Chapter 149 Two-in-One Chapter
The most peaceful thing to do when you get home is to have a good night's sleep.
Gu Jiu took out his watch from under his pillow and looked at the time. It was already seven in the morning. Putting the watch on his wrist, he looked back at Lin Shu, who was sleeping soundly, and carefully lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
When the first ray of sunlight shone in from the window, the sleeping compound became lively.
The sounds of children crying, the clanking of cooking and the voices of adults mixed together, gathering the unique fireworks of the Gu family, filling the entire villa.
"Brother Jiu, why did you get up so early today?"
"I naturally woke up early last night, Mom, what's for breakfast this morning?" Gu Jiu brushed his hair and slowly walked from Walk upstairs and down.
The feeling of relaxation made Gu Zhiyuan feel jealous, "Lao Jiu, after breakfast later, do you have anything important to do?"
Gu Jiu shook his hair, He asked with a shy smile: "Is it important to accompany my wife?"
Seeing his generous look, Gu Zhiyuan suddenly felt a toothache: "After breakfast later, help me see Youming and You off. Xing went to kindergarten ”
"Your unit's kindergarten, you dropped it off at work, why do you need me to go all the way?" If Gu Jiu doesn't work, whoever's child will be responsible.
Gu Zhiyuan helped Youxing put on his shoes and rubbed his eyebrows, "I have to go to the provincial government meeting this morning, and I don't have enough time."
Gu Jiu said lightly, "Okay. Well, as long as you don’t mind that I’m going to scare your son with my bike.”
Gu Zhiyuan can rest assured about this, knowing that this kid is a hard-spoken and soft-hearted man, and he is quite patient with his nephews and nieces.
He patted his son's little head and said, "Your uncle sent you to school today, why don't you thank him quickly."
"Thank you, uncle."
Gu Jiu nodded helplessly, entered the kitchen, saw the porridge cooking in the pot, and the smell of noodles in the air, "Mom, porridge this morning With steamed buns?”
“Don’t make your disdainful tone too obvious, you know, now There are still many families who don’t even have access to this white flour, and you still dislike it. Have you forgotten your roots after a few good days?” Without stopping, he gave the cut salted vegetables to the nanny and asked her to stir-fry them with chili peppers, perfect for eating with porridge.
Gu Jiu looked at the side dishes they prepared and said, "Mom, this salted vegetable is just salted vegetable and stir-fried salted vegetable. Isn't it served with some oily residue or chopped pork belly and stir-fried?"
"What are you thinking about?" Wang Suzhen washed her hands and pushed Gu Jiu out, "Yesterday I had fish and meat. Why do I want to eat it again the next day? I want to eat meat every day. Where do I get so many meat tickets?"
“If you don’t have meat tickets, just take out the bacon saved at home last year and fry it.”
Young people have a fast metabolism. At this age, there is no need to consider the issue of three highs. Don’t think about eating it every day. Meat.
Especially when we are in the county seat, how good the food of the couple is.
Now that he is suddenly asked to tighten his belt, he is a little reluctant.
"Go, go, go. Those who know know that you love your wife, but those who don't know think that my family has raised a greedy son. If you are worried that your wife will be pregnant and have no nutrition, just fry an egg for her when she gets up later. "
Wang Suzhen pushed the man out of the kitchen and ignored him. Instead, he wiped the table and prepared for dinner.
It was already half past eight when Lin Shu got up. When she washed up and went downstairs, Gu Jiu happened to come back from outside.
Lin Shu noticed the dew on his hair, "Hey, where were you so early in the morning?"
Gu Jiu took off his gloves and threw them on the coffee table, then took out a handkerchief to wipe them with With confusion on his face, he said, "I'm sending Youming and Youxing to kindergarten. You just woke up. Are you hungry? Breakfast is hot in the pot. You wait for me to bring it out."
Gu Changsheng, who was resting at home today, felt his teeth aching when he saw the attentive appearance of Gu Jiu and the others. He was really helpless.
Gu Jiu brought out the porridge and steamed buns and was about to go into the kitchen to fry an egg for her, but Lin Shu stopped him. The steamed buns are pretty good.”
It was too greasy to eat in the morning, and her stomach couldn’t bear it now.
"Then boil it?"
"There is no need to boil it. By the time you cook it, I will have already finished my breakfast."
Wang Suzhen, who was sitting in the living room, gently tugged on Gu Changsheng and winked at him, "It's true that one thing brings another thing down. You must have never thought that he would be like this before. In your words, he is just a rake." ."
"He There's nothing wrong with raking his ears. At least, you and I don't have to worry about him anymore. After he gets married, we have successfully handed over this hot potato to his wife. "
From now on, what will happen to this kid. Let his wife worry about it, they will be relaxed.
