Chapter 329 I go out and flaunt my wealth, but it’s your people I lose
Sang Zhixia's laughter was almost uncontrollable and her shoulders were shaking violently.
But Xu Yu had ill intentions, and he deliberately lowered his voice to tease her: "To be honest, when I think about business being bad, I have to go out and show my face, and be stared at and judged by so many people, and I get very nervous."
"If you don't believe me, come closer and listen."
Sang Zhixia couldn't hold back her laughter any longer and was shaking. When she couldn't laugh anymore, she grabbed Xu Yu's ears with both hands and gritted her teeth: "If you know you have good looks, you should stop showing off."
"You dare to go out and show it to others? Who do you want to show it to?"
"You dare to go out and attract bees and butterflies? From now on, you are not allowed to go out unless you cover your face!"
Xu Yu let his ears be pulled back, smiled, raised his head, and gently kissed the corner of Sang Zhixia's curved eyes: "I don't provoke anyone, only you."
"It's just that it's getting late today. If we keep making trouble and miss the auspicious opening time tomorrow, I'll start to suspect that you're deliberately sending me to the city gate to embarrass me."
Xu Yu raised his eyebrows nervously and said playfully, "Zhizhi, if I go out and flaunt myself in public, it's your people I'll lose."
"What does your shamelessness have to do with me?"
Sang Zhixia covered Xu Yu's eyes with her hands in disgust, bumped her head against Xu Yu's chest, muffled her laughter and said, "Stop talking, go to sleep!"
"If the situation gets really bad tomorrow, I'll turn around and throw you at the city gate!"
Xu Yu was a very good-tempered person and just smiled when he heard this.
After Sang Zhixia finally fell asleep, Xu Yu quietly got up from the bed, pushed the door open and walked out, his face solemn: "Song Liu."
Song Liuyi, who was on night duty outside, stood up with a start, sniffed, and said, "Young Master?"
Xu Yu took a deep breath and said with some concern, "Send a message to our people in the city right away. Everyone should dress up in disguise tomorrow and remember to change people to show up at the store."
Song Liu didn't quite understand the purpose of this unnecessary move. He was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Young Master, we haven't even opened yet and there are already so many people here. If you arrange so many more people tomorrow, won't the street be blocked?"
Xu Yu glanced at him with displeasure and sneered, "If there weren't so many people, would you go to the city gate and embarrass me?"
Song Liu was even more confused now.
Xu Yu raised his hands to cover his face: "Anyway, do as I say."
"We'll see how things go tomorrow. If there are enough people and the atmosphere is lively, we'll keep an eye on it from behind to make sure no one disrupts the situation. If there aren't many people, we'll bring our people in to make sure the atmosphere doesn't get dull."
Song Liu nodded dazedly and said yes. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Xu Yu add, "Also, your boss must not know about this."
"Remember to tell your subordinates to be more alert and not to let anyone slip. Once you enter the shop, you are not allowed to leave empty-handed. No matter how much, you must buy it when asked. But you are not allowed to buy too much at once. Remember?"
Song Liu walked into the night with a fog all over his head.
When the dew gradually disappeared in the morning, Xu Yu chose the auspicious time that Xu Wenxiu had specially requested from the Taoist temple, and then he set off a string of red firecrackers in front of He Zhongxiang's door.
Amid the crackling sound of broken red silk, Sang Zhixia personally tore off the red silk covering the surface of the plaque, and congratulations came in waves.
The opening ceremony was held early in the morning and no one came empty-handed.
Except for the old man who went to the village school, Xu Wenxiu and Aunt Xu San who were at home also came with a few little ones.
Xu Minghui also temporarily put down the small hoe in his hand and walked in holding the opening gift he had prepared.
Xu Wenxiu walked in and took a look around, her eyes full of surprise. "This is the first time I've seen a shop like this. Whether it's the items on display or the way they're displayed, it's all very new and novel."
Aunt Xu also smiled and nodded continuously.
"Why do people say Xia Xia has so many ideas? If someone else were to come up with this, they definitely wouldn't be able to come up with so many interesting ones."
The adults here sat together chatting and laughing, and the little ones who had been specially prepared for several days surrounded Sang Zhixia tightly.
They also came to give gifts.
Xu Yanran gave a handmade purse, which was not complicated in design. All that could be seen were round gold ingots, which had a very good meaning.
What Xu Mingyang gave was a palm-sized wooden bow that he had polished himself. It was small and harmless, and it would be nice to use as a decoration.
Xu Mingxu knew that Sang Zhixia had been practicing calligraphy for a long time, so he filled a small box with the soap flower labels he had copied so that Sang Zhixia could use them to stick on the shelves.
