My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 349 - 2 Business Thriving

As the customers had made their selections, they all gathered at the cash register to pay.

Initially, Lin Xiaoguai was a bit flustered, but gradually she became more proficient with the abacus, and her speed at issuing receipts improved as well. She didn’t forget to take out gift bags to carefully package the items purchased by customers.

"Is this complimentary?" Rui Ying looked curiously at the palm-sized exquisite paper bag in her hand, a light gold color, with the elegant white font outlining the "L•W•W" logo, which instantly elevated the class of the item. The scar removal ointment inside was also packed in a delicate wooden box with the logo, with not a single detail lacking in refinement.

Other customers were also carrying various sizes of exquisite paper bags, with the contents also encased in a variety of delicate boxes, or wrapped in soft silk. Some, since the items were intended as gifts, could choose to have them packaged in gift boxes.

"Yes, everything bought here comes with the appropriate packaging," Lin Xiaoguai said as she wrapped up the embroidered screen she was holding and placed it into a matching rosewood box. Then, she placed it into a sturdy woven bag, carefully added the receipt, and handed it over to the customer.

The waiting customers nodded in approval, recognizing someone who was methodical in her work.

When Zheng Cuicui and her troop of ladies left with their purchases, it had already passed the usual closing time for Lin Xiaoguai’s store.

She did some quick calculations: a good amount had been sold today, roughly over sixty thousand, although several ladies who didn’t bring enough money said they would make up for it next time. However, Lin Xiaoguai wasn’t worried about them not paying their debts.

Firstly, she believed in the trustworthy character cultivated by Zheng Cuicui, and secondly, those of certain status wouldn’t damage their reputations by doing such things.

When Lin Xiaoguai, Little Niangao, and the quadruplets were on their way back, Shen Chi was munching on some biscuits. Seeing them return, he complained with a disgruntled face, "Why are you only coming back now?"

"Are you very hungry?" Lin Xiaoguai asked with surprise, her eyebrows raised.

Shen Chi nodded, "Some special forces from N province were transferred to my squad, and I went for a few rounds with them. I was hoping for a hot meal when I got back, only to find the house empty. I was even considering finishing the biscuits and then going to Zhi Xin Garden to find you."

"I was busy with business that my sister-in-law brought in today, and only just got free," Lin Xiaoguai explained as she entered the kitchen.

"Did you sell the stuff?" Shen Chi asked, somewhat astonished.

He had visited Lin Xiaoguai’s gift shop countless times but always felt the store would not last, given the exorbitant prices on the tags.

It wasn’t that he thought his wife’s goods weren’t worth that much; rather, he believed that whether for rich or poor, the basic needs were food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. It didn’t make sense to him for people to spend money on such irrelevant and painless expenses.

Even though Shen Chi had spent most of his life in the city, he still maintained the simple values formed during his rural upbringing.

"I did, over sixty thousand worth of goods," Lin Xiaoguai said as she bent down to take a box of beltfish out of the refrigerator.

People actually bought them?

Shen Chi didn’t voice the thought, just pondered to himself.

However, it was a good thing. Although he wasn’t counting on his wife to make money, earning money was always better than losing it.

Because Shen Chi kept complaining of hunger, Lin Xiaoguai made an exceptionally simple dinner—braised pork, tomato-sauced beltfish, stir-fried black fungus with green onions, and shepherd’s purse mushroom tofu soup. For the quadruplets, she made a pumpkin cream paste.

After that day, the business of the gift shop gradually increased. There were always a couple of customers each day, and the neighbors of the compound all came to support them. While they didn’t spend as much as the group Zheng Cuicui brought, it still added some liveliness to the store.

The shop’s business truly picked up after the New Year—

With all three elderly family members arriving in the Capital, there was no longer the need for long-distance travel back to Z province for the New Year. Consequently, they couldn’t avoid the series of dense banquets held by the Upper Layer at the end of the year in the Capital.

Sometime, someone noticed that the jewelry worn by the ladies at this year’s banquets seemed more exquisite and beautiful than in previous years. Naturally, there arose a slew of inquiries, and as the questions increased, so did those in the know.

—Mrs. Shen has opened a gift shop, and the jewelry those ladies are wearing came from there.

—Really?

—Would I lie to you? I heard everything sold in that gift shop is top-notch, the cheapest pieces are in the tens, and the most expensive are hundreds of thousands.

—My goodness, they aren’t exploiting their status to scam money, are they?

—Do you think those ladies would be willing to be duped? Someone had the items appraised by experts, and what comes out of that shop are genuinely good-quality items. Do you know about the eldest miss from the Rui Family? She used to have a scar on her knee and always avoided wearing dresses above the knee because of it, just look at her today.