Jin Nanxue stopped and said, "It's okay, but I naturally won't take a few jokes to heart." ”

The father and son breathed a sigh of relief, and they were busy moving stools and making tea, but they were stopped by Jin Nanxue.

"Uncle An doesn't have to be busy, I just came over to take a look, and I'll leave after a while, why don't Uncle An tell me about the situation of the shop."

Only then did Uncle An stop the hustle in his hands, and stood respectfully in front of Jin Nanxue to answer all questions.

A quarter of an hour later, Jin Nanxue finished asking, looked at the account book of the shop, and went to the small courtyard at the back to take a turn, the backyard is indeed not big, only two huts are usually used to stack groceries, but they are cleaned up quite neatly, and the shelves inside are also placed in an orderly manner, and there is no mess at all. Jin Nanxue was satisfied, it seemed that Uncle An's family did not live here.

If this is the case, they live on a street not far away, usually come early in the morning, close the doors and windows at night and then leave, surrounded by old neighbors who have been together for many years, but they are familiar with each other, and no one here does not matter at night.

Jin Nanxue said to Uncle An: "You were promoted by my mother, and I also believe that Uncle An has done his best in the shop over the years, I didn't have the opportunity to come out to see it before, let alone understand the situation of the shop, but now that I know the specific situation, I may make some changes later." ”

When Uncle An, father and son heard this, they immediately showed nervousness.

Jin Nanxue had some understanding of the situation of the shop and the father and son in front of him at this time, and when she saw the nervous appearance of the two, she comforted her: "You don't have to be nervous, there is no doubt about employing people, I haven't thought about replacing you at the moment, but since I have opened a shop, finding a way to make more money is the king, it is inconvenient for me to go out often, I will let Agarwood and Shang Lu come over to cook for me in the future, you just need to remember that as long as they come over and tell you to do something, you just have to be obedient and do it." ”

The father and son nodded repeatedly.

"By the way, what is the current surplus on the books?"

Just now, Jin Nanxue pretended to look at the account book for a long time, but in fact, this ancient account book was really a little incomprehensible to her, so she simply asked directly.

Uncle An opened his mouth and said: "By last month, the two shops had a total of one hundred and thirty-three taels of income, and I kept them properly and prepared to send them to Mrs. at the end of the year together with the account book. ”

Jin Nanxue waved her hand: "Don't use it for the time being, but next time I call them over, I may use this money, or the same sentence, you just do it." ”

Uncle An nodded again and again.

Jin Nanxue stood up and said, "Okay, I've already seen it here, please ask Uncle An to lead the way and take us to another shop to have a look." ”

An Lin on the side interjected: "Madam, it's better to take you to see the shop with the little one, I know what my father knows." ”

Seeing that several people were looking at him, An Lin blushed rarely, and said embarrassedly: "It was a small offense just now, the little one wants to make up for it in front of Mrs., if Mrs. doesn't like the little one to follow, forget it." ”

Shang Lu rolled her eyes, she hadn't forgotten what this kid had just said about his mother's unashamed words.

Jin Nanxue nodded and said, "Okay, it's just you." ”

An Lin happily hurriedly followed.

Walking to the door, Jin Nanxue looked at the old and somewhat damaged banner above, and shook her head helplessly.

The other shop was two streets away from here, and as soon as Jin Nanxue inquired, it was not too far away, so she planned to walk all the way without taking a carriage, and by the way, see what other people's grocery stores looked like.

An Lin was sharp-tongued, chattering endlessly to Jin Nanxue about the operation of the shops along the street, Jin Nanxue watched and listened all the way, and his heart was even more confident.

They also went into a few similar grocery stores and found that they were all the same, and the things they sold were almost the same.

The second shop is not far away and arrives soon, the façade of the two shops is almost the same size, and even the furnishings and goods sold inside are exactly the same, so the business here is not much better, the same deserted.

There was also only one guy guarding the store, who looked two or three years younger than An Lin, but he was quite clever, and he saw An Lin running over busily.

An Lin pointed to the young man and introduced to Jin Nanxue: "Madam, this is my cousin, called An He, my father is gone, my mother remarried, and then I grew up with me in my house, my father told the two of us to guard a shop and work hard, our brothers just owe a little, but they will never be lazy." ”

After speaking, he hugged An He and explained to him in a whisper the person in front of him, and An He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and shouted: Say hello to the owner.

Jin Nanxue called him up and went into the shop, the area of this shop is about the same size as before, the difference is that there is no yard at the back, only a small open space, so there is no room for inventory.

Jin Nanxue carefully checked the goods in the shop again, explained a few words to Brother An Lin, and then took the agarwood merchant Lu to get back into the carriage and leave.

An Lin and An He stood side by side on the side of the road and watched the carriage disappear, An He looked at An Lin in disbelief: "Brother, this is our eldest girl, she looks so good, like a fairy." ”

An Lin glanced at him and corrected: "Now it's Mrs. Hou, remember, Mrs. Hou of the Yongcheng Hou Mansion, a real nobleman, our owner, is so good-looking...... No, we have to know the blessings of such a kind owner, and we must work hard in the future. ”

An He nodded obediently.

Jin Nanxue in the carriage began to ponder, it was a little better than she imagined, these two shops were her mother's dowry, she remembered that she had come with her mother a few times when she was a child, and she never came again when she grew up, and then her mother married her the shop as a companion, and she never thought of coming to see it in person in recent years, let alone participating in the operation.

It's no wonder that the original owner, in the past few years, the original owner has been locked up in the Hou Mansion, and it is rare for his mother's family to come back, where can I have the opportunity to come to see the shop? And she has never been in contact with business management, so the business in the shop has been running so gently all these years.

After reading it today, I have the bottom in my heart, the area of the two shops is OK, and the location is also good, it is the old shop on the two streets, but there are a lot of large and small grocery stores on these two streets, and the goods sold by each family are also similar, her family's business now relies on some scattered old customers, and it is difficult to attract new customers. And even if the old customer is willing to buy whichever house he wants, he doesn't necessarily come to his house.

Therefore, if you want to do a good business, you must first change your head, and packaging is an important thing at any time; The second is to bring forth the new, it is best to enter a batch of fresh things that other shops do not have to sell, and then find a way to make a publicity, which will naturally attract customers at that time.

The first one is not difficult, you can talk to your father and mother when you go home, let them stare at renovating the storefront, especially the re-widening and painting of the door, and then order an eye-catching signboard to hang up, the two shops are not big, and they can't add up to much silver, so they will take out all the profits that Uncle An saved this year, and they are reluctant to let the child catch the wolf, and the money that should be spent has to be spent.

As for what new things to sell that others don't have, you have to think about it.