Chapter 33

Chapter 33 Sugar wholesale division

Li Haitang had only played once in the city. Without Lin Peipei, who was born and raised in the pool, she naturally followed her footsteps.

After taking the bus for more than half an hour, lin peipei led her out of the car on xinjian west road. When she looked up, she saw that this area was quite prosperous. The houses on the street had five floors, and the first floor was full of bright and spacious shops.

Lin Peipei pointed to the street and said, "Haitang, this street is the busiest street in tan city. It's only ten minutes to walk from the train station and ten minutes to take the bus from the bus station. There are plenty of shops on this street. You can find whatever you want to buy, as long as you have money. Of course, the things here are a little more expensive than the other places. After all, the rent of the shops here is not cheap."

Li Haitang naturally understood that this was the form of the pedestrian street in the later generations. The economy in this area looked good, and it was a business center that the government had invested a lot of money in.

Today is the weekend, many employers and schools are on holiday, many parents on the street with students to go out to play, every shop door is crowded, it is obvious that business is very good.

Li Haitang roughly calculated that the stores selling household appliances, clothing, and food were the best. Just as she was looking around, lin peipei held her hand and walked quickly forward, "Haitang, my uncle's family opened a snack shop selling skewers in front of them. Business is good. We'll go and buy some skewers today."

"Sure!" Li Haitang, who had not tasted snacks for months, was also interested. As she followed her, she suddenly remembered the last time she and Wang Li wandered around the snack street behind shao County one middle school. It seemed that her new deskmate was a foodie like Wang Li.

Uncle Lin Peipei's shop was not very big, about thirty square meters. Her uncle and Auntie were just busy coming over. When they saw their niece, who had not seen her in half a year, they greeted with a smile, "Pepe, what do you and your classmates want to eat? Auntie will get it for you. It's rare for your school to take a vacation. You can eat it today."

"Okay. Auntie, I miss your fish ball skewers the most. I want to eat two more today." Lin Peipei stared brightly at the skewers in the pot.

Lin family Auntie fished out a few strings of white and round fish balls from the pot and put them in a large porcelain bowl. Then he fished out two more strings of shrimp, pig lungs, pork strips, taro tofu, kelp, radish, etc."

"Okay, Auntie, you go ahead." Lin Peipei smiled.

Li Haitang smiled and thanked her, "Thank you, auntie."

Lin Peipei found the innermost table, pulled Li Haitang to sit down, and said, "Haitang, come and try it. This skewer made by Auntie is super delicious."

The string she was talking about was spicy hot. Li Haitang picked up a piece of chopsticks and tasted it. He smiled and said, "This is sichuan style string. Did your uncle and aunt learn it in Chuansheng?"

Lin peipei said with a smile, "I guess so. My aunt was from sichuan province. She came to us when she was asked to apply for an educated youth to go to the countryside. Later, she married my uncle and had two children and two daughters. Later on, the policy was open, and they could go home, but my aunt's family was torn apart for some reason, so she stayed. I used to work in my parents' factory. There were a lot of family members and life was stressful, so they quit and opened a shop. They became rich with their aunt's skills."

Li Haitang said with a smile, "Working in a state-owned factory is an iron job for outsiders, but they dare to resign. They have the courage to do so."

"That's right. My father has a lot of brothers and sisters, and my grandparents are very stubborn. At that time, the family made a lot of noise about this. My grandmother still has a grudge. Every time she sees Auntie, her face stinks." Lin Peipei actually admired her uncle and Auntie. They had been open for less than three years, but their living conditions were much better than hers.

"Every family has its own difficulties. Your uncle's family is now stable and will have a better life in the future." Li Haitang didn't know what he meant. The shops in this area were very rare. Not to mention the extra money from doing business, the land alone was worth enough to make two generations richer.

"That's what I think, too. I find that many people who do business make a lot of money and live a better life than workers. Lv Feifei, the one in class eight who always frowns at you, heard that her family is in the clothing business. His parents made a lot of money. Look at her spending money like water in school. She spends more than my mother's salary in a month." Lin Peipei spat as he ate the fish balls.

Li Haitang's mind moved. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Pepe, do you really want to do business to make money?"

"Yes, you know what's going on in my family. My parents'salary is only a hundred yuan a month. My sister and brother are in high school and junior high school, and they spend a lot of money. Basically, they can't make ends meet every month. Our family of five is very thrifty. We buy new clothes every year. We have to show filial respect to the old people during the new year. We live a tight life. Well, it would be nice if I could write as well as you to make money, but the papers don't like the way I write." Lin Peipei rubbed his brows and said with some distress.

Li Haitang smiled and suggested, "How about we do business together? I'll pay, you help."

Lin Peipei's eyes brightened and then dimmed again, "Haitang, although I want to make money in business, I haven't done any business. I don't have any experience. Maybe I'll lose money then."

Li Haitang smiled and said, "I haven't done any business either, but we can take our time and start small. Even if we lose money, it won't matter."

"What kind of small business?" Lin Peipei asked curiously.

Li Haitang casually poured a cup of tea and said in a low voice, "I haven't thought of a new way to make money yet. I just sold peanut butter and melon seed butter at home with my friend's sister-in-law last summer. Business is not bad. Why don't we sell this here in tan city first?"

"These peanut and melon seed crisps made by your friend's house do taste good, but they are too far away. It shouldn't be convenient to supply them, right?" Lin Peipei was worried.

"That won't be a problem. A lot of the cars that run around the factory will take some business in the dark. We'll just find a driver to give him a chance to earn extra income." Li Haitang was not worried about this. Money can make things difficult. As long as there was money, a lot of people were willing to do it.

