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Chapter 679 Official opening

He knew about the Ling family's past situation, but the fact that they dared to openly beat someone last time was a bit puzzling. Could it be that they had someone backing them up?

After exchanging glances, the shopkeeper finally backed down because he hadn't thoroughly investigated the Ling family's background. He was told to investigate further.

Furthermore, the youngest son of the Ling family is a scholar who may become an official in the future, so he has a promising future. Therefore, one needs to be cautious when dealing with the Ling family.

"Alright, as long as you don't regret it. The two restaurants are diagonally opposite each other, and the other one has been open for many years. It would be a real skill for your newly opened restaurant to be able to snatch people away."

"Don't worry about it. We have the confidence to do this."

"Hmph." The other party flicked his sleeve and left.

Du Mingxian watched the person leave, her gaze drifting to the restaurant diagonally opposite. The window of the second-floor private room facing the street was gently closed, presumably because the owner of the restaurant was observing them.

She turned around and said, "The shop hasn't even opened yet, and people are already eyeing it, so we must prove ourselves."

Xiao Zhou was a little scared. "Mingxian, how about... how about we just give up and sell the shop to him directly? They want the shop so much, if we open it up, will they come and cause trouble?"

“You don’t know, when your third sister-in-law ran her shop, they would often come over and cause trouble. After one or two times, there would be no customers, and the business would get worse and worse.”

"Second sister-in-law, don't worry, just drive with peace of mind this time."

Seeing Du Mingxian's confidence, Xiao Zhou hesitated for a moment before nodding, "Okay, sister-in-law believes you."

"Sister-in-law, you've made the right choice by trusting me."

Ling Erlang then spoke up, "The shop is ready, so when shall we begin?"

"Go home and have Dad find someone to pick an auspicious date, then we can get ready and begin."

"it is good."

The group began to discuss things in the shop.

"Mingxian, what about the manpower situation at the shop?"

"Second sister-in-law, my current idea is to buy some people back for training so they can start working directly. Their contracts are in our hands, so we're not afraid of them betraying us. If we hire people, we can provide the money, and the other party can also provide the money."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, it's better to hire some people. Our shop hasn't even opened yet, and they're already eyeing it so much. If we hire people, they might try to bribe us behind our backs, which would be even more troublesome."

"Yes, that's what I'm thinking. We can buy some staff and train them. Later, when we open another branch in another place, we can let them be managers. It would be better to hire more people, since we still need to keep the important staff in our own hands."

"Yes, yes, Mingxian, I knew your brain was the smartest."

Du Mingxian was used to being flattered like this by Xiao Zhoushi. This time, after returning from a long journey, her second sister-in-law really treated her like a little baby, doing so every day.

"Second sister-in-law, if we want to open for business as soon as possible, we can go and buy people today and have them live in the shop."

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Zhou shook her head. "Let's go back and tell our family first. We need to let our parents know too. If there are no problems, can we come back to buy people tomorrow? Let's settle everything today so that things won't get chaotic later."

"Okay." Du Mingxian admired Xiao Zhou's calm and thoughtful approach to problems.

They won't rush things or act recklessly.

The group discussed things in detail at the shop, and finally bought some things in the county before slowly heading home.

That evening, the family gathered together again. Ling Silang briefly explained the situation of the shop. Ling's father and the others did not go, but they were all very happy to hear that they could prepare to open for business.

This is a big deal for the family.

The second branch of the family manages the restaurant, and the eldest branch's wine is still supplied to the second branch's restaurant. The third branch continues to manage the clan's soap business, which will be sold through the second branch's restaurant first.

After discussing it, everyone went to bed early.

The next day, Du Mingxian and Xiao Zhou went out to the county to buy people, as they needed several people for the kitchen and the front of house.

Du Mingxian mainly followed Xiao Zhou's opinion, but she still added some things herself. In the end, she bought eight people for the front, three more for the waiters, and four for the kitchen staff.

That's acceptable for now. If there's anything that's not suitable, we can add more people later.

The two went to the slave trader and quickly selected the men, then took them directly to the restaurant. The restaurant hadn't opened yet, and Du Mingxian had already drawn up the designs for their clothes.

The women sewed their own clothes, while the men did other things.

Du Mingxian and Xiao Zhou returned home that evening, and the next morning they quickly went to the county again. Xiao Zhou led the kitchen staff for training, while Du Mingxian led the people in front and the waiters for training.

Training began with one person in charge of a section. Three waiters served dishes, and the others were each responsible for a few tables. With this arrangement, the manpower was insufficient.

Du Mingxian and Xiao Zhou put their heads together and bought a few more people.

During the five-day training, Du Mingxian focused on service, while she trusted Xiao Zhou's expertise in the dishes.

Once everything was almost ready and the opening date was set, three days later would be an auspicious day.

The Ling family attaches great importance to this day. Du Mingxian has been extremely busy with the restaurant's affairs these past two days, running around doing everything she can. As for An'an...

She stayed at home, where Wang and Ling's mother took care of her together. An'an was already able to eat some complementary foods. Du Mingxian was worried that she wouldn't be able to go back in time, so she asked Ling Silang to get her a milk goat.

Even if she's not there, An'an won't go hungry; at least she'll have some milk to drink.

The day before the opening, Du Mingxian was still busy at the restaurant when Wang Fu ran over and said, "Madam, Third Master Ling said he wants to go home."

She's been so busy these days that she's long forgotten about Ling Sanlang. She didn't even realize that there was such a person living in the county. Everyone in the family is busy, and it's likely that only Liu Shi would think about him from time to time.

After all, Liu is very busy and is in charge of many things now.

"Then you can just take him back, you don't need to come and tell me."

"It's because Master Xu didn't know what Madam's arrangements were, and Third Master Ling was making a big fuss, saying he didn't want to stay anymore. Master Xu had no choice but to send me over to inquire."

It turned out that Xu Dazhuang didn't dare let anyone go back, fearing something might happen, so he sent Wang Fu to inquire.

“Okay, go back and tell my uncle that if my third brother wants to go home, let him go. He’s an adult, he can make his own decisions, and he doesn’t need to ask me about everything.”