Chapter 338 Public Bathhouse, a Place for All
When Hu Qiongfang heard that Jiang Tian was going to build a large bathhouse near the university town, she was speechless.
Logically speaking, their family is not short of money now, so why is their daughter always thinking about making money wherever she goes?
I asked her to go and have a look at the new store, and she bought a straw weaving factory.
Let her go to the university town to sign, and when she comes back she will say she wants to open a big bathhouse.
"I heard that many college students come from poor families and all their money is spent on tuition. How can they afford to spend money on a bath outside?"
Hu Qiongfang's worry is not without reason. A bathhouse is different from a fast food restaurant.
Students usually eat very poorly at school, so they occasionally go out to a restaurant on Sundays. Although it is a bit more expensive than the school cafeteria, eating good food can keep children healthy, so parents are willing to spend the money.
But paying to take a shower?
Unless their family is rich, like theirs, the children cannot take a bath in the dormitory, so they have to spend some money to go to a bathhouse outside. Even if they have to take a bath every day, she can afford the money.
But if their family had not gone to the provincial highway to do business, and was still farming in the countryside, if Jiang Cheng was admitted to university one day, she, as a mother, would definitely work hard to support her son's college education. However, at most she could only guarantee tuition and living expenses. Relying solely on farming would not allow her son to enjoy life at school.
Jiang Tian sighed silently in her heart.
She couldn't tell her mother that in ten or twenty years, college students would not only have money to go to the bathhouse to take a bath, but would also go to the Internet cafe to play games, right?
For now, she could only explain to Hu Qiongfang that these bathhouses and hotels were for the teachers in the university town and the students whose families were relatively well-off.
After all, there are so many students in the university, and not all of them are poor. For example, teachers in the school, although they live in dormitories, when relatives and friends come over, they usually stay in hotels, right?
Hu Qiongfang couldn't convince her daughter, so she could only let her do what she wanted.
Unexpectedly, after Jiang Tian’s bathhouse was built and opened, business became extremely popular.
Hu Qiongfang guessed wrong. Her generation was indeed used to enduring hardships and saving money.
However, many female students who love cleanliness are willing to save money and go to the bathhouse to take a hot bath, even if it means eating two meals less.
Especially when my period was over, I felt dirty all over. I would use a washbasin with warm water to wash myself in the dormitory, but I always felt that it was not thorough enough.
At times like this, if there was a bathhouse where they could take a hot bath from head to toe, they would be willing to do so, not to mention saving some living expenses, even if they had to skip two meals.
Just like that, before other schools in the university town moved in, students from the Foreign Languages University had already called their friends to go to the newly opened "public bathhouse" to take a bath.
It’s true, although the name of this “public bathhouse” sounds a bit rustic, the decoration and design inside are not rustic at all.
The bathhouse is located behind the fast food restaurant, perhaps to block prying eyes from the front yard, or perhaps to facilitate ticket sales. A wall separates the front and back yards.
The walls are built in the style of Suzhou gardens, so elegant and refined that if you don’t know them, you might think you have entered a wealthy family in ancient times.
There is only a uniquely shaped moon gate left in the wall. The door opening is also specially designed. It looks like an ordinary moon gate from the outside, but when you walk in, you will find that there are actually two small rooms on the left and right.
On the left is the ticket office, with a striking price list hanging behind it: two yuan for adults, half price for children.
On the right is a small shop. On the shelves, there are all kinds of bathing items, such as soap, shampoo, bath towels, towels, bath baskets, etc. There are even **, socks and sanitary napkins, which Jiang Tian specially asked someone to add.
After all, she used to be a loyal customer of the "Public Bathhouse". Who hasn't forgotten to bring something when going to the bathhouse?
If you forget to bring other things, you can still borrow them from kind people, but ** and sanitary napkins are not easy to borrow...
After buying the ticket, you will get a badge with a number engraved on it and a key underneath. There were no automatic sensor locks those days, so Jiang Tian asked someone to build some lockers in the bathhouse, all of which were locked with padlocks.
