Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

After a while, the room was filled with the Miao family's cheers of amazement, emotion, and excitement.

In her eyes, her own daughter is the most capable one. She leads everyone in business, is conferred the title of village leader, and now has opened two shops at once.

Her daughter is very capable and won't accept any rebuttal.

Lin Xiaoyue really had nothing to say, although Ergou had taken a fancy to the storefront that he bought directly, which was a row of three rooms, two floors and a half-floor attic. The lower two floors were connected and the interior was very spacious, with a small courtyard at the back, and all kinds of stock were stored in the warehouse in the backyard.

Although Lin Xiaoyue did not demolish the house and rebuild it, she asked Ergou to apply a thick layer of cement on the walls to make the building stronger.

At the same time, not only her three residences but also the decorations in her shops were replaced with glass windows, allowing sunlight to filter in, making the place appear particularly bright and comfortable.

Although, there aren't many kinds of items sold in the store, just bicycles, roller skates, glass (large pieces for windows or sun rooms), glass mirrors of various sizes, glass cups, hand-cranked fans, etc.

Different from the food that has not been discussed in the shops yet, the boutique shop takes the route of being close to the people. From the beginning, Lin Xiaoyue has targeted the high-end crowd and takes the route of expensive and exquisite luxury goods, so the prices of the items are relatively higher.

In addition, Xiaocao, who received guidance from Lin Xiaoyue, is training the store's marketing specialists to ensure that every customer entering the store can feel the godly first-class service and treatment, ensuring that big customers come in with full pockets and leave with empty pockets.

It was rare that Lin Xiaoyue spoke with such passion, and Miao was also excited, clapping or giving a thumbs-up to praise her daughter from time to time. The two chatted and laughed until late at night, yawned several times, and fell asleep with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

Silent all night.

The next day, Miao's mental state was obviously better than before. He was no longer confused and absent-minded.

Seeing this, Third Aunt and Aunt Niu pulled her aside to chat, trying to test her state of mind in their words. After finding out that Miao had really let it go, they happily talked about Lin Xiaoyue opening a shop.

When the conversation got excited, they even mentioned that when the shop in Wanbao Town opened, everyone would go to the town together to recruit manpower for Lin Xiaoyue's shop and take care of her business.

The proposals of Aunt San and Aunt Niu were unanimously approved by everyone, so as everyone kept working, the atmosphere became more and more lively.

Amidst the noise and laughter, someone came knocking on the door again. Lin Xiaoyue stayed in the backyard, thinking that someone came to place an order for instant noodles or distilled liquor.

After Grandpa Lin came back from his walk, he looked a little unhappy.

Lin Xiaoyue thought that her grandfather had encountered some difficulties, so she asked about it. After finding out, she found out that it was the merchant Mr. Hong, one of the two families who had settled in Wanbao Town with them, who came to visit with his eldest son.

Lin Xiaoyue didn't have a very deep impression of the Hong family. She only vaguely remembered that when she first arrived in Wanbao Town, she stayed at the inn in the town. Mrs. Hong and her two children looked down on the Lin family because of their mud-legged origins. In public, they openly despised and sneered at them.

Now, Grandpa said that the head of the Hong family brought his eldest son Hong Fuhai to visit. Why was that?

Grandpa Lin paused, and then told Lin Xiaoyue the reason for his family's visit. It was simple, they just wanted to be the full agent of their instant noodles and distilled liquor business.

The full power of attorney proposed by the head of the Hong family does not only refer to Wanbao Town or Yongzhou City, but also to all states, towns, counties and villages in the entire Dayuan Dynasty.

According to Lin Xiaoyue, the Hong family had a very modern business mind. After obtaining the entire agency rights and distributing them, or forming their own team to sell the products to various regions, this was undoubtedly a huge fortune for the Hong family.

But their mistake was that they were too ambitious. Hong Yongzhu wanted to get the agency rights at half the price that the Lin family currently sold. The distribution rights were in the hands of the Hong family, and the future sales price and wholesale price were all decided by the Hong family.

The reason given by the Hong family was that after they won the agency rights, they would not only have to bear the entire product packaging, sales, transportation losses, and road risks, but the Lin family only had to take care of manufacturing and hardly took any risks. So after thinking it over again and again, they decided to win the agency rights at half the price.

Lin Xiaoyue just wanted to laugh at this. The business acumen of the Hong family leader was good, but he was too naive.

He takes advantage of everything and treats others as fools.

Lin Xiaoyue just smiled disdainfully when she heard this, but didn't say anything. She just listened quietly to Grandpa Lin's thoughts.

According to Grandpa, the instant noodle and distilled liquor business has enabled everyone to buy properties in Wanbao Town and live a rich life with enough food and clothing. It is much better than the previous life in Linjiazhuang.

That man always wanted to do something big, he wanted to expand the distilled liquor and instant noodles business, so that the entire Dayuan Dynasty would be full of their Linjiazhuang business. In this way, not only would Linjiazhuang become famous, but it would also accumulate more wealth.

It must be said that the appearance and proposal of the Hong family really made Grandpa Lin very excited.

However, the quantity ordered by the Hong family every month is not small, and their current manpower is not enough to produce and supply such a huge sales volume.

Secondly, the Hong family kept the price extremely low, almost treating the people of Linjiazhuang as stepping stones for them to get rich, and becoming cheap labor to supply them with special goods.

Although, business is business. The two sides certainly did not finalize the deal with the Hong family after just one proposal. There must have been a process of mutual adjustment.

But the Hong family pushed the price down so low at once. Even if the price was raised after the two sides had a chance to make adjustments, it would still not be ideal for the Lin family.

In this regard, Lin Xiaoyue said, wouldn't it be better for Grandpa to directly reject the Hong family's proposal? What's there to worry about? He has no relatives or friends, and they don't have much contact with each other in normal times. Who would spoil him when he asks for so much?

Grandpa glared at Lin Xiaoyue and scolded her for being too straightforward. But he turned around and told Lin Xiaoyue that he had indeed rejected the Hong family's proposal in person.

Then what is there to worry about?

Grandpa was so angry and amused that he raised his hand and gave Lin Xiaoyue a slap on the head.

Any outsider would dare to knock on the head of Le'an Township Master without any scruples. Of course, the fact that Grandpa could be so unscrupulous and Lin Xiaoyue did not resist just showed that although their relationship was not that of a real grandfather and grandson, it was better than that of a grandfather and grandson.

At least, it is impossible for such intimate interaction between Old Master Lin and Lin Xiaoyue in the old house of the Lin family.