Chapter 111
Jian Li and Wang Mengmei were taken to a private room by Lin Hui.
Lin Hui: "How about making a basic moisturizing package for Xiaoli? Come and take a look at the items."
Wang Mengmei walked over and was amazed by the dazzling array of items printed on the list.
What about head therapy, aromatherapy, and massage...
Wang Mengmei was in a dilemma.
Lin Hui looked at her face and recommended basic head therapy and shoulder and neck soothing, as well as skin cleansing and repairing moisturizing.
"Your skin is fine, but you've been exposed to too much fumes. Clean it and have a soothing facial."
After hearing what Lin Hui said, Wang Mengmei also touched her cheeks with worry. In the kitchen business, it is inevitable to be exposed to fumes, but she had never thought that it would also affect the skin.
"Okay, let's do this."
Lin Hui called two people in to work on the project for Wang Mengmei and Jian Li, and then she hurried out to greet other guests.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and her beauty salon is open at the perfect time. There are about 20 rooms in total, and there are people coming from morning to night.
Even Lin Hui herself was surprised that Taocheng, a seemingly underdeveloped city located in the inland, actually had such an amazing consumer market.
Wang Mengmei was lying on the massage bed and could vaguely hear the hustle and bustle outside.
Jian Li was also very happy to take advantage of her mother's welfare, lying there and being massaged. After the massage, she was given a cool mask. Jian Li applied it for fifteen minutes and took it off. She touched her face and found it was smooth and tender, and she was in a good mood.
The girl who came for the massage saw that she looked young, and after the massage she went out and got her a bottle of soda water.
Wang Mengmei was originally thinking about whether to apply for a card after the work was done, but while thinking about it, she fell asleep.
Perhaps because she was too tired from work, Wang Mengmei slept particularly soundly after someone pressed her. When she woke up, more than two hours had passed.
Jian Li sat on the massage bed next to her, drinking a drink and reading a book.
Wang Mengmei cleared her throat and felt relaxed all over.
"What time is it?"
Jian Li pulled the curtains in the room and said, "It's almost twelve o'clock."
Wang Mengmei also touched her face and felt it was softer and smoother than usual.
When Lin Hui heard the noise coming from inside, she also walked in.
"Are you comfortable? I see you are sleeping soundly, you must have been tired recently."
Wang Mengmei was indeed tired. The business of the new store was much better than the previous one, and she had no time to rest from morning to night.
Lin Hui poured Wang Mengmei a glass of water and said, "How about my shop?"
Wang Mengmei breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart: "That's great."
Spending money on skin care is secondary. The main thing is that during these two hours, she doesn't have to think about anything. Once she wakes up, her mind feels like new.
Hearing such praise, Lin Hui showed a little complacency: "Of course, I put sleep-inducing incense in every room."
In addition, once the body relaxes, one falls asleep naturally.
Wang Mengmei: "Give me a card too. I want to come here often."
Lin Hui's store also issues membership cards, and there are discounts for one-time recharges of 500,000 or 1,000 yuan.
Wang Mengmei initially felt bad about spending the money, but after experiencing it once, especially when she saw her skin in the mirror was whiter and tenderer than usual, she gritted her teeth.
What! She earns so much every month, what's wrong with spending some money on herself?
The flowers.
Lin Hui: "Don't be busy yet. I asked you to come here today because I have something to ask you."
Lin Hui pointed to a room that was being renovated and said, "Over there, I plan to build a kitchen to prepare meals for guests."
This was a suggestion from a customer. Lin Hui thought it was a good idea. Her beauty salon was originally a high-end one. Before opening this store, she visited several local beauty salons and found that they were all crude and lacked many details.
Therefore, Lin Hui made improvements based on the foundation of these stores. The reason why her store was so successful after opening was that both the decoration and the items in the store were superior to others.
She wanted to prepare the meal as part of the restaurant's specialties, so she didn't charge for it. If you come to experience it, you can get a meal for free.
Lin Hui: "I think you are the most knowledgeable about food, so I want to ask you how to design this menu."
After all, this is a beauty salon, and food is only a small part of the business, so she certainly won't use anything that produces a lot of fumes, and will mainly focus on soups and light-flavored food. It would be best to just offer a few set meals for the customers to choose from.
Wang Mengmei: "For this request...have you ever considered Western food?"
