Chapter 175 Order Cancellation
Yan Sui's smile froze. "What?"
A deposit was paid to reserve the lotus flowers.
The man repeated what he had just said, like a robot.
Anyway, he's not the boss, so there's no need for him to feel guilty.
"The boss said the deposit is no longer needed."
There's definitely something wrong with someone who'd rather forgo their deposit than cancel their reservation.
Yan Sui pressed, "Why? Is something wrong?"
"I don't know. If you have any questions, Ms. Yan, please contact our boss directly."
Yan Sui stopped making things difficult for him and let him leave.
After the person drove away, Tian Tian couldn't help but ask, "Sister Yan Sui, what happened?"
Yan Sui shook her head. "The customer simply cancelled the order."
"Which one?" Song Yuxia asked quickly.
Half of the florists who order lotus flowers from their lotus pond are partners she negotiated with outside the area.
One of them was a high-end brand, and I initially looked down on their lotus flowers.
They looked down on their lotus flowers, deeming them cheap and low-end, unworthy of their brand.
After hearing about Yan Sui, they changed their minds and made a reservation with them, probably hoping to use Yan Sui's popularity to promote themselves.
Yan Sui pointed to the flower baskets placed at the entrance, "Xi Fan".
Song Yuxia thought to herself, "Sure enough, it's the flower shop that I worked so hard to get into this collaboration."
Her disappointment was barely concealed. "Why?"
Before Yan Sui could speak, a sudden remark was interrupted from the side: "What else could it be? It's normal that people look down on things from small places."
Everyone looked over and saw Boss Shi scrutinizing Sweetie's Flower Shop with a critical eye.
"It's so small, and you don't even have a decent bouquet of flowers. How can you call this a flower shop? Who would want to buy flowers from here!"
Sweetie's face paled, and she bit her lip as she retorted, "Nothing can be achieved overnight. Even if I go out to become a teacher, do you think I can become a professor right away?"
Old Master Shi sneered, "At least you have the potential to become a professor! But if you stay stuck in this godforsaken Changqing Village, you'll never climb the social ladder in your entire life!"
"Is this your reason for going to such lengths to send Shi Haochi abroad to study?" Tian Tian scoffed. "Then I'll wait and see. I hope Shi Haochi will really take care of you, his uncle, until the very end!"
Old Master Shi's expression changed drastically. He was about to scold her, but when he saw so many villagers staring at him, he swallowed his words.
He glared at Tian Tian, then turned and left.
After being criticized by him, Tian Tian was like a wilted eggplant, completely listless.
Chen Aihua blinked and asked, "Sweetie, this is a flower shop. How can you operate without flowers? You need to have a batch of flowers delivered first."
Sweetie said with a hint of bitterness, "We can't wait for someone to bring the lotus flowers over."
Chen Aihua took out her phone and scanned the QR code on the table. She looked distressed, but pretended to be generous.
"Give me a branch, I like red ones, life should be prosperous and thriving."
One branch costs 29 yuan. She winced at the price and muttered, "This is made of gold, how can it be so expensive?"
Guo Dazui then added, "Your sister Lin Ying also told me to pack a bunch of ten stems for me, and to make it white, because she likes white."
"Give me one too."
"I want two branches, so they'll be a pair."
"Can we mix and match colors? It looks better with a variety of colors."
"Oh dear, this is too expensive. A new store opening should have discounts."
"..."
Before Tian Tian could even react, the villagers had already pre-ordered more than thirty branches.
She was taken aback and waved her hands repeatedly.
"You don't need to..."
Guo Dazui clicked his tongue, "For a new store opening, sales can't be zero; that's bad luck."
"That's right, I saw the lotus flowers at the lotus pond last time, they were beautiful."
"We're not doing this for your sake, it's just because of Yan Sui."
"Yan Sui has done so much for our Changqing Village, we have to give her face."
“Yan Sui’s crops must be of good quality, and 29 yuan is actually not expensive.”
Sweetie felt a sudden sense of relief, turned around to look at Yan Sui, and smiled.
As he turned his head, his gaze inadvertently fell on the two characters "禧繁" printed on the flower basket, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Sister Yan Sui, did you order these flower baskets from Xi Fan?"
