Fu Lang told me not to mess up

Chapter 42 Opening a store and selling it

Two days later, Lu Jing borrowed the ox cart from the village chief's house, packed the family's fabrics, and set off for the town with Brother Yun.

The sky was fine, and the breeze blew through the corners of their hair and eyes, carrying the fragrance of wild flowers on both sides of the road.

It's March in Yangchun, and both of them have changed into spring clothes. They are opening today. Brother Yun is wearing a goose yellow spring shirt, and Lu Jing is wearing a light blue robe. Both of them are sitting in front of the ox cart. In her hand was a small bundle, which contained pens and inks, a picture album of clothing styles, and Lu Jing's self-made ledger.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, looking forward to today's opening.

At that time, the two arrived in the town, the ox cart drove to the back door of the courtyard, removed the threshold and drove directly into the courtyard, Lu Jing quickly moved the box into the warehouse without letting Brother Yun help.

Now that there are few goods, I directly use the table left by the owner's house as a shelf. I plan to wait for more goods to be sold later, and then find a carpenter to build some shelf shelves, which can increase a lot of storage space.

After unloading all the boxes, Lu Jing also unloaded the back of the cart, took the cows to the shed, and fed them water and fodder brought from the village chief's house.

Brother Yun went into the warehouse, opened the box, and took the cloth to the shop in batches to arrange. There were not many cloths. When Lu Jing came back from feeding the cows, Brother Yun had almost finished moving.

Lu Jing went to the shop and saw that Brother Yun was arranged according to the same color system. Cotton and brocade were placed separately, which was clear at a glance and easy to choose. Brother Yun saw Lu Jing coming over and asked him to see if it was placed properly. Lu Jing smiled and said, "This is very good

, just as I thought."

Seeing him like this, Lu Jing saw a dark sly look in his eyes, bowed his head and kissed him, and said solemnly: "This is a reward, Brother Yun, keep it."

Brother Yun: ...Brother Lu is like this again!

Brother Yun is no longer the original Brother Yun, and his ears were only a little red when he was kissed suddenly. He hummed softly, turned around and continued to straighten the crooked place of the cloth.

Just as Lu Jing was about to continue teasing him, there was a knock on the door.

"Boss, are you inside?" It was Nan Qi's voice.

Before Lu Jing could open his mouth, Brother Yun responded, "Yes, I will open the door for you." Lu Jing

stopped Brother Yun, and removed two pieces of the door panel, leaving enough width for people to pass through. The house hasn't been tidied up yet, so it's not good to open it all up.

Nan Qi was carrying a big bag, and his forehead was a little sweaty. As soon as he saw Brother Yun, he greeted him happily, and Brother Yun returned him with a smile.

He took the bag to the empty cabinet and opened it. There were four sets of clothes in it, exactly one for women, one for men, one for men, and one for children.

Lu Jing brought him three bolts of cloth before, and he also brought over the leftover cloth from making clothes, as well as tools for making clothes, embroidery thread, etc., all of which Lu Jing gave him money to buy by himself. Bringing them together, no wonder the burden is so heavy.

Lu Jing went to Carpenter Wang a few days ago and asked him to make 20 of the previous two kinds of clothes supports. He drew a new drawing of the clothes rail and asked him to make one. Besides, he also gave another new clothes support. drawings.

Many modern clothing stores use hangers to link leather strips. After hanging the linked leather strips on one hanger, you can hang another hanger on the bottom leather strip, so that the top and bottom can be hung together, showing the effect of a complete set. Lu Jing just drew a drawing of the clothes hanger connected to the leather strip on the clothes support, and asked Carpenter Wang if he could do it.

Carpenter Wang looked at the drawing and listened carefully to the effect of his explanation, frowned and said: "It can be made with wood, but it is not convenient to use, and it will definitely not achieve the effect you want. According to your description, it can be made with strips of cloth. But the strips of cloth are too soft, if you open a hole to hang the clothes, it will get longer and longer."

He suddenly had an idea: "Yes, you can use leather! The leather is soft and flexible, which is more suitable than cloth strips. There are too many."

But he then sighed again: "It's just that the cost is too high, it's up to you to choose."

After hearing this, Lu Jing also understood that there are too many restrictions now, and to make a finished product that meets the requirements must be improved. Capital, but he definitely couldn't invest so much money in this area in the early stage of opening the store. If so, he can only find a way from other places.

