The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

In the following days, he gradually changed his habit of getting up late every day. He got up early every day, washed up, and rushed to the shop after breakfast. Sometimes he even left home earlier than Xu Qu. Xu Qu also returned to the Xu family business and came back very late every day. Both of them were tired and busy, and they could not have a good chat and exchange like before.

How should I describe Huanhuan's rouge shop? In the days since it opened, many people come in to see the excitement, but few buy. Even if there are one or two people who can't resist persuasion, they buy the ones that Huanhuan deliberately sells at a loss to attract customers. And according to Huanhuan's observation, there are often some young ladies with bright makeup who have the need to buy rouge. However, they don't even buy the loss-making ones, they just look and leave.

This shouldn't be the case. What's going on? The quality of the rouge is good and the price is low. The most expensive one is only considered medium-priced in Xuelian Hall. Why is this happening? Huanhuan was puzzled.

Finally, one day, several young women came to the store together. They were dressed in bright clothes and had beautiful makeup. They were obviously ladies from wealthy families.

With Ah Shun's warm hospitality, they looked around with great interest. Suzhu was already very familiar with the goods in the shop and her introduction was detailed and well-organized.

A lady in pink with a round face in the group seemed to be very interested in a box of light red lip balm, and Suzhu and A Shun took the opportunity to subtly persuade her to buy it. She was so eager to reach into her purse to get some money, but a lady in orange next to her stopped her.

"Oh my, you really bought it!" exclaimed the lady in orange.

When the lady in pink heard this, she immediately stopped and hesitated.

"What's wrong with you, young lady? Since your friend likes it and the price is right, why are you stopping her?" Ah Shun asked with a smile.

Miss Orange pouted and said confidently, "Are we supposed to use the rouge prepared for the prostitutes in the brothel?"

"This..." Ah Shun didn't expect her to say that, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

At this time, Huan Huan, who had been observing the situation in the store through the gauze curtain in the inner room, walked out from behind the gauze curtain and said to the lady in orange with a smile: "Miss, you are worrying too much. When we buy things, we look at the appearance, the quality, and the price. Why is there still a saying today to see who is still using it?"

The lady in orange glanced at Huan Huan and said unhappily, "Who are you and what does it have to do with you?"

She slowly and calmly replied, "I am the shopkeeper of Shishi Rouge."

Hearing this, Miss Pink and Miss Orange looked at each other, and the sisters who came with them also gathered together and whispered excitedly, "Ah, this is..." "Shh..."

In their curious and inquiring eyes, he slowly picked up the box of lip balm, handed it to the pink-dressed lady and said, "Since this lady likes it, I will give it to you today. If you like it, you can come to the shop often in the future."

The pink-dressed lady hesitated and slowly stretched out her hand to take the small box from Huanhuan's hand. At this time, the orange-dressed lady suddenly jumped over and patted her hand, saying, "Did you forget? We agreed to just come and take a look."

Then, she said with her eyelids half lowered in a somewhat arrogant manner: "We are just here to take a look. This thing is not worthy of... not suitable for us." After that, she pulled the pink-dressed lady over, turned around and said to the other sisters: "Let's go, let's go, what are you still looking at!"

The group of people then left, leaving Huanhuan there in a state of embarrassment. Huanhuan quickly adjusted her mood, retracted her gaze from the door, and turned around to find that A Shun and Su Zhu were looking at her without daring to say a word, their eyes full of questions and grievances.

She took a deep breath and said to the two of them, "You performed very well. You can tell by the way the lady in pink is obsessed with this box of lip balm. Well, there aren't many people here now, so you can take a break and continue when someone else comes."

After hearing this, A'shun and Suzhu obviously relaxed. They smiled at them slowly and went back to the inner room.

As soon as she entered the inner room, she sat down in frustration. It turned out that the business was not good. Those ladies who had a long-term demand for rouge only looked but did not buy because of this! How could this be solved?

Her gradual anxiety was finally noticed by Xu Qu at breakfast the next day. Xu Qu asked her why she looked so sad and whether something was going wrong in the shop.

Huanhuan then told Xu Qu everything that happened in the shop the day before, and finally said, "I have always wondered why there are so many customers coming every day, including many ladies who are known for their generous spending, but no one is buying anything? It turns out that they dislike the shop because it was once the business of Yihong Pavilion."

Xu Qu was silent for a moment after listening to this, and then said, "In fact, this shop - or even the entire rouge business, in my opinion, is for the purpose of helping people out of trouble. Of course, it would be better if we can do it well, but if we can't do it well, you don't have to worry too much, just treat it as a way to kill time."

Huan Huan thought Xu Qu said this to comfort her. She shook her head and said, "I heard that the Xu family's assets have to be reported and counted in front of the clan representatives every once in a while. Generally speaking, no one has lost money. How can this be an exception?"

Xu Qu said, "The money transactions with Yihong Pavilion and Wulan Garden are already a stable source of income. When the accounts are settled, it may be able to subsidize the shop a little, so it shouldn't be a loss. Even if there is a loss, the Xu family is not afraid."

Huanhuan expressed his disapproval from the bottom of his heart and said, "Since we have done it, we want to do it well. We have invested so much money. It is unacceptable to fail to do it well and lose money."

Seeing that Huan Huan seemed to be obsessed, Xu Qu felt that he could not persuade her, so he said: "Eat one bite at a time, do things one step at a time, don't think too much, this is just the beginning, let's wait and see for a while."

"Well, okay, this is the only way." He agreed slowly.

In the following days, Huanhuan basically stayed in the Rouge Shop every day. Now there were not so many customers in the shop, and Ah Shun and Su Zhu could handle it on a daily basis. Huanhuan asked all the assistants and maids that Xu Qu had temporarily transferred to the shop for the opening to go back.

When there were no customers, Huanhuan asked Suzhu to teach her, Xiaoyu and A Shun about the selection and use of rouge. Later, she felt that this was not enough, so she wrote a letter to Qiao Ji and borrowed someone to come to Huai for a few days, with food and accommodation provided, just to teach her, Xiaoyu, Suzhu and A Shun about the selection and production process of rouge. If there was not enough time during the day, they would practice by candlelight after closing.

After the people from Qiao Ji left, Huan Huan insisted on keeping Xiao Yu, A Shun and Su Zhu after closing time, and exchanged their thoughts and experiences of the day with them.

At first, Ah Shun had some objections, and Su Zhu told Xiao Yu that this was much more tiring than working for Madam Xie, and even Xiao Yu was a little tired. Huan Huan saw all this, and found a relatively free time to explain to them the necessity of doing this, and repeatedly assured them that this was only the case in the early stages, and that everyone would not have to be so tired after they got used to it and became familiar with it.

In addition, Huanhuan also specially increased the wages of A Shun, Su Zhu and Xiao Yu, calling it hardship pay. At least it gave them some comfort so that they could work harder.

Thanks to their efforts, the sales of rouge have improved slightly, but the sales are still few. Huanhuan feels anxious every day, but she has to pretend that nothing is wrong and find ways to boost the morale of others, which is also very hard.

Now Huanhuan and Xu Qu are basically either "You went home and I fell asleep" or "I went home and you took a rest". Although the two of them can't even eat together, Xu Qu still takes time out of his busy schedule to care about Huanhuan. For example, he would ask Nanny Quan to arrange to cook Huanhuan's favorite meal at home every day, or ask her to make a sumptuous meal and send it to the people in the shop, which makes Huanhuan feel warm and secretly determined to make a difference.