PFC Chapter 143 Leftover Man
Chapter 143 Leftover Man
Zhou Huilan also offered a grand opening promotion for Huiweilou, offering a 50% discount on all purchases on the first day, a 30% discount on the second day, and a 20% discount on the third day. After three days, the prices at Huiweilou returned to their original prices.
You can recharge at Huiweilou. If you recharge 50 taels, you will get 5 taels free. If you recharge 100 taels, you will get 12 taels free. If you recharge 200 taels, you will get 30 taels free. If you recharge 500 taels, you will get 100 taels free.
For this recharge, Zhou Huilan specially made a recharge booklet. Each amount has a booklet, and each booklet is numbered. Customers need to remember their number plate. The basic information of the customer, such as name, occupation, and residence, will be recorded on it.
Generally, those who make recharges are regular customers of the store. Zhou Huilan requires store employees to learn to remember people and be able to recognize regular customers.
Even though there was a recharge option, no one recharged on the first day of opening. After all, many people came here just for Su An Dong's sake, and they all took a wait-and-see attitude.
The performance of Huiweilou surprised these people. Apart from other things, the dishes were both novel and delicious. The most important thing for a restaurant is whether the food is delicious. If the food is not delicious, then everything is in vain. A restaurant with delicious single dishes will be even better with good service.
Huiweilou is like this, not only the food is delicious, but the service is also excellent.
When the officials' families who had eaten at Huiweilou went home and talked about it, even the picky ones would say it was "not bad." The next day, some people recharged their accounts at Huiweilou, but the amount was not large.
Huiweilou wins with the taste of dishes, and the fruit drinks gain attention with novelty. After all, they sell fresh food and look good, so many people buy them to try. In this hot summer, it is still very happy to be able to eat something cool.
Young women and children are more likely to like fruit drinks, and children especially like popsicles.
Five days later, a hot and sour noodle shop opened. Because the price was affordable and the food was fresh, it was very popular.
The opening of the hot and sour vermicelli restaurant can be regarded as an advertisement for Su Anton’s vermicelli.
Ten days later, Lanhuifang and Xunxiangfang also opened for business.
On the opening day, just like Huiweilou, many people came, whether to watch the fun or to give Su Anton face, and indeed quite a lot of people came.
But whether the store has the ability to retain these people and make them become repeat customers depends on its own capabilities.
Su Yuanyuan planned to manage Xunxiangfang herself, so all the people in the store were recruited by her personally.
Although she was different from the people in the workshop and was not involved in any confidential matters, Su Yuanyuan was still very cautious. She went to the dental shop to buy the fruit drink the day after it opened.
Originally, the dental shop didn't have any suitable candidates, but a few days ago, a group of people were brought in from elsewhere. Knowing that the Su family wanted to buy someone, they notified the Su family.
Because Xunxiangfang has more female customers, Su Yuanyuan bought four girls and two boys, six teenagers around fifteen years old.
Su Yuanyuan gave them names. The girls were named Spring Equinox, Summer Rain, Autumn Frost, and Winter Snow according to their ages, and the boys were named Qingfeng and Qingyu according to their ages.
Su Yuanyuan was busy training the shop assistants in these stores a few days ago, letting the girls learn how to put on makeup. Su Yuanyuan's makeup skills are quite good, and she didn't think of letting these girls learn to be like her. It would be enough if they could learn 1/3 of her.
At Xunxiangfang now, several girls are helping people who want to put on makeup, and even Su Yuanyuan is helping a young lady put on makeup.
At this moment, the lady was surprised when she looked at herself in the mirror. The makeup made her plain face look beautiful.
Looking at herself in the mirror, the lady bought the product she had just used without hesitation and also bought a bottle of perfume.
Unlike Su Yuanyuan, Zhou Huilan was very confident in Lan Hui Fang. With Zhao Yun and Nian Qiu around, there were very few things that Zhou Huilan needed to worry about.
Zhao Yun has made great progress now, not only in technology, but also in management. Lan Hui Fang has hired two very good masters to teach Lan Hui Fang's employees. Zhao Yun now spends most of her attention on management and rarely rusts anything herself.
