Siheyuan: Returning to 61 to collect waste

"What does this have to do with me? Why should I help you?" Yi Xinxin said coldly.

Xiao Dang's face was filled with sorrow. "Xinxin, do you know? When I was little, I envied you so much for being sent to Uncle Yi's house. Seeing how well Uncle Yi and Aunt Yi treated you, I also wished I could be that child. It's a pity that I'm not you."

Yi Xinxin was shocked when she heard this. She thought Xiaodang and Qin Huairu had a deep relationship, but she didn't expect that his heart was so fragile.

"Go on."

"Especially seeing your relationship with Ye Hansu, Uncle Ye Chuan and Aunt Tong Yao treat you like their own daughter, I hate our mother even more, and regret that she kept me and sent you away. How great it would be if we could switch."

Yi Xinxin fell silent. She did not look down on Xiaodang, but felt a little sympathy for him. She saw clearly what the Jia family's living environment was like in the yard. If she had grown up there, she would have lost interest in life.

Yi Xinxin sighed, "What kind of job do you want to find?"

Xiao Dang said happily: "An office position would be best, but if that's not possible, a factory job would be fine. I only have 50 yuan a month now, and a pair of jeans costs nearly two months' salary. I'm really fed up with this kind of life."

Yi Xinxin nodded and said, "Okay, come to Huade Industrial Park to see me in three days."

Xiao Dang stood up happily and said with a smile: "Xinxin, thank you so much, I don't know how to repay you. Then I will leave first and won't disturb you at work!"

"Wait a moment."

Yi Xinxin called Xiaodang and asked him to follow her. The two of them came to the Huajinji clothing store on the second floor. Yi Xinxin said to the clerk, "Give me two pairs of jeans."

The clerk recognized Yi Xinxin and immediately brought over two pairs of jeans. However, Yi Xinxin did not take them, but gestured to Xiaodang beside her.

"give her!"

Two days later, Huade Commercial Building officially opened. With the deafening sound of firecrackers, the door of the commercial building was opened wide, and a large number of citizens rushed in.

The first floor is the dining area. The restaurant is deserted, but the newly opened coffee shop is packed with guests. Although a cup of coffee is expensive, young people, in particular, try it out of novelty. When the waiter brought the coffee, they took a sip and almost spit it out because it was so bitter.

When reading foreign novels, I always see the protagonists drinking several cups of coffee every day, so I think coffee must be very delicious. But the first sip makes them suspicious, this coffee is like Chinese medicine, or even more bitter than Chinese medicine.

"What's this taste? Why do foreigners like to drink this?" a young man complained while drinking water.

"It smells so good but tastes so bitter. Foreigners are really confused!" another person echoed.

The waitress in the cafe was already accustomed to this, and she was not used to the taste of the coffee, but the salary offered here was indeed satisfactory.

Just ten minutes after the mall opened, the security guards at the door began to restrict the flow of people in. There were too many people pouring in from the second and third floors, so in order to avoid safety hazards, they had to implement crowd control.

Although the crowd at the door was full of complaints, the security guards still adhered to their duties and did not allow more people to enter. The second floor mainly sells cosmetics and clothing, while the third floor focuses on home appliances.

When a group of young people stepped into a clothing store and saw jeans priced at 29 yuan and 39 yuan, they almost thought they were seeing things.

"How much are these jeans?" a young man asked. "It's clearly written on them, there are 29 yuan and 39 yuan!"

These young people looked at each other in bewilderment. You know, normally in department stores or street shops, a pair of jeans costs at least 80 yuan, but here they are only 29 yuan a pair.

"Is it really 29 yuan? Could it be marked wrong?" a voice questioned.

"Yes, it is 29 yuan!" replied the salesperson, who had been explaining the price of jeans since the opening.

"I want to buy two pairs of jeans. Please help me find two pairs that fit." "Okay, please wait a moment!"

The salesperson wrote down the size and started to choose from the pile of jeans.

After a while, she put two pairs of neatly wrapped jeans on the service counter and quickly wrote out a receipt and handed it to the young customer. The young man took out 58 yuan in cash to pay, and then left with the newly purchased jeans.

"Is it really only 29 dollars per piece? This is incredible, it's such a good deal!" It was not until the young man walked away that she fully digested this super-value price.

On the other side, Ye Chuan and Yi Xinxin were hiding in a corner of the mall, watching all this, with mixed feelings in their hearts. In their opinion, some people would think that pork at one yuan per pound is already a sky-high price, but now these jeans at 29 yuan a pair are actually praised as a great value.

