After Zhang Zi'an returned to Binhai City to take over the pet store, he set two small goals. The first was to gain a foothold in the pet industry, and the second was to save some money and renovate the store. 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 rare for ordinary people, and let the pet shop be known to more people.

Qiyuan Pet Shop is no longer an unknown small shop. Its reputation gradually spread and even spread across the ocean to the United States and Fusang. More and more people know that there is such a unique pet store in Binhai City.

He could have chosen to be content with the status quo, and as long as he continues to operate, he will at least have no worries about food and clothing.

But many customers came here and returned in disappointment because there was no pet they wanted in the store, which made him feel like he had missed n million!

So he learned from his mistakes and decided to expand the scale.

Of course, it is necessary to take risks when expanding the scale, but even if he loses money, he will go back to the company and be an office worker from 9 to 5.

It is also possible to buy a store or rent a house. Each has its pros and cons. The only principle is to try to be closer to the pet store. Taking advantage of the low prices and rents around the Spring Festival, he doesn't want to delay it anymore.

The aunts in the neighborhood committee travel around the streets and collect protection fees... No, they charge management fees, so they should be more familiar with these news. Moreover, they usually like to chat about gossip when they get together in the neighborhood committee, and they can know any movements in the street as soon as possible, so Zhang Zi'an asked Grandma Gu about the situation.

Grandma Gu didn't believe it at first. She lived on this street all her life. She used to see Zhang Zi'an's parents getting up early and running a pet store late. She didn't make much money except paying off her mortgage. It's less than half a year since Zhang Zi'an took over the pet store. She wanted to expand the scale of the store? She wanted to run away before she learned to leave?

"Forget it, Xiao Anzi, you have been out of college and left for several years. Now you have finally come back. It's a fallen leaf. Listen to grandma, don't think about it. An Ansheng manages your land acre of three cents and saves some money to buy a small car. In two years, I will introduce you to a partner you are satisfied with. After getting married, you can live a good life, and then have a handsome daughter or a fat boy. If you can be praised as a May Day model worker in Dongcheng District, you will not live in vain in your life..." Grandma Gu persuaded earnestly.

Grandma Gu kept chatting self-righteously, while Zhang Zi'an was so amused that she couldn't hear it, and didn't know what it was.

From the perspective of her older generation, she is right, and many young people also pursue this, and their wives and children are warm-up.

But Zhang Zian didn't think so. He expanded the scale not entirely to make money. He has seen many strange and rare pets from books such as "Rare Pets Illustrations". He often feels that it is not very satisfying to read them alone. If these pets can be introduced into the store, even if they are not sold but just displayed, it can bring great satisfaction.

"There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no descendants are the eldest. Grandma, I see Xiao Anzi, you grow up day by day. After this year, you are one year older, but you don't even have a partner. Grandma, I see it and worry about it..."

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

"Oh, why are you disobedient? Grandma, I'm for your own good..." Grandma Gu shook her head regretfully, sighed and said, "If you want to transfer... Alas, it seems that the store next to you is going to transfer, why don't you go over and ask? But Grandma, I still advise you to think twice before doing things..."

Zhang Zian was stunned when he heard this. The store next to him? Speaking of which he knew the owner, but he had never heard of the store being transferred?

"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 doesn't believe grandma? Grandma, can I lie to you?" Grandma Gu said unhappily, "Didn't I go to your store to charge the sanitation and management fees for this quarter? By the way, I went to Xiaotao's store. But he refused to pay it. He said he planned to transfer the store and asked me to collect it from whoever buys it... Are you angry about this? Xiao Anzi, you judge grandma, and you paid the whole street, but he didn't pay it. Isn't this a nail household? How can I do other people's ideological work in the future..."

"I understand, thank you Grandma Gu!"

Before she could finish her words, he quickly seized the way.

People like Grandma Gu like to be a life mentor always like to admonish the younger generation, showing that "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten" and "I don't eat the words of the elderly, and suffer losses in front of you." In fact, they don't know that they are already behind the times. The neighborhood committee can only collect sanitation fees and can only collect cash. This is a typical example.

She did indeed do it for Zhang Zi'an's good, but the older generation's thoughts could only be successful and not enterprising. In this ever-changing era, many things are like sailing against the current, and if they don't advance, they will retreat. If she is asked to make a decision, she will definitely not go as hard as Zhang Zi'an, and if this opportunity is missed, it will be gone.

