As soon as June arrived, Qian Qing was anxiously thinking about when the small department store in the factory would be delivered. Seeing that the four-story small building had been built, all that was left was to apply plaster and decorate. Qian Qing had already prepared the decoration method and was ready to decorate it as soon as the delivery was completed.

The weather was getting warmer, and Qian Qing sold the empty popsicle box at home at a discount.

The scene of her riding a tricycle and selling popsicles last year is still fresh in my mind. This year, she has become a wealthy woman with a house, land and a store.

Qian Qing was thinking about the five storefronts of the small department store. She would use the storefront on the first floor near Zidi Primary School as a canteen. With the expansion of the space, she could let Qian's mother buy more varieties and stock more snacks and stationery. The other storefront was on the second floor, but it was right above the canteen. Qian Qing originally planned to connect the two and use it as a canteen, but later she thought that it would be fine to connect the middle one so that she could live there.

After all, Qian's mother is still renting a house from someone else. This storefront has been renovated. After the upstairs is renovated, the downstairs will be used as a store, and people will live upstairs, which will make it convenient for her to look after the store on a daily basis.

Qian Qing went to see it on purpose, and found that the two houses that had been built did not have poor lighting, because the small department store was strictly speaking two buildings connected together. Therefore, the lighting of the building was not affected by the small door.

As for the three shops in the other building, Qian Qing plans to turn the ten-square-meter shop at the entrance into a display counter, displaying vermicelli from Qian Yu's vermicelli factory, pork from the pig farm, cultivated mushrooms and black fungus, Qian Mu's chili sauce, and Qian Qing's own sanitary napkins...

Not too much merchandise left, just an advertising display stand.

After all, this is the entrance to the first floor of the small department store! What a great location.

She would then put a telephone line there and set up a tobacco and alcohol stand. Don't underestimate the small amount of telephone bills and tobacco and alcohol. Qian Qing had run a popsicle business before. This seemingly insignificant business could add up to a lot.

The remaining two storefronts, one is a spacious shop facing the main entrance, and the other is the innermost one on the first floor.

Qian Qing plans to use the store opposite the main entrance as Qingyue's head office. She hasn't figured out what to do with the store at the back of the first floor yet and wants to put it on hold for a while.

Now that we have a place and a store, all that’s left is to recruit people.

Qian Qing counted how many people she was still short of. First, two people were needed at Xiaodongmen, one was Qingyue, and another was needed at the sanitary napkin sales point to cooperate with Xu Ahua.

It's fortunate that Yang Hua is in charge of the shops on the shopping street. During this period of time, Qian Qing has found that Yang Hua is a very reliable person. The colleagues on the shopping street have also been intimidated by Qingyue's tricks and are now very quiet.

The only thing left is the small department store. Qian Qing needs at least four people to look after the stall.

Since Qingyue here is going to be the head office, one person must be in charge of the quantity of shipment, purchase and transfer. Otherwise, how can Qian Qing keep an eye on it alone?

There must also be at least one waiter in the store, similar to Yanghua's position, who is responsible for welcoming and seeing off customers.

The small shop at the entrance also needs someone to watch over it, but this job is not very tiring. It's just about greeting a few customers who come to make phone calls and buy cigarettes and alcohol. The rest is to help convey the message if someone takes a fancy to some goods inside and then arrange for the goods.

Finally, Qian Qing needed an accountant.

In the past, her assets were only the shopping street and Xiaodongmen, but the house of the small department store will be delivered soon, Qianmu's hot sauce factory will be put into production, Qianyu's vermicelli factory will also start production in a few months, and the pigs in the pig farm will be released at the end of the year...

After doing this calculation, even though Qian Qing was good at math, he still felt dizzy.

Professional matters should be left to professionals. Qian Qing did not try to be stubborn about this matter and prepared to find an accountant to do the accounting for her.

By the way, Qian Qing also planned to persuade Qian Yu to hire a clerical staff.

Qian's mother was being watched by her cousin's wife, and she said in a very personal way that she would not hold payment for her chili sauce, and that customers had to pay in cash directly.

Therefore, the accounts at Qianmu's place are the easiest to manage. Cash is settled immediately, and the quantity of goods entering and leaving the bank are all clearly visible.

