Chapter 67

Chapter 67

Aunt’s Heart

At the moment seeming hearts coming out from aunt’s eyes, the sound of luxury hall employees murmuring small came.

“Oh my, president’s nephew.”

“Was there such a small child among nephews?”

“Somehow the little guest buying recklessly hotly. There was a reason.”

Everyone was watching this side.

Because was at the moment sharpening senses which luxury hall I would head next.

Aunt whose gaze instantly changed abruptly turned looking with bob cut swaying.

“Everyone quite idle? Confused whether here market alley or department store.”

A sharp and clear voice.

“Executive Director Kim, how educating employees on earth? Not other places luxury hall employees mentioning identity in front of customers?”

“Sorry. Will strive more thoroughly in employee education going forward!”

The middle-aged man called Executive Director Kim sweated cold, and the luxury hall employees who were murmuring small paled green.

Because the future of rolling with crying sounds as the price of moving mouths carelessly was confirmed.

“Department store sales come from good quality items, department store reputation comes from good quality service. Especially luxury hall should escort customers with the Republic of Korea’s best service said repeatedly.”

“Will correct!”

“Including the people who opened mouths, all employees gathered here write apology letters and take pay cut measures.”

Only after the disadvantage measure fell the luxury hall employees bent waists and shouted.

“Sorry, president!”

“Will never have such a matter again going forward!”

Aunt said cutting sharply.

“Clearly visible how Taeseong dealt with VIP customers until now. Worked with the attitude of apologizing after committing mistakes?”

“Sorry!”

“All if apologizing? Then customer’s hurt feelings restored to original? Then I also after dismissing all employees apologize sorry and settle work clean!”

How good the diction again with the clear and sharp voice.

The type where each word one by one sticks in the ears like arrows.

Seemed to know where the sound picky and angular personality came from.

“Throwing the display and continuing sightseeing here like that? Can’t return right away? Really want to get fired this?”

Luxury hall employees disappeared instantly like a swarm of cockroaches dispersing.

Aunt crossed arms and glared at the backs of the running luxury hall employees.

“Worthy even hearing the sound there is a reason Taeseong Department Store last. All this my fault for not managing employees so who to blame? Ha!”

A voice with irritation thickly embedded.

The picky aunt’s gaze seemed to melt like chocolate the moment looking at me.

Illusion?

Because aunt’s tone was still cold.

“You Seong-jun’s son? Heung, seed thief can’t do identical to when Seong-jun young.”

“Hello, aunt.”

“Cute looking even greeting polite. Heung, when difficult help each other and live? Your mom said so?”

A sharp tone grumbling, but strangely favor and gladness felt.

What?

Yu Jong-tae quickly covered my ears with both hands.

‘Aggressive and sharp tone ten to one calls misunderstanding. Aunt the type that has to turn a translator separately.’

The meaning of acknowledging as nephew because resembles me and dad, and seems asking whether mom tried to help herself.

But Yu Jong-tae moved eyebrows like a caterpillar.

“Kid, why doing like this here? Where did mom go? Went to the bathroom?”

This really strange.

Heard as the sound worried whether I left alone like a lost child in an unfamiliar department store surprised.

“No. Mom now helping dad’s work at home.”

“So you came alone?”

Yu Jong-tae who was standing behind me stepped one step forward.

“I Yu Jong-tae, came together escorting the Young Master!”

“Good. Team Leader Yu take our Jeong-hyeok and return now. Executive Director Kim, all the sales Jeong-hyeok raised today process full refund.”

“Yes, president. Will immediately restore to original.”

Clearly a cold attitude. Because the gaze looking at me warm?

Heard as the meaning of overlooking so young me not scolded by parents saying used money carelessly, this original.

“Our Young Master the person who just raised Taeseong Department Store’s all-time level sales. Can’t treat a bit more kindly and softly?”

Quick-witted Yu Jong-tae no way not knowing aunt’s favor.

A stiff and hypersensitive reaction unlike slick Yu Jong-tae popped out.

“Speaking from VVVIP customer management dimension.”

“Just said full refund processed, sales not processed.”

“Disappointed. Refusing our Young Master’s favor so coldly. Kindly, softly, this so difficult?”

Yu Jong-tae said looking straight at aunt.

“Already hurt feelings not restored to original just because apologizing. Please.”

Yu Jong-tae still tightly covering my ears.

“If making our Young Master cry then I also won’t endure.”

The sound of large liver if something will charge aunt.

I detached Yu Jong-tae’s hand covering my ears.

“Aunt, no need to cancel department store sales.”

“Hmm?”

“Year-end sales the department store’s grade, pride, and signboard.”

“······Kid?”

“Now when opening the discount event largest in the year, when customers open wallets the most. Anyway preparing Christmas gifts and New Year gifts, if anyway wanted to buy at Taeseong Department Store.”

I smiled brightly.

“Mom said so. Taeseong Department Store the best in our country. The place where can buy the best items in the Republic of Korea. So came?”

Aunt’s sharp mouth corner twitched.

I counted fern-like fingers.

“Our mom good receiving good items as gifts, I good being able to meet the aunt wanted to see, aunt good being able to raise performance······ by any chance aunt dislike me coming here?”

“A, no? Who said dislike?”

Aunt abruptly turned the head with bob cut swaying.

The meaning of my words one.

The meaning of me taking responsibility and filling the hole in sales that occurred as Taeseong’s VIP customers exited.

Aunt ahem, coughed hollow.

“Will keep standing there?”

The sound worried whether legs hurt walking a lot.

“Know so no need to spit more saliva.”

The meaning no need to persuade long.

“What tea like? Cocoa? Adlay tea? Citron tea?”

The words not dislike being with me.

