After separating from my mother-in-law, I raised my children, built a house, and filled the granary

The crowd slowly dispersed until closing time.

The oil lamp in the shop was lit, and it was already dark outside.

The door of Kelai'an was not closed until the last customer left, and the first day of opening ended perfectly.

After the four little ones fell asleep, Shen Yunwan took out the account book and today's revenue.

"How is it?" Looking at the woman's serious expression, Lin Chengfeng thought that today's revenue was not ideal.

"I made a profit of 180 taels on the first day!" Shen Yunwan calculated it again with some uncertainty.

One hundred and eighty taels! Many people wouldn’t be able to save that much money even after ten years.

In the following days, Kelai'an remained popular and customers came in an endless stream.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, other shops in Hehua Town opened.

The shop owners clearly felt that there were fewer customers. They thought that Kelai'an would not pose a threat because it was so remote and not on the main street.

But reality slapped them hard in the face.

The shop owners who were once competitors united as never before.

He even went to the town guard to complain to Kelain.

This was Kelai'an's third month of opening. Liu Ze had also discussed the shopkeepers' complaints with Shen Yunwan.

But it failed.

"What do you mean by a monopoly? Before I opened the shop, I approached all the shop owners in town, and not a single one was willing to cooperate with me.

Now that business is bad, they put the blame on Kelain.”

Shen Yunwan simply ignored their complaints. Even if they were the guards, there was no reason for Kelai'an to close the door, right?

As for rectification, how should it be done? Should the staff deliberately put defective goods on the shelves?

Liu Ze didn't get the answer and attitude he wanted, and he was very angry.

Now he was talking to her as a town guard, but she didn't even give him the face to at least pretend to make some adjustments so that he could appease those shopkeepers.

But not only did she insist that she had done nothing wrong, she even blamed him, thinking that he should go talk to those ignorant shopkeepers.

By doing this, Shen Yunwan not only slapped the faces of those merchants, but also the face of him as the governor.

Before he had been in office for a full year, Liu Ze already had the style of an official.

After their complaints were ineffective, the merchants in the town temporarily suppressed their grievances.

Some businesses even changed their strategies and joined if they couldn't win.

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That day, Lin Xiangbei finished his homework and ran outside to play.

He was seen climbing onto the ox cart, and the ox seemed frightened and became irritable, and it seemed that Lin Xiangbei was about to fall off the ox cart.

The mute uncle threw down the broom in his hand, flew into the air, hugged Lin Xiangbei and landed steadily on the ground.

Shen Yunwan, who rushed over, was shocked. It turned out that there were actually people who knew Qinggong.

The mute uncle felt a little shy when he was looked at, and put Lin Xiangbei on the ground.

Just as he was about to leave, he couldn't move his left leg. He saw Lin Xiangbei holding his leg tightly, and he couldn't move at all. Even if he used a little internal force, he couldn't move at all.

The man's eyes were full of surprise.

"Master, please accept me as your disciple."

The man looked up at Shen Yunwan. He knew that the child was the shopkeeper's youngest son.

Shen Yunwan walked over embarrassedly, hating the fact that she didn't want to meet this son who would always acknowledge his master.

Then she thought about it and realized that her youngest son seemed to have inherited his father's genes.

"Hello, please accept my youngest son as your own. I will pay you money and provide you with food and lodging in my shop. What do you think?"

"Master, please, just agree!" Lin Xiangbei used his trump card, raising his little face and acting coquettishly.

The man looked at Lin Xiangbei speechlessly, then nodded.

"May I ask your name?"

"My last name is Dong."

"Hello, Master Dong. I'll leave my son Xiangbei in your care."

Shen Yunwan considerately asked the waiter to take Master Dong to the bedroom on the fourth floor.

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After more than a year of operation, Kelian became more and more famous, and Shen Yunwan began to plan to open one in the county.

Many villagers in Ping'an Village are now Ke Lai'an's employees. After finishing their work in the fields, they take turns to come to Ke Lai'an to help.

Every household can earn some money to improve their lives.

The aunts and uncles who stayed in the village were also busy, supplying the grain they produced to Kelai'an.

The fourth floor of Kelian has now been converted into a private room where people can eat hot pot in winter and drink tea in summer.

Not far from Kelian, Shen Yunwan bought two courtyards, one for her family and the other for her servants.

