her, I'm still downstairs." β
Chen Lan hurriedly responded, "I'm back." β
Chen Yuan didn't know when he entered the kitchen, and he would come out with the dishes.
Chen's mother called out to Chen Lan, "Go wash your hands and eat." β
Chen Lan sighed, ran into the kitchen, and arrogantly occupied half of the position, Chen Yuan still wanted to come in to serve the food, but Chen Lan blocked the faucet to wash his hands, Chen Yuan was so angry that he stomped his feet and left.
Chen Lan smiled.
Mother Chen saw her careful thoughts, and said angrily: "Don't waste water, serve the food out after washing." β
Chen Lan gestured OK and went out with a plate of vegetables.
After eating, Chen Yuan hadn't left yet, her parents were there, Chen Lan didn't dare to open her mouth to catch up, Chen Yuan sat on the sofa and watched TV, Chen Lan was out of sight and out of mind, so she turned on the computer to the side to play.
I haven't been on the Internet for more than a week, and the number of clicks and collections of novels has risen a lot, and last week she sent all the manuscripts to the publishing house, and the contract was signed and sent, and now she is waiting to be listed.
Chen Lan sent three chapters in a row, and also mentioned the publication of the novel in [The Author Has Something to Say], she may not be able to notify them at the first time, please pay more attention to readers, and the first 100 novels will be signed by the author at that time, while supplies last.
It will be on the market before New Year's Day at the earliest, and it will be winter vacation at the slatest, if it is before New Year's Day, she is still in school, and there is no way to notify readers online, so she has to let readers pay attention to the latest new works on the shelves of the book purchase network.
Not long after I clicked to publish, some readers left a message.
No1 netizen: A cat that loves fish
Sprinkle flowers!
[2F] netizen: A cat that loves fish
I'm not mistaken.,It's actually updated.,And three chapters in a row! Ahh......hhh
The sofa is mine, what should I do? I really want to do a few sets of radio gymnastics to suppress the shock, but if I let Ma Ma see it, it will definitely scare her.
No2 netizen: Black powder
I didn't grab the sofa and didn't open the forest
No3 netizen: I'm your brainless fan
It's been updated.,I'm so happy.,I'm going to have to eat a few more bowls of rice tonight.γ
[2F] netizen: I'm your brainless fan
Wait, when I went back and read it, I found that it was bubbling up a lot, is the novel going to be published? When the time comes, I will definitely buy books every day, and I will definitely grab a physical book, one for reading, and the other for collection with a big signature. γFist clenchingγ
No4 netizen: Lose ten pounds in three months
I want to confess to you!
Seeing so many cute little angels, Chen Lan smiled and bent her eyes, so she replied to them one by one, and readers who encountered thorns couldn't stop her good mood, and even replied to cute emojis under those comments.
I was busy for more than an hour before I replied to a third of the comments, I hadn't typed for too long, and the speed had dropped a lot, but Chen Lan was not in a hurry to open the third article, and it didn't matter if the speed was slower now.
Picked up the massager that my mother bought for her on her birthday last time, hung it around her neck and massaged her shoulders, so comfortable that she almost groaned.
Chen's mother finished her housework and sat down in front of the computer on the side, the TV on the sofa was a little loud, and Chen Yuan watched the TV series so engrossedly, she shouldn't be able to hear the sound of talking here, so Chen Lan asked Chen's mother without scruples, "What is she doing here?" She naturally refers to Chen Yuan.
Chen's mother turned on the computer to read the order, and replied to her casually, "The key has been dropped, and I can't enter the dormitory, so I spent the night here." β
After speaking, Chen's mother said helplessly: "You, why don't you always get along with others, don't you just stay here for a few days, and you don't stay here." β
Chen Lan snorted unhappily, "I just don't like her, Mom, you still help her speak." β
"It's also a relative, you can't kick the little girl out of the door, you haven't gone back to the shuttle so late, you girl is too careful." Although Mother Chen said words of disgust, her tone did not mean half disgust.
Chen Lan was coaxed to be happy, she just didn't like Chen Yuan, she didn't really drive her out, she couldn't go back to the dormitory, in case she had an accident outside, the eldest aunt wouldn't tear up their family.