Western food is easy to prepare, has little smell, and looks high-end.
Lin Hui smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I have considered Western food, but I always have to consider the cost."
How much does a steak cost? If she really does this, her restaurant will definitely lose money.
Jian Li had been listening quietly at the side, and suddenly said, "Auntie, you don't have to make staple food. Just focus on soup and drinks, and add some desserts."
Jian Li counted on her fingers: "You can choose healthy soups, such as red bean paste dumplings, osmanthus rice wine, and Tremella soup for weather like this."
"Others include ginger, jujube and rose milk, peach gum stewed with milk, brown sugar dumplings, and milk papaya..."
Jian Li's voice became lower and lower as she spoke, because the way Lin Hui looked at her was as if she had seen some treasure, and her eyes were shining.
"Xiao Li, go on!"
Jian Lixin said, "I think since beauty salons focus on beauty, they should also convey some beauty concepts. For example, when customers come in, they can be served a pot of tea, which can be lemonade, because vitamin C can whiten the skin. Then there are rose teas, which can soothe the liver and relieve depression. There are many other things, such as cassia seeds for improving eyesight, and mint leaves for refreshing..."
"Soups are even more like this. Ginger and dates warm the uterus, Tremella fuciformis nourishes, and autumn pears moisten the lungs..."
“It’s best to change these items frequently, both to give customers a sense of freshness and to correspond to the seasons.”
"As for the staple food, you can make it, but don't make any rice or noodles, just make salad."
"With a variety of fruits and vegetables plus some sauces, cold food is easy to prepare and clean, and most importantly, it is easy to control costs."
…
Lin Hui turned to Wang Mengmei and asked, "How about your daughter Xiaoli be my goddaughter?"
How can someone have such a good brain? Look at other people's daughters, they can even throw away their own two sons!
Wang Mengmei was also dumbfounded and asked Jian Li: "Where did you see this?"
Jian Li lied: "Read magazines. My classmate subscribes to beauty magazines every issue."
Anyway, she would never admit that she was from 20 years later!
Besides, this kind of beauty salon has become very popular nowadays, with all kinds of styles available, such as Thai, Japanese, Korean, etc.
Jian Li used to go there occasionally, turn off her phone, and go downstairs to have a buffet after she was done.
Jian Li's words immediately solved the problem that had been bothering Lin Hui for days.
She was originally struggling with how to prepare the food. At one moment, she felt that she must do it well and go high-end, but at another moment, she was worried about the cost. She was in a dilemma and almost told herself to just give up.
Originally, she works in a beauty salon, not in the catering business. Other beauty salons don't do that, but they're doing fine, aren't they?
Now Jian Li's words made her see the light, and she instantly understood the most valuable sentence in Jian Li's words.
That is to package the concept and sell it to customers.
Rather than earning money from a customer once or twice, it is more important to cultivate their beauty concepts. As long as the customer has this awareness, there is no need to worry about her not coming to visit.
Without saying a word, Lin Hui stuffed two membership cards into Jian Li's hand.
Wang Mengmei was shocked when she saw the notes were all worth one thousand yuan. "That's too much!"
Lin Hui said without hesitation: "It's New Year's Day, take it."
Lin Hui greeted Jian Li warmly: "After Auntie finishes upgrading here, you must come back."
Jian Li touched the two membership cards happily. She earned two thousand yuan for free just by going out. She nodded heavily: "Okay, okay!"
Lin Hui sent the two of them to the door. Jian Li got on Wang Mengmei's bike and felt her pocket.
He took out five large bills.
Jian Li handed it over obediently, and Wang Mengmei was convinced: "You can keep it yourself."
This can be considered as the income from Jian Li's labor, and as her mother, she is embarrassed to accept it from her.
Jian Li chuckled and put the money in her inner pocket.
Wang Mengmei had a facial, and the last step was to apply a layer of sunscreen and whitening cream on her face, which made her skin several shades whiter.
Wang Mengmei took Jian Li for a detour, saying that they were going to buy New Year's goods, but in fact they just didn't want to go home.
With a fair and tender face, Wang Mengmei was asked by several acquaintances how she looked so much younger.
Wang Mengmei shared with others her experience of having a facial today with a smile.
"Oh, you don't know how good it is in there. They massage your neck and head. It was so comfortable that I fell asleep."
