Reborn in the 90s, I traded my ex-husband for eight apartments.

We ate lunch at a state-run restaurant.

There weren't many restaurants on the street, and state-run restaurants were still the dominant force in the catering industry.

There were six people in total, including Bai Zhenzhu. The other three were Guo Xiaoshan and two construction teams.

Ge Minjing ordered a table full of dishes.

After tasting it, Guo Yongliang shook his head and said:

"The food isn't as good as Pearl's. I'll take you there to try it sometime when I have time."

Bai Zhenzhu then addressed Ge Minjing and the others:

"Minjing, come visit me whenever you have time. I'll treat you to some of my family's new dishes."

Ge Minjing was wearing a blue wool coat, the one that Guo Yongliang had Bai Zhenzhu style for her last time.

She was overjoyed and laughed:

"I'll come to you to buy a few more clothes when it gets cold. I must say, your clothes are really nice."

Bai Zhenzhu smiled and said:

"Perfect timing! My shop is about to receive a batch of winter clothes, lots of new styles, come and choose."

Ge Minjing: "Okay."

During the meal, Bai Zhenzhu kept talking to Ge Minjing.

Ge Minjing could also tell that Bai Zhenzhu wanted to befriend her.

At the same time, it was also a subtle way of telling her that the other party and Guo Yongliang were just business partners, and that she shouldn't overthink it.

A smart and beautiful woman is liked by other women.

After the meal, Bai Zhenzhu and Ge Minjing had become like best friends.

After dinner, we continued discussing the company's renovation plan for another half a day.

Guo Yongliang meant that their office had to be decorated in a high-end, sophisticated, and classy style.

This is also one example; it must be installed correctly.

At this point, White Pearl was very grateful to those decoration magazines.

For an office, the hard furnishings only reflect a part of the overall design; the soft furnishings are the most important.

She also learned the terms "hard furnishings" and "soft furnishings" from a magazine.

The way she spoke made Guo Yongliang and the others feel that she was very professional.

After the preliminary plan was discussed, Guo Xiaoshan drove his van and took Bai Zhenzhu back to the train station.

It was already dark, and there were no people shopping at the train station at this time.

All the mobile stalls have been cleaned up, leaving a large empty space in front of the restaurant.

Bai Zhenzhu invited Guo Xiaoshan to stay for dinner and asked him to teach her how to drive.

Unexpectedly, Guo Xiaoshan readily agreed:

"Why not, sis? I'll teach you after we eat."

Bai Chenglei prepared a lavish dinner, including braised pork and big plate chicken, which made Guo Xiaoshan urge Bai Zhenzhu to open more stores.

Driving is a skill, and these days, people who are skilled at it are really impressive.

If Bai Zhenzhu hadn't been considered half of Guo Xiaoshan's boss, the other party might not have agreed.

After eating, Bai Zhenzhu got into the van.

She's daring; she dared to touch the steering wheel right away.

Moreover, she has a good memory; she can quickly memorize the basic knowledge that Guo Xiaoshan teaches her.

I started driving the car on the very first day.

Later, whenever the opportunity arose, Guo Xiaoshan would teach her to drive.

November passed quickly.

At the beginning of the month, after the profit sharing, apart from the clothing store, Bai Zhenzhu received nearly 11,000 yuan from the other four stores.

Bai Chengxiang's braised meat shop, along with two other maocai (a type of Sichuan hot pot) restaurants, received 1,600 yuan.

Because the restaurant introduced new dishes and its reputation spread further and further, business got better and better, and Bai Chenglei and Liu Fang's share of the profits this month exceeded one thousand.

With the money she received from the clothing store and the 20,000 yuan Xia He repaid, she raised 40,000 yuan. The next morning, she asked Bai Chenglei to take her to the bank by bicycle to deposit the money.

Nie Lei was sitting at his workstation in a daze when he saw Bai Zhenzhu walk in and immediately stood up.

