There are many flower houses in Flower Street, and the large lofts and good locations have been occupied by various flower houses.
The small, idle shops on Flower Street are not big, but there are a lot of people coming and going.
The Xiao family had just established a foothold in the capital and planned to open a rouge shop as their first store. The location was chosen as Flower Street, so they decided to open a small shop first to practice.
After all, most of the money is held in the national treasury. I don't have that much cash on hand, and I don't dare to waste my money in a new place.
By coincidence, the Xiao family's rouge shop opened between Yunxiang Building and Xia Family Winery.
Xia Shang asked all the way and found Xiao's shop. The shopkeeper of the wine shop next door hurriedly came out to say hello, thinking that it was the big boss who came to check the accounts.
On the other hand, the girl from Yunxianglou also went to call her mother, but no one from either party saw Xia Shang when they came out.
At this moment, Xia Shang had already gone to Xiao's shop.
The shop is indeed a bit small, with only two rooms inside and outside, and a small courtyard connected to the back with a miscellaneous room.
The shop area for receiving guests is estimated to be within ten steps.
The door was ajar. Xia Shang didn't understand the rules, so he pushed the door open and went in. He happened to be seen by the newly recruited waiter at the door.
"Hey...who are you? Why did you just come in without even saying hello?"
"I am a friend of the eldest lady of the Xiao family. I am passing by and come here to have a look."
When the waiter didn't reply, Xiao Kou'er heard the voice and walked out: "Who is it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Kouer saw the elegant Xia Shang at the door. The faint worry on his face disappeared in an instant, and his cheeks immediately became more energetic. He put down the half box of rouge in his hand and walked over quickly.
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"Xia Shang, why are you here?"
"I heard that your first store in Beijing will open tomorrow, why didn't you inform me in advance?"
"Master Xia is a very busy man, how can he have so much free time to pay attention to ordinary people like us?"
"Look, didn't you find it yourself?" Xia Shang shrugged and pointed around the store, "How is it? Is there any problem?"
While he was talking, Xia Shang also looked up at the shop. All the decorations were ready, and the shelves were neatly arranged, but there were no goods lined up yet.
Xiao Kouer stepped aside to let Xia Shanghaosheng watch, and said with a smile: "Everything is ready, just wait until tomorrow
Opening for business.”
"That's the best if there's no problem."
Xia Shang nodded as he spoke, and walked around the small shop, finally stopping at the door adjacent to the inner and outer rooms. There was an open box of rouge on the counter.
Xia Shang didn't know anything about these things. He only bought them occasionally and sent them home a few times to please women. He just looked at them briefly and then simply asked: "Is this your Xiao family's rouge?"
"No." Xiao Kouer's answer surprised Xia Shang.
"Why does my own rouge shop have other rouges?"
Xiao Kouer came over and put the half box of rouge in the palm of his hand again. His eyebrows that had just relaxed wrinkled again at this time: "I bought this from another rouge shop. We don't know what the rouge in the capital is.
So I bought it and took a look."
Xia Shang noticed Xiao Kouer's expression and asked calmly: "What? The rouge in this capital is better than the rouge in your Xiao family?"
Hearing this, Xiao Kouer couldn't help but licked his lower lip slightly, not knowing how to answer.
Obviously, in Xiao Kouer's heart, the rouge in the capital is better than the rouge in the Xiao family, but she is unwilling to admit it.
After being silent for a while, Xiao Kouer sighed softly: "There really is a world outside the sky, and there are people outside the world... In the past, in Xuzhou, we thought that our Xiao family's rouge was the best in the world. Unexpectedly, with the capital city
Compared with the rouge, it pales in comparison."
"Is this really the case? Take out your Xiao family's rouge and have a look."
After Xia Shang finished speaking, Xiao Kouer winked at the waiter beside him, and the waiter immediately went inside to rouge himself.
While the waiter was getting the rouge, Xiao Kouer said about his original plan: "I am in a hurry to come to Beijing this time, and the accompanying team is not enough manpower. I originally planned to go to Beijing to collect debts and see if I can open a store in the capital. I, Xiao
The family has many businesses, but the store that quickly opened up was Rouge Gouache. The women’s items are small and easy to carry, and they are all rare items that can be sold at a good price. I thought I could rely on a family
Rouge Shop was self-sufficient in the capital at first, but now it seems that it is really in danger."
Xia Shang comforted him: "After all, the capital is the capital of Great China, and the people who live there are all dignitaries. All good things are coming to the capital. When doing business in the capital, the competition is naturally the most intense."
"Hey! I've seen Rouge from other families, but I don't know about Xiao's.
I don’t know if Rouge can be sold, let alone how much it will cost.”
Xia Shang didn't answer. The waiter inside came out and handed a box of rouge with a different packaging to Xiao Kouer's hand.
In front of Xia Shang, Xiao Kouer opened his own rouge.
Rouge in this era was divided into two colors, one bright red and one pink. There were other colors as well, which were extremely niche items and were generally not sold.
The two boxes of rouge in front of Xiao Kouer both belong to the bright red color series.
At first glance, Xia Shang didn't notice any difference in this man.
"Is this...what's the difference?"
"Take a closer look."
After listening to Xiao Kouer's words, Xia Shang took a closer look.
After looking more carefully, Xia Shang saw some differences.
The color of the half box of rouge is purer and looks brighter. At the same time, the texture of the rouge is moister and looks a little more shiny.
Xiao's rouge is not pure red, it looks a little lighter, and the texture is drier.
Seeing the change in Xia Shang's expression, Xiao Kouer knew that the other party saw something different: "Judging from the quality, the Xiao family's rouge seems to be inferior to the rouge in the capital. And it is not the best rouge."
"What's the best rouge compared to this rouge?"
"The color is naturally more moist and pure."
"You are just talking about looking at the appearance of the rouge, but I think, since rouge is used on women's lips, it naturally depends on the effect after use. How can you tell whether it is good or bad by looking at the appearance alone? Have you ever done it yourself?
Have you tried it?”
Xiao Kouer was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I have always used my own rouge since I was a child, but I have never tried other brands' rouge."
"Then why don't you try it?"
As he said this, Xia Shang noticed that Xiao Kouer was dressed simply, obviously busy with business without any decoration.
"It just so happens that you haven't put on rouge. Apply both of these rouges and let me see."
"now?"
"Of course, otherwise how long are you going to wait? I won't have time to help you make suggestions when I'm gone."
"But there's no dressing table here."
"You are a rouge shop, but you don't even have a bronze mirror?"
"Those things will not be arranged until the opening tomorrow."
"If you don't have a bronze mirror, how about I paint it for you?"