The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

The following days were uneventful. Before the shop opened, Xia Mianwan took Yu Jie'er to become a disciple. After observing Yu Jie, Yu Ma took her in as a disciple.

It was not until she met Nanny Yu that Xia Mianwan had a deeper understanding of the State of Chen.

The customs of the Chen State were open, and the status of women was not much worse than that of men, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Moreover, the taxation policy and business environment were very different from those in the real ancient times.

After meeting Nanny Yu, Xia Mianwan finally understood why this happened. Xia Mianwan had always guessed that there was a time traveler in the Great Chen Kingdom. Now she saw a mirror from Nanny Yu, a modern mirror, which was said to have been made by the queen of the previous dynasty.

In addition to the mirror, when Xia Mianwan was chatting with Yu Ma, Yu Ma's ideas about women's conduct were very close to those of modern times. After asking, she learned that Yu Ma had been a palace maid beside the queen of the previous dynasty, and these things were all told to her by the queen of the previous dynasty.

Nanny Yu was young at that time, and she was fascinated by the world described by the Queen, and she kept it in her heart ever since.

Now that Yujie'er and Chenge'er have somewhere to go every day, Chen Dasao has some free time and she only needs to help Xia Mianwan pick up the children every day.

Xia Mianwan took advantage of this time to give Chen Susu some training.

Including but not limited to how to introduce these hairpins, jade bracelets, rouge and powder, and silk flower fans.

Xia Mianwan knew that people like gimmicks, so she named the first batch of crystal bracelets and glass bracelets. The pink crystal bracelet was named "Peach Blossoms Still Smiling in the Spring Breeze", the green crystal bracelet was named "Little Lotus Just Revealed its Tip", and the yellow crystal bracelet was named "Curse of the Golden Flower".

The names of colored glass beads are even more varied, because glass beads are really cheap and beautiful. Xia Mianwan's supermarket space is full of tens of thousands of beads of various colors, and she doesn't feel sorry when she uses them. The names are also very nice: "Tea Spring Color", "Drunk Dunhuang", "Tea Color Jasmine", "Fragrant Taro Morning", "Dusk" and so on.

It took Chen Susu a long time to remember the names of these bracelets and hairpins.

After a few more days of preparation, Xia Mianwan felt that it was almost ready, so he chose a day to open the shop. The shop was named "Fengwu Shop".

On the first day of opening, Zhou Niangzi, Xiaowu, Huaerqiaoer, Xiaoba and Xiaojiu all came to the shop to show their support. Xia Mianwan even invited dragon and lion dances to the shop entrance to liven things up.

After the performance, "Fengwupu" officially opened.

Xia Mianwan couldn't write traditional Chinese characters, so she asked Zhou Chengze to help her write the names of the series of bracelets and hairpins on wooden signs and hang them on the wall.

If there were people who couldn't understand the words, Chen Susu, Zhou Niangzi and Xia Mianwan would explain them one by one.

On the first day of opening, Xia Mian Wan served a cup of special pearl milk tea to every customer who came into the store. The aroma of milk tea filled the entire store, and some young ladies were willing to spend money on a hairband or silk flower just for a sip of it.

Besides, Xia Mianwan’s shop is decorated very elegantly, which makes people happy just by looking at it.

On the first day, business was good. Not many of the expensive goods were sold, but many of the hairbands, silk flowers, and hairpins were unsold. Another hot-selling item was the glass bead bracelet.

Because of the diverse color combinations and the combination with silver jewelry, it looks very beautiful.

The key point is that this glass bead bracelet is not expensive, with about 14 beads in a string, and the price is 800 coins per string. If it were in modern times, it would be expensive. But at this time, glass is a rare thing. Xia Mianwan felt that 800 coins per string, coupled with a nice name, was really a good deal.

However, fewer people bought crystals. This was because the price Xia Mianwan ordered was not cheap, a string of fourteen pieces was priced at around two taels of silver.

The crystal of this era in the Great Chen Kingdom has long existed, but the difference in the process is that it is not very different from the modern polished crystal. It belongs to the category of Western goods, and the price of Western goods is generally more expensive. Compared with the glasses sold on the market for five taels of silver, Xia Mianwan's two taels of silver pure natural crystal is not that expensive.

Scarcity makes things valuable, and this batch of water jade bracelets, which hibernate late in summer, are very beautiful, and with the name, they are quite extraordinary.

There are many wealthy families in Yanzhou. Some ladies came out shopping and were attracted by the dragon and lion dances. When they entered the store, they saw Xia Mianwan, Chen Susu, and Zhou Niangzi wearing clothes of the same color and wearing glass bead bracelets of the same color. They were very curious.

Xia Mianwan is born with fair skin, especially her hands, which look like they have never worked. She has slender wrists and long fingers. The highly saturated green glass bead bracelet makes the bracelet look particularly dazzling.

Therefore, the young ladies who came into the store were all very envious when they saw it, and almost everyone had a glass bead bracelet in their hands when they left.

Crystal bracelets are mostly purchased by older ladies, because Xia Mianwan explains the name of the crystal bracelets and tells them about their benefits.

The remaining young ladies from less well-off families were attracted by the offer of a free cup of milk tea with their purchase. Therefore, the top sellers today were the silk flowers and hairbands.

The first day of opening was full of hustle and bustle. Finally, at night, when Xia Mian went to bed, he counted the accounts and found that the sales revenue was 22 taels of silver, 860 coins.

Most of them are glass bead bracelets. Although hairbands and silk flowers sell in large quantities, the price is not high, only a dozen or twenty coins. Therefore, although the quantity is far ahead, the amount is not even a fraction of the glass bead bracelets.

The cost of the beads is impossible to calculate. The cost of milk tea is about three hundred wen, and the cost of the purse is about four hundred wen. Wow, after checking the accounts late in the summer, I feel that my supermarket space is a rooster that lays golden eggs.

The business on the first day was decent. Xia Mianwan summarized the experience with Chen Susu, reviewed the situation on the first day of opening, and gave Chen Susu a red envelope.

"You have worked hard today. Here's a red envelope for you and Sister Zhou!" Xia Mianwan smiled and gave a red envelope to Chen Susu and Madam Zhou.

Madam Zhou was a little embarrassed. "We agreed that I would only come to help for one day. I feel embarrassed for you to do this."

Xia Mianwan said generously: "It's okay. Our shop has become famous today. Business will only get more and more prosperous in the future. The more I earn, the bigger your red envelopes will be!"

Chen Susu took the red envelope with a smile: "Thank you very much, Sister Xia!"

Seeing that Chen Susu accepted the red envelope so generously, Madam Zhou did not act pretentiously and said, "Thank you very much!"

Xia Mianwan smiled and said, "Sister Zhou, you have to take care of the round fans. We sold two today!"

"Don't worry, I've already finished half of the embroidery. I'll ask Hua'er Qiao'er to bring the silk flowers over tomorrow."

"it is good!"