The story of a cook

Chapter 53
Go in the direction of Beiling Park with Sister Zhao.I want to find a better restaurant. Since I met Zhao, I haven’t invited her to a decent restaurant to have a good meal. I used to have no money, I was poor, and I didn’t dare to spend money. I always think of that poor family and my mother who was alone at home.Hey, I used to be really poor and afraid, I had no money.

It's a little more relaxed now, and I must invite this sister who is like my own sister to have a decent meal.Although it was because she had fought with others, she has already made up for this relationship, and she doesn't owe us anything.He is a city person, he doesn't dislike us, he is willing to get along with us, make friends, and he cares about us and takes care of us everywhere, so it is right to treat him to a meal.

Look at the clothes on my body, this should be the best clothes I have worn since I was a child, and I can stand in front of others decently in this clothes without feeling cheap, I am reluctant to spend money on such good clothes , If you have money, you still want to save up to repair the old house.Sister Zhao is so kind, she treats me like a younger brother.The elder sisters in my family are also kind to me, but they are not rich. If they are in the same condition as sister Zhao, they will buy me clothes, and they will not even ask me to come out to work.

After passing the north gate of the Teachers College, when we were approaching the moat, we saw a Sichuan restaurant. The decoration was quite unique and it felt very good. After asking sister Zhao’s opinion, we walked in.

The store is not big, with six scattered tables, and there are several private rooms inside. I could vaguely hear singing from the private rooms, and I thought that there were people singing at noon, which is really emotional.On the left and on the right are the outlets of the Teachers College, and there are many restaurants open. Most of the people who come to eat are teachers and students of the Teachers College, as well as some nearby residents and passers-by.

The main teacher training colleges are the main consumers. Don’t look at the poor students who spend the hard-earned money of their parents to study, but it’s not polite to go out to eat and drink, and the generosity is sometimes shocking.These children don't know the hard work of their parents earning money at home, and they learn to eat, drink and play too early.There are also some female students in the art department. In my opinion, they are not students at all, but courtesans, betting with their youth that there is no wonderful tomorrow.

There was a woman standing at the bar, about twenty years old, with heavy makeup, she looked a little familiar, but I couldn't remember where I met her, and I thought I didn't know many women, maybe she looked a bit like the one in my impression people.

When the dishes came, Sister Zhao and I chatted while eating.

Sister Zhao said: "Last time I went to buy goods with Li Na and learned a lot. The south of the country is much more advanced than us, and the wholesalers have mobile phones, so it is very convenient to contact them. If there is any new model, just call it, and they will immediately contact you." Spread the goods, seize the opportunity, and make money really fast."

I said, "Don't worry, we in the north will gradually do the same."

"After she came back, Li Na bought a fax machine. It worked really well. If there was any new model over there, it would be passed on in a short time. If we thought it would sell, we would pay directly, and the goods would be shipped there immediately. No one would have to go there, which saves trouble. too much."

"It's still technologically advanced."

Sister Zhao smiled and asked me: "Brother, do you know when selling clothes is the most profitable?"

"During Chinese New Year, there are many people who buy clothes at that time." I said.

"There are a lot of people who buy clothes during the Chinese New Year, but it's not the time to make money. The most profitable time is when you sell the basics." Ms. Zhao said: "After the new clothes arrive, they start to sell them because they are new, popular and sold. The price is high, and selling one piece makes several pieces of money. At this time, it looks like it is making money, but it is actually not very profitable. The last time the goods were sold, it was impossible to buy ten or eight pieces, and once they were sold, there were hundreds of pieces. You have to wait until the goods are all sold. to make money."

Sister Zhao began to talk about how to make money selling clothes.

