My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 482 Tan Aifang's Careful Thoughts

As soon as Xu Bin returned home with a gloomy face, Tan Aifang couldn't wait to ask:

"How? What did Dad say?"

"It's done, the contract is signed, and the purchase price is discounted by 500,000%. The first batch of goods is [-], and the goods can arrive at any time."

"So smooth? Then why are you still sour?"

Tan Aifang was puzzled.

"I just went to my mother's place."

"Uh, you told me about the gold bars?"

Tan Aifang reacted immediately.

Xu Bin nodded: "You can't hide this matter. It's better to say it sooner rather than later. I also think about Jingyi. It's better to blame us than my granddaughter."

"Mom scolded you?"

Tan Aifang said distressedly.

"The scolding is always light. If there were no siblings around, looking at that posture, I would almost have fought with me."

Xu Bin sighed.

He is already at this age, if he still gets beaten by his mother, he will be ashamed to go out to meet people in the future.

Tan Aifang quickly comforted her, "Dabin, it's hard for you, let's go back in two days, and I'll help you explain to mom."

"No, it's useless to explain more. The most urgent thing is to open the store quickly, make money as soon as possible, and return the gold bars to my daughter as soon as possible."

"Then let's go find a store tomorrow?"

"Well, Mom is coming over tomorrow, so it's best to finalize the storefront tomorrow, and then spend some time decorating it, and try to open it in the middle of the month."

"Will it be too rushed?"

Xu Bin shook his head:
"Our family has limited funds, so we just need to do a simple renovation, open the business one day earlier, and make money one day earlier..."

Tan Aifang didn't say anything more, instead she asked tentatively, "Dabin, do you want to hire an employee in the store?"

"No, just the two of us is enough."

"Uh, what about being on duty at night? After all, there are hundreds of thousands of things in the store, so it's safer to leave someone to watch over them."

Xu Bin waved his hand: "Don't be afraid, at worst, I'll just sleep in the store."

Tan Aifang grabbed her husband's arm severely.

Why can't the dead ghost understand what she means?

"You went to the store, what do you do at home? Jingyi and I dare not sleep at night."

Xu Bin rubbed his arm: "It seems to be the same, it's really a headache, then hire a clerk."

"I'm worried about hiring outsiders. Why don't you call Bangxiang over? Anyway, Bangxiang is our own family, so he must be more reliable than outsiders."

Tan Aifang finally expressed her plan.

Bangxiang is a child of her younger brother's family. The young man just turned 20 years old this year. Before that, he had been working with his father in the coastal area. He worked very hard and earned little.

"Bangxiang? Didn't he go out to work with his brother-in-law?"

"I came back in October last year. You also know that the economic situation in the past two years has been bad, and there is not much work along the coast. This year, I didn't go out at all, and I did odd jobs at home!"

"Is it too far away? Besides, Bangxiang is here, and we have to rent a house for him, and our family can't live in it!"

If Xu Bin is a straight man of steel, Tan Aifang has talked to this point, and he hasn't realized it, or hasn't thought about it at all.

"What kind of house to rent? Let him sleep directly in the store, just to help look after the store."

"It's not good, they are all relatives, if outsiders find out, maybe how to arrange us behind the scenes?"

Xu Bin was a little worried.

Tan Aifang was speechless: "Dabin, I assure you, not only will Aimin and his wife not complain, but they will also thank our family.

Even if you don't look at the current situation, Yanjing is much better than Luyang, and there are great opportunities for development. If they know that Bangxiang can come to Yanjing to work, the two of them must be crazy about joy. "

Xu Bin thought about it carefully, and what his wife said seemed to make sense.

"Okay then, you call Luyang at night and ask your brother-in-law to send Bangxiang over as soon as possible. There are many things to do in the new store, so let him call first."

"Okay, leave this to me!"

"Wait, before you come, you'd better talk to your brother-in-law. It's okay for Bangxiang to work here, but we can't handle the temporary residence permit."

If you want to get a temporary residence permit, you not only need to have a formal job, but you also need to queue up for approval. Things are troublesome!
The couple's temporary residence permit was thanks to Aunt Wang, who already owed her a lot of favors, and he really didn't have the face to bother her.

"Understood, Bangxiang is still young, there is no rush about the temporary residence permit, we will talk about it later."

Anyway, if you don't have a temporary residence permit, you can still stay. It won't have much impact for the time being. Maybe the policy will change in a few years, and then you won't have to worry about it.

……

The next morning, before nine o'clock, Mama Xu came to Jingzhi Garden with a bag of fish balls. After a night, no matter how angry she was, she disappeared.

Tan Aifang stepped forward to take the bag from her mother-in-law.

"Mom, didn't you say nine or ten o'clock, why is it so early?"

"I sent Dabao and the others to kindergarten in advance. Let's go out early today and try to see more stores. A good store is more effective than you getting up early and staying late."

Mama Xu explained casually.

"Well, good stores are indeed hard to come by."

"Don't be discouraged, if you look hard, you will definitely find it."

Without wasting much time, the three of them went out afterwards.

