"Xiao Wan, can you bring me around a dozen sets of autumn clothes for older kids tomorrow?"
"Uh... You got connections?" Lin Wan glanced at Yin Peibai, raising an eyebrow.
"My aunt teaches at a high school. Some high school boarding students sometimes ask her to take them shopping. The other day she came to my house, found out my āfriendā was selling autumn clothes, and casually mentioned it to the students. Who knew some students actually bought them? Hereās the list, donāt forget."
"Alright. I got it."
"By the way, did you rent the storefront on South Street?" Yin Peibai mentioned Zhang Hanfu.
"Yeah, I rented it."
"Are you going to stay there every day then? Itāll be really cold there in winter."
"I donāt plan to be there often. In the future, I wonāt be selling single items, Iāll focus on wholesale to the retailers."
"What about the price?"
"Since itās wholesale, I canāt sell one piece at a time. For each style, thereāll be a minimum order of ten pieces, and of course, Iāll offer them cheaper."
"Wonāt you lose money doing this?" Su Ling wondered.
"This is called āsmall profits with quick returns.ā Big volume can make money. Our teacher says next month weāll start learning to cut and sew clothes. Then you can help me sew clothes too. Youāll be paid 0.5 to 1 dime per garment. How about it?"
"No problem."
"Sure thing. Our salaries are fixed, so earning some extra cash would be great."
Both agreed.
After school, who knew Han Yi was already at the door with a tricycle?
"How come youāre here?"
"I woke up when you left. Called you twice but you didnāt hear. So I decided to take the clothes around for a spin and managed to sell a few pieces."
"What do you think our shop should be named?" Han Yi put the bicycle on the tricycle and let Lin Wan ride on the tricycle, heading home.
"Iām not good with names, why donāt you decide and Iāll give some input."
"Called Wanyi Clothing Wholesale." She had already thought of this name in her previous life.
Not just the current small store; there would be Wanyi Clothing Factory. Wanyi brand store. All these will eventually exist.
"Sounds great. Tomorrow Iāll get someone to make a sign. I talked to Liu Wei about the business license, and heās helping us with it."
"Thatās awesome." Having connections really smooths things out.
The next day, Han Yi and Lin Wan didnāt go to the shop but went to find someone to make a sign. They ordered a red background with white text sign.
Then the two went to the train station. They kept busy for over a week, selling hundreds of pieces. But this pace wasnāt enough, as the days were getting colder, and if the clothes werenāt sold quickly, theyād be stuck with them until next spring.
Liang Hongmei was also worried for her. On Sunday, she directly took Lin Yinghui, and they set up a stall to help her sell clothes for two days.
Previously, Lin Wan picked out a matching set of light blue couple pajamas for her brother. She asked him to give the female set to Mu Qing.
Who wouldāve thought Sister Mu Qing would quickly sell more than a dozen sets of pajamas at school.
She was even more impressive than her brother. Though theyād only met once, Lin Wan genuinely saw her as a future sister-in-law.
This week, every morning, Liang Hongmei brought dozens of clothes, just like at their old casserole restaurant, and set up a clothes rack at their shop entrance to help sell.
While Lin Wan was anxious, at the train station, just as Han Yi went out to buy food, a woman approached her.
"Sis, youāve been setting up here for quite a few days, havenāt you? Could I ask where these clothes are wholesaled from?"
Lin Wan looked at her doubtfully and didnāt answer immediately. With so many people and mixed intentions at the train station, she worried the woman might be a fraud.