The decoration of the new store was in the final stages. Shi Fuxin stood in the atrium on the second floor, expressionlessly looking at the clerks and maids who were busy on the first floor.
Originally, she was supposed to transport the goods for sale and put them in the store today, but when she heard in the morning that she would open the store on the same day as Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua, she asked Gan Fanren to put it on hold.
Apart from her family, only the clerks in the store knew about the opening of Hongyanxiao's store on June 6, and she didn't even have time to tell her family members.
Judging from Dongfang Yunshang's words this morning, she knew the day she opened the store.
How did she know?
Shi Fuxin's eyes flickered back and forth between the clerk and the maid on the first floor. Her family would definitely not tell anyone about this, so the only people in the store who could leak the news were people in the store.
The Dongfang family planted spies in her store!
Maybe not only the Dongfang family, but also the Wei family, the Liu family, and others could put people in the store.
Shi Fuxin looked at the waiters and maids below one by one, feeling somewhat helpless.
She can spend money to hire these people to work, but she can't guarantee their loyalty.
The problem of having no available people has become more and more prominent after the store was opened, which also proves the importance of foundation.
Like Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua, they will not face such problems.
Without him, the people they used had served the Dongfang family, and the Wei family had children for several generations.
Everything about the family's children is in the hands of the master. Unless the interests are so great that they can risk their lives, they will not betray easily.
"Three girls."
While Shi Fuxin was observing the waiter and maid, Shi Fuyin came over after school.
Shi Fuxin came back to her senses and looked at her sister standing beside her: "Sister, why are you here?"
Shi Fuyin smiled and said: "Let me see how you are preparing." After a pause, "Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua both opened on the sixth day of June. Do you want to change the time to open the store?"
Shi Fuxin said in surprise: "Why should I change the time?"
Shi Fuyin: "...Those two stores must be open to competition. If you are sandwiched between them, I'm afraid no one will pay attention to Hongyanxiao's opening."
Shi Fuxin was silent for a moment: "That's not necessarily the case. The Dongfang family and the Wei family are powerful, but to attract people's attention, you still have to use surprise to win."
Shi Fuyin looked at her sister: "Have you thought of any good ideas?"
Shi Fuxin smiled: "I won't tell you yet."
Shi Fuyin smiled and glared at her: "Even I have to hide it." After saying this, he hesitated and said, "Dongfang Yunshang, Wei Yinghua and you chose to open the store on the same day. Isn't it a bit of a coincidence?
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Shi Fuxin crossed her arms and looked at the lobby on the first floor: "The clerks and maids in the store are all temporary hires. What is their past and character? I won't be able to fully understand them for a while."
Shi Fuyin was silent: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you open your mouth to the government. Using the Shi family to give birth to a child is more reliable than hiring outsiders."
Shi Fuxin replied: "There is no free lunch in the world. Once you use the resources of the Shi family, you have to give something back to the Shi family."
Shi Fuyin looked at her sister and shook her head: "You are not someone who is reluctant to repay others. This is not the reason."
Shi Fuxin smiled: "Sister, I just want to do things by myself and don't want other people to get involved. The more people involved in one thing, the more uncontrollable factors."
After finishing speaking, seeing Shi Fuyin looking at her without speaking, Shi Fuxin wondered: "Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"
Shi Fuyin put her hand on her sister's shoulder: "Sister Xin, I just discovered a problem. You like to fight alone too much."
Shi Fuxin didn't think this was a problem and said with a smile: "You can solve everything by yourself and control everything by yourself. What's wrong with that?"
Shi Fuyin was a little unable to answer: "I don't know, it sounds like there is nothing wrong with it, but I always feel that something is wrong."
Shi Fuxin smiled: "Sister, there are thousands of people with different faces, this is my character."
Shi Fuyin is gone
When he spoke, he neither agreed nor refuted.
Shi Fuxin took Shi Fuyin's arm and said, "Okay, I've seen enough here, let's go back."
After the two sisters returned home, they went to Yixiangyuan and told Mrs. Shi about the store's opening on June 6th.
Mrs. Shi frowned: "Opening on the sixth day of June...doesn't it coincide with the day when the Dongfang family and the Wei family girls opened their stores?"
Shi Fuyin looked surprised: "Grandma also knows about Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua's store opening on the sixth day of June?"
Madam Shi did not speak, but Nanny An stood up with a smile: "In the afternoon, Mrs. Yong Anbo from next door came to the house and talked about the opening of Miss Dongfang and Miss Wei's shop."
"Mrs. Yong Anbo also said that these days, the Dongfang family and the Wei family are holding tea parties and poetry gatherings, and have invited many people to participate."