If you calculate carefully, the cost of each pair of jeans, including the raw materials, is only a few yuan, and after all expenses, the total is only about seven to eight yuan. In this way, selling a pair of jeans for 29 yuan, the profit margin is as high as 400%, which is undoubtedly very high.

The 39-yuan jeans are not only slightly better in quality, but also have the same design style, and the overall cost is still no more than 10 yuan. This does not include the depreciation of the mall building.

Not far away, the Nuoyan Cosmetics store was packed with customers. Ye Hanyi specially prepared enough supplies for the opening ceremony, thinking that three days would be enough. However, to her surprise, just half a day after the mall officially opened, the store's goods were almost sold out. She had no choice but to call to allocate more inventory immediately, whether from local warehouses or other malls.

Although the price of cosmetics is not shocking, it is still a considerable expense for people with average salary. Even the most economical lipstick in the store costs seven to eight yuan; an eyebrow pencil is close to a few yuan.

But today's sales volume surprised all the employees - some even exclaimed: "The people in our country are so strong, even better than in Japan!" A young woman walked lightly into the store and asked about the prices of various commodities in turn. The salesperson gradually felt a little tired and dissatisfied.

However, what happened next completely overturned their imaginations - the girl said: "I want 20 lipsticks of this color, 15 of that color, and 50 eyebrow pencils, um..."

Ye Hanyi was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out. Was this person a consumer or a wholesaler?

However, the facts show that there is currently no price gouging in the mall. It is obvious that the young lady did not come here to resell the items for profit, but intended to use them as gifts or for personal collection.

Consumption patterns similar to this girl's were not uncommon on that day - many customers placed orders in batches, usually in quantities of more than a dozen or even more than twenty, which shocked and disbelieved the on-site employees.

Throughout the morning, except for the high-end custom suit area carefully created by Ye Hansu, other stores were almost all facing the pressure of selling out their goods.

This series of custom-made suits designed by Ye Hansu himself are made of high-quality fabrics and have unique designs, but the prices are naturally very high.

Even the cheapest suit costs at least 300 yuan, while the top ones cost thousands of yuan. Most customers were tempted after learning the actual price, but eventually chose to leave due to financial problems.

Even though the prices were quite high, by the end of the morning, the store's sales still reached nearly 10,000 yuan, far exceeding Ye Hansu's expectations.

While the second floor is home to a large number of young fashion hunters, the third floor attracts a more mature customer group.

The entire three floors are dedicated to selling various household appliances manufactured by the Huade Group, and each category has its own dedicated store.

The first thing that caught my eye was a store that specialized in electronic watches. However, since this type of product had already been popular in the market, it did not attract many customers.

Next are the areas dedicated to the sales of fully automatic cameras and refrigerators. The traffic in these two types of stores also does not fluctuate much.

The following stores were crowded with customers, and the clerks were sweating profusely while patiently answering questions from customers. The most popular store was the small kitchen appliance store.

Most residents have never tried an electric rice cooker, but were attracted by the promotional posters outside the building. When they heard that rice could be cooked by pressing a button, they were curious and wanted to see the details.

Mr. and Mrs. Yi Zhonghai belong to a relatively high-income family. After hearing the news of the opening of Huade Department Store, they arrived at the scene early to queue up.

Seeing that her daughter Yi Xinxin was a little surprised at their arrival, they chatted briefly, and then Yi Xinxin had to leave in a hurry because she was busy with work.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife didn't pay much attention to it. When the opening bell rang, they immediately became one of the first people to rush into the mall. They went directly to the second floor, and their destination was the kitchen appliance store.

"Master, can you tell us about the specific details of this rice cooker?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

As the store was crowded, the salesperson raised his voice to respond to the questions of Yi Zhonghai and his wife and to explain to the customers around him:

“This is a rice cooker, a product recently launched by Huade Group. Just put the right amount of rice and water in it, plug it in, and you can enjoy hot rice in about an hour.”

"And this rice cooker has an automatic shutdown design. It automatically shuts off when the rice is cooked, so you don't have to worry about the bottom of the pot being burnt."

"This rice cooker is not only suitable for cooking rice, but also for cooking porridge and stewing soup. The operating instructions are very detailed."

"What's more convenient is that it has a heat preservation function, so the food in the morning is still warm even at noon."

The salesperson's detailed introduction aroused the curiosity of many customers, especially for Yi Zhonghai and his wife, such thermal insulation properties were very attractive to them.

Considering that sometimes the meals they prepare in advance will take a long time for the children to come home, and the food will have been cold by then; with this rice cooker, there is no need to worry, no matter when the daughter comes home, the food can always be kept warm.

"Teacher, how much does this rice cooker cost?"