EBE Chapter 729: The City Shop Opens
Chapter 729: The City Shop Opens
Before she sat down, several people asked, "How is she doing? Is she doing well in the Zhao family?"
Zhou Guo said: "It's good. She said she is so idle that hair will grow on her body. She can only try to find something to do. She also wants to work in the fields."
Li couldn't help but say, "That's good."
Then she laughed and said, "You are already a young lady, but you still want to work in the fields. You are really not destined for that."
Zhou Su retorted, "Who said that? No one has stipulated that a young mistress must not work. I think my eldest sister is pretty good. She doesn't forget her roots. It's so rare. Not many people can do that."
This is true.
Zhou Guo said, "I think she's pretty good. My brother-in-law isn't a good student. Sooner or later, this family business will be handed over to two people. They know what they are doing and no one can deceive them."
The Zhou family was relieved because their daughter would belong to another family after she got married and it was not easy for them to visit her casually. Zhou Guo sending Fei over to take a look was just what they wanted.
Zhou Mai saw the large package next to her and asked, "What is this?"
"This is the dress my elder sister made for me." She opened the bundle and took out the dress, showing it around. "Does it look good?"
Zhou Mai and the others looked at this outfit with envy, they also had scholar's outfits, also white, but with black edges, plain and without anything on it, and were far less beautiful than this one.
Li touched it and said, "Your eldest sister is married, how can you still have the nerve to ask her to make clothes for you? Won't her in-laws say anything?"
Zhou Guo said, "What should we do? It's already been made, but my brother-in-law can't wear it. Should we just throw it away? Besides, even if she gets married, she's still my sister. We won't have any contact until we die. You need to visit her frequently to get close to her. Send some cloth over later and go visit her."
Li was speechless. After thinking about it carefully, it was true. There were a lot of people coming and going.
Zhou Guo went to the Zhao family and found out that Zhou Xing was doing well. He paid back the money the Zhao family owed him and even gave them a few more stones of rice, which put his mind at ease.
After hearing the good news from Quanzi and Erpang, she prepared to go out again.
Li said, "You just came back, where are you going now?"
Zhou Guo said, "I went to Yunzhou and found a shop. This time I took Erpang and others to ship the goods over and prepare to open it. Once we are familiar with the opening process, we can let Laizitou take Huzi, Erpang and others to other prefectures. Several shops over there will also need to open. We planted a lot of mushrooms this year, and we can't sell them all by relying on a few restaurants."
The big customer, Mr. Qin San, doesn't want much. If these shops are opened now, they will be able to sell a lot by next year, and they can also sell grain and beans by then. At least they will have a contact point and a place to stay when they go to various provincial capitals in the future.
This was business, and Li didn't say much. "Then I'll prepare some food for you to eat on the way. Are there many people going there? Will you come back after the store opens? You won't go anywhere else, right?"
Zhou Guo said, "No, why would I go when Hu Zi is here? He can handle things on his own now, and his ability to handle things is not much worse than Wu Jiang's. I will only go to Yunzhou."
This place is close and it is the first provincial capital, so she must go and take a look.
Hu Zi and his friends were very excited. The shop in the county town had been open for almost a year. They had encountered all kinds of situations during this period, even when thugs and bullies came to their door, they were able to deal with them smoothly.
Now that they are opening shops in several cities, they are no longer nervous but more excited, and their business is growing bigger and bigger.
Even more excited than him was Baldy.
The bald man was very happy. The second in command had already left with the caravan. He, the third in command, had followed the first in command for so long, and had been staying on the farm every day making manure and building houses. He could not stand it any longer. When he heard that they were going out, he was more excited than anyone else.
Zhou Guo said, "You should bring a few good hands with you this time. After you finish the work in Yunzhou, you will have to go to Chengding and several other places. Not only will you have to bring people, but you will also have to transport goods. So you have to choose the hands yourself. If anything goes wrong, I will hold you responsible."
The bald-headed man perked up, "Yes, don't worry, Boss. I can handle other things, but these things are definitely not a problem."
Zhou Guo said: "Don't be too confident, and don't take it lightly. If you do a good job, I will reward you. If you mess up, I will deduct two years' salary from you."
"What?!" Baldy said in disbelief, "Deduct until the year after next? I don't want to live anymore, I'd rather starve to death!"
Zhou Guo said calmly: "So, you can't do this job well?"
"Well done, well done. I will definitely do a good job!" The bald man was scared when he saw her expression.
Zhou Guo was really confused. Why was he so afraid of her? She had never taken action except when they were in the mountains.
The bald-headed man thought of her usual methods: fines, two years of punishment, forced to squat in horse stance for half a night, and not allowed to eat for three days, and forced people to drink and eat meat beside him, and not allowed to give him a single piece of food...
It's simply outrageous and inhumane.
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There were many capable people in the city, so in order not to attract attention, Zhou Guo set off a few firecrackers before opening the shop.
"Zhou Ji Mountain Goods Shop? They sell mountain goods. Let's go in and take a look at what they have. They're only half the usual price. This is a great bargain!"
Just like in the county, you can get eggs for free, but this time the eggs are not in unlimited supply. It is on a first-come, first-served basis. There are so many people in the city, and she can't afford to supply two eggs per person.
It goes without saying that people in the provincial capital are richer and more numerous than those in the county town. More than 70% of the people who entered the shop today bought something, and the best varieties were the best-selling ones.
Fortunately, she has so many people under her charge, thirty of them, plus she is thirty-one, so it is more than enough to keep busy.
After opening for three days, the mountain product shop became famous in the city.
Where have you ever seen a mountain product store like this? There are piles of sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms. No matter how much people buy, the store can always replenish the stock. No one knows where these goods come from.
At first, everyone wanted to buy them because they wanted to save money, then they wanted to watch the fun and see if they could get more supplies, and later they thought that these mountain products were of good quality.
Sheep mushrooms are only available in spring, and there are not many of them. It is enough for everyone to buy a few pounds to try them. If you want to buy them to dry and store, that is absolutely not possible.
Although flower mushrooms are available in spring and autumn, they are rarer than sheep mushrooms. Ordinary people usually cannot find even one when they go up the mountain, so they cannot be eaten easily.
It's still quite rare.
In the first three days after opening, the sales volume reached the county's normal quarterly volume.
After Zhou Guo finished settling the bill, everyone cheered.
Hu Zi said, "It is said that the prefectural city is good, and it can earn much more than the county town. Master, the prefectural city is so big, why don't we open another one?"
Zhou Guo said: "I thought about this before, but then I thought that one restaurant in the prefecture is enough. If there are too many of these things, they will not be rare. Besides, Baoyue Tower is here, and Fumanlou is also going to open a restaurant here."
It's okay to give way.