He said to Carpenter Wang: "Then this style will not be made for now. We will make 20 of each of the previous two styles. In addition, we will make 10 of each smaller size. I will mark the specific size here." Please trouble Carpenter Wang."

Carpenter Wang said with a smile: "There is no need to bother, we rely on craftsmanship for a living, and we can't wait for guests to come to our door every day."

He said again: "When will you want this?"

Lu Jing thought for a while He said: "Can it be done before the sixteenth of this month?"

Carpenter Wang thought about it for a while, and now the work in hand is not in a hurry. If the youngest son helps to do it together, there will be no problem in finishing it in a few days, so he replied: " Yes, you can pick it up on the fifteenth day."

Carpenter Wang charged Lu Jing 610 Wen for the last sixty clothes hangers and one clothes drying pole.

After Lu Jing paid the money, he felt ashamed, he really needed money everywhere in business, if Brother Yun hadn't used his dowry to supplement him, he would have been really ashamed.

On the fifteenth day, Lu Jing took back the clothes support and clothes drying pole, and he and brother Yun checked them one by one.

If there are burrs on the hangers used to hang clothes, it is easy to scratch the clothes. He had specifically mentioned this to Carpenter Wang before. After inspection, he found that Carpenter Wang's reputation is indeed trustworthy, and each hanger has been polished very smooth. .

As for the leather straps linked to hangers that cannot be made temporarily, Lu Jing also thought of a solution. When he discussed the drawings with Mu Zhangmo before, he made a plan. The wooden wall cannot be drilled. If you want to hang clothes on the wall, you need to make a high wooden frame against the wall. hook.

Now if you want a place to hang your clothes, you only need to add a crossbar at the right position, and punch holes at the same distance as the top of the wooden frame, so that you can hang your coat on the upper crossbar and hang your clothes on the lower crossbar. Bottoms also look like a complete set.

Lu Jing also considered that the length of the tops of different clothes styles is different, and the position of hanging the bottoms is different. After discussing with Mu Zhangmo, he decided to add some symmetrical small shelves at different heights on the support rods on both sides of the wooden frame, so that The position of the second crossbar can be moved freely.

As for the addition of a horizontal bar, as long as the wooden frame and the horizontal bar are the same color as the wall, they should be invisible from the outside. In the end, Lu Jing saw that it was not too different from what he had expected. He was satisfied with it, and it would last for a while.

Sixty clothes hangers were packed in boxes and brought over. Lu Jing went back to the storeroom to pick up a few of each, arranged the clothes that Nan Qi brought over and hung them on the clothes hangers, and then hung them on the wooden racks with clothes rails. On the street, two sets of four sets of clothes were hung in the middle of the two door faces. After hanging up, the shop seemed less empty.

Several people looked up at the hung clothes. The man's clothes were made of azure robes. Compared with the common robes nowadays, there were some small designs. After wearing them, he could look more tall and straight.

The women's set is designed with a top and bottom skirt. The top is bluish and the bottom skirt is egg blue, which looks refreshing and playful.

The little brother's robe is apricot yellow, and the design is also very lively. The little boy's dress is a concubine-colored dress, and the hem of the skirt has been changed in layers, and the complexity is even higher than that of the woman's.

Brother Yun and Lu Jing both praised Nan Qi's craftsmanship sincerely, and Lu Jing even promised: "You do it well, and I will give you a wage increase if the store's profit is good." Nan Qi was so happy that her face was flushed, and her wages

increased He will be able to buy tonics for Zhou Yan. He has heard the doctor's words that he needs to supplement more, and thinks that tonics are also tonics, and now he is full of expectations for the salary increase to give him a good supplement.

The two were also infected by his happiness, with smiles on their faces.

After Nan Qi was happy, he was full of motivation. He asked Lu Jing: "Boss, when will we open the door?"

Lu Jing replied: "No rush, wait for the plaque to arrive.

" The plaque is scheduled to be delivered at the end of today's time, and it should come soon.

Not long after, a person came in from the opened door. Seeing someone in the room, he asked, "Are you the owner of this shop? The plaque he ordered has arrived. You can install it now or later." Lu Jing walked

over , "I'm the owner of the shop, let's install it now."

The three of them went out to watch the craftsmen install the plaques. The plaques were covered with red cloth, so they couldn't see the details clearly. Ask him: "Brother Yun, what's the name of our shop?"

After hearing his question, Brother Yun looked a little depressed, "I don't know, he won't tell me."

