MTL - Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper-Chapter 68

There is light snow in winter, and those who can not go out all burn firewood and charcoal at home to keep warm.

Business on the street is down.

With the appearance of hot pot, the streets are still deserted when it is snowing, but the restaurants and bars are not deserted.

Hot pot is popular in the county town, and it is also a pleasure to gather three or five friends, go to restaurants or taverns to drink hot wine and eat hot pot.

Wei Cheng doesn't live in winter, his workshop and sauce workshop are equally busy.

Weiji Workshop makes rare handmade goods. It should be busy. The sauce workshop sells sauces continuously. They are all necessary sauces for people in the county. There are shops selling them in Jinzhou.

These businesses are all stable, and they are handed over to the staff below. Yun Chengfeng opened the workshops to be built and the dried seafood sales stores in Haicheng before the cold winter, and he directed his words in Taifulou. When he was free, Wei Cheng continued to be busy.

No matter how busy you are, you have to eat.

Yun Chengfeng didn't stay in Taifu Building, eating hot pot alone was boring, so he went to Xianmanju, where he couldn't get cold in a carriage.

Yun Chengfeng: "What are you tossing about this winter? Why don't you stay at home with your husband?"

Wei Cheng glanced at him, and said calmly: "The shop in the inner city is open."

What you said was an understatement, Yun Chengfeng felt that people would open the store on a day when people were freezing in the winter, and suddenly wondered if Wei Cheng was too busy, "If you don't open early or late, the store will open in winter when the business is bleak, maybe It’s a snowy day when it opens, and people will buy it, so you’re okay?!”

Wei Lei and Wei Hu hurried in and out, but they were used to obeying the arrangements, and they were not business-minded.

Wei Lei had just entered the business, so he didn't know much about business, and he didn't think there was any problem with Dadongtian's opening. Wei Lei felt that there was indeed a problem with Yun Chengfeng's words, and even Wei Hu could hear the problem.

Wei Cheng seldom explained what he did, even when people stared at him and questioned him, he remained calm.

Wei Cheng said coolly: "No one is better, you can prepare to stay at home in advance, and prepare for the New Year's ceremony along the way."

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

Wei Lei: "..."

Yan Yi: "..."

Are you doing business, or are you just tossing around with nothing to do.

And Wei Hu said: "Master, do you have my New Year's gift? I don't want anything else for the New Year's gift, just pay me more wages, and I'll just buy it myself!"

Now it's Wei Cheng's turn to be speechless!

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On the opening day of Baizhenlou, it was snowing lightly.

The inner city streets are deserted.

The store in Baizhenlou is located in a very good location, not far from Taifulou and Baiweifang. The store has two floors, a spacious storefront, and a yard behind it.

The first floor is the lobby, and there are several private rooms, which are semi-open, with screens and gauze curtains at the entrance of the private rooms. The second floor is also a private room, each with a product brochure.

On the opening day, half of the people did not patronize.

In the private room on the first floor, Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan, Yun Chengfeng and Yan Yi who came to watch the excitement, even the curious Steward Quan followed, and Wei Lei and Wei Hu were also there. The group sat at a table, The tables are set for refreshments.

Sitting in the room is warm, not cold, otherwise sitting in the cold weather is not a problem.

Yun Chengfeng drank tea: "Your private room is warm."

The private room is heated by burning a fire in the backyard. There is a stove on the first floor and a stove on the second floor, both of which are separate. Yun Chengfeng thought that there was a charcoal stove in the house and lit a charcoal fire to keep warm, so he didn't pay attention to ask.

"Your Baizhen Building is very elegantly decorated, and the products outside are all high-quality goods, but you have chosen a wrong opening date." Yun Chengfeng said, "If no one comes to buy, you Give me the goods evenly, and I will be reluctant to accept it?"

Wei Cheng said indifferently: "Do you know what products I have in this Baizhen building? There are a lot of new products here."

He really didn't pay attention to this, he knew that there were dried seafood, candles and soaps, glass lamps, glass decorations, and there seemed to be some of the most difficult-to-buy pastries.

Yun Chengfeng: "Last time you asked for a batch of white sugar, you wouldn't sell it in a shop, would you?"

