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The uncle replied, "It's about ten miles to the southeast. If you ride on horseback, you can get there in about half an hour."

Jiang Nianwei nodded slightly: "Thank you, uncle."

She took out a few rosy apples from the bag she carried with her and distributed them to the horses.

When the horses had happily chewed their apples, they looked up and said, "Since time is of the essence, we should not delay any longer."

After half an hour's trek, they finally arrived at Yazhou City.

This city is built by the sea. Compared with those bustling and prosperous cities, it is more like a small town away from the world, quiet and simple.

When the two stepped into the city, what came into view was a long and bustling street.

On both sides of the street, vendors set up all kinds of stalls, and the sounds of hawking were heard one after another, making the street very lively.

Since being exiled here, it was the first time that Jiang Nianwei saw such a lively scene and finally felt some of the atmosphere of life.

The two found an empty spot, put down their baskets and set up the stall, ready to try the cucumbers, garlic, carrots and glasses they brought for sale.

The local residents were full of curiosity about these novel vegetables, but most of them just stopped to watch. Occasionally someone came forward to ask questions, mostly out of curiosity.

In order to attract the attention of passers-by, Jiang Nianwei specially brewed a cup of tea in a cup. The transparent texture and smooth surface of the cup allowed the floating tea leaves to be clearly seen after brewing, which attracted people to stop.

"This cup is really strange. It's actually transparent? How strange."

"I have had the honor of seeing colorful glass, but this is the first time I have seen glass with such pure color."

When Jiang Nianwei heard their conversation, she remembered that glass in this era was indeed called colored glaze, but due to technical reasons, it was only available in colored colors, and the manufacturing process was relatively difficult and expensive.

But if she said it was colored glaze, it might arouse suspicion, so Jiang Nianwei just said it was called glass.

"How much do you sell these glass cups for?" a passerby asked curiously.

Jiang Nianwei calculated in her mind that based on the cost of materials and labor, five cents would be enough.

But the way of doing business is not just about cost. So he tried to say, "Ten cents each."

This statement made some of the originally enthusiastic onlookers hesitate a little, and some people whispered: "This price is too high."

The owner of a shop selling tea sets not far away was very interested in the glass products they had.

He held it in his hand and examined it for a long time, then finally gritted his teeth and said, "Little brother, I want all these things. Give me the best price."

Jiang Nianwei refused to budge on the price, "Ten cents each, the price won't go any lower."

The shop owner felt a little pained when he heard this, but when he thought about the profits these glass products could bring, he gritted his teeth and agreed. He hardened his heart and nodded: "Okay! Then I'll take all of them at the price you said."

He was afraid that someone would get there first, so he hurriedly urged Jiang Nianwei to pack the goods.

When the shop owner left, he reminded me again and again: "If you have such products in the future, you can send them directly to my shop. You don't need to go through the trouble of setting up a stall to sell them."

Jiang Nianwei thought to herself that the market for glass products was quite large, but no one was interested in the vegetables in front of them.

It was too much trouble to bring them back, so she distributed them to the vendors around her. "Everyone, try these vegetables. How do they taste?"

Since it is given for free, naturally no one would refuse such a good thing.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost noon and the sun was high in the sky. Ah Zhao stood beside her, blocking some of the sunlight for Jiang Nianwei.

Jiang Nianwei narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling the mottled light and shadow shining through the gaps between Ah Zhao's shoulders, and she began to feel hungry.

She stood up, dusted herself off, and said, "Let's go, A Zhao, let's go to the restaurant and have a good meal."

Xianyufang is the largest and most famous restaurant in Yazhou City.

As she entered the restaurant, Jiang Nianwei ordered two local specialties without hesitation - steamed fish and fried celery.

After Ah Zhao took a bite, his brows couldn't help but frown slightly.

Although the fish was fresh, it had a fishy smell that was difficult to conceal; the celery was too tough due to improper cooking.

He had eaten meals cooked by Aunt Liu before, but when he tasted the dishes on the table again, he felt they were just bland.

Seeing his serious expression, Jiang Nianwei leaned in and whispered, "How is it? Is it not as delicious as what Aunt Liu made?"

Ah Zhao nodded honestly and said slowly, "It's not even a little bit different."

But the restaurant is still bustling with customers coming in an endless stream.