Nan Qi didn't understand their husband and wife The way of getting along with each other, he defended brother Yun and said: "Ah? Why is the boss like this, he is too much!"

Lu Jing originally restrained himself not to look too naive, so he didn't bother the two little brothers talking small things, but this Nan Qi actually discredited himself in front of Yun brother, he suddenly turned his head to look at the two, and smiled softly Said: "What are you talking about?"

Nan Qi was about to continue to fight for Brother Yun, when he was caught off guard and asked, she hiccupped in fright, her eyes widened, she shook her head repeatedly and said: "I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything. What."

When Brother Yun saw Lu Jing's expression, he knew that he probably overheard their chat and intentionally frightened Brother Qi. When he saw that Brother Qi was frightened like this, he patted him on the back and persuaded him, "Don't I'm afraid, he scared you."

Seeing that he was being ignored, Lu Jing went over and took Brother Yun over, holding his hand tightly, Brother Yun had no choice, since he passed by last time, he knew how much Lu Jing was. Now that he was jealous, he was afraid that he would make some outrageous moves on the street, so he obediently stood still.

Only the poor Qi Geer secretly glanced at them, and felt that the boss seemed to be very kind to Yun Geer. He thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, so he put this matter behind him and continued to happily watch the craftsmen install the plaques. .

The craftsmen were quick and quick, and soon finished the installation. Lu Jing had already settled the money before, and they left after greeting Lu Jing.

A few days ago, Lu Jing told shopkeeper Wang that he wanted to borrow a waiter, and at the appointed time, a waiter came running from the restaurant carrying a gong.

Xiao Er smiled and said to Lu Jing: "Lu Orion..."

He slapped his mouth, "Look at me, I should be called Boss Lu now, shopkeeper Wang asked me to come to help you, this is the copper he ordered me to bring. Gong, I will tell you what you need to do."

Lu Jing smiled and said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang, for your trouble, I would like to ask you to shout something in the streets."

Hearing that it was such a simple job, Xiao Er was also relieved In a calm tone, he smiled and said, "Say, I'm listening."

Lu Jing then read out the slogan he had thought up: "Yueyun Lane Garment Store opens today, and there is a 10% discount for all custom-made garments that enter the store. Brand new styles and different experiences. Welcome ladies and gentlemen. "

Xiao Er can memorize the menu on weekdays, so it's no problem to memorize it. He read it silently several times, and after making sure there were no mistakes, he ran down the street with the gong in his hand.

After passing Yuntang Restaurant, he started yelling, his pronunciation was clear and his voice was loud, Lu Jing felt that he could hear clearly from a distance, so he felt relieved.

The plaque had been hung up, and the cloth and ready-made clothes were placed, so Lu Jing opened all the door panels, and took down the window panel on the left side of the door.

The store opened up immediately, and the three of them went to the street to see the effect, made some adjustments, and then entered the door to wait for the opening.

The shop cannot be separated from people, so the three of them bought some steamed buns at noon and came back to eat. After eating the steamed stuffed buns, there were already some spectators at the door of the shop. The boss said that he would wait for the auspicious time to open, but he also stood still.

Xiao Er came back with the copper gong profusely sweating profusely. He panted and said, "Boss Lu, I went to all the streets and alleys with shops in the town."

Lu Jing thanked Xiao Er and took the prepared copper plate to him. He, Xiaoer refused to accept it, Lu Jing stuffed it into his hand forcefully, and said with a smile: "Take it, the shopkeeper Wang won't say anything." Xiaoer hesitated to accept it,

thanked Lu Jing and returned .

At this time Mu Zhangmo also came with firecrackers, Lu Jing smiled and stepped forward to meet him, Mu Zhangmo said with a smile: "This time I finally did not miss the auspicious time." Lu Jing

thanked Mu Zhangmo with a smile, turned around and walked away Seeing that shopkeeper Wang also strolled over with firecrackers, the current custom is that people who are close to him will give firecrackers on the opening day, which means congratulating the prosperity of the business. The more people who give firecrackers, the stronger the person's connections.

Lu Jing originally thought that there should be only the two of them, but after a while, Wu Dazhuang also came with a string of firecrackers.

