Return To 1977 Chapter 884: Grapevine

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November 1983 was a lively month.

In the east courtyard of Guanyin Yuan, except for the two brothers Bian Baoguo and Bian Jiangong, both the front and back got married and got married.

This month, many new things and changes have appeared on the streets of Beijing.

For example, the first self-selected market appeared in Beijing.

This is what Hong Yanru discovered unexpectedly on her way to Haidian District to participate in a fashion design exchange event.

This store is only 200 square meters in size. If you squeeze in a hundred customers at a time, you will be unable to turn around.

And it only sells vegetables and meat, which is much more expensive than the vegetable market not far away.

So the buyers were all foreigners. Most of the people in the capital came in curiously and walked around, then immediately ran out with their tongues hanging out.

It's just interesting that even foreigners are complaining.

Because there is only price on the packaging bag but no product name and quality, customers often mistake chicken for pork.

When Hong Yanru talked about this incident at home, the whole Hong family was attracted and thought it was something special.

Only Hong Yanwu knew that this was just a prototype of a supermarket at best.

He made a blunt judgment, saying that the store had entered a misunderstanding and would not be able to open in the long run.

Because it pays too much attention to form, it is positioned to target high-end people.

The so-called advanced business philosophy is actually just the use of open-shelf sales.

Compared to traditional stores, although it is bright and beautiful.

But due to the limited scale, the price must be high if the goods sold need to support such a beautiful store.

As a result, when the price is high, fewer people come, and when there are fewer people, there is less income. Such a vicious cycle is the undoubted cause of failure.

Most of the family members didn’t really believe what he said.

Because the self-selected market comes from abroad, and it has been proven successful everywhere, so how could it fail?

Especially Hong Yanzheng, who has already developed a habit of making excuses against his younger brother, making remarks at the drop of a hat.

"Let me see what you can do. Do you know about foreign things? I think you don't know your last name anymore. You have to pretend to be an expert on everything."

However, Hong Yanwu didn't mind at all.

Because Shui Qing, Chen Liquan and Xiao Hongjun all believed in his words, Hong Lucheng also nodded to him tacitly.

Then what else does he want?

Now that everyone who needs to understand understands it, the rest is not important.

And another incident caused even greater commotion.

That is, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the second nationwide "rush buying wave" has occurred in the capital.

The introduction to this incident came from a rumor that "there is a shortage of cotton cloth and the country will once again strictly control cloth."

It stands to reason that this news should be spread as it is, it is not painful or itchy, it is nothing.

But then on November 17, the department store actually began to sell free warehouse cotton and wadding.

This is great, just like a fire lit on dry firewood, immediately triggering a rush to buy goods.

At the beginning, the main targets of mass buying were cotton cloth and wadding, but later it gradually spread to ready-made clothes, woolen yarn, bed sheets, and cotton sweaters and pants.

Then, even eggs, matches, sugar and other items were grabbed in a daze.

The spirit of fighting to be the first and not letting the others behind is very similar to the situation in 1979 when everyone worked together to help the grocery store "clean out its inventory".

No need to ask, Fu Ruli will naturally not fail in the rush to buy.

The story of selling cloth in department stores was first spread by the well-informed "Qiu Zi's mother".

At that time, she didn’t know where to find the message, so she quickly ran into the courtyard and screamed.

"The department store is queuing up to sell cotton fabrics. We don't need any tickets. Let's go and have a look. If we get there late, we won't be able to buy them."

Easily, all the ladies in the courtyard were mobilized.

As a result, several neighbors went together. As expected, the queue to buy fabrics was dozens of meters long.

They waited in line for more than an hour before entering the main entrance of the department store.

But at this time, they were even more panicked when they saw people walking out in packs carrying cloths with happy faces.

I was afraid that they would be sold out and the trip would be in vain.

Fortunately, the department store is worthy of being the largest commercial building in the capital at this time, and the supply of goods is sufficient.

When it was finally their turn, at the fabric counter on the third floor, they could see with their own eyes several salespeople who were sweating profusely from exhaustion and were using carts to pull goods to the counter.

This is great, several old ladies couldn't wait to squeeze to the front, and they were fighting for nothing.

On average, each person bought at least two pieces of white cloth, one piece of plaid cloth and six quilt cloths.

Especially Aunt Shui, because she was afraid that the Hong family would suffer a loss, she even bought a double portion.

So when Shui Qing and Hong Yanwu took Xiaoying home from work for dinner, they found a mountain of cloth piled up in Aunt Shui's house.

Of course Shui Qing has to ask about this.

"Mom, why did you buy so much cloth?"

Aunt Shui said, "Don't do anything, just keep it. There is also a share for your husband's family."

When he found out what was going on, Shui Qing stopped and asked Aunt Shui to retreat.

Shui Qing said that Aunt Shui was buying blindly and making fun of people. I don’t even want to think about whether buying these is useful. The Hong family will never do such a thing.

But how can Aunt Shui listen?

This is the fruit of her hard work after queuing up all morning, hiring a three-wheeler, and finally getting it all the way back.

Retreat?

Never!

It would be better if the Hong family loved it or not.

The old lady had her own reasons, saying that Shui Qing could stand and talk without back pain. The Hong family would take care of her marriage, but who would take care of her two younger sisters. You have to prepare yourself, lest you need to be beaten and blinded when the time comes.