Before Lan Hui Fang opened, she went to Hui Wei Lou to learn. Although the types of shops were different, she thought that she could always learn something.
In the end, both Lanhuifang and Xunxiangfang retained their customers by their own ability, but that is a story for later.
Two days later, the store that Su An Dong opened for the office was also opened. It was called Nanling Specialty Store. Only the official dared to use this name, and no one else dared to use it.
Su Anton also put a lot of thought into this store. He personally took care of the design, decoration and staff selection of the store.
Su An Dong's store design is similar to the supermarket in ancient times, with categories and a lot of shelves, but it is not a small-scale supermarket, and it does not have self-service selection and unified exit checkout.
The shop assistants were all smart guys selected by Su An Dong from Jun Hu Village, and they all signed contracts. Su An Dong handed over the shopkeeper position to Su An Yuan.
Su Anton had his own little ideas. He wanted to let his fourth brother work in the shop of the main office first. When there was a suitable position in the main office in the future, he wanted to arrange Su Anyuan into it.
Everything in the shop is produced by the military households below, including potato flour, sweet potato flour, dried sweet potatoes, honey, brown sugar, canned food, preserved fruits, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and other agricultural and sideline products. There is also a grain area that sells all kinds of grains produced by the military households.
Because the hot and sour noodle shop uses sweet potato noodles and Huiweilou has dishes made with vermicelli, the specialty store's vermicelli sells very well. Vermicelli is easy to transport and has a long shelf life, so there are already customers who buy it in large quantities.
Canned food is also very popular. Although it is not cheap, it is very popular among wealthy families and even wealthy people.
The brown sugar in the specialty store is not just the ordinary brown sugar on the market. There are block-shaped osmanthus brown sugar, red date brown sugar, and ginger brown sugar. And the packaging is very beautiful, very popular with customers, especially suitable for gifts. Osmanthus brown sugar is especially the most popular.
Gradually, some people have started to go to the specialty store to buy vegetables regularly. The price is reasonable and the vegetables are fresh, so they will naturally become popular over time.
The opening of the specialty store finally allowed Su Anton to see the results of his busy work during this period, giving him a sense of accomplishment.
What made Su Anton happiest was that the office had a steady flow of income. With money he could do more things.
In this way, all the shops were opened for business, and the Su family's life in Nanling Prefecture was back on track.
In her spare time, Old Mrs. Su began to worry about the marriage of Su Anyuan and Su Yitong.
Su Anyuan is already 29 years old. Old Mrs. Su feels that he should get married at this age even in modern times.
It’s not that there were no matchmakers who came to introduce girls to Su Anyuan, but Su Anyuan always found all kinds of inappropriate reasons.
This happened more than once or twice, and I gained a reputation as a picky person among matchmakers.
That day, Old Lady Su found the matchmaker again and asked her to find another suitable girl.
Although the matchmaker agreed politely, Old Lady Su could see that she disliked Su Anyuan's pickyness. She also said, "Old Lady, go back and persuade your son and ask him what kind of girl he wants. This way we can have a better idea. Otherwise, we will never find the right one."
Old Mrs. Su agreed, but she was also very angry with Su Anyuan.
When asked what kind of girl Su Anyuan likes, he couldn't say what he likes, so he asked Old Lady Su to find one for him. He found one according to what Old Lady Su said, but he really didn't like any of them. This wouldn't work, and that wouldn't work. Not to mention the matchmaker, even Old Lady Su couldn't stand it any longer.
After parting with the matchmaker, Mrs. Su finally couldn't stand it anymore. After dinner, she moved a chair to the door of Su Anyuan's room and waited for him.
The Su family was busy with work, and some people would not come home for dinner. Today, Su Anyuan was so busy that he did not come home for dinner.
Su Anyuan returned home at the time of Xu, which was around eight o'clock in the evening.
It was already dark at this time, and after he came back, he went straight to his room to take a shower and go to bed.
Just as he was about to push open the door, he was startled by Mrs. Su's voice: "Didn't you see your mother?" He jumped a dozen feet away from the door.
I saw Old Lady Su sitting in the shadow beside Su Anyuan's door. Su Anyuan didn't see Old Lady Su at all and was shocked.
Old Mrs. Su stood up from her chair and walked in front of Su Anyuan.
