Chapter 191, fighting alone
The layout of the new store has come to the finishing touches. Shi Fuxin stands in the middle hall on the second floor, looking expressionlessly at the clerks and maids who are busy on the first floor.
Originally, the goods for sale were supposed to be brought over and placed in the shop today, but in the morning, when she heard that the shop was going to open on the same day as Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua, she asked Gan Fanren to suspend the matter.
Hong Yanxiao opened a store on June 6th, except for her family, only the shop assistants knew about it, and she didn't even have time to tell her family.
Judging from Dongfang Yunshang's words this morning, she knew the day when she opened the shop.
How did she know?
Shi Fuxin's eyes flicked back and forth between the clerk and the maid on the first floor. The family members would definitely not tell the story, so the people in the shop could only leak the news.
Dongfangjia installed eyeliner in her store!
Maybe not only the Dongfang family, maybe the Wei family, the Liu family, and others may have staff in the store.
Shi Fuxin looked at the clerk and maid below one by one, feeling a little helpless in her heart.
She can spend money to hire these people to work, but she can't guarantee their loyalty.
The problem of not having anyone available became more prominent after opening the store, which also proved the importance of foundation from the side.
Like Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua, they will not face such problems.
No one else, the people they use are the sons of families who have served the Dongfang family and the Wei family for several generations.
Everything about the childbirth of the family is in the hands of the master, unless the interests are so great that they can risk their lives, otherwise they will not betray easily.
"Third Miss."
While Shi Fuxin was observing the clerk and maid, Shi Fuyin came over after school.
Shi Fuxin came back to her senses, looked at her sister who was standing beside her: "Sister, why are you here?"
Shi Fuyin smiled and said, "Let me see how your preparations are going." After a pause, "Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua both opened on the sixth day of June. Would you like to open the store at another time?"
Shi Fuxin was surprised: "Why should I change the time?"
Shi Fuyin: "... Those two stores must be fighting in the arena. If you are caught between them, I'm afraid no one will pay attention to Hong Yanxiao's opening."
Shi Fuxin was silent for a moment: "That's not necessarily true. The Dongfang family and the Wei family are powerful, but when it comes to attracting people's attention, it's still a matter of surprise."
Shi Fuyin looked at her sister: "What good idea have you thought of?"
Shi Fuxin smiled: "I won't tell you yet."
Shi Fuyin gave her an annoyed look with a smile: "Even I have to hide it from you." Having said this, she hesitated for a moment before saying, "Isn't it too much of a coincidence that Dongfang Yunshang, Wei Yinghua and you chose to open the store on the same day? ?”
Shi Fuxin crossed her arms and looked at the lobby on the first floor: "The guys and maids in the store are all hired temporarily. Their past and character are not completely clear for a while."
Shi Fuyin was silent: "Actually, it's okay to speak to the mansion. It's more reliable to use the Shi family's family to have children than to hire outsiders."
Shi Fuxin replied: "There is no free lunch in the world. Once you use the resources of the Shi family, you have to pay back to the Shi family."
Shi Fuyin looked at her sister and shook her head: "You are not a person who is reluctant to repay others, and this is not the reason."
Shi Fuxin smiled: "Sister, I just want to do things on my own, and I don't want other people to get involved. For one thing, if there are more people involved, there will be more uncontrollable factors."
After finishing speaking, seeing Shi Fuyin staring at her and not speaking, Shi Fu Xinnahan said, "Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"
Shi Fuyin put her hand on her younger sister's shoulder: "Sister Xin, I just discovered a problem. You like to fight alone too much."
Shi Fuxin didn't think it was a problem, and said with a smile, "Is there anything wrong with solving everything by myself and controlling it by myself?"
Shi Fuyin couldn't answer: "I don't know, it sounds like there is nothing wrong, but I always feel that something is wrong."
Shi Fuxin smiled: "Sister, thousands of people have thousands of faces, this is my character."
Shi Fuyin did not speak, neither agreeing nor refuting.
Shi Fuxin took Shi Fuyin's arm: "Okay, I've seen enough here, let's go back."
After the sisters returned home twice, they went to Yixiang Courtyard and told Mrs. Shi about the opening of the shop on June 6th.
Shi's old lady frowned: "It opened on the sixth day of June. Didn't it coincide with the opening of the Dongfang's and Wei's girls?"
Shi Fuyin showed surprise: "Grandma also knows about Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua's store opening on the sixth day of June?"
"Mrs. Yong'anbo also said that the Dongfang family and the Wei family are holding tea parties and poetry parties in the past few days, and many people have been invited to attend."
