Grandma Lin felt that Aunt Chen was her long-lost sister, and happily said, "I'll grow vegetables when I go back, and I'll grow some different ones from yours, so we can eat them together."
Aunt Chen also thought it was a great idea: "Okay, okay, I'll wait to switch with you."
The two chatted for a long time, until the child inside woke up and cried, which ended their conversation.
Lin Yu and Grandma Lin left Aunt Chen's house. When they left, Grandma Lin made an appointment with Aunt Chen to chat again next time.
When the two returned to their dormitory, Grandma Lin happily announced that the yard could be used to grow vegetables.
Grandpa Lin and Lin Shan were both very satisfied.
The employees were puzzled; they were all born and raised in the city and couldn't understand the rural people's attachment to the land.
But when the first batch of vegetables sprouted a month later, they were even more excited than Grandpa and Grandma Lin.
They often help Grandpa and Grandma Lin take care of this vegetable garden, just like they watched them grow up.
Now that they've reaped the rewards, they feel a great sense of accomplishment.
Grandpa Lin said regretfully, "Now that the weather is cold, we can only plant some cold-resistant vegetables. If the weather were warmer, we could harvest even more."
Grandma Lin shook her head and said he was ungrateful: "The weather here is warmer than where we are, so you can harvest some vegetables. If this were where we were, we wouldn't be able to grow vegetables now."
That's one of the advantages of the South; winters aren't as cold as where they live.
It's almost Chinese New Year, and the temperature here is much higher than where they are.
Although celebrating the Spring Festival is no longer encouraged, it is still a traditional holiday, and people are starting to prepare for the New Year.
After a month of promotion, this specialty store on Jiangnan Road has become widely known.
Half of Haicheng knows there's a food store here.
They sell easy-to-store foods, as well as rare dried fruits and canned goods.
In celebration of the Spring Festival, the specialty store also prepared a "Spring Festival gift package".
The gift package not only includes all the products in the store, but also a new product from the food factory: spiced melon seeds.
The sunflower seeds are grown locally; the factory buys them from the farmers and roasts them into sunflower seeds.
Lin Yu planned to test the waters during the Spring Festival.
Sunflower seeds are a must-have dried goods for the Spring Festival, so even if some people don't buy a gift package, they will still buy some sunflower seeds to take home.
During this period of selling New Year's goods, the specialty store also offers a discount of 20% off the second item and 50% off the third item.
The store is always packed with customers.
It wasn't until the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, close to the Lunar New Year, that the number of customers in the store gradually decreased.
As soon as they have some free time, Grandpa and Grandma want to go home.
Grandpa Lin said to Lin Yu and Lin Shan, "It's almost Chinese New Year, I have to go home, I can't spend it outside."
Grandma Lin felt the same way.
In their view, the Spring Festival is a festival for family reunion, and one must stay at home and not be outside.
Lin Yu and Lin Shan felt it was too late to go home at this time, so they decided to stay in Haicheng and do business for a few more days.
But we also understand the feelings of the elderly.
After discussing it for a long time, Lin Yu said to the two elders, "Then let's go home for the New Year, and leave my eldest brother here to watch the shop."
Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin also understood that the shop was just starting out and someone needed to be there to look after it.
Since Lin Shan is going to be the store manager, he naturally has to take on the corresponding responsibilities.
The fact that the two of them were able to raise children like Lin Aiguo and Lin Shengli shows that they were not the kind of parents who spoiled their children.
He said, "Okay, Shanzi, you stay here and work hard. We'll go home first and come up to visit you after the New Year."
Although Lin Shan also longed to go home and missed his wife, children, and parents, he understood the principle of giving up some things to gain others.
As the store manager, he should take responsibility.
"Then that's settled. Xiaoyu, you take Grandpa and Grandma back home. I'll stay here and watch the shop. How about giving the employees the day off too?"
Lin Yu nodded: "The employees will be treated the same way as in our store. From now on, the holiday schedules for employees in both stores will be the same."
Although the wage levels are different in the two places, they must ensure that all benefits are the same.
Lin Yu was treating the specialty store as a chain store, just like in the future.
Lin Shan agreed, saying, "Our sales during this Spring Festival event were higher than those of the first store."
Lin Yu smiled and shook her head. Her older brother really had always wanted to surpass the top store in the provincial capital.
However, it turns out that Haicheng's market is indeed much larger than that of the provincial capital.
The purchasing power of the people in Haicheng is much higher than that of the provincial capital.
During this Spring Festival event, the number of people buying gift packages in Haicheng was about twice as many as in the provincial capital.
The living standards and wages here are higher than in the provincial capital.
The market has even greater potential.
Lin Yu and Lin Shan are very optimistic about the market here, so they need someone to stay here to deal with any emergencies.
Lin Shan then asked, "Should we give out a bonus?"
Lin Yu had mentioned that he would give bonuses to the employees after he finished this busy period.
"Yes, we'll give them all a day off when the bonuses are paid out tomorrow."
That evening, the brother and sister summarized the sales figures and found that the total revenue had exceeded 100,000 yuan, with a profit of tens of thousands of yuan, surpassing the level accumulated in the provincial capital over the past two or three years.
Fortunately, they had already opened savings accounts at the bank next door and deposited all their money there, so they didn't have to worry about losing it.
The next day, Lin Yu took out another portion of the money and gave bonuses to the employees.
Lin Shan was the store manager and received the highest bonus; Lin Yu gave him 150 yuan.
Grandpa Lin, Grandma Lin, and the other four employees all received a bonus of one hundred.
That's equivalent to two and a half months' salary for them.
Grandpa and Grandma Lin were surprised to receive a red envelope; they were all smiles when they got it.
The four employees were so happy that their eyes welled up with tears, and Hu Changsheng was filled with gratitude.
A few months ago, he was a layabout, unemployed, eating and drinking for free at home.
Although his family didn't kick him out directly, their attitude wasn't very good.
His neighbors and acquaintances looked down on him even more.
He experienced the harsh realities of human relationships and came to understand the importance of his work even more.
After finding this job, not only was he happy, but his family was also very happy that he could finally support himself.
The pressure on his parents has also lessened.
Although many people are critical of him, saying his job won't last long, who knows if this out-of-towner's food shop will soon go out of business and he'll go home.
Unexpectedly, he received both a salary and a bonus after working for less than two months!
Even if you work in a factory, you won't get this kind of treatment.
Hu Changsheng thanked Lin Shan while holding the red envelope, his collar soaked with tears.
Lin Shan patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, why are you crying? You should be happy to get the bonus."
Several of his colleagues were very understanding and said, "Don't cry, take the money and buy something for your family."
Hu Changsheng nodded: "Yes, I'd like to buy one of our gift packs."
Lin Shan smiled and said, "Then there's no need to buy it. Everyone will receive a big gift package as a Spring Festival bonus."
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