Chapter 158 Opening and Bringing in Flowers
Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Wanwan quickly took out the flower pots and compared them. There are certain requirements for which flowers and trees go with which flower pots. She never intended to go for the civilian route. Only the high-end route can make her money. Of course, this does not mean that her store will not be open to the public. When it actually opens, she will still put some fresh flowers outside the store. These are more popular with women and the prices are acceptable to everyone. Naturally, the store should put those fine products.
It was soon dark after all the busy work. The uncle she had hired to dig the soil came back with the back of his pickup truck filled with ten large sacks.
"Girl, is this soil enough? If not, I'll go get you another truckload tomorrow." The old man said in a loud and powerful voice.
"That's enough, that's enough. I guess we can't use it all up!" Zhang Wanwan tried her best to drag the sack down, only to find that the sack was incredibly heavy.
The old man smiled when he saw her like this, came up to help her, and lifted the bag with force. It was not a problem for her to carry the big bag.
Zhang Wanwan couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Half of the ten sacks were placed in the corner of the back door, and the other half were left inside the store. They would probably be eaten by her in a short while.
I paid the old man the remaining three hundred yuan in payment and he left in a good manner.
As soon as the old man left, Zhang Wanwan immediately closed the shop door and turned on all the lights in the shop so that she could work without distraction. She planted all the seedlings in the flower pots and watered them with some clear water mixed with spiritual spring water before she stopped. She took out her mobile phone and looked at it. Zhang Wanwan's eyes widened instantly, "It's already ten o'clock!"
Now she really felt like crying but had no tears. She looked at the messy floor and then at her phone. After a few seconds, she stood up and sighed, then resigned herself to starting to clean. She then put the remaining soil in the back and put it in order, wiped the shelves and flower pots again, and mopped the floor. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and looked at her phone again. It showed 23:35. It was impossible to go back to school at this time. The best option was to find a cheap hotel nearby to stay for the night and talk about it tomorrow.
The next morning, Zhang Wanwan
The flower shop opened, but there was no fancy opening ceremony. Everything was quiet, except for the sign lights outside, which were lit up, but not so conspicuous in broad daylight.
Zhang Wanwan was not in a hurry. She calmly checked the condition of the flowers and trees and found that the flowers and trees that had been watered with the spiritual spring water were much more energetic than yesterday. When they were delivered yesterday, although these flowers and trees were still alive, they were wilted and looked like they would die at any time. After being nourished by her spiritual spring water for a night, they immediately became energetic, with lush green leaves, which was pleasing to the eye.
Zhang Wanwan was happy and watered the flowers and trees a little more.
On the first day, she didn't expect any business in the store. She sat at the cashier counter studying the newly bought seeds. To be honest, she didn't recognize more than half of these flower seeds. If they weren't labeled, she would have been blind.
This is when Baidu comes in handy. According to the cultivation method mentioned on Baidu, Zhang Wanwan took out a few medium-sized flower pots from the back door. In order to increase the survival rate of the seeds, she planned to soak seeds of various varieties in spiritual spring water for a day. There happened to be a row of shelves against the wall next to the cash register, which was just the right place to put these things.
After finishing all this, Zhang Wanwan let out a long sigh, stood up, closed the shop door and went to the flower and bird market. Of course, she didn't pull down the roller shutter door, but only closed the glass door inside. Everything in the shop could still be clearly seen from the outside. There was a sign on the door handle saying "The owner is temporarily away for something and will be back soon."
Zhang Wanwan didn't know that not long after she left, an old man strolled to the door of her store, looked inside several times, and waited for a while before leaving.
After entering the flower and bird market, Zhang Wanwan immediately found a merchant who specialized in wholesale flowers and ordered some flowers from him before returning.
Usually, these broken flower branches kept in water can only be kept for two or three days, after which they will begin to wilt. The target customers are ladies who are used to displaying fresh flowers at home or men and women who buy bouquets of flowers as gifts. However, Zhang Wanwan has a spiritual spring. Adding some spiritual spring water to the water can extend the life of these flowers. Flowers that usually wilt in two or three days should not be a problem to be kept for a week in her place, and they will bloom more beautifully than the flowers outside.
The flower and bird market was nearby, and the delivery man came over quickly. He placed the things at the door as Zhang Wanwan requested. There were pots of white tall plastic flower pots filled with various varieties of flowers, including roses, carnations, baby's breath, lilies, violets, lisianthus, etc., all large and small, filling the doorway, leaving only an aisle for one person to pass through.
She didn't know if it was because of the spiritual spring water, but when the flowers were delivered to her in the morning, she didn't feel anything. At most, she thought the flowers were beautiful. In the afternoon, she clearly noticed that the paintings were different. They seemed to be more beautiful than in the morning, and the fragrance was stronger, like lilies in the wild, exuding vitality.
She herself felt so, not to mention the aunties, grannies, young girls and wives passing by. These people would stop and take a few more glances when passing by her flower shop. At around five or six in the evening, Xiao Zhang Flower House finally welcomed its first customer, a beautiful lady.
"Boss, I want a bouquet of carnations, the ones you put at the door."
Zhang Wanwan came out from the back door in surprise when she heard the voice and smiled, "Hello, how would you like to match it?"
The woman had been staring at the bouquet outside. Her expression couldn't be seen clearly through her sunglasses. "Whatever is fine. I want carnations."
Zhang Wanwan paused and said with a smile, "How about I choose twelve carnations for you and add some baby's breath as embellishments?"
"Can."
Zhang Wanwan swiftly took the flower branches, added some water containing a trace of spiritual spring water to the fixed base of the bouquet, wrapped the bouquet with natural wood-colored wrapping paper, and tied it with a hemp rope. She originally wanted to add a ribbon, but the other party didn't want it, so Zhang Wanwan saved it and happily handed the bouquet to the other party, "Hello, the total is fifty yuan."
The woman paid very quickly, took the flowers, turned around and left without looking back.
Zhang Wanwan didn't care about the other party's cold attitude at all. It was a huge surprise for her that there was business coming to the store on the first day of opening. She was smiling like a fool.
Before she could calm down, another man and woman came in. Their target was very clear - roses.
Roses are more expensive than carnations. Fortunately, it is not Valentine's Day or anything like that, so Zhang Wanwan only asked them for 80 yuan.
(End of this chapter)
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