In such a short period of time, not only Shen Yunwan's family, but even the entire Ping'an Village has undergone earth-shaking changes.

And Daya is also changing.

Daya is about to come of age and is now the youngest manager of the pharmacy.

This year, the threshold of her house was almost broken down by matchmakers.

Daya is no longer the thin and dark girl she used to be. She is completely different from before.

Besides, everyone knows that the monthly salary of the waiters at Ke Lai'an is one or two taels of silver, not to mention the manager.

Being able to marry a wife who can earn dozens of taels of silver a year would be a great blessing for your ancestors.

The Lin family also had their eyes on Daya. After all, Lin Xiangdong was now the head, and they were from the same village, so the two knew each other well.

In order to facilitate this marriage, Jiang Xiaofang wanted to help Aunt Sun do all the work in the fields.

Aunt Sun was also quite satisfied with Lin Xiangdong. After all, they were from the same village and he was also the head of Kelai'an.

She mentioned this to Daya again and again, but Daya always refused, saying that she would put her work first and not consider marriage for the time being.

This made Aunt Sun very anxious. She hoped that she would not wait until she became an old maid and could only choose a widower.

Lin Xiangdong actually felt that he and Daya were quite suitable for each other, and they were both of marriageable age.

You can get engaged and get married after you reach the age of 15. Everyone in the village does this.

It was Daya's clear refusal that made Lin Xiangdong give up the idea and asked Jiang Xiaofang not to mention it again.

A man with a family business will not worry about not having a wife. The best way is to work hard and make Kelai'an stronger and bigger.

During this period, Shen Yunwan found that Daya was obviously absent-minded when she was working.

"Daya, the prescription says five cents, but you weighed it as fifteen. Do you want to ask for leave?"

Daya works in a pharmacy. So many patients come to get their medicine every day. If the weight is wrong, it will definitely affect their recovery.

When Daya heard that the weight was wrong, she came to her senses in shock and said, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I..."

"No need to keep apologizing. If something's on your mind, let's deal with it and come back when you're back in shape."

Daya looked at the woman in front of her with a conflicted expression, feeling both grateful and guilty.

In the end, she asked Shen Yunwan for leave, but she did not go home.

Daya returned to Ke Lai'an's residence. She was mesmerized by the crystal clear hairpin.

She is no longer a naive little girl. Her mother has mentioned the matter of looking for a boyfriend to her more than once during this period.

But she wanted to find a man she loved, but this man asked her to give up her job as the head of the family because his family was a well-known and wealthy family in the county.

His parents don't allow their daughter-in-law to do anything that is in the spotlight.

She had never been so concerned about a man before. If she were the old her, she would not dare to be so close to a man.

But she was the boss and had dozens of taels of private money. She knew how to recognize herbs and was good at business.

The image of Mr. Du Yigui has taken root in her heart, and even when she is working, she would think about his hot lips.

She was also ashamed, but she seemed to be bewitched by him and couldn't stop being teased by him.

She didn't dare mention such private matters to others.

But she was sure of one thing, she loved Du Yi.

Then she came to the place where they had agreed to meet.

"Daya." The man stood under the willow tree, his white clothes making him look elegant and graceful.

"Brother Yi." Daya looked shy.

"Daya, what do you think? I have already told my parents that I will marry no one but you. Look..." The man pulled up his sleeves, revealing red and swollen whip marks on his fair skin.

"My father punished me by making me kneel in the ancestral hall and even used family rules. Fortunately, I would rather die than surrender, and they couldn't do anything to me. I was their only son, so they had no choice but to do as I wished.

But one thing is that you can no longer show your face in public. The silver you earn in a year can't even buy this hairpin on your head. When you marry into the Du family, you will have endless silver to spend, fine clothes and delicious food every day, and many servants to serve you. I can't bear to see you serve others after you get married."

The aphrodisiac scent on the man made the woman, who was as innocent as a sheet of paper, completely defenseless. She blushed and burrowed into the man's arms.

They didn't separate until both of them were out of breath.

"Brother Yi, I will go and ask for my resignation from Sister-in-law Yun Wan tomorrow."

"Okay, I know I am the most important person in your heart. Of course, you are also the most important person in my heart."

A girl from the village who had only been in town for over a year could not resist such sweet words from a man.

Daya was even more determined to marry no one else but him.