Looking at the mother-in-law, she said it was inappropriate and became anxious.

Hong Yanwu, the son-in-law, quickly acted as a counterweight and blinked at Shui Qing.

Deliberately said, "It's better to save a little, and save a little to be practical."

Shui Gengsheng also explained for Aunt Shui.

"Your mother, you are so scared of poverty."

As a result, Shui Qing had no choice but to shut up.

But she stopped talking because she couldn't stand it and there were others at home talking about it.

Shui Lan said while biting the steamed bun.

"Isn't it because I'm afraid of poverty? Good guy, one purchase is four pieces of white cloth. Unless there is a funeral tomorrow, filial sons and grandsons can only spend one piece each..."

Aunt Shui was so angry that she threw her chopsticks and scolded the two girls for being ignorant, making it impossible for a dog to spit out ivory.

Hey, out of the blue, Shui Lian continued her words and knocked on the gong.

He actually said, "It would be better if we really follow what the second sister said. I'm afraid that no one will want one by then. I would tie half a foot of black cloth around my arm and wear it for a long time at most and then throw it away. What's the point?" "filial"

Aunt Shui really can’t eat this meal.

He was so angry that he pushed the bowl away and went into the back room to lie down and sulk.

Only Xiaoying was very discerning, holding a steamed bun, shouting "Grandma", "Grandma", and chased after him.

This rush to please, of course, appropriately aroused the old lady's grievances.

After a moment, a scolding came from the room.

"When I gave birth to you, I should have strangled you one by one to avoid raising a nest of white-eyed wolves! You are not as good as our Xiaoying..."

It would be great if this storm could stop here.

A few quarrels at home about how we should live our lives in the future are actually nothing.

According to Aunt Shui's thinking, the cloth will be less regrettable when it is used.

Sooner or later, when it really comes in handy, these brats will understand her mother's magical tricks.

But who would have imagined that the gossip went astray on this matter, and the clever calculation was naturally wrong.

On December 1, the state announced the complete cancellation of cloth tickets, which was a complete mess.

Okay, now all the ladies in the hospital are embarrassed.

They can only comfort themselves by saying, "The cloth will last forever, and it will still look like new no matter when you use it."

Especially Aunt Shui, she is different from others, the old lady is serious.

Although her family didn't say another word, she was anxious, ashamed and worried about money, so she still fell ill.

Fever, big fire in mouth.

Hong Yanwu quickly asked Shou Jingfang to come and see him. As expected, he got three characters and became very angry.

So, while taking medicine, I also had to find a way to relieve the old lady's worries.

Hong Yanwu was right. Not only Aunt Shui's cloth, but also other people's cloth in the courtyard were solved.

The method is very simple, that is, use these cloths to make booth cloths, and then print "Civilized Business, Courteous Service" in artistic calligraphy on it.

Then he distributed it to the self-employed people under him at a price of thirty yuan per household.

Think about it, there are more than a hundred stalls in Xidan Night Market, Wangfujing Night Market and Xiushui Street.

Just this little cloth is not enough, naturally it is a piece of cake.

The most amazing thing is that when Hong Yanwu gave the money to everyone, he actually doubled his profit.

This time it really made all the old ladies in the courtyard calm down. That was praised by everyone.

Not to mention Aunt Shui. Once her heartache is gone, her anger is gone, and she knows she is hungry.

Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu had already thought of this and specially brought lotus root powder to his mother-in-law.

At this time, I quickly mixed the water and fed it to Aunt Shui by the spoonful.

No need to ask, this is also a good way to make up for the emotional discord between mother and daughter.

Shui Qing looked at her mother eating, and she immediately felt that she had given her mother too little over the years. As the eldest daughter in the family, she was really not qualified.

She blamed herself for being careless and caring for her mother too late. Her nose couldn't help but feel sore.

While Aunt Shui was drinking lotus root starch, she also felt grateful to Hong Yanwu in her heart. She was very happy that this uncle became a member of her family.

So he said something unprecedented.

"If you say that Xiao Wu is not a bad person, it seems that it is not entirely correct to say that you are a child and look down on your old age. This is all thanks to him. Otherwise, half of my life would have to be sacrificed... …”

I just remembered something and couldn't help but feel excited.

"But Qing'er, I just think that the cloth we sell...isn't it a bit expensive? Look at the thirty-one stalls, but in fact ten yuan of cloth is enough. Is it legal to ask for so much money? Are you willing to give it back? People are being arrested right now, so don’t cause any further speculation because of this. The crime comes..."

Shui Qing couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

"Mom, don't worry. I've asked him before, and he said it's too expensive to sell. Will he be willing to sell it? But Xiaowu said that with the recent rush to buy, those self-employed people are also making money. Yes. I can sell as many items as I want, and I’ve made three months’ worth of money in these ten days. What’s more, the printing results are pretty good, and I’ve even been praised by the Industrial and Commercial Office.”

Aunt Shui felt truly at ease now.

"Oh, that's good, that's good... Hey, few people can match this guy's shrewdness and meticulousness. If you can really follow him for the rest of your life, you probably won't suffer any loss."

Shui Qing was not happy about these words and was picky.

"Mom, what are you saying? Why can't we live forever?"

Aunt Shui is a little embarrassed.

"Hey, that's all I said. It's the same sentence. You are older and he is younger. You must have your own children to be honest."

"Look, why are you here again..."