Jiang Nianwei couldn't help but sigh that the people in this place might never have tasted real delicious food.

Her eyes couldn't help but look at the restaurant opposite the Xianyu Boat, which had gone bankrupt due to poor management because it could not compete with the other restaurant.

Then he thought of the unsaleable vegetables in the baskets, "In that case, why don't we find another way and open a restaurant ourselves."

Ah Zhao stroked his chin lightly, a trace of contemplation between his brows, "It's a good idea, but it's difficult to implement it due to our current status."

He was right. Although they had successfully occupied Nanzhou Island, they were still not good citizens and their identities were unknown.

It is difficult to legally own a restaurant, obtain a title deed, and even more difficult to run a business honestly.

It would be great if there was someone with a legitimate and trustworthy identity to help open the restaurant.

After eating and drinking, the two continued to stroll around the market.

Jiang Nianwei lingered at the small stalls, picking out some small items for her family, and when she turned around, A Zhao was nowhere to be seen.

When I saw him again, I discovered that there was a humming sound coming from the backpack he was carrying.

Jiang Nianwei stood on tiptoe and looked at his backpack. There were two little puppies snuggling together in it. They were chubby and stared at her with their round, watery eyes.

Her eyes revealed an unconcealable joy, and she couldn't help but touch the puppy, "So cute, where did you buy it?"

"Over there." Ah Zhao pointed to a corner not far away. "There are only these two left. I saw that they are well-behaved, so I decided to bring them back and raise them in your yard. They can also look after your house and yard."

The two puppies had jet-black fur, and even their tongues were a faint black, clearly they were pure five-black dogs.

Ah Zhao added, "By the way, there are piglets for sale there. I heard you said you want to raise a few more pigs. Do you want to go shopping?"

Jiang Nianwei agreed without hesitation: "Okay! That's exactly what I want."

After some selection, she finally bought two piglets, a male and a female, and two strong calves.

He went to the post station to pick up the letter and then rushed back to Nanzhou Island at sunset.

After returning to the fishing village, Ah Zhao immediately started building a fence.

Jiang Siyu couldn't let go of the two furry puppies, and kept praising them, "So cute."

Jiang Nianwei took out the gifts she bought for them and bought a rattle for Chen Ge'er. The other female members of the family bought some hair accessories and ivory combs.

Jiang Nianwei bought two fresh pig's trotters at the market. Seeing this, Nanny Liu couldn't wait to roll up her sleeves and prepare to show off her cooking skills.

She skillfully cleaned and blanched the pig's trotters, then added the secret sauce and began to stew. Soon the fragrance filled the whole house.

Jiang Nianwei took this opportunity to express her inner thoughts: "Dad, I have recently observed Yazhou City and found that there is not a single restaurant worth looking at. I thought about it for a long time and came up with a plan to open a restaurant here. This will not only provide employment opportunities for the villagers and give them a stable source of income, but also use this platform to promote our village's agricultural products to the market, adding a considerable amount of income to the village."

Jiang Yan heard this, and after a moment's silence, he slowly spoke: "Nianwei, I understand your intentions, but you also know that our situation here is special. If this matter is discovered by those with ulterior motives, it will probably bring us trouble, and may even implicate innocent villagers. Besides, we don't have a legitimate identity to purchase a restaurant."

"That's what bothers me."

Jiang Nianwei opened the two letters she received. One was from Ye Zhenzhen in Nanling.

It is said that the business of the health club is gradually getting better. The jade powder she left behind is very popular with customers. Word of mouth spreads, and customers from other towns come here to buy and experience it.

The other letter was sent from Longzhou. It turned out that after Jingyao and his companions arrived at the cloth shop, they stayed here and met a businessman who came to buy cloth.

After a detailed discussion, they found out that this person was Jing Qiudie's nephew Jing Zhuo. When he received the letter, he should have already set out from Longzhou to Nanzhou Island to meet them.

Both letters brought good news. Jiang Nianwei put away the letters and thought of a good idea.

"If you are worried, Dad, just wait for my cousin to come. My cousin is a businessman. If he buys the restaurant, I believe you will feel more at ease."

Jiang Yan nodded slightly, "That's a good idea. I haven't seen Jing Zhuo for a long time."

Jiang Nianwei turned around and told her mother the good news. Jing Qiudie was dazed for a moment, "Your cousin is on his way? This is really great news."