Wei Cheng: "......." White sugar is cheap, only you think it's rare.

Wei Cheng bluntly insulted others: "I said, you have a business mind, why didn't Tai Fu Lou close down during your operation!"

Yun Chengfeng choked!

Yun Chengfeng choked back: "It's my ability that Tai Fu Lou didn't close down!"

Wei Cheng glanced at people and didn't speak. A good reincarnation is indeed a skill!

Yun Chengfeng: "..."

He wouldn't be narcissistic and think that Wei Cheng's glance was approval, but contempt on the contrary.

However, there are no guests, the boss Wei Cheng is not in a hurry, so why is he in a hurry.

Zhou Yuan was very anxious. Why didn't there be a single customer when the store opened, and he tugged on Wei Cheng's sleeve, "Isn't it bad that there are no customers when the store opens? Why don't you worry if there are no customers?"

How could Wei Cheng make his daughter-in-law worry? He leaned sideways and said softly, "There are no customers now, but there will definitely be many customers a year ago. There will be no shortage of people to buy our family's things."

That being said, even if no one comes to the door, it’s better if no one buys it. Zhou Yuan frowned, thought for a while and said, "Why don't we ask the guys to go outside and sell it, and someone will definitely buy it if we sell it."

The daughter-in-law's idea is too cute. If his shop goes out to yell, it will be a downgrade, not to mention that in one of the most prosperous central streets in the county, there are many famous and expensive shops in the county.

Wei Cheng smiled: "Maybe it's a solution, we all listen to Yuan Yuan." The daughter-in-law ordered, anyway, it doesn't hurt.

Wei Cheng asked Xiao Liu to call the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was in a hurry in the lobby, and no customers came to the door for a long time after the opening. Now the boss called him, maybe it was to blame him. The shopkeeper entered the private room, anxiously and respectfully asked: "Boss, what are your orders for the young one?"

Wei Cheng ordered: "There is no one in the store, so you find two shop assistants to yell at the door and invite customers to come to the door."

Yun Chengfeng and others: "......"

You are really here!

Seeing that the boss didn't reprimand him, the shopkeeper ordered him to ask his assistant to yell at the door of the shop. He didn't care if the yelling was decent, as long as it didn't blame him, he would do it immediately.

Except for Zhou Yuan, everyone looked at Wei Cheng speechlessly.

Wei Cheng didn't care about others, someone came uninvited, half of his shop was opened and no one was invited, but when he came to say hello, he ordered Xiaoliu to serve all the snacks at Baizhenlou, and then lowered his head and asked his wife: "Yuan Yuan, what else do you want to eat, there are stews in the kitchen, if you want to eat something else, I will let them bring it in."

Zhou Yuan recalled the snacks he had tried. He liked some: "Husband, is there a milk candy called Xiao Liu Na? There are also preserved plum cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus fruit tea."

Wei Cheng smiled: "You will definitely let Xiao Liu take what you like."

Xiao Liu came in with a lot of things, she couldn't carry them alone, and there was a waiter behind her, Xiao Liu put a stew pot in front of everyone, and put all the things on the table.

Wei Lei and Wei Hu have both met and eaten, but Yun Chengfeng and the others have never seen it.

"What kind of food is this, and this color is candy? This white smells like fragrant milk, and this flat is dried fruit? Then what are these slices? What are these cans?" Yun Chengfeng looked at Wei Cheng, "Is this new merchandise?"

Wei Cheng is not responsible for giving him answers, he has to make sweet-scented osmanthus tea for his wife.

Koyanagi acted as a commentator and introduced them one by one: "This is crystal fruit candy, including orange candy, ebony candy, lemon candy, and pear candy. Crystal flower candy includes osmanthus candy, jasmine candy, rose candy, and chamomile lemon candy. White is Toffee, the quantity of toffee is small, it is still difficult to find milk sources, and the price is more expensive. In addition, there are preserved plum cakes, the slices are licorice plum slices, and preserved hawthorn. The transparent bottle is flower fruit tea, which contains various The combination of dried fruit scented tea is suitable for girls and boys."

Yun Chengfeng: "... all these things are made in your workshop?"

