Chapter Five Hundred and Seventieth Three New Goals

After Zhang Zian returned to Binhai City to take over the pet shop, he had set two small goals. The first was to gain a firm foothold in the pet industry, and the second was to save some money to renovate the shop. Fortunately, both of these small goals were achieved.

Now he wants to set a third small goal, which is to introduce more pets, especially rare pets that are rarely seen by ordinary people, and let more people know about the pet shop.

Qiyuan Pet Shop is no longer a little-known shop, and its reputation has gradually spread, even across the ocean to the United States and Fusang. More and more people know that there is such a unique pet shop in Binhai City.

He could have chosen to be content with the status quo, as long as he continued to operate, at least he would not have to worry about food and clothing.

However, many customers came here attracted by the name, but returned disappointed, because there were no pets they wanted in the store, which made him feel that he missed N billions!

So he learned from the pain and decided to expand the scale.

Of course, it is risky to expand the scale, but even if he loses money, at worst he will go back to the company and become a nine-to-five office worker.

It is also possible to rent a house, both have their own advantages and disadvantages. The only principle is to be as close as possible to the pet shop. Taking advantage of the low housing prices and rents around the Spring Festival, he does not want to procrastinate any longer.

The aunts of the neighborhood committee walk around the streets all day to collect protection fees... No, they collect management fees. They should be more informed about these news, and they usually gather in the neighborhood committees and like to gossip. , so Zhang Zian asked Grandma Gu about the situation.

Grandma Gu didn't quite believe it at first. She has lived on this street all her life. She used to watch Zhang Zian's parents run a pet shop from dawn to dusk. They didn't make much money except paying off the mortgage. Zhang Zian took over. The pet store is less than half a year old, and you want to expand the scale of the store? Want to run before you can walk?

"Forget it, Xiao Anzi, you went to college and didn't come back for several years. Now that you've finally come back, it's like returning to your roots—listen to grandma and stop thinking about it. Buy some money to buy a car, and after two years, grandma, I will introduce you to someone who will satisfy you, get married and live a good life, and then give birth to a handsome girl or a big fat boy, if you can be rated as a May Day labor model in Dongcheng District , your life is not in vain..." Grandma Gu persuaded earnestly.

Grandma Gu chattered self-righteously, but Zhang Zian couldn't laugh or cry, not knowing what to say.

From the perspective of her older generation, what she said is correct, and many young people are also pursuing this, wives and children are hot on the bed.

But Zhang Zian didn't think so. He didn't expand the scale just to make money. He has seen many strange and rare pets from books such as "Illustrated Book of Rare Pets", and he often feels that just looking at them is not very enjoyable. Brings great satisfaction.

"There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no offspring is the greatest. Grandma, I watched Xiao Anzi grow up day by day. After this year, you are one year older, but you don't even have a date. Grandma, I see it in my eyes and worry about it. ..."

As the big boss of the neighborhood committee, Grandma Gu is very eloquent and has a loud voice. Zhang Zian hurriedly stopped her from continuing, and said with a smile, "Grandma Gu, I still have something to do, just tell me if there are any shops nearby for rent or transfer. of?"

"Oh, you child,

Why are you disobedient, grandma, I am doing this for your own good..." Grandma Gu shook her head regretfully, sighed and said, "If you want to talk about transfer... hey, it seems that the store next to you is going to be transferred, how about you Ask in the past? But grandma, I still advise you to think twice before acting..."

Zhang Zian was startled when he heard that, which store next to him? Speaking of which, he still knows the owner of the store, but he has never heard of the store being sold?

"Grandma Gu, are you sure? I live next door, why haven't I heard about Brother Tao's transfer?" He asked suspiciously.

"Hey! You kid still don't trust grandma? Grandma, can I still lie to you?" Grandma Gu blamed unhappily, "Didn't I go to your store to collect the sanitation fee and management fee for this quarter? I went to Xiaotao's store, but he refused to pay, saying that he planned to transfer the store, and let me take it from whoever bought it... Are you angry by saying this? Xiao Anzi, please comment on grandma, The whole street has been handed over, but he doesn’t pay, isn’t this a nail house? Let grandma and me how to do other people’s ideological work in the future..."

"I see, thank you Grandma Gu!"

He didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and rushed out.

People at the age of Grandma Gu always like to admonish the younger generation with the attitude of a life mentor, making it clear that "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice", "If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of you" , In fact, they don't know that they are already behind the times-the neighborhood committee collects sanitation fees and can only accept cash is a typical example.

She is indeed for Zhang Zi'an's good, but the thinking of the older generation can only be conservative, not aggressive. In this rapidly changing era, many things are like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. If it was up to her to decide, she would definitely not be like Zhang Zian who would rather spend a lot of trouble to introduce an automatic dog washing machine. If this opportunity is missed, it will be gone.

