Chickens and dogs fly in chaos and rebirth

Chapter 56

It wouldn't be right for Shang Lin to visit the provincial leaders' home empty-handed for the first time. After much thought, he prepared imported nutritional supplements for the Gu family. Also, since Gu Zhiyuan mentioned that his mother really liked the new fashionable clothes from Mocha Cat, Shang Lin planned to come to the flagship store to buy a set.

The Mr. Li they were talking about was a private collector she met while buying old books. Because Gu Zhiyuan wanted to see the inkstones in his collection, Shang Lin introduced him to visit. Mr. Li had a rather strange temper. Seeing that the two couldn't get along, he quickly served tea and saw the guest out, without caring at all whether the other party was the grandson of the provincial party secretary.

The two were arguing when a shop assistant came to serve them, smiling and asking what kind of clothing they needed.

Shang Lin glanced around but didn't see Mu Mu.

"How tall is the auntie? Is her skin fair or dark? What kind of clothes does she usually like to wear?"

The person who came to inquire was a new shop assistant from Daliushu Village, who curiously looked at the two customers who came in.

The girl wore a navy blue coat, a dark brown baseball cap, and black low-top tassel boots. After entering the store, she took off her coat and casually draped it over her hand because it was warm inside, revealing a pure white wool sweater underneath. With her sharp eyes, she immediately noticed the small, smiling mocha cat embroidered on the front of the sweater.

Hmm, the boots should be too. I haven't seen the coat before, and the hat... it's a new style this year!

I couldn't help but gasp; every single item the girl was wearing was cheap.

The boy... had a short, student-style haircut, a black casual jacket, black pants, and white sneakers. His clothes were simple, yet he exuded an air of sophistication. One couldn't help but secretly wonder what family the two belonged to. They didn't look like siblings, but they seemed quite close.

The boy was a head taller than the girl, and he was listening intently to her.

But another shop assistant called her over: "Xiaoling, come here. I heard that our company is going to buy land in your village to build a factory again. Did you know that?"

Xiaoling hesitated. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to abandon the customers and gossip?

The other person was very impatient: "Come here!"

They didn't pay much attention to the fact that the guests were just two children.

Gu Zhiyuan glanced at the employees chatting in groups and chuckled: "Goddess Tong, your company's management system isn't very good either, holding tea parties during work hours?"

Shang Lin suppressed his anger and smiled, "It's still missing something."

After giving a cold glance at the crowded people, she ignored them and slowly went to the fashion section to pick out clothes.

Xiaoling hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't abandon the customer. After answering her senior's questions, she ran back and asked apologetically. Shanglin responded with a warm smile and said, "I'll take my time to look at it."

She was taken aback for a moment, then quickly nodded: "Okay, you can take your time choosing. Call me if you find something you like."

After saying that, he returned to his seat in front, but instead of chatting with the others, he kept a close eye on what was happening in the store.

Shanglin sighed softly, "Finally, there's someone decent."

She hadn't been to the main store in a long time and thought Mumu could manage it well, but looking at the current state... In truth, she had wronged Mumu.

Since becoming the store manager, she has been dedicated and hardworking, and the store's performance has been steadily improving, consistently maintaining a good level. However, recently there have been rumors that she is going to be transferred. Mumu is unsure of the situation and also wants to leave a good impression on the staff if she is going to leave, so she hasn't been too strict with them. But today's situation, where customers come in and the staff are chatting in groups, is something she has never seen before, and unfortunately, she stumbled upon it.

After sealing off the winter clothing warehouse, Mumu saw two customers in the store from afar, but no staff members were around. Her anger flared instantly. She shouted, "Xiaoling!"

Xiaoling, who was tidying up the clothes rack, was startled and turned around. Mumu glared at her and said, "Didn't you see there were guests?"

The shop assistants scattered, pretending to be busy.

Xiaoling quickly walked over to Shanglin and the others, but her face showed a wronged expression.

Everyone else was chatting, I was working, and it's not my fault I didn't attend to the customers. The shop's rule is that if a customer says they want to look around by themselves, they're not allowed to follow them around like a shadow; they can only go when the customer tells them to…

Shang Lin looked up from her beige suit and faced Mu Mu, who was walking briskly towards her. She sighed softly, "Sister Mu Mu, you have quite a temper!"

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Mu Mu was startled and blurted out, "Shang Lin? What brings you here?"

She smiled and said, "Well, I'm here for the tea party."

The reunion with old friends was supposed to be a joyous occasion, but the employees at the head office were truly disappointing. Shanglin was a sentimental person, but not a philanthropist. When it was time to be stern, she never forced herself to be: "Go buy some melon seeds, we'll make a good cup of tea, and everyone can sit in the sun, hang up the 'Closed Today' sign, and chat. Let's talk about the company's recent developments. I heard you're going to join the head office, so leave immediately, don't worry about anything else!"

