After wearing the book, I became the mother of three villains

Chapter 384 Planning to Open a Bookstore in Partnership
Yao Shu sent Asi and Teng'er to the bookstore the next day.

Both children love books, sitting at the table on the second floor for guests to read, each took a book and started reading.

Yao Shu saw that Ah Si was reading a book of stories with great interest, and whispered a few words to Teng'er from time to time, while the latter was reading a book of travel notes.

She quietly retreated from the second floor.

The owner of the bookstore often sees Yao Shu taking the children to read books. The children are not noisy in the shop, and it takes a whole morning to see. He occasionally buys a few interesting books when he leaves. The impression of several people is very good.

Seeing her coming down the stairs, the boss smiled and said, "Ma'am, are you sending your son and daughter to read again?"

Yao Shu didn't deny it, just nodded slightly to the boss, and said with a smile, "Please take care of me. I still want to go downstairs today, sorry for the inconvenience."

Today she was wearing a light-colored summer dress, with a simple bun on her head, which was only held in place by a silver hairpin, which was much more elegant than the appearance of ordinary women with hairpins all over their heads.

Coupled with Yao Shu's gentle temperament, good looks, and well-educated conversation, the bookstore owner only wished that she would stay in the bookstore for a while.

The boss smiled and said: "You are too polite! My wife often visits our small shop, and the shop is full of splendor. It is too late to welcome you! Please look, please look."

Dayan's ordinary bookstores are quite standard, and most of them sell some books for the reference of students in scientific examinations. Of course, there are also four books and five classics that are necessary for the examination, and some books for children's enlightenment.

The ancestor of the Yao family was an official, and the family had quite a collection of books, and A Zhi often borrowed books from the Xie family, so Yao Shu had seen most of the books in ordinary shops.

However, the store Yao Shu brought his children to has more so-called "leisure books" than ordinary bookstores in the book collection alone, so it's worth a visit.

In addition, the owner of this shop is very attentive, the first floor is used to sell books, and a space on the second floor has been specially opened up, and some tables and chairs have been set up for customers to read.

Yao Shu took a rough look at the book categories in the whole store, and seeing the boss following her, he couldn't help but softly praised: "You must be a person who really loves books, otherwise you wouldn't have collected so many interesting reading materials in the store."

The owner of the bookstore smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, I can barely be regarded as a scholarly family in my next family, but I am not a person who can calm down for scientific research. My biggest hobby is reading a lot of books-in order to open a book. Owning such a bookstore can be regarded as making a living.”

Yao Shu smiled and nodded.

The boss asked again: "What kind of books is Madam looking for?"

Yao Shu said softly: "It's nothing more than having nothing to do in the morning, so I came here with the children, just to have a look."

The boss nodded when he heard the words, and only stayed by the side, not disturbing her any more.

Occasionally, guests came to the shop, most of them were neatly dressed, but not very gorgeous scholars. After saying hello to the boss, they went upstairs with their books.

Yao Shu stood by the side, reading a collection of poems for a while, but he didn't see a single customer buying a book.

She gently put the collection of poems back on the bookshelf, and chatted with the boss.

"The books in your shop are not expensive. Why is the business not as good as expected? It stands to reason that when there are more people who come to study, there will be more or less people who buy the books when they leave."

The boss simply poured tea for her, motioned Yao Shu to sit down on the chair behind the counter, and said with a wry smile, "Did you see it, Ma'am? In this small shop, there are more people studying and fewer people buying books. The business is so busy this day." If it comes down, it’s good not to lose money; even when the business is good, it’s just barely maintaining expenses.”

Yao Shu's delicate eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if thinking, and he said in a low voice, "What's the reason?"

The boss sat down opposite her and started chatting: "Madam, you see that the books in our shop are not expensive, so it is compared with other bookstores? But compared to other food, clothing, housing and transportation, books are expensive It's not cheap. Besides, there are not many people who can read and write, and whoever has knowledge will not have a collection of books at home? In our shop, there are only students from poor families, and a very small number of recreational people will patronize. "

Yao Shu nodded: "You are right."

The boss continued: "Most of the other shops are books and articles needed for scientific examinations. Even if they are more expensive, some students are willing to pay for them. Our shop is different. Most of the customers still have nothing to spare. Yinliang went to buy a travel book."

Yao Shu smiled: "I think your script is quite good."

