Chapter 123 Treasure Rumors
"We don't need to know where he is. We just need to spread the word and let the pirates come to find us." Lu Shiyan said.
Xie Xin was not a fool. He just didn't think about it that way at first. But after Lu Shiyan reminded him, he immediately reacted.
"Are you saying that the pirates have accomplices in Yazhou? As long as..."
Lu Shiyan nodded and asked, "Is this a desolate island suitable for hiding ships?"
"I understand this!" As soon as Lu Shiyan said this, Xie Xin understood what he meant and patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me."
The two of them went to deploy separately to lure and capture the pirates.
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We were busy until dark and the cake shop finally closed.
All the food on display in the shop was sold out. Even the bamboo gift boxes that Jiang Tangtang had initially thought might not sell well were sold out.
The winter melon candy that was made earlier, which was thought to last for six or seven days, was sold out.
Business is good and everyone is happy, but it is also really tiring.
Su was just standing there collecting money, but she was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back, and she collapsed on the chair as soon as she made a sample.
Lu Zhixi was also tired and kept pinching her calves and rubbing her arms, but she was more excited, "Sister-in-law, how much money did we make today?"
Jiang Tangtang laughed and said, "Who knows? It's been a mess today and I don't know how to count. Let's eat first and talk about it afterward."
Lu Zhixi wanted to say, "Let's count them!" But thinking that the Xia family was still there, he suppressed his curiosity and agreed to Jiang Tangtang's arrangement.
Everyone was tired after a day of work, so Jiang Tangtang didn't ask anyone to cook. She just ordered food to be delivered from the shop next door.
Although the restaurant next door envied the good business of the cake shop, the good business of the cake shop did not have any negative impact on her shop.
On the contrary, because the cake shop was doing well, it also boosted the business of her shop.
He was very attentive and said it was okay to leave the dishes in the shop and return them tomorrow.
After dinner, Zhao Jia and the others suggested leaving. Jiang Tangtang couldn't bear to let them go home at night after helping out all day, so she persuaded them to stay.
Zhang Lu and the two maids were asked to squeeze into one room, and another room was left for Xia Zhirong and his wife to live in.
Wang and Lu Zhixi shared a room.
Everyone was tired after a day of work. After dinner, they quickly washed up and went to bed.
I have to open the store tomorrow, so I can't sleep for long and have to get up early to prepare the cakes and other things to sell tomorrow.
Lu Zhixi was thinking about counting money earlier, but after dinner, his eyelids started to droop and he fell asleep in bed after a short while.
Su, on the other hand, cheered up and handed the cash box collected today to Jiang Tangtang, and reminded her: "Go to bed early, business is not as important as your health."
Jiang Tangtang was touched and thanked her mother-in-law for her concern. "Mom, let's see how much money we made this year, shall we?"
Su yawned and counted the money with Jiang Tangtang.
In the cash box, there were strings of copper coins, silver ingots, and large-denomination silver bills.
After counting the entire box of money, Su was shocked and dazed. "Did they make two thousand taels of silver in just one day?"
She thought it was a lot when she collected it today, but she didn't expect it to be so much.
Jiang Tangtang was also a little surprised, but after a moment she said, "Mom, not all of this can be counted as sold today. There are still many membership cards in here!"
It costs one hundred taels of silver to top up a membership card, which is a special wooden plaque with the name of the pastry shop.
Just like modern membership cards, any unused money will remain on the membership card.
There were no computers in ancient times, so Jiang Tangtang asked Su to use the account book to keep accounts.
I didn't sell many membership cards today, but I still managed to get through fifteen. Each membership card costs one hundred taels of silver, so fifteen cards would be one thousand five hundred taels of silver.
Therefore, the remaining five hundred taels of silver are the income from selling cakes in the shop today.
Su said: "This is also amazing!"
You have to know that selling food is not as good as other things. No matter how fresh the food is, the price per unit cannot be too high.
Jiang Tangtang handed Su a silver note worth one hundred taels: "Mom, you've worked hard today."
Su quickly declined, saying, "You are responsible for the food and drink at home. What do I need the money for? I have food to eat and clothes to wear now. I don't need it. You can keep the money yourself."
As she spoke, she stood up and ran away quickly.
Jiang Tangtang looked at her back and smiled, then put all the silver and money into the space.
She was too tired today, so she didn't make any cakes or anything. She just went to bed and hugged her child to sleep.
But he still got up early the next day, secretly entered the space, baked some fresh pastries and sent them to the kitchen.
Zhang Lu and Du Mudan arrived at the kitchen a quarter of an hour later than Jiang Tangtang. They immediately started kneading the dough and got busy.
"Boss, it's too late to make winter melon candy now. What should we do?" Zhang Lu said while kneading the dough.
Jiang Tangtang said, "If you don't have winter melon candy, then don't sell it for now! Sell something else! Explain it to everyone."
As she spoke, she took out the red envelopes she had prepared earlier and gave them to everyone, "Just work hard for a few more days, and when the New Year comes, we'll close the shop and take a good rest."
"Let's forget it!" Zhao Jia and Xiao Wang were both very embarrassed and refused to accept it.
"It's just for good luck. This is the custom in our place. Please don't be polite with me." Jiang Tangtang persuaded them, and the Xia family put away the red envelope.
There are still many customers in the shop today. Some people asked about the bamboo gift boxes. When they heard that they were sold out, they asked Jiang Tangtang to place an order.
Jiang Tangtang asked Lu Shili to rush to the Zhao family to take back the thirty bamboo boxes that had been ordered later, and placed dozens more orders.
Zhao Jia and others were busy in the shop for another day.
Jiang Tangtang felt that it was not a good idea to continue like this, so in the evening, he found Zhao Jia and Xiao Wang to talk and asked them if they were willing to work in the shop. He offered them two taels of silver per month.
When they heard about the two taels of silver, they were stunned.
"This...this is too much!" Zhao Jia waved his hands repeatedly.
Aunt Xia's eldest son worked as an accountant in the city and only earned one or three qian of silver a month.
She couldn't even read, and all she did was attract customers and help pack the cakes. She was paid two taels of silver. It was obvious that Jiang Tangtang was intentionally giving them a benefit, and she didn't feel comfortable taking advantage of him.
Xiao Wang was also very smart and understood this. The two of them tried to refuse, insisting that Jiang Tangtang's price was too high.
Jiang Tangtang smiled and said, "Not much. I'm in the food business, and I don't trust anyone else. Besides, although the wages in our shop are high, it's also very tiring. Don't think this money is easy to make."
After hearing this, the two agreed, but they worked more carefully.
Both of them knew the rules and greeted customers honestly in the shop, never looking for opportunities to go to the kitchen.
When the cake shop's business was booming, a piece of news suddenly spread in the county town. It was said that someone had discovered a treasure cave on a mountain, which contained a cave full of gold, silver and jewelry.
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