“Yes, I think so too.” Wang Suzhen laughed.
Lin Shu found that Gu Jiu had been staring at him while eating breakfast, and asked helplessly: "What are the plans for today? If you have something to do, go and do it."
"Today is to pick up the goods, will you go with me?"
"Okay." Lin Shu is happy to accompany the couple when they move together.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, when Gu Jiu and Lin Shu arrived at the train station, Chen Fei and his brothers had already arrived early, and a truck was parked next to them.
"You seconded all the trucks from your dad's company?" Gu Jiu asked when he saw the truck.
"I wanted to rent a truck from the transportation unit. My dad rarely saw me doing anything serious, so he lent me the unit's car." Chen Fei looked back and stopped behind. The truck was quite proud.
As soon as the train arrived at the station, I checked the order with the staff, signed it, and started unloading.
Except for fruits, other goods were packed in fiber bags. It was hard to tell what they were from the appearance. Lin Shu was arranged to sit aside and help count and compare the lists.
All their goods were unloaded, and the brothers loaded them all into the truck at once.
Chen Fei and another brother got into the truck and followed the truck. Gu Jiu and other brothers rode their bicycles to the warehouse.
It is said to be a warehouse, which is the second floor of the front house. Among the several front houses, only the second floor of one concierge is left as an office. The rest are all used for stacking goods.
There was really no room on the second floor, so they were piled in the front room on the first floor.
There was no time to pack up other goods, so the fruits were unloaded from the car and placed directly in the front room.
Lin Shu checked it and found that there were sugar cane, pineapple, banana, grapefruit and so on.
In this era, fruits from other places are really rare, and some families with good conditions are willing to spend money to buy them back and eat them at home. Families with poor conditions are usually willing to buy some fruit only to give gifts.
There are so many items on display in the shop that it immediately attracts passers-by.
"Young man, why do you have so many fruits here? Are they for sale?" "These should be southern fruits, why are there no apples?"
Chen Feixiao He explained to everyone: "The fruits we have here are all fresh fruits that just arrived today. This time I went to the south, so they are all southern fruits. The price is cheap and there is no need to pay. If you want to buy it, go ahead. As for the apples that the elder sister mentioned earlier, we will have more apples in the store next time we go to the north.”
"Sugar cane costs 250 cents a piece, bananas cost 40 cents a pound, pineapples cost 60 cents each, and grapefruits cost 60 cents each."
"Pineapples and grapefruits are sold individually, can I choose at will?"
Chen Fei reminded: "You can choose, but you have to be careful when flipping."
Lin Shu lowered his head and opened the system mall. Checked the prices of pineapples and grapefruits.
The wholesale price of pineapples and grapefruits is 15 cents a piece, and bananas are even 5 cents a pound.
The wholesale price of the system mall is probably the actual wholesale price of these fruits.
Of course, they wholesale it from Guangdong Province, and transportation costs and labor fees are required during the transportation. Consignment fees are required when boarding the train. When they arrive in the provincial capital, they have to move again. If it is not their own person, it is another cost.
Calculated in this way, the profit is there but not too big, which is okay.
It is rare to come across fruits that are free of charge. When passersby see someone choosing, they will come over to take a look. Once they find out about the fruits that are free of charge, they will buy some to take home for their families to try.
In this way, the fruit shop’s business started immediately.
Gu Jiu asked people to pack some meals at the state-owned hotel. Except for a few people who were busy in the fruit shop, the rest went to the front room on the other side to eat.
After eating, Lin Shu asked what other goods they packed in fiber bags and cardboard boxes.
“The cartons contain canned fruits, and the fiber bags contain clothing, bags, socks and other goods that do not need to be kept fresh.”
“Just put some cans at the fruit shop. Go up to the table while someone is buying fruit, and sell canned fruit together.”
People at this time like to buy fruit or canned fruit as gifts. Just about a hundred meters past the cinema is the People's Hospital. I believe passers-by who go to the hospital to visit patients will buy some fruits or canned fruits when passing by the fruit shop.
Gu Jiu glanced at the empty shop behind him and asked, "What do you think of this clothing store?"
Lin Shu had long noticed that in several shops, they had painted the walls white in advance, and had tidied up the floors, doors and windows.
These days, materials are in short supply, and there are not many requirements for store decoration. It is a seller's market. As long as you have the goods, you don't have to worry about selling.
Lin Shu asked them to find someone to weld an iron frame specifically for hanging sample products. Nails should be hammered into the wall at a high place, and hangers should be used to support the hanging items.