Lin peipei swallowed her saliva and said with her eyes shining, "Haitang, your brain is really smart, and you have more guts than me, and you seem to have more social experience than me."

"Hehe, it's okay. You are very familiar with tan city. You should be able to find a good location to rent a shop and hire a reliable caretaker, right?" Li Haitang raised his eyebrows.

Lin Peipei patted his chest and promised, "Of course, this is fine. Leave it to me. My little uncle has a shop to rent out, and it's in a good location. He talked about it when he came to our house last weekend. I promise to get the best rental price."

With money and connections, things will be more efficient. Li Haitang smiled and said, "Okay, then this is settled. We'll go to the bank to get some money later. I'll pay you some money first. I'll draw a drawing for you tonight. Find someone to decorate the shop and make some shelves."

"Okay. Then let's go now. We'll go home early and arrange this." Lin peipei thought that she could make money on her own, and her whole body was shining with confidence.

When the two of them left, Auntie, the Lin family, was determined not to take their money. Li Haitang shoved it into each other's pockets and pulled Lin Peipei away.

It was early winter, and the school uniforms were not warm enough. Today, they came out to buy cotton-padded clothes and pants.

Lin Peipei had enough clothes to wear at home. She was mainly here with Li Haitang today. She took Li Haitang to a clothing store they often went to.

Li Haitang bought himself two sets of cotton-padded clothes and pants, and two sets of pink and blue woolen clothes and pants, a pair of cotton shoes, as well as a whole set of Li Jianguo and Li Tao father and son from the inside out.

After the two men left the shop carrying bags, they found the nearest post office and mailed back the clothes for the li family and their son. Then he wandered the streets for a long time and rushed back to school before lunch.

When Lin Peipei got home, he told his parents about opening a shop. Originally, they didn't agree and were worried that it would affect their studies. After hearing that they were planning to invite someone to look after the shop, they agreed and specially recommended a friend who was quick, hardworking and kind to help them.

Li Haitang naturally agreed with the people recommended by Lin family's parents. The other party was also from a state-owned factory. His surname was liu and he was only 35 years old. Before that, the man in her family was seriously ill, so she had to leave the factory to take care of him. Her man had been ill for more than half a year, but eventually he went, dragging down the poor family. At this point, she lived alone with a junior high school daughter, working around to earn money, living a very difficult life.

As the big boss, Li Haitang gave Sister liu a salary of 55 yuan a month, which was not high in the city and was at the middle level. Of course, she also promised that if her business was good, she would naturally raise her salary and give red packets for the new year.

After the shop and labor were confirmed, Li Haitang called the wang family and asked them to prepare two thousand kilograms of goods.

In just five days, the shop opened. Lin Peipei and the Lin family were the ones who did all the trivial things during the opening of the shop. Li Haitang gave her 20 % of the dividends and signed the documents in front of her parents.

Their sugar store was not just a retail store, it was mainly a wholesale agency. In the early days, Li Haitang asked Sister liu to take dozens of catties of peanut butter and melon seed crisps with him on his bicycle every day to run the business, so that the owners of major shops and supply and marketing agencies could taste them for free, and then order the quantity after they were satisfied.

Sister liu was a good talker. The taste of peanut butter and melon seed butter was really good, and the wholesale price was within the range of everyone's acceptance. Almost 90 % of the shops placed orders, but in three days, 2,000 kilograms of goods were sold out. Fortunately, Li Haitang was prepared to have the wang family deliver 2,000 catties a day in advance.

Li Haitang opened a sales market in tan city and opened a business that was even better than shao county. Wang Yao and Duan Meifang smiled from ear to ear every day and recruited several workers to help them in the factory.

After things in the shop were settled, Li Haitang gave Sister liu the full authority to arrange, and she and lin peipei prepared for the final exam wholeheartedly.

The nine subjects took two and a half days to finish. After the exams, everyone was paralyzed, and Li Haitang was no exception. Because of the cold weather, she still had a cold and insisted on taking the last exam because she was feeling unwell. After that, she dragged her heavy and tired body to the infirmary to hang up the drip for the whole afternoon.

On the afternoon of the exam, most of the students left school and went home. After Li Haitang came out of the infirmary, she went back to the dormitory. Xia Lin was the only one in the dormitory. She was packing up her things and preparing to go home. She looked at the empty dormitory and asked in a hoarse voice, "Xia Lin, did everyone else go home?"

Xia Lin gave a faint "Yes."

"Are you going back today too?" Li Haitang leaned weakly against the quilt.

Xia Lin spat out two words, "Go back."

"Hey, I left so soon. I'm alone again." Li Haitang rubbed his dizzy head.

Xia Lin rarely asked, "Aren't you going home?"

"Yes, but it's going to be a while. There's still something to deal with here." Li Haitang sighed. He hadn't been home for half a year, and he didn't know if he could live in that little house. It was a brain-deep thing.

Xia Lin did not speak any more and continued to look cold.

Li Haitang got up and walked to the cabinet. He took out a large package from it and said in a hoarse voice, "I had prepared a new year's gift for everyone, but they all walked too fast. This bag of shortbread is for you. I know your family must be very well off, and I might not like this, but this is also my intention, and I hope you don't despise it."

Xia Lin said faintly, "I won't mind. This candy is delicious. Thank you." Then he took out a box of candy from his schoolbag and gave it to her. "Happy new year in advance!"

Li Haitang reached out and took it. He opened the box and smiled, "Chocolate, imported, delicious!"

Xia Lin grinned once in a while, picked up his schoolbag, carried his luggage, waved at her, and strode out of the dormitory.