Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Chapter 989 Koi Heroine 53

Don't underestimate a pair of insoles. People nowadays like to wear insoles when wearing shoes, and the insoles of this era are all hand-embroidered. Some people don't know how to embroider, so they can only buy insoles.

A pair of insoles sells for 20 cents in the market.

Two cents is very valuable in this era.

You can buy twenty pieces of fruit candies for one cent, and half a pound of fruit candies for two cents.

A box of matches costs two cents, and you can buy ten boxes of matches for twenty cents.

Two cents can buy four or five eggs.

Two cents can buy five or six pounds of potatoes, beans, and eggplants...

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After the event, the business in the store gradually stabilized, selling fifty or sixty pairs of shoes almost every day, with a net profit of twenty yuan a day.

After the business stabilized, summer passed. In the dry and cool autumn season, Yuanchun went to the market and bought ten kilograms of pears. She went home and cooked a big pot of pear soup. She put it in a bucket and placed it in front of the shoe store. She also placed two wooden bowls and a bucket of water.

Anyone who passes by the shoe store can have a bowl of pear soup for free.

As a result, the shoe store attracted a small wave of business.

The shoe store's profits also increased by 10%.

When the season for wearing socks came, Yuanchun took a dozen cotton-shoe drawings to the provincial capital. She first sold the drawings to the shoe factory and customized a batch of cotton-shoes. Then she went to the sock factory and ordered a batch of socks to sell in the store.

Unexpectedly, socks are more popular than shoes.

Li Erya said, "My dear girl, many people have asked if our store has gloves and scarves for sale. Many people have asked. I wonder if there are any scarves and gloves wholesale in the provincial capital? Let's buy some to sell."

"Yes, I'll buy some more wool to sell. Oh, by the way, Mom, I've also rented the two shops next door. Let's connect all three shops and expand them. Then we'll be able to sell more things."

Li Erya is not worried about renting any more stores now, but she is afraid of losing money.

She said happily, "Then you should buy some wool first. The weather is getting colder and more people will sell wool for money. Before the cold weather comes, I will also make a set of sweaters and trousers for you and your father."

"Mom, you should also take care of yourself, and stop thinking about me and my dad."

"Got it, dear girl, your mother is willing to spend money now."

Li Erya tugged at her new clothes, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes from smiling were enough to kill a fly.

A few days later, the three stores were connected and expanded. They no longer just sold shoes, but also sold all kinds of textiles, socks, scarves, gloves, hats, wool...

The store name was changed to Red Flag Store.

The name was given by Yao Xili, and he also specially asked someone to make an eye-catching plaque with several bright red five-pointed stars on it. It was hung above the store door and could be seen from a distance.

Yuanchun is the one who plans and manages all the business in the store.

Yuanchun was in charge of all matters including finding, selecting and purchasing goods, while Yao Xili and Li Erya were responsible for selling goods and collecting money in the store.

Knowing that they were reluctant to eat out in restaurants every day for lunch, Yuanchun separated out a small kitchen when she cleared the shop and bought a gas tank and a gas stove so that they could cook in the shop at noon.

The vegetables they cook are grown in their own yard. They are picked and washed in the morning and brought by the couple when they go to the store. Sometimes, if they can’t finish the vegetables at home, they will give them to the neighbors around the store.

Sometimes, Yuanchun would go to the store to eat after coming back from work outside. Sometimes, Yuanchun would go to the store to help look after it when she had nothing to do.

The family of three has been busy with business in the store, and in the blink of an eye, it's Chinese New Year.

Because they were rich, Yuanchun, Yao Xili and Li Erya's first New Year together was quite sumptuous. The three members of the family all bought new clothes, wore new cotton shoes, put on new hats, and prepared a large table of delicious food, including chicken, duck, fish and meat.