117: Parents' Careful Thinking

Wang Cheng never thought that Chu Yifeng did it intentionally, but since that day, he didn’t see Zheng Jingen again for a while, and he slowly didn't take it to heart.

Since Guan Jiahe worked for Wang Cheng, his family of four lived a lot more comfortably than before. Especially after living at the grandparents’ house, where there were two elderly people to help take care of the two babies and Chen Li was not as busy as before. The babies were one year old, and she had stopped breastfeeding a few months ago, so now even Chen Li could squeeze out some time.

Guan Jiahe also didn’t have to go out to deliver goods often. Now, those supermarkets that bought from them asked for several times more goods than before. Usually, it would be sold out every few days or a week. However, because Wang Cheng treated him well, Guan Jiahe sometimes went elsewhere to see if there were more business opportunities.

The purpose of jam was to eat it, but there were many ways to eat it, such as spreading on bread, making tarts, making tea, mixing in ice cream, or putting jam on the prepared pastry, etc. When the demand for jam was relatively large, they would choose to buy directly from the manufacturer.

Guan Jiahe was very aware of this, so he went to these stores deliberately in his spare time and recommended the jam to them. It was inevitable to run into walls, but there was always a market for good things. In the end, there were really a few stores willing to try to buy a batch of goods. If the effect was good with customers, they would buy from him again.

Because of his diligence, the business of the Wang family’s jam had become better. Some people called to order almost every day. As a result, the staff was not enough, and another employee had to be recruited.

Papa Wang told this to Wang Cheng. Wang Cheng didn't know if he should be happy or sad, because he was dragged back by Papa Wang to work again. Fortunately, this time, there was no need to recruit employees who knew how to drive and were familiar with Shanhai City. Several people came to ask less than two days after the information was posted.

Considering that moving goods would be a bit tiring, Wang Cheng wanted to recruit a male employee. As a result, Papa Wang recruited a female employee. Her name was Guan Ying, a native of the Guan’s Village. She had her hair tied up in two pigtails and looked pretty nice when she laughed; a bit sweet. She just turned 19 this year. There were many children in her family and she lived a relatively difficult life. So she went out to work after finishing her junior year of high school. It was said that she worked very hard. Wang Cheng saw the little girl and had to swallow his complaints.

"Start for three months, and we’ll pay a salary of 1,600. If you do well, the salary will increase by another 400 after you are officially hired. The other is about expanding the business. As long as you can draw to the business like my cousin, you will get a sum of additional dividends. For example, my cousin attracted several stores the day before yesterday, and has earned an additional two or three hundred in profit dividends this month.” This was what Wang Cheng figured out last night. Because the gradual increase in salary might not stimulate the enthusiasm of employees, they would be more motivated when they saw broader prospects.

"Thank you little boss, I will definitely work hard." Guan Ying was very excited. She graduated and worked for more than three years. When she first started the job, she could make 1,600 in the first month. It used to be 1,000. After around one year, it had only increased by two or three hundred at most. It took several years to get this number.

"You don't have to call me little boss. Just call me Cheng Ge. Work well, don't fail to live up to my expectations." Wang patted the girl's shoulder like an elder.

"Yes, Cheng Ge, I won't fail live up to your expectations of me." Guan Ying clenched her small fist, looking confident.

[T/N: Ge = elder brother.]

Seeing this scene not far away, Papa Wang didn't know what to say. The reason why he found a female employee this time against his son's intention was actually a little careful thinking between him and Wang Cheng’s mother.

Wang Cheng’s current business focus was in Shanhai City, unlike Wang Ning’an, who was so far across the horizon that the husband and wife had no idea what to do. Although they didn’t dare to be too brazen, they could do small things. Guan Ying was introduced to Mama Wang.

Guan Ying was a diligent and hardworking little girl. Such a person did not have too many thoughts, which was exactly the ideal daughter-in-law in Mama Wang’s heart.

So, the couple discussed, and finally decided to recruit Guan Ying. Even if she didn’t catch their son’s eye for a while, he could see her a little bit under his eyes every day. After the son discovered that Guan Ying was good, he might be interested.

Papa Wang was instructed to observe the two, but they both disappointed him. Looking at his son's expression, he clearly saw Guan Ying as his sister, and the little girl Guan Ying probably didn't have those kinds of thoughts either. He seemed to have seen things from her eyes. Seeing the words ‘money, money, money’, Papa Wang suddenly subconsciously hated Guan Ying for being unknowing. Didn’t she understand that grasping his heart was equivalent to grabbing that money.

