She knew that her younger brother had thought about the academy.
Qiu Xu nodded to his sister. He understood that he couldn't cause trouble for himself while in Baiyang.
He is not a reckless person.
Manager Gao was severely punished by Lu Jia and the others last night, and his whole body ached, so he was limping when he walked.
However, because of the incident at Xingyue Tower today, which brought a lot of business to Shuangxi Tower, he was in a good mood at the moment.
Upon meeting Qiu Yan, Manager Gao greeted her with a smile, "Miss Qiu..."
However, he had barely uttered three words when he noticed that Qiu Yan hadn't even glanced at him, and had directly pulled her younger brother and sister-in-law into their own wonton shop. His face instantly turned ashen.
He has given up on trying to win them over. He came today because he wanted to try their wontons and find out their fresh ingredient recipe.
To their surprise, Gao Yuan and Zhang Ming stopped them at the door as soon as they arrived.
As soon as Qiu Yan entered the wonton shop, she saw a fat middle-aged man eating in their shop.
The fat man looked at Qiu Yumei and laughed, "I heard yesterday that your wonton shop has an amazing taste, and after trying it today, it is indeed delicious."
Qiu Yumei looked a little nervous. She served the fat man another bowl of wontons, saying, "I'm glad you like it."
Seeing Qiu Yan return brought her a great sense of peace.
Her eldest niece is now her pillar of support.
The fat man was eating wontons when he saw Qiu Yan and couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.
"Is it you who made my wonton shop go out of business?"
His words made the atmosphere around him more tense, and everyone stared intently at the fat man.
Qiu Xu and Qiu Ling'er looked at their sister with concern, blindly trusting her because of the previous incident.
"Your wonton shop?" Qiu Yan was somewhat surprised. Wasn't the wonton shop owned by Lady Guan?
The fat man nodded. "That's right, it's my shop."
Lai the butcher, having killed someone, was bound to face a bad end. Lady Guan wanted to continue her business, but after such an incident, they had offended him severely, and he naturally took back his shop.
Qiu Yan replied, "You're wrong. Your wonton shop going out of business has nothing to do with me."
The fat man chuckled, "You're quite an interesting girl."
He originally came to question her, but if it weren't for the fact that Lady Guan had a grudge against this girl and wouldn't have thought of sending someone into his room, he wouldn't have had such a shameful incident.
Now, seeing Qiu Yan's composure and poise at such a young age, he no longer had the heart to question her.
"My sister told me that you are now the manager's wife at Xingyue Tower?"
Qiu Yan nodded, and Master Zhang continued:
"Not bad, not bad. It's quite remarkable that a woman could do what you have done." He had heard that Shuangxilou's business had been significantly suppressed by Xingyuelou.
The fat man is a businessman and admires Qiu Yan's abilities.
Seeing that the fat man wasn't there to interrogate her, Qiu Yan sat down at the table next to him. "If I'm not mistaken, you are Master Zhang."
Master Zhang was the wealthiest merchant in Baiyang City, and he thought Qiu Yan knew him.
However, he still said, "Young lady has good eyesight."
Seeing that Qiu Yan and the fat man did not start a conflict, everyone felt relieved and went about their own business.
Qiu Yan asked Qiu Xu to take Qiu Ling'er to the backyard first.
She confirmed her suspicions, and seeing that the wealthy man was amiable and not as unpleasant as she had imagined, she decided to do business with him.
Qiu Yan smiled slightly, "I wonder if Master Zhang would be willing to cooperate with our Xingyue Tower?"
Master Zhang asked with some confusion, "Oh? How does the cooperation work?"
"As you know, Xingyuelou now offers food delivery services."
As soon as Qiu Yan spoke, Master Zhang understood what she meant.
"You want to send food to our cloth shop?" This girl is really shrewd.
"Well, Master Zhang, if you order food from our Xingyue Restaurant, the workers will have more time to rest. When they are well-rested, they can work more efficiently. Most importantly, it's convenient. What do you think, Master Zhang?"
