Chapter 201 Recruiting
Lu Chengjing actually thinks this is an advantage.
"There are two medical clinics and a pharmacy near the shop in the south of the city. They should all have regular customers. If our pharmacy opens, we will compete with them for business. There is a mixed bag of good and bad people in the south of the city, and they may resort to some tricks."
Shang Wan understood what Lu Chengjing meant.
Competition among shops in the north of the city is less fierce than in the south. There is no problem of competing for customers between those who open drug stores and those who open restaurants, and they may even be able to cooperate and get along well with each other.
But Shang Wan still had another concern.
"Although the competition in the south of the city is fierce, the three shops are still operating well and have customers. The small medical clinic near the shop in the north of the city is about to fail. Is it not suitable for the medical business?"
Lu Chengjing said: "Perhaps you can go to that medical clinic first and ask about it."
Shang Wan also felt that he was hasty and forgot to go in and ask in a hurry.
She said: "You can also inquire about the situation in the south of the city. Tomorrow our family will go into the city together, and the troops will be divided into two groups. We will go to the south and north of the city to inquire about the situation clearly before making a decision."
She felt that Chen Cai would not cheat her. There would be no problems with the shop itself, but the same could not be said for the neighbors.
Anyway, she only told Chen Cai that she would go find him tomorrow, and she didn't decide on a time. It wouldn't be too late to make a decision after finding out more about it.
Lu Chengjing also felt that this method was safe.
Shang Wan also remembered something and looked at the person opposite, "We have to recruit people to prepare the medicinal materials."
They plan to produce and sell their own products. In terms of manpower, just three or two kittens at home will definitely not be enough.
First of all, someone needs to be in charge of the store. No matter what happens, Shang Wan has to keep an eye on the store for a while. He can wait until the drug store is on track before considering anything else.
But she would definitely be too busy by herself. Shitou and Xiaohuan had to go to the store to help. As soon as the two left, the two children could not stay at home and had to go to the pharmacy with them.
If you want to open a medicine shop, you need to prepare all the commonly used medicines. You can grow them in Lingtian, but most of them have to be concocted after planting. This huge workload, if they only rely on their own family members, wouldn't they be exhausted to death?
Need to recruit people!
Lu Chengjing closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "What do you think about asking people from the village to do this?"
Shang Wan's eyes lit up.
Yes, there are so many people in the village, everyone is familiar with each other, and they live close to each other and are easy to manage. Isn’t it more convenient than looking for outsiders?
As for the villagers not knowing how to prepare medicinal materials, they can teach them. If they don't have time, they can ask Yuan Musheng for help.
Of course, the help is not free, and they can be paid monthly. It is considered that they paid for the villagers to hire a doctor as a teacher.
Yuan Musheng had taught Lu Chengjing how to handle herbal medicine before, but he was not teaching medical skills, so he should not refuse.
As for whether the villagers would go up the mountain to collect herbs, concoct them and sell them after learning how to do it, Shang Wan didn't think it was a problem.
Everyone can make money if they have money. Besides, when they open a pharmacy, they can not only sell medicinal materials but also collect medicinal materials. As long as the price is reasonable, I believe people in the village will give priority to their pharmacy.
The more they thought about it, the more feasible it became. The two discussed the matter in detail and decided to inform the villagers of the matter after the shop was settled.
Shang Wan has a lot of herbal trees stored in his space, and he can shake out a bunch of herbs at any time.
After discussing family matters, Lu Chengjing mentioned Chu Xu's father and brother.
It's been almost half a month since I received the reply, and the person to pick up Chu Xu hasn't arrived yet. I don't know what happened on the way.
Shang Wan said: "Why don't you write another letter and ask?"
Speaking of writing letters, Shang Wan remembered that he didn’t see Chu Xu when he came back. Usually when she comes back, the children will run out to pick her up.
Lu Chengjing said: "A Nian is sleeping in the room."
The drug was a bit strong, and Chu Xu felt dizzy when he woke up in the morning. Shang Wan secretly fed him a drop of spiritual spring water.
After drinking the spiritual spring water, Chu Xu's head no longer hurt, but he was so sleepy that he could yawn three or four times in one sentence.
Lu Chengjing looked worried, took out the spiritual spring water that Shang Wan left for him, and gave the child another drop.
I hope that when I wake up, the effects of the drug addiction will pass.
"Did he ask about Yu Da and Yu Er?"
"Asked." Lu Chengjing nodded, "I said they ran away." Shang Wan: "..."
Are you so perfunctory with children?
“Did he believe it?”
"I probably didn't believe it." Lu Chengjing thought that Chu Xu was a very smart kid, "but he didn't ask further questions."
Shang Wan: "Then let's assume he believes it."
Lu Chengjing: "..."
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Chu Xu slept for three hours and slept straight into the night.
The child was so hungry that he started calling Xiaohuan while he was still in the room, and continued calling him all the way to the kitchen.
"Aunt Xiaohuan, I'm so hungry."
The child's hair was messy when he slept, and his black hair lay softly on his face. His little face was two points paler than usual, and his cat eyes were watery, making him look a bit pitiful.
Xiaohuan had already prepared it for him. He opened the lid of the pot and brought the food to him, and asked him to take it out to eat.
Chu Xu couldn't wait any longer, so he stood by the chopping board and stuffed two croquettes into his mouth first, his cheeks bulging like a hamster.
"Are you awake?" Shang Wan crossed the threshold with Yuanyuan in his arms and reached out to rub the child's head. "Does your head still hurt? Are you dizzy?"
Chu Xu had something in his mouth and it was difficult to speak, so he just shook his head.
Yuanyuan stretched out her little hand and pulled the knot on Chu Xu's head that was about to fall apart. She felt that her own little knot looked better.
Chu Xu raised his eyes to look at her, pointed at the croquettes with his chopsticks, and silently asked Yuanyuan if she wanted to eat them.
Yuanyuan had just eaten, her belly was full and she was not interested in croquettes.
Seeing this, Chu Xu ate it himself.
Shang Wan took him to the main room and waited until the child was full before he mentioned writing another letter to the border.
Chu Xu was stunned, "Why do you still need to write?"
"Just in case." Shang Wan pinched his little face and said without further explanation, "Don't think too much."
How could Chu Xu not think randomly?
His mind is now full of assassins, assassins, assassins, assassins...
The people sent by his father and brother to pick him up should have arrived long ago, but they haven't arrived yet. They may have encountered something unexpected.
The child's good mood dropped visibly. If the depression could be visualized, Shang Wan felt that she should be able to see a dark cloud on the child's head, like falling rain.
She took Chu Xu's little hand and walked to the study.
"Go write a letter first."
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On the second day, Xiao Hui stayed behind to look after the house, while Shang Wan and his party drove the ox cart into the city after breakfast.
The bullock cart first went to the north of the city to drop off Lu Chengjing and Xiaohuan.
"This is the shop." Shang Wan pointed and said to the two of them, "Meet at the restaurant opposite later."
"good."
"Sister, be careful."
Shang Wan agreed and drove the ox cart straight to the south of the city.
The bullock cart stopped in a remote alley.
Shitou got off the bullock cart first, then turned around and picked up the two babies.
Shang Wan took Yuanyuan and said to Shitou: "You and Anian go to the two medical clinics over there. I will take Yuanyuan to the drug store. Remember to ask the neighbors about the store."
Shitou had no objection and pulled Chu Xu away.
After the two of them disappeared, Shang Wan lowered his head and looked at the baby in his arms: "Good boy, you can call your friends over."