Chapter 273 Lin Mei's Progress in Thought
After packing the clothes, Lin Xiaoxia took Lin Mei to buy autumn clothes, pajamas and other things. She bought everything she could.
Then I bought two pairs of shoes and a watch. I didn’t need any daily necessities because I had them all at home.
When they came out of the department store, their hands were full of clothes they bought for Lin Mei.
It was not convenient to go shopping with all these, so she took them home first. Then Lin Mei changed into new clothes and went to the barbecue restaurant with Lin Xiao.
Her friends at the barbecue restaurant were also concerned about her family's situation, so she had to go over and tell everyone that she had found her sister. She also had Lu Jingshen come over at noon to have lunch together.
She bought some chocolates and brought them to the store. The store was very busy this weekend, so Lin Xiaoxia didn't disturb anyone. She gave a bag of chocolates to Jiang Xiuying and told her sister that she had found it, so they could rest assured. She could just take out the chocolates and distribute them to everyone when she was free.
Jiang Xiuying was also happy for her, but there were too many guests today, so she was busy after just a few words.
Lin Xiaoxia took Lin Mei to the kitchen to find Fang Lan'e. Fang Lan'e was recording some data about today's marinated meat at the door of the kitchen. She has always been very serious and took good care of the affairs in the store.
Lin Xiaoxia told Fang Lan'e about Lin Mei.
Fang Lan'e was really happy for Lin Xiaoxia: "That's great, it's good to find her back. This girl is pretty."
Lin Xiaoxia said to Lin Mei: "This Sister Xiao'e is my best friend."
Lin Mei called Fang Lan'e "Sister Xiao'e".
Fang Lan'e smiled and said, "That's great. Your family is finally reunited."
Speaking of this, Lin Xiaoxia sighed: "My second brother found a psychologist for my mother. I hope my mother can get over it as soon as possible. That will be a real reunion."
Fang Lan'e also knew about this and sighed, "Hey, it's really not easy. Don't worry too much. Isn't everything moving in a good direction?"
Lin Xiaoxia smiled and nodded: "Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take Xiaoya upstairs for a while."
"Well, go ahead." Fang Lan'e said.
Lin Xiaoxia took Lin Mei upstairs to the office to wait for Lu Jingshen to come. There were too many customers in the store today, so they might have to go out for lunch. There was no need for her family to take up space here today. She was also anxious about the opening of the new store. Otherwise, this store would be crowded with people lining up for reservations every weekend.
When they got upstairs, there was no one in the office. Sun Qiang didn't come today, so Lin Xiaoxia and Lin Mei sat in the office chatting while waiting for Lu Jingshen to come from his lunch break.
Lin Mei knew that this was a restaurant opened by her sister in partnership with someone else. She was really amazed by her sister, but it also gave her a goal in mind. As her sister said, she was 21 years old and still had to go to school and make progress. Why couldn't she do the same?
And now she also understood why her sister spent money so generously, because she could really make money.
After a while, Sun Qiang arrived. He was also happy to know that Lin Mei had returned. After greeting Lin Mei, he said to Lin Xiaoxia, "Sister-in-law, I'll treat you at noon. When my brother comes, we'll have a good meal to celebrate."
Lin Xiaoxia said without hesitation: "Okay, let's go out to eat. There are too many people in our family, so we won't squeeze for a seat."
Sun Qiang said, "I asked someone to look at the date. Our new store will open at the beginning of next month. Otherwise, it will be too busy here."
Lin Xiaoxia nodded: "I think so too. Anyway, you know more about these things than I do. I'll listen to you. Construction on the bathing center has started."
"Well, the construction has started over there. You were busy recently, so I took charge of everything. There was no big ceremony for the start of construction because it was just the renovation of an old house. There was no foundation laying or anything, so we didn't spend too much time and energy on it." Sun Qiang said.
"Okay, we're not superstitious people anyway, so a formality is fine. You'll really be the only one busy during this period."
"Sister-in-law, I'm not afraid of being busy. I'm afraid of having nothing to do. Once the barbecue restaurant branch opens, I'll go investigate the supermarket business."
Lin Xiaoxia felt that these things needed to be discussed in detail with Sun Qiang, so she gave Lin Mei some books and some food, asked her to wait on the sofa for a while, and sat down with Sun Qiang at the desk to discuss these things in detail.
She said to Sun Qiang, "I think you have to go to the provincial capital more often, and I also want our barbecue restaurant to occupy the provincial capital's market as soon as possible, so why not start early."
Sun Qiang nodded and said, "I think so too. Then I will go to choose a site in a few days?"
Lin Xiaoxia thought for a moment and said, "I'm thinking about whether we should open franchise stores. We can provide guidance to others in opening stores, and then have Xiao'e prepare all the ingredients and deliver them to the franchise stores regularly. Then the franchise stores will give us a fixed share of the net profits every year. This way, it will be easier for us and will also make it easier for us to expand the brand nationwide."
Sun Qiang knows a little about the franchising situation. He knows some fast food restaurants abroad and knows a lot about business matters.
So Sun Qiang said, "We have never done this before. We are worried that the franchise stores will use inferior materials and affect our brand."
Lin Xiaoxia said, "I've thought about this too. Why don't we open our own store in the provincial capital first? Once it becomes popular, we can recruit franchise stores and have the store managers here go over to manage them. Then, if we open more franchise stores, we'll have our own people there, and we'll feel more at ease."
Sun Qiang nodded and said, "Okay, we can rest assured with Xiao E here. Letting the store manager go over won't affect us."
"Okay, let's plan it first. You have to take it one step at a time. Don't overwork yourself."
"I understand, sister-in-law, don't worry."
The two talked about business for a while. They had considered buffets before, but they were not sure about the buffet style, so for the time being, the barbecue restaurant was the best choice. Stability was also very important.
Sun Qiang is very energetic every day now. Others who want to do business don’t know how to make money, but he has endless things to do when following Lin Xiaoxia. He wishes he had a clone.
Lin Mei sat on the side and listened to their conversation. She now understood what Lin Xiaoxia meant when she asked her to go out and see the outside world. The outside world was really huge. The day she followed her sister overturned all her previous cognition. She really admired her sister and respected her.
She used to live in the countryside and dropped out of school early. In her mind, when people were about the same age, she would find a man with similar conditions to marry and have children, then raise the children, do the laundry and cook. But now she knows that life is not just about those things, there is much more to it.
She looked at Lin Xiaoxia's momentum and confidence when she spoke, and she really found her direction. She wanted to learn from her sister.
Perhaps it was the inherent character of the Lin family that made Lin Mei's blood boil at this moment.
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