"ah?"

Yunling pretended to be confused and replied, "What does the shopkeeper want to talk to me about?"

Manager Zhou said happily, "Young lady is clever. She came up with this idea to bring a lot of business to the restaurant. This is a good thing."

"You're too kind, innkeeper. These guests weren't brought by us. It's obvious that the restaurant's dishes attracted them. We're ashamed of our behavior and will be leaving in a couple of days."

Upon hearing the word "leave," Manager Zhou's expression immediately changed. Seeing Yun Ling's calm demeanor, he instantly realized that this was a cunning little fox, harboring even more schemes than Yun Ruoxia.

Right now, seeing that many customers are coming for the jokes, I'm picking up Qiao to give him a good thrashing for his previous evasive and disbelieving attitude. That's normal, and it's perfectly normal.

Manager Zhou quickly smiled and said, "Young lady, what are you saying? The guests sitting here right now prefer listening to jokes to storytelling. They wish the storyteller would take a break so they could hear a couple of jokes."

Yunling suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. But we don't necessarily see them placing orders, so it's ineffective for us. No matter how good the jokes are, it's useless. Besides, hiring someone to tell jokes isn't cheap, it's two hundred coins a day, sigh."

"Young lady, aren't you being a bit too hasty? I spent countless coins advertising my chicken mushroom oil noodles before the number of customers gradually increased. You've only been here a few days, and you're already thinking of getting big clients?"

Yunling looked at Manager Zhou. She couldn't possibly seduce a big client, but she could at least seduce an old fox.

"The shopkeeper knows that our family is just an extremely poor family in Dongtou Village. The mushrooms we sell are barely enough to make a living. Even hiring someone has exhausted our resources. How can we afford to continue selling them?"

“You little liar, don’t you keep bees too? Doesn’t your father work at the Fu family business in the city? Your family isn’t as poor as you’re making it out to be.”

Yunling remained calm and composed, directly refuting, "That's just superficial prosperity. Our family has a small plot of land and a large population, so we can't raise many bees. Our honey doesn't fetch a good price, and we can't produce any valuable royal jelly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of this way to make money."

If Manager Zhou believed everything she said, he would have lived in vain all these years. But now he was being manipulated and had no way to fight back against her, so naturally he had to go along with her.

"How about this, I'll pay the storyteller's wages, okay? But he has to tell more stories and bring me more customers."

Yunling frowned and sighed.

"That benefits the shopkeeper, but what difference does it make to me?"

"That's nothing??? The more he talks about it, the more people will remember your... your... your Night-Blooming Jade."

"What's the use of memorizing it? It doesn't save me from having to buy it myself. I can't possibly stay here every day. Knowing it won't help if I can't buy it."

Manager Zhou took a deep breath. Today he had a thorough understanding of the idiom "to take an inch and then a mile," but he was like someone who had boarded a pirate ship. If he didn't "go with the flow," he would probably lose his life.

"What does the young lady want?"

"It's very simple. Just put a sign on that platform, write 'Zhaoyeqing' on it, print our trademark, and say that you can place an order at the Eagle Network in the Marriage Corner. That's all."

Shopkeeper Zhou sighed, "Oh, young lady, you could have gotten this little thing sooner, why go through all this trouble?"

"I don't have any coins."

Yunling spread her hands, her voice strong despite her lack of conviction.

Just one sentence silenced Manager Zhou on the spot. He couldn't think of any words to refute her, and in the end, he could only suffer in silence, letting Yunling follow his nose.

Gangzi was so happy when he saw that his wages had increased to two hundred coins, and that his great-aunt didn't have to pay for it. He was so happy that he almost talked himself hoarse.

Within a few days, the brand name "Zhaoyeqing" spread throughout the city. Because Yunling asked Manager Zhou to put up the sign, many people interested in briefs went to the matchmaking corner to place their orders.

Yunling then met Xie Sinan again.

"Young lady, why do you seem a little unhappy to see me?"

"Why would I be unhappy? Your presence here means I have an order, right? I'm just curious why it was you who delivered it?"

"Oh, that's how it is. I usually deliver the first order to your door myself, so it's easier for me to understand the situation."

Yunling didn't think much of it. She took the order and looked at it. There were many orders, but most of them were for a pair of briefs that needed to be delivered to her door.

This annoyed Yunling. She could understand those who wanted to buy a pair of briefs to try it out first, but if everyone did that, the orders would undoubtedly be wasted.

However, if we were to follow the example of later generations and simply put up a sign on a website with the product and price listed so that people could place orders, it would require manpower for registration and would be quite troublesome.

Another method is to send the goods to the city in advance. If someone places an order, the goods can be shipped directly there. However, this is also a matter of manpower, so let's take it one step at a time.

"I wonder how many copper coins you need for these orders, sir. I'll give them to you right away."

"Young lady, just give me eight coins for the donkey cart fare."

Xie Sinan had been staring intently at Yun Ling's expression, but couldn't figure it out. However, this didn't stop him from probing, and he asked:

"I glanced at it when I arrived, and the young lady's list is too scattered, mostly consisting of only one or two items..."

"It's good to have an order. Everything is difficult at the beginning. You can't rush making money." Yunling took out eight coins from her pocket and handed them to Xie Sinan.

Xie Sinan took the copper coin, his eyes constantly scanning inside, determined to find some traces of the future. "I'm a little thirsty. I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to drink a sip of water."

"Then hurry back and drink, I won't keep you any longer."

Shessnan: ...

Why is she so wary of him?

He didn't do anything. He just came from another world and felt too lonely and helpless. He just wanted to find someone he knew to be close to. He wouldn't hurt her, so why would he need to?

But Yunling had no intention of getting close to him. Looking at the list, she was focused on making the publicity bigger, determined to make everyone know her name, "Zhao Yeqing".

The next day

She then followed Yun Shenghua to the local paper mill in the county town.

The moment you step inside, you're struck by the strong smell of ink and wash. The paper shop is quite large, with staff responsible for printing, organizing, mounting plates, and miscellaneous tasks.

Yunling grabbed one of them and asked, "Young man, who do you want to contact to publish this matter?"