Besides the now-closed silver shop, the Mo family also owned a pastry shop and an inn in the county.
Yang Cui set her sights on the Mo family's pastry shop, Ruyi Fang.
Yang Cui first visited Ruyi Fang and then Pinxiangzhai, gaining a basic understanding of the pastries of this era and developing initial ideas for the products she wanted to make.
Coincidentally, the shop under Yang Cui's name was only a dozen steps away from Ruyifang.
If this family's shop opens, it will definitely have a big impact on Ruyi Fang.
Yang Cui wandered around her shop, pondering how to decorate and display her items.
Since he was targeting the Mo family this time, and Mo Zijun was his business partner, he should have informed Mo Zijun first, both morally and logically.
So Yang Cui went to Cuiyun Pavilion to find Mo Zijun and inform him about the matter.
"Mrs. Cen, do as you please. The Mo family has nothing to do with me now." Mo Zijun said with a wry smile.
He was disillusioned with the Mo family and with those so-called family members.
"Just let me know if you need any help."
“Alright, I won’t stand on ceremony,” Yang Cui said. “By the way, this is the manuscript of my new book, ‘A Chinese Ghost Story.’ Find an opportunity to give it to Master Ren.”
"Let me take a look first. This collection of jewelry features kingfisher feather inlay and should be finished by the end of the month. Your storybook is just in time."
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After leaving Cuiyun Pavilion, Yang Cui planned to buy ingredients to make the products, hoping to open the pastry shop within a month.
Yang Cui's plan is to make baked bread slices, glutinous rice crusts, spicy strips, cakes, and sachima. In this era, there are no additives such as cake oil, baking powder, and cream of tartar, and the hardware facilities are not as good as in later generations. The taste of the products made will definitely be worse than in later generations, but it is still a new product, so it is worth a try.
Yang Cui went to a familiar grain shop to buy raw materials. Why was it a familiar shop? Because this grain shop now supplies raw materials to a rice noodle factory, and Yang Cui gets a discount when she buys things there.
Because they bought a lot, and since they were going to deliver rice to Yang Cui's rice noodle factory the next day, they agreed to have the things they bought today delivered tomorrow.
"Miss Yang?"
Hearing the voice, Yang Cui subconsciously turned around and saw a drab-looking girl standing at the entrance of the grain shop: "Are you calling me?"
"You're married?" Only then did the girl notice that Yang Cui had styled her hair into a married woman's bun.
"You are... Piaoxiang?"
Piaoxiang smiled and said, "It's an honor that you still remember me, Aunt Yang... Madam."
Piaoxiang's eyes fell on Cen Xiao. Having stayed in Qunfang Pavilion for so long, she had good eyesight and could naturally tell that Cen Xiao was no ordinary person. Moreover, she had personally witnessed Wei Shengjin's respect for Cen Xiao in Qunfang Pavilion that day, and she couldn't help but marvel at how well Yang Cui had married in her second marriage!
"So you're married, congratulations!" Piaoxiang said with a smile. "I'm not called Piaoxiang anymore, my real name is Xi Hongmei."
"Miss Xi, why are you dressed like this? I almost didn't recognize you. What brings you to Wan'an?"
“My sister and I have been in Wan’an for more than two months. I dressed like this because I just want to live a peaceful life and don’t want to cause trouble.” Xi Hongmei’s smile was somewhat bitter.
Yang Cui roughly understood what she meant.
For those without power or influence, being good-looking is a cardinal sin.
Her once fair and delicate hands are now rough and cracked, suggesting that she has suffered a lot since leaving the Pavilion of Beauties.
"Sister, have you finished shopping?" At this moment, her younger sister Jinqiu arrived. Jinqiu is no longer called Jinqiu, but Xi Xiaomei.
"I have to go now. If you need any help, you can come to Anjia Village to find me. It's fate that we met."
How many people scorned her? How many people harbored ill will towards her because of her past? She never expected to be treated with respect by Yang Cui today, and Yang Cui was even willing to help her!
When Xi Hongmei heard these words, her nose tingled and she almost burst into tears.
After Yang Cui left, the Xi sisters bought a few pounds of millet from the grain shop and left in the opposite direction.
Xi Xiaomei asked, "Sister, did Miss Yang marry the man next to her?"
"Yes, from now on we can't call her Miss Yang, we have to call her Madam Cen."
"Her husband seems quite capable. She just said that if we have any problems, we can go to her. Sister, she can definitely help us." Xi Xiaomei was a little excited and envious.
"Even if she has this ability, we shouldn't bother her. If we run into her again, we should pretend we don't know her."
"Huh? Why?" Xi Xiaomei couldn't understand. Yang Cui was kind-hearted and willing to help, so why would she pretend not to know her?
Shouldn't we keep in touch more often so that we can ask for help when we encounter difficulties in the future?
Xi Hongmei's eyes were slightly red, and her expression was serious: "Madam Cen is kind-hearted. She did not look down on us because of our past. On the contrary, she was willing to offer help. How can we be so ungrateful as to bother her?"
If people find out she has connections with lowly people like us, it won't do her a good job. Xiao Mei, we can support ourselves now. Xu Yongzhi doesn't know we're here and won't come looking for us. We don't need to bother anyone else.
Xi Xiaomei pursed her lips and stopped speaking, but in her heart she thought her sister was so silly.
Meanwhile, Su Yutang whispered to Yang Cui, "Madam, they are of lowly status. You should keep your distance from them."
“Yutang, falling into prostitution was not their choice. Besides, they have reformed and have not done anything immoral. We should not look at them with prejudice.”
Liang Hongyu, who beat the drum to fight at Jinshan Temple, and Li Shishi, who swallowed gold and died, were both prostitutes. Not all prostitutes are bad people. They didn't choose to become prostitutes. It's just that fate played tricks on them, and they had no choice in their lives.
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