We served a total of 80 tables today, but the table turnover rate wasn't high. Everyone was eating and chatting at the same time.
The table that spent the least amount of money spent was one and a half taels of silver, while the table that had the most people crammed together had a total of twelve taels of silver, with most people spending around four taels.
Excluding the money deducted for participating in the event, as well as the sake and drinks given away.
There are also costs.
Today's net profit reached an astonishing 120 taels of silver!
It's more than the profit of her pastry shop in three days.
Of course, this doesn't include when new products are released.
Yan Xia was overjoyed. While Xiao Ji went out to empty the foot bath water, she put the silver into her spatial storage.
The space wasn't large, only about three square meters. According to the system, no living creatures could be placed there except for her, so Yan Xia rarely used the space. Besides, her children were all grown up, and if she were to pull out something outrageous from the space, she wouldn't be able to explain it.
Try not to reveal any flaws.
She only keeps small items like silver in her room.
To avoid being discovered, lest her children think she was possessed by a wandering ghost, given how drastically she had changed.
Although she was just a wisp of soul from the future.
Yan Xia hid the silver and prepared to go to bed.
Xiao Ji happened to be back too, and she put a hot water bottle in the quilt.
"Master, let me massage your shoulders, don't go to sleep yet."
Xiao Ji originally called her aunt, but ever since she bought servants, she has started calling her master, no matter how much Yan Xia tries to persuade her.
There's nothing we can do but let her be.
Yan Xia's shoulders were indeed a little sore. She took off her coat and lay down on the bed.
Xiao Ji started massaging her, from her neck to her shoulders, then to her lumbar spine and both arms, and even carefully kneaded her calves for a long time.
There were many guests today, and Yan Xia helped serve the dishes several times, standing for a long time.
They were all pushed down.
She fell asleep comfortably right away.
Seeing that she was asleep, Xiao Ji stopped what he was doing, covered her with the blanket, and then blew out the candles and went to sleep with her.
Yan Xia slept soundly and didn't even dream.
She was woken up by the sound of breakfast being prepared outside.
She yawned, dressed herself, and just as she was about to put on her shoes, Xiao Ji came in again with a washbasin to help her wash up.
They took such meticulous care of me.
The restaurant is doing very well today, even better than yesterday.
At noon, the queue numbers had already been called up to number 20 and beyond.
Some people are getting impatient, but they are reluctant to leave.
After they were seated, Yan Xia proactively served them a plate of pork tenderloin as an apology, which made the last bit of displeasure in the guests' hearts disappear.
Especially when they ate delicious hot pot, their faces, which had turned dark, visibly brightened with happiness.
When the regular customers who went to Yan's Pastry Shop heard that Yan Xia had opened a restaurant, those with money from her family all went to support her.
In just three days, Yan's Restaurant became famous in Shuangqiao Town.
She put a lot of effort into her activities.
Yet he still earned 400 taels of silver in three days.
On the fourth day, the number of guests indeed decreased by more than half. The restaurant was only full during lunch and dinner hours, and several tables were empty in the afternoon.
Shuangqiao Town has many wealthy households, after all, it is located in the Jiangnan region and can be considered a land of fish and rice.
Many families run businesses.
So there are still quite a few customers who can spend several taels of silver on a meal without batting an eye.
Seeing that there were fewer customers, Yan Xia handed over the reins of the restaurant entirely to her youngest son.
On the fifth day, she returned to Baihua Village.
They're planning to buy the mountain.
It's been exactly ten days since I last went back.
I'm feeling a bit homesick.
"Brother Dali, you can go now. I'll stay at home for the day, and you can take me with you when you go to town tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll go deliver the goods now. I have to deliver to the next county this afternoon, so I need to hurry."
Zhao Dali drove the carriage away.
It was more than five times faster than an oxcart.
He's like Yan Xia's driver now, always at her beck and call, so naturally he's allowed to take the carriage back to the village.
Many people in the village knew that Zhao Dali was working for Yan Xia.
They also knew that Yan Xia had earned a lot of money.
When she walked from her home to the village head's house.
She encountered many people along the way, all of whom greeted her warmly.
“Yan, I heard you’ve made a fortune. Dali has made a lot of money thanks to you. His family has been eating meat a lot lately, which makes us so hungry. Could you lend us a hand?”
"Xia, I used to hold you when you were little. Look at you, you're about to become a grandmother! Any news on your eldest daughter-in-law's pregnancy? Let me tell you, I have a folk remedy that guarantees she'll get pregnant after just two doses, and she'll definitely give birth to a big, healthy boy. All you have to do is get my grandson a job at your shop, even as a waiter. Then I'll tell you the remedy..."
"Hey, isn't this Yan Xia? My cousin from town told me you sent your mother to jail? You're really ruthless, even harming your own mother. No wonder you can make money. Businessmen, they're all heartless, tsk tsk."
"......"
Some of these people were enthusiastic, some were obsequious, and others were making sarcastic and sarcastic remarks.
“Aunt Wang, you don’t need any special remedies. Just take them to your own home. My eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant. She’s just three months along. I told her the other day that I was worried about disturbing the fetus. My Xiaohe doesn’t need any special remedies. She’s perfectly healthy. Besides, I don’t want a big, fat boy. I’d rather have a sweet little granddaughter. You should keep your family and have more sons. I heard that the government will be conscripting laborers in the spring. You only have one son and one grandson. You should have more children. Otherwise, without strong laborers, what will happen to the crops? If you don’t go, each family will have to pay one tael of silver.”
What Yan Xia said is true.
Shuangqiao Town is the main town of Jiashu County, but it is adjacent to Wangshan County and Pingdu County.
The terrain resembles a triangle.
According to the rumors told by Zuo Li, an imperial edict has been issued from the capital, ordering the magistrates of three counties to jointly build a bridge across a river to shorten the distance to other counties. This river runs through more than a dozen counties.
Its length and width are comparable to the modern Yangtze River.
With a bridge, it would be much faster to get to the county town on the other side of the river.
The journey can be shortened from a day to an hour.
Because horse-drawn carriages need to cross, a wooden bridge cannot be built.
No wonder they're conscripting laborers.
Many hands make light work; it seems the county magistrates intend to complete the bridge within a year.
To ensure fairness, each county should send the same number of people.
Jiashu County is the least populated county.
When the cost is spread out, each family naturally needs to provide a strong laborer.
If you don't want to do it, you can be exempted from labor service by paying one tael of silver.
The government then used another tael of silver to recruit people.
Until enough people are gathered.
Yan Xia will definitely have to spend money.
One or two taels of silver were of no use to her, but they were devastating news for the villagers of Baihua Village.
Upon hearing Yan Xia's words, the people who had just been teasing her vanished instantly.
I guess they went home to discuss it.
After all, no one would joke about corvée labor.
Yan Xia shrugged. Before she could even start cursing, everyone had run away. Sigh, it's bad to be rich; there are too many people who are jealous of her.
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