Master Zhang thought about it and realized that this would save a lot of trouble. "I think this is feasible, but I need to discuss it with the workers and make sure they agree."
“Alright, Master Zhang, please consider it. Our Xingyue Restaurant will be receiving a batch of meal boxes soon. For regular customers who order a month's worth of meals at once, I'm willing to give each of them a free fixed meal box. For your sake, I'll give them a 90% discount on the meal price.”
Hearing Qiu Yan's suggestion, Master Zhang was tempted. "How about this," he said, "I'll order a month's worth of food for our No. 1 shop first. If they give good feedback later, I'll continue ordering. The price of each meal can't be too high, otherwise the workers won't be able to afford it."
In Baiyang City, their cloth shop has more than a dozen stores of various sizes. If possible, he could consider placing a long-term order.
“Okay.” Qiu Yan thought of the bone broth noodles she had eaten earlier, which only cost three coins a bowl.
Let's focus on low profit margins and high sales volume. Qiu Yan, in the early stages, you shouldn't always be thinking about making money.
Qiu Yan has finalized the business deal, and the matter is initially settled, but the specific details still need to be discussed further.
The following day was Qiu Xu's first day of school.
Although Qiu Xu said he didn't want Qiu Yan to take him, Qiu Yan insisted on taking him to the academy.
Qiu Yan was still a little worried about the ten-year-old child, who would be a third or fourth grader in the modern world.
As the siblings approached the vicinity of Luming Academy, they saw an old man squatting by the roadside, covered in sweat.
Qiu Yan looked at Qiu Xu, "Xu, is that Elder Mu?"
Qiu Xu also noticed the old man in front of him. He nodded to his sister and stepped forward. "Master Mu, what's wrong?"
Qiu Yan also said, "Grandpa Mu."
Old Mu raised his head with difficulty, glanced at Qiu Xu in front of him, and his face was somewhat unpleasant.
Old Mu waved his hand, still remembering Qiu Xu's words from that day, and still harboring some prejudice against him.
"I'm fine, it's just that my stomach is a little upset." He has had chronic stomach problems for many years, and he feels terrible if he doesn't eat something good.
Seeing that he was sweating profusely from the pain, Qiu Xu stepped forward and supported his arm, saying, "I'll take you home."
Old Mu waved his hand, "You still need to study, don't be late. Go on, I'm fine." He had just grabbed two doses of herbal medicine from the pharmacy, but before this person even got back, his stomach started hurting unbearably.
Qiu Yan said, "Grandpa Mu, let Ah Xu take you home."
After thinking for a moment, Old Mu finally nodded.
Although he didn't want to trouble others, his stomach pain was so bad that he couldn't walk.
The two escorted Old Master Mu back to his home.
After bidding farewell to Elder Mu, Qiu Xu went to study. Today was his first day of school, and he certainly couldn't be late.
Qiu Yan poured Grandpa Mu a glass of water. "Grandpa Mu, are you feeling any better?"
Old Mu took a sip of hot water and said, "I feel much better."
Actually, his stomach was still aching terribly, but he was just enduring it.
"Grandpa Mu, do you know if there are any houses around here that are available for rent?"
Old Mu took another sip of hot water. "Are you the one who wants to rent a room?"
Qiu Yan nodded, "Mm."
Because of stomach pain, Old Master Mu frowned and continued, "Next to my courtyard is Master Zhang's vacant courtyard, which I've noticed has been empty. If you'd like to rent it, you can ask him. That's all I know."
Master Zhang's courtyard? What a coincidence. "I understand, thank you, Grandpa Mu."
After saying goodbye to Old Master Mu, Qiu Yan planned to go to Jiang Liu's clothing shop to buy some clothes.
On South Street, inside a clothing store, Jiang Liu and Tang Yi got into an argument.
Tang Yi glared angrily at the clothes in the shop, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists.
"Jiang Liu, I knew you wanted money to open a shop, I wouldn't have given you a single copper coin!"
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