"Not only is the location terrible, but the shop is also haphazardly run. They sell charcoal, grain, and cotton, and the names are strange too." Qingfeng was stunned; it was the first time he had ever seen anyone do business like this.
Jiang Wei walked around the shop, carefully inspected all the items, and then instructed the shopkeeper that everything sold in the shop should be sold at the usual price, without having to raise prices according to the market.
Cotton and cloth can be sold separately. If other shops start selling them at higher prices, and since we haven't raised our prices, we will limit the quantity that people buy from us.
The shopkeeper was puzzled, but he still readily agreed.
"Let's close early today! Everyone should go home early," Jiang Wei said after giving the instructions.
Stepping out of the shop, I pulled my cloak tighter around myself at the doorway, watching the increasingly dense snowflakes in the sky. It seemed the heavy snow wouldn't stop easily that night.
Xiao Zhan stood outside the shop, first looking at the goods, then looking up at the sky, and then at the pedestrians on the street and the houses that were far inferior to those in other parts of the capital.
He probably guessed why Jiang Wei opened the shop here; she probably wasn't after money.
Xiao Zhan's lips curved slightly as if he were smiling. The girl he had taken a liking to was no ordinary woman; she was a one-of-a-kind woman in this world.
"What would General Xiao like to eat?" Jiang Wei asked him.
Xiao Zhan's clear and bright eyes added a touch of refinement to his noble air, something he had never possessed before.
"Anything is fine, whatever the host prefers, but it's best if it's not too expensive," Xiao Zhan replied.
What are these requirements?
Could it be that they saw her shop's business was doing poorly and wanted to save her some money?
Jiang Wei glanced at him and said, "Oh!"
She didn't know what to offer him for a meal.
The two hadn't walked for long when an old woman's voice came through the howling wind, "Selling wontons, hot wontons, delicious wontons."
Jiang Wei lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, and saw that all the vendors on the street had already packed up and gone home.
Only this old woman was still braving the cold wind to hawk her wares.
Jiang Wei glanced at Xiao Zhan and asked, "General Xiao, do you think it's too stingy and disrespectful for me to treat you to street food?"
Xiao Zhan smiled for a moment and said wistfully, "If the soldiers, including myself, who had been guarding the position for several days when the Northern Barbarians attacked, could have a bowl of hot wontons like this, that would be like living in paradise."
Jiang Wei suddenly didn't know how to thank the soldiers for their efforts. She only said to Xiao Zhan, "Today I'm treating General Xiao to wontons, all you can eat!"
Xiao Zhan laughed heartily, "Okay."
The two got off the carriage and went to the wonton stall.
Jiang Wei smiled sweetly, "Grandma, please cook me a few bowls of wontons first! I'll take all your wontons today."
The old woman was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, her hands moving faster as she busily cooked wontons in front of the stove.
Seeing that the girl was beautiful and kind-hearted, she couldn't help but praise her, saying, "Thank you, young lady. You and that young man are a perfect match."
"Young lady and your husband are engaged, aren't they? I wish you and your husband a long and happy life together, and many children." The old woman found them more and more pleasing to the eye.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wei's face flushed red instantly, and she quickly explained, "We're not..."
"What is it?" the old woman asked. Her hands didn't stop moving.
Jiang Wei's face was flushed red enough to bleed, and she secretly glanced at Xiao Zhan.
She felt he was smiling, but Jiang Wei thought she was mistaken. She blinked and sure enough, Xiao Zhan still had the same expression. "Explain it to your mother-in-law."
"Explain what?" Xiao Zhan asked her, puzzled.
Jiang Wei's embarrassed voice was so weak that it was hard to hear, "My mother-in-law said...we're not like that."
Xiao Zhan frowned, staring intently at Jiang Wei, afraid of missing any expression on her face. "You're very afraid of being associated with me...?"
Jiang Wei's heart skipped a beat. Although she was too embarrassed to look at Xiao Zhan, she couldn't help but look up to see what he meant.
"Is...is...this problem?" Jiang Wei answered hesitantly.
That old woman had lived for decades and had seen all sorts of people while selling wontons on the street.
She knew perfectly well that those people had feelings for her.
She smiled and carried the cooked wontons over to the small table.
"The wontons are here..." Grandma thought the wontons probably wouldn't sell today, since it was so cold and there were hardly any pedestrians on the street.
She had planned to close up shop and go home at the latest by dark, but in the end, she sold them all.
She was delighted and couldn't help but take another look at the kind-hearted couple.
"Let's eat...eat...wontons!" Jiang Wei walked over shyly and sat on the low stool in front of the small table.
She lowered her head and stirred the wontons in the bowl with a spoon.
Xiao Zhan walked over and wiped the low stool with his hand to see if it was dirty or greasy.
He inspected it carefully before sitting down with satisfaction.
Jiang Wei was curious; how could someone who usually endures hardship and sleeps outdoors suddenly become so particular?
She blurted out, "General Xiao is a germaphobe?"
Xiao Zhan smiled without saying a word, and only took a bite of wonton after a long while.
Seeing that Jiang Wei seemed to have forgotten and was still looking at him with her earlier embarrassment, he raised an eyebrow and said, "Maybe it's because this dress was a gift from a girl, so I cherish it a little more."
After saying that, Xiao Zhan turned his gaze to the side, feeling somewhat regretful.
He felt like a playboy, his eyes still lingering on Jiang Wei, trying to see her reaction.
He was afraid of scaring her.
Sure enough, Jiang Wei dropped her spoon into the bowl, feeling extremely uncomfortable, not knowing where to put her hands.
She sat opposite him, feeling uneasy, her hands busy but she didn't know what she was doing.
Xiao Zhan thought to himself, 'Oh no, he's in too much of a hurry.'
She quickly added, "I've never worn clothes of this style and color before, and since you chose them, they must be the most suitable for me. It's no wonder I feel a little more cherished."
Xiao Zhan felt a little nervous, afraid that she would avoid him in the future.
He casually took a bite of the wonton, saying, "Why aren't you eating? It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Jiang Wei accepted his reasoning and said, "Okay, let's eat."
The two of them ate in silence, neither of them saying a word.
Qingfeng stood by the carriage, holding a bowl of rice, and grinned foolishly at Xiao Zhan and Jiang Wei from afar. His master had made something of himself.
The storybooks for his master are still useful; he needs to hurry up and collect more so that his master can marry Miss Jiang as soon as possible.
Lian Sang glanced at the dazed Qingfeng with disdain and silently moved away from him.
She didn't want to be infected by an idiot.
Qingfeng was just about to boast to Liansang that he had contributed to his master's progress.
Then he saw Lian Sang silently moving away from him. "Hey... what's the meaning of you avoiding me?"
Lian Sang silently finished the wontons in her hand. Jiang Wei was the kindest person she had ever met to her servants.
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