Take down Shengning
"What's the matter? Are you attracted by his fried dough sticks?!" the old wife said half curiously and half confidently.
Su Mingliang nodded, "I do have some ideas."
"Then why don't you go and ask?"
"You don't understand. Doing business is like a quarrel between a couple. Whoever bows first loses!" Su Mingliang said calmly.
"Okay, you old thing, I was wondering why I never won in my life. It turns out you treat me as a business partner!" The old wife said as she threw a pillow over.
Su Mingliang reached out and caught it without even turning his head. "Alright, you're already half a decade old, why bother arguing about this? At worst, I'll let you win next time!"
"I want you to give way!" The old wife turned around and went into the inner room angrily.
Su Mingliang turned his head to look at the fallen door curtain, a smile flashed across his lips, and then he turned his head and stared out the window again. He immediately became anxious when he saw his rival Su Mingtong among the crowd.
We can’t let this old guy get there first, otherwise he won’t be able to show off during the New Year!
Su Mingliang wanted to get out immediately, but a customer came to the store. When he finished selling the goods and looked again, Su Mingtong was gone. Thank God the mother and son were still there.
Su Mingliang didn't care about anything else, and hurried out, saying with a polite smile on his face: "Boss, I'm Su Mingliang, the boss of Mingliang Supply and Marketing Shop..."
He was the first to reveal his identity and stared at the mother and son, but saw that the expressions on their faces did not change at all. They said politely: "Hello, hello, I have heard of you for a long time..."
Su Mingliang was very nervous. Could it be that Su Mingtong had already taken action?
Although he was reluctant to admit it, Mingtong Store was one of the top five shops in Shengning. It was possible that the old man had also seen the potential of this store.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face deepened: "I have a business I want to discuss with you two. Can we move to our store and discuss it in detail?"
Qin Wenli and Hu Yufeng looked at each other and clapped their hands silently in their hearts, but they still had polite smiles on their faces: "Of course, it's our honor!"
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"So you have a shop in Shangguan?" Su Mingliang was surprised. He thought the two of them were just small vendors.
Hu Yufeng nodded, "It's a small shop, definitely not comparable to yours. But we also have a workshop at home, and we have signed supply agreements with several stores in five towns including Caiping and Yangqiao!"
After saying this, he couldn't help but applaud himself in his heart. Wenli said, when it comes to business, it's all about truth and falsehood!
Sure enough, Su Mingliang looked at the person in front of him again. Even though he had such a big stall at home, he still had the patience to set up a small stall in Shengning for two months. He admired her mentality alone.
The three of them exchanged flattery, and Su Mingliang said seriously:
"I think you have guessed the reason why I invited you two here. How can you limit such a good thing to a small stall? I happen to have this platform here, so I was thinking about whether we can cooperate with each other?"
Qin Wenli smiled just the right amount: "Thank you for your appreciation, uncle. I would be delighted to have you work with me!"
Su Mingliang nodded in satisfaction: "I heard that your retail price is 50 cents per stick. For wholesale, what do you think of the price of 25 cents?"
Upon hearing the price, Qin Wenli's mouth froze, and Hu Yufeng stood up and said goodbye: "Let's not talk about this price, so as not to hurt the relationship." Then she made a gesture to leave.
Qin Wenli quickly pretended to be embarrassed and smiled at Su Mingliang, then turned around and held Hu Yufeng: "Mom, my uncle just offered a price..."
Su Mingliang was also confused. How could this be such a grumpy old woman? He laughed and said, "That's right, sister. You are also a businessman. Don't you know that in business, you should ask for a high price and bargain. If you leave without bargaining, how can you be sincere in doing business?"
Hu Yufeng paused slightly, turned around and had a look of aggrieved and stubbornness on her face.
Qin Wenli quickly explained, "Uncle, my mother is not being mean to you. You may not know that this recipe was left by my grandfather. My mother is angry with herself because she thinks that her incompetence has wronged the old craftsmanship!"
Su Mingliang was stunned, feeling somewhat embarrassed: "Big sister, I spoke carelessly, why don't you sit down first and let's talk?"
Mascot Hu Yufeng was pressed on a chair by Qin Wenli, listening to the two of them arguing back and forth for nearly an hour.
Every time at a critical moment, she would reveal a bit of impatience, and Qin Wenli would cooperate by making a look of begging for mercy, and then turn to Su Mingliang with a helpless and flattering look on his face.
Finally, with Hu Yufeng looking painful, Qin Wenli looking exhausted, and Su Mingliang looking hesitant, the cooperation was reached.
Qin Wenli ran out and got the contract from the cart. When Su Mingliang saw this formal thing, the depression in his heart dissipated a little.
Both parties signed the contract happily, and Hu Yufeng maintained her character and turned right out the door.
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"Haha...you didn't see it. Mom's expression came out of nowhere. I was stunned, not to mention Uncle Su!"
In the shop, Qin Wenli looked excited. Shedding his mature protective aura, he inadvertently revealed some of the youthful spirit.
"You performed quite well. I've noticed that people who do business are all very shrewd. We have to be like this in the future. We can't be careless even if it's a small shop!" Hu Yufeng thought of Su Mingliang's shrewd eyes and couldn't help but be secretly alert.
