"Okay, you guys go out!" After chatting for a while, Liu Huilan waved her hand to let the two of them go out first, leaving him alone in the room.

Xiaoxue and the others also understood that the two of them had something personal to say. After walking out of the room, they closed the door behind their backs. For a moment, there were only two people left in the room.

Liu Huilan stood up, picked up a cowhide bag, put it in front of him and said, "Son, there is fifty thousand yuan in it. Your mother has saved it little by little over the years. It is also the last money left in our family. You can take it."

Hold it!"

Damn it!

Ren Xiaowei's eyes lit up when he saw it. It seemed that his mother trusted him very much!

Seemingly finding that she was a little carried away, Liu Huilan added angrily: "There are 20,000 yuan in it, which is used to repay your uncle Chen's salary. Their family conditions are not good, and your mother has not made much money in these years."

, I can only help your dad plug this hole!"

"The remaining 30,000 yuan will be held for an ordering meeting in a while. Then you can use the money. By the way, you can bring Xiaotong with you to the ordering meeting. She will know which goods will be best sold next year.

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"Mom, what's the order fair? We didn't have this thing before?"

Ren Xiaowei twisted his head, looked at his mother and asked in confusion.

This thirty thousand yuan is not a small sum. For their family, it is the last sum of money. At this time, they have to use it to participate in that ordering meeting. This shows that it is a very important thing for their family.

Liu Huilan sighed and explained; "Every Chinese New Year, they will gather all the owners of small shops around our town, and then ask us to pay a sum of money to reserve goods for next year in advance!"

"The goods bought this way are cheaper than usual..."

When talking about this ordering fair, my mother had a sad look on her face, and her attitude towards it was very complicated. She seemed to be both happy and deeply dissatisfied.

"Ordering!"

Ren Xiaowei was shocked and understood something instantly.

After all, he has studied management for more than three years, and he can see the relationship behind this kind of "ordering meeting" at a glance. From a young age, he has understood that it is quite difficult to make money in his family's business.

The order fair, however, uses discounts as a false pretext to induce merchants to pre-deposit payment for next year's goods in advance, and then they can use the so-called preferential prices to obtain goods until the amount they set in advance is reached.

For example, if you deposit 10,000 yuan in advance, you can use the 10,000 yuan discount to purchase the goods you need next year.

For example, 10,000 yuan can buy goods worth 100,000 yuan at a 95% discount, and 20,000 yuan can buy goods worth 150,000 yuan at a 10% discount price...

These things are entirely up to them!

After such an ordering meeting, the big bosses of the wholesale department can spend the whole next year using the payment they made to go to the provincial capital to purchase goods, and then bring them back and resell them to them.

What a good plan, using other people's money to benefit yourself is really a good idea!

Then can they refuse to participate in the order fair?

The answer is no!

This game is originally a game between two parties. If small businesses like them cannot get the so-called "preferential price", it means that the price of goods for the whole next year will be higher than other competitors.

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This means that they will be at a disadvantage in the competition, and the bosses of the wholesale department take advantage of this and use a little bit of falsehood to allow themselves to obtain greater benefits.

In fact, there is a bigger secret hidden behind it, and that is monopoly!

Among those who have the strength to open wholesale departments in recent years, which one does not have strong assets? Without such strength, how could it be possible to withstand the circulation of hundreds of thousands of goods in hand?

In addition, the roads at this time were far less developed than they would be a dozen years later, and barriers were built up one after another, which led them to dare to jointly attack all small shop owners.

When Ren Xiaowei returned to the room, he tossed and turned. Things like ordering monopoly were always on his mind and he couldn't sleep.

Now, his mother has told him the general situation of their family. There is only 30,000 yuan left in total to hold an ordering meeting. It is simply impossible to open an Internet cafe.

"Forget it, never mind!"

He shook his head vigorously and forced himself to sleep. His mother would be leaving Qinghe Town early the day after tomorrow at the latest. We should talk about anything later.

After all, no matter how much he thinks, it's all in vain...

The next day, early morning.

Liu Huilan and Xiaoxue got busy early in the morning, telling them over and over again what goods should be placed where, as well as the temperaments and preferences of a few familiar customers.

This feeling is like a mother who is about to go away and does not trust others to take care of her children. Even Liang Xiaotong, who has always had a bad temper, listened obediently at this time.

It wasn't until it was getting dark soon that Liu Huilan hurried in from outside and told them that she would be leaving early tomorrow morning.

This also means that today is the last time they have dinner!

Other people's families get together during the New Year, but they have to separate at this time. Perhaps this is the time that many losers least want to face.

After a hasty meal, Liang Xiaotong tidied the sofa in the corner, but there were only two beds upstairs. Liu Huilan and he slept on one each, so the two of them had to make do on the sofa.

"Auntie, I want to go home..."

Zhu Xiaoxue stepped forward, looked at Liu Huilan and said.

"Go back... Okay, just go back. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the business in the store is also busy. Go back and get ready!" Liu Huilan thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

After all, she was very satisfied with Zhu Xiaoxue. She left in a hurry some time ago and Liang Xiaotong ran away. She was the only one who stayed in the store until Ren Xiaowei came back from outside.

"Then I'm leaving, auntie, and I'll be back early tomorrow morning!"

"Slow down on the road. By the way, go back and tell your dad that the money... we will pay him back as soon as possible!"

"No need to rush..."

Liu Huilan just smiled. After watching Zhu Xiaoxue leave, she turned back to the store and sighed silently. She had to say that her husband's incident had a huge impact on their family, and there were countless more people overnight.

The creditors have to pay back an astronomical figure.

How many times has she thought about how wonderful it would be to open her eyes in the morning and realize that everything was just a dream? But unfortunately...

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"Mom, Mom, I'm back!"

"Ah, my daughter is back!"

Chen Shuran, who was busy in the kitchen, rushed out as soon as she heard Zhu Xiaoxue's voice, and while helping him pat the snowflakes on her body, she kept complaining: "This Liu Huilan is so useless, why should I own my family's business?"

I won’t let my daughter come back because I’m busy, and I won’t sell her to them!”

"Isn't this a busy business..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking, let's go into the house!"

Chen Shuran shook her head and took Zhu Xiaoxue's hand into the house. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they seemed to have endless things to talk about.

At this moment, I heard a bang from the yard!

"Xiaoxue, is Xiaoxue back? My girl is back!"

The voice of the visitor was a little rough and he sounded drunk. It was Zhu Xiaoxue's father, Zhu Zhengguo, who had returned home. Originally, he should be happy to see his father, but the expressions of the mother and daughter changed drastically.

"It's bad, it's your father who's back. He's been clamoring for the past few days to go to Liu Huilan to settle accounts. You run away quickly, and I'll tell him you're asleep!"

Chen Shuran's face turned pale and she hurriedly pushed Zhu Xiaoxue into the room.

The moment the door closed, Zhu Zhengguo pushed the door open with a bang and came in. At a glance, he saw Chen Shuran still standing outside the door.
Chapter completed!