Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Zhang Xiuhua arrived at the state-owned shopping mall and found that the second floor was a place that sold clothes and shoes.

It was midsummer and the mall was almost empty. The salespeople were bored and gathered in groups of three or four to chat and gossip.

At this time, the counter is in the front and the clothes are behind the counter, just like a convenience store.

Zhang Xiuhua walked up to a salesperson and asked if she could sell the clothes. She would give her a commission for each piece sold.

The salesperson looked at her in surprise, then said firmly, "No."

"You don't even want to make money?" Zhang Xiuhua looked at her in shock.

"It's not that I don't want to make money. I have a stable job. If someone reports me, I'll lose my iron rice bowl." The salesperson looked a little arrogant, but still patiently explained to her.

Zhang Xiuhua hadn't thought about this question. "Today is the weekend, your business doesn't seem to be very good?"

"Right!" The salesman sneered. "It's normal that no one is buying cloth coupons, as they are so hard to collect. Business will be much better when the season changes."

In her previous life, the private shopping mall that Zhang Xiuhua visited was doing extremely good business. There were more shop assistants than buyers. No wonder it went bankrupt later.

Zhang Xiuhua thought about it and ran to the top floor to find the person in charge of the shopping mall, hoping to rent a shop from him.

She wasn't sure if she could rent one at this time, but she wanted to give it a try.

The weather was hot, and Manager Yan, the person in charge of the shopping mall, was sitting in the office with a fan on. He frowned as he looked at this month's report.

Hearing a knock on the door, he immediately said, "Come in."

After Zhang Xiuhua entered, she first introduced herself and then explained that she wanted to rent a booth.

Manager Yan paused for a moment and said, "How big a booth do you want?"

"I want a spot at the door, which is where a clothes drying rack would be. I don't have many goods from Yangcheng. I'll just sell them all out." Zhang Xiuhua looked at him eagerly.

Manager Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Then rent it for one month and you pay twenty yuan."

He wanted to do an experiment because he had received reliable information that they would implement the household contract responsibility system next year. Now two policies of the central government are being implemented in different regions.

One is the household contract responsibility system, which gradually spread from the south to the north. The same is true for reform and opening up, which started with port cities and then gradually opened up.

The first target of the reform and opening up was the garment factories. There were so many garment factories in Guangzhou, and the clothes they produced were trendy and cheap. There was no impact in the north for the time being. As far as he knew, the clothes in the shopping malls in the south were no longer selling well.

Many places have begun to crack down on speculation in order to increase tax revenue, but he feels that this approach can only bring about temporary changes and cannot solve the root cause.

If their county also reforms and opens up, then this state-owned mall might also be sold to a private person. What will he do as a manager then? He must find a way out for himself. The best way is for him to contract this mall personally. Then when he goes to the south to get the goods, the money he earns will also be his.

Zhang Xiuhua came over, just in time for him to see if private sales could work.

Zhang Xiuhua never thought that she would be so successful. In fact, she had already prepared for rejection. She was just trying her best. She was making a last-ditch effort.

She went to the other party to complete the formalities, and then opened a stall in the first-floor shopping mall in the name of Lijiatun.

Manager Yan personally took her to the first floor to move to another place.

Because there are so many things on display in the mall, he has to go down there himself and the salespeople will reluctantly move them around.

Zhang Xiuhua went to the door and called Li Jianguo and Zhuzhu in.

She didn't bring any clothes hangers when she came, and was just about to tell Li Jianguo about it when Manager Yan directly found her an empty clothes drying rack and a dozen clothes racks from the mall and asked her to try selling them first.

Zhang Xiuhua thanked him again and again, but Manager Yan didn't say anything and went straight upstairs.

Li Jianguo was a little curious, "Why is he so kind?"

Zhang Xiuhua was not sure either. "Who cares? As long as he rents the space to us, that's fine."

The two men opened the sack, and Zhang Xiuhua put on the clothes one by one and then hung them on the rack.

It was noon, the hottest time of the day, and there were few customers in the entire mall.

They stood aside and talked about what they had seen and heard along the way.

Zhuzhu pulled Zhang Xiuhua's sleeve and said, "Mom, my dad has agreed to take me to film. Will you agree?"

Zhang Xiuhua touched her little face and said, "Okay! Go with your dad."

Zhuzhu jumped for joy.

It was almost 2pm, the sun was not so strong anymore, and the number of people passing by gradually increased. Zhang Xiuhua saw customers coming in and immediately invited them to come and have a look, "New goods from Guangzhou, all trendy clothes."

Zhuzhu took out a pair of sunglasses from her bag. Zhang Xiuhua bought them for her at the wholesale market. The reason she didn't buy the sunglasses wholesale was mainly because she was worried that she wouldn't be able to sell them.

These girls were employees from nearby. They had made an appointment to go shopping on the weekend. They were a little flattered when someone greeted them.

To be honest, people at that time were actually unfamiliar with the business of greeting customers. Their requirements were very low, and as long as the salesperson didn't flatter them, they would consider the service good. Who would take the initiative to greet customers?

"I've never seen this kind of clothing before. Is it really from Guangzhou?"

"Of course!" Zhuzhu said like a little adult, "I went to Guangzhou for a trip with my mother the day before yesterday, and my mother bought me these sunglasses."

No one can resist the temptation of the little bun, especially Zhuzhu, who has red lips and white teeth. She is cute and lively and looks very pleasing. The girls touch her head lovingly.

They took the clothes and tried them on. There was no dressing mirror at that time, so the sisters just looked at each other.

"So pretty! So beautiful!" A girl put on her jeans while wearing pants outside. Of course, there was no fitting room at that time. You can either buy it and take it home to try it on, or try it here.

Zhang Xiuhua taught the girls to tuck their tops into their pants to make their waists look slim and their legs look long.

Her friends nodded repeatedly, "It's really beautiful!"

Girls are the most fashionable and when they hear something is good-looking, they immediately ask her how much it costs.

Zhang Xiuhua quoted a price.

This price was undoubtedly a bit expensive, but Zhang Xiuhua immediately said, "No cloth coupons."

Hearing that no coupons were needed, the girl did not hesitate any longer and said, "Then I'll buy one."

When the other girls saw her buying it, they also paid for it with the idea that every good girl should have one.

There was a girl whose family was probably wealthier. After buying jeans, she also bought a white shirt to match the two.

Zhang Xiuhua then sold her some leggings, "You're wearing a dress, and your legs will get cold in half a month. If you put on a pair of leggings underneath, you can stay beautiful for a while longer."

The girl thought about it and realized that this sock could improve the shape of the legs. "Okay, how much is this?"

Several girls were just here to go shopping, not necessarily to buy anything, but they bought several things after being stopped by her.

After they left happily, Li Jianguo gave Zhang Xiuhua a thumbs up and said, "Xiuhua, you are awesome!"

Zhang Xiuhua had only sold things on the black market before, but the goods were taken from the space, and the quality was so good that whoever bought them would make money. But this time the goods were things from this era. This was her first time doing business in the true sense, and she felt very powerful. She actually sold them. She touched Zhuzhu's little face, "And our Zhuzhu's credit, this is my mascot."

Zhuzhu giggled with joy.