Many college students are used to wearing watches. In this era, watches are considered big items. If they lose them in the bathhouse, it will be troublesome for them. It is better to give each person a lock. If the item is not locked properly, they will be responsible for it if it is lost.
After entering the door, men are on the left and women are on the right. This bathroom is also very friendly to boys. Unlike other public bathrooms on the market, the men's bathroom only has a thin plastic curtain. Here, there is no distinction between men and women, all with a thick curtain outside. After entering, the first thing is the shoe changing area.
After changing into bath slippers, I put my shoes on the shoe rack and lifted the second curtain. Inside was the cabinet and the place to change clothes.
The bathing area inside is not like other bathhouses where you can see the end at a glance. Each shower head is separated by a shower curtain, which is very friendly to girls who don't like being seen naked.
Just based on this thoughtful shower curtain, the female college students swore that they would choose this store for bathing in the future!
After taking a shower, there are hair dryers in the lounge outside for them to use for free.
Three days before the opening, in order to attract customers, Jiang Tian organized an event where customers who came to the public bathhouse to take a bath could bring their cut bath tickets to the fast food restaurant in front for a meal, and one ticket could be exchanged for a free tea egg.
Don’t miss out on free stuff.
For a time, "going to the public bathhouse to take a bath and then going to Fangjie fast food restaurant to have a meal" became the most popular social activity in foreign language universities.
If there is anyone in the class who has not been invited to take a bath in the public bathhouse and have a meal at the fast food restaurant in front, it goes without saying that this person is most likely to have a very bad reputation in the class and must be a villain who often secretly reports to the counselor!
Han Jisong also moved the night market street of the seafood market to the university town.
Ever since the construction of Provincial Highway 336 began, business at the seafood market has been booming.
Even the night snack street outside has now developed into a night market street.
There are shops in the seafood market on both sides of the street. At night, the shops are full of tables for midnight snacks. When business is booming, the tables are moved outside.
It is no exaggeration to say that even the curb outside the seafood market is now worth every inch of its value.
In order to set up stalls at the night market, many people come here in the evening before it gets dark to reserve a spot.
It's a bit hard work, but business is good here.
After all, those who can do seafood business are not short of money. They can just set up a stall here and sell daily necessities, local specialties, special snacks, etc. When business is good, they can make one or two hundred yuan a night.
Han Jisong, the big boss of the seafood market, has made a fortune in the past two years just by collecting rent and stall fees. No wonder he wants to replicate this commercial street model in the university town.
After all, who could complain about having too many golden eggs?
I heard that Boss Han was going to build another commercial street in the university town. As soon as the news spread, the entire seafood market was in an uproar.
The merchants in this area of the seafood market now have reached the point of blindly worshipping Han Jisong's ability to make money.
When they heard that Han Jisong was going to build another commercial street, these people wanted to find Han Jisong with the money at night, crying and shouting that they wanted to open a store in the new commercial street.
Of course, it would be best if we could buy the store. If that’s not possible, can we let these old friends rent it first?
It's impossible to sell.
Boss Han still has to rely on the rent from this commercial street to support his children.
His daughter Tiantian even boasted to Grandpa He and Grandma He that she would give birth to at least two babies in the future!
If he doesn't work hard to save money, will he have to rely on his wife's dowry to support his children in the future?
Only a man with no future would be concerned about his wife's dowry. Anyway, as long as Han Jisong is still alive, he will never allow Jiang Tian to use her dowry to supplement the family income!
Han Jisong did not immediately open up shop leasing in the new commercial street.
After all, there will be at least tens of thousands of people living in the university town in the future. Coincidentally, the land that his mother bought for him when she was alive is right in the middle of several universities. It is definitely a prime spot!
When there are good things, of course we should choose them first among our own people.
The first stop for Boss Han was his future mother-in-law’s house.