409: Chapter 403: Booming Sales 409: Chapter 403: Booming Sales Chen Zhonghua and Jiang ixian, husband and wife, went back and forth with each other.
Every ti Chen Hai tried to explain, he barely got a word out before his parents interrupted him imdiately.
“Dad, Mom, Qingqing and I have always been on good terms, so where is the problem supposed to be?”
“Just yesterday, I was still on the phone with her.”
“If you don’t believe , I can call her right now…”
Finally, when his parents began to tire from talking and took a mont to breathe, Chen Hai found an opportunity to speak up and explain.
“Really, there’s no problem?” Jiang ixian looked doubtful.
She scrutinized Chen Hai up and down for quite so ti.
But unfortunately, she couldn’t see even a hint of guilt on Chen Hai’s face.
“There’s a phone in the shop.”
“It’s been a really long ti since I last spoke to Qingqing on the phone!”
“How about it, Hai, dial Qingqing’s number so I can have a casual chat with her for a bit!”
After hesitating, Jiang ixian tried to bring it up tentatively.
It seed that no matter how sincere Chen Hai sounded, she remained half-convinced by what her son was saying.
Claiming to just want a casual chat with Qingqing, it was clear to anyone that it was rely an excuse.
Her real intention was to confirm whether there was actually a problem between her son Chen Hai and Ye Qingqing.
Chen Zhonghua, on the other hand, didn’t say much, just cocked his head and stared at Chen Hai for a good while.
“Alright, I’ll call Qingqing right now!” Chen Hai said with a resigned smile.
As his own power grew, he had beco more assertive in front of others.
But in front of his parents, he was still the weaker party.
Setting his rice bowl aside, he walked swiftly to the phone in the shop, picked up the receiver, and began dialing.
He knew Ye Qingqing’s mobile number by heart; it was etched into his mory.
“Beep…
Beep…” After only two rings, the call connected.
“Qingqing, it’s .”
“What are you up to?
Have you had dinner?”
“Your Tsinghua University must be about to start winter break, right?
After the break, do you want to co over to Liuyuan County…”
While Chen Hai was on the phone, Chen Zhonghua didn’t show any unusual behavior and simply continued eating his al.
His mother, Jiang ixian, at so point, got hold of a rag.
Pretending to wipe the display case in the shop, she purposefully moved close to Chen Hai.
Although she seed to be wiping the case, her real focus was on eavesdropping on the conversation between Chen Hai and Ye Qingqing.
Chen Hai noticed what she was doing.
Since he was rely exchanging greetings with Ye Qingqing and not discussing anything secretive, he let his mother listen in if she wanted to!
Confirming that the person on the phone with her son was indeed Ye Qingqing, and judging from the tone of their conversation, they didn’t seem to have fallen out.
Jiang ixian’s face lit up once again with a cheerful smile.
“Mom, didn’t you want to say a few words to Qingqing?
Here, the phone’s for you!”
“Forget it, Hai, you chat with her so more!”
“Our Liuyuan dialect, Qingqing can’t understand it very well, and it’s really hard for to speak Mandarin, so I’d rather not chat with her too much!”
Jiang ixian, who had been insisting on having a word with Ye Qingqing, began to wave her hands and graciously refuse when Chen Hai actually handed her the receiver.
For their generation, who had spoken the local dialect all their lives, switching to Mandarin indeed caused so stumbles and felt extrely awkward.
Seeing his mother react this way, Chen Hai decided not to press further.
It wasn’t appropriate for him to express any romantic sentint towards his girlfriend in front of his parents, so the call was ended after a few minutes.
“Hai, university is supposed to be four years, right?”
“Qingqing is already a junior; in a little over a year, she’ll be graduating too.”
“You two, what are your plans?
Are you preparing to just register and get married when the ti cos?”
“I and your dad don’t have any other extravagant hopes; we just hope we can hold a grandson soon…”
After confirming that her son had no problems in his love life, Jiang ixian bead with joy, pulling Chen Hai to start chatting about this topic.
“Mom, whether we get married or not, we still have to consider Qingqing’s opinion.”
“After all, her kind of prominent family definitely has many rules.”
Chen Hai explained with a grimace on his face.
Nowadays, his pursuits were almost inhuman, far removed from those of ordinary people.
Yet, even so, he was not averse to the idea of officially registering his marriage to his girlfriend Ye Qingqing and starting a family.
The mother and son chatted away here, while Chen Zhonghua, who had finished his al, lit a cigarette and turned on the television in the small shop.
Back in Wenchang Pavilion Community, Chen Hai’s family had already upgraded to a large color TV.
The black and white TV that Chen Hai had bought previously was brought to the county town during the move and placed inside the shop.
Unfortunately, installing an outdoor antenna here was not convenient; even the TV’s built-in antenna could only receive two or three channels, and they were not very clear, covered with grainy static.
“Heroes of all corners co from our kin, as one enters Jianghu the years urge on; good wine, for a hero, is Peach Blossom Immortal Brew…”
The familiar advertisent jingle reached Chen Hai’s ears.
He paused his conversation with his mother, Jiang ixian, turned his head, and looked towards the television.
Li Qingxia’s bright red robe had turned into a gray robe on the black and white screen.
Her scene of drinking in water, albeit lacking a bit of ambiance on the monochro TV, still held an astonishing appeal.
“See that, Hai?
That’s the Peach Blossom Immortal Brew, the sa one I drank at ho before.”
“The central station even has advertisents for this wine; it’s very popular now!”
“These past few days, several people have co into our shop asking if we have Peach Blossom Immortal Brew for sale.”
“A bottle of wine for one hundred and ninety-eight yuan, even with money, it’s not easy to get hold of now…”
Chen Zhonghua lanted, pointing at the advertisent currently playing on the television.
His deanor suggested that being able to drink Peach Blossom Immortal Brew was a matter worth boasting about.
“Dad, has the Peach Blossom Immortal Brew at ho run out?” Chen Hai asked with a chuckle.
“There’s still half a bottle left; one must be thrifty with such expensive wine!”
When the subject of wine ca up, Chen Zhonghua could not help but lick his lips.
He glanced at Jiang ixian, seemingly wanting to say sothing, but ultimately held back.
“Dad, if you drink so health care wine, without getting totally drunk, Mom probably won’t scold you!”
“If you think the Peach Blossom Immortal Brew tastes good, I’ll have the distillery send a couple of cases over!”
Drawing his gaze away from the television, Chen Hai pondered for a mont and spoke with a smile.
The Peach Blossom Immortal Brew advertisent had begun airing officially on television since New Year’s Day.
As the highest bidder, aside from the golden advertising spot following the central news, CCTV had also specially provided Peach Blossom Wine Industry with many non-pri ti advertisent slots.
Throughout the day, their advertisent must have been played close to ten or twenty tis.
CCTV really put a lot of effort into making it a highlighted brand.
Under such an all-encompassing advertising bombardnt, the na Peach Blossom Immortal Brew had rapidly beco a household na.
Whether it was Qiu Dazhi or Sun Jinzhong, they had all reported to Chen Hai about the sales situation of Peach Blossom Immortal Brew.
According to them, ever since their advertisent aired, the sales departnt of Peach Blossom Wine Industry had nearly been overwheld with calls.
Today was January 7th, a week since the advertisent went live on CCTV.
Chen Hai only knew that the sales of Peach Blossom Immortal Brew were booming.
But how booming?
And how much had the total sales accumulated?
He had little idea.
“Peach Blossom Wine Industry is fully owned by .”
“Perhaps, I should take so ti to visit there.”
This thought crossed Chen Hai’s mind, and he muttered to himself.
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