The following morning, Alayna was quite energetic when she woke up. She prepared a hearty breakfast for her kids and herself and the three of them ate happily.
After the wonderful meal, the kids who had been permitted to go out wanted to go with Alayna to see the supermarket so she allowed them to tag along.
The siblings sat on the same chair as Alayna’s car was a two-door and could only allow two people at a time, so three weren’t accommodatable but with them helping each other, it became much easy.
It was also the first time the kids were sitting in Alayna’s car so they were quite happy. She didn’t drive that fast as she wanted the kids to have a good experience.
While Alayna and her kids were having fun, the employees who are entitled to come early to work although the shop usually opens at eight in the morning were quite excited that they came to work very early in the morning.
Those that came early, all stood with others as they gawked at the structure that replaced their usual shop with wonder.
"Just who exactly is behind the lady boss?"
"This is simply too majestic! Just look at how huge and grand the whole place is!"
"I can see inside! There are so many rows inside. I bet more things are being sold now."
"Ahhhh, I can see my pockets getting emptied once more. After saving for a while just to buy that jug of water, now the shop has been expanded!"
"My friend you don’t have to stress. You can join a stokvel group and all your problems will be solved."
"That’s true, I also joined one, and thanks to that I was able to pay the dowry for my beautiful wife. Even her family didn’t look down on me at all."
"You are not alone, I used mine to start a small business, and now it’s booming. I am just so happy."
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It was quite hectic but everyone was very harmonious. Elena stood there as she watched this new shop and sighed helplessly, ’I miss home.’
Before eight, the familiar sound of the car was heard and everyone was excited. As Alayna was the only person who could open the shop, everyone had to wait until she arrives.
Alayna arrived driving slowly which surprised a lot and they all watched as she parked her car skillfully before getting out.
What they didn’t expect was to see two kids getting out of the car with her. everyone was now curious as to who these kids were.
Alayna smiled as she looked at the upgraded shop with satisfaction, seeing it again made her feel blissful.
"Good morning, lady boss!"
"Good morning, fairy!"
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Alayna led the kids and stopped in front of the supermarket still wearing a smile on her face, "Hello everyone, and thank you for being patient. As you can see the shop went under a huge change and it’s now bigger than before. In other words, more people can now enter the shop at the same time and as long as you maintain order there won’t be any need to be kept outside.
So, I will implore you at this moment to please abide by the rules and not cause any trouble for me or any of the employees. Those who steal, and cause trouble for others you will be punished and you all know, how.
The restrooms are still at the back so please use them wisely and don’t mess them up. For those with carriages, as you can see on that side," Alayna said as she turned to face the direction of the parking space and continued, "you can park them there and your animals to that other side. When you enter, you should use ......…"
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Alayna spent a great deal of time explaining the ins and out of the supermarket to those that were already waiting to enter inside. And since her employees had not been briefed about the changes, she decided to deal with the issue once and for all.
Everyone listened attentively as they understand how crazy they will be if they don’t follow instructions. The kids also listened as they didn’t want to mess up and end up embarrassing their mother.
When she was done explaining, the crowd has already increased. But before she opened, she then remembered something that was more crucial and smiled slyly as she turned to face the crowd again.
"I forgot one most important thing, from now going forward those who are below martial apprenticeship level 3 will buy anything using the local currency, and those above, you are required to use spirit stones. This is non-negotiable so if you don’t like it, don’t cause trouble and just leave.
But I am happy to tell you that for those without enough spirit stones, you can also exchange them inside. You will find a counter inside where you will deal with all of your money troubles.
I will provide more information during the day so keep an ear out," after dropping a bomb she majestically walked towards the entrance door and opened the door.
"You can all wait for a while outside, all employees follow me inside!" without turning back, she ordered.
The seven employees including the bookkeeper followed her inside and she took them around the supermarket first to show them around, "you don’t need to worry about the prices as the computer will show you that. You remember the lessons we did, right?"
"Yes, we do."
"That’s good then. As you can see there are four tills in the shop, so each one of you will take over one, and Sonya you will take over the one that will be less busy as you are still lagging behind.
So, learn everything you must and keep up with others. You will work from eight a.m. to eight p.m. I know that the time is unfair but don’t worry before you leave work, I will give you the employee benefits and I hope that you can take advantage of that.
In the future, I will hire more to help you all so that your workload will decrease and each one of you can have more work leaves to spend time with your family.
I will supply your breakfast and lunch every day so you don’t have to worry about food and it won’t be deducted from your salaries, so be safe," Alayna explained to her employees as she didn’t want them to be stressed out.
They were all relieved when they heard this as Alyana’s products were very expensive and if the money were to be deducted, they will be owing and not going home with anything.
"Okay, do you have any questions?" Alayna asked as she looked at her employees.
James lifted his hand and answered, "yes, Boss I have one. Don’t we need more security?"
"Umm, we need more security, not just security alone but other people as well. I will post a notice for that, so for now you need to shoulder all the hard work until I get the other employees," Alayna softly answered as this issue was quite serious.
The bookkeeper also asked a very interesting and important question, "regarding the exchange of local currency and spirit stones, how are we dealing with that?"
"Don’t worry about that, you and I will talk later when the shop opens," Alayna said before looking at the others, "now go to your respective posts and start working. If you don’t understand anything, just ask and I will be there."
Everyone was eager to start working, so they didn’t waste any time and picked their tills and Sonya also went to the one that had been allocated to her. She didn’t feel sad that she was told that she was a bit behind than others, she was happy to know that she was having her own till despite that fact.
James and the other security guy, went outside to officially told the people waiting outside that they can enter and a new era was ushered in.
Everyone was quite amazed by what they were seeing and the method of payment was quite crazy but everyone was happy about it. It was completely unfair to the poor to have the rich people who are also cultivators hoard their spirit stones and use gold and silver to pay for the goods.
And with more tills in the shop, there was no need to queue for a long time, all they needed was to stand in a single queue before going to different tills to pay for their goods.
While the others were doing their job, Alayna sent the kids to go and stand at the butchery side and help the customers who wanted meat and others. As the kids were used to eating these things, it was much easier for them to explain and help those that were interested.
Alayna took the bookkeeper Cain to her office and sat down with him, "I know that you are currently in charge of the stokvel issue but I have other important issues that I want you to do. So, I will find two more assistants for you to help you in that regard."