Chapter 96: An Apology
Zhou Wangshu came to the kitchen and saw Su Yaoguang and Jia Chunni carrying out the steamed buns and dumplings, so he stepped forward to help.
Su Yaoguang saw him and looked at his expression: "Looks like you’ve rested well, your complexion is quite good."
Zhou Wangshu had no recollection of last night and asked her: "How did I get back here?"
"How else would you get back? Of course, I carried you back," Su Yaoguang placed the buns and dumplings on the table and started serving porridge.
Zhou Wangshu looked at himself and then at Su Yaoguang: "You carried me?"
"Otherwise did you carry me?" Su Yaoguang stopped and pinched Zhou Wangshu’s cheek, "Do you know how much trouble you caused after drinking? I’m telling you, you’re not allowed to drink a drop of alcohol from now on, do you hear me?"
Zhou Wangshu brushed away her hand, frowned, and tried hard to recall last night’s events, but his mind was blank and he couldn’t remember.
Su Yaoguang intentionally teased him, imitating his voice and holding a bun: "Oh my, why can a bun talk? My throat feels so uncomfortable, am I going to die?"
Zhou Wangshu was astonished. Those fragments suddenly entered his mind, like a blockage suddenly cleared. Not only did he recall what Su Yaoguang said, but also things she didn’t mention.
——Sister, sister, sister...
——Fifty taels of silver!
——Why did you take my bed?
Su Yaoguang saw him dumbfounded and waved her hand in front of him: "Still haven’t sobered up? My, just one sip of alcohol and you’re this foolish, was the wine some kind of poison?"
Zhou Wangshu fled into the kitchen: "I’ll go get the chopsticks."
He couldn’t drink alcohol anymore.
If he drinks again next time, he’ll...
He’d be a fool.
He didn’t say anything he shouldn’t have last night, did he?
Zhou Wangshu counted chopsticks while recalling last night’s fragments. If it’s just embarrassing, he could pretend not to remember. But if he said something he shouldn’t have, then he couldn’t stay here.
However, he thought for a long time and couldn’t recall any such memories, so he probably didn’t say anything.
"Does it take so long to count chopsticks for eight people?" Zhang Zhaodi stood next to Zhou Wangshu, looking at him in confusion, "Seems you really can’t handle alcohol, just one sip turned you into a big fool, if you drank a few more, you wouldn’t get up for days."
"I suddenly remembered the homework the teacher assigned, got lost in thought," Zhou Wangshu said embarrassedly.
"If you’re busy, go ahead, we can handle the store without your help."
"Not busy. I also want to do something for the family."
Zhang Zhaodi was more satisfied with Zhou Wangshu.
If only he were two years older, then the wedding could be held.
It’s still early now, they don’t need to open the shop so early. After all, those who rush to early markets are mostly poor families or business people; their customers usually don’t come so early.
However, they also need to prepare in advance. First fill their stomachs, then clean inside and outside, followed by displaying goods and restocking, even checking and counting inventory.
Zhou Wangshu had been off for three days, just returned yesterday, and wasn’t familiar with the store’s situation. After getting acquainted yesterday, today he directly acted as a sales assistant, attracting quite a few young female customers.
Today’s customer flow was indeed half of yesterday’s. Yesterday, many customers came to buy skincare products; today most were trying on makeup. If the effect after trying makeup was good, they would surely take one or two cosmetic items.
Su Yaoguang kept Jia Chunni by her side, teaching her how to do makeup for customers.
After sending off the last makeup customer, Zhang Zhaodi came over and said: "Judging from today’s situation, in the future, let’s keep two people in the shop, while the others can go to the backyard to continue making the next batch of goods. If we’re short-handed, call out, everyone’s in the backyard and can always come to help."
"Once I teach Chunni how to do makeup, you and Chunni can manage the store, uncle helps with the accounts, and Jing’er and I will take aunt and auntie to rush the next batch in the backyard. If we’re still short on manpower, then we’ll hire a few people to come," Su Yaoguang said, "Since we’ve just opened, let’s observe first, no need to rush to hire."
"Yaoguang, I’ll go talk to the teacher, so I can come home daily, okay?" Zhou Wangshu said, "This way I can help with some work in the evenings."
"Now that we’ve moved to the city, you can come home to stay. But helping with work is secondary, mainly it’s warmer with more people. Aren’t you not allowed to leave the academy?"
"Mountain Master will agree," Zhou Wangshu said, "I’ll go find him after returning to the academy."
If he could freely come and go, he wouldn’t be restricted by the academy’s rules, making access to the dance house more convenient.
On the third morning.
Dong dong! Dong dong! Someone was knocking at the front door.
The few people working in the backyard heard the sound and hurried to the front yard.
The front yard had people, but the door was closed, counting inventory. At this moment, hearing someone knock, they immediately opened the door.
When Su Yaoguang arrived, she saw Zhang Pandi talking to the person at the door. Zhang Pandi turned around, seeing Su Yaoguang and others approaching, breathed a sigh of relief.
"He said he’s the shopkeeper of Jinle Square, here to see Yaoguang."
Su Yaoguang and Jia Chunni had met the shopkeeper of Jinle Square before.
The shopkeeper first saluted Su Yaoguang: "You must be the owner of Taoyao Square. I am the shopkeeper of Jinle Square, today bringing our unworthy second steward to apologize to you. Please be magnanimous and pardon him this once."
Su Yaoguang said to Jiang Jing and Zhou Wangshu beside her: "Open the doors, invite the shopkeeper of Jinle Square in."
Jiang Jing and Zhou Wangshu opened all the large doors.
Once the doors were opened, many people looked over.
The shopkeeper of Jinle Square not only brought several assistants, but those assistants also escorted a guy with a fat head and big ears. Look closely, it was the man who initially disguised himself as a traveling merchant to deceive her.
The commotion here was so big that the passersby saw it. However, not everyone knew the feud between the two shops. Therefore, seeing this situation, they guessed what was happening.
As a result, the versions of the previous stories replayed on the streets, but compared to previous versions, some new content seemed to have been added.
"I heard Jinle Square was jealous of Taoyao Square’s craftsmanship, hired people to sabotage Taoyao Square’s business, but was cleaned up by Taoyao Square. This Taoyao Square must have backing, otherwise, how could a few women dare to open such a big shop, and have such good business upon opening?"
"I heard Jinle Square bought Taoyao Square’s goods and tricked customers into thinking it was their new product, got exposed, lost face, and the grudge between the two shops began. In any case, Jinle Square hiring people to frame others is quite disgraceful."