Shi Fuyin listened, and looked at Shi Fuxin: "After a few tea parties and poetry meetings, everyone probably knows about the opening of Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua's store. They will definitely come to join us on June 6th."
At that time, the old lady also looked over.
Shi Fuxin noticed the gaze of the two, and said with a smile: "The more people Dongfang and Wei invite, the better."
On June 6th, as long as she attracts all the eyes of those people to Hong Yanxiao, the publicity effect on the store will be good.
Looking at the granddaughter who was still smiling confidently at this time, Mrs. Shi also admired her a little bit. Leaving aside the rest, no man can compare to this girl's unruffled disposition.
After hesitating for a while, Mrs. Shi still took the initiative to speak: "It must be very busy when opening the shop. If you are too busy, you can ask the mansion for help."
Not waiting for Shi Fuxin to speak, she said again, "We are all a family, you help me, I will help you, this kind of relationship is the only way to get close, don't be shy."
Shi Fuxin: "."
Shi Fuyin looked at Mrs. Shi, then at Shi Fuxin, and wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it back.
Shi Fuxin still refused with a smile: "Grandmother, I have already arranged things in the store, so I don't need to bother the mansion for now."
Old Madam Shi looked at Shi Fuxin, was silent for a while before smiling and said: "You can make the arrangements." Then, resting with her head on her hands, she closed her eyes and rested.
When Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin saw each other, they looked at each other and got up to leave.
After the two left, Mrs. Shi opened her eyes again, a little helpless: "Sister Xin, this girl is in the He family, she is the hardest-hearted!"
Nurse An served tea: "Miss Six is still young, the old lady just needs to be taught in the future."
Mrs. Shi took the tea and shook her head: "It's not easy to change a person's temperament, unless he stumbles." After taking a sip of the tea, "With Sister Xin's temperament, she would not choose to be with the Dongfang family, The Wei family opened their shop on the same day, so there must be something going on here."
Nurse An smiled and said, "The people hired by the sixth girl are all recruited on a temporary basis, and their mouths are probably not too strict."
When the old lady put down the tea bowl: "I'd rather use an outsider who doesn't know clearly than speak to the mansion. I don't know whether to say yes or no to Liu girl's temperament."
"Forget it, let her go. It's just that on June 6th, her shop may become a foil for the two girls from the Dongfang family and the Wei family."
Time flies, and it is the sixth day of June.
This day was the thirteenth birthdays of Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao. Early in the morning, Jin Yuee went to the kitchen and made longevity noodles for them.
After eating Changshou noodles, Shi Fuxin, Shi Fuyin and Shi Dinghao went to the store on Chang'an Street.
Jin Yue'e didn't follow, but went to Yixiangyuan.
When the daughter opened the store, Mrs. Shi told the people in the house early on that she would bring everyone to join her. As a daughter-in-law, she had to stay with her mother-in-law.
Half an hour later, a dozen or so carriages from the Shi family set off for Chang'an Avenue.
In the carriage, Shi Fulin yawned and said, "Sixth Sister opened a store, and our whole family has to go to support her. Her face is really great."
Shi Fuying looked over: "Instead of saying sour words here, why don't you think about it, when you can let the whole family go out for you once."
Shi Fulin was upset: "Fifth Sister, why do you always favor Sixth Sister?"
Shi Fuying said indifferently: "I don't favor anyone, the sixth younger sister is better than us, we have to admit it."
Shi Fulin snorted: "Sister Six is amazing, but what does she have to do with us? This time she opened a store, and my grandmother and mother wanted to help, but she refused, for fear that she would have the slightest relationship with us. I thought she was so amazing."
Shi Fuyi didn't refute this, she looked at the passers-by outside the car window, thinking about what her mother had said to her.
"Sister Xin has a strong temper and likes to rely on herself in everything. Except for your fourth uncle's family, no one else in the house can get into her heart at all. She naturally doesn't want to have too much involvement with the house."
"Mother, is it not good to rely on yourself in everything?"
"Silly girl, no matter how capable a person is, he can't cover everything. There will always be times when energy is low, and there will always be some potholes and ravines that you can't get through."
"People who rely on themselves in everything are very strong, but if they can learn to cooperate with others and make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, they will become even stronger."
"Sister Yan, you have to remember that as women, we can't rely on others for everything, but we can't rely on others for everything. If we do everything by ourselves, it will be very tiring and hard."
"But mother, relying on others, you can't decide many things by yourself."
"I'm talking nonsense again. In this lifetime, how can a person go completely according to his wishes? Even the emperor can't do things completely according to his own ideas, let alone others."
"Hold your own way of dealing with people, important things, make up your own mind, and unimportant things, make appropriate compromises, so what?"
(end of this chapter)