Era: The naive beauty charmed the villain!

After Gu Qingsong finished his work, he turned around and saw his wife secretly laughing.

Every time he saw Lin An'an's smile, his heart seemed to brighten.

Gu Qingsong couldn't help but smile slightly and stepped forward to ask, "Wife, are you bored? Let me accompany you for a walk around the neighborhood."

Lin An'an was somewhat surprised and asked, "Are you done with your work?"

Lin An'an looked around and found that the number of customers in the store had increased rather than decreased, which did not seem like a leisurely atmosphere.

Gu Qingsong pointed to the door and said, "The delivery guy is back. There are no other delivery orders for the time being, so I can step away for a bit."

Lin An'an knew very well that even if the delivery boy returned, the store would have two more people who could help out.

Even so, judging from the current foot traffic in the store, Gu Qingsong will still be very busy.

He was just worried that she would be bored sitting alone in the store, so he offered to go out with her.

This was entirely out of concern and care for her, not because I was really free.

But in fact, Lin An'an herself did not feel neglected.

She thinks that simply staying in the store and quietly observing customers coming and going to choose products is also a very interesting thing.

Instead, Lin An'an found wandering around the streets outside quite boring, feeling like a headless fly with no idea what she was doing.

At that time, the commercial street was poorly planned, or rather, it was completely unplanned.

Shops are scattered haphazardly here and there, creating a very confusing atmosphere.

The products sold were not particularly innovative, and due to low productivity in various regions, practicality was the primary focus of the goods sold.

Unless it's a necessity, and you're just using it to kill time while shopping, it doesn't really pique anyone's interest.

So unless she's extremely bored, Lin An'an usually doesn't like going shopping.

On one hand, there was the shopping, which he wasn't particularly interested in, and on the other hand, Gu Qingsong was visibly busy.

Lin An'an shook her head and refused, saying, "No need, I think it's fine here. You go ahead and do your work. When you're done, we'll go home together to pick up the kids."

Once Gu Qingsong was certain that Lin An'an genuinely found sitting there quite enjoyable and wasn't deliberately making herself uncomfortable out of consideration, he felt relieved and returned to his busy work.

Lin An'an thought that the customer flow in the afternoon was already quite large, but she did not expect that the number of customers would double when the workers got off work.

The already crowded store became even more crowded, with customers crowding around each shelf to select items.

People in this era may seem frugal and simple, but their purchasing power is surprisingly considerable.

Some customers loudly asked the staff for help because they couldn't find what they wanted, making the store noisy and bustling.

Fortunately, there is no threshold at the entrance of the shop; otherwise, it probably wouldn't be long before the threshold would be trampled down by customers with strong purchasing desires.

However, Gu Qingsong was already experienced and had made arrangements in advance.

When it gets busy, a large group of guys are brought over from the warehouse to help out temporarily.

With the addition of these people, the store was finally able to maintain normal operations, albeit with some difficulty.

But this is only temporary.

As Gu Qingsong's business expanded, even though he was actively recruiting new employees, he gradually faced a shortage of manpower.

Especially when the warehouse is busy receiving and storing goods and there is no way to allocate a large number of staff, the situation becomes even more difficult.

Looking at the scene before him, Gu Qingsong silently considered that it would be better to recruit more people through reliable channels.

Especially the sales staff in each store, most of the temporary staff now are clever young men selected from the previous warehouse.

These young men, though clever, lack the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the ever-growing business demands.

Many of them couldn't even write, and could only rely on their memory and simple diagrams they created to keep accounts.

It seems barely enough now, but it certainly can't continue like this in the long run.

How to quickly recruit a large number of educated sales clerks who can keep accounts has become Gu Qingsong's top priority in expanding his business.

After getting through this busy period, seeing the store operating smoothly, Gu Qingsong packed a few things and took his wife to pick up their child.

Sitting on the back of Gu Qingsong's bicycle, Lin An'an thought for a moment and suggested, "Brother Qingsong, have you thought about hiring some more people?"

Gu Qingsong rode his bicycle without looking back and answered loudly, "Yes, I have been recruiting people all along."

“But we don’t need any hardworking brothers for now. I’m planning to recruit some well-educated, literate young people to manage the shop. Such people are hard to find.”

Good qualities and literacy may not seem like high requirements, but they are actually quite difficult to find suitable candidates.

First of all, the mere requirement of literacy alone will eliminate many people.

Although Lin An'an felt that her classmates at university were highly educated, in reality, the literacy rate in society at that time was not high.

Due to the long-standing belief that studying is useless, many people have only studied casually for a few years.

Especially in some remote rural areas, people who can write a few common characters in addition to their own names are already considered literate and educated.

This level of skill is far from meeting Gu Qingsong's requirement of being able to write and calculate.

Given these circumstances, it is naturally not easy for Gu Qingsong to recruit suitable employees.

Lin An'an thought for a moment and suggested, "What if we recruit directly from the school?"