Xu Jinxiren just came along to join in the fun. He solemnly took out his small bag of candy and poured all the rice dumpling candies that he had saved for six days into Sang Zhixia's hands.
A pair of chubby little hands pulled the candy bag and shook it vigorously, making sure all six were poured out. They blinked and emphasized seriously: "Sister-in-law, six sixes are very lucky!"
Sang Zhixia couldn't help laughing. She touched the little heads of the little ones who raised their heads, stuffed a candy into their mouths one by one, and took a bite of one herself.
"Okay, okay, with all these auspicious words from you, I'm sure I can make a fortune in this business."
"It's so noisy here. Yanran, Mingyang, take your brothers and sisters to play in the back. I'll come over to accompany you later."
When Xu Yu entered the room, the little ones had just left. Sang Zhixia pinched his chin and pushed it down, saying, "Open your mouth."
Sang Zhixia put the last candy in her hand into his mouth. Seeing Xu Yu's eyebrows raised, she smiled and said, "Jin Xi gave it to me. Is it sweet?"
Because she was afraid that her child’s teeth would get damaged if he ate too much candy, Xu Jinxi could only get one piece of rice dumpling candy every day.
The little girl had been accumulating countless saliva for six days, and now she took it all out today.
Xu Yu's tongue rolled over the candy. When he heard Sang Zhixia sighing at Xu Jinxi's generosity, he couldn't help but lower his eyes and smile, "Sweet."
"The display outside is ready. Can I go out with you to take a look?"
"good."
In front of the door is a flowing rack with delicate soap flowers, and the open space at the door is covered with exploded red firecracker paper flowers.
Sang Zhixia went in and out to take a look. Before the tension from last night could surge back into her heart, a voice came from outside the door: "Is that the peach blossom soap you sell? I saw that the one outside is different from the one you distributed yesterday."
Yang Er, who was well prepared, greeted them with a smile, while Xu Yu pulled Sang Zhixia and silently retreated behind the counter.
Song Liu in the crowd nodded to Xu Yu to indicate that everything was done, but the following scene was beyond his expected control.
The novelty and rarity of soap flowers far exceeded expectations. Less than an hour after the store opened for firecrackers, it was crowded with people asking for prices and buying soap flowers.
Sang Zhixia went to sell things.
Xu Minghui acted as the accountant, and counted the beads on the abacus very quickly.
Xu Wenxiu and the others all joined in, and even Song Liuhe and the others were called in to join in the work. Lin Yun held the tea steadily in one arm and walked briskly in the crowded shop.
Xu Yu followed closely, his feet spinning around, quickly looking for a wooden box to put the soap flowers in. In the end, he was scolded by an old lady: "Your knot is not well tied. It's not as beautiful as the ones displayed over there."
"I'll do it, I'll do it!"
Song Liu rushed over, took the box with a smile, and quickly fiddled with it to the old lady's satisfaction. Just as he sent her away with repeated thanks, Xu Yu's sinister voice rang out from behind him: "Can't you ask them to come in batches?"
If they all rush in at once, what will happen if they are discovered to be short of manpower after a few days?
Song Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, then tiptoed closer and groaned softly, "My master, these are not the people I arranged at all!"
If this were one of us, who would dare to roll their eyes at Xu Yu?
Xu Yu was silent for a moment, and Song Liu laughed bitterly: "Young Master, this is truly the master's ability."
"The people I've arranged are so crowded outside that they can't even get in. We've been busy all morning, and we haven't seen a single familiar face yet!"
Xu Yu was silent for a moment, then he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, self-deprecatingly saying, "I'm overthinking it. I think..."
"Hey, what are you two talking about?"
Sang Zhixia came trotting over with a stack of wooden boxes in her arms and glared at Xu Yu, "Be more careful when you're tying the knots and packing them. Several people have already said it looks ugly and they need to redo it!"
Sang Zhixia put down the wooden box, turned around and walked away.
Xu Yu opened his mouth weakly and snatched the pen from Xu Minghui's hand: "You go over there and tie the handkerchief, I'll do it here."
Xu Minghui rubbed his sore wrist and sneered, "Oh, that's all you can do."
Xu Yu was calculating with one hand and writing quickly with the other, pretending not to hear.
Xu Minghui wanted to take the opportunity to make a few sarcastic remarks, but the person waiting to pack the boxes shouted in dissatisfaction: "Young man, if you don't come and re-label it for me, I will find your manager."
The harshness directed at Xu Yu on Xu Minghui's face disappeared, and he turned around with a smile as warm as spring breeze: "Okay, I'm coming."
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