Chapter 168 False alarm

　　The newly hired worker was overboard honest. He was indeed like how the shopkeeper of the tailor shop had described him. He didn't know how to attract business, but Shu Huan discovered that he had a good memory. At what price he should sell what, as long as she told him once, he would not forget it and also wouldn't become confused. Hence, she thought of a way. She thought of a moving story for every item sold in the shop and let the worker remember them. When customers come, he could tell them the stories.

　　Of course, the origin of these stories didn't need to be further studied. Some were stories that Shu Huan had heard before and some were that she just made up. She only sought for them to move people and didn't seek that the stories would be true stories. After all, she sold painted stones. Like antiques, it was for people to collect and play with. With a background story, these things would have a soul and would provoke people's desire to buy them.

　　The shop had been put in order by Ranmo. There were ready made shelves inside. After she hired the worker, they could put the painted stones on the shelves and after they hang a sign, the shop could be opened. From this point of view, Shu Huan opened her shop too easily. The bookkeeping was also not difficult. Copy the things that were sold and record everything that was sold. She gave this job to Shang Xin who knew how to write.

　　She also had inquired about the taxes. Those who sold things like hers and had an income below thousand needed to pay thirty. However, the procedures were complicated and needed a stamp from the feudal office. It wasn't an easy task. Fortunately, she didn't have any other thing to do. She took Shang Xin and did all the necessary formalities. She also let Shang Xin pay attention, so that in the future she could be lazy and hand Shang Xin the matters. To call by the glorified idiom; whether it was in the official office or doing business, one had to know how to use people. Otherwise, if one had to do everything personally, one wouldn't have the spare time and would have more work than one could deal with.

　　After Meijing heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle, "I think that it's because you hate to look at the accounting books that you say this, right?"

　　Shu Huan casted her a glance and said, "Can you be more subtle? You don't have to be so straightforward."

　　She truly hated to check the accounting books and hated to deal with those people of the feudal office.

　　That sentence made Liangchen who was doing needlework laugh. Then, Shang Xin who wore male clothes came in with an accounting book.

　　Shu Huan asked her, "How's the business? Did we sell anything?"

　　Shang Xin shook her head. Afraid that she (SH) will be disappointed, she quickly said, "Don't be in such a hurry. The shop is only opened for three days. Yesterday, we sold a set of painted stones and got three silver liang! I think that if we sell three to five sets of painted stones every month, it would be enough to cover our expenses."