"After a batch of new models arrive, they start to be sold. Halfway through the sale, they can no longer be sold. If you have this style and it sells well, other people's homes will also start to have this style. If you sell more, the price will start to drop. Some At the time of purchase, the purchase price has to be sold out, otherwise the cost is reduced. The first half of a batch of goods is sold for the cost, and the remaining half is sold for a profit. When the new product is sold, the cost is collected, and after the cost is recovered, the goods are sold. It’s time to make money when selling goods, and you can make more money than you sell. Seeing that customers are interested in buying, sell it quickly, and if you don’t sell it, no one will buy it after the season is over, and no one will buy it if it’s cheap.”

This is indeed the case with Xipinpin, and said to her: "You are getting started."

"It's okay. Now that I'm a good seller, Li Na doesn't sell much anymore. I'm the only one. Is my sister good?"

"Excellent, come on, let me toast you."

Had a sip of wine with Sister Zhao.

"Brother, I took a look at it. I worked there for a year to get familiar with it, and then I did it myself. At the beginning, I thought that selling clothes is very simple. I can learn it in two or three months. Now I see it is not so. There are a lot of stories about that, and if it doesn’t work out, you will have to lose money. I will do it first, and then I will do it myself when the conditions are ripe.” Zhao said.

"Sister, I support you."

"I'm selling women's clothing now, and it looks like I'm making a lot of money. In fact, women's clothing isn't as profitable as men's clothing. The women who buy women's clothing are all women. Women are too lazy and love to bargain. Like men's clothing, men hardly bargain when they buy clothes, they just buy them if they like them, and some don't even talk about the price, they just give you the money right away. In addition, men's clothing is not out of season, and if it can't be sold this year, it can still be sold during the New Year. Just lower the price."

I nodded.

"The most profitable is children's clothing. Adults are willing to spend money to buy clothes for children. Generally, they don't buy one set or two sets of two sets. Especially the clothes of two- and three-year-old children are the best sellers and the most profitable. Now Children grow up so fast. The clothes they just bought become small in two or three months, so they have to be bought again. You can see that adults don’t have to change these clothes all the time, as long as they have one piece to deal with, but children can’t, they grow up fast. Parents I don’t feel bad about buying clothes for children, sometimes I don’t even talk about the price, I just buy it when I like it, and I can make money. I’ll think about selling children’s clothes when I’m doing it, don’t you think it’s okay? Brother.”

Sister Zhao looked at me confidently after speaking.

"I think it's okay, although I don't understand it, but what you said makes sense. If you want to sell children's clothes, I suggest that you'd better do it in a larger community, that's fine." I said.

"Yes, that's what I thought too. If I don't sell it in Wu'ai, the rent is too expensive, and there is no good location. I plan to do it near my home. My community is big, and there are several kindergartens and an elementary school nearby. "

It seems that sister Zhao has already planned.

Sister Zhao has indeed planned.After selling clothes in Wu'ai Market for the past few months, I found that selling clothes really makes money, much more than working part-time.Another discovery is that she seems to be born to sell clothes. This discovery surprised her, and she felt that she had delayed herself before.Even Li Na said, Xiaohua, you are a genius, if you practiced stalls here, there would be no one in Wuai Market now.

She seemed to have discovered her potential all of a sudden, and it was a pity that more than ten years of her time had been wasted.But it's not too late to find out now, I'm just 33, and everything starts from scratch.When I do it myself, it’s not as big as Li Na’s, and I don’t have the capital. I start with a small one, and I will do it little by little. I believe in my ability and I will do it well.

Once a person finds his position, self-confidence will naturally come back, and this is how Sister Zhao is now.

Chatting with Sister Zhao, I saw the woman at the bar come out, walked straight to the table, looked at me, and asked, "Are you Tan Guohua?"

"Yes, you are?" I felt familiar with her when I entered the door, but I couldn't remember who it was. Obviously she recognized me.

"Oh, I'm Xiaohong, sister Liu Jun." She said happily.

I suddenly remembered, yes, she is the sister of my junior high school classmate Liu Jun.She was a little girl when she was at home, but she didn't expect to grow up so much now.

"You're Xiaohong? I felt familiar the moment I walked in, but I just couldn't remember it. You've changed too much. I wouldn't dare to recognize you unless you told me."