Today's success was entirely due to her and Wenli's repeated deductions. To be honest, who wouldn't be anxious after two months of waiting? It's just that these two months of training have enabled them to hide their anxiety perfectly.
Qin Wenli finally calmed down and nodded in agreement.
"Sheng Ning wants a large quantity, and Xiu'er still needs to sell goods on weekdays, so we have to hire another person!" When it comes to business, he regains his previous composure.
Hu Yufeng nodded, "You should ask your Uncle Fang about this matter." The more he used the Huahua Yang Xiu he recommended last time, the more he was satisfied with her. Not only was she strong and clever, but she was also very tight-lipped. He never asked or talked much about what he saw in the shop on weekdays, and his two children never brought anything to the shop when they came home at noon.
Qin Wenli nodded in agreement, turned around and walked out.
He came back after a while with good news from Lao Fang. He had a candidate in mind and would go and ask him in the evening. He would write to him tomorrow.
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The second day was the Shangguan gathering, and Hu Yufeng also came up to interview candidates.
After the crowd had dispersed, Lao Fang came to the door with a woman who looked quite young.
When she raised her face to greet Hu Yufeng, Hu Yufeng realized that she had made a mistake. Although his figure and dress look young, the wrinkles on his face cannot deceive people. He must be at least 40 years old.
After they sat down, Lao Fang introduced the two parties first:
"This is Sister Hu..."
"This is Liu Liu, my sister..."
Hu Yufeng showed a look of surprise, for she remembered Lao Fang's "good brother" Guizi.
The look in Old Fang's eyes when he looked at her showed that he had also thought of this. He sighed and said, "Liu Liu and Gui Zi are not the same person. This is my aunt's granddaughter, and she lives alone now. She has been able to cook since she was young, so she has some skills."
While the two were talking, Hu Yufeng looked at Liu Liu calmly. To be honest, her first impression was that this man was not her type given his weak and fragile appearance.
But when listening to her and Lao Fang chatting, the expression on Liu Liu's face didn't change at all, as if they were talking about someone else instead of her.
Lao Fang is also reliable, so Hu Yufeng feels at ease.
As usual, she repeated the work content and remuneration. Liu Liu still had that calm expression, as if she didn't care about the amount of money. Hu Yufeng became even more curious.
They agreed to come to work the next day, and Lao Fang took Liu Liu away first.
Hu Yufeng also told Yang Xiu to observe carefully, and after Qin Wenli returned from delivering the goods, they would hurry home.
Thinking that there had been no market for two days and that the shop had hired new people, Yang Xiu was not so busy. As soon as Hu Yufeng got home, she sent Qin Wenli and Qin Shu back to town. Not to mention that Qin Shu hadn't seen his mother for a week, Wenli and his wife had only seen each other once in a month. How could that respectable couple bear it?
So just as Yang Xiu was about to close the shop, her husband and young son arrived.
It was a rare family reunion, and both adults and children were extremely happy. Qin Wenli simply paid for his wife and children to go out to dinner.
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The couple happily reunited, but a storm brewed at home.
After four months of adjustment, the old lady has come to terms with the fact that Wenli runs back and forth, so when she sees Wenli coming back and leaving again, she just chases after him and tells him to be careful on the road.
Instead, Qin Shengtian started to complain: "He doesn't stay at home to farm during the market, and he hides in the town again. He leaves all the family affairs to me. Am I the only one who has to eat? Am I the farmhand of the family?"
Hu Yufeng raised her eyelids when she heard that: "What? What do you want to do? I was the one who ordered you to go to the town, come to me if you have anything to say!"
"Who am I to dare to tell you that? You are the big boss and you want to kick me out of this house at any time. Do you think you can scare me to death?" Qin Shengtian said sarcastically.
Oh, Hu Yufeng glanced sideways, I haven't paid attention to your improvement these days, you have even learned to be sarcastic.
She became more interested and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Who said something to you again?"
Qin Shengtian, he goes crazy for no reason, and there must be a reason for his madness. There must be someone behind the scenes directing her, but she still doesn’t understand this?
"Your eldest brother? Old Mu? Or old man Li from the brigade?"
Qin Shengtian turned his face away: "Anyway, I am the farmhand of the family. I have to work hard every day, and enjoy the good life later. There is no other way. Who made me have no children? No one supports me!"
The more he spoke, the more aggrieved he felt, and he just squatted down against the wall.
Hu Yufeng became furious and walked over and kicked Qin Shengtian, saying, "You are still feeling aggrieved. I don't want to listen to what you have to say." Fortunately Wenli was not here, otherwise it would have been a different matter!
After kicking him, You was still not satisfied, pointing at him and cursing: "You can't stand seeing your family live in peace or something, it's only been two years since you started making a fuss, there should be a limit to your nonsense, ask yourself, how is Wenli worse than his biological father?"
The more he scolded, the angrier he got: "I knew it was that bastard from the Mu family. It's not enough for him to make trouble at home every day, he even came out to instigate others. Are you a fool or a coward? You just follow suit when others say a few words. You have no brains. Just wait, I will go to the Mu family tomorrow and ask him in front of Cuncun to see what's wrong with the two sons, Cuncun and Wenli, that makes him so picky!"
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