Both of them were not close to each other, and Zhang Zian was too lazy to listen to her nagging, and even more lazy to explain anything to her, and trotted all the way away from the neighborhood committee.

A shoe store is next to the south of Qiyuan Pet Store. The history of the shoe store is still long. It seems that it has been open since the 1980s and has been operating until now. It is almost fifty-year-old store that has lasted for more than ten years. It will be a century-old store. Zhang Zian never expected that this shoe store would be transferred.

When Lu Yiyun saw Zhang Zi'an coming back, she did not enter the store, but turned to the side and blinked in confusion because Zhang Zi'an rarely visited his neighbor's house.

Zhang Zi'an walked to the door of the shoe store. He was so familiar with this shoe store. When he was a child, he basically bought new shoes from this store during festivals, so he usually got along well. The quality of shoes was average. The parents bought shoes from here mainly to take care of the neighbor's business, and secondly, it was easy to replace when there were quality problems.

The dark red-soled golden sign says "Zhonghua Road Shoe Store". The old door face has not changed for at least ten years. The store layout is almost exactly the same as that of the Qiyuan Pet Store, but the area is larger. The first floor is the store and the second floor is the residence and warehouse.

The floor-to-ceiling glass door looks dirty because it hasn't been wiped for a long time. It looks like a pure natural and pollution-free protective color. There is almost no situation in the store from the outside. However, since it is not locked, the owner should be inside and not going out.

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

"Welcome to visit, just take a look."

There were no customers in the store, only a man who was the owner, squatting on the ground fiddling with his shoe box.

The man's name is Xie Tao, a few years older than Zhang Zi'an. He has known him since he was a child. Zhang Zi'an wanted to call him Brother Tao.

There are many types of shoes placed on the shelves in the store, ranging from slippers for a few dollars to domestic brand shoes worth hundreds of dollars, but the styles are a little old, and most of them are still popular last year or even the previous year.

"Brother Tao, it's me."

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

Zhang Zian smiled and didn't know how to speak. It would be fine if he was a stranger, but an acquaintance could not ask you directly if this store was sold, right?

"Brother Tao, you don't seem to have opened the door much recently?" He found an excuse to greet him.

Since he returned to Binhai City to take over the pet store, it will be open normally regardless of whether it is cloudy or rainy or not. In contrast, the shoe store next to him has almost three days of fishing and two days of drying the net. The days of closing the door are much more than the days of opening the door.

"The business is not good, I can't make money. Now people buy online." Xie Tao patted the gray in his hand and stood up, kicked the shoe box aside, and smiled helplessly, "And my mind is not here. By the way, I got married a while ago."

"Brother Tao, why didn't you tell me about such a big deal? It's so disgusting! I still want to drink your wedding wine." Zhang Zi'an said regretfully.

Xie Tao scratched his hair and said hesitantly: "It was the wedding banquet you held in the few days you came back. I originally wanted to invite you, but... I discussed it and I will forget it. I won't bother you."

Zhang Zi'an was stunned for a moment, and then realized what he meant. Xie Tao held a wedding banquet during the time when Zhang Zi'an prepared for the funeral for his parents, so he did not invite him. Xie Tao thought that he must not be in that mood, and even if he was invited, he would not come, so he simply did not notify him and let him calm himself down.

He nodded and said that he understood, "I will at least add a gift. Where is my sister-in-law from?"

"Don't be so dissatisfied." Xie Tao shook his head, "Your sister-in-law is from another place. We got married with children. Isn't this very popular now? After the wedding banquet, we went on a honeymoon, then had children, went back to my parents' home for confinement, etc. It was very troublesome. I was too tired to run around and I couldn't make a lot of money, so I simply took a break. After resting, I found that the business in the store was even worse, and many old customers ran away and disappeared."

Zhang Zian felt the same. In the past, pet shops were always lukewarm under their parents' management, but at least they could maintain normal operations. As a result, after the business was closed due to an accident, they opened again, and the old customers disappeared... Although the pet shops did not have many old customers, the impact of the business closure was real.

At the same time, he also knew why this shoe store was always open. It turned out that Xie Tao married a wife from another place, had a series of major life events such as honeymoon trips, having children and confinement. It seems that Grandma Gu said that this shoe store was going to be transferred is probably groundless.
Chapter completed!