"Yes, I thought it was you when I came in, and I didn't dare to admit it. I stood there and watched, and the more I looked, the more I realized that it was you. You haven't changed much, you just got fat."

"It's fat." I said, "You were a little girl when you were at home, but now you're a big girl."

"I'm just taller, nothing else has changed, just makeup." She said with a smile.

Her makeup is indeed a bit heavy, if it is not recognized on the street.

"Where's your brother? Still at home?" I asked.

"At home, I open a clothing store with my sister-in-law. Doesn't my sister-in-law know how to make clothes? It's opened in Baoguo Old Street and makes clothes for others."

"That's good." Then he asked, "Does your brother have children?"

"No, my sister-in-law is not in good health and hasn't had a baby yet, so she's taking medicine at home now." Xiaohong replied.

"Oh, you're at the bar here?" I asked.

"Well, here's the bar," she replied, and then asked me, "Brother, where are you doing?"

"We are very close, the Rose Hotel is just ahead."

It was really unexpected to meet Liu Jun's sister when I came in to eat stewed rice.When I was in junior high school, I was close with Liu Jun. His family lived in a family home, not far from my house, and he always came to my house to play.After he gets married, I won't contact him very much. He lives with his wife, and I have to live by myself.Speaking of which, I helped to deceive his wife.

Xiaohong looked at Sister Zhao and asked, "Brother, is this sister-in-law?"

I quickly said: "This is not true, she is Sister Zhao, my former colleague."

Xiaohong smiled embarrassedly, then shook hands with Sister Zhao generously, and said, "Hello, Sister Zhao, you are so beautiful."

"You're not pretty, you're pretty." Sister Zhao said with a smile.

"My brother is fine, he always protects me when he is at home." Xiao Hong said to Sister Zhao, and then said: "Brother, you guys are chatting, don't bother me, I can go to your restaurant to play with you when I have time."

"Okay, then you are busy." I said.

After Xiaohong left, Sister Zhao asked, "Is she your classmate's sister?"

I said, "Yes, her brother and I are classmates in junior high school."

It is a great pleasure to be able to meet family members while working outside. After three years, the first person I met was Li Yufei, a high school classmate. Unfortunately, I was not the manager of the noodle restaurant on Beisi Road. We agreed to get together with him. , Unexpectedly, I had a fight and was laid off early, and I never saw each other again.

I am very happy to see Xiaohong today, and I talked to Sister Zhao about Liu Jun at home.

Liu Jun's family is an industrial household. His father works in a mine and is an old mechanic. When he was young, he knocked off half of his left thumb during an underground maintenance, so he got the nickname "Liu Lame Claw".There are five children in his family. Liu Jun has two older sisters and one older brother, and a younger sister named Xiao Hong.

The five children in his family are all good-looking, the girl is pretty and the boy is handsome, and they have one common characteristic, they can run. Every school sports meeting is an opportunity for them to show off, either first or second.

Liu Jun is two years older than me. He is not good at studying. He is mainly an industrial household.When I was in school, I knew how to engage in dating, which can be said to be not doing my job properly.The two of us at the front and back desks copied with me during the exam, and the two of us can be regarded as good friends.

After graduating from junior high school, I went to high school. He was unemployed at home, and he didn't have a job. He just strolled around all day.In the later period, the mine opened a wellhead in Daqingshan, NMQ, and his father arranged for him to work there to dig coal.He had been in class for half a year, and he felt tired, so he stopped going to class.I met a girl who made clothes, from our back village, she was pretty, and I started to pursue her.

I want to write a love letter to others, but I can't write it well, so it hurts me to write it.Seeing Liu Jun loafing about and not doing his job properly, but he is a very nice person with a sense of loyalty. When he went down to dig coal, he would give me money when he opened up the capital.So I wrote a love letter for him.It was that love letter that moved the girl's heart, and the two finally became husband and wife.

