Chapter 127
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When Yang Shiming returned home, he saw a magazine on the table and his mother was sitting there waiting for him with a serious face.
Liu Ya was on the cover of the magazine, but no one except the prince could recognize Liu Ya. Even though he helped out in Lin Yu's shop that day, no passerby recognized him as the person in the magazine, and Yang's mother didn't recognize him either.
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What Yang's mother was talking about today was naturally not willow buds, but ingots.
She clicked on the page about Yuan Bao and asked, "Do you think he looks like a boy?"
When Yang's mother told Yang Shiming to stay away from Yuanbao, Yang Shiming said nothing. But Yang's mother knew her son best, and he was resisting with silence.
He was very worried that his son's future would be ruined by this brother, so he asked someone to inquire about Yuanbao, and also asked someone to watch Yang Shiming to see if he had gone to look for Yuanbao.
Today, the servant happened to see the magazine on sale, so he bought one and brought it back to Yang's mother. Yang's mother could not read, but this servant had learned to read before, and later his family fell into poverty, so he was sold here. He could read, and told Yang's mother the story of Yuanbao selling soap and chatting with customers.
He also wrote specifically that he made each piece by himself and packaged them personally.
Yang's mother is very conservative and thinks Yuanbao's behavior is too dissolute. What's the difference between this and □□?
After Yang Shiming came back, she couldn't wait to advise her son.
Yang Shiming also knew his mother very well and knew what unpleasant words she would say next. Before that, he told her in advance, "Yuanbao is a man, not a boy."
Yang's mother had already thought about how to advise Yang Shiming. She had thought of a lot of words, but in the end, she didn't say a word before she heard this result.
Finally, she held it in for a long time and said, "That's not right. His cousin is already an official. There's really no need for him to humiliate himself like this."
Yang Shiming: "He relies on his own ability to earn money and support himself. He is amazing. My mother once told me not to care too much about other people's affairs and not to speak ill of others behind their backs. How could my mother forget this?"
Yang's mother is a quiet person on weekdays and is very upright in her dealings with others, but when it comes to her son's affairs, she seems like a different person.
"You are in a different position now. You have to consider the other person's status when making friends. Don't let it affect you. I am doing this for your own good. When have I ever said bad things about others before? It was all for your sake. You don't understand my painstaking efforts at all."
Yang Shiming was also very tired, so he hired two maids for his mother so that he could talk to her on weekdays.
He felt that his mother had a hard life too. She had been living in the village and he could not be with her, causing her to suffer for so many years. Now that she was old and had come to the capital, although she no longer had to worry about food and clothing, she could only stay in the house and had nothing to do.
He invited two maids and told them that in addition to talking to her, they could also accompany her to the temple to burn incense, and they could also take the opportunity to see the scenery and relax when they went to the temple.
In addition to going to the temple, you can also take her to the theater to watch a play.
As expected, after doing this, his mother rarely said bad things about Yuanbao to him, and he could also hear his mother occasionally singing a few lines from the play she had listened to today. Sometimes, when she saw an angry plot, she would come back and talk about it to Yang Shiming.
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Liuya has also chosen a sausage shop. Initially, he wanted to choose a small shop to do some publicity and retail.
But the only small shop he found had a yard at the back. The front of the shop was quite small, but the yard at the back was not small, and there was also a back door.
He thought that if the small shop in the front was used to sell goods, and the yard in the back was used to make sausages, and a plaque was hung on the door of the backyard to do wholesale, it seemed that it might not be impossible.
The front and back doors are two different streets, neither of which affects the other, but the price is a little higher.
He thought that since Yuanbao chose such a big shop, he could also choose a bigger one. Besides, the sausages and soaps were placed in the same yard, which was a bit crowded.
It takes him a long time to get from his cousin's house to Yuanbao's yard every morning, but by going to this shop, he can save more than half the time.
He went to discuss it with his cousin, who was discussing the assembling of a very complicated machine with his third cousin. He didn't understand it, so he just watched for a while.
Shen Yuntang didn't let him wait any longer. While assembling the sewing machine with his third brother, he asked Liu Ya what was the matter.
Liu Ya told him about renting the yard. "This yard costs four hundred taels a year. The people living around here are not ordinary people with a lot of money. But our sausages are only a dozen cents each, which is still affordable for them. Maybe we can sell a lot."
Shen Yuntang listened to what he said about the location. Sausages had just been introduced to Beijing, and choosing a location was equivalent to choosing the customer base. Yuanbao had chosen a very good location, and the surrounding shops were all places where dignitaries would go to consume on a daily basis. Yuanbao's shop was positioned for high-spending people.