"Eh!"

"Dad, what are you doing?" Wang Cheng suddenly appeared in front of him.

Papa Wang was startled, and when he saw his son, his guilty conscience rushed out immediately. "No, nothing, yes, don't you have an appointment with Mr. Chu? Hurry, don't be late."

At first glance, Wang Cheng knew that Papa Wang had a problem, most likely related to Guan Ying, but he didn't pierce it. "Then I’ll leave, and the things in the shop will be left to you and Cousin. When you go back, remember to tell mom that I won't come back for dinner today. "

"Go ahead."

Regarding Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng’s sudden frequent contact, Papa Wang had no doubts at all, and occasionally asked Wang Cheng to invite Chu Yifeng over again. Wang Cheng promised, but did not dare to invite him too many times.

Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng made an appointment today to go to the mall to buy some winter clothes. A few days ago, Chu Yifeng saw that he only wore a jacket in the winter. At that time, he already had opinions. Later, because of things in the store, Wang Cheng did not have time to buy clothes. It was delayed until now.

In fact, Chengping also sold clothes. One street was full of clothes, and it was a dazzling array, but most of it was women's clothes. Not even two of the ten stores sold men's clothes. It could be seen how much rural men didn’t pay attention to the clothes on their body. As long as it could be worn, they didn’t care too much. Wang Cheng also wanted to make do with it. However, even if he didn’t care, Chu Yifeng disagreed.

The weather in Shanhai City was already very cold now. The temperature was one or two degrees colder than last year, and it directly broke below zero degrees. It stopped after two days of heavy snow. Most of Shanhai City became white, and frosted when the citizen’s that hid in their houses for two days breathed outside. The long-lost cold air was particularly cool.

This year's Shanhai City encountered such strong cold air. Although it was not as exaggerated as the negative twelve degrees in the north, clothes that used to be winter clothes couldn’t keep them warm now. So, many malls were full since a while ago, and coats should be bought in thicker versions.

The two went directly to the nearest business district. There was a large shopping mall with a large number of people. The grades were also divided into high, middle, and low. They were distributed on different floors. Wang Cheng wanted to go to the first floor where there was mid-range clothes, but was dragged by Chu Yifeng to the second level where the high-end clothes were sold, and every one was well-known brands. There would not be a huge disparity in the distribution of men's and women's clothes like in Chengping. There was at one men’s clothing store for every three women's.

Chu Yifeng did not often come to buy clothes himself, but his vision was good. His style of clothes was not fancy, and the colors were relatively pure, which was in line with Wang Cheng's aesthetics. The only thing that Wang Cheng had an opinion of was that he was too arrogant in every shopping trip.

From thermal underwear to shirts, socks to ties, pajamas to coats, he saw him take a lot in a short time. It would be even more if he didn’t say anything, and he wanted to move all the clothes back into the shop. Chu Yifeng’s excuse was that he had few clothes, which he really could not refute.

"Try this." Chu Yifeng handed him a plush, black woolen coat with medium thickness.

"Is this too long?" Wang Cheng took the coat and looked at it. It should be able to reach his thighs. He had never worn such a long coat.

"Try it."

Wang Cheng had to try it. Fortunately, he didn't have to go to the dressing room to change the coat. He took off his coat and put the coat on, and sure enough, it came to the thighs. "Won't it feel like you can't let it go when you walk?"

"You think too much," Chu Yifeng turned and said to the shopping guide lady, "wrap this one too."

It was probably the first time the two shopping guides who followed them met such arrogant shoppers. From feet to neck, from regular clothes to home clothes, even taking two sets of formal clothes, both of them already had hands full of clothes.

"Boss Chu, have you ever bought clothes like this before?" Wang Cheng asked as he took off his coat, this was the same as last time.

"No." Chu Yifeng unexpectedly denied.

Wang Cheng's eyebrows moved up in surprise, and when he wanted to ask why, he suddenly changed his mind and added a sentence.

"I used to ask people to order a bunch."

"..."

Before meeting Wang Cheng, Chu Yifeng rarely bought clothes by himself. He asked professional-level masters to order hundreds of clothes for changing seasons. He never bought socks by himself since he was small, so his idea was to buy once, buy a haul.

Wang Cheng actually liked this straightforward approach, but he liked to spend no money. He spent too much money when he was a kid, so he was used to spending money on the concept of spending money. However, after meeting Chu Yifeng, he found that every time he went out to spend money, he hadn’t been spent that much in the past few years. He paid it by himself when checking out. Hundreds of thousands just flew out of the card.

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