What kind of cake?
What wish?
What did he give as a gift?
It wasn't until he saw Zuo Li winking at him that Magistrate Lu realized what was happening.
"Ah, yes, yes, Father specially asked the Left Assistant to deliver this cake to you. As long as you like it, my dear daughter, Father will deliver it to you again next year."
No wonder he was able to become a county magistrate.
Magistrate Lu's response was first-rate.
Zuo Li breathed a sigh of relief and left first.
He handed the silver to Yan Xia.
I chatted with her for more than half an hour before leaving the pastry shop.
Upon returning to the county government office, he was summoned by the county magistrate.
"So, Yan's Pastry Shop made this cake especially for Baozhu? Haha, not bad, such a clever idea. I've always had a different opinion of Yan's. Even when she's in dire straits, she can still find a way to survive. Not everyone has the courage to go against the tide. Her business is so big now, and she paid a large sum of taxes to the county government at the beginning of the year. She's quite a taxpayer. So, please thank her for me and tell her that I will help her once in the future, as long as it doesn't violate the law."
"Yes, sir, I will go immediately."
Zuo Li's voice was somewhat excited, though not obviously. The county magistrate had not only praised Aunt Yan, but also praised him highly, and said that he would take him to the neighboring county to handle some business tomorrow.
So this is an attempt to groom him?
Zuo Li had many thoughts on his mind, and when he returned to the pastry shop, he couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, you're back again. Did the magistrate reward you with something good?"
The shop was busy in the afternoon, so Yan Xia came out to help her son sell the goods.
Looking up, Yan Xia saw Zuo Li return with a joyful expression on his face. Even though he pretended to be fierce, he couldn't hide it, and Yan Xia couldn't help but want to tease him.
"No way, Aunt Yan, come here for a moment, I have something to tell you."
Zuo Li's smile faded, and he became much more serious.
Yan Xia packed up the flower cakes she was holding and followed him to the backyard.
Is this really true?
Yan Xia exclaimed in surprise.
“How could my words be false? Aunt Yan, with this promise from the adults, as long as you don’t cause any trouble, you can practically walk around Shuangqiao Town with your head held high.”
After the two became familiar with each other, Zuo Li's true nature was fully revealed, which was in stark contrast to his appearance.
Yan Xia felt that if she had to describe Zuo Li in two words...
That's what you call a repressed pervert!
After seeing Zuo Li off, Yan Xia hurriedly went to order a custom-made catalog.
She plans to launch her new cake in three days.
They come in 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, and custom sizes.
Custom-made items can be enlarged and stacked indefinitely according to the buyer's requirements.
Naturally, the price has become increasingly expensive.
A 6-inch one sells for 4 taels, an 8-inch one for 6 taels, and a 10-inch one for 8 taels.
It's very expensive; they've basically given up on the lower-end market.
It's estimated that only wealthy families could afford to eat it.
Three types of picture albums are tentatively planned.
The first type is a birthday cake, the second type is a birthday cake for women, and the third type is a birthday cake for men.
The styles range from festive to beautiful and exquisite, and then to simple and elegant.
For this purpose, Yan Xia also obtained several natural pigments.
When mixed with cream, it produces colors such as pink, red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
She hadn't expected things to go so smoothly. With the magistrate's promise, she had a powerful backer, and Yan Xia was ready to make her mark.
When the shop is busy, Yan Xia deliberately chats with regular customers.
She spread the word that she made a birthday cake for the county magistrate's only daughter.
Now, all the merchants knew that Yan Xia had latched onto the magistrate's coattails.
April 5th.
The shop has officially launched its new products.
Birthday cake
As many as fifty people made reservations on the first day.
Thirty of them came specifically because of Miss Lu's reputation.
Fortunately, their birthdays were all different, otherwise Yan Xia felt she would have lost her life if she made fifty a day.
She noted down the dates these guests had booked in the booklet.
We're going to buy more people; we don't have enough, not nearly enough!
I'm simply too busy to keep up.
We need to buy two more people to help Jin Fu sell his goods, and we also need to buy at least two more people to make pastries in the backyard.
Her two daughters and Xiaoji were exhausted from following her around.
Even Xiaohe, who is heavily pregnant, still has to help make pastries when she's busy. If we don't buy someone soon, my daughter-in-law will be seven months pregnant in less than half a month.
She also needs help taking care of the baby after it's born, and she also needs help with postpartum care.
Yan Xia wished she could be in two places at once.
The roses will bloom next month. In the middle and late part of this month, she will have to make a trip to Jiangnan County. Unlike modern times, Jiangnan is not a region, but a specific provincial capital. Jiangnan County and Jiashu County are both under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan Province. Jiangnan County is the most prosperous place in this dynasty, even surpassing the land under the capital.
I heard that the area is full of rich people, and even street vendors live in large courtyard houses.
They all know how to do business.
The natural environment has made that land extremely fertile, and it has never experienced drought in the past hundred years, with yields far exceeding those of their Jiashu County.
Ordinary farmers live better than most people in Shuangqiao Town.
Jiashu County is located on the outskirts of Jiangnan Province.
Any further up and you're out of the province.
Deng Qiuzhi, who sold her the land, moved to Jiangnan County.
Yan Xia is preparing to cooperate with him.
Open a branch in Jiangnan County!
We found Zou Yaren, whom we had worked with before.
Two days later, Zou Yaren personally led people to her door for her to choose from.
The location is right next to the pastry shop, during its lunch break when it closes for the day.
Time flies by in the midst of busyness.
The sun and the moon took turns, and the appointed day arrived.
After Yan Xia closed her shop, she waited for Zou Yaren to arrive at the pastry shop.
"I'm so sorry, Manager Yan. I apologize for the delay on the way. Please forgive me."
Zou Yaren bowed deeply, his face full of flattery.
Everyone knows that Manager Yan has gotten close to the county magistrate. It's said that the cheapest of her new birthday cakes costs four taels of silver. The county magistrate's daughter has been praising them endlessly, and many wealthy families have placed orders for birthday cakes from Yan's Pastry Shop.
Manager Yan made a fortune, and now he's buying servants from him again.
I bought it a second time in such a short time.
He really needs to curry favor with Manager Yan, this big spender.
"It's alright."
Yan Xia glanced at Xiao Ji beside her and gestured for her to bring Zou Ya Ren a cup of tea.
Xiao Ji nodded slightly and went to the backyard to make tea, just like everyone else.
"Come on, everyone, stand in a line and greet Manager Yan."
Zou Yaren led a dozen or so people into the shop.
They stood in a row, facing Yan Xia.
There were old and young, men and women, handsome and beautiful, ugly and fat.
It has everything.
"Hello, Manager Yan!"
Presumably they had rehearsed beforehand, their voices were in unison, and their eyes were all fixed on the ground; not one of them dared to look directly at Yan Xia.
This is why Yan Xia will cooperate with Zou Yaren a second time.
These servants were trained by him to be very polite.
"Yes, Zou Yaren, I've already told you my requirements. I don't want people with complicated backgrounds, and it would be best if they had no relatives. Please introduce them to me one by one."
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