Song Anxin explained to Liu Yuanwai, "I have hired a wine taster at my winery. He is quite talented in wine tasting. I can't always come to the winery to control the quality of the wine. He will come here to help at regular intervals. He can tell at a glance where the wine tastes wrong and what kind of people it is suitable for. Today, he will help me train the winery staff."
This is essentially equivalent to a quality inspector sent by headquarters.
Then she added, "Have you set a date for the opening? Let me know when it's ready so I can come over."
Master Liu was pleasantly surprised. He really thought that Madam Hui didn't care about anything. With Madam Hui in charge, the opening was sure to be a success. Moreover, now Madam Hui not only came to help him train the shop assistants, but also sent her own people to help him.
To be honest, given Hui Ruren's status, he felt embarrassed to have her come over every time. With her around, not only could he control the quality of the wine, but he could also have her relay any messages about the tavern directly.
So Song Anxin took Granny Wei and Lin the Drunkard to the backyard of the tavern, while Master Liu continued to oversee the renovations. As soon as they arrived at the backyard, everyone said in unison.
"May Madam Hui be well!"
Song Anxin was almost startled again, but thankfully, she had been trained by Granny Wei and the others to be as steady as an old dog.
The group of men and women were all good-looking. In this era, there was no restriction that women could not show their faces or work in public. The main reason was that everyone was poor. When everyone was so poor, women would rush to do whatever they could. Only wealthy families had more rules, but ladies and young women could still go shopping normally.
One of the middle-aged men stepped out from the group and said, "Madam Hui, my surname is Han, and I am the manager of the tavern."
Song Anxin nodded. She and Master Liu couldn't be in the tavern all the time, so they naturally needed a manager. Then she listened as he introduced them one by one:
"These guys are in charge of mixing drinks, these guys are in charge of serving, and the guys behind them are in charge of serving snacks to go with the drinks."
She naturally couldn't manage the snacks for the drinks, so he divided the training of the bartenders and waiters into batches. He had Granny Wei train the waiters first, since she was a professional at serving and training people.
There was a long table in the courtyard, on which Master Liu had already placed the cocktail ingredients she wanted. After Song Anxin personally taught the bartenders a few cocktail-making techniques, she let them try them on their own. Lin Jiugui was in charge of tasting and controlling the flavors, while she turned around and went to Granny Wei's side.
Song An added some modern service concepts, such as maintaining a smile and using consistent greetings and farewell phrases when welcoming and seeing off guests, asking guests if they need any recommendations when taking orders, and offering different wines based on ethnicity, etc.
Meanwhile, Lin Jiugui...
"Oh dear, this tastes wrong. You added too much orange juice, which diluted the sweetness of the rice wine."
"It's still not right. Get up, I'll make you a drink. Watch carefully."
Song Anxin watched as Lin Jiugui actually started mixing drinks in a very professional manner, just like she had done before. She took a sip and found that it tasted almost exactly like hers. She figured that if Lin Jiugui mixed drinks a couple more times, he would be on par with her.
She hadn't expected that this drunkard Lin had such skills. This would make her work much easier in the future. She only needed to teach Lin the new cocktail-making techniques in Lin Family Village. Those forty coins were definitely well spent.
"Hehe, Sister-in-law Lin, my mixing is pretty good, isn't it? Don't worry, I will definitely make sure these drinks are of good quality."
Song Anxin nodded and said, "The arrangement is good. Then you should do a good job of training these people. If you do a good job, I will give you a raise."
If Lin the Drunkard can truly teach people well, taking on two responsibilities, he should naturally receive extra pay.
Lin, the drunkard, got even more excited when he heard this. He quickly asked the bartenders to remix the drinks. He carefully controlled the amount of each ingredient and the shape of the glass for them. He also told the bartenders what the best taste of different drinks should be and let them try them for themselves.
She had initially thought she would be there for a long time, but now she could take some time to do other things. So Song Anxin temporarily left the tavern and let the staff practice first, while she went to the cloth shop.
Previously, the duck egg workshop had only about twenty people, but now that the Dafeng Factory has been established, there are about three hundred people in the factory. Naturally, we need to have uniforms and prepare factory uniforms.
Moreover, there were people from Linjia Village and people from other villages in the factory. Many villagers from Linjia Village had made money and bought new cloth for the New Year, while people from other villages had just arrived and had not yet started making money. In addition, they had families to support, so naturally, those who made money would not buy new clothes for themselves at first. This is where the difference between them came into play.
To prevent workers from comparing themselves to each other and developing a sense of superiority, factory uniforms had to be provided. Although there was a embroiderer named Tao at home, it was impossible to expect her to sew hundreds of garments by herself, especially since Tao's exquisite work was extremely time-consuming.
As soon as Song Anxin stepped into the fabric shop, the shop assistants greeted her warmly.
"Does this lady want to buy fabric or ready-made clothes?"
Song Anxin said, "I was looking for your manager, but Master Liu said he's already spoken to your manager."
She recognized the shopkeeper, Master Liu, from the same shop where she had initially bought Meizi her wedding clothes.
The shopkeeper inside the cloth shop must have heard something, because he lifted the curtain and came out. "Is it a distinguished guest?"
He looked at the familiar woman in front of him and was momentarily surprised: "So, sister-in-law, you are Madam Hui!"
Master Liu told her that Madam Hui would be coming to his shop today to place a large order, and asked her to treat her well. He never expected that the woman who often came to his shop to buy cloth was her. He really didn't expect that.
Song Anxin nodded and smiled, "Shopkeeper, we meet again. I'm here to order work uniforms for my factory workers, about three hundred pieces. Is it possible to deliver them in five days?"
Upon hearing that it was such a large order, the shopkeeper's face lit up with joy, and he said repeatedly, "Of course, of course! Quickly, Madam Hui, please come inside and we can discuss this in detail."
Song Anxin went into a separate room of the fabric shop with the shopkeeper to discuss the matter. As a regular customer and with the shopkeeper's recommendation, the shopkeeper naturally gave her a considerable discount. She ordered the fabric, discussed the details that needed attention, paid the deposit, signed the contract, and then returned to the tavern to continue her training.
At noon, Song Anxin went back to her parents' home. Around dusk, she went from the tavern to the county government office, where Old Madam Song and Song Anbang were already waiting for her.
"Oh dear, it's past 5 PM already, why aren't they out yet? This makes me even more nervous than when Bang'er took his exams." Old Mrs. Song clenched her hands in front of her chest. "God help me, Bang'er's father and Erzhu, please let Feng Yao pass, and Feng He just needs to perform normally."
Song Anxin: "........?!"
She understood her mother's fear that Feng Yao might be discouraged if he didn't pass, but the fourth child was there to gain experience. Even if he didn't pass, given Feng Yao's personality, he wouldn't feel devastated. This child has a cheerful and optimistic personality, which is great.
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