Rebooting the Peak Years of 1985

Chapter 72 Nantian Hotel, external contracting

Chen Huajiang and his wife took Huanhuan around on the third floor, and finally bought a schoolbag with a big-faced cat and a schoolbag full of colorful flowers.

These two items were sold for eight yuan, which made Lin Jiayin look distressed and gloomy. She grabbed Chen Huajiang's arm several times and squeezed it hard.

Even the waiter at the schoolbag counter looked at the family of three with envy and jealousy.

These days, most of these patterned and colorful schoolbags come from Hong Kong and Taiwan via Guangzhou. It’s not that they can’t be made in China, but there are no plans to produce such schoolbags at all.

But seeing Huan Huan smiling cheerfully and holding her handbag from ear to ear, Chen Huajiang felt that everything was worth it.

Isn't it just a few dollars? It's so worth it to make my daughter so happy.

"One is not enough, but you actually buy two."

"Just spoil her - pfft, you stupid girl, give me that schoolbag."

After leaving the department store, Lin Jiayin said with distress and anger. She happened to see Huanhuan, who was riding on her husband's neck, trying hard to carry both schoolbags on her back, but she couldn't put the second schoolbag behind the first one. Later, after working on it for a long time, I felt aggrieved.

"No, this is my schoolbag."

As soon as she saw Lin Jiayin reaching for her big-faced cat schoolbag, Huanhuan immediately held the handbag and said dissatisfiedly, declaring her sovereignty over the schoolbag.

"Then next time your schoolbag gets damaged, I won't help you sew it, and if it gets dirty, I won't help you wash it either."

Lin Jiayin stared deliberately and threatened her daughter.

But it was useless. Huanhuan just held her schoolbag.

In the end, Lin Jiayin had no choice but to let her carry a schoolbag on her back.

The family of three walked towards the east gate. Chen Huajiang originally planned to hail a rickshaw on the way.

There are many human-powered tricycles these days, including the kind of human-powered trailers from the Republic of China period, but most of them are pedal tricycles transformed from bicycles.

The starting price for a single seat is [-] cents, and the price can be negotiated based on the distance and the number of people.

For a family of three like Chen Huajiang, and in an urban area, it can usually be done for [-] cents.If you can bargain, and if the master's business is not very good, two cents is fine.

However, Lin Jiayin felt distressed and felt that she had spent eight and a half yuan today and would save money later.

But she didn't know that this was the city center, the most prosperous place in Nanming City.It was nothing to the couple, but to Huanhuan it was very attractive.

"Tanghulu, candied haws, mom, I want to eat candied haws."

After eating two sesame candies, Huanhuan no longer wants to eat them.As a result, seeing the old man carrying a stick of candied haws on the side of the road, looking at the bright red candied haws on it, Huanhuan became greedy again, pointing at the candied haws and said excitedly.

"You loser, you just ate sesame candies, and now you want to eat candied haws."

"Don't open your mouth, no matter what you say, it won't do!"

Lin Jiayin glared at her angrily. When she saw Chen Huajiang wanted to speak, she became angrier and angrier when she saw his appearance, and her face even became anxious and unsteady.

When Chen Huajiang saw her like this, what else could he say? He could only pat Huanhuan and said, "Let's eat it next time. Too much sugar is bad for your teeth."

Lin Jiayin took a breath now and felt a little better.

She was so angry that she almost collapsed because she was angry that her husband relied on her daughter for everything. How could this continue?
In her mind, children need to be educated, not just used to it.

And she had a vague feeling of fear. If things continued, her daughter would no longer be kissed by her and would be snatched away by Chen Huajiang.

Although her daughter's kissing her father was nothing in theory, she was filled with fear and worry.

"No, no, I'm going to eat candied haws."

On Chen Huajiang's neck, Huanhuan twisted her body and said resisting.

But this time without Chen Huajiang's help, Lin Jiayin looked at her dissatisfied, and Huanhuan also knew that this trick would not work.

"Mom, I don't want to eat candied haws."

Although Huanhuan is young, she is also somewhat sensible.Seeing Lin Jiayin's ugly face, he knew she was angry.

As he spoke, he handed the big-faced cat schoolbag he was holding to her to please Lin Jiayin.

Lin Jiayin's face turned pale at this, and she looked a little better after taking the schoolbag.

Chen Huajiang smiled. He could feel Lin Jiayin's mentality and knew her worries.

While walking along the way, Lin Jiayin stretched out her hand and motioned for her to hold Huanhuan in her arms. Chen Huajiang nodded and handed Huanhuan into her hand.

Mother and daughter didn't know what they whispered, and Huanhuan was giggling in Lin Jiayin's arms after a while.

This kind of joy made Chen Huajiang a little jealous.

"how?"

After walking for a while, Chen Huajiang suddenly stopped and looked at an eight-story building.

At this time, they were at the junction of the city center and the East District. In front of them was a hotel, one of the most luxurious hotels in Nanming City.

There is a gold-plated sticker at the door of the hotel that says "Nantian Hotel", and there is an archway next to it that says "Nantian Electric Power Office."

"Don't think blindly, it's very expensive here."

Lin Jiayin also looked at the hotel, thinking that her husband wanted to take them in for a meal, and suddenly said with a nervous expression.

This Nantian Hotel is tied with the City Guest House as the best hotel in Nanming City. The difference is that the latter is only for business, while the former is not only for business but also for private guests.

For example, overseas Chinese and foreign relatives who come to Nanming City to visit relatives usually stay at the Nantian Hotel.

The consumption of such a place is naturally not low, and there is also a somewhat rip-off mentality.

"No, what I'm looking at is there, the fast food restaurant at the door."

Knowing that his wife had misunderstood, Chen Huajiang pointed to the fast food restaurant outside the South Sky Hotel and said.

It was the facade room on the right side of the hotel entrance, with a spacious space, and the interior decoration is also luxurious and noble nowadays.

After all, there are not many shops these days that can be decorated with marble floors. They are basically all cement floors.

"If you don't go, it will be too expensive to die."

Lin Jiayin understood, hugged Huanhuan and shook her head, looking at Chen Huajiang with a somewhat threatening look.

"If you look carefully, you don't go in to consume, but they contract out."

Chen Huajiang rolled his eyes, took her hand and came closer, pointing to the sign at the door of the fast food restaurant.

I saw it said that the store was for sale, and the annual rent was [-].

There is no such thing as a transfer fee these days, and this store is obviously Nantian Electric's own venue.

"Three thousand and six, my dear, this is simply a money grab."

"Hua Jiang, you won't—?"

Lin Jiayin saw clearly the words written in white chalk on the sign, took a breath of cold air, and then suddenly reacted and looked at her husband beside her in surprise.

"Let's go and take a look first."

Chen Huajiang smiled, took his wife's hand, and dragged her in without any explanation.

In my wife's opinion, the rent of RMB [-] per year is a sky-high price and extremely exaggerated.

But Chen Huajiang knows that this Nantian Hotel is different from other places. It faces different customer groups and the benefits it brings are also different.

This is currently the only place in Nanming City where foreign guests can do business openly, and it is legal and compliant.

For this alone, the monthly rent of three hundred is not much.

(End of this chapter)