Chapter 233: Another profitable business
Seeing her feeling humiliated and upset, Meng Chifei finally felt a little better.
Seeing that she was soft-hearted, Wen Yan immediately threw himself into her arms and rubbed against her like a kitten.
No matter how angry Meng Chifei was, he was wiped out by her.
The two chatted calmly, and Wen Yan then asked her why she came here, and whether she was going back to Northern Xinjiang again.
"How could that be! Jing Mingmei collected a batch of grains. I wanted to use the excuse of delivering the grains to find you in Jinyang Prefecture, but I didn't expect you to be back already."
"Doesn't that mean we're going to miss out again?"
This was the only night they could spend reminiscing about the past.
Meng Chifei simply moved into Wen Yan's room and lived with her.
The two sisters talked for a long time all night.
The next day, as soon as the city gate opened, Meng Chifei and his group were ready to leave.
Wen Yan sent him to the city gate and said, "There are many bandits on the road, so you must be careful."
Meng Chifei waved his hand at her: "Don't worry, I'm here for anyone who dares to steal my things. I guarantee that they won't even know how their heads moved."
“Don’t kill him.
Brother Meng is cleaning up the river in Jinyang Prefecture, so you can just capture them and use them as laborers."
It was just a joke from Wen Yan, but Meng Chifei took it seriously.
Along the way, she was not only waiting for bandits to come and rob her.
She also took the initiative to ask local people about the bandits' lair.
In short.
On this trip, Meng Chifei not only delivered a lot of food to Meng Xiyan, but also sent a lot of laborers to quarry and dig canals.
The ones Meng Xiyan caught himself were enough.
It's really funny to see his buy-one-get-one-free behavior for his own sister.
Of course, this is all in the past.
After Wen Yan and the others prepared some dry food, they left the town and continued their journey south.
They were all on horseback, so they could travel much faster.
In a few days, we arrived near the capital.
They stayed at the post station.
As the clerk served them the food, Wen Yan placed a handful of copper coins on the table and asked him, "How do I get to Huaying Town from here?"
The clerk took the copper coins in his hand and weighed them. There were about twenty of them, almost enough for his day's wages.
He explained the route of the official road attentively: "If you ride horses, you can arrive in two days. On the first day, don't just rush on the road. Be sure to stay in Huinan Town. There will be no place to stay for a long distance."
"Thank you, young man, for answering my questions." Wen Yan thanked him with a smile.
The clerk was deeply terrified and moved.
The lady in front of me doesn't dress like an ordinary person.
She actually thanked him, a mere clerk.
The clerk didn't bother him any more and left on his own.
Uncle Tian asked curiously, "What are we going to do in Huaying Town?"
Wen Yan said, "I heard there are a lot of flower farmers over there. I want to buy some rare flowers and plants."
There is an orchid that will help her make a lot of money in the near future and play a vital role.
Hearing that she had important things to do, Uncle Tian didn't ask any more questions and just focused on accompanying and protecting her.
Master Wu Yunzi seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
Wen Yan saw what he meant and said, "I've been away from home for too long. I want to go back to the capital first."
Wu Yunzi didn't dare to talk to her recently. Wen Yan was scared when he knew that she was the one who killed Situ Ming with such cruel means.
Wen Yan didn't try to avoid him when killing people.
Just be prepared to be alienated by him.
Wen Yan thought for a moment and said, "It's not safe for you to go back alone. How about this, I'll ask the postmaster if there's any escort service available through the escort agency.
If not, you will have to come with us.”
Wu Yunzi is a talented and good person.
She brought him out, so naturally she would take him back.
Wu Yunzi hummed lightly and lowered his head to eat.
Wen Yan called the clerk over again and asked him about the escort.
Fortunately, the post station has this business.
However, they were not professional bodyguards from trained families, but a temporary team formed by selecting some people who knew some fighting skills from nearby villagers.
However, this place is only a day's journey from the capital, and no bandits or ruffians dare to cause trouble.
These villagers are enough.
Wen Yan asked ten people to escort him.
The next day.
After seeing Situ Ming off, Wen Yan and the others set off.
Following the clerk's instructions, they arrived at Huaying Town in the evening of the next day.
It’s getting late.
They found an inn to rest for a night and started their work the next day.
Wen Yan took Pei'er around to guess.
This town is indeed famous for its flower cultivation.
It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and a mountain spring flows through the center of the town.
Because there are flower merchants coming and going all year round, this town is much richer and more prosperous than other towns.
The streets are clean and filled with the fragrance of flowers, and the pedestrians' clothes are rarely patched.
In addition to flower shops filled with fresh flowers on both sides of the street, there are also many shops selling rouge, incense, and flower dyes.
There is even a shop that specializes in nail polish and flower ornaments.
Wen Yan runs a cloth shop and is interested in incense and dyes.
She entered the shop and took some samples from those who were interested.
Then she went to the shop next door to buy nail polish and made crabapple flower ornaments at the corners of Pei'er's eyes.
The proprietress was a girl of eighteen or nineteen. After she had applied the mud to Pei'er's hairpins, she warned her, "Remember, don't wash your face tonight. If you get it wet, the hairpins will get smudged and look ugly."
Pei'er raised her cleaned fingers and said to Wen Yan, "Miss, how are we going to wash up tonight?"
The proprietress had already thought of this and said with a smile, "We have a facial massage lady who will come to your house to serve you. Her facial massage and acupoint massage techniques are very good. Combined with our flower oil, I guarantee that you will get great value for money.
Which inn are you two staying at? I'll send someone over when the time comes."
Wen Yan couldn't help but look at the proprietress a few more times. What a smart and clever boss.
It is amazing that a service like washing people's faces and feet has been developed into a variety of services.
She should make money.
Wen Yan immediately ordered two women with clean faces to come to her house for service.
Pei'er waved her hands quickly: "No, no, Miss is fine alone. I have a flower on my face and can't wash it."
Wen Yan teased her: "You don't have to wash the upper half of your face, but you can wash the lower half!"
She believed that the boss lady wanted to provide door-to-door facial cleaning service, so this problem would definitely not be difficult for her.
At night.
Wen Yan experienced being served by a facial cleaner and found it very comfortable.
After washing her face, she felt her cheeks were tender, smooth and moist, like a freshly peeled egg.
Wen Yan was very satisfied with the service.
As the clean-faced lady was packing up, Wen Yan said, "Go back and ask your boss if she wants to expand her business to the capital. If she wants to, come find me at the inn tomorrow at noon."
The clean-faced lady was stunned.
Go to Beijing to open a shop?
That is what many people dream of!
She immediately answered yes, picked up the tool box, and left the room with her classmates.
As soon as the door closed, the two looked at each other and ran away impatiently.
They ran all the way back to the Kou Dan shop and pulled the proprietress to talk about the matter excitedly and incoherently.
After hearing this, the proprietress did not show any joy, but instead looked worried.
The two clean-faced ladies then realized something was wrong and asked worriedly, "Boss, is there something wrong?"
"That young lady is obviously from a wealthy family. How many rich people have you seen giving money to poor people?"
"You mean, she wants to steal our recipe?"
"What should we do? This is the recipe the boss lady worked so hard to come up with. If she takes it away from us, how are we going to survive?"
"Don't panic, it's a blessing in disguise. If it is, it's inevitable. I'll go meet her tomorrow."
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