Li's face was livid, and Liu's face was not good-looking either.
Previously, when the family had no money, she sent people to go to town to pay bills. Since her life got better, she is no longer as frugal in food as before. Although she is not as frugal as the old lady from a wealthy family, she still has a lot of money at home. They are all fleshy. She occasionally makes some robes of good quality to wear, and she spends more than ten taels every month.
Now that Mrs. Li has married in, there is one more person to pay for. The woman does not have much to eat, but if she buys jewelry, ten taels of silver is not enough for a day. What should I do?
"Xi'er, now that our bride has just entered the house, these ten taels of silver are a bit short. I'm afraid the people in the village will laugh at her if this is spread."
Mrs. Li nodded hurriedly. How could she get ten taels of silver from her parents' house?
"A joke? Why is it a joke? Apart from our Wen family, who else in this village can spend ten taels of silver a month?" Wen Xi said with a smile: "How many households can't even use ten taels a year?" Silver, I heard that the Li family’s annual income is only about seven taels of silver.”
When Mrs. Li heard this, she immediately stopped talking. The Li family only relied on their parents to earn some money from farming. If they could sell seven taels a year, it would be a good harvest, otherwise it would only be around five taels.
Her two younger brothers were hoping to marry off her sister in exchange for some gifts so they could find a wife.
"Grandpa, I asked Chen Xin and others to pack Tao'er's things yesterday and then leave after lunch. You and grandma take care of yourself."
Wen Danian nodded, patted her shoulder and said, "The Wen family's hope is on you and Tao'er. I'm relieved that he can have your guidance."
After hearing Wen Danian's words, Mrs. Li's face became even more ugly. Why do the Wen family's hopes rest on those two children? Could it be that I can’t count on the children I will give birth to in the future?
"Grandpa, I asked Chen Xin to buy some servants a few days ago. This time I leave to take Chen Xin and the others away. The new store needs manpower."
New store? Li Shi suddenly became energetic. According to her understanding, the Wen family has a very profitable shop in the town. From what she said, is it opening a new one now?
Naturally, Wen Danian had no objection to Wen Xi's proposal: "Our family is all farmers. If we need servants to take care of us, we can take good care of ourselves."
"Yes, Xi'er, your grandfather is right. If you have that moon silver, you might as well keep it for Tao'er to get a wife." As soon as Wen Kang finished his words, he received Mr. Li's look and closed his mouth again.
Ms. Li didn't want to do the work of a servant as soon as she got married.
At such a young age, she married Wen Kang, a man who could be her father. Could it be because of true love? Aren’t you just marrying in to enjoy happiness?
If all the servants of the Wen family were withdrawn, she would have to serve her parents-in-law, take care of Wen Kang, and take care of such a big house. Wouldn't this cost her her life?
Fortunately, Wenxi didn't mention sending the servants away, otherwise Li wouldn't even have a place to cry.
After lunch, Wen Xi took Wen Tao and left.
When they arrived at Nishangfang, Wenxi settled down a few people and called Chen Xin and others over. The two shops in Qingping County needed renovation, and she planned to ask the three brothers of the Lin family, Lin Yu, Lin Zhi, and Lin Hua, to go there. Staring, she always kept in mind what Mrs. Zhao said earlier. In order to prevent Aunt Xin's brother from stumbling upon her, she would definitely find a few people with strong martial arts skills and cleverness to serve as supervisors.
Zhao Nian and Zhao Yong were responsible for Wen Tao's safety, while Chen Xin followed them.
After arranging everything, Wenxi took a sip of apple juice and smelled a familiar fragrance.
"Murong Huan, why are you back so soon?" Wen Xi said helplessly to the window.
As soon as she finished speaking, a red figure came in from the window: "Xiao Wenxi, your reaction is very sharp! You discovered me just after I arrived."
"I don't know martial arts so I didn't know you were here, but your scent is so fragrant that I can smell it from a long distance away."
"That's right, Xiao Wenxi. The incense I smell is worth tens of thousands of gold. It's extremely rare. If you like it, I'll give you some." He sat on the soft couch, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to her: " Sent to you."
Wenxi took it over and smelled it. It was really... a bit too fragrant.
She pushed the porcelain bottle back and said with disgust, "Just this kind of spice costs ten thousand gold?"
"What? You don't like it?" Murong Huan was a little surprised: "Such a precious spice is extremely difficult to find in Dongchen. If you miss it this time, I may not be willing to part with it."
Wen Xi smiled, walked to a cupboard, opened the door, and found a dozen small porcelain jars inside.
She casually took out one and threw it to Murong Huan: "This is the ointment I made, can you smell it?"
Balm? What is that, I have never heard of it.
He opened the porcelain jar, and a burst of extremely elegant fragrance came. He opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Xiao Wenxi, what does this smell like? It smells so good!"
"What you have in your hand is rose balm. The new product I just developed is almost the same as the incense in your mouth! But it smells better and is more convenient."
Murong Huan was unwilling to return the favor after smelling it: "I help you run errands, so I must give you some reward! Just use this ointment to pay for it."
If you like it, just say it, why are you beating around the bush and asking for errand fees?
However, if someone like Murong Huan, who is used to seeing rare things in the world, loves this ointment so much, then ordinary people must like it even more. It seems that he can definitely stand firm in the market for this ointment.
However, he is not planning to sell it at the moment. Instead, he is planning to wait for the Nichangfang in Qingping County to open before selling it. It is best to make the Nichangfang become famous and establish a firm foothold in Qingping County.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month later, the shop in Qingping County is almost finished.
After receiving the news from Lin Yu, Wen Xi got up and set off for Qingping County.
She always felt a little uneasy along the way, as if something was about to happen.
As soon as the carriage stopped at the door of the shop, a man dressed as an official was seen directing his men to seal the shop.
When Lin Yu saw Wenxi's carriage arriving, he hurried over and said, "Girl, you guessed it right, someone came looking for trouble just after the shop was renovated."
Wen Xi nodded, as expected.
She stepped forward and said, "Brother, official officer, I wonder if there is anything wrong with this shop?"
The officer turned around and saw a little girl. He said in a bad tone: "Child, what do you want from me? Why don't you just stay cool and cool."
"This is our shopkeeper." Lin Yu stepped forward and said.
"Shopkeeper? You?" He looked around at Wen Xi again: "Since you are the shopkeeper, let me tell you that your shop is not up to standard and we have to put a seal on it."
"Unqualified? What are the unqualified areas?" Wen Xi walked up to him with a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely cold: "You point out the unqualified areas, otherwise my shop will be closed down with just your mouth. Yes, do you think I will be convinced?"