At that time, most people admired poems and songs, and this book, in the eyes of most people, especially scholars, is actually difficult to wait for the elegant hall.

The boss rubbed his nose embarrassingly: "Don't be joking, it's because I don't like reading that I collect such useless books."

Yao Shu heard this, and said seriously: "I have no intention of looking down on your hobbies, and you are born human, and learning to read and write is not entirely for the purpose of scientific examinations. The story book is relaxed and comfortable, and the travel notes broaden your horizons. Sometimes people criticize the current problems. Speeches are excellent content."

Seeing what she said, the owner of the bookstore felt very relieved, and felt that he had found a confidant.

He smiled freely: "With Madam's words, it's worth opening this bookstore!"

Seeing that Yao Shu frowned slightly, as if he was thinking, he said after a while, "You said that the shop is difficult to manage, so you haven't thought of other ways?"

The boss was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I have collected these books through hard work. They are not cheap in the first place. If the prices are lowered, even if they are sold, they will lose money."

Knowing that he misunderstood himself, Yao Shu shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm not asking you to lower the price. I'm talking about making money in other ways."

The boss seemed to be impressed by her eloquence, so he asked, "Madam, what good idea do you have?"

Yao Shu thought for a while and said, "Most of the customers in your shop are not the children of particularly rich families, but they are definitely not poor scholars with no wealth. It may be difficult for them to buy books, but in other places Not sure about that.”

The boss's heart moved, he added tea to the teacup in front of Yao Shu, and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

Yao Shu gently turned the teacup with his hand, and said, "There are a lot of people reading in the shop, why didn't you think of providing them with some tea and snacks?"

The owner of the bookstore smiled, shook his head, and sighed: "I vacated the entire second floor for the guests to read books. This is a loss-making business. If you add the expenses for tea and snacks, I'm afraid it won't cost you much." Months, it's time to close the door!"

Yao Shu could not help smiling when he saw his free-spirited and humorous words, and shook his head and said, "You provided tea and snacks, but you didn't say it was free. A pot of tea costs ten yuan, and a plate of dim sum costs twenty yuan. Everyone can afford it; At the end of a day, at least twenty guests will come to read the book, and ten pots of tea will be sold, isn’t it too much?”

The bookstore owner was taken aback, and quickly made a calculation in his mind.

Then I heard Yao Shu continue: "Besides, you can also hold some activities in the bookstore on a regular basis, and find some scholars who often come to the store to read books, such as competition poems, couplets and so on; and those scripts, why? Don’t organize it into a title, and ask the literati who have read it to make a preface and write some comments? The story is so good that it shouldn’t be buried, even the daughters of the boudoir can use it to read.”

Yao Shu's seemingly unremarkable words caused quite a shock in the heart of the bookstore owner.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt: "According to Madam, there are more activities in our shop, so there will be more customers; even if we don't buy books, and just read books on the second floor, we can naturally sell more tea and snacks... "

Yao Shu smiled, and made another point: "The homes of high-ranking officials don't have so many fresh and interesting vernacular books in your shop. If you find loyal readers, sending these books to their homes every month is enough. You earned it."

The owner of Shupu suddenly understood the significance of what Yao Shu said just now about asking someone to write a preface and write a book review.

When he raised his head again, the boss looked at Yao Shu in a different way: "Ma'am, you have a quick mind. What you said just made me suddenly enlightened! I have been running this shop for more than ten years, and I never thought that there is such a profitable business." Method..."

Seeing that he couldn't hide his excitement, Yao Shu smiled kindly and said, "You care about guests and you are a true book lover, so you set up tables and chairs on the second floor for people to read books for free— Just open the door to do business, you can't lose money, just take one more step forward, it will be different."

The owner of the bookstore thought over Yao Shu's words for a long time, and sighed: "Madam Linglong is so thoughtful, I am ashamed of myself!"

Yao Shu didn't take the credit, but said: "You can try the method I said, if it works, it will be a happy result for everyone."

The two chatted about the details for a long while, and they stopped talking until the two children finished reading the book and went downstairs.

The owner of the bookstore personally sent the three out of the door, and soon began to prepare for the next thing.

Yao Shu took Ah Si and Teng'er home, thinking on the way, seeing the children like reading so much, wouldn't it be nice for her to cooperate with the bookstore owner and invest in some shares to open a bookstore?

(End of this chapter)