Chapter 357 Discussing Opening a Store
Listening to the words of the cloth shop owner, Wan Laoer's heart was filled with pride. He felt that he was finally no longer the most cowardly among his brothers.
"Boss, how much cloth do you have here? Give it all to me. I'll also take the oil paper cloth back first."
"Okay, I'll have someone load the car for you, you just sit there for a while."
The shopkeeper went out in a hurry.
Soon there were noises coming from outside, the panting of someone moving something heavy, footsteps, and the shopkeeper's shouting.
Wan Laoer couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up and walked out.
"Shopkeeper, how many rolls of cloth are left? How many pieces of oil-paper cloth?"
"I just took inventory. There is enough oil paper cloth. There are only five pieces of cloth left. I still need nine pieces of cloth. I will ask someone to go to the nearest store to get some and deliver it to you tomorrow. I won't delay you."
"Thank you very much, boss. How much is this piece of coarse cloth?"
Wan Laoer then remembered to ask the price. Usually it was Wan Er's wife who bought the cloth and she asked the price. This was the first time that it was Wan Laoer's turn to buy cloth himself.
"The normal price of this cloth is 100 wen per piece. If you buy a lot, I will earn some hard work fees. I will charge you 90 wen per piece. Is that okay with you?"
Wan Laoer compared the cloth they usually bought in his mind and felt that this price was indeed much cheaper. Moreover, the coarse cloth was wear-resistant and could be used for a long time. Wan Laoer nodded.
"Okay, it's settled. I'll give you a deposit of one tael of silver first, and I'll pay the rest after all the goods are delivered tomorrow."
Of course the shopkeeper had nothing to say and even said it was a good idea.
Oil paper cloth is a little more expensive than cloth, but it is waterproof, so we have to use it.
Wan Laoer drove the ox cart to the shop again.
After wasting some time in the cloth shop, it is now past lunchtime and only a few customers are eating in the store.
Wan Laosi had collapsed behind the counter, rubbing his legs while sitting on a chair.
"Fourth brother, are you not busy now?" Wan Laoer came in, looked around, and saw that there were indeed fewer people.
"Brother, you're back? How come you have time to come to town today? Isn't the family busy? Can you leave?"
Wan Laoer stood a little away from the counter. While talking to Wan Laosi, he also turned his head to look at the ox cart outside to prevent someone from stealing the cloth.
"I have more important things to do today, so I left the housework to Shuang and Zhengyang."
Seeing that Wan Laoer was looking outside, Wan Laosi also stood up from behind the counter and looked outside curiously.
"Brother, what are you looking at?"
"Oh, I bought some cloth and oil paper, and I'm going to go home and sew moisture-proof bags to store food. By the way, do you have time now? If you do, can you please discuss something with me?"
Wan Lao Si had nothing to do at the moment, it was nothing more than reconciling the accounts, but he was not in a hurry, so he said: "There is nothing to do, second brother, just tell me if you have anything to say?"
Wan Laoer hurried out, drove the ox cart around to the back door, drove into the yard through the back door, and closed the back door before he felt at ease and went to the front.
"Old Four, it's like this. I've talked to Shuang about opening a store in the city. We already have a lot of potato flour. Now it's time to think about sales. I thought that since our town is so popular, there must be more wealthy people in the city. What do you think about opening a store that specializes in selling potato flour? We don't need a big storefront. We can just rent a two-story store with two rooms. Decorate it better and don't make it look too shabby. After all, it's in the city, and many people are snobs. I can't think of too many specifics. If you agree, I'm going to let you go. Do you think it's okay?"
After Wan Laoer finished speaking, Wan Laosi immediately became alert.
"Brother, are you serious? Do you really want me to go?"
"When has your second brother ever lied to you? If you decide to go, just finish the task at hand and hand it over to your third brother. I think your third brother should have learned a lot here every day. Let him come to the counter and you can take care of him for two days, okay?"
Wan Laoer has already made up his mind that in the future he will have to gradually hire people to run this shop in the town, and their people will definitely go to bigger shops.
"Of course, Third Brother knows everything now, I can leave tomorrow." Wan Laosi was so impatient that he couldn't wait. That was the provincial capital!
Wan Laosi was originally an accountant. He was quick-witted and particularly fond of accounting. When Wan Laoer mentioned this idea, he quickly calculated it in his mind and felt that it was very feasible because he stayed in the shop every day and knew best how popular the new potato flour was.
He was confident that he would set the city on fire.
"That would be the best. If you can go back with me today, it would be even better. You can also take my ox cart back. If you go back tomorrow, you can only walk back by yourself."
Wan Lao Si said quickly, "Second brother, wait a minute. I will go and tell Third Brother to watch over here tonight. I will go back with you."
Wan Laosi ran to the back. Wan Laosan was afraid that his wife would be tired, so he usually helped Wan San's wife with the work in the back.
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, I have good news for you. Second brother is going to open a store in the capital city and let me manage it. I came to tell you that I have to go back tonight, so this place will be handed over to third brother from now on."
Wan Laosan and Wan Sansao were dumbfounded.
"What? Go to the capital to open a store? Did second brother really say that?" Wan Laosan was a little unconvinced. He quickly wiped the water stains on his hands and walked out.
"That's what my second brother said. If you don't believe me, you can ask him. He's here." Wan Lao Si turned around and saw Wan Lao Er coming over as well.
"Second brother, when did you come? Why didn't I see you?" Wan Lao San hurriedly greeted Wan Lao Er.
"I just got here and saw you were all busy, so I went straight to the front. Since you're all here, I have something to say to you. Let's go inside first."
Wan Lao Er always came over, so he simply told the third brother and his wife.
"I just told the fourth brother that we are going to open a potato noodle shop in the city. If the business is good, we may also open one in the nearby county. We will decide after the store in the city is open. We don't trust others. This kid is the smartest one in our family, so I plan to let him go to the city. We will definitely not keep this small shop in the future. We will go to a big place. What do you think?"
Wan Sansao and Wan Lao San looked at each other and nodded at the same time: "Second brother is right, it is indeed time to consider expanding out. Let Lao Si go. I can support the store. At worst, we can hire another person."
When it comes to recruiting people, Wan Laoer also has a headache.
"Old Four, if we want to open more stores, won't we have enough manpower? You don't have the ability to clone yourself. Even if you count Shuang and Zhengyang, there are only three of us. We can only open three stores at most. But we have seven in the county."
Since Wan Laoer couldn't figure it out himself, he gave the problem to Wan Laosi and let him worry about it.
But this question is not difficult for Wan Laosi.
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