Chapter 48: Acting like a hostess

After Zhou Nuan and others left, Zhang Xi couldn't let go of the two cheongsams and looked at them again and again, without noticing that someone had come out of the house.

"Cousin, this is the dress you spent so much time choosing? It's just so-so."

Zhang Xi raised her head and looked at her sister Ji Huayan who was standing in front of her with a look of disapproval. This little sister was the little daughter adopted by her uncle, an orphan of her benefactor, and had always been spoiled by her family. She was used to her uncle always speaking without considering others, and she was used to it.

He smiled and said, "You are different from me. You studied abroad and you like Western things, but I still like my own national traditions more. Besides, you know my old lady."

Ji Huayan curled her lips and tugged at the sleeve of her cheongsam in disdain, "Cousin, don't be fooled. These two pieces are just cut casually. How can they be worth so much money? And you promised to help them promote them."

"We are all women, and it's not easy for us, but I'm just helping out. Besides, her clothes are new in style and good in quality. They're not expensive, and they're all handmade." Zhang Xi said, "From what the girl said, she wants to mass-produce them in the future, so everyone should be able to afford them."

"Who would wear this? Nowadays, everyone wears bell-bottom pants and floral shirts. They are fashionable and good-looking. I think she is just wasting her time."

Then she said, "My dad is going to open a dress shop for me. How about I pick a few pieces for you after my shop opens? I guarantee your old lady will like them and won't force you to wear these backward and old-fashioned cheongsams anymore."

Zhang Xi frowned, somewhat disagreeing with Ji Huayan's statement.

No matter how beautiful and trendy foreign things are, who can say for sure whether people will regain their lost national confidence and start a new Hanfu trend in the future?

She didn't want to argue with Ji Huayan, so she just changed the subject, "Why did you suddenly think of me?"

This little cousin has been back from studying abroad for more than half a year, and this is the first time she has come back to her place, even though they were not very close before.

Ji Huayan blinked and pouted, "Cousin, don't you welcome me?"

How could Zhang Xi say no? "Welcome, welcome, of course you are welcome. But does Hua Cheng know that you are here?"

Ji Huayan stopped talking.

The reason she came to the house of her cousin, with whom she had an ordinary relationship, was naturally not because she thought of her on a whim, but because she heard that Gu Xiyue lived there and happened to be a neighbor of Zhang Xi, so she came here without thinking.

Ji Huacheng must not know about this, otherwise if he knew that she was so eager to take action, he would definitely say something terrible about her.

She just couldn't accept it. Why didn't Gu Xiyue take her seriously? She was obviously not bad looking, and her family background was more than enough for him to be the boss of a small factory. Why did he treat her like this?

Sooner or later she would make Gu Xiyue bow down at her feet.

"Cousin, do you know your neighbor downstairs?"

"Downstairs?" Zhang Xi thought for a moment, "It seems his surname is Gu, and he just moved here a while ago. But he seems he hasn't been home for a while, and only the helper is at home."

"What's wrong? Is it someone you know?"

Ji Huayan said, "I met one of my father's business partners once. Cousin, I'm leaving now and will come to see you another day."

She was very disappointed that Gu Xiyue had not come back yet.

Although she had tried her best to downplay it, Zhang Xi still saw a hint of unnaturalness on her face and frowned slightly.

They finally made a deal. Even though they only sold two items, Liu Miao and Li Baijie were still very excited and discussed how to sell more.

They don't have a store now, and they don't have that many goods to sell on the street. Besides, it would lower the grade and it wouldn't be worth it. Besides, if they just rely on what they wear when going out, they won't attract many customers.

Just when the two were at a loss, Zhou Nuan calmly took out the advertising leaflet she had prepared long ago. She had good drawing skills and made each piece of clothing look particularly beautiful, which was completely different from the simple promotional leaflets now. Li Baijie's eyes lit up when she saw it.

"Xiao Nuan, what is this?"

"Good wine needs to be promoted, and good things need to be promoted to be known to everyone. If we just wear clothes to show people, they will only know that we look good, but they don't know that we are doing business, so I prepared flyers."

“So next, we will have to work hard for a while.”

Liu Miao said, "It's not hard. It's just delivering orders. How can it be harder than moving goods? Right, Sister Li?"

Li Baijie nodded, her heart churning.

Although she only sold two items, the money she earned from these two items was much more than what she could earn from moving goods in a month. No matter how capable she was, she was still a woman, and she could not tell others about the difficulty of competing for a living among a bunch of rough men.

It turned out that her decision to follow Zhou Nuan was the right one, and she is now full of energy.

In the next few days, they distributed a lot of flyers around the Fulu community, where rich people live. Perhaps Zhang Xi also spoke well of them, and they sold a few more pieces one after another. Although not many, it was finally moving in a good direction.

But not everything went smoothly, as they ran into trouble that day.

They were handing out flyers in front of the gate of Fulu Community. Many people were interested in the new cheongsams they were wearing and were asking questions when a sneering voice interrupted them.

"Humph, you liar! You're here to cheat again!"

Zhou Nuan frowned, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Sun Meixiang's disgusted face.

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

Liu Miao, however, was a straightforward person and he said directly, "Who are you calling a liar?!"

"That's you! You liars! You're so poor that your pockets are ringing, yet you still compete with men for work. Where do you get the money to start a business? These are all your tricks for cheating. What do you mean by high-end door-to-door service? I think you're just using this as an excuse to get into other people's homes. Who knows what bad intentions you have! Don't be fooled by these liars!"

Sun Meixiang yelled loudly, her face full of resentment as if she had been cheated.

"You!" Liu Miao glared at her, and Sun Meixiang glared back without giving in.

Her shouting was not without effect. As expected, when everyone heard it, they became hesitant, fearing that thieves would break into the house. Some of them even stuffed the flyers back.

Zhou Nuan sneered, "What evidence do you have to say that we are liars? If not, it's defamation, I can sue you."

Sun Meixiang was not afraid at all, "Who are you trying to scare? Go and sue me if you have the chance! The police are here to arrest all of you, and I have no evidence? A few days ago, you came to my house, pretending to be my brother Gu's family, and took advantage of my brother Gu's absence to swindle people. After I found out, you changed your tactics and tried to gain everyone's trust by providing door-to-door services. This is a new scam, and no one believes her!"

"Your family? Pretending to be Gu Xiyue's family? It seems that when the tiger is away, the monkey becomes king." Zhou Nuan stared at her steadily. "I originally thought that you were just doing your duty, so I didn't want to embarrass you. I thought everything would be settled after Gu Xiyue came back."

"I didn't expect that you didn't want to fulfill your duties, but wanted to act like a hostess."