Zuixian Tower.
Cheng Wanwan walked in and looked around.
Everyone in her family is thinking about opening a restaurant, and she has to think about how to decorate it from now on.
The decoration styles of restaurants in ancient times are all similar. The first floor is the lobby and the second floor is the private rooms. It is antique and cannot be faulted. Of course, there is no unique style.
She found a seat in the lobby and sat down. Shopkeeper Yang immediately asked the waiter to serve tea.
"How come Sister-in-law Zhao has time to come and sit with me today?"
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said: "We have been cooperating for a few months, and we are old acquaintances. I just want to ask shopkeeper Yang to help find out if there are any carriages for sale. I want to buy a carriage, which will make it easier to travel in the future."
"It's a small matter, easy to talk about." Shopkeeper Yang was eager to help with something and said with a smile, "The price of a good horse is about eighteen taels of silver. Including the cart, it costs about more than twenty taels of silver. I wonder if Sister-in-law Zhao thinks this price is acceptable?"
More than twenty taels of silver, this price is completely acceptable to Cheng Wanwan.
In ancient times, the fastest means of transportation was horses, similar to modern cars. A modern car can easily cost more than ten or two hundred thousand yuan. Nowadays, twenty taels of silver can buy the best means of transportation in this era. It is simply not worth it. What a bargain, okay?
The matter was settled, and the car would be picked up in three days.
Just as Cheng Wanwan was about to leave, several people from Zuixian Tower came in chatting and sat on the table next to them.
This is a group of men who speak quite loudly.
"The Cao family asked the government to help issue a reward order. Anyone who can provide information about the eldest lady of the Cao family will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."
"One hundred taels of silver is too much. The Cao family is not trying to trick people, right?"
"I heard that a boy from Yihonglou went to the Cao family to report the news about Miss Cao. The Cao family gave the boy a hundred taels of silver on the spot."
"Yihong Building? Isn't that a brothel? How could the people in the brothel know about Miss Cao?"
"I heard someone said that Miss Cao disappeared this time because she was sold to Yihong Mansion..."
"The Cao family can be considered a wealthy family in our Hekou Town. The daughter of a wealthy family has actually entered a brothel and sold herself. I wonder who is so lucky to fall in love with this young lady..."
Cheng Wanwan frowned suddenly.
She asked slowly: "Does Shopkeeper Yang know about the situation of the Cao family?"
"Sister-in-law Zhao, look over there. Those big boats on the dock all belong to the Cao family. The Cao family has made a lot of money relying on these boats. Boss Cao is a prominent figure in our Hekou Town." Shopkeeper Yang said in a low voice, "This Miss Cao disappeared many days ago. Mrs. Cao was almost crazy with worry. She went everywhere begging for help to find this Miss Cao... However, I heard that Miss Cao was sold to a brothel. Because she was forced to pick up the guests by the brothel madam, she ran away midway. …”
Cheng Wanwan said quietly: "Did the Cao family go to the government to sue Yihonglou?"
"That's not true. Yihonglou said that the person was lost. The Cao family went in and searched around and found that it was indeed lost. Naturally, the matter was dropped." Shopkeeper Yang shook his head, "This matter has made a big fuss. , even if Miss Cao is really found, her reputation will be ruined..."
He also has a daughter. If his daughter is sold to a brothel, he can chop those people into pieces with a knife.
Cheng Wanwan's face was very solemn.
She was walking on the streets of Hekou Town and heard many people talking about this matter.
She finally understood why this girl Cao Yingying was unwilling to go home and become a wealthy lady.
This lady of the Cao family is really murderous without blood.
If the forced marriage fails, they start to ruin the person's reputation.
Using a reward of one hundred taels of silver to spread the news that Miss Cao was sold into a brothel. A woman being sold into a brothel is equivalent to her innocence being ruined. This is very fatal to a teenage girl. In order to protect their reputation, some families can only let the girl die to prove her innocence.
This girl has lived under her stepmother for more than ten years and has really suffered.
She doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, but after Yingying has lived in her house for so many days, she has long regarded her as her own child.
When your own children are wronged, you, the elders, cannot stand by and watch.
Along the way, Cheng Wanwan was thinking about this matter.
The bullock cart swayed to Ping'an Town.
Zhao Ergou was waiting at the city gate. As soon as he saw Cheng Wanwan, he began to report what he had done for more than an hour.
"There are eighteen embroidery shops in Pingan County, big and small. I ordered ten pieces of coarse cloth, ten pieces of linen cloth, and five pieces of fine linen cloth from each one. The coarse cloth totaled fourteen taels of silver and four cents, and the linen cloth totaled twenty-one taels. The total of fine linen is twenty-one taels and six cents of silver, and the total is fifty-seven taels and six cents." Zhao Ergou was very confident when talking about figures, "A piece of coarse cloth can earn forty cents. Money, a piece of linen cloth can earn 80 taels of silver, and a piece of fine linen cloth can earn 120 taels of silver. Calculating this, I can make a net profit of more than 30 taels of silver from this batch of goods."
Cheng Wanwan was very impressed that this guy actually managed this business. He was so precise and eloquent that she couldn't find anything wrong with him.
This business is no easier than braised meat. Although the profits are higher, the risks are also higher. If the cloth cannot be sold, it will all be lost, and more than fifty taels of silver will be wasted.
But you can’t stop doing it just because there are risks.
Young people like to do challenging things, and as a mother, she naturally supports them unconditionally.
However, you still need to be reminded: "This batch of goods is relatively large and must be shipped as soon as possible. How many days do you plan to finish shipping this batch of goods?"
Zhao Ergou was about to say that he would ship the goods now.
It's still early. If you go to Baiyun Town, you can probably sell half of it. If you go to Baiyun Town tomorrow, the remaining half should be sold out.
Before he could speak, the sky, which had been clear just a moment ago, suddenly turned gloomy.
Zhao Da quickly got on the bullock cart: "It will definitely rain within half an hour, so we have to go back quickly."
The cloth is no better than other things, so it must not get wet. Moreover, the road conditions are bad after the rain. I will definitely not be able to make another trip to Baiyun Town today.
The group of people decided to go back to Dahe Village first, and the shipment could only wait until tomorrow.
Hundreds of pieces of cloth were piled up in an oxcart, and there was no place for people to sit. Cheng Wanwan and Zhao Ergou could only follow behind the oxcart.
As soon as they entered the house, raindrops began to fall.
Fortunately, the cloth got into the house safely without causing any damage.
Cheng Wanwan walked all the way and was covered in sweat. She quickly grabbed a set of clean clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath.
There was a large bathtub in the bathroom, which she specially asked Old Man Zhao to make. She sat comfortably in the bathtub and took a bath. Her fatigue disappeared without a trace in an instant, and she felt very comfortable.
Zhao Ergou was arranging the cloth outside. In order to facilitate the sale tomorrow, he sorted all the colors and put them into categories. He also made marks that only he could understand.
The woman was more patient in organizing the goods, and both Wu Huiniang and Cao Yingying were helping.
Zhao Ergou was keeping accounts. He raised his eyes and saw Cao Yingying walking around the room, and paused with his fingers.
He suddenly said: "Miss Yingying, I have something to ask you."