When Lu Jing borrowed the ox cart, he told the village chief about the purpose. The village chief learned that he was going to open a shop in the town. Although it was unexpected, he felt it was reasonable. He smiled and congratulated Lu Jing, and asked again Where and when the store opened, Lu Jing answered one by one. She thought it was just the village chief's concern for the juniors, but who knew they sent Wu Dazhuang to deliver firecrackers.

A set of firecrackers is not cheap for the peasant family. Lu Jing kept their friendship in his heart. He took the firecrackers from Wu Dazhuang's hand and thanked them with a smile.

Dr. Wang was very helpful to the two of them before. They were going to open a shop in the town. Before that, they went to tell Dr. Wang personally. Although he was busy with the doctor and didn't have time to come, he also sent a little boy to deliver firecrackers.

More and more people gathered at the door, and someone asked loudly, "When will the boss open?"

Seeing that the time had come, Lu Jing came out with a smile and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your support. Our store opens today, and all customers who make custom clothes They all have a 10% discount."

He looks gentle and handsome, more like a scholar than a businessman.

Everyone applauded. In fact, most people came here with the mentality of watching the excitement, but many people were moved by the exquisite ready-made clothes in the store. Those styles have never been seen before, and there is a discount today, everyone. The children are a little bit around the corner.

Lu Jing didn't delay, he lit the firecrackers, and with the crackling sound of the firecrackers, he took off the red cloth on the plaque.

Everyone followed Lu Jing's movements and looked at the plaque, and those who could read read it out.

"Yunhuazhai——"

Brother Yun also stared at the red cloth curiously, he wanted to know what kind of name Lu Jing didn't even tell him.

After seeing it clearly, he was startled, then turned to look at Lu Jing, Lu Jing was looking at him and smiling, obviously there were so many people around, but his eyes seemed to only be filled with himself, Brother Yun also laughed.

Mu Zhangmo, who had known the inside story for a long time, smiled and said nothing, while Wu Dazhuang, who could not read, smiled and watched the fun. He just thought the name of the shop was nice, so he had to write it down and learn it for his parents when he went back.

Only the shopkeeper Wang looked at the name of the store and laughed dumbly. He thought that Lu Jing was a lover before, but now it seems that he is not only that, but also wants to announce this matter to everyone.

After the plaque was unveiled and the firecrackers were ignited, Lu Jing moved away from the store entrance and invited everyone to enter. Everyone couldn't hold back their curiosity for a long time. After entering the store, they went straight to the wall where the ready-made clothes were hung. The impatient

people were already asking: "Shopkeeper, how much is this kid's skirt?"

Give Brother Yun a good job, he is responsible for entertaining guests, and Brother Yun is responsible for collecting money and keeping accounts.

At this time, Lu Jing stepped forward and said, "Four taels of silver, and you can get a discount of 400 cash if you order today .

"

Cloth can make two or three clothes. Everyone looked at the person who asked the price. It was a woman in brocade. She was obviously a little surprised when she heard the price, but she quickly returned to normal.

The woman was also wearing brocade, obviously her family was in a good family, the second daughter of her family was about to celebrate her birthday, she fell in love with this dress at a glance, her Yueyue must look good in it, the price is a bit high, but she also afford it.

He said to Lu Jing: "Can it only be made to order? Is this ready-made garment for sale?" The size of this ready-made garment should not be too different for her family to wear every month. It doesn't take much to change the parts that don't fit a little.

Lu Jing smiled apologetically and said: "This is a sample garment in our store, and it will not be sold outside for the time being. If you place an order, it will be the first order in our store and it will be made soon." Hearing what Lu Jing said

, The woman didn't hesitate any longer, and followed Lu Jing's guidance to the counter to pay the deposit. Brother Yun explained to her the store's rules: 50% deposit for custom-made clothes, and the deposit will not be refunded if you go back.

The woman nodded to show that she knew that most of the cloth houses followed this rule. Brother Yun wrote down the woman's surname, the style of the clothes she ordered, and the order in line, and said to the woman: "The deposit is always eight hundred dollars.

" After giving the money, Brother Yun handed her a note and told her: "Be sure to keep this note, it's the proof for picking up the clothes." The woman said she would bring her daughter for a measurement later,

and Put away the note and leave.

Brother Yun recorded the received deposit and the remaining balance in the account book.

Lu Jing taught the Arabic numerals to Brother Yun yesterday, and Brother Yun was very surprised. Lu Jing said that this is a common counting method in his hometown. In Brother Yun's opinion, it is like painting, but when he puts the corresponding After memorizing the relationship, I discovered the convenience of such bookkeeping.

At this time, he used Arabic numerals to record in his own account book, and the notes to the guests still used common characters.

On Lu Jing's side, he has already taken out an album for everyone to choose from, and told everyone that they can choose the fabric after choosing the style. Different fabrics have different prices.

Everyone saw that there were muslin cloths in the store, and after asking, they learned that they could also make custom-made clothes made of muslin cloth, and the price was quite affordable, so many people took advantage of the store discount to order a suit.

After ordering the clothes, go to the fitting room at the back to queue up for a measurement, and Nan Qi will also register the results of the measurement according to the information on the note they gave.

The three of them could take a breather after the wave of people who opened the store passed. Brother Yun simply checked the account book and said to Lu Jing: "Brother Lu, ten sets of clothes have been ordered for fine cotton, and three sets of brocade have been ordered. There are some colors. It's already ordered."

Lu Jing said: "Don't worry, according to the previous agreement between us and the Xu family brothers, they should be here soon. You can order it first, and it will be fine when the goods arrive." Brother Yun nodded

, Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise they might have to launch a lot of business in the past few days.

Nan Qi took his form for recording the body-fitting data, and said to Lu Jing: "Boss, there are so many orders coming in this afternoon, and the queue is already at the end of the month. If the time is too long, I am afraid that the customers are unwilling to wait. Should we recruit more?" Embroidery lady?"

Lu Jing nodded: "I will write the recruitment notice later, and you will be the one to assess and manage the embroidered lady, can you?" Nan Qi was overwhelmed by flattery, she didn't expect

Lu Jing to trust him so much, he was serious Nodding, "I will definitely do a good job."

While talking, another guest came, this time it was obviously a young man from a wealthy family in the town. The new store opened in the town, and they all went ahead People have to see the situation before deciding whether to come or not. Otherwise, if it is a cheap store for ordinary people, they will not be able to buy suitable ones and will consciously lose their identity when they come here.

As soon as the little brother walked to the door, he knew he had come to the right place. He looked at the apricot-yellow robe through the window and fell in love with it immediately. After entering the door, he walked directly to the wooden frame, turned his head and said to Lu Jing: "I want this dress." It's gone."

Lu Jing stepped forward to explain to him that the sample clothes are not for sale, but after seeing Lu Jing's appearance, he exclaimed: "It's you! You were the one who went to Wanning Cloth to sell the blueprints before? I asked shopkeeper Zhang several times if you sell new blueprints, so you opened the shop by yourself."

Lu Jing smiled and said: "It's me, young master, do you want to order?"

The little brother nodded. He was the first to order the dress before, and it made a big splash. He has been waiting for a new blueprint for a long time.

Shopkeeper Zhang later invited someone to come up with some new styles, none of which were to his liking. It was a surprise to find Lu Jing today. What did he think of, and quickly asked: "Is there any other style?" Lu

Jing He showed him the album, and he read it with gusto. He thought this one was good-looking, and he wanted that one too. Finally, after thinking about his own moon silver, he reluctantly gave up the ones he didn't like so much, and only chose three favorites.

After picking out the style, he went to pick out the fabric. He thought that there were few fabric styles, but he found that although the fabric here was less in style, the patterns were beautiful. He quickly picked out the one he liked, happily paid the deposit, and went to the inner room. Tailored to go.

Some young masters and ladies from rich families came to the store one after another. Young people are the most charming. They want to buy anything new in the town to have a look. I took a look at it with the attitude of passing the time, but in the end, I was satisfied with ordering and leaving.

This street is not remote, and there are quite a few people who come here for shopping. Many people are attracted to the store by the samples hanging on the wall. Although most people think it is expensive and do not buy it, but after all, they finally bought it. The number of people is also very good.

When closing time finally came, all three of them were exhausted. Lu Jing and Brother Yun had to rush back to the village. After saying goodbye to Nan Qi, Lu Jing went to the backyard to drive the ox cart. Brother Yun held the account book and the money he received today The deposit is waiting for him at the door.

Brother Yun looked up at the "Yunhuazhai" on the plaque, and felt sweet in his heart no matter how tired his body was.

After a while, Lu Jing drove the bullock cart out of the alley next to him. He stopped, stretched out his hand to pull Brother Yun into the cart, and said with a smile, "Go home."

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Nan Qi—a little idiot who doesn't understand love

Xiao Lu: Pick up his wife from work by car~