Yun Wang and his group had just entered the town when they found it was quite crowded. They had no choice but to ride their horses and slowly follow the flow of traffic.
When they got there, they saw red silk flowers hanging on the shop's signboard. They knew it must be a newly opened shop that day, so they took a second look. Just as they were about to continue walking, they saw Li Mai coming out of the door.
Alright, no need to look for the Li residence anymore, we've run into Li Mai.
The group quickly dismounted and moved aside. King Yun handed his horse to a guard and walked toward Limai.
Li Mai also came up to him, glanced at his leg first, and then asked, "Brother, did you just arrive in town? Is your leg alright?"
Yun Wang nodded, "Okay, I came out for a walk and also came to see you. Is this the shop you own?"
As Yun Wang spoke, he looked around Li Mai's shop.
The Red Pomegranate Garment Shop has a very distinctive storefront decoration. Unlike other shops with their simple and elegant facades, this shop has a bright red facade, and there are several red pomegranate models of different sizes standing on the ground in front of the shop.
Actually, those were just a few hitching posts.
Pomegranate-covered hitching posts, how did they even come up with that?
When King Yun saw that place, he laughed.
Li Mai glanced back and smiled, "There are quite a lot of people in the shop right now, how about I take you to find a place to stay first?"
"What about your residence?" Prince Yun asked.
"My residence isn't very big; it can't accommodate so many people." There were more than a dozen of them in total, and she noticed that her two apprentices had also arrived.
"I don't need your arrangements. I have a separate residence here." When Prince Yun heard that her residence wasn't large, he decided not to disturb her and would stay in his own courtyard instead.
He originally wanted to go live with her, to be closer to her, and to cultivate a sibling-like relationship.
"You have a yard here?" Li Mai asked in surprise.
“Yes, but I’ve never stayed there. The steward helped me prepare the land deeds before I came here, and that’s when I remembered this. I’ll go take a look in a bit; there’s always someone watching over the courtyard.” After saying this, King Yun saw Zhou Quan come out and waved to him.
Zhou Quan strode over, greeted him with a smile, and called him "Big Brother".
After Yun Chang asked a few questions, Chu Yan and Zhong Hui also came over to pay their respects to their master and master's father-in-law.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan smiled and said a few words to the two of them. Afterwards, the group went to settle in their lodgings. Li Mai invited them to come to Yingxianglou for lunch, and the group agreed.
Li Mai thought for a moment and then let Zhou Quan go with them. She still needed to find out where Yun Chang was staying in the town. She was worried that they might have heard that there was no room at her place and were looking for an inn to stay in.
As a result, they headed east and arrived at a house.
After entering the house, Zhou Quan felt that the house was very similar in style to the house he had bought. He leaped onto the courtyard wall and realized that this house was next to his own. The alley leading into the gate faced west, while his house faced east.
What a coincidence!
When Zhou Quan told the Prince of Yun that the neighboring residence was his own, the Prince of Yun could not believe it.
He said that before his death, an elder gave him a land deed, saying that the house was his.
He just hadn't come to see it before. He only arranged for someone to find the courtyard, clean it up, and leave two people here to look after it. If he hadn't come here, he wouldn't have even thought of this courtyard.
Since it was next door, Zhou Quan felt relieved and went inside to see what was missing. He then took Chu Yan and Zhong Hui out to buy it, settling Yun Wang's life in town.
After settling things in, it was already noon. Prince Yun told Xuanwen and Xuanwu to take the other guards to eat on their own, and then go back to their residence to rest. He, Chu Yan, and Zhong Hui went with Zhou Quan to Yingxiang Tower to meet up with Li Mai and the others for a meal.
The advantage of having a shop next to a restaurant is that it's convenient to eat there.
When Yun Wang and Zhou Quan returned to the shop, there were far fewer people. Zhou Tao and four shop assistants were busy tidying up the clothes that had been messed up during the morning's sales.
Li Mai is not here.
"Brother, sister-in-law has already gone to Yingxiang Pavilion. She booked the Lotus Pavilion on the second floor and told you to go there directly after you arrive," Zhou Tao said to Zhou Quan, then curiously looked at Yun Wang, Chu Yan, and Zhong Hui.
Zhou Quan replied, "Okay, where are Mother and Zhuzhu? Aren't you going over?"
Zhou Tao shook her head, "I'm not going. My sister-in-law ordered food for the five of us, and it will be delivered in a little while. The four embroiderers have already gone home for dinner, and they will be back to work on time around 1:00 PM."
"What about Mother and Zhuzhu? Did they go there too?" Zhou Quan asked.
"Yes, that's all in the past!" Zhou Tao nodded.
Zhou Quan responded, "Oh, right, let me introduce you. This is your sister-in-law's older brother, you can call him Brother Yun. This is Chu Yan, and this is Zhong Hui, your sister-in-law's apprentice."
Zhou Tao quickly and politely greeted everyone, "Brother Yun, Young Master Chu, Young Master Zhong!"
The three people nodded to Zhou Tao and responded.
“This is my sister, Zhou Tao. Let’s go over there first!” Zhou Quan gestured to the three of them.
After they went outside, Chu Yan asked curiously, "Master, you have such a young sister? How old is she?"
“I’m fifteen, and this year I’m of marriageable age. I have an eighteen-year-old brother and an eleven-year-old brother. I’m the second oldest in the family. I also have an older sister who is already married,” Zhou Quan said.
"So my master is the head of the household!" Chu Yan suddenly realized why her master was so powerful.
“Yes, our family used to have a hard time. Plus, I was injured before, so life was tough. It was only after Xiaomai came into the family that our life started to get better.” Zhou Quan said softly. The group entered Yingxiang Restaurant, and the manager nodded to Zhou Quan, signaling them to go upstairs.
At the top of the stairs on the second floor, Li Mai was about to come down to greet them. When she saw them coming up, she led them to the Lotus Pavilion.
Lu Qian was also there, directing the delivery of tea to the Lotus Pavilion.
He strolled around Limai twice in the morning, but seeing that there were many people, he didn't join in the fun and went back to his own restaurant.
He had originally planned that if there were few customers and no one bought anything, he would notify his concubines and sisters in the mansion to buy a few items to support Li Mai.
But seeing so many people, he chuckled to himself, laughing at his own foolishness. She was Li Mai, now a well-known Li Mai in the town's business circle. She could help others build their businesses, let alone her own.
Li Mai has already ordered the food and asked the kitchen to prepare it.
She planned to cook for Yun Chang and his group when she got home that evening, and have lunch at a restaurant since she would be busy at the shop in the afternoon.
In just one morning, she sold more than 110 taels.
She had run out of the clothes she had already made, so she had arranged for the embroiderers upstairs to continue making pomegranate skirts.
In particular, the extra pomegranate skirts that were specially made have already sold out, with only a few left.
However, Li Mai also knew that such good and bustling business was only possible on the opening day, which happened to coincide with the Peach Blossom Festival, which was why there were so many people on the street and the store was like this.
I imagine it won't be as lively starting tomorrow.
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