After hearing this, Shi Fuyin looked at Shi Fuxin: "After a few tea parties and poetry gatherings, everyone probably knows about Dongfang Yunshang and Wei Yinghua opening a store, and they will definitely go to support them on June 6th."
Madam Shi also looked over.
Shi Fuxin noticed the gaze of the two people and said with a smile: "The more people the Dongfang family and the Wei family invite, the better."
On June 6th, as long as she attracts all those people's attention to Hongyanxiao, the promotion effect of the store will be good.
Looking at her granddaughter who was still smiling confidently at this time, Mrs. Shi was also a little impressed. Putting aside other things, Sister Xin's calm nature in times of trouble could not be matched by many men.
After hesitating for a moment, Madam Shi finally spoke up: "It must be very busy when we open the store. If you are too busy, you can ask the government for help."
Before Shi Fuxin could speak, she added, "We are all one family. You help me and I will help you. This is how we become close. Don't be embarrassed."
Shi Fuxin: "..."
Shi Fuyin looked at Mrs. Shi, then at Shi Fuxin, wanting to say something, but finally swallowed it back.
Shi Fuxin still smiled and refused: "Grandma, I have already arranged the things in the store, so there is no need to trouble the house for the time being."
Mrs. Shi looked at Shi Fuxin and was silent for a while before she smiled and said, "Just make the arrangements." After saying that, she rested her head with her hands and closed her eyes.
Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin saw them and stood up to leave.
After the two of them left, Mrs. Shi opened her eyes again, feeling helpless: "Sister Xin, this girl... She is the hardest-hearted among the Zhenghe family!"
Aunt An served the tea and said, "Miss Six is still young. The old lady will have to train her in the future."
Mrs. Shi took the tea and shook her head: "A person's temper is not that easy to change, unless... he stumbles." After taking a sip of tea, she said, "With Sister Xin's temper, she won't be able to change her temper."
Choosing to open the store on the same day as Dongfang Family and Wei Family, there must be something going on here."
Aunt An smiled and said, "The people hired by Miss Six are all hired temporarily, and they probably won't be as strict with their mouths."
Mrs. Shi put down the tea bowl: "I would rather use an outsider who doesn't know anything about her than speak to the house. I don't know whether I should say yes or no to Liu Yatou's temperament."
"Forget it, let her go. But on June 6th, her shop will probably become a foil for the two girls from the Dongfang family and the Wei family."
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Time flies and it’s the sixth day of June.
This day was Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao's thirteenth birthday. Early in the morning, Jin Yue'e went to the kitchen and made longevity noodles for them with her own hands.
After eating longevity noodles, Shi Fuxin went to the Chang'an Street store with Shi Funin and Shi Dinghao.
Jin Yue'e did not follow, but went to Yixiangyuan.
When her daughter opened a shop, Madam Shi had already told the people in the house that she would take everyone to join her. As a daughter-in-law, she had to stay with her mother-in-law.
Half an hour later, a dozen carriages from the Shi family began to set off towards Chang'an Street.
In the carriage, Shi Fulin yawned and said: "Sixth sister opens a shop, and our whole family has to go and support her. She is really proud."
Shi Fuzhen looked over and said, "Instead of saying mean words here, why not think about when you can ask your whole family to go out for you."
Shi Fulin was unhappy: "Fifth sister, why do you always side with Sixth Sister?"
Shi Fuzhen said calmly: "I don't favor anyone, the sixth sister is better than us, we have to admit it."
Shi Fulin snorted: "Sixth sister is awesome, but what does her awesomeness have to do with us? This time she opened a shop, and both her grandmother and mother wanted to help, but she refused, for fear that it would have anything to do with us.
I thought she was so amazing."
Shi Fuzhen did not refute this. She looked at the passersby outside the car window and thought about what her mother said to her.
"Sister Xin has a very 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. Naturally, she doesn't want to have too much involvement with the house."
"Mom, isn't it good to rely on yourself for everything?"
"Silly girl, no matter how talented one person is, it is impossible to cover everything. There will always be times when energy is low, and there will always be potholes and ravines that you can't get over."
"People who rely on themselves for everything are very strong, but if they can learn to cooperate with others and use their strengths and avoid weaknesses, they will become even more powerful."
"Sister Zhen, you have to remember that as women, we don't have to rely on others for everything, but we can't rely on others either. If we have to shoulder everything by ourselves, it will be very tiring and painful."
"But mother, if you rely on others, you can't make your own decisions on many things."
"You're talking nonsense again. How can a person have everything he wants in his life? Even the emperor can't do things exactly according to his own ideas, let alone others."
"Know how to behave in the world, make your own decisions on important things, and make appropriate compromises on unimportant things, so what?"