Chapter 119 Miss Gu 4 Makes Trouble
Many guests came one after another. Madam Liu brought Liu Qian and Liu Yue, and also came with Master Liu. Master Liu had been doing business outside for a year and only came back a few days ago. He had heard about the girl from the Shen family saving his daughter and also saving Yu'er from his sister's family, and he was very grateful to the girl.
The gift from the Liu family was a jade cabbage, which symbolizes wealth. Taking the cabbage means receiving wealth.
Song Che also came on behalf of the Song family, and the gift he brought was a treasure bowl ornament made of pure gold.
What Eunuch Cao gave was a golden fortune-bringing boy.
The Recollection Photo Studio was originally located on East Street, and the people living next to East Street were all dignitaries and wealthy children. Seeing the county magistrate and the eunuchs from the palace enter, many ladies and young ladies dressed in gold and silver became even more curious and wanted to go in to find out what was going on. The waiter at the door warmly welcomed the guests who came in, explained to them what the store was for, and introduced them to the photos on the cabinet. Everyone was very interested in the photos and asked about the prices of various packages. Those prices were certainly not cheap, but fortunately, the consumers here were all well-off and did not care about the price, and they all wanted to book one or two photo packages. Because Shen Zhi had explained in advance that only three sets could be taken every day. So the reservations were all scheduled for the date later. Fortunately, the guests understood and were willing to wait. In less than a quarter of an hour, the reserved photo packages were all scheduled until May. All guests had to pay half of the deposit for reservations, and the remaining half would be paid after the photos were taken and the finished products were received.
The waiter took all the guests who had made reservations to the photo studio to take a photo, and gave them the hot and fresh photos taken with Polaroid cameras. The guests were also very excited, seeing themselves in the photos for the first time, which were thousands of times more realistic than the paintings by the artist.
"This looks so much like me. I must take the photo back to show my mother-in-law and bring her along for a family photo tomorrow." The first lady who made a successful reservation excitedly said to the lady next to her.
"Yes, yes, yes, I also got tomorrow's set meal. I will also bring my master and two children here tomorrow. Unfortunately, my parents-in-law are still in Zhangzhou. If they were here, our family would not be missing a single person. It would be great if we could all take photos together."
"It's okay. Once the photo is taken, your parents-in-law can make up for it when they come over later."
Everyone was chattering nearby.
"Oh, why is it so lively here today?" A girl of fifteen or sixteen came in, surrounded by six maids, with a look of arrogance on her face.
Shen Zhi, who was serving guests, was attracted by the sharp voice. Seeing the girl's disdainful look, she looked like she was looking for trouble. Shen Zhi frowned. This person was not friendly. The most taboo on the first day of the opening of a new store was that someone would cause trouble. It was a bad omen.
Shen Zhi put on a professional smile of a businessman, walked forward and introduced: "Miss, today is the opening day of our shop. Our shop specializes in taking photos for customers. Miss, you are welcome to come in and spend money."
The young lady listened to Shen Zhi impatiently, rolled her eyes unconsciously, and interrupted: "Okay, stop talking about these useless things. What do you sell in your store? Hurry up and take out a few to honor me."
Shen Zhi was stunned. Whose lady is this? She is so powerful that she dares to rob in broad daylight.
"Why are you standing there like an idiot? Didn't you hear my young lady asking you to take out the things to honor her?" the maidservant at the side shouted arrogantly.
Tsk tsk tsk, not only the young lady is powerful, the maid is even more powerful. They rely on the power of their masters. The two of them are as arrogant as basins, Shen Zhixin thought.
Shen Zhi suppressed his emotions and said with a smile, "My dear lady, this is a serious business, not a charity. If you want to go to the charity, turn left when you go out."
Everyone was trying to hold back their laughter. The charity house was a place that specialized in adopting abandoned babies and the elderly. There was no way this young lady could go to such a place. The owner of this shop was really awesome, daring to directly confront her. However, everyone was worried about her. If she knew the identity of this young lady, she would probably regret it.
After hearing what Shen Zhi said, the young lady's face immediately changed. She glared at him and yelled, "You rude and unruly man, do you know who I am? Be careful or I will tear down your shop."
Shen Zhi was also angry. "I don't care if you have an ox head or a horse face. You came to beg for food on the first day of our shop opening. I will treat you as a beggar sending blessings. Someone, bring two buns to this beggar."
And the honest Huahua really took two meat buns and stuffed them into the lady's hands.
The young lady was so angry that she was about to throw the bun in her hand, but she heard a voice saying, "Wait."
The woman turned her head and saw a figure that terrified her, "Nine...Nine".
"Miss Gu, you are so brave. You are just a little bastard daughter of a maid who climbed into the bed of the Shangshu Mansion. Even your father has abandoned you, and yet you come here to show off your power." Eunuch Cao changed his usual kind face and looked fierce.
Miss Gu immediately knelt down, her whole body shaking like a sieve, "Nine Thousand Years Old, I know I was wrong, please forgive me."
Shen Zhi was stunned again. It turned out that the amiable eunuch Cao in front of him was actually the bloodthirsty and violent Jiuqian Sui who was rumored to be able to cover the sky with one hand. The fourth lady Gu was the descendant of a Beijing official. She must have seen Jiuqian Sui's decisive killing and was very afraid of him.
"Today is a good day for Yixiang Jun's store to open. You can't bring bad luck to it, otherwise you can't walk out alive. Why don't you get out now?"
Fourth Miss Gu fled in a panic, supported by her maid.
Everyone sighed at the Fourth Miss Gu, thinking she was so noble and noble, showing off all day in this town, but she was just an abandoned child in a wealthy family. And that eunuch was actually 9,000 years old, why did I think he looked so kind?
Shen Zhi secretly gave Eunuch Cao a thumbs up. Eunuch Cao couldn't help but laugh.
The auspicious time arrived, and Uncle San set off firecrackers at the door, and everyone cheered to celebrate the opening of the new store. The onlookers all smiled and said auspicious words.
According to the local customs, Shen Zhi prepared two baskets of copper coins and two large baskets of buns in advance to distribute to the crowds who came to support the event. The buns were also prepared for beggars. Beggars are well-informed. Wherever there is a new store opening, beggars will go in groups to ask for buns, and the store owners will also be generous in asking for good luck on this day.
At the end of the day, the Shen family's faces were almost stiff from smiling. After seeing off all the guests, everyone slumped down on the sofas in the hall.
The shop assistants closed the shop, and Shen Zhi counted the day's revenue, which was more than three thousand taels, but the reservations were all booked until the end of May.
When Shen saw so much income in a day, she was extremely happy. Her daughter had a bright future.
However, Shen Zhi quickly poured cold water on her, "Mom, our store is not like a restaurant or inn, where the money earned is the daily income. This is a deposit, which means we will receive three thousand taels until May, and the cost of our store's personnel is very high."
Shen poked Shen Zhi's head in a reproachful manner, "You only took three thousand taels, don't let your heart get too big. We didn't even have three copper coins before. We should do business honestly and not be those unscrupulous merchants who cheat and deceive people."
Shen Zhi nodded and said, "Mom, don't worry. The prices I set are the lowest prices after deducting the costs. I will never cheat or deceive you. Our family not only has high-end packages for the rich, but also affordable packages for ordinary people. We will accept even jobs as short as taking a small photo."
Shen was very satisfied with her little daughter, this child was someone she loved very much.