After leaving the village head's house, Shen Wanning's next thought was Granny Qin. Granny Qin had defended her several times since she arrived in Daqing Village.

Even last time in court, Granny Qin was clearly scared, but she was still the first to stand up to her. She has always been grateful to her, but she has never found a chance to repay her.

"Mom, why don't we go ask Granny Qin? Most of the families in the village have children with them and don't want to be separated from their families. But Granny Qin is raising her grandson alone, and she doesn't have much income except from farming. If she could work as a helper in the shop, her life would be better."

"Okay, let's go ask her. She's a kind-hearted person, but she's also a person with a miserable life. If we can help her, it would be great."

The two went to Grandma Qin's residence again, asked her, and hired her for three taels of silver a month.

On the day of the opening, Granny Qin and Huang Meihua washed dishes in the back, while Shopkeeper Yang greeted customers. Their family helped make and deliver milk tea, which was enough for them.

On June 30th, Shen Wanning asked Xiaoshu to go to the county magistrate's mansion to deliver an invitation to He Zhenzhen.

All preparations were complete, and on the first day of July, everyone got up very early, even earlier than usual, or perhaps they were so excited that they couldn't sleep at all.

"Wan Ning, what do you think of this dress of your mother's? I hope it won't embarrass you?" Aunt Zhang stood at the door stiffly, wearing the new clothes she had made earlier.

"Mom, you're fine like this. Don't worry too much." Shen Wanning pulled Aunt Zhang and sat in the carriage together.

Aside from Lin Jingcheng and Wen, who were at home, everyone else went. Even the three little ones took a special leave to go with them to the county. The three little ones had never gotten up so early before, and after the excitement wore off, they were drowsy all the way and leaned against a few adults for a nap.

When we arrived at Mingyuelou, it was just dawn. The shop's plaque had been replaced with a new one, covered with red silk.

In the kitchen, Granny Qin and Huang Meihua were boiling tea leaves and milk. They had already boiled a bucket of milk last night and let it cool, so they were going to boil this one today to make hot milk tea.

Purple glutinous rice and red beans were steaming in another pot. When Shen Wanning and the others arrived, Grandma Qin was putting the steamed purple glutinous rice and red beans into a large bowl.

After moving the milk tea bucket and tea bucket to the front desk, she placed purple glutinous rice and red beans on the table. With everything ready, Shen Wanning took a deep breath and opened the door to Mingyue Tower.

"Today is the grand opening day of our Mingyue Tower. All new and old customers who come into the store today will enjoy a 20% discount. The discount is only for today, and everyone is welcome to come." Shen Wanning said loudly while standing at the door.

After saying this, she stood in front of the building and pulled back the red silk covering the plaque. Then, a burst of firecrackers rang out, and the Lin family members led the clapping and cheering. The onlookers also followed suit.

Many people cheered, "That's great. I didn't want to buy it before, but I have to go in and try it today no matter what."

"Hey, is this the stall that used to sell milk tea? It's now open for business? No wonder I didn't come here a few days ago."

"Are you guys buying or not? If not, get out of my way. I'm going in to buy some milk tea."

People were huddled together, scrambling to get into the shop. Lin Jingce returned to the front desk, where he and Xiaoshu made milk tea.

Shopkeeper Yang stood at the door, welcoming customers with a cheerful smile. Shen Wanning was at the front desk, introducing purple glutinous rice and red beans to customers. Adding one topping cost an extra penny, while adding two cost two. As for the private room fee, it was twenty pennies per hour, to prevent anyone from deliberately occupying the room and wasting resources.

Lin He was the best accountant in the family, so the task of collecting the money was given to him. After the shop opened today, the accounting would be handed over to Manager Yang.

Lin Jiang and Tie Niu were busy as waiters. Even Lin Dashan and Aunt Zhang were busy because there were too many customers today and they were too busy to handle it.

"Boss, Miss He is here." From a distance, he saw He Zhenzhen's carriage coming, and Manager Yang shouted into it.

Shen Wanning walked quickly to the door. Two young ladies looked in. Everyone in their circle knew who Miss He was talking about. Only the common people, who were confused, continued to sit in the lobby and drink milk tea.

Wanhong followed beside the carriage. Shen Wanning knew from her appearance that County Magistrate He had also come, otherwise he would not have let Wanhong stay outside.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of Mingyue Tower. Qianhong helped He Zhenzhen get out of the carriage, and then another maid helped Madam He get out.

"Ms. He, Mrs. He, please come in." Shen Wanning came forward and then looked at the carriage.

"Sister Shen, I haven't had your milk tea for two days. I miss it so much." He Zhenzhen jumped and ran to Shen Wanning and said.

"Then Miss He, please try it today. We have added a lot of purple glutinous rice and red beans today. Miss He, please try it." Shen Wanning lowered her body slightly and said with a smile.

"I've always heard Zhenzhen say how beautiful Miss Shen is. Seeing her today, I can see that she is indeed a rare beauty." Mrs. He did not hide the amazement in her eyes.

"Mrs. He, you are too kind. Mrs. He is dignified and generous. She is a role model for us women."

County Magistrate He, wearing a light green gown and with his hair half-tied up and adorned with an emerald green bamboo hairpin, stepped down from the carriage on a small stool. "Miss Shen, how are you?"

"Mr. He, please come in. I guessed that Miss He would come, and the private room is ready. Please come this way." Shen Wanning made a gesture of invitation and walked towards the second floor towards them.

The two young ladies standing by the door saw Magistrate He coming down and quickly knelt, preparing to salute. He Zhenzhen quickly ran over, took their hands, and said loudly, "Sister Jiang, Sister Peng, you two should come and have some milk tea too! Let's go check it out. Sister Shen just mentioned they have a new product."

The two ladies immediately understood what she meant and were pulled to the front desk to see the purple glutinous rice and red beans.

Shen Wanning led them to the second floor. County Magistrate He looked at the wooden sign on the box and read out the names one by one in a low voice, "Chun Mo, Xia He, Qiu Ning, Dong Luo, Aomei, Yulan, Yazhu, Yinju. These are good names." As he spoke, County Magistrate He nodded.

"I just randomly named them Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum. It will be easier for them to remember the names of the private rooms when serving milk tea." Shen Wanning replied.

County Magistrate He and Mrs. He sat down at the table. Shen Wanning brought out the menu, which only had original milk tea, and the condiments section only had red beans and purple glutinous rice.

"This... this is just one kind of milk tea. Why is there such an order? Isn't it redundant?" County Magistrate He pointed at the menu and asked curiously.

"At present, we in Mingyue Tower only have this kind of milk tea, but we will develop various new products in the future and launch them from time to time." Shen Wanning replied, bending over.

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