“Yaojie, go and sign a contract with Aunt Xu! She’s agreed to join our ‘Kelabo’!” Jiang Ling said.
After hearing this, Jiang Yaojie happily took out the prepared contract, briefly explained it to Xu Baining, and Xu Baining signed her name and stamped it without any hesitation.
Seeing this, Jiang Ling continued, "Bai Ning, there's something I need to tell you. Our 'Kelabo' won't just sell your alcohol; we'll also sell non-alcoholic drinks!"
"What? A drink without alcohol? What is that?" Xu Baining looked at Jiang Ling, somewhat bewildered.
Jiang Ling pointed to the cup next to Xu Baining and said, "Like this one!"
"Ah! Well... I don't know how to make it either!" Xu Baining explained somewhat flusteredly.
Jiang Ling shook her head. "You don't need to do this; I'll train you! There are other things too, Bai Ning. You need to work hard to learn them in these twenty days!"
Looking into Jiang Ling's determined eyes, Xu Baining nodded and promised, "I will try my best and will definitely not let Yaojie's mother down!"
Jiang Ling smiled faintly and looked at Yao Jie, "Yao Jie, I'm leaving this task to you! Anyway, you've developed quite a few delicious things during the two years I've been gone, haven't you? Let's launch five in the first batch! Then we'll launch ten hot drinks in the winter!"
Jiang Yaojie scratched his head sheepishly. "Mom, am I... really okay?"
"Why not?" Jiang Ling smiled mysteriously.
"Bai Ning, if you need anything in the future, just ask my son. If he can't handle it, then come to me! Don't worry, since you want to join 'Kelabo,' I will definitely not let you down!"
Hearing Jiang Ling's words, Xu Baining felt a warmth in her heart, and she finally gritted her teeth and asked the question that had been bothering her.
"Why me?" Xu Baining asked Jiang Ling.
"Bai Ning, why not you? You're honest in business, never shortchange customers, and never treat people with prejudice. Even though I didn't buy any wine the day I went, your attitude was still excellent. Isn't that a quality a shopkeeper should have?"
"I won't even mention Wang Hua; you've probably heard about him among the shopkeepers. And as for that other guy, I haven't even been able to get him to open the door yet. The worst thing you can do in business is to work hard for three days and then slack off for two! So this time, you're definitely the one to choose!"
Xu Baining was shocked when she heard this. She never expected that something she thought was perfectly normal would actually make her successful.
She waved her hand modestly, "No, no! Honesty is the key to doing business!"
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Jiang Yaojie took Xu Baining to the kitchen and began teaching her how to make the five summer drinks he had developed.
Jiang Ling stepped out of her house and began to think about the second phase of the project.
She originally wanted to build an amusement park, but nowadays all amusement parks rely on electricity to operate, so Jiang Ling immediately shelved the idea.
In terms of restaurants, Jiang Ling didn't want to open too many shops close together, otherwise none of them would do particularly well, which could easily lead to vicious competition.
After much thought, Jiang Ling couldn't come up with a better solution, so she had no choice but to turn her attention back to "Kelabo".
Thinking of this, he returned home and asked Jiang Shan to take him to Guangping County.
Jiang Ling had previously learned that there were several good storytellers in teahouses in Guangping County, but these storytellers were used to performing in a fixed location and would not easily move to another place.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ling felt that this path was extremely difficult.
"Master! Please let me practice some more!"
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Little Wu, you're absolutely not cut out to be a storyteller! You should find another job to make a living!"
The conversation between the two interrupted Jiang Ling's thoughts. Jiang Ling looked towards the alley next to her and saw a young man kneeling in front of a middle-aged man.
Jiang Ling crept to the alley entrance, eavesdropping cautiously.
"Xiao Wuzi, I've told you you're really not cut out for this. Look at how many times I've let you go on stage, and look at the audience's reactions!"
"But...but Master, I've really been practicing hard! I...I'll reduce my sleeping and eating time and use it all to practice storytelling, okay?"
"Get out of here! Kneeling here won't do you any good!"
Hearing this, footsteps came from inside the alley, which startled Jiang Ling so much that she quickly ran to a nearby spot. There was nothing shameful about eavesdropping, but if word got out that she, a dignified fourth-rank lady, was doing something like peeping into a corner, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing!
After the middle-aged man left the alley, Jiang Ling went inside herself. At this moment, Xiao Wuzi was still kneeling on the ground, his whole body trembling.
"Don't cry, your master is gone!" Jiang Ling said calmly.
"You! Who are you?" Xiao Wuzi turned around abruptly, looking somewhat disheveled with tears streaming down his face.
"Are you going to tell stories?" Jiang Ling asked instead of answering Xiao Wuzi's question.
Xiao Wuzi, who was being questioned, suddenly shuddered, and then his eyes darkened.
"What's the point of wanting it? Master doesn't want it anymore anyway!" Xiao Wuzi said dejectedly, slumping to the ground.
“Tell me a story!” Jiang Ling said, looking at Xiao Wuzi lying on the ground.
Xiao Wu shook his head in despair, "I won't say anything, I won't say anything! Master already said I can't make a living like this! What else is there to say!"
Seeing the despair in Xiao Wuzi, Jiang Ling took out ten copper coins from her pocket and threw them on the ground. "Tell me a story!"
Xiao Wu glanced at the copper coins on the ground and snorted indifferently.
"That's too little! Do you know who my master is? He's the number one storyteller at Qingyou Teahouse! You think this little beating is enough to appease a beggar?"
"Kid, don't be ungrateful! We..."
Jiang Shan, standing to the side, scolded him unhappily, but before he could finish speaking, Jiang Ling waved her hand, signaling him to continue.
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