But it's different on Qian Yu's side. Qian Qing heard that her sister is working very hard in Hongshan Town and has hired dozens of villagers to grow mushrooms in one plot.

With the supervision of the disciples of Professor Zhao from the Provincial University, Qian Yu was able to open a large stall at one time.

However, despite this, it is still very difficult to recruit an accountant. Qian Qing could only calculate the time and release the news first.

The content of the message was that she was planning to recruit six people.

When the reform and opening up just started two years ago, there was a discussion about how many talents should be hired to be considered as capitalism? The conclusion at that time was that if there were more than eight people, it could not be considered as an individual business.

The regulations made in January last year were: "Regarding the behavior of hiring more helpers, we follow the three principles of not promoting it, not publicizing it, and not rushing to do it."

Although many places have already relaxed restrictions since the self-employed business conference in August last year, Qian Qing decided to wait and see considering Zhou Hao's situation.

She now has three people under her, Ding Jie, Xu Ahua, and Yang Hua. With the six new recruits, the number of people has exceeded eight, but fortunately Ding Jie has not been in Y City for a long time, and he is a relative of Qian Qing. Qian Qing plans to temporarily smuggle Ding Jie's salary when the situation is unclear. In this way, the number of people can be controlled to eight.

As soon as Qian Qing's recruitment news was released, someone in the compound came to inquire about it.

The person who came was an acquaintance, the wife of Wang Li, a well patrol worker who Qian Qing asked someone to help bring some gifts to her parents' home the day after her wedding.

Qian Qing thought about it carefully, and to be honest, she had no impression of Wang Li's wife. She only remembered that when she sent something to Wang Li and asked him to take it back to her parents' home, Wang Li's wife didn't look happy, which was a sharp contrast to now.

Wang Li's wife had a smile on her face, and her pregnant belly was bulging: "Sister-in-law, we got married on the same day! Do you remember me? Wang Li and Hao from our family graduated from the same technical secondary school. It was Hao who asked Wang Li to send pork and candy to your parents' home that day. On the day of the return visit, Wang Li first gave gifts to my sister-in-law's family before going to my parents' home!"

Qian Qing secretly wiped a cold sweat in her heart and quickly helped her sit down. Such a big belly made her scared just by looking at it.

"Remember, remember! Are you about to give birth?"

When she was in her twelfth month, she asked Zhou Hao to send her a gift. At that time, she said she was three months pregnant. Now it seems that she is only a few days pregnant.

Wang Li's wife waved her hand and said, "It's only a few days away. It's not that my sister-in-law wants someone else. I figured I could catch up after I give birth and finish my confinement. If my sister-in-law doesn't mind me, I can carry bags and sell things."

Qian Qing:……

Honestly, if Wang Li's wife had asked Wang Li to pass on a message first, she might have considered it. The small department store is close to the tube building anyway, and if she really needs to feed a child, it won't be a big deal. She can just go to the tobacco, alcohol and telephone stand, which won't be too tiring.

But Wang Li's wife came with a big belly, which made Qian Qing feel uncomfortable. As a pregnant woman, Qian Qing had to think twice before saying anything.

"...That's great, how about we wait until you give birth and then talk about it? The main thing is that you can't tell when you'll give birth, and opening a shop is just a small matter for me, don't worry about such a small matter and affect you again."

Wang Li's wife was a little anxious. She had just heard the news and came here. She wanted to find a leisurely job as soon as possible. If she was late, who knew what heavy and tiring work would be left.

She thought that Wang Li and Zhou Hao were classmates and had always had a good relationship. She was pregnant, so Qian Qing would definitely give her a definite answer today no matter what.

Who knew that the other person's answer was so smooth that even the spot would be pushed back.

Wang Li's wife said in a flattering manner: "It's just giving birth to a child, it's not a big deal. I was able to get out of bed the next day after giving birth. It definitely won't affect your work here."

Qian Qing was speechless. Wasn't her words clear enough? Or did this person just want to play dumb with her?

“…That’s not what I said…”

Qian Qing suddenly had an idea: "We are all from the same compound. My business is just a small one. My relatives also have shares in it. I can't have the final say alone. How about this, when the house of the small department store is delivered, I will hold an exam here. Those who want to come can come and do the questions together. This way, it will be easier for me and it won't be too difficult."