Song Yuxia had sensed something was wrong earlier, but after hearing what she said, she finally understood.
At Xifan, such a flower basket would cost nearly three thousand yuan!
In other words, after Yan Sui spent tens of thousands of yuan to buy flower baskets, they turned around and canceled Yan Sui's order.
Isn't this just utterly disgusting?
Sweetie looked distressed. "Can we return this flower basket?"
Yan Sui clicked her tongue, "It would be unreasonable to return these flower baskets today, as it's the opening day of the flower shop."
"But this is too expensive, and they even cancelled your order!" Sweetie said indignantly.
The reason Yan Sui chose to order flower baskets from Xi Fan is probably largely because of their collaboration.
Yan Sui smiled and said, "These are two different things. Although they canceled the order, they didn't ask for the deposit back. So, I still came out ahead."
But what she didn't expect was that Xi Fan was just the beginning.
Following that, several florists sent her messages to cancel their orders.
There were only thirteen flower shops in total, and ten of them were shut down.
Yan Sui laughed in anger, saying she didn't believe there was nothing fishy going on.
Grandma Zhao hesitated and said, "Why don't we let everyone take a break?"
Fresh flowers don't last long, and if you cut them later but can't sell them, it's a waste.
Yan Sui shook her head, "No need, keep working."
Aunt Ruan mostly hired elderly people from the village. No work meant no money, so they were bound to be disappointed.
She can always sell it herself.
Old Mrs. Zhao looked worried and did not agree with Yan Sui's approach.
She planted these lotus flowers to make money, not with the intention of doing charity.
Before long, the first batch of lotus flowers arrived.
Sweetie ordered only fifty stems.
Chen Aihua quickly exclaimed, "I'm the first to pay, give me the bag first."
Others were also scrambling to get on board.
"I have to go back to take care of my granddaughter. I need the most, so please pack it for me first."
Sweetie was surrounded by them, feeling both nervous and excited.
"Everyone, please wait a moment while I set up my phone."
She registered a new account, intending to post about the daily life of the flower shop in order to promote it.
Sweetie's work was done in the order of payment, and Chen Aihua was the first one.
She chose a thousand-petal lotus for Chen Aihua, which perfectly matched her preference for bright red and purple.
Her technique wasn't very skilled, but she was very steady.
Before long, the lotus flowers bloomed in layers, with countless petals clustered together, like hundreds of layers of skirts, like fairies among flowers.
The small flower shop is filled with a delicate fragrance, like morning dew, refreshing and moist, blended with a subtle, sweet floral scent.
Is this the scent of lotus flowers?
"It has such a unique flavor that I don't even know how to describe it."
"They're not only fragrant, but also beautiful! Sweetie, please wrap me two more so I can give them away!"
"I want one too! I want this thousand-petaled lotus flower, it's so beautiful!"
"This color is too gaudy, white looks much better, I want white!"
Sweetie was greatly surprised. She didn't expect that the fifty lotus flowers she had were already used up within Changqing Village before it even started.
Seeing her in a daze, Chen Aihua urged, "Hurry up and wrap it."
Some people couldn't wait and went home first, asking Tian Tian to take them home later.
Sweetie dared not delay any longer; her hands moved like motors, her movements almost blurring out of focus.
Yan Sui stood to the side and watched for a while. She had to admit, Tian Tian's bouquet was really beautifully wrapped.
The magenta lotus flowers with thousands of petals, set against the backdrop of green grass, appear exceptionally beautiful, delicate yet not gaudy.
Besides lotus flowers, some people also bought hydrangeas based on Sweetie's recommendation.
The blue hydrangeas and the rose-red lotus flowers create a wonderful color combination that is both fresh and sweet.
Compared to this, Yan Sui felt that the lotus flowers she brought home yesterday had been wasted.
She now understands that Sweetie's decision to open a flower shop was never a rash one.
Yan Sui was about to ask Tian Tian for advice when her thoughts were interrupted by a ringing bell.
The caller was one of the florists; there were still three florists who hadn't cancelled their orders, so the call came late but was still welcome.
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