He tasted it one by one, and the candy had a strong fruity taste, not the kind of sweet candy sold outside. It's still crystal candy, which girl, brother, and child can stop it.

The taste of preserved fruit is very different. It is more delicious than preserved fruit outside. There is no core, so children can eat it with confidence. It is sweet and sour. This...

Not to mention toffee, he likes it very much.

Flower and fruit tea, he still likes to drink tea compared to flower and fruit tea, but the female brother should like it very much, and the children might like it too.

Xiao Liu continued: "There are also scented candles. The master said that it is most suitable to sell them as a New Year's gift before the new year. No one is buying them now. When people want to buy a New Year's gift, they will go out. I am not afraid that there will be no business."

No wonder Wei Cheng is so calm. Those people will come out to book the New Year's gift sooner or later. The location of Baizhen Building is so conspicuous. They are afraid that people won't come in. When they come in, they will find that they are all rare commodities. How can they not buy them.

Some people bought it as a gift, and they were afraid that the Baizhen Tower would not spread.

This guy counts every step of the way.

Yun Chengfeng: "... Leave me a batch of things, and I will also give you a New Year's gift."

Wei Cheng: "Hey, go directly to the lobby to choose. I'll give you a 40% discount. It's interesting."

"... Enough!" Yun Chengfeng thought of something, and said, "Baizhenlou sells seafood at a price that is not cheap, right? This county does not know the goods, so you are not afraid that you will not be able to sell them?"

Wei Cheng: "Why do you think I spent two silver to renovate the private room and the back kitchen? It's all to entertain people who you say don't know the goods. If you make things and give them a try, you will know the goods."

Yun Chengfeng: "I think Baizhen Building sells high-quality goods. Didn't you say that grocery stores also sell workshop goods? Can these be sold in grocery stores?"

Wei Cheng: "No, the grocery store sells the average grade, and the top quality is here. In a few days, the grocery store will also start selling candles, handmade soaps and candies."

He will definitely rank well.

Prices are not on the same level either.

In this way, they sat all morning, but none of them came.

At noon, go to Tai Fu Lou for lunch.

As soon as Zhou Yuan went out, he saw the clerk yelling at the door. The street was deserted, and the clerks of other shops would poke their heads and make jokes from time to time. Zhou Yuan: "..."

After knowing it, how can people continue to shout.

He ignored people when he got into the carriage, his husband must know that his proposal was inappropriate, and he didn't remind him, which caused Baizhenlou to become a joke for other shops on the first day of opening.

Wei Cheng coaxed: "I don't think it's a problem, people shouting can also exercise the eloquence of the shopkeepers, and no one on the street is the shopkeeper of other shops, so if you read it, you will read it."

Zhou Yuan would not really get angry with others, "Remind me next time."

"it is good!"

Seeing people doesn't get angry, Wei Cheng thinks his daughter-in-law is so cute!

As for the afternoon, Wei Cheng took his wife back after lunch.

Weicheng is so weird when it opens on a snowy day.

In fact, he chose whether it would snow on the opening day, and there was no weather forecast, so he didn't know that it would snow when it opened.

Baizhenlou opened on a snowy day, and the external storekeepers and employees complained that the boss was unreliable. They were worried that they would be fired if they finally had a job and didn't know if the store would close down next month.

The shopkeeper and his clerks sat on the cold bench all morning. When the boss was away, they were bored and complained. There was a lean guy who heard the shopkeeper and the clerks complaining and dragged him to complain together. He thought blankly: Let me complain about the master, I don’t want to go back rebuild.

Neither the manager nor the staff knew that there was an old lady in the back kitchen, a maid in the private room, and a thug in the shop was a servant of the Wei family, so they thought that everyone in the shop was newly hired.

Shopkeeper, let's have some snacks.

If you complain again, you will be fired first, regardless of whether there are guests or not.

Fortunately, a customer finally entered the store.

"My young man drove by in a carriage, and said that there is a new shop here, and it is so strange to open it in a snowy day. Master, I will come to see what kind of shop it is. If you have the courage to open it in a snowy day, you are not afraid of closing down!"