The sausage shop was opened in that small courtyard, and its positioning was for the common people. The aristocracy would not go there to eat.
However, the aristocracy has eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, and the main feature of sausages is that they contain meat and are convenient for vegetarians, so it is indeed difficult to enter the aristocratic market.
However, it is good enough that it can enter the tables of ordinary people and make them develop the habit of eating it.
Shen Yuntang put down the work at hand and accompanied Liu Ya to see the shop. He thought it was good, so he booked it right away.
Shen Yuntang also went to find Lin Yu and discussed with him to let him go to his house in a few days to try out the sewing machine.
Seeing that it was still early and his shop had not yet opened, Liu Ya went to Yuan Bao to take a look at how his shop was being decorated.
Cheng Yeran allocated a sum of money to Yuanbao and asked him to decorate the shop as high-end as possible and use the most expensive materials, but not to make it look tacky or like a nouveau riche, but to make it elegant.
They also have to make up a brand history story for their soaps, carve it on a small sign, and hang it at the door. It serves as a decoration and also makes people think their store is high-end.
Liu Ya stood at the door and looked at the sign for a long time, marveling at it. It was so well made up. It was obviously the soap invented by Cheng Yeran, but he brought out the great-grandfather who made soap, and made them into some kind of perfumery family. Their soaps had charming floral scent that could last for more than twelve hours.
It also has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. Those who use it can have a fairy-like appearance.
Liu Ya felt uncomfortable watching this. After entering the shop, she saw Yuanbao directing the workers to work.
When the workers first saw that Yuanbao was beautiful, they all wanted to get a cheap site. Anyway, they could do whatever they wanted behind closed doors, and there were no surveillance cameras in that era.
Yuanbao was previously voted by the people as the most handsome man in the capital. Even if they were beheaded after doing this, it would still be a good deal.
But when they saw Fourth Brother and Wild Dog standing next to Yuanbao like door gods, especially Wild Dog, they saw something strange in their eyes. Wild Dog bared its teeth at them and looked very ferocious, as if it could rush up and kill people at any time. So they gave up the idea and concentrated on their work.
"This shop is decorated very well. If I passed by here normally, I wouldn't dare to come in, because it looks like I can't afford it." Liu Ya looked at the decoration here and was very envious. However, the sausage shop he sold couldn't have such decoration. Many people would be like him and would not dare to enter the store.
"Didn't my cousin's wife say that she would give you a share of the profits? You will become a rich man in the future. In a shop like this, you can just close your eyes and buy things." Yuan Bao said, pointing upstairs, "The window upstairs is more beautiful than the one in the county town. Can I take you upstairs to have a look?"
"Okay!" Liu Ya ran upstairs with him excitedly, "This staircase is more spacious, and there are a few nails on the wall. Are you going to hang your portrait?"
"Not only mine, but also your portrait. My cousin said he wants to hold a voting event to choose which of us is more famous. He said that whoever gets more votes will have his portrait used on the cover of the next issue of the magazine, and he will also give him a small card as a gift." Yuanbao blinked at him, "Who do you think will win between the two of us?"
"It should be you. You are more popular. Before, lipsticks were not sold as much as soaps. I guess the same will be true for the new lipsticks." Liu Ya said as she walked to the window and opened it. Looking at the people coming and going outside, she felt more open-minded. "I don't know what the point of this competition is. You can have one round and I can have one round."
"My cousin said that we should use the small cards in the soap packaging and lipstick as voting tickets. We both have fixed fans, which can stimulate our fans' desire to win and increase the purchase rate. It's also fun." When Yuanbao heard that he could make money, no matter how troublesome the matter was, it was no big deal.
"Why are they called fans? What exactly are fans?" Liu Ya said as her eyes inadvertently drifted to a carriage below.
The prince in the carriage was lifting the curtain to look up. He happened to pass by this side and heard passers-by say that there were two handsome guys standing and talking on the second floor. They were as beautiful as a painting, so he couldn't help but stop to take a look.
His father had recently left the capital, and he was finally free. If he saw those two handsome men,
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Liang, then tie him up and take him back. He will just be whipped by your father anyway. Just enjoy yourself first.
As a result, when he looked up, he saw the little goblin. The guy next to the little goblin was even more handsome, as if he was the brother on the wrapping paper. The two of them were standing together, talking and laughing. Could they both be goblins?
When Liu Ya saw him, she thought of the reckless words he had said last time, and deliberately made a ferocious expression to scare him.
The prince immediately closed the curtains and shouted, "Go back home quickly!"
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