"Xiaoyan, please be careful on the road."
"Yes, Aunt, I will come to see you often." When Qiu Yan left the Xia family, her older cousin, younger cousin, and two younger cousins all came out to see her off.
Guo Shi leaned on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and watched Qiu Yan leave the courtyard.
She knew Qiu Yan meant to treat her leg, but she lacked confidence in herself.
...Huaiyuan, though not as noisy as Baiyang due to last year's events, is gradually recovering.
Although the streets are wide, the events of last year have deeply affected the people of Huaiyuan, and some are still immersed in the pain of losing loved ones.
As soon as Qiu Yan arrived, she took her aunt to the shop that Huaiyuan had just bought.
After Qiu Yumei went there and inspected the place, she was very satisfied. "Hmm, not bad."
As expected of a prefectural city, it was much larger than Baiyang City, and Qiu Yumei fell in love with the place as soon as she arrived.
That evening, Qiu Yan and her companion, along with Ling Qi and Ling Ba, checked into the inn.
Qiu Yumei was not very familiar with Huaiyuan, so the next morning, Qiu Yan took her aunt to familiarize herself with the streets of Huaiyuan.
Qiu Yumei was new to Huaiyuan and found it very novel. This feeling was just like when she first went to Baiyang with her father when she was a child.
"Xiaoyan, if Huaiyuan Wonton Shop becomes big, do you plan to open more branches?"
Qiu Yan countered, "What is Auntie thinking?"
"My aunt thinks it would be a good idea to open a wonton shop in Shangjin City." Qiu Yumei also wanted to visit the capital, so that she wouldn't have lived in vain.
Qiu Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to Auntie." She now mainly runs a pharmacy. She originally opened a wonton shop to give her auntie something to do.
Tired from shopping, and finding it difficult to find ordinary noodle shops, Qiu Yan led her aunt to Shuangxi Pavilion.
Qiu Yumei was reluctant to dine at the restaurant, but Qiu Yan said that she didn't eat there often.
Qiu Yan actually wanted to learn more about this restaurant.
Shuangxi Pavilion remains unchanged.
After lunch, Qiu Yan and her aunt went shopping. The two of them went to a brokerage firm to buy some servants for their new shop.
You can't open a shop without people.
At the matchmaking shop, just like with Bai Yang, as soon as Qiu Yan explained her purpose, the matchmaker led out some men and women for her to look at.
"The people here have impeccable backgrounds, so you two can choose with confidence."
The matchmaker found today quite unusual. Usually, the servants who came to buy supplies were the stewards of the mansion, but today, it was two women.
Qiu Yumei carefully examined these pitiful people, one by one.
Finally, her gaze fell upon several girls of similar height.
"Xiaoyan, I think those girls are pretty good."
Qiu Yan followed her aunt's gaze and looked over. The girls had fair skin, were of average height and had well-proportioned figures. When they saw Qiu Yan looking at them, they all wore respectful smiles.
When the matchmaker heard what Qiu Yumei said, she coughed lightly and said, "You two have excellent taste. These people are all strong and capable, and they won't be slack off when it comes to work or cooking."
"but……"
"But what?" Qiu Yan asked.
"However, they were servants of disgraced officials." With this unpleasant identity, most people felt uncomfortable, so they have remained in the present day.
Qiu Yan didn't care about that; what she wanted were people to do the work.
These girls were clearly well-trained and well-mannered; they must have been servants since childhood.
Qiu Yan examined their backgrounds and selected four of them.
"Okay, they're the ones."
As she spoke, she handed the matchmaker the corresponding amount of silver.
When the four maids heard that a family wanted to buy them, they felt a mix of anticipation, fear, and confusion.
"What a straightforward girl!" the matchmaker said loudly, her face crinkling with laughter.
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