Shree Laxmi General Store

Our little shop is right there at 3-5412 on Ramasomayajulu Street. If you’ve lived in Surya Rao Peta for any amount of time, you’ve probably walked past Shree Laxmi General Store more than once. It isn't a huge place, just a regular corner store where we keep a bit of everything. We have rice, soaps, some notebooks for the kids, and whatever else people usually run out of in the middle of cooking their dinner. The shelves are a bit cramped, I'll admit that. Sometimes it takes me a minute to find that one specific brand of tea someone wants. I try to keep the ledger straight, but sometimes things get busy and I just have to remember who owes what until the evening comes. The street gets quite noisy in the afternoons with the school kids passing by. They usually want sweets or a cold drink. My family helps out when they can. My son usually handles the heavy lifting when the supply van comes on Tuesdays. It’s not a glamorous life, just opening the shutters early and closing them late. We see the same faces every day, which is nice because we know who likes what without them even asking. We don't have fancy lights or big ads. It’s just a shop. We just try to have what people need so they don’t have to trek all the way to the big market in the city center.