With so many people depositing and withdrawing money, he only remembered how much money was left in Bai Zhenzhu's account.

He was a little worried that Bai Zhenzhu had come to collect money again.

Once she's withdrawn all the money, she probably won't come to the bank again, right?

Bai Zhenzhu sat down opposite him and took out four stacks of money from a bag inside her clothes:

"Comrade Nie, I'm here to deposit money."

"Huh, deposit money?" Nie Lei was stunned for a moment before he realized what he meant. "Okay, I'll handle it for you. Is it a current account?"

White Pearl nodded: "Just the lifespan."

Nie Lei took out a deposit slip and asked her to fill it out.

This time, he saw with his own eyes that in the marital status section, she had written "divorced".

After depositing the money, Bai Zhenzhu felt at ease looking at the 50,000 yuan in her passbook.

Train stations are chaotic at the end of the year, so it's safer to keep this money in the bank.

Bai Chenglei also opened an account and deposited the money.

Bai Chengxiang said there was a bank near No. 1 Middle School, and he deposited his money there.

"Comrade Nie, thank you."

Bai Zhenzhu thanked him and left with Bai Chenglei.

After everyone had left for quite a while, Nie Lei finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Bai Zhenzhu and Bai Chenglei went to the bus station, which wasn't far away.

Bai Zhenzhu stopped by the construction site of the clothing store on her way to take a look.

The workers are quite fast.

The parts that needed to be demolished have been demolished. The small door that was originally on the side has been blocked, and a large door has been opened in the middle.

The display windows on both sides of the door have been removed and reinforced with load-bearing measures. The overall frame has been dismantled and modified.

The electrical wiring has already been installed, and two workers are laying terrazzo floor tiles.

Two rolls of bedding were placed on the already laid-out area, and a worker would keep watch over the materials at night.

As the year draws to a close, the number of pickpockets has increased, and people are being robbed at the train station every day.

Bai Zhenzhu checked the lamp holders they had left behind and found no problems before going to the bus station to pick up the items.

The family had the bus driver bring some things over again.

Sweet potatoes, radishes, noodles, dried vegetable shoots, dried radish, rice, etc.

Five snakeskin bags full.

It was almost noon, but the sky was dark, and it looked like it was about to snow.

After delivering the items back to the restaurant, Bai Zhenzhu went to the clothing store.

When Li Yueshu saw her arrive, she went to pour her a cup of hot water:

"Come and warm yourself by the fire, it's so cold today."

Bai Zhenzhu took off her gloves, warmed her hands by holding them close to the small stove before taking the boiling water:

"It might snow. Business will be better when it gets cold."

Li Yueshu hurriedly said:

"By the way, Boss Xia just came by and said the new goods will arrive tomorrow."

Bai Zhenzhu thought for a moment:

"This time there's a lot of cargo, so I'll borrow a tricycle to transport it later."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone entered the store.

Two stylishly dressed young women headed straight for the wool coat.

Li Yueshu put down the yarn she had just picked up and went to greet the customer, who turned out to be one of her previous customers.

White Pearl didn't care.

Once her hands were warm, she brought out the ledger, ready to take stock of the inventory today.

Those items with only a few pieces left should be cleared out and displayed separately as lead-generation items to make room for new stock.

After the two young women each bought a wool coat and left, Bai Zhenzhu and Li Yueshu began to clear out their inventory.

The last batch of goods is almost sold out, and the new goods have arrived just in time.

The next day, Bai Zhenzhu borrowed Zhang Hongying's tricycle to haul goods.

Xia He went even further, hiring a small truck instead.

In the afternoon, while I was sorting goods, snow began to fall lightly from the sky.

Li Yueshu smiled and said:

"Pearl, the down jacket you ordered arrived just in time. All the previous ones were sold out."

White Pearl looked at the gray sky and sighed:

"Once this batch of goods is sold out, it will be almost Chinese New Year."