When things get to this point, it goes beyond just being harsh.

Even Gu Zhiyuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he patted her arm and softly called out, "Shanglin."

Seeing the young woman who had just come over, Qiu Shanglin looked up from her beige suit and faced Mu Mu who was walking briskly towards her. She sighed and said, "Sister Mu Mu, you have quite a temper!" Her face was flushed red. He couldn't help but regret that he shouldn't have teased Qiu Shanglin earlier, and even more so, he shouldn't have joked about her company.

Shang Lin's voice was not low; her reproach, tinged with a playful tone, was heard not only by Xiao Ling but also by the other shop assistants scattered around, who, despite appearing busy, were actually paying close attention. They all began to guess who she was.

Mu Mu blushed and stammered, "I'm sorry, I..."

She didn't soften her heart because of Mumu's predicament: "Don't apologize to me, go explain to the old men in the customer service department."

The Customer Service Department, also known as the After-Sales Service Department, is specifically responsible for handling customer complaints, quality issues, and other related matters.

His flushed face turned deathly pale in an instant.

In the end, she couldn't resist the affection of several years. She sighed and said softly, "Don't worry, the head office has once again achieved an excellent performance evaluation this month. It's not like you, the store manager, will lose your job."

Xiaoling was surprised. Who was she?

Mu Mu finally caught her breath and felt alive again. She quietly instructed Xiao Ling to do some chores, helped her choose clothes, and apologized softly, "I'm so sorry."

She shook her head: "It's not entirely your fault. We've expanded rapidly in recent years, and management hasn't kept up."

She never objects to us chatting during work hours.

Work is not a war, and selling goods is not an office job. Having worked in a store for a period of time, she knows the rules of sales well. Only by being sometimes tense and sometimes relaxed can the staff maintain their best condition. It is only natural to chat a few words when there are no customers.

But she couldn't tolerate the shop assistants ignoring the customers and chatting amongst themselves. What was even worse was that they were gossiping about company secrets without any restraint!

Luckily, it was me who came today; what if it had been the company's competitor?

The land purchase was neither a secret nor a complete secret, but it shouldn't have gotten to the point where even a casual shop assistant could know about it!

Distracted, he touched a wool sweater and suddenly asked, "What's the name of sales clerk number 0837?"

"Zhang Hongyou." Both of them spoke in extremely low voices, so low that even Gu Zhiyuan had to listen carefully to hear them.

"Were they sent down from headquarters, or did you recruit them yourselves?"

Gu Zhiyuan walked away and went to the men's clothing section on the other side to look at clothes.

Mu Mu glanced at him in surprise, then replied, "Headquarters."

Having reached a fairly certain point, I asked, "Whose relative?"

Mu Mu was stunned, then collapsed under Qiu Shanglin's knowing gaze: "He said himself that he is the nephew of the deputy director of the marketing department."

Shang Lin coldly asked, "The deputy director of the marketing department is surnamed Qiu. When did he become surnamed Zhang?"

Then it dawned on me: if it was my aunt's nephew, then it would make sense.

Mu Mu knew that she already understood, so she lowered her head and remained silent.

But then I thought about it and it didn't make sense. Given my aunt's personality, if he were her own nephew, she probably would have arranged for him to work at the head office long ago. Why would she put him in the shop to suffer?

Mu Mu whispered, "I heard that after a few years of training here, they'll be given important responsibilities when they go back."

That's why, usually no one except himself, the store manager, would go against his wishes.

Shang Lin sneered repeatedly: "Re-employ? Who said anything about re-employ?"

She felt waves of anger rising within her, and she wished she could vent it on the spot. But when she saw Gu Zhiyuan looking bored in the men's clothing department, she suppressed her anger, picked out a light blue suit, paid, and left.

Ever since she learned yesterday that Qiu Shanglin was coming to visit her home, Qian Xin has been constantly on edge.

One minute he'd be instructing the housekeeper to clean the living room, the next he'd be cleaning the guest room in preparation, then he'd run off to ask Qiu Shanglin what she liked to eat, then he'd remember wanting to buy a particular fruit, and finally, finding the curtains unsightly, he'd simply take them down and replace them with new ones, only to look at them again a while later and think they were too gaudy, much to Gu Junjie's annoyance.

"Can't you just calm down for a bit? Even when the military region commander came to our house, you weren't this nervous!" Look at the big fuss this child has made; anyone who didn't know better would think she was welcoming the president.

Qian Xin was displeased upon hearing this: "How can that be the same? Qiu Shanglin is my son's best friend, I said he's his very, very best friend, how could I not treat him well?"

I thought to myself, she might still be my daughter-in-law in the future.

Gu Junjie scoffed: "Your son has plenty of good friends."