The meaning not wanting to send back the nephew met for the first time like this.

“Ssanghwa tea. With two eggs floating.”

“Taste what, not rustic.”

Aunt also likes ssanghwa tea?

Heard as the sound two eggs in ssanghwa tea golden ratio.

This really don’t know if understanding correctly.

Sometimes really difficult turning women’s words translator.

Only me?

* * *

Slurp!

Aunt and I who came up to the Taeseong Department Store president’s office sat side by side on the sofa and drank ssanghwa tea.

The snack accompanying puffed rice.

This aunt’s sense.

“Among the words mom said there is a word not understanding. Was going to ask certainly when meeting aunt, may ask?”

“What?”

“What’s the reason rich aunts come to the department store?”

“Well because selling expensive and good items at the department store.”

“Then people will crowd only at the place selling the same items cheapest?”

“Not necessarily so. Very rich aunts not coming to buy bargain items, but coming to the department store to show off dignity and wealth.”

“Understood.”

I nodded.

On the other hand aunt tilted the head.

“The words selling the same items cheap not all not sounding like nonsense?”

“So asked aunt. Mom answered like this. Is there a law to only sell items at the department store? Have to sell service too.”

“Hmm?”

“If wanting to catch rich aunt customers have to create the reason to keep coming to the department store.”

“What?”

Aunt opened eyes round.

“Aunt, rich aunts like things where the money spent shows just looking. Spend time and money to buy the dignity visible outwardly.”

Aunt closed the mouth and perked ears.

“From old times nothing like skin beauty in pulling rich aunts. Because management not ending doing one day. Different from items that end if selling once.”

As said up to here, aunt dropped the mouth open.

Caught what I saying.

“The reason VIP customers have to visit Taeseong Department Store often!”

Right!

“People want special service. Need something only obtainable at Taeseong Department Store?”

“Special service not provided at other department stores! Taeseong’s differentiation!”

Exactly that!

“Rich aunts do hair at expensive beauty salons every morning?”

Even just aunt’s hair now so.

Even this swaying bob cut hard to maintain if not managing meticulously.

Would have painstakingly using dryer every morning.

“Head can entrust to professional beautician, skin?”

Upper class madams don’t spare money on beauty now or in the past.

Instead want to receive the best service as much as spending large money.

On the other hand skin management service of this era crude beyond measure.

“Can’t ignore visible skin, can’t not do makeup meeting people.”

Now dermatology not generalized, nothing like professional skin management rooms.

In the end the meaning even highest upper class madams have to manage skin themselves buying cold cream or something.

Aunt’s voice trembled small.

“Surely trying providing professional skin management service at the department store?”

This a historically proven aunt exclusive sales technique.

The aunt marketing called cosmetics door-to-door sales that forms a pair with yogurt aunts!

An era cosmetics agencies rare so mainly sold cosmetics by door-to-door sales.

Then in the 80s, 90s when cosmetics agencies entered nationwide began providing cosmetics massage service to pull people.

“Highest class cosmetics, professional masseuse attached, providing highest class skin beauty service? Only receivable at Taeseong Department Store?”

“There preparing separate ledgers for each customer and writing one by one meticulously.”

“Customer customized service!”

Understanding immediately if said so talk easy good.

“Then the reason rich aunts necessarily have to come to Taeseong Department Store arises?”

“Yes! Originally skin management have to receive steadily!”

My purpose presenting the pretext to call VIP customers to Taeseong Department Store.

Sales aunt’s share.

Aunt clapped hands clap.

“Best! Highest class skin management shop! Use existing cosmetics, turn existing employees!”

Not only that.

I slightly pointed.

“One department store floor completely empty empty. How about making rooms there and decorating massage rooms?”

“Then no need large sum saying separately opening massage shop? Good! Anyway a place playing the whole time not finding stores to enter!”

“Light incense for aunts to feel good, spray perfume too.”

“Sell highest class functional cosmetics, sell massage service, if incense or perfume liking sell that together too?”

My business ended about this level.

I smiled gently.

“Our mom said so. I didn’t know well what words. But aunt seems really knowing well. Indeed good asked aunt.”

“Ayu, our pretty! Our smart!”

Aunt embraced me with a whoosh.

Rubbed aunt’s cheek on my cheek recklessly and laughed brightly in a good mood.

“Said seed thief can’t do, our Seong-jun absolutely doesn’t do such cute acts! This probably resembles your mom, no, our sister-in-law?”

Aunt lifted me embracing and shook dungga dungga.

“Why didn’t our sister-in-law come directly and only sent our cutie secretly? Making convey such cute advice stealthily?”

“Don’t know. Our mom said a matter knowing nothing.”

“Hmm?”

“Mom not met aunt yet, said a matter not knowing no matter who asks.”

The meaning of handing all performance to aunt.

Aunt couldn’t endure and laughed largely.

“Oh my, even such sense! Our new sister-in-law, liking? Heart spending also so, head turning also so.”

Aunt smiled widely.

“Will convey to mom will absolutely not forget this debt?”

Good!

“By any chance know? Our father’s business belief ‘reward hotly!’ I a person fully agreeing to those words.”

Aunt said coyly flipping the bob cut back.

“If received favor have to repay with favor. At tomorrow’s meal seat. I also have to show favor?”

Yes, this!

The words calling my smile.

“Heard the sound sister-in-laws firmly preparing because of Taeseong Chemicals. Don’t worry. This aunt will certainly cover so no one can touch your mom.”

Goal clear!

I came down from the sofa and gathered both hands and did a belly bow.

“Aunt, drank tea well. Then I will go now.”

“What? Already? No, puffed rice not even all eaten yet······ ahem, kid, by any chance nothing else needed?”

Aunt said like a person who will give anything.