When Su Qingluan arrived at the capital Jingzhou, she couldn't help but sigh that it was worthy of being the capital of a country. Its prosperity was so great that even Qingzhou City could not compare with it, let alone Lefeng County!
Just talking about the people on the street, even the ordinary vendors are dressed neatly than those in Lefeng County, and some even have various patterns on their cuffs and collars!
You know, in Lefeng County, even people with a little savings often use plain fabrics to make clothes more practical and cost-effective. This is because even simple patterns are very troublesome to embroider at home or have an embroiderer do it for you.
The former wastes a lot of working time, while the latter wastes a lot of copper coins. For most people in Lefeng County, neither is cost-effective.
Su Qingluan and Song Bo discussed it and decided that the three of them would split into two groups. Song Bo would go and see if there was a suitable house to rent first, while she would lead Yaoguang to check out the store first - of course, without revealing their identities for the time being.
Because Su Qingluan found that the new manager had been doing well at first, but in recent months, especially the past two or three months, the store's sales had dropped significantly compared to the beginning. Although it wasn't to the point of being "unsustainable", it was enough for Su Qingluan to pay attention.
If it wasn't for Mu Xingzhi's incident this time, she would have sent Yunniang to the capital to see what was going on.
But Su Qingluan was very sure that it was not because the popularity of the jam she made had declined - because there was no obvious change in the sales of the other two branches. Once various series were launched, whether they were new series or limited-time returns of old series, they were all sold out.
However, even though she is confident in her product, Su Qingluan still cannot be sure whether there will be any new competitors emerging in the capital - she never thought that her jam will never have a substitute, otherwise she would not have focused on both quality and sentiment.
After discussing with Song Bo, Su Qingluan asked Yaoguang to change into plainer clothes, and she also changed into women's clothes - for convenience, she wore men's clothes after leaving Xunyang County.
However, Su Ji's main business so far is still jam, which is equivalent to a modern dessert shop. Su Qingluan herself knows that her customers above the eighth floor are basically women, so it is more convenient for women to come to the store.
"Cousin Yaoyao," Su Qingluan called Yaoguang this when there were many people around. "Let's go to the store first to get a feel for it. Although I'm the shopkeeper, I'm not sure about the depth of the owner of this branch."
Yaoguang nodded: "Don't worry, cousin, I will not act rashly without your instructions." Originally, in front of Mu Xingzhi, Yaoguang could call them "cousin" relatively fluently. Now that Mu Xingzhi's "bloodline suppression" is gone, Yaoguang calls them more naturally.
Su Qingluan nodded when she heard that, and walked towards the address of the "Su Ji" branch with Yaoguang - in fact, Su Qingluan is not short of money now, so she can naturally rent horse carriages, donkey carts and other means of transportation. If she wants to be more "elegant", there are also sedan chairs with various specifications and decorations.
However, Su Qingluan estimated that the journey would only take less than half an hour, and they had just had a large bowl of mutton soup noodles after entering the city, so they were full, so it was a good opportunity to take a walk to help digest the food.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan turned her head and whispered to Yaoguang, "Aren't you tired walking like this?" She herself had to run around every day for various reasons since she traveled through time, and her legs had good endurance, but she was a little worried that Yaoguang would not be used to it.
Yaoguang was very surprised: "Whenever we went on a mission, it was thousands of times more difficult than this. How could you be bothered by the fatigue of walking a few steps?"
Su Qingluan slapped her head. She had been foolish, completely forgetting Yaoguang's true identity. If it were a real battle of physical strength, ten of her wouldn't even be enough to match her.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan felt relieved and took Yaoguang to "Su Ji".
But Su Qingluan was unfamiliar with the place after all. It was her first time in the capital and she couldn't tell the directions. Although Yaoguang was Mu Xingzhi's direct subordinate, she had mainly been active elsewhere than in the capital before, so she was naturally in the dark.
Moreover, although they had the address of "Su Ji", the house numbers in those days were not as detailed as they are in later generations. Some alleys didn't even have house numbers, so don't even think about it. The address only had a rough house number, and asking for directions was also difficult. In those days, there were no electronic navigation systems, so there was no need for positioning.
So after turning around many times, the two people got lost, which was both unexpected and expected.
It just so happened that the older brother who had shown them the way said that there was a small path here that could be used as a shortcut, so this was a small fork in the road that was almost nowhere to be found, with no village in front and no shop behind.
If it weren't for Yaoguang, a martial artist, following her, Su Qingluan would not have had the courage to go in because of the dim light.
But now, the good thing turned into a disadvantage. It was precisely because she had become confident and no longer afraid that Su Qingluan and Yaoguang were now lost in the middle of this small path, and could only wander around like headless flies.
After finally walking out of an alley and onto the main road, the two had already lost their way.
But bad luck didn't always happen. When Su Qingluan asked for directions next time, she asked a little girl with round eyes.
The little girl looked Su Qingluan and Yaoguang up and down and said, "You don't look like you're from Jingzhou. Judging from your accent, you must be from the north?" Compared with Jingzhou, both Huaxi Village and Xunyang County are indeed considered "northern".
Su Qingluan nodded and said, "Miss, you have good eyesight. We are new here, but we heard that Su Ji's jam is very famous, so we want to buy some to bring back for our relatives and friends."
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