"Mr. Tong's Store Opening Chronicles"

by hawa on 2007-02-15 19:29:56

It is said that in the early years, when Pa had crossed the sea and arrived overseas, the first thing he was not used to was that his clothing size dropped from L to M. After having two children, it dropped again from M to S... He thought to himself, before I reach fifty, will these two little boys not break my old bones?! Thus, after discussing with Mistress for a whole night, they finally packed up their belongings and returned with the whole family across the ocean back to the embrace of the motherland...

After three years of not seeing each other, land in Nanjing has become more expensive, and house prices have appreciated once again. Pa is secretly glad about his wise and decisive decision back then, but at the same time worried: prices are rising like water, even sending a child to kindergarten is more expensive than studying in a language school abroad. With the elder child in his left arm and the younger one in his right, raising a child domestically is not easy, let alone two.

At least Tong Pa has studied abroad and can speak a few foreign phrases. Relying on his past reputation from mingling in teahouses, he sought out Meng Pa and asked: What should we do in this current era and market trend? Meng Pa turned his eyes, flicked his little golden abacus, took off his antique glasses to wipe them, and looked around Tong Pa: