Three points are destined, seven points depend on face

After eating and drinking, the three mothers lay on the bed to digest their food.

"Alai, Niuniu, mom is going to the county town tomorrow, but I can't take you with her. You should go to Aunt Zhao's house tomorrow, okay?"

"Then when will you come back?" Alai asked.

"I must be back before the sun goes down."

"Mom, go ahead. I will take good care of my sister." Alai looked like a little adult.

"Oh, why is our Alai so cute!" Xia Chuntao couldn't help but start rubbing Alai's face.

Alai's face turned red and he let Xia Chuntao squeeze it for a while.

"Mom, isn't Niuniu cute?" the little cute baby suddenly asked Xia Chuntao with her big eyes flashing.

"Well, our Niuniu looks like a cute little bun! Come on, little bun, let me squeeze you!"

After saying that, Xia Chuntao rubbed Niu Niu again.

"You two little cuties can't escape from my grasp today! I'm going to eat you both! Hahaha!"

"Ahhh-"

"Oooooooo-"

Under Xia Chuntao's offensive of rubbing and tickling, the two children rolled over on the bed and screamed repeatedly, and the bedroom was filled with laughter.

At night, Xia Chuntao had a dream.

In the dream, Chen Xiucai was about to take the exam. Before leaving, he told her that some silver was hidden in a clay pot under a big stone next to the hut. If he can't come back on time, take out the money and use it.

Xia Chuntao suddenly woke up from her dream!

Is this a dream? How could there be such a clear dream?

Xia Chuntao couldn't lie down for a moment. As an activist, of course, she had to investigate the authenticity of this dream on the spot.

So, on such a clear and bright moonlit night, our classmate Xiaoxia began a very meaningful work:

Take out the toilet...

Uh... dig the treasure!

The big stone moved and moved, the little hoe waved...

Finally, a small clay pot leaked out!

There were twenty taels of silver in the clay pot and three strings of copper coins.

Although there is not as much commission as Xia Chuntao, Xia Chuntao still has to say:

Thank you Chen Xiucai and pay tribute to you!

It was quite difficult for a scholar like Chen Xiucai, who was a bit of a poor man, to be able to leave twenty taels of silver for his wife and children for emergencies. It can be seen that Chen Xiucai is quite responsible for this family.

Xia Chuntao took out a few strings of copper coins, thought for a while, and simply put the money she earned into them, a total of more than eighty taels, and then buried the small clay pot back intact. Now she felt relieved.

I have to say that Chen Xiucai is a good at hiding things!

Hide the money next to the toilet and press it with a big stone. Even if the thief comes, he won't look for it here!

Early the next morning, Xia Chuntao entrusted the two children to Mrs. Zhao and ran to the county seat again. This time, I am going to give advice to Buzhuang.

In the morning, Xia Chuntao visited all the cloth villages in the county and learned about the basic situation of the cloth villages in the county. In general, for every single large cloth shop in Xiyang County, there are three other cloth shops of similar size that can compete with Fang Niangzi Cloth Shop, except for the newly opened cloth shop.

Jinlan cloth village.

When Xia Chuntao left, Madam Fang was entertaining guests. It can be seen that business is not bad today. Mrs. Fang hurriedly asked the waiter to take Xia Chuntao to the inner room.

As soon as Xia Chuntao sat down, the waiter brought six plates of refreshments.

"The boss specially asked me to buy these refreshments at Liufangzhai. I waited in line for a long time to buy them. Madam Xia, try them and see if they taste good?"

"Okay!" Xia Chuntao didn't hesitate, picked up a piece of lotus-shaped pastry, put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully.

"It has the fragrance of lotus leaves and is delicious."

The man was relieved. This is the boss’s God of Wealth, so he must be taken care of well!

Not long after, Mrs. Fang came over, and Xia Chuntao didn't hesitate and started discussing the problems in the store with Mrs. Fang.

"Ms. Fang, are the products in the store you mentioned really the new ones in the capital?"

"Uh...that's what the store said."

Xia Chuntao was speechless. Does it matter what others say?

Madam Fang is so honest, how did Jinlan Clothing Store manage to survive for seven or eight years without closing down?

"In your opinion, their colors and styles are very novel?"

Mrs. Fang thought about it for a moment, "There are about ten pieces of cloth, the colors of which we have never seen in our county. The others are not much different from those in my family, at most they are richer in color."

"What about quality?"

"Ordinary fabrics are thin, and the quality is not as good as mine. The fine silks and satins are about the same as mine. I am not boasting. Every time I ask Daxi Trading Company to purchase clothing materials, I specifically require that the quality must be good. What we ordinary people want is naturally Durable fabric.”

"What about the price?"

"Ordinary fine cotton and coarse cloth are about the same price as mine. Silk materials are 20% more expensive than mine, and ready-made clothes are also more expensive."

Because it is a county town, all fabric shops will not buy too expensive fabrics. Basically, the main products are coarse cloth and fine cotton cloth, supplemented by silk and satin, and also some ruffles, handkerchiefs, silk flowers, cloth shoes and a small amount of ready-made clothes.

In fact, judging from Mrs. Fang's comparison, the quality of the goods in the newly opened store is not better than that of Jinlan Buzhuang, and some items are even more expensive than hers. So why is the business better than hers?

"There are two reasons: first, just in terms of the decoration of the shop, you are not as good as his; second, the colors and styles of his goods are indeed richer than yours."

Madam Fang nodded, her family was indeed inferior in these two points.

"To address these two points, we can make appropriate changes."

"Ms. Xia, my cloth shop was repainted three years ago, and a lot of new hangers were added. Is it possible that I still need to repaint and purchase it?"

If so, it would cost a lot of money!

"Ms. Fang, you went to his shop. How did you feel when you went in?"

"The furnishings are new, the shop is well laid out and spacious."

"Then what do you think is the difference between our shop and theirs?"

Madam Fang thought for a while, "The layout of our shop is also good, but it doesn't feel that spacious. In addition, the furnishings are not as new as theirs."

"For a store, the first impression customers have of it is very important. Everyone likes the sense of freshness. Even an old store cannot always remain the same."

"We only need to slightly change the layout of the shop and change the row of hangers in the middle for ready-made clothes, and the space will be much larger."

"Change it?"

Xia Chuntao asked Mrs. Fang for pen and paper and drew the style of clothes hanger she wanted.

"Huh? Can the clothes hanger be used like this?" Madam Fang took the picture and thought about it carefully.

The biggest difference between ancient clothes hangers and modern clothes hangers is that clothes are "put" on the rack instead of "hanged" like modern clothes.

The ancient indoor clothes hanger was actually a horizontal bar on the top for hanging clothes, and a large cabinet below for storage. This kind of clothes hanger actually takes up more space. However, in wealthy families, this kind of clothes hanger is not only used to hang clothes, but also a display of strength.

But it is obviously inappropriate to put such a hanger in a shop.

It takes up too much space!

The key point is that this kind of clothes hanger is too impractical for cloth shops and is completely useless.

Xia Chuntao drew what she wanted based on the prototypes of modern hangers and hooks, and then pointed them out to Mrs. Fang.

"Use this to hang the clothes and hook them to the rack above. This allows customers who come in to see the full picture of the clothes and saves space."

"In addition, it would be best to install wheels under this hanger, which will make it easier for the guys to load the goods and move it around in the future."