Su Qingluan listened for a long time and couldn't help but be amused, while Yaoguang was even more confused and asked directly: "So, are you here to buy jam, or are you here to buy the bottles and jars of jam?"
In Yaoguang's simple understanding, jam is just something to eat. As for food, it is filling and filling. If it can taste a little more fragrant, especially when it has big pieces of meat, it will be even better.
But this kind of "eating" is secondary. Instead, the pursuit of "bottles and jars filled with food" is really beyond her cognition.
Su Qingluan also knew that "spiritual pursuits" were sometimes more important than "material pursuits" to people who didn't have to worry about food and clothing. This kind of thing couldn't be explained in a few words, so she turned her head and looked at Yan Min: "After hearing what Madam Yan said, I'm a little curious."
"Then let's go into the store together! The sun is getting stronger and stronger, and we will soon be unbearable." Yan Min blocked the sunlight with a handkerchief with some disgust.
Su Qingluan, who ran around in the sun all day: ...
Yaoguang, who is unmoved by sunlight, even extreme cold and heat, is unmoved: ...
Well, they were still not refined enough. The two "rough" girls looked at each other and, led by Yan Min, walked into the shop with grand yet elegant decoration.
Regarding the branch decoration, Su Qingluan has no strict requirements on the decoration style except for the basic color matching and the uniformity of the "Su Ji" signboard itself.
She had shown her the drawings of the branches in Liangzhou and Jiangnan after renovation. Generally speaking, the lines of the stores in Liangzhou were tougher and simpler. Moreover, due to the geographical restrictions of Liangzhou, as if to block the severe cold, the houses were all made of thick bricks, which could withstand the wind, frost, rain and snow at the border, and looked more ancient and heavy.
The Jiangnan branch has a different feel. The accessories and ornaments inside are more delicate and exquisite, and have the flavor of the Jiangnan water town.
The capital is worthy of being the capital. The decoration of the shops highlights a sense of dignity and grandeur, and mostly uses symmetrical structural design. Overall, the three branches have their own characteristics, and Su Qingluan likes them all very much - of course, she likes the shop decoration, but the people inside are another matter.
Although there were many people queuing outside to grab the wooden signs today, the hard work was done by servants, and it was rare for the masters to do it themselves.
The sun outside was nice, but it was just too nice. In this scorching summer, being under the sun was hardly a pleasant experience. In a sense, being able to walk outside in such hot weather was a testament to Yan Min's hard work.
So even though it was relatively cool inside the shop, there weren't many customers.
When Yan Min brought Su Qingluan and Yaoguang in, there was only one other family. A beautiful young girl in a light red silk dress was sitting on a mahogany chair, listening to a middle-aged man with a very energetic look and a slight beard on his chin diligently explaining the new ways to play with the latest "Four Seasons Banquet" series packaging.
This series is a new attempt because it adds a new "wine aroma" element. Even if Su Qingluan has tried the taste herself, there is no guarantee that everyone will like the "wine-flavored fruit jam".
What's more, alcohol itself is highly volatile, so she wasn't sure if she could preserve this unique and easily dissipated flavor.
After much consideration, this time it was considered a trial product of the "new series", and only ten sets were distributed to each branch for observation.
There are only ten sets of the limited edition new series, and this girl was able to get one set. Could it be... ?
Su Qingluan turned her gaze to the low table next to the girl, and sure enough, there was a hollow plaque made of golden nanmu wood on it!
Just then, a sharp-eyed clerk who was tidying up the cabinets noticed a customer coming in from the corner of his eye. He hurriedly ran up to the three people and said politely, "Ladies... ahem... what would you like to see?"
He was very attentive and considerate at first, but when he got closer to the three people, he could see clearly how they were dressed.
Although the three of them have different temperaments, in terms of clothing fabrics, Su Qingluan and Yaoguang are far inferior to Yan Min, who is walking in the front and in the middle.
However, even Yan Min, who was dressed relatively the most glamorously, completely lost her luster when compared to the girl in the light red dress.
Perhaps it was because of this that the originally attentive waiter, after seeing the three people's attire, although he did not roll his eyes or do anything else rude, his attentiveness completely disappeared.
The smile faded, and his waist, which had been bent like a shrimp, straightened up. Of course, he did not say anything rude. After all, no matter how humble their backgrounds were, these ladies from wealthy families were still more valuable than him, a shop assistant.
This guy's behavior of turning a page like a book was obviously not the first time Yan Min had encountered this. She said calmly, "We'll take a look ourselves. You go ahead and do your work."
"Okay!" The guy turned around and left without saying another word.
On the other side, the shopkeeper was still talking to the girl in the light red dress, as if he didn't notice what was happening here at all, as if Yan Min and his group didn't exist at all.
"Look at him..." Yaoguang saw that the clerk was arrogant and raised her eyebrows. She was about to get angry, but was suppressed by Su Qingluan: "Don't be impulsive." Then she glanced at the girl who was listening to the shopkeeper's explanation of how to package jam.
Yaoguang and Su Qingluan have been together for some time, and although they haven't reached the stage of "telepathy", they can still understand each other's ordinary eyes.
From Su Qingluan's look, she understood: he was going to wait until the young lady left before "closing the door and beating the dog."
Thinking of this, Yaoguang was no longer sleepy: she was almost going crazy these past few days because she had to maintain her "personality" in the carriage - with this comparison, the originally very difficult secret guard training became lively and interesting!
Moreover, before the master left, he secretly told her and Song Bo to follow Su Qingluan's arrangements as long as it did not involve anyone from the royal family.
Therefore, Yaoguang was very interested in being able to deal with these two guys who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak.
However, Yan Min, the only one who didn't know the truth, felt strange. He didn't know why the young lady named "Mu Yaoyao", who had just been treated poorly, became... happy with just a look from Madam Su?
Su Qingluan followed Yan Min, listening to her excitedly talk about the origins of various bottles and jars, but her mind was not really on the subject. However, because every design had been checked by her, even in this careless state, Su Qingluan was still able to respond to Yan Min's words.
However, although Yaoguang knew that Su Qingluan was the manager behind the scenes, it was the first time she saw the little ingenuity involved in these bottles and jars, so she listened with great interest.
Su Qingluan wasn't deliberately trying to be nonchalant with Yan Min. She was simply pondering a question: This shopkeeper clearly didn't know her true identity, so did the Xie family know this? Did the Xie family know the shopkeeper was acting so covertly?
Is this shopkeeper being instructed by someone to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak, or does he have his own support and is using the tiger's skin to fly the banner?
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