Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 469

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Chapter 469: Chapter 469: Broadening Horizons

Xiao Xu took a deep look at Lin Chuxia, "Miss Lin is quite knowledgeable about the business."

"Not really, I only know a bit."

With Lin Chuxia’s remark and the experience from City Department Store, the afternoon stock selection went smoothly.

However, they needed a lot of merchandise with a wide variety of styles, and they didn’t finish picking all of it even after a busy half day.

In the evening, Wang Tianxue was called away by Aunt Fang, and the five of them returned to the guest house.

Although they were extremely tired that day, to the point where their feet felt like they would fall off, everyone was very excited.

After dinner and a shower, they all quickly went to sleep to save energy for continuing the next day.

It was currently summer, but in two months it would start to cool off, so this time they purchased not only summer clothes but also a good amount of autumn wear, jackets, shirts, jeans, casual pants, and overalls.

They also made a point of selecting a large batch of various trendy trench coats.

When Wang Tianxue saw a lingerie store, she walked straight in.

The lingerie here is different from what is currently being sold in the north; most of them have padding.

Nowadays, in the north, they are still selling close-fitting granny vests, of course, ’granny vest’ is a term from the future.

Lin Chuxia looked at the three men behind her, who were looking everywhere but the lingerie store, and Liu Na, who only stared at her toes, wishing she could see flowers bloom from looking so hard, and pressed her hand to her forehead.

In the end, she still chose Liu Na.

She didn’t just bring Liu Na to help Wang Tianxue pick up stock; she wanted to let Liu Na see the world, and this was also part of the world.

If even picking up stock was embarrassing, how would she manage to sell it later?

Liu Na knew this and, seeing Lin Chuxia enter the store calmly, examining the lingerie unabashedly, and discussing styles with Sister Tianxue, she immediately felt ashamed.

Although her face was still red, she boldly moved closer to listen to the discussion between the two and the store owner.

One could say that this day was full of gains; the clothing at this market was indeed cheap, but that cheapness was only relative to the retail price. If one really discussed it, the price of mid-to-high-end clothing now compared to wages was not cheaper than clothing in the future.

At this time, the country’s light industry was not developed. A few years earlier, good quality fabric had to be purchased with ration coupons, and the prices were grindingly high.

Now with the reforms and opening up, even foreign enterprises have been introduced in the south, greatly improving this situation, but prices are still not cheap.

Take, for example, the woolen coat that Lin Chuxia bought before; it cost nearly two hundred yuan, and now a cadre’s salary is just over one hundred yuan, with workers earning even less.

Of course, that belonged to high-end clothing.

Mid-end clothing was better, but a decent suit jacket would also cost several tens of yuan.

Jeans, which were just becoming popular, had a wholesale price close to ten yuan, which could sell for twenty yuan in the north.

The remaining ordinary goods were easier to discuss, usually having wholesale prices of just a few yuan.

Because Lin Chuxia and her team were opening a department store, aiming to compete with City Department Store and People’s Mall, their main purchases were mid-to-high-end clothing.

Lin Chuxia saw several clothing brands in the market that would sell well in the future and ordered a substantial amount of their stock.

By the afternoon of the fourth day, they had almost spent all their money.

She wasn’t concerned; there was still cash in her space. However, Wang Tianxue kept track of the expenses, knowing that Lin Chuxia brought a total of twenty thousand yuan this time.