On the three walls of the entire shop, about ten main styles can be hung, and the remaining styles are hung on the iron shelves below.
As for the bags, they can be hung on the wall, or placed in a wooden container, like nylon socks, or placed on the counter.
She was low on energy due to pregnancy. When she came back from outside in the afternoon, Lin Shu felt very tired and went back to her room to rest after dinner.
"What's the matter, are you tired from going out with me today?" After washing up, Gu Jiu sat on the edge of the bed and massaged Lin Shu gently.
Lin Shu closed her eyes and enjoyed it. After listening to his words, she sighed, "Maybe it's because I'm pregnant and have low energy. I've been busy for a few hours. Although I didn't do anything, I just felt tired. You working people still feel tired.”
Gu Jiu's eyes showed a little distress, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to accompany me today."
"It's none of your business, I just think that the mountains and forests are suitable for me. It takes too much energy for you to do business like this. It’s not suitable for me at the moment.”
Gu Jiu looked at her slightly pregnant belly hesitantly, "It's not safe for you to go up the mountain with your belly now. If you really want to go up the mountain, I will accompany you for a walk in the countryside when the weather is good. But you are alone. You are absolutely not allowed to go up the mountain.”
Lin Shu thought of going up the mountain twice this time and felt too guilty to refute.
Hurrying to change the subject: "Do you still need to go to the store tomorrow?"
Gu Jiu's massaging hand paused slightly, staring at her fair neck, his Adam's apple rolling, and asked with a slight cough. : "Tomorrow, Chen Fei and the others will be watching over there, but it doesn't matter to me. Do you want to go or not? Do you have anything to do tomorrow?" "
Lin Shu lay on his side, facing Gu Jiu, thought for a while and said: "Mainly because you are familiar with the provincial capital, I would like to ask you which factories in the provincial capital have products suitable for our canteen. When the time comes, go to their sales department and get more products to enrich our canteen.”
After hearing her words, Gu Jiu agreed without hesitation, but thinking about the inconvenience of transportation, he suggested: "This is no problem, it's just that the goods are shipped over. It's a bit inconvenient to transport the goods back to the county. Why don't we rent a hotel in the city? Warehouse as a turnover place?"
In this regard, Lin Shu had another idea, "Rent a warehouse I don’t object. It’s just renting a warehouse for turnover. It’s better to rent a store in the city and open a department store for retail and wholesale.”
Lin Shu’s idea is this. She would set up a municipal general distributor. If the two stores were successful, she would not mind setting up a provincial general distributor in the provincial capital.
It can be regarded as the earliest provincial and municipal private wholesale department.
Cities and counties below the provincial level can come to him for wholesale. Naturally, at the municipal level, all counties and towns within the municipal jurisdiction can wholesale goods from her.
Gu Jiu knew that this business was promising after just a moment's thought, but he didn't expect Lin Shu's mind to spin so quickly, "If you want to open a department store, you will need a lot of goods, and you have to be selective in the variety of goods. Many, according to the current situation, it is a bit difficult."
Lin Shu certainly knew, "What I am most worried about right now is the transportation problem. We can slowly search for the types of goods. Slowly enrich the variety in the store. As long as the store is opened, the business will slowly start. If you want to develop to a certain scale, the biggest obstacle in front of you is transportation. "
Probably the fastest thing now is logistics. It was checked by train, but after leaving the train station, it also needed truck transportation. At this time, there was no transportation that extended in all directions in later generations, but there was no service where someone would deliver it to your door with just a phone call.
It is really difficult to start a business.
No matter how many ideas we have, we can’t let the transportation aspect hold us back.
No wonder there was a time when slogans all over the streets in later generations were: If you want to get rich, build roads first.
"The transportation problem cannot be solved by ourselves at present." Gu Jiu stopped massaging, leaned on the bed, hugged Lin Shu and asked her the most practical question.
"You want to open a department store in the city, who are you going to put in charge?"
"What do you think of Dongfa? That guy has unlimited energy, he is steady and clever, How about letting him go to the city and give it a try?"
Gu Jiu smiled with a genuine expression: "I have no objection. Young people should always be given a chance to exercise. I believe he will gradually learn how to do it. Grew up together with the business.”
"How about you take charge of the general distribution here in the provincial capital?" Lin Shu looked at him with a half-smile.
He didn't say he wanted to give young people a chance with a mature look, he said he was seventy or eighty years old.
Gu Jiu scratched his nose and said with a guilty conscience: "It's okay for me to be responsible. You don't want to go back to the county town?"
How could you not want to go back? Although the provincial capital is more prosperous than the county town, Lin Shu still feels more comfortable living in the county town.
(End of this chapter)