The braised pig's trotters were finally served on the table. Jiang Nianwei couldn't wait to pick up a piece and chew it slowly, leaving the delicious taste on her lips and teeth.

She couldn't help but admire and said, "Madam Liu, if your cooking skills were placed in a prosperous restaurant, even those famous chefs would be ashamed of themselves."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu waved her hands and said modestly, "Miss, you are embarrassing me. At my age, how can I have the energy to do that? It is my blessing to be able to stay with you."

Jiang Nianwei put down the chopsticks in her hand, looked at Aunt Liu seriously and said, "I am not just saying this casually. I am planning to open a restaurant in Yazhou City. When the time comes, I will ask you to be the chef. It would be a pity if your good cooking skills were buried here."

There was a hint of surprise in Aunt Liu's eyes, but she still replied calmly: "How can this be called burying? This is the duty of this old slave. If I leave, what will you do?"

Jiang Nianwei finished chewing the pig's trotter and said, "There are people taking care of us here, so you don't have to worry about us, Madam."

A trace of fear appeared on Madam Liu's face. "My lady, when you say that, I feel uneasy."

"Don't be afraid. We still have your back, don't we?"

Jing Qiudie also consoled her, "Madam Liu has served me for half her life, and now I also hope that you can do what you like. Nianwei is right, just go for it!"

Nanny Liu felt a warm current rising in her heart and no longer had any worries.

Since the glass cups were easily sold, Jiang Nianwei collected the villagers' glass cups, took them to Yazhou to sell them, and then distributed the silver to the villagers when she returned.

The owner of the tea shop was full of praise for the glass cups that Jiang Nianwei brought. He was never picky about the quantity, as long as the quality was good, he would accept all of them.

When some villagers received the silver for the first time, they were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

I couldn't help but sigh: "This glass can actually be sold for ten coins each, ten of them is a hundred coins, which is equivalent to my income for most of half a year."

Jiang Nianwei reminded: "But you need to be careful not to sacrifice quality for quantity. Good quality can sell for a high price!"

Although glass cups are easy to sell, the quantity should not be too large, otherwise they will lose their original value.

She also remembered what Ye Zhenzhen said in the letter, that Yurong powder was selling very well, so she planned to make another Yurong soap based on this.

Turning your eyes to the island in front of you, there are dense coconut groves and abundant coconuts.

Coconut oil has long been a common item on the daily tables of the villagers on the island, and the extraction process is just a familiar home craft.

Chop open the ripe coconut, remove the coconut meat with tools, cut the coconut meat into small pieces, and then use an extruder to squeeze out the oil from the crushed coconut meat.

Compared with lard, coconut oil is healthier, has a light fragrance, and is more suitable as a skin care material.

Other raw materials are also available everywhere here. Jiang Nianwei asked Chunyu and Taozhi to go to the beach with her to pick up shells.

Taozhi was still curious, "Miss, what are the uses of picking up these shells?"

Jiang Nianwei's tone was slightly more relaxed, "You will know soon."

As the sun set, the bags in the hands of the three people were gradually filled with shells.

She dumped a bag full of shells into the fire and roasted them until they carbonized into quicklime.

Jiang Nianwei asked A Zhao to collect the wood ash and stir it in water.

Then she took out the gauze and filtered it carefully to remove the impurities, leaving only the pure liquid.

The liquid is then placed over a fire and slowly boiled until it is concentrated into a rich lye solution.

After the lye solution has been left to stand overnight, pour the upper layer of liquid into the coconut oil and add crushed coarse salt, stirring constantly.

When lye and coconut oil are mixed together, a saponification reaction occurs.

Use a bamboo tube as a mold, pour the soap liquid into it, let it dry for a while, and after it solidifies after a few days, it can be made into soap.

Jiang Nianwei ground Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica dahurica and Bletilla striata into fine powder and added it to the soap to make a whitening soap, which has a faint medicinal fragrance when you smell it carefully.

A few days later, Jiang Nianwei placed the finished product in Ah Zhao's hands and said, "Try it and see how it works."

Ah Zhao took the soap, carefully dipped some water in it, and rubbed it gently in his hands, and foam spread in his palms.

Jiang Nianwei explained proudly: "This soap can easily wash away the dirt on your face, making your skin more delicate and smooth. Long-term use can even whiten your skin!"