Chapter 55 Quarrel

Hu Xiner stayed up late last night and could not hide her tired look. After finishing her painting yesterday, she went back to the shop with Mu Qing to sleep.

At this time, Mu Qing was in charge of watching the store, while she was taking a nap on the counter.

As soon as the wall advertisement came out, more and more people came to the store to see it.

At this moment, Gou Wa's mother, who was dressed simply, came with her child. Beside her stood a simple farmer, who should be Gou Wa's father.

Gou Wa came running over with a basket in his hand: "Fairy sister, how are you? Are you feeling better now?"

Hu Xin'er stood up in surprise: "I'm well now, why are you here?"

Gou Wa put the basket on the counter and said, "You saved me. My parents said they wanted to thank you. This is just a small thank you gift. It's not a token of respect."

The basket contains neatly arranged country eggs and some black pickled meat.

Given Gou Wa's family's financial situation, this may be the vast majority of the family's savings.

Hu Xin'er thought about how to refuse: "As long as the intention is there, it's fine. It's such a valuable gift, I should take it back..."

"Boss Hu, our Gou Wa's life was saved by you!" Gou Wa's mother looked at him eagerly, "Just accept it!"

"Yes." Gou Wa's father is not good at speaking, but his eyes also reveal enthusiasm.

No matter how Hu Xin'er refused, the farming couple insisted on giving it to her. In the end, she had to take out half of the basket and return the other half to the couple.

Later, Gou Wa will have to work in her shop, so she can share these things with Gou Wa to eat.

The identity of Erdong's imperial guard was kept secret. After the news spread, the villagers learned that Hu Xin'er was willing to offend the Luo family for someone she had only met once, and they all praised her.

Hu Xiner is now very popular among the villagers. When she walks on the street, people will chase her and give her a bunch of green onions or a handful of side dishes.

Upon learning that the Luo family was indeed involved in human trafficking, the villagers who had lost their children before discussed going to ask for an explanation.

Unfortunately, the collusion between officials and businessmen was too serious. Luo Yan was very scheming and directly caused accidents to happen in the families of those who took the lead, and the matter was left unresolved.

Most of the shop business is handled by Mu Qing and Gou Wa, and Erdong comes to help occasionally.

Hu Xiner hurried to finish the previous paper order.

The first thing completed was Mr. Wu’s ink orchid painting. Although it was called a flyer, the ink orchid painting was more like a calligraphy and painting work. Mr. Wu praised it highly after receiving it.

Boss Jin also placed an order that day. He echoed Hu Xiner's words at the banquet, which made the eldest sister very angry.

Later, he specifically asked Hu Xiner what style of gold pendant he wanted.

Hu Xiner and Mu Qing discussed the selection of styles, and the cost of making the jewelry just offset the advertising expenses.

After the flyers were distributed, Boss Jin's business boomed.

Muxin Advertising Company’s reputation has spread and its word of mouth has improved.

However, after completing the order, Hu Xiner discovered that the advertising company's recent revenue growth was not very significant.

She decided to do a market research and first went to Mrs. Li's house.

Mrs. Li smiled and welcomed her in: "Why are you here with the account book?"

"This isn't an account book, it's an interview record." Hu Xin'er briefly explained and got straight to the point. "Mrs. Li, how's business at the cloth shop lately?"

"Although it's not as popular as before, it's still much better than before!" Mrs. Li smiled as she talked about her business.

"So do you think there is anything that needs improvement in our advertising company?" Hu Xiner opened the notebook.

Seeing her serious expression, Mrs. Li thought for a long time and said, "Every aspect is good."

"Please think about it carefully?" Hu Xiner picked up the homemade quill pen.

"You girl! Who would want to hear people say bad things about their store?" Mrs. Li joked.

Hu Xin'er asked doubtfully, "Is there really no room for improvement? Then why did you say the cloth shop's business is declining?"

"Silly girl, everyone bought so much cloth when the advertisement was running, so of course you have to come back to buy more after you use them up!" Seeing that she really didn't understand, Mrs. Li began to explain to her.

What Mrs. Li meant was that there were only so many people in the entire Shuangxi Village, and most people from the county town would not come to the village to buy cloth.

The customer base is only this big, fabrics in this era are not fast-moving consumer goods, and the villagers’ savings are limited.

No matter how much advertising is done, it can only take away business from other cloth shops, but cannot expand continuously.

Hu Xiner recorded these thoughtfully and then interviewed other businessmen, whose answers were similar.

Li Sangui also joked that she was young but had a big heart.

After leaving Li Sangui's house, Hu Xiner fell into deep thought.

When she was choosing her partners, she had already screened them thoroughly and would only choose two stores of the same category at most.

One targets high-consumption groups, and the other targets the lower-end market, so they don't interfere with each other.

The modern thinking in her mind has both advantages and disadvantages. In the past, with the Internet economy, there was basically no need to worry about market issues.

As long as the marketing is done well, local products can be sold all over the world.

But Shuangxi Village is different. At most, it can only affect the surrounding villages and county towns.

But now, consumption in the village has obviously reached saturation.

When I was carrying the notebook home, I ran into Mu Qing head-on.

Mu Qing held an umbrella in his hand and said, "I'm glad you're back."

"Where are you going?" Hu Xiner looked at the umbrella and then at the cloudless sky.

"I was planning to pick you up." Mu Qing took her back to the house.

Hu Xin'er chuckled: "Carrying an umbrella on such a hot day, should I say you are smart or stupid?"

Isn't this because I'm afraid you'll get a fever from the rain? Mu Qing thought so in his heart, but he just smiled and put away the umbrella.

In fact, he didn't need to say it, Hu Xiner also knew why he brought an umbrella, and she couldn't help but smile happily.

Mu Qing went to pour her some water while she flipped through the notebook in her hand. "Our advertising company's business has recently stagnated. Here are the results of my recent investigation. Take a look at them."

Mu Qing placed the water in front of her. "What conclusion have you reached, Boss Hu?"

Hu Xin'er said excitedly, "I want to take this opportunity to expand our audience and get merchants from other places to ask us to advertise with them!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Qing didn't take the notebook: "You mean, do you want to turn other places into Shuangxi Village?"

"Yes, only by continuous expansion can we make more money." Hu Xiner told Mu Qing about her business plan, but the more she spoke, the uglier Mu Qing's face became.

"What's wrong? Don't you agree?" Hu Xiner's voice became smaller and smaller.

"We've been conspicuous enough lately!" Mu Qing said unhappily, "Can't we just have a few days of quiet time?"

"I know you don't like to show off, but our business is still in its infancy. We can wait until later..." Hu Xiner just started to speak when she was interrupted by Mu Qing.

"I disagree."

A quarrel is about to break out.