Chapter 811 - 812: Extremely Difficult
The cosmetics aren’t selling, stuck in the store, unable to bring in new products. It’s always the old stock piling up, with some even expiring. In this vicious cycle, the store’s earned funds can barely cover rent and workers’ wages, and even restocking funds are difficult to come by.
Reaching this point, there’s nothing left but to close down.
The issue is, their cosmetics store had previously signed a one-year contract with the manufacturer, requiring them to handle 20,000 worth of cosmetics each month, amounting to 240,000 by the end of the year.
Now, the store can’t even make 500 a day. Over the past few years, they managed to save at most 100,000. After paying the workers’ wages, they were left with even less, unable to repay that huge sum of 240,000.
With no way out, Li Dongnan and Zhang Yun had to confess the truth to the Li Family, asking them one by one for loaned money to pay off the debt.
Although the Li Family is a large and reputable household, because of their background in military and government services, they haven’t been corrupt and rely on state wages with fixed monthly allowances, which means their savings are actually quite limited.
Faced with Li Dongnan and Zhang Yun’s huge debt, they scraped together a little more than half the amount, but still couldn’t gather the remaining 60,000.
Zhang Yun, with no other choice, shamelessly borrowed money from Nianyang. Only after questioning did Nianyang learn of the situation. Sixty thousand was just a drop in the bucket for her, and since they were family, she didn’t hesitate to lend it, which moved Zhang Yun deeply,
"Thank you, thank you, Yangyang, otherwise we really would be helpless."
Nianyang held Zhang Yun’s hand, frowning slightly, "Sister-in-law, have you not been sleeping well lately?"
Zhang Yun, with a bitter face, replied, "Our store that’s been running for so many years is about to close. Dongnan and I are terribly anxious, how can we sleep well, and we still have to think about what to do next."
Nianyang said seriously, "No matter what, you have to take care of your health. You’re almost five months along. After finally getting your body in good condition, if something goes wrong now, you might not be able to have this baby."
Zhang Yun was startled upon hearing this, "Is it, is it that serious? But I really don’t know what to do. The business is in trouble, and now with so much debt, I have no idea how to earn it back, I can’t think of anything else."
As she spoke, she sighed, covering her bulging belly, and began to cry, "If the child is gone, then maybe it’s not meant to be. Our family is bankrupt now, burdened with debt, we can’t afford to raise the baby, and we can’t provide a good life for it, perhaps we shouldn’t have it..."
"Sister-in-law, don’t say that." Nianyang consoled, "Every child who comes into the world is a mother’s little angel. This is the bond between you and your brother-in-law. How can you say it’s not meant to be? You’re just facing a temporary problem, it’s not that severe, there is always a way to solve it."
Zhang Yun cried out of grievance, "What way? We are completely at a loss. Dongnan even wants to make a comeback, running around every day to seek connections and understand the industry..."
Nianyang pondered for a few seconds, "Sister-in-law, do you and brother-in-law still intend to stay in the cosmetics business?"
Zhang Yun wiped her tears, slowly saying, "We do want to. Your brother-in-law feels that the cosmetics business has potential. Currently, the economy is weak, and people don’t have the habit of buying cosmetics, but in a few years, there will definitely be more demand. Your brother-in-law wants to seize the opportunity, but unfortunately, the timing is wrong, and there are too many competitors, we just can’t seem to make it..."