Su Anyuan saw the person clearly, put one hand on his chest and said, "Mom, why don't you rest yet?"
Old Madam Su rolled her eyes at him unceremoniously and said, "Why don't I rest? How can I rest when someone like you is around?"
Su Anyuan scratched his head awkwardly but did not deny it. He knew very well how much Mrs. Su had been worried about his marriage recently.
Old Mrs. Su looked at her silly son and pushed open his door rudely. Su Anyuan followed obediently.
Su Anyuan was still muttering in his heart: Why didn't he go into the house and wait, but had to wait outside. He suspected that his mother wanted to scare him on purpose, otherwise she wouldn't sit in the shadows so that no one would notice her.
After Old Lady Su sat down, she said, "Tell me! What kind of wife do you want?"
This question made Su Anyuan, who had wanted to sit down, unable to sit down anymore.
Old Madam Su glared at her silly son and said, "I'm telling you, I'm giving you a chance. If you don't tell me now, I'll just marry someone for you. I'm your mother anyway, and if I marry someone for you, you have to acknowledge me."
In fact, Mrs. Su's words were just to scare Su Anyuan. How could she, a modern old lady, do such a ridiculous thing? Mrs. Su was just thinking about fulfilling her responsibilities as a mother and worrying about her children, but she still had her bottom line.
At this time, Su Anyuan didn't know the real background of Old Lady Su, so he believed that what Old Lady Su said was because he pushed his mother into a corner and his mother was really capable of doing it.
This time Su Anyuan didn't dare to be perfunctory and told the truth: "Mom, I want to find someone I like."
Mrs. Su looked up at her silly son and said, "So what kind do you like?"
Su Anyuan said a little embarrassedly: "I don't know."
Old Madam Su said dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean by not knowing? I have no idea what kind of person I like. Tall or short, fat or thin, lively or quiet. There should be someone who looks similar!"
Su Anyuan stammered, "I just want to find someone I like and who can get along well with me and my wife. Just like my third brother and his wife, or like my eldest brother and his wife, or my second brother and his wife."
Although Su Anyuan's words were unclear, Old Lady Su understood what he meant.
Indeed, it is rare to see three couples in my family having such a good and harmonious relationship. It is rare for couples to respect each other.
Needless to say, the third brother and his wife, the eldest and second brother and their wives were also in love. The eldest brother and his wife had been childhood sweethearts and had been interested in each other since they were old enough to understand, so it was natural for them to get married. The second brother and his wife could be considered to have secretly decided on their lives. But not everyone finds a wife that he likes.
Su Anyuan just wanted to find someone he liked and have a harmonious relationship with. Old Mrs. Su could understand this thought.
Old Madam Su looked at Su Anyuan standing there and said in a gentle tone, "Sit down!"
Su Anyuan sat down very obediently.
Old Madam Su thought for a moment and said, "Old Four! Have you ever thought that the girl you like may not like you? Your brothers and sisters-in-law's feelings are mutual. One-sided love is useless."
"Moreover, even if a couple likes each other, it is possible that they may not live well after marriage and their relationship may not be harmonious. Husbands and wives need to tolerate each other and get along with each other. No one can guarantee that you will be happy after marrying someone. Love can also fade away slowly."
Su Anyuan thought about what Old Lady Su said and felt that what his mother said made sense. But he just didn't want to just find someone to get married.
Old Madam Su looked at her silent and silly son, and finally she surrendered herself and said, "Okay! Let's slowly look for it! We can always find the right one. If you meet a girl you like outside, you can come back and tell me. But I also want to tell you that liking someone is not a meal. The girl must first be a good girl. If she is a mess and not a good girl, I will never agree to it no matter what. No matter how much you like her, I will not agree. Do you understand?"
Old Madam Su was afraid that her son would fall in love with some pretty widow or prostitute, so she still had to warn him. In this era, this is not acceptable. Otherwise, the entire Su family would be ridiculed. It would be better for a single young man to find a girl properly.
Su Anyuan understood what Old Lady Su meant, and hurriedly said, "Mom, don't worry. I know what I'm doing. You have to choose my wife yourself. But you have to choose someone I think is okay."