At night, Chen Yuan still slept on the sofa, because she didn't have a change of clothes, so she didn't even take a shower.
The next day was the opening day of Chen's mother's clothing store, and Chen's mother had no time to take care of Chen Yuan, so after breakfast, she gave her a ride back to Chenjia Village.
Chen Lan didn't have time to go to the store to have a look, so he didn't know how it was decorated, and when he arrived at the door of the store, he saw the sign with an exotic style on the store.
The name of the shop is [Sarah], and the English name is sarah, which is often translated as "princess" in some dictionaries.
The name of the store was given by Chen Lan, not only as a physical store, but even the name of Chen's mother Taobao store was changed to Sarah, in order to open a studio and create his own independent brand in the future, he must first register a trademark.
The new store is gorgeously decorated, and it looks full of fashion and trend at a glance, and Chen's mother makes mid-to-high-end women's clothing, so the price of the clothes in the store is not cheap.
City A is barely a second-tier city, the consumption level of citizens is relatively high, and most of the people who live in the nearby area are rich people, and they buy a few clothes worth thousands of yuan a month without even blinking their eyes.
Not long after I arrived at the store, the two clerks recruited have arrived, and there is a custom of worshipping God in the store here in City A, although Chen's father and Chen's mother are not superstitious, but they still worship God in accordance with the rules, because the city began to ban fireworks and firecrackers early in the morning, and firecrackers can not be put off.
When the new store opened, Chen's father and Chen's mother's good relatives and friends sent flower baskets, and at noon, those old customers who were still thinking about Lanyue also came to cheer. Before this, Chen's mother also let people send out a lot of flyers, the new store has a discount, with the flyer can be discounted, although the price is still staggering after the discount, but there are also a lot of thrifty for more than a month, want to take advantage of the preferential period to buy a piece of clothing that can be worn out of the customer, from noon, the store customers are endless.
When the store closed at ten o'clock in the evening, Chen Lan was so tired that she was about to collapse, and Chen's mother was better, she was only responsible for the cashier, which was much easier.
Chen's father is a man, so he is not suitable to greet customers in the store, and Chen's father has always been clumsy, so Chen's mother doesn't expect him to help, just let him bring a meal at noon and evening.
When they got home, Chen's father had already prepared a supper and was waiting for them, Chen Lan came out with a bowl of small chaos, and couldn't wait to bite it, and was so hot that he inhaled.
Father Chen poured her a glass of cold boiled water, "Eat slowly, what's the hurry." β
"I'm so hungry I can't help it." After Chen Lan finished speaking, he took his saliva, and only spit it out after a while, feeling that his tongue was not so painful, he went to clip a little chaos again, and blew a few breaths before stuffing it into his mouth.
"Hmm...... It's delicious, Dad, your cooking skills have improved. Chen Lan slurred his words.
Since Chen's father resigned from his job to do Taobao at home, he has taken on half of the housework, and most of the time he has done it, letting Chen's mother rest, cooking more meals, and slowly improving his cooking skills.
Hearing Chen Lan's words, Chen's father was still very happy, "If you like it, eat more...... Hey no, I'm going to sleep later, so don't eat so much, it will affect digestion. β
Chen Lan, who still wanted to eat another bowl, had to put down the empty bowl with resentment.
After taking a shower, she fell asleep, the store event discount lasted for three days, and she will get help from the store tomorrow, so she has to have a good rest tonight.
The next day, the business in the store was a little lighter than yesterday, yesterday did not have time to count the sales, today is not so busy, Chen's mother took the time to count yesterday's income, opened the drawer and saw the cabinet full of pink tickets, Chen's mother's heart trembled.
Shaking his hands to count the money, it took a long time to count the amount of income for the whole day yesterday, and after removing the cost, the store made a net profit of 30,000 yuan!
In this commercial street, where every inch of land is expensive, the rent of the shop starts at 10,000 yuan, and Lan Yue rents this store to Chen's mother for only 3,000, Chen's mother was reluctant to accept it at first, and did not want to take advantage of her niece, but if she wanted to rent this store at a real price, plus the decoration follow-up goods, etc., Chen's mother did not have enough money on hand.
