Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

"Mother, I told Father that we can use a seal instead of a signature."

"Jin'er, you still don't understand? If you don't have a foundation in calligraphy, you shouldn't touch things related to gold and stone.

Besides, you are too young to handle the carving knife. Why don't you learn stone carving when you grow up a little bit?"

Wang Jinyi understood that the people here were not yet able to "adapt".

"Mother, I designed and drew the picture, and I found someone to carve it. This is my idea, and the seal is mine. Isn't it the same?"

Without waiting for her mother to answer, Wang Jinyi hurriedly added,

"Daddy has agreed, and I've thought about it, Mommy, I'll draw it for you right away."

The mother shook her head and said nothing.

Maybe my mother thinks this is taking advantage of the situation!

Wang Jinyi pretended not to see it and enlarged and drew the idea he had at night. It was basically a combination of text and graphics. After thinking about it, he even boldly drew one that split the word "Jin" into two parts as the background.

Seeing her daughter drawing more than 10 strange seal styles in one breath, the mother called Qing'er, who came to report the matter, and said a few simple words to her. Then she sent her out. She sat down and discussed each matter seriously with her daughter. Finally, it was past the time to go out, so she decided to go out today.

Wang Jinyi was so creative after a night of sleep that he gave his mother ten new "designs" in one go.

This delayed my departure.

When the carriage entered Yongning Road, the speed slowly slowed down. The mother and daughter lifted the curtain and hot air instantly rushed in.

Wang Jinyi stuck his head out to look outside. It was such a hot day and the car was stuck.

It turns out that traffic jams are not exclusive to the past, the ancients were no less affected.

The street is actually very wide, and can accommodate four or five carriages in parallel, but you can't handle any street, the quality is low, under normal circumstances, people drive on the right when entering and exiting the street, but some people stop on the road to get on and off the carriages.

Merchants are loading goods, and the goods are occupying the road.

Oh my! It looks so messy, of course it can also be called a prosperous commercial feature.

Wait, mother turned the round fan to the frequency of an electric fan, and the small space became more and more stuffy.

"Mother, is it still far?"

"Not far away. The store is called Yuan Feng Mao. It's the second store on the next street."

"Mom, let's go over there."

"This is a business, the quality of the staff is mixed, let's wait a little longer."

"Mother, what do the merchants here do? Which one has better business? We have to see it with our own eyes. Let's go over and take a look."

Having said this, without waiting for his mother's consent, he stood up slightly and lifted the door curtain.

"Pull the car over to the nearest side and we'll get out."

My lady gave the order, and the driver got off the carriage, pulled the reins, and pulled the horses to the nearest tree to stop. My carriage behind also followed and stopped.

When the mother saw this, she had no choice but to put on her cap and got off the car. The people behind her quickly followed.

The mother and daughter then supported each other and walked forward. Wang Jinyi was too young to need any protection, and the maids and servants could walk outside openly.

Just like this, with their servant Wang Jinlai leading the way in front and their steward Wang Pingan following behind, a group of about ten people passed between the carriages and the goods.

Wang Jinlai was a very perceptive man, and he knew how to take care of the female relatives at the back, stopping and starting as he went.

Wang Jinyi took the opportunity to carefully observe the storefronts, goods, and people on the street, as well as the clothes, words, and behaviors of the various people coming in and out of each store.

This was Wang Jinyi's first time in the downtown area, so she was very serious.

After passing 5 shops, the Ping'anli section of Yongning Road ended. In front of us was a crossroads, and the road was wide.

Yongning Road is still being extended.

There is a constant stream of vehicles coming and going, and customers are constantly lining the doors of every store, but there is no more suffocating congestion.

Whenever Wang Jinyi sees congestion, a little man always pops up in his mind, holding up a small sign with both hands, on which is written "Lose Reason" in large crooked words. The little man in his mind twists and turns and can't be shaken off.

Wang Jinyi didn't want him to make things difficult for her, so she patted her face gently and reminded herself to wake up.

The wet nurse quickly held the young lady's hand, not daring to relax at all. Sweat was dripping down Zhu Yu's face behind her. She didn't know if it was because of the heat or nervousness, but she almost walked hand in hand with the young lady.

Wang Jinyi wanted to turn around and look at the shops she passed by, but her sight was blocked by Zhu Yu.

I thought, if it is really safe, there is not much point in coming out.

All that's left is the crowded experience!

Just as I was thinking about my mother turning around to call me, Wang Jinyi was pulled to the front of the small team. My mother pointed to the shop across the road:

"That's it, the second shop. Do you see it? Do you recognize it?"

The mother simply squatted down to be at the same height as her daughter.

"Mother, that store is called 'Yuan Feng Mao'."

The storefront is not big but very neat. The pillars on both sides of the storefront are brown-red. The door plaque is in the middle of the wooden plaque with the three words "Yuan Feng Mao" written in large gold characters on a black background.

The eaves on both sides of the door are raised and separated from the shops on both sides by a high white wall.

The storefront is brown-red, with door panels neatly placed on both sides of the store, forming a six-door storefront.

There is a step and a wooden stepping stone in front of the door, which makes the steps that divide the level cleverly blurred.

To become rich, you have one step; to become an official, you have three steps. But businessmen are flexible and they make the first step higher. So they add a whole wooden board under the step. The board is very thick and can cushion the inconvenience caused by the step being too high.

Do you think this wooden board is a step? No, but it functions as a step.

If there is no step, there is no violation of the rules, the government will not intervene, and the step is rationalized!

This is truly an incredible ingenuity and flexibility that makes one have to admire the businessman’s cunningness.

Such a location, such a good storefront. Can I afford it? Wang Jinyi felt ashamed and touched his pocket, so he asked,

"Mother, I don't have enough money to buy this shop, right?"

"Let's talk about this when we get home. Jin'er, this is your shop now. Do you want to go take a look?"

Out of curiosity, Wang Jinyi also wanted to visit Yuanfengmao.

So it comes to:

"Let Wang Jinlai and the nurse accompany me."

Afterwards, the three of them crossed the intersection, went against the flow from the left, bypassed Zhao's Silk Shop, and walked forward slowly.

Watching a group of people walking out of Yuanfengmao, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper bowed to see them off. Several young men in fancy clothes laughed and joked with each other, took the reins from the hitching posts, chatted and joked, then mounted their horses and rode away.

The shopkeeper bowed to see him off, not like he was seeing off a guest, but more like a servant seeing off his master.

Wang Jinyi watched the interaction between the shopkeeper and the customers and felt that the shop owner really knew how to employ people. He was not afraid of not being able to collect the rent since his shop was rented to someone who was so good at business.

I thought to myself as I walked towards the front of the store.