Eighties Sweetheart Wife

Chapter 79: Chapter 79 Business Is Booming_1 Chapter 79: Chapter 79 Business Is Booming_1 Several hours later, they had sold all six bags of goods.

The money collected was all kept in the bag.

It was Song Liang, feigning calmness but actually feeling terrified, who was carrying it, with Song He right by his side.

Why were there so many young women and wives in this county town.

Luckily, those who were buying were all women, who wouldn’t scream and snatch.

Moreover, generally those who could afford fancy headwear were working employees.

In this era, although service was emphasized, the attitude of the service was actually quite dreadful.

The sales clerks in the department store had an especially large number of rules.

If you wanted to look around and choose, no way!

Being too loud was no good, lacking a flattering smile on your face was no good, you had to treat them like ancestors.

Asking for the price also depended on whether the sales clerk was in a good mood and had the time to pay attention to you.

Of course, if you were capable, they would welcome you with a smile.

Like Sister Zhao, for instance, they were very cordial to her.

Mainly because in this era, goods were not worrisome to sell, selling more or less didn’t relate to the clerk’s salary at all.

And the feeling of being able to touch the merchandise personally was very rare.

Not to mention, these goods were indeed unseen before.

Pretty, they were genuinely pretty.

Moreover, today was Sunday, and the department store was particularly crowded; whether from the city or the countryside, this was the preferred shopping center.

So, the business was booming!

Naturally, it was also seen by the people from Erdao River Village.

The first person to see them was Chu Zizhou.

The most awesome brigade leader of Sunflower Commune and even the whole Nanshan County Town.

The man had a jeep.

Even though it was discarded by the military department, it was very decent for personal use.

But to be fair, Chu Zizhou was doing it for the state.

Today, he came with two technicians to buy some things.

Since Erdao River Village didn’t have a supply and marketing cooperative, it made sense to shop in the county town since they came out and had a car, and it wasn’t far.

Chu Zizhou looked at the Song family with some shock.

Then he found out that all of these things were made by them themselves.

He couldn’t help but admire them sincerely.

He also said to Song Liang, “Big Brother Song, we still have some other things to take care of.

When you’re done here, you can ride in my car back home.”

He mainly glanced at the bag containing the money.

Although he didn’t quite like Chu Zizhou calling him Big Brother Song, he still thanked Chu Zizhou for his kindness.

He only said he would go back with his family after selling all the goods.

Chu Zizhou didn’t insist and went into the department store with the others.

The people from Erdao River Village didn’t distinguish between Sunday or Saturday; they preferred to go to the bigger market.

But the big market was located at the Sunflower Commune.

However, today, their neighbors Aunt Sun and Aunt Hou came into town and saw the Song family setting up a stall to sell goods at first glance.

They were both astonished at first.

Old Mrs.

Song had already practiced beforehand, considering they were in their locality, and in case they encountered someone from the village, they always had to explain clearly.

Back then, people didn’t have what’s later known as a sense of distance.

Upon seeing them, they were amazed and approached; Old Mrs.

Song said, “Someone helped out, got us these things, we weren’t idle either, worked on them for several days.

The capital was borrowed by my younger son and daughter, thinking of quickly selling them off so as not to be in debt.

Alright, I won’t keep you, I need to get busy…”

She talked a lot, but it seemed there was nothing very useful said.

The two old ladies hurried to make way.

Mainly because if you didn’t buy anything and just stood there, the customers who were buying would be unhappy.

When everything was sold out, the Song family breathed a sigh of relief.

How much money they made, who knew!

He didn’t dare to think about it, for the thought alone would send shivers down his spine.

Fortunately, the Song family had many members and they happened to encounter Station Chief Ho leading patrols for security purposes.

This area was under the jurisdiction of the East District Police Station, and every Sunday, Station Chief Ho would make rounds here.

The main focus was on catching pickpockets, as there were many thieves around at that time.

Station Chief Ho was also very shocked.

Song Yunuan only found out later from Xiao Yu that the fountain pen of Station Chief Ho held extraordinary sentimental value.

Mainly because she was new to all this and didn’t realize the significance of the fountain pen, which had been a gift from a senior leader to him.

She had always wanted to find an opportunity to apologize to Station Chief Ho.

Seeing him today, she hurriedly said, “Station Chief Ho, I’m sorry about the fountain pen incident.

I didn’t quite understand at the time and was a bit too hasty, I—”

Station Chief Ho quickly waved his hand to stop her from continuing and whispered with a smile on his face, “It’s alright, it’s alright, they sent me another one, bought by the senior leader himself.”

Huh, so it turned out like this.

Song Yunuan immediately felt relieved.

Station Chief Ho was happy, too.

It must have been Huai’an who called the senior leader, his grandfather.

So, three days after they caught Liu Jincui, a new fountain pen was sent over.

In any way one looked at it, this gesture was very important to him.

Thinking about it, he owed Little Nuan his thanks.

So Station Chief Ho first made his rounds and waited until everyone had finished selling before bringing two officers with him.

With their arrival, the few sneaky characters disappeared in an instant.

Station Chief Ho asked Song Liang, “Do you plan to go to the savings office or straight home?”

This was their first experience with such a transaction, and it felt like they had collected so much money their hands were sore.

It was also the first time for Nanshan County Town to have someone do business this way.

The expression on Station Chief Ho’s face was all serious.

Song Yunuan blinked at Station Chief Ho and said with a clear voice, “We’re going to the savings office.

We have to transfer the principal back to them first, otherwise they won’t give it to us anymore.”

What they wouldn’t give didn’t need to be spelled out.

Understanding, Station Chief Ho escorted them to the savings office, where Song Yunuan felt it was a bit of a fuss, but later, when counting the money, she realized it was indeed a large sum.

After reaching the savings office, Station Chief Ho took her and Song Liang to the back office.

Old Mrs.

Song, Song He, and the three daughters-in-law were waiting outside.

It was better to have the money saved.

Otherwise, people would get envious.

When they came out from the inside and talked with Station Chief Ho for a while, everyone headed towards the direction of the East District Police Station.

Ever since Gu Huai’an arrived and with the incident involving Liu Jincui, Nanshan County Town currently had very good public safety.

The number of petty thieves had also greatly decreased.

When they arrived at the house rented by Sun Jinrong, although it was very small, still everyone squeezed in.

Old Mrs.

Song gave Sun Jinrong fifty yuan.

Sun Jinrong hadn’t expected so much and kept saying nice things, but she didn’t dare to ask how much they had sold for.

However, the envy and greed in her eyes were unmistakable.

Old Mrs.

Song frowned, just about to scold someone, when Song Yunuan suddenly asked, “Auntie, does your workplace have staff dormitories?”

Sun Jinrong said, “Yes, very big ones, but they’re only given to permanent staff.

We temporary workers get nothing.”

Song Yunuan said, “I heard from Station Chief Ho that there was an opportunity for a permanent position last year.

The leaders thought you were capable and specially approved it, but Liu Jincui, that old trickster, knew about it ahead of time and sold the information.”

Nowadays, jobs could be sold, but it was rare for anyone to sell a job.

Any trace of envy and jealousy vanished from Sun Jinrong’s eyes.

Angered, her face turned ashen and her eyes reddened as she joined Xia Guilan and Lian Xiang in cursing the old trickster who had wronged her.

However, Song Yunuan was quietly pondering.

Actually, not everyone in the Song family needed to do business.

But apparently, her auntie was tempted.

She decided it wasn’t her business to interfere; her grandmother would handle it.

The room was stuffy, and Song Yunuan said she would go out to find Huzi, then ran outside.

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