Super-rich: Spending money is just a job!

Seeing Xiaomeng turn to speak to Xiaomai, Huamei looked down at her phone and was shocked to see that nearly 100,000 people had suddenly flooded into her live stream. Just a moment ago, there were only a handful of viewers. Where did all these people come from? And there were gifts too! Many people had given her gifts, even though they were small ones, but the sheer number of them made all the difference.

The viewers in the live stream were still raving, saying the beautiful streamer hadn't had enough and urged Hua Mei to go inside and film. Someone even found a link to Xiao Meng's Baidu Baike page and uploaded it.

Xiaomeng greeted Duan Xiaomai, "Hello, young lady. I heard you're an inheritor of tie-dyeing craftsmanship? May I come into your shop to take a look?"

The town mayor, who was standing nearby, said, "This is Miss Duan. Miss Duan's family does tie-dyeing very well, and she has even taught dyeing techniques to young people from nearby villages."

Duan Xiaomai blushed and invited the leader into her shop to sit down and have a cup of tea.

Suddenly, more than a dozen people squeezed into the small shop, making it so crowded that it was too late for Hua Mei to squeeze in and take pictures. She could only hold up her phone to get in.

Xiaomeng saw Duan Xiaomai making a batik pattern in the shop. She repeatedly said, "You're working so hard! You have to use a wax knife to draw such a detailed pattern? You must be exhausted. Many people like this phoenix pattern. Your neck and eyes must be tired. You should take more rest and exercise your eye and neck muscles."

Xiaomai nodded repeatedly, thanking the leader for his concern.

Duan Xiaomai didn't actually know that Xiaomeng was the owner of the company that acquired her work. She just thought Xiaomeng was very easy to talk to and no different from any other young person.

He didn't speak in any official jargon; he communicated with her simply and on equal terms. Xiaomai gave him a hand-embroidered purse, which Boss Lin happily hung on his belt.

By the way, Boss Lin was wearing a horse-face skirt with a belt featuring a lion and auspicious symbols in gold, and a handmade herb sachet hanging from the belt around his waist, which looked quite fitting for the occasion.

The mayor also received one, but his suit trousers weren't quite right for wearing a purse, so he put it in his pocket. "It looks really nice," he said. "I'll take it home for my daughter; she'll definitely love it."

Seeing that her boss liked her gift, Duan Xiaomai felt especially proud.

Xiaomeng bought a batik canvas bag from Xiaomai, slung it over her shoulder, and walked out, still holding a cup of herbal tea from Xiaomai's shop in her hand.

Seeing that Xiaomeng was in a good mood, everyone else was also in a good mood and happily went to visit the tea shop. After the visit, Xiaomeng bought a palm-sized bundle of Pu'er tea, which she also stuffed into her canvas bag.

She didn't want her assistant to carry it for her, and happily slung her handmade bag over her shoulder, buying things along the way—plum wine, fruit wine, flower cakes, and so on. She walked down the street, buying many little things she liked. The prices were all very reasonable; she didn't spend much money at all, just wanted to have fun.

Viewers in Hua Mei's live stream followed along the whole way, and many of them were influenced to buy the products.

One netizen said, "What? The plum wine here is only fifteen yuan a bottle? Last time I bought it in a specialty shop in another scenic area, it cost fifty yuan a bottle, and it looked about the same size."

Another netizen said, "That's really cheap. I just saw that the shop owner carved it piece by piece. I just don't know if it's safe. I hope it's not some kind of unlicensed food. Hua Mei, please pick it up and let us see the label."

Upon seeing this, Hua Mei pointed her phone camera at the business license and food sales permit on the wall, saying, "We have licenses, we have licenses. All the goods sold on this street have licenses. Everyone can buy with confidence." She then picked up a bottle of liquor to show everyone that the label and certificate of conformity on the bottle were all complete.

One netizen commented, "They really do have them all. I'll wait and go check them out this weekend when I have the weekend off."

Many netizens from other provinces have asked Hua Mei to post links and help them buy things. Hua Mei said she would discuss it with the shop owner next door later.

Many netizens from the same province also said that the prices here are not expensive, and they would like to visit this scenic spot when they have a holiday.

Xiaomeng had plenty of energy and stamina. After shopping at the mall, she shoved her handbag into her male assistant's hand and headed up the mountain. She needed to check on the progress of the mountain trail, which was one of the purposes of her trip.

Actually, the mountains in this scenic area aren't particularly high; their altitude is only around 3,000 meters. While that sounds impressive, the average altitude of the city plain is already around 2,400 to 2,500 meters. The mountains in the scenic area are only about 500 to 600 meters higher than the plain, so climbing them is relatively easy.

She didn't feel anything, but the cadres and assistants who followed her were exhausted.

The mountain isn't high, but the trails are long. You can easily walk over 20,000 steps a day in just one afternoon.

After walking around the mountain, Xiaomeng felt that the town's officials were quite pragmatic; the money had been spent on infrastructure, and the small investments in the scenic area hadn't gone to waste. It seemed the scenic area could operate stably for another twenty or thirty years without any problems.

After descending the mountain, the head of the education section, who was following the town mayor, seized the opportunity to mention that the road in front of the town's primary school was muddy. Xiaomeng immediately arranged for people to procure several truckloads of sand, gravel, cement, and steel bars from the scenic area's construction materials. All that was needed was to inform him of the required quantities and specifications.

The head of the education section was even happier to receive the promised supplies than to receive a donation.

On the day the supplies were delivered, along with the road repair materials, came a truckload of books and stationery. They were taken directly to the school and filled an empty classroom. The town's primary school principal was overjoyed, touching the brand-new extracurricular books. The school library's collection expanded, and the children had new books to read.