Shopkeeper and buddy: "..."

Just opened, you cursed the shop to close down, or just looking at the brocade clothes you are wearing, the jade crown on your hair, and the jade pendant on your waist, even a rich man would want to drive you out of the shop.

"Hey, it's quite warm in the store." The rich young master took off his cloak, and the young man behind him quickly took it. The rich young master casually swept over and looked at the prices of the goods on the shelves without caring, but they were all products he had never seen before, so he was interested.

"Shopkeeper, please explain to the young master, what are these things, the young master is so big, there are some that I have never seen before, if it suits the young master, I will buy everything, young master."

Big business!

The shopkeeper was overjoyed and introduced from the beginning: "This is scallops, this is sea shrimp, this is conch meat, this is sea cucumber, this is isinglass... here is pastry, this is crystal candy, this is jam, flower fruit tea , preserved fruit... This side is even more powerful, here are glass lamps, handmade candles, handmade aromatherapy, handmade soap..."

After an explanation, the shopkeeper asked someone to bring a private room, and asked someone to serve a cup of scallop and fish gelatin soup: "Please, this is a stew made from dried seafood. You will definitely know if the small one is exaggerated after you try it."

The young master of the rich family drank the soup, his eyes lit up, it was delicious, and he ate candy and candied fruit. Grandma and his mother would definitely like it, "I will bring you a box of scallops for the young master. The fish gelatin can make people's skin look better. Just two boxes." You need glass lamps, some candles and handmade soap aromatherapy, and five boxes of snacks, that's all."

Finally welcomed the first customer and bought so many things.

The shopkeeper ordered the clerk to wrap it quickly, put it on the carriage for help, and handed over a card: "This card is limited to ten pieces during the opening period. If you have this card, you can buy Baizhenlou products first."

The young master of the rich family didn't care, so he let the boy accept it. The things in Baizhenlou are good, and he will definitely buy them in the future.

It cost a few hundred taels, and as soon as the rich young master arrived home, his mother was waiting for someone in the main hall. As soon as Madam Lin saw her son, she ordered the servant girl to pour tea, and hurriedly stepped forward to pat the snow on her son's body, and reprimanded: "It's snowing, you have to go out!" Go to the restaurant, let the cook cook what you want to eat. Son, is it cold?"

"Mother, my son brought you something good, I'm sure you haven't seen it before." Young Master Lin asked his servants to move the things to the main hall.

Mrs. Lin has never seen anything. She was born in Fucheng, and the things in the county can be compared to Shangfucheng. She will definitely not care about her son's heart: "What a good thing, look at it, mother. This is Xianmanju's pastry, but tasty."

"Xianmanju?!" Young Master Lin said, "I bought it at Baizhenlou, not Xianmanju."

Mrs. Lin said with a smile: "What Baizhen Building? Your mother, I have heard of Zhenbao Pavilion, Jinxiufang Baiweifang."

"It just opened today, and I happened to pass by." Young Master Lin opened the things he bought at Baizhen Pavilion, "Eating this isinglass will improve your complexion, and it's for your mother and grandmother. The handmade soap can be used for bathing and shampooing, and the candles are said to be bright when lit. Mother, you try this crystal candy, you must like the taste, and these—”

Mrs. Lin looked at the things on the table, she really hadn't seen them before, the lamp was still transparent, well, the flower candy is very fragrant, the rich floral fragrance won't be very sweet...

"Son, where is Baizhen Building?"

Young Master Lin: "It's not far from Taifu Building, mother, my son is right, you have never seen it before."

Mrs. Lin smiled and said: "Yes, my son is right, give the things to mother and grandmother, and mother will move back first."

Madam Lin acted resolutely and asked the maid to move the things back, and also asked the servants to send the old lady's things to the old lady's yard, so she turned and went back to her own yard.

Before leaving, I still did not forget to say: "Son, tell the servants to tell the kitchen to cook scallops and sea cucumbers tonight, and I will cook fish gelatin in the small kitchen."

Nothing was left to people.

A lamp and candle belonged to him.

And candy, two boxes belonged to him.

They were all moved back to the yard by his mother!

"Ah Fu, go buy it for the young master—"

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