Chapter 166 Opening
But the shop's business could not be delayed for a day, so Xu Miaomiao made some sobering soup for Gu Yuanniang, and she felt better.
"Weiwei, you obviously drank so much yesterday, so why are you fine?" Gu Yuanniang asked Song Weiwei curiously while drinking the sobering soup in her bowl.
"Me?" Song Weiwei pointed at herself, then walked to Gu Yuanniang's side and put her hand on her: "You, you don't understand this. I drink alcohol frequently, so how can I feel uncomfortable with this little bit of alcohol? You are a winemaker, but you don't like to drink it. That's weird."
"Just because someone is good at brewing wine doesn't mean he can drink it." Gu Yuanniang said unconvinced.
Song Weiwei didn't compete with her and ate her own fruit.
"Today is our first day in the capital. The most important thing right now is to run the shop well."
Xu Miaomiao said as he took out a blueprint.
She drew her ideas for store decoration on it. It was different from previous stores, with more wooden shelves and wider aisles.
"I think we should add a few ornaments here. It will look beautiful and have a good meaning." Gu Yuanniang pointed at a place and said.
Xu Miaomiao looked at this and nodded: "Sixth Lady is right, we should add some."
"But that's basically it." Xu Miaomiao continued, "Let's make the shelves today. Liuniang, you find a reliable store, and Weiwei will negotiate the goods."
"Um."
"Okay."
As soon as Xu Miaomiao finished speaking, the two of them rushed out to work on the tasks Xu Miaomiao had instructed them to do.
"Miao Miao has discussed with the carpenter's boss. We want a lot of things, so he has given us a discount. We can pick them up in three days."
Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao and spoke.
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Weiwei came running back: "We have already communicated with Bai County about the goods. They said they would find a business to deliver them to us. They will arrive in three days."
"Okay." Xu Miaomiao made the final decision: "According to the date, we can open the store in five days."
Although he had a few days of leisure, Xu Miaomiao was also busy wandering around the shops in the capital city, ready for any emergency needs.
After the shelves were completed, several young and strong men were hired to move them.
"What kind of shop is this? Why does it use so many wooden racks?"
The man pointed at the store curiously and began to speak to his friends.
Seeing the two of them waiting outside the door, Gu Yuanniang stepped forward and said to them, "My two husbands, this is a department store. We will be open tomorrow. Please come and take care of our business."
The man took a step back as soon as he saw Gu Yuanniang, as if he had seen some kind of monster: "Why is it a woman? Bah, bad luck."
"Yes, go, go!"
The two of them took a step back and left in a hurry, arm in arm.
Gu Yuanniang stared at the two people's voices and rolled her eyes in annoyance before entering the house.
"We will open tomorrow, wish us a great opening!"
Xu Miaomiao raised her cup, looked at everyone and spoke.
Everyone gathered together, looking forward to tomorrow.
Because it was the first day of opening, Xu Miaomiao got up very early. Gu Yuanniang also couldn't sleep, so she simply didn't sleep and came to the shop early to prepare for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"Hey, why is it a young lady? Where is your shopkeeper? Why didn't he come to cut the ribbon?"
The man looked at Xu Miaomiao angrily and spoke.
"My dear, you are joking." Xu Miaomiao tried her best to hide her embarrassment and said, "I am the shopkeeper of this shop."
"You, a woman, opened a shop?"
The man next to him was also a little incredulous. He looked at Xu Miaomiao with some suspicion in his tone.
"We previously opened a store in Bai County called Department Store. Now that we have some assets, we want to open another one in this most prosperous place." Xu Miaomiao explained.
"Oh, I've never seen a shop opened by a woman except for a brothel. Could it be that she is also a seductive woman?"
The man cheered on the side, and everyone laughed when they heard this.
More and more people gathered around, but most of them were muttering about how these women didn't know how to pick up the trash.
"Miao Miao, are we still cutting the ribbon?" Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao and asked.
"Cut!" Xu Miaomiao stared at everyone and said, "Since I have chosen this path, no matter how difficult it is, I must complete it!"
As the scissors fell, the originally red ribbon was cut short, and then the red cloth on the shop sign was removed, and they were officially open.
As usual, Xuguo was settling the accounts, and Song Weiwei would go and take a look from time to time.
When they opened a shop in Bai County, their business was not very good at first. It was only after the shop was opened that business gradually improved.
Xu Miaomiao opened the store against all odds. She originally thought that it would be the same as before, but after waiting for three days, there were still only a few people coming to the department store.
"Miao Miao, what should we do if this continues?" Gu Yuan's mother looked worried. "These few people who came here are all our old customers in Bai County. They came here to do business. They heard that the department store opened a branch here, so they came here. Otherwise, there wouldn't be even these few people."
"Yeah." Song Weiwei said while playing with a feather duster, "This shelf will be covered with dust in a few days, and no one is coming."
Xu Miaomiao also lowered her head in thought: "We are still lacking an opportunity to promote the department store. Where can we find this opportunity?"
The three of them lowered their heads in disappointment, thinking for a while.
"I think it would be better to close it early, so as to save money and preserve our reputation." Song Weiwei said from the side.
Hearing this, Gu Yuan's mother knocked on her head and said, "What discouraging words are you saying? It's inevitable that you will encounter some setbacks when opening a business for the first time. If you give up so easily, wouldn't it be shameful?"
"Right!" Xu Miaomiao jumped down from the chair and said, "Sixth Mother is right. Since we have decided to do business, how can we give up so easily? Besides, our department store is doing very well in Bai County. There must be a way out!"
As soon as Xu Miaomiao finished speaking, a girl walked in with a basket.
Pointing to the cakes on Xu Miaomiao's shelf, he said, "Is this delicious? I've never seen it before."
The woman had two little buns on her hair and was wearing a light pink dress. She didn't look luxurious. She must be a maid in some mansion, Xu Miaomiao thought secretly.
After tearing open the package of the awakened lion cake, Xu Miaomiao took out a piece and handed it to the woman: "Madam, try it. If it doesn't taste good, I won't charge you."
Under the woman's suspicious gaze, he broke off a small piece of the pastry and put it into his mouth.
His eyes lit up immediately: "This fruit tastes really good, but what is this small bag you put the cakes in? I have never seen it before."
(End of this chapter)
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