When the men came back from work in the mine, they would rush home to have a hot meal.
After settling everything at home with Hong Erniang, He Tiantian returned to the city in a carriage.
Despite being beaten, Cheng managed to return to work at the restaurant thanks to her silver tongue.
Wanchunlou was already incredibly popular, being a gathering place for wealthy and powerful families.
Having worked here for a long time, Cheng's ambitions have grown.
Seeing those good-for-nothing playboys spending their days indulging in debauchery and squandering money, she felt both envious and jealous.
Why wasn't she born into such a good family? Why didn't she marry into one of those rich families?
Cheng was very resentful and often fantasized about getting rich when she wasn't working.
He Tiantian's restaurant is doing incredibly well as the year draws to a close, and she's busy every single day.
Thinking of the mulberry trees on the hill behind her house, He Tiantian had been planning to partner with Manager Guan and Hong Erniang to do silkworm breeding and cloth weaving, but the plan had not yet been finalized.
Those mulberry trees should, in principle, belong to the village, so if you want to raise silkworms, the best thing to do is to lease that whole hillside.
To weave cloth, you need a loom, which costs money. You also need to buy land to build a weaving workshop.
Besides these, we also need to hire embroiderers, etc. Everything requires skills, manpower, and financial resources.
This is a bit difficult to accomplish, but once it's done, the money earned will be substantial.
According to Hong Erniang, there is only one embroidery workshop and one weaving workshop in the entire Changning County. And they are both run by the same manager.
Their embroiderers are local, but the supplies, such as cotton, silk thread, and silkworm silk for weaving, all need to be transported from Jiangnan.
This undoubtedly increases costs on the road, so the price becomes higher when it reaches the customer.
The owners of the clothing shops in Changning County all source their goods from embroidery workshops and weaving workshops. The clothing shops also add a markup, which means that the prices of fabrics, embroidery, and other similar items in Changning can never be lowered.
If He Tiantian's plan to address the cost issues at the source in areas such as silkworm rearing, silk reeling, and weaving can reduce costs, then all prices can be lowered.
He Tiantian became more and more excited as she thought about it. Although this business was a bit big and difficult, it was worth trying.
She should first discuss it with Manager Guan and Hong Erniang when she has the chance. Once she has sorted out her current business, this matter can be put on the agenda.
Liu Chuyu was busy at He Tiantian's restaurant every day, ever since He Tiantian said that martial arts practitioners need strength.
This kid took on all the physical labor in the shop. He worked during the day and studied at night, so much so that he was so tired that he would just lie in bed and fall asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
Liu Chuyu is already twelve years old, and his dream is to join the army, so we need to entrust him to a professional to teach him.
He Tiantian thought that she would have a good talk with Liu Chuyu about this matter when she had time tomorrow.
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