The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Jingxue had no time to care how Ye Muchen dealt with Feng Cuier. She, Jingze's wet nurse, and several maids were busy until night, making a bunch of zodiac animal dolls.

The next day, after dropping off An'an and Jingze, she went to Li's Cloth Shop. There weren't many customers in the shop. When Peng Qingqing saw Jingxue, she quickly and warmly greeted her.

"The boss is here! It's cold, please come in and warm up!"

"It's alright, I'm not cold!" Jingxue told Fifteen to put down the large package she was carrying, and then went to chat with the shadow guard who had stayed at the shop.

Peng Qingqing looked at the bulging package and asked, "Boss, do you have any new products?"

Jingxue nodded. "How is it? Your ex-husband didn't come again, did he?"

"No, I probably won't dare to come again."

Jingxue didn't ask any further questions. She opened the package, took out a cartoon doll, and because it was for the New Year, all the dolls were red, which was especially festive.

Peng Qingqing liked it at first sight. "Boss, this is great! It will definitely sell very quickly."

“Each design comes with a pattern and three pre-cut pieces. Find someone to sew them. Since there’s plenty of time, don’t rush to sell them. First, put the samples out and see how many orders you can get, then make them according to the orders,” Jingxue said.

“Okay, boss,” Peng Qingqing said, her eyes shining as she examined the doll in her hand.

"Is there anything else the shop needs? If so, just tell Lixia. By the way, your probation period is over, so your salary this month will be the same as the other shopkeepers."

"Thank you, sir. I don't have any needs for the time being. Sir, this is the first batch of new goods since I arrived. I don't know how to price it. Manager Wang didn't tell me anything specific." Peng Qingqing bowed to Jingxue again and then said somewhat nervously.

Jingxue narrowed her eyes slightly, gently turning the exquisite doll in her hand, and said, "The price of this doll should be the cost of materials plus labor, that is, deducting the wages paid to the embroiderer and adding the profit. However, we are targeting the wealthy. Ordinary people rarely have spare money to buy this. Dolls are not necessities, so the price should be a bit higher!"

Peng Qingqing was still a little undecided. She was worried that she might sell these items too cheaply or too expensively, so she said, "Boss, you should set the price!"

Jingxue noticed her hesitation. "How about this? Small ones will cost 500 to 800 coins, and large ones will start at two taels of silver. As for the specific pricing, I'll leave it to you, okay?"

Peng Qingqing thought the plan was great and happily agreed.

Peng Qingqing slapped her forehead again, "Master, the fabric and goose down you asked for last time are ready. I was going to send them to Miss Lixia, but since you're here, I'll go get them for you!"

Jingxue had really forgotten about this. "Oh! Okay."

Peng Qingqing put down the doll in her hand and went to the backyard. She returned a short while later carrying a package, accompanied by Ying Shiwu.

"Here you are, sir."

Jingxue took the package. "Okay! Then we'll head back first."

"Take care, sir!"

As she left the cloth shop, Jingxue suddenly had an idea: close the shop and open a pharmacy so she could occasionally practice medicine there. She didn't know much about the cloth business, and besides, the shop wasn't very profitable compared to other shops.

However, I don't have the energy to deal with these things right now, I'll talk about them later!

Jingxue and Ying Shiwu went straight back to the Prince's Mansion, where Uncle Lian happened to be there as well.

"Young Miss, you're back. This servant has something to report to you," Uncle Lian said.

Jingxue handed the cloak to Xiaoman and sat down. "Oh, what is it?"

"Young Miss, our tofu is selling very well, and we also need to send some to Mingyue Tower and the Academy. This servant would like to ask if we should make a few more batches each day?"

"There are only a few of you. If you do more, you won't be able to work day and night," Jingxue said with a smile.

Uncle Lian laughed, "We are indeed a bit too busy, Miss. How about we transfer a few more people back from the estate?"

"Mingyue Tower and the Academy don't deliver every day, do they?"

"Oh! No, Headmaster Lu from the academy said that it only needs to be delivered once every three days. Mingyue Tower needs a lot of frozen tofu, and the fruit and vegetable shop can't keep up with demand every day. I heard from Manager Wang that some people are even placing orders in advance, so there have been a few times when the fruit and vegetable shop didn't have any tofu to sell."

Jingxue remembered that some vegetables would also be sent to the palace in the future, and Uncle Lian and the others really couldn't handle it all. "I'll send someone to the estate to ask Steward Yuan for a few people. The vegetables in the greenhouses over there should be ready to be harvested, so there shouldn't be any spare people. Let Steward Yuan hire villagers to pick the vegetables! That way, we can replace a few of our own people. How many people do you need?"

"There should be at least three or four people, right? Miss, don't send the servant, let me go instead!" Uncle Lian said.

“Alright! I’ll have the servant from Jingning Garden go over next door to help. Also, have Xiaoman take you to the storeroom to get two pork cutlets to improve the people’s meals on the estate!”

Uncle Lian laughed and said, "Okay! Miss, we've been busy these past few days. Besides the gatekeeper, even the servants who do odd jobs have gone to help out in your courtyard."

Jingxue smiled and said, "Okay, you've worked hard. I'll give you bonuses at the end of the month."

"Young Miss, then this servant will pack up and head to the estate, and will try to be back tonight!"

"Uncle Lian, go ask the steward for a carriage. There's no need to rush. It gets dark early now. Stay on the estate for the night and come back with the vegetable delivery team tomorrow morning!"

"Alright! This servant will take his leave." Uncle Lian said and then left.

As Jingxue watched Uncle Lian leave, a thought suddenly popped into her head: Oh dear! How could I forget this? Buy a little donkey! That would save a lot of manpower!

Am I being stupid?

No, one isn't enough, we need two, the village needs them too!

He hurried over to the next house, where Uncle Lian was instructing the people in the courtyard that he was going to the estate when he saw Jingxue rushing over.

"Young Miss, is there anything else you need?"

"Uncle Lian, do you know how to buy a donkey?" Jingxue asked directly.

"Huh? Buy a donkey?" Uncle Lian didn't react for a moment.

"Yes! Donkeys can pull millstones."

Uncle Lian suddenly realized that they had never thought of it since they had been living in the Prince's mansion for so long, and besides, as servants, they didn't dare to hope for it.

"Young Miss, does that mean I don't need to go to the estate?" Uncle Lian asked uncertainly.

"Go ahead! Uncle Lian, go buy two donkeys. It would be even better if you could also buy a donkey cart frame, so you can haul things occasionally. The people from the village also brought back a few. We can't just make soft tofu; we also need to make dried tofu!"

"Yes, Miss."

Jingxue took out two hundred-tael silver notes. "This silver should be enough. Uncle Lian, why don't you and Zhang Kang take another person with you? Bring the pork too. After you buy the donkey, have the person who went with you lead one back to the Prince's Mansion. It's also good that Zhang Kang hasn't seen his father in a long time. Let him stay overnight and have a chat."

"Yes, Miss, I will tell Zhang Kang right away."

"Go!" Jingxue said and returned to Jingning Garden.