Chapter 110 Disabled Persons Club
"Don't even mention you. We didn't dare go out those days!" Chu Mingyu took Jiang Tangtang's hand and said sincerely, "Sister, you're not scared, are you?"
Jiang Tangtang said, "We quickly hid in the county town after hearing the news about the pirates, but we weren't that scared."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries and then talked about the opening of the shop.
Listening to Chu Mingyu's distress, Jiang Tangtang advised, "Although the county town is a little deserted now, the New Year is coming soon. This desertion is only temporary. Once the New Year atmosphere starts, the county town will be lively again."
Jiang Tangtang's words made Chu Mingyu feel much better. He cheered up again and discussed the reopening of the business with Jiang Tangtang.
Jiang Tangtang suggested that the jewelry shop's craftsmen make a few more pieces of jewelry with auspicious meanings, and also compose a nursery rhyme to celebrate the reopening of Jiuxia Silver Shop, gather a group of children to sing it in the county, and spread the news that the silver shop has reopened and that people will be treated to courtesy upon entering the store.
Chu Mingyu agreed with Jiang Tangtang's proposal and immediately ordered his servants to make arrangements.
After the two of them agreed on the opening of the jewelry store, Jiang Tangtang talked about looking for Chu Mingyu to introduce workers.
Chu Mingyu would not refuse such a small matter, so he immediately introduced the bricklayers and carpenters who were renovating the silver shop to Jiang Tangtang.
Jiang Tangtang runs a pastry shop, so the renovation of the shop doesn’t need to be as elaborate as that of a jewelry store.
The cabinets, tables, chairs, benches, and other furniture in Jiang Tangtang's shop were all designed to be simple and elegant. They had no carvings and were very simple in style. This not only reduced the number of steps involved, but also allowed the furniture to be made more quickly and at a lower cost.
Jiang Tangtang was very satisfied with this. After talking with the bricklayer and carpenter, he went to the porcelain workshop.
Although what Jiang Tangtang wanted was troublesome, she was generous with the money. Ruan Chengzhou was very enthusiastic when he saw Jiang Tangtang.
This time, Jiang Tangtang ordered a lot of square porcelain plates from a porcelain shop, intending to use them to hold various pastries after the shop was renovated.
In addition to porcelain plates, we also customized many mugs with cute patterns.
The structure of her new shop is modeled after a milk tea shop like Nayuki. In addition to a large bar with three sides facing the door, there are also many tables, chairs and benches.
When customers buy pastries in the shop, they can take them away or sit down to eat.
So, in addition to selling cakes, she also planned to sell a variety of drinks in the shop. Cups, porcelain plates and other tableware all had to be ordered in advance.
After their first contact, Ruan Chengzhou didn't ask too many questions about Jiang Tangtang's many strange requests.
But the patterns Jiang Tangtang gave are really beautiful.
Ruan Chengzhou was quick-witted and quickly spotted a business opportunity. He suggested, "Sir, could I make these porcelain pieces and sell them to other companies? If you're willing, I won't charge you for the porcelain you requested. I'll give it to you for free."
There were no patents in that era, and the technology for firing porcelain was in the hands of others. Even if they didn't tell her and just fired and sold it, she couldn't do anything about it.
Jiang Tangtang agreed to his request after just a moment's thought.
After agreeing on the custom-made porcelain with Ruan Chengzhou, it was already past noon when Jiang Tangtang came out. She was too lazy to go home to cook, so she took Guo Yu to a restaurant for a meal, bought some meat and vegetables, and then went home.
Jiang Tangtang made an appointment with the bricklayer to come and renovate the shop in two days. She planned to take advantage of this gap to make all the scented candles.
After returning home, Jiang Tangtang gave Guo Yu a few instructions, then returned to her room and plunged into the space.
With yesterday's experience, Jiang Tangtang made scented candles much faster today and made hundreds of them in one afternoon.
No one knew what Lu Shiyan was busy with outside, and he didn't come back at night.
He didn't come back, and Jiang Tangtang felt relieved and simply continued to make candles in the space.
Unexpectedly, the candles that were originally planned to be made in two days were actually made ahead of time.
However, the result of staying up late was that she felt very tired the next day. Thinking that there was nothing important to do, she simply lay down on the bed and slept in.
Lu Shiyan didn't come back until noon the next day. Seeing that Jiang Tangtang hadn't gotten up yet, he couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Is she sick?"
As he spoke, he reached out to touch Jiang Tangtang's forehead.
Jiang Tangtang was awakened by him and sat up immediately, saying, "No, I just stayed up all night last night and I got some sleep today."
Seeing that she didn't have a fever, Lu Shiyan was relieved. "Did you sleep well? How about eating and sleeping for a while?"
Jiang Tangtang hurriedly shook her head, "No, I've had enough sleep!"
"Then get up and wash up! After dinner, I'll take you to meet a few people. If I'm not at home in the future and you encounter any trouble, you can go to them."
After Lu Shiyan finished speaking, he left the room, and Jiang Tangtang went to wash up.
The lunch that day was made by Guo Yu, whose cooking skills were comparable to Su's.
Jiang Tangtang decided not to let her do the cooking anymore. It seemed like a dedicated person should be assigned to a dedicated role.
Lu Shiyan obviously had the same idea as Jiang Tangtang. "When we have some free time, why not go to the dental shop and buy some servants?"
Jiang Tangtang was thinking about opening a shop and needed manpower. However, the way of employing people in ancient times was obviously different from that in modern times. People either bought people or asked relatives for help.
They don't have many close and trustworthy people here, so it's better to buy someone.
After dinner, the two changed their clothes and prepared to go out. Because Lu Shiyan was accompanying them personally, they did not bring Guo Yu with them. Lu Shiyan drove them to the outskirts of the city.
The first person Lu Shiyan took her to see was a lame man, and the second one was a half-blind fortune teller...
In one afternoon, I met a total of five men. Among them, some were missing limbs or were blind or deaf.
It's like a club for people with disabilities!
Every time he met someone, Lu Shiyan would introduce that person's specialties to her and tell her what she could do with them.
From Lu Shiyan, Jiang Tangtang learned that the lame man was called Wen Ying. Although he was a cripple, he had a wide circle of friends and knew many people from all walks of life. If anyone caused trouble for the shop, they could go to him for help.
The blind fortune teller on the street was called Yu Tianming. He was very well-informed and could even find out the private affairs of some wealthy families by asking him.
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In general, although all five of them had disabilities, they each had their own strengths. Lu Shiyan was very considerate and was doing his best to protect them.
Jiang Tangtang didn't ask him how he knew them, but based on their respectful attitude when they met him, he had a guess. He thought they were either former servants of the Lu family or his former subordinates in the army.
Thinking about his behavior since he came here, Jiang Tangtang couldn't help but sigh.
What a good man!
"Are you tired?" Hearing Jiang Tangtang sigh, Lu Shiyan said, "If you are tired, I can accompany you to pick people tomorrow. I will go to the army the day after tomorrow, so there is still time."
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