"You can tell from your skin that they use expensive stuff. Facial masks are so comfortable to put on your face."
…
Some people were envious and asked Wang Mengmei for the place, planning to go and try it out tomorrow.
Don’t even mention whether it’s expensive or not. You’ve been busy for a year, can’t you enjoy yourself?
When Jian Feng returned home at night, the first person he saw was the fair-skinned Wang Mengmei.
"nice!"
Jian Feng was not stingy with his praise and said directly: "Let's apply for a card, one for you and your daughter!"
Wang Mengmei showed two cards and talked about her daughter's performance today.
Jian Feng: …
Wang Mengmei put away the card and said, "I'm wondering whose genes we have. Look at her. I wasn't that naughty when I was a kid."
This appearance of having so many clever ideas once again made Wang Mengmei wonder if she had made a mistake.
Jian Feng helplessly took out a red envelope and said, "I think so too."
Before returning to his hometown this year, Kong Guorong specially called Jian Feng over, gave Jian Feng 2,000 yuan as holiday allowance, and also gave 500 yuan to Jian Li.
"Brother, your girl is quite lucky."
Last year, he got his son into the provincial experiment with just one sentence. This year, Kong Fei's grades improved rapidly and he was among the top 200 in the grade.
Kong Guorong certainly knew that the bigger reason here was because he and Lin Hui were getting divorced. Kong Fei was now on his mother's side, so seeing him was almost like seeing a stranger.
But Kong Guorong had no choice. He felt guilty about finding women outside, so he could only try to please his son.
His son did well in the exam, so he asked the other party what he wanted. Kong Fei just said, "I want nothing."
Kong Guorong had nowhere to shed his fatherly love, so he directed it towards Jian Li.
Jian Feng: "Brother Kong has taken his children back to his hometown these past two days."
Lin Hui never stopped Kong Guorong from seeing his child.
Kong Guorong was young and strong, and although he was said to be immoral in matters of sex, no one could deny that he was a good businessman. Although Lin Hui secretly transferred a lot of money and opened a beauty salon with her previous savings, the income from the beauty salon was not as stable as Kong Guorong's business.
"At Lao Kong's age, it's easy for him to have another child. If I forbid him to see them, and then he's old and has given all his money to other people, do you think the two children won't regret it?"
Lin Hui said calmly, "Besides, those women he's involved with would like me to tell the children to break up with Lao Kong so that they can save them the trouble and energy. Then Lao Kong can have a child with them, and there will be no competitors for this huge family fortune. I'm not what they want."
Lin Hui moved out, but she still let Kong Guorong participate in the lives of her two sons.
The previous injection was severe enough, and Kong Fei had already completely stood on her side in his heart, so there was no point in her making Kong Fei hate Kong Guorong again.
So during the Chinese New Year, she persuaded her two children to go back with Kong Guorong to celebrate the New Year.
For someone like Kong Guorong, every time he returns home in splendor during the Chinese New Year, he would be extremely upset if he went back alone.
Lin Hui asked her sons to go back with him to save the situation, so that he didn't lose face.
Jian Feng was a little surprised: "Then Sister Lin is not going back?"
Wang Mengmei hummed with mixed feelings.
Lin Hui will not return to her hometown this year. When she told her mother about her plan for divorce, Lin Hui's mother burst into tears on the phone and advised Lin Hui not to get a divorce.
"What will you do if you get divorced? Are you going to die on the street?"
The old man doesn’t know what’s happening in the outside world. He only knows that a divorced woman has no future.
Lin Hui's brother, sister-in-law and younger brother also came to persuade her, which made Lin Hui annoyed and she said, "I won't go back home for the New Year."
Wang Mengmei just thought it was ridiculous. Those who made mistakes could return to their hometown in glory, while those who did not make mistakes had to leave their hometown and spend the New Year alone.
Wang Mengmei felt sad for Lin Hui, but Lin Hui was very excited.
Kong Guorong took her two children back to her hometown, and she concentrated on running her beauty salon.
The next day, they immediately served tea drinks, which received numerous positive reviews. Lin Hui continued to do well and even assigned two employees to look after this stall.
"From today to New Year's Eve, from morning till night, we must ensure that all customers who come to consume can drink hot soup."
Facing the biting cold wind, Lin Hui felt that this year was not that bad.
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