Besides, she knew that Deng Qiuzhi didn't have much money on him, and if she gave him enough for 10 days' worth of goods, he probably wouldn't be able to come up with it.
"Alright, the usual arrangement then. By the way, Manager Yan, two people want to see you. It seems to be about the cooperative branch. Would you like to see them together, or..."
Let's break up.
"Alright, then I'll take you to see Young Master Meng tomorrow at noon. It'll be at the restaurant across from my shop."
"Okay, whatever you say. I'm going back to the inn now."
Yan Xia boarded Qian Yi's carriage.
We arrived at the inn where we stayed last time.
“Master, I usually stay at another place, so I won’t be able to pick you up tomorrow. I have to rush back to town.”
Qian Yi did not dismount from the carriage.
He planned to stay in his dormitory-style room.
"It's alright, it doesn't matter where we stay. Waiter, bring us two superior rooms."
"By the way, have you spent all the money I gave you? I promised to give it to you every three days, but it's been ten days and I've only given it to you twice. What's going on between you and Yuanshan? You both say you still have enough money. It's really strange."
Yan Xia looked at him with a scrutinizing expression.
Where do you and Yuanshan usually live?
"Reporting to Master, stay..."
"I'll stay in a dormitory. It's cheap there. I'll only be sleeping for one night anyway. It's too wasteful to book a room. I'll just make do for one night. It's only five coins. Don't worry, I've fed the horses good feed. I have enough money. I even have more than two taels on me."
Yan Xia frowned.
“What kind of talk is it to live in a dormitory? You’ve traveled for so long, how can you not get a good night’s sleep? Who will be responsible if something happens to you? If something happens to your health, where am I supposed to find someone to send you pastries? Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll pick a free day tomorrow or the day after and buy a house here. You and Yuanshan can live there. I’ll also buy two servants to look after the house, clean, cook, and take care of the horses. That way, I won’t have to keep asking you if you have enough money. I’m getting annoyed with that myself.”
Moreover, she can live there.
We can't stay at an inn every time we come to Jiangnan County.
Yan Xia was a little disgusted with the bedding here.
It feels like it hasn't been washed.
I wonder who was the last person to sleep in this bed.
The hygiene of this room is like this.
One can imagine what it was like to sleep in a large communal room.
"We will obey our master."
"Okay, you go to sleep first. I'll go find Brother Deng myself after I get up tomorrow."
"Yes, Master."
The two went back to their respective rooms.
I quickly washed up and went to sleep.
Before dawn, Qian Yi's carriage departed, while Yan Xia was still asleep.
She had a wonderful dream that the system had returned.
He took her on journeys to various worlds, where she became a queen, chieftain, princess, general, and even a female war goddess in a future world.
Every world is full of wonderful things to live in.
When she woke up, her lips were twitching, probably because she had been laughing all night and her lips were stiff.
Yan Xia rubbed her cheeks, got dressed, brushed her teeth, and washed her face.
Once on the street, I randomly picked a stall and ate a bowl of wontons and two meat buns.
Then he went to Deng Qiuzhi's place.
When they arrived, Deng Qiuzhi was busy running around.
Yan Xia had no choice but to go shopping alone for a while.
It will get hot in a little over a month.
She chose a round fan with two strings of jade beads hanging from it, in various colors.
When you fan it, it makes a tinkling sound, like a wind chime.
The round fan is embroidered with peach blossoms in the center, and the handle is made of jade, which feels cool to the touch.
Yan Xia liked it very much.
After paying, she went to the jewelry shop again.
This place is very prosperous, so naturally everything here is extremely good, although it's also more expensive.
That round fan cost 50 taels of silver. In Shuangqiao Town, it probably wouldn't even sell for 5 taels.
Wealthy families use ice; why would they need fans?
Even if they did use it, there were maids to fan them.
They wouldn't do it themselves.
This summer, Yan Xia also plans to buy ice. Firstly, she has enough money and doesn't need to make herself sweat in the heat. Secondly, her daughter-in-law is due to give birth in mid-July and will need to stay in bed for postpartum confinement, which would be too hot. Yan Xia is not from ancient times and is not so feudal.
She wanted to buy some ice to put in her daughter-in-law's room so that she and the children wouldn't get heat rash.
Third, in hot weather, cream won't whip up without ice, and butter and other ingredients spoil easily.
We need to prepare an ice cellar, but that will increase the cost.
There's nothing we can do about it.
We can earn less on other pastries, but the price of cakes must be raised.
Otherwise, what if the cake melts during delivery? She'd have to put ice in the wooden box, which is too expensive. If she doesn't raise the price, she'll lose money.
If both of them reach an agreement today, she can only offer 4 strings of cash per bag.
Lost in thought, the morning passed quickly.
Yan Xia returned to Deng Qiuzhi's shop with the round fan.
I followed him to the restaurant.
Meng Yu was already waiting in the private room, and the waiter opened the wooden door.
With a 'creak' sound.
The two locked eyes.
"you--"
"Forehead?"
They recognized each other.
"You must be Manager Yan?"
Meng Yu was somewhat surprised. That night, he thought Yan Xia was an unmarried young girl. Now, looking at her, Manager Yan's face indeed had a maturity that a young girl didn't have; she just looked young.
That's impressive; they've managed to support such a huge business.
Before collaborating with Meng Yu, they had already inquired about everything.
Shopkeeper Yan divorced her ex-husband and raised her child, building everything from scratch in less than a year.
All the pastries at Yan's Pastry Shop were her own creations, including birthday cakes. She also found out that she had managed to curry favor with the magistrate of Jiashu County.
Moreover, she has several children and is almost a grandmother.
Oh my god, Grandma?
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