In the end, Lan Yue took a step back and proposed to rent 3,000 to Chen's mother for the time being, and only make up for it after making money, so that she could finally convince Chen's mother.
Although it was said that the new store opened yesterday, the business was several times better than usual, and then the business will be lighter, but it is no problem to earn thousands a day, and after deducting the rent, water and electricity bills and the wages paid to the clerks, you can make at least tens of thousands of dollars a month.
The money earned by the Taobao store is only a few jΓΉ, not as intuitive as a dozen dollars in front of her, Chen's mother's little heart is almost unbearable, when she thinks of leaving so much money in the drawer last night, Chen's mother is afraid for a while, if it is stolen, it will be painful.
Chen's mother packed the money into an opaque bag, wrapped it tightly, and then took it out uneasily, wrapped it in newspaper, put it in a bag, and finally stuffed it into a bag.
After talking to Chen Lan, Chen's mother walked to the nearby bank store with her bag in her arms, and it was not until she deposited the money in the bank that her heart was hanging high.
Back in the store, hearing Chen's mother's cautious tone, Chen Lan was amused and sad at the same time, thinking that it was the first time for her mother to hold so much cash, it was normal to be nervous.
"Mom, why don't you buy a cash register at the store?" Chen Lan said that it was very inconvenient to not have a cash register, and to prevent those few clerks from stealing from themselves, they had to make accounts every day.
"Cash register." Chen's mother had seen this thing in the mall, and after Chen Lan mentioned it, she also felt that it was good to buy a cash register, and the family was not short of money now, and a cash register could still be afforded. "Okay, go to Taobao at night to see if there is a better cash register."
Chen Lan was a little speechless, after her mother opened a Taobao store, she liked to shop online more and more, and many things used at home were directly Taobao on the Internet, and the women's clothing store had not yet opened during the period when she didn't even go shopping, except for buying vegetables every day, she didn't even go shopping, as if she suddenly lit up the house property, and her father complained to her about this, saying that after dinner in the evening, she didn't go out for a walk with him.
At that time, Chen Lan couldn't stop laughing, but now she feels that it's not good to have too many houses, but after the women's clothing store opened, her mother couldn't stay at home, so she had to go to the store once a day. Thinking of her mother's cautious attitude just now, Chen Lan was a little uneasy, she had to go to the store to collect the accounts before closing the store at night, and her mother had so much money on her body, it would be bad if she was robbed.
Chen Lan told Chen's mother about her thoughts, and said, "Let my father accompany you to the store to collect the accounts at night, you are too unsafe alone, although the security in the urban area has been good in recent years, no one dares to guarantee that it will be safe." β
Chen's mother remembered the time when she helped Lan Yue look at the store, every night Lan Yue went to the store alone to collect the bills, that Gu An never appeared once, and he didn't think there was anything before, but he saw it clearly when this happened to him, and he never took his wife off work and didn't say anything, and he didn't even care about his own safety, and he thought he was a good husband because he was blind.
Chen Lan didn't know why Chen's mother changed her face, seeing her angry appearance, Chen Lan hid to the side, so as not to be innocent.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Lan dragged her suitcase back to school, and with the suitcase, she easily went downstairs to the dormitory, first went to Zhang Jiajia's dormitory on the second floor, and gave her the things that Chen's mother brought to Zhang Jiajia.
After the school celebration performance began to rehearse, Chen Lan rarely saw Zhang Jiajia again, in fact, he didn't see her for a few days, and occasionally saw her on the road or in the canteen, but because he didn't have time, the two hurriedly said a few words and left.
Chen Lan sat on Zhang Jiajia's chair and asked Zhang Jiajia lazily, "What show are you going to perform in your class?" β
"Sketches, dances." There was still one show that was automatically ignored by Zhang Jiajia.
Chen Lan didn't think much about it, but talked about the program prepared by their class with great interest, "...... I don't know about Huang Lang's program, but in terms of the two programs of stage play and fashion show, I will definitely be able to pass the preliminary round, and I can't help but be a little excited when I think about the school anniversary in two weeks. β
Zhang Jiajia glanced at her lightly, "What are you excited about, and you don't go on stage." β
Chen Lan was stunned as if he was struck by lightning, yes, the whole class came to the stage to perform, what about me?