They were not related to each other, and Zhang Zian didn't bother to listen to her nagging, let alone explain anything to her, so he ran away from the neighborhood committee all the way.

The south side of Qiyuan Pet Store is adjacent to a shoe store. The shoe store has a longer history than Qiyuan Pet Store. It seems to have been opened since the 1980s and has been in business until now. It will take five years to survive. It's a ten-year-old store, and if you round it up, it's a century-old store. Zhang Zian never expected that this shoe store would be sold.

Seeing Zhang Zian coming back, Lu Yiyun didn't enter the store, but turned to the side, blinking her eyes in doubt, because Zhang Zian rarely visited neighbors' houses.

Zhang Zian walked to the door of the shoe store. He was very familiar with this shoe store. When he was a child, he basically bought new shoes for the whole family from this store during the holidays, so they usually get along well. The quality of the shoes is mediocre. Parents buy shoes from here mainly to take care of the neighbor's business, and secondly, it is easy to replace if there is a quality problem.

The gold-lettered signboard on a dark red background reads "Zhonghua Road Shoe Store". The old facade has not changed for at least ten years. The first floor is a residence and warehouse.

The floor-to-ceiling glass door looks dirty because it has not been wiped for a long time, like a pure natural and pollution-free protective color, and the situation inside the store can hardly be seen from the outside, but since it is not locked, the owner should be inside and not going out.

Zhang Zian looked up, down, left, and right, but he still didn't see the "transfer" sign, so he had to push the door and enter to see what happened.

"Welcome, let's take a look."

There were no customers in the store, only a man who was the owner of the store squatted on the ground with his back to the door, fiddling with shoe boxes.

This man's name is Xie Tao, he is a few years older than Zhang Zian, and he has known him since childhood, Zhang Zian wants to call him Brother Tao.

There are various types of shoes on the shelves in the store, ranging from slippers that cost a few dollars to domestic brand-name shoes that cost hundreds of dollars, but the styles are a little old, and most of them seem to be the styles that were popular last year or even the year before. .

"Brother Tao, it's me."

Xie Tao turned his face, "Hey, isn't this Xiao Anzi? Come in quickly. Is there something wrong?"

Zhang Zian smiled, not knowing how to speak. It’s okay if you’re a stranger, but acquaintances can’t just ask you if this store sells it, right?

"Brother Tao, it seems that you haven't opened the door very much recently?" He found an excuse to greet him.

Since he returned to Binhai City to take over the pet shop, no matter it is cloudy or rainy, it will be open normally regardless of whether there is business or not. On the other hand, the shoe store next to it is almost three days fishing and two days drying the net. The days when it is closed are better than the days when it is open. Much more.

"Business is not good, I can't make money, and now people are shopping online." Xie Tao patted the ashes on his hands and stood up, kicked the shoe box aside, and smiled helplessly, "And my mind is not here. Yes Yes, I got married a while ago."

"Brother Tao, why didn't you tell me about such an important matter? You're too out of touch! I still want to drink your wedding wine." Zhang Zian said regretfully.

Xie Tao scratched his hair, and said hesitantly: "It was the wedding reception in the few days you came back. I originally wanted to invite you, but... after discussing it, let's forget it. I won't bother you."

Zhang Zian was stunned for a moment, and then realized what he meant - the day when Xie Tao hosted the wedding was when Zhang Zian was preparing for the funeral of his parents, so he was not invited. Xie Tao expected that he must not be in that mood, even if he was invited, he would not come, so he simply didn't inform him and let him be quiet.

He nodded to show that he understood, "I must at least make up a congratulatory gift. Where is my sister-in-law from?"

"Don't be so alien." Xie Tao shook his head, "Your sister-in-law is a foreigner, and we are married with a son-isn't it very popular now? After the wedding ceremony, we went to honeymoon, and then we had a baby and went back to my mother's house to sit down." Confinement and so on, it’s very troublesome, I’m too tired to run around, and I can’t make much money, so I just took a break. After the break, I found that the business in the store was even worse, and many regular customers disappeared.”

Zhang Zian felt the same way. In the past, the pet shop had been tepid under the management of my parents, but at least it was able to maintain normal operations. After it closed due to an accident, it reopened, and the old customers disappeared... Although the pet shop did not have many regular customers, but The impact of the shutdown is real.

At the same time, he also knows why this shoe store is always closed. It turns out that Xie Tao married a foreign wife and experienced a series of major life events such as honeymoon travel, childbirth and confinement. The rumor that the shoe store will be transferred is probably not groundless. ...

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