Not to mention children, even many adults were drooling over it.
However, not everyone has the courage to step through Zhao Ji's door. After all, the things inside are extremely expensive.
Snacks are something that rich people only eat when they are full. Many families are still worried about filling their stomachs.
However, the fragrance was so tempting that many people couldn't help but walk in even though they knew they couldn't afford it.
I don’t want to buy it, but I can take a look, right?
Until closing time, the shop was still crowded with people, and the number even showed an increasing trend, because more and more people came to buy cakes.
However, this still couldn't stop Xue Huan's determination to close the shop on time. She hated working overtime the most, so now that she was her own boss, she must not become the person she hated.
As for those guests, we can only ask them to leave with apologies and come back tomorrow.
As soon as the door closed, several people in the shop slumped down in their chairs, all exhausted.
Xue Huan was better off. After all, she was a cultivator, and her physical fitness was much stronger than that of ordinary people. But even she felt tired, so it was conceivable that Zhen Niang and the others must be extremely exhausted.
As a boss, she had to show her care for her employees at this time. She took a prepared cake and put it on the table, cut it into six equal pieces, and handed them to Zhenniang one by one.
Several people hurriedly took it with both hands without saying a word of thanks.
After smelling the fragrance of cake all day, they were already craving it, but as shop assistants, they had to restrain themselves even if they wanted to eat it.
At this moment, holding the cake handed to them by the girl herself, they felt that all the tiredness of the day disappeared in an instant.
Chun Yan held the cake and was reluctant to eat it. "A whole cake is at least 20 taels, and this one is at least 30 or 40 taels..."
Every bite is real money!
Xue Huan said, "Twenty taels is the labor cost. The cake itself doesn't cost that much. Feel free to eat it."
Qiu Rong and Dong Yun, who had participated in the entire cake-making process, had already begun to enjoy the cake. Upon hearing this, they quickly echoed Xue Huan's words, "That's right, Sister Chun Yan, you can enjoy it without worry."
Chun Yan then carefully scooped a spoonful and put it into her mouth. The cream melted in her mouth and the sweetness touched her heart.
Zhenniang had a question: "Miss, didn't you say that cakes are eaten on birthdays?"
Xue Huan: "Eating birthday cake is just a gimmick. Just like longevity noodles, you can eat it anytime you want. There's no need to find an excuse. But we just need to keep this to ourselves and don't let anyone know."
Several people nodded quickly and promised not to tell anyone else.
Xue Huan was assured about this. Over the past month since the store opened, there were people who were jealous of Zhao Ji's business and wanted to learn the recipes of the various snacks in the store, but no one had succeeded so far.
Because Zhenniang and the others cherish their hard-earned life and are grateful for Xue Huan's trust in them. They have already sworn in their hearts that they will never betray her. How could they be shaken by the promises of outsiders?
After finishing the cake, Xue Huan announced another piece of good news: "You've all worked hard these days. Take a day off tomorrow. I plan to buy another yard nearby and hire a few people to cook. Qiu Rong and Dong Yun will be responsible for teaching them. This way, you can relax a little."
She originally thought that five people were enough to run a small shop, but Zhao Ji's business was better than she expected, so she had to add more people to separate the processing and sales of snacks.
"I'll leave this matter to Zhenniang. Please take more care of it."
"Don't worry, young lady. I will get this done as soon as possible."
Zhenniang was very efficient. Within two days, she found out which shops or courtyards in the vicinity were to be sold, and reported the situation to Xue Huan one by one.
Xue Huan visited each one and finally chose a courtyard on the back street of Zhaoji. After negotiating with the buyer, she bought it for two thousand five hundred taels.
In fact, this courtyard is far inferior to her house in Qingyun Lane, but this area is the commercial center of the entire Fengchi County, and the land price is extremely expensive.
The owner sold it at this price out of respect for Xue Huan, the boss of Zhao Ji. If it were someone else, the price might be higher.
Now that we have the place, we can put it into use after some cleaning and decoration.
While the decoration was going on, Xue Huan bought another group of people and gave them to Zhen Niang to take charge of to see their temperaments, personalities, and what they were good at.
Those who were more clever and tactful stayed in the shop as sales clerks, greeting customers, while those who were more steady and practical were assigned to Qiu Rong and the other two as apprentices.
After three or four days of being busy, things in the shop came to a temporary halt.
This day is Pei Ji's birthday.
In the morning he changed into a new set of clothes, which was one of the ones Xue Huan had brought back for him as the little white fox. It was a dark blue crepe robe embroidered with cloud patterns, with a cross collar, narrow sleeves, and a jade belt around his waist, which made his shoulders broad, waist narrow, and legs long seem even more prominent.
The piled stones are like jade, the rows of pines are like emerald, and Lang is unique and there is no other like him in the world.
This sentence in the book seemed to be tailor-made for him.
When he walked towards her, Xue Huan was almost stunned by his handsomeness. She felt like a deer was jumping in her chest.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, the fawn died.
"Hanhan." His eyes lit up when he saw her, and his originally steady steps became more lively. He almost skipped over to her, grabbed her hand, and said coquettishly, "I have a big mosquito bite on my back. I can't scratch it. Huanhan, help me scratch it."
How could Xue Huan still harbor any romantic feelings for a "child" who trusted her wholeheartedly and whose eyes were pure and innocent? She felt like she was a beast for staring at him intently and swallowing her saliva!
"Where?" Xue Huan moved behind him, touched his back, and tentatively moved. "Here? Or here?"
"Yeah, that's it."
Xue Huan started to tickle him, "Did you kick the curtain open last night?"
Pei Ji's somewhat guilty voice came from the front: "I felt a little stuffy, so I opened the tent a little."
Xue Huan laughed, "Do you think the mosquitoes will stop coming in and biting you? Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, it's much better. Huanhuan, the itching is gone after you scratched it."
But Xue Huan soon realized that his words were just a compliment to her. After she withdrew her hand, he still couldn't help but reach behind his back to grab it from time to time.
Xue Huan couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she led him into her room and said, "Come, take off your clothes. I'll apply some medicine on you."
"Oh." Pei Ji took off his clothes without hesitation.
When Xue Huan came back with the medicine, she saw him with his clothes pulled down to his arms. He was sitting there obediently, with his white jade-like shoulders and back exposed in front of her, which made her dizzy for a moment.
This shoulder, this back, this waist, she can... Coming back to her senses, Xue Huan couldn't help but slap herself in the face. Bah, what can you say? This is an amnesiac! What is she thinking about?
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