At present, renting a store is similar to buying a house, and both need to go through the housing management department.

Just for the convenience of daily management, the housing management department simply recruited a group of real estate agencies, and then changed a brand, turning them into business outlets in various places.

Many have not even changed their office space.

The three of them quickly found an "intermediary company" nearby. It may be that the employees have no staff and no commission, and the service attitude is that they don't care.

In the end, Tan Aifang secretly stuffed a red envelope into the "store manager", which made the other party serious, and sent a clerk on the spot to lead the three of them off.

At present, all businesses are dying, and there are many vacant shops on the street. Many of them have been converted into public rental housing, and the remaining ones are in good condition.

Near noon, the group visited another shop. This shop is located in a very special place. It is actually an underground commercial street. In summer, it should be able to save a lot of air-conditioning costs.

"Aunt Zhang, what do you think of this place?"

"Is there a lot of traffic here?"

Mother Xu asked.

The clerk nodded: "Don't look at the lack of people now, when it's time to get off work, the place will look different immediately.

And let me tell you, once it’s summer, people from nearby communities will come here to enjoy the shade, and there will be absolutely huge crowds of people at that time, so there is no need to worry about the source of tourists. "

"Really? The place is good, but the area is a bit small."

Tan Aifang regretted.

The shop in front of me is only about [-] square meters at most, which is barely enough to open a shop, but it seems a bit crowded if there are people living there.

"This is easy to handle. Why don't you just rent two shops and open the middle wall. The two shops are 120 square meters, which is definitely enough."

The clerk suggested with a smile.

Tan Aifang's heart was moved immediately. Since she is a resident, of course the bigger the better.

"How much is the rent for the two rooms?"

Seeing that his wife was a little moved, Xu Bin asked.

"One room is [-], two rooms are [-]."

"Can I get a discount for renting two rooms at a time?"

The clerk shook his head: "No, the price is fixed, no bargaining."

"With your rigid approach, it's no wonder that so many shops can't be rented out."

Mama Xu said in a bad mood.

"Aunt Zhang, what you said is on point. The higher-ups don't want to rent out the shops at all. They would rather convert the shops into public rental housing."

The clerk explained with a wry smile.

"Why?" Mama Xu looked curious.

The rent of shops is much higher than that of public rental housing, and the two are not of the same order of magnitude at all.

"Because the housing management department is only in charge of leasing matters, and the collection of rent is managed by the local financial department, and there are a lot of troubles in the shops, which is far less worry-free than public rental housing."

"No wonder you are so lazy!"

Xu's mother finally figured out what was tricky.

"Hehe, Aunt Zhang, we also have how much money we have to do as much work. I am dissatisfied with you and say that I will resign at the end of this month. The store is suitable for the elderly, not for young people like us."

"Then where do you plan to work after you resign?"

"I'm going to go to Qindao to have a look. There are many job opportunities there, and the salary is not bad."

Xu's mother saw that the young man knew how to make progress, which meant that there was still hope, so she immediately took out her business card.

The clerk looked confused: "Aunt Zhang, what is this?"

Mama Xu stuffed the business card into the opponent's hand:

"My family runs a bakery. If you trust Auntie, you can try it. I can't say how good the job is, but at least it's better than going to another place."

The clerk examined the card carefully.

"Coke Bakery? This is not..."

Xu Bin interrupted directly: "That's right, my mother is the general manager of the bakery. With her introduction, you can go in without any problem."

The clerk was somewhat skeptical.

After all, this is the Coke Bakery, the largest bakery in the country, and the treatment is so good that no matter how many people squeeze their heads, they can't get in.

In addition, since he is a big boss, how could he open such a small shop?
So unreasonable!

However, in line with the idea of ​​"I'd rather be credible", the clerk still expressed his gratitude to Madam Xu.

Even if this matter is false, he has nothing to lose, but what if?
Maybe the other party is really the big boss of the bakery.

After the little episode just now, the attitude of the clerk has suddenly improved several levels, and she almost treats Mama Xu as her own mother to serve her.

With this relationship, Xu Bin cut to the chase:

"Xiao Lu, tell us the truth, what's going on here?"

"Brother, you are right, I can assure you that it is absolutely cost-effective to rent here."

Finally, under the persuasion of the clerk, Xu Bin and his wife gritted their teeth and rented two shops for three years.

Although the rent here is much more expensive than that on the ground, the electricity bill saved every year is enough to make up for the difference.

After signing the contract, Xu's mother paid the deposit and two months' rent for the eldest son on the spot, and paid a total of nearly 100,000 yuan.

Xu Bin personally promised that when the gold bars were sold, the money would be transferred to his mother's account.

"You can fight if you want!"

After Xu's mother finished speaking, she wanted to go home.

Tan Aifang took the opportunity to persuade her to stay: "Mom, why don't you go back after staying for a meal? Jingyi will be back soon."

"Forget it, it's the same when you come back tomorrow, and it's not like you won't see each other."

Mother Xu didn't stay for dinner, she took a taxi and left. Although Nana was at home, she was still a little worried about her grandchildren.

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(End of this chapter)