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"It will take a long time to build a new store, and it will take nearly a year to prepare the report and start the design at the earliest." Ms. Green tapped the rim of the cup with her fingers, "If it is confirmed to be built, I don't plan to re-select the location. There is still a lot of open space that can be used directly. In addition, if you want to make the styles of products in affordable stores exclusive in the future, as you mentioned before, there is still something to talk about with the manufacturer.”

"Then before the new store is built, why not set up a cheap counter in Max's department store first?" Caroline suggested, "As for the products, most of the selected products are directly supplied by manufacturers to Max's, and there is no such restriction. We can first hang the label of Mei Si's cheap store."

"Exclusive sales can be discussed later, or you can also consider setting up your own factory," Caroline looked at Ms. Green with anticipation in her eyes.

Ms. Green nodded with a smile, "I've been thinking about the factory. You can start preparing for the cheap counters first, and we'll have a try when the days are over."

After Caroline was sent home by the carriage arranged by Ms. Green, she found that someone was waiting for her at home.

"Minnie, why are you here? What happened?" Caroline looked at her sister who was resting in the living room with some surprise.

"It's nothing important," Minnie explained, but she still had something to say in her expression.

Caroline thanked Isabella for helping Minnie, took Minnie back to her room, and said to Minnie apologetically, "I didn't know you were coming, you're late. "

"I have just arrived not long ago. I came here today to tell you that we have decided to visit Hansheng's hometown during Christmas." Minnie said to Caroline with some hesitation, "This decision is a bit sudden. When I got the letter from Han Sheng’s house, it said that his mother’s health is not good recently, knowing that you are busy these two weeks, you may not have time to go to our place, so I came here to tell you.”

Minnie came here, and she was also a little worried that her sister would spend Christmas here alone.

"Or, have you ever thought about going back to the small town of Columbia?" She thought for a while and continued, "Speaking of which, we haven't been back for a long time, and we should be very happy to see your father."

On weekdays, every one or two months, Minnie would write letters to her family.When Caroline was around, she often helped bring a pen, and then attached her recent situation and greetings to the letter, but she never took the initiative to write a letter to her "relatives" in her hometown.

In other words, Caroline seldom took the initiative to think about the small town of Columbia.The part about the whole Columbia town in her memory has been downplayed by her.

"I'm quite busy during this period, I have work arrangements, I'm afraid I can't go back. You don't have to worry about me, just a friend invited me to be a guest during the festival, and my landlord Isabella will stay this."

"Is that so? That's fine, we're just afraid that you'll feel lonely if you stay here alone," Minnie said, looking at Caroline tenderly.

Caroline naturally has no other arrangements, and Francis and Andrew have moved to Chicago and have relatives. Isabella will not spend the holidays in this apartment this year. She just doesn't want to go back to Columbia alone. Small town, to face so many relatives and friends who watched "Sister Carrie" grow up.

After all, they are not the same as Minnie, whom Caroline has regarded as her relatives. They are just fragments of Caroline's memories. She is relieved of this and will not reject this past again. But not to the point of taking the initiative to recover.

"I will send greeting cards home." Caroline stepped forward to give Minnie a hug, and promised that she would come to see them off before they left.

Minnie and Hanson left by train on the Sunday before Christmas. Since they only planned to stay for a week, they didn't bring many salutes.When Caroline sent them to the train station, she brought a Christmas gift prepared in advance, and Little Tony hugged Caroline's skirt excitedly, not wanting her to leave.

The last time she came to the train station was a year and a half ago.It seems that a long, long time has passed since the day that filled her with timidity and anxiety.As her life became more and more filled with work, and there were more and more friends around her, she hadn't felt that kind of anxiety for a long time.

After sending Minnie off, Caroline went home and continued to refine the plan for the parity counter.Although the general plan has been approved, things such as the layout of the counter and the way of advertising have not yet been determined, and it is estimated that at least one new salesperson will be recruited.

Taking advantage of her short free time, she listed on paper what she needed to do and who she needed to contact in the future.

As usual, the customer flow of Max Department Store reached its peak a few days before Christmas. Originally, the checkout counters on each floor were overwhelmed because they had to manage the redemption and use of vouchers at the same time.

"You clearly said that it can be exchanged directly, why can't I bring the receipt?" A customer who had not redeemed the voucher in advance blocked the checkout desk.Because the starting point of exchange is low and the quantity is large, there will always be one or two customers who have disputes, which makes the already busy settlement counter exhausted.

Caroline, who was already familiar with Meisi's accounts, took the initiative to help, and set up a temporary exchange office near the settlement counter on the first floor.Although this is a mechanized job, it consumes a lot of energy because she has to keep looking for accounts to confirm and occasionally resolve customer disputes, so she can't help but miss the computer system for a while every day.

Because of the voucher redemption activities and the festive shopping season, Caroline's workload has increased sharply, and there are more sales details that need to be checked after work, so she is busy until late every day on weekdays this week before going home. I often run into neighbors who I seldom see.Like the couple upstairs, they often go to the theater or attend the salon at night, and they don’t come back until after nine or ten o’clock.

Caroline, who was tired after a day, would still be a little envious of such neighbors who had gone out to play and socialize every time she came home.But when she came home, had some snacks, took a hot bath, lay down on the bed, found out her savings book and the land purchase contract and looked through it, she felt that her life was not so bad.

Finally, Caroline waited until the last day of work before the holiday.

When Ms. Green announced at the summary meeting that due to everyone's efforts, the sales of Meisi continued to grow this year, so the "extra reward" for salesmen this year was Meisi shopping coupons worth one-tenth of their annual commissions, Many people showed happy smiles.Other non-sales employees also received corresponding rewards according to their work status.In addition, each employee was given a Christmas gift box containing small gifts such as candy cookies.

Caroline mainly worked with Ms. Green this year as an assistant and member activities, so she was not outstanding in product sales. The amount of shopping coupons she got was not half that of Vivienne and the others, but Ms. Green had already sent her this in advance. Zhou's salary and bonuses are definitely more lucrative than shopping coupons.

With her savings in hand, Caroline spent all the shopping coupons, added some money, bought gifts for herself and her friends, and bought a lot of food before going home.

Maybe I have to spend Christmas alone, at least I can't lose my stomach, right?thought Caroline.