I went there on the day of the wedding, and his daughter-in-law scolded me with a smile, saying that I was working for a tiger, and finally sent her to the tiger's mouth.Thinking about it, it was quite troublesome at that time, and I was also a half-hearted matchmaker for their husband and wife.

After hearing this, Sister Zhao laughed and said, "You can write love letters for others, why don't you write them yourself? If you write, you can also fool the little girl."

"Writing love letters can't fool a little girl, you have to be handsome. Liu Jun is handsome, and even a little girl likes it without writing a love letter." I said.

"You, you have experience in writing love letters, but you have no experience in finding a partner." Sister Zhao mocked me.

"Writing a love letter and finding a partner are two different things. Writing a love letter means writing casually without looking at the person. Finding a partner means two people face to face and nervous. Can it be the same?" I said.

"Did you have nowhere when you were in school?" Sister Zhao asked with a smile.

"No, at that time in junior high school, I didn't know anything, and I felt ashamed, so I didn't dare to say it."

"Don't dare in junior high school, what about high school?" Sister Zhao asked a little bit.

"When I was in high school, I didn't have time. I had a lot of things to do every day. I went to school, tended the land, and had to gather firewood for the family. I also wanted to make money. In the end, I didn't even have the heart to go to school. I didn't care about dating. "I said.

"Yes, it's not easy for you." Sister Zhao said.

"I stopped studying when I was in the second year of high school, and I couldn't continue my studies. I started to support myself and worked at home for two years. I couldn't earn any money, so I went out to work."

"I didn't suffer from your hardships." Sister Zhao said with emotion.

Sister Zhao really hasn't suffered much.Her family is well off. Before her father died, she was the director of the non-ferrous metal factory in the provincial capital, and her mother was in charge of logistics.She was the only child in the family. Although she was not spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, she had never suffered hardship or tiredness.After graduation, he entered the factory directly and became a worker. Two years later, he married the son of the deputy factory manager. The next year, he had a lovely daughter. It can be said that he lived a happy life.

I originally planned to live my whole life in such a stable and stable way, but the times are developing and the society is progressing. Because her husband is the son of the deputy factory director and is still in charge of sales, he began to seek spiritual life after his material life was satisfied, and he couldn't resist the temptation. , While looking for a young lady, she fell in love with the young lady, so the two broke up and ended their married life.

Clean up and leave the house, and the child will be brought up by the man.She wanted a child, but the child's grandparents didn't give it.Immediately after the divorce, I was laid off, and I stayed at home for a while after being laid off.Although you can live at home, after all, the conditions are there, but you can't stay at home all the time, you have to do something.So I came out to find a job, just to give myself a little work.

A part-time job met a man, but he was deceived by his rhetoric and got hurt again.

After experiencing two emotional injuries, I no longer believe in feelings, thinking that this life will be like this.After meeting this younger brother, she saw suffering and strength from this mature boy, as well as his love for life, like a ray of light that suddenly shone into her already disappointed heart. The world made her rekindle her passion for life.

Sometimes I wonder, what has happened to this little brother?It made his face look mature that didn't match his age, and there was always an unpredictable melancholy in his deep eyes, and there was an affirmative firmness in the melancholy.That firmness makes people trust, feel relieved, and they want to get close, but that melancholy makes it difficult for people to get close.

But as long as everyone who has been with him likes him and admires him.There is no depression or decadence in this big boy, he is always so positive and full of love for life.

She once seriously asked herself if she liked this big boy, and whether there was any love between men and women in her liking.Admit that you like it and have love from the bottom of your heart.However, she was already 33 years old, and he was just 23 years old. The difference of ten years was a gap she couldn't bridge.

She is a gentle, kind-hearted woman with a weak temperament, and she is considerate and considerate of others.I know that I can like this big boy, but I can't love.So he quietly buried this love, treating him as a younger brother and a relative.She wants to get close to this younger brother whom she loves so much as an older sister, care about him silently, and take care of him.

(End of this chapter)