My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Lu Wuzheng is an excellent carpenter.

During the break from renovating the house, he made quite a few small items.

Ji Yunshuang had seen the small items he had made and felt that, given his comprehension, there was still a lot of room for improvement.

She remembered that the library she received in the space contained many books on manufacturing.

She planned to organize those books, hand-copy them into traditional Chinese characters for this era, and give them to Lu Wuzheng sometime.

Let him take care of Wang Erniu for a while longer.

In fact, according to her observation, Wang Erniu was not stupid; on the contrary, he was quite perceptive when it came to carpentry.

It's just a mystery why his master at the time called him a blockhead, and why he became known as a fool in the village.

Putting that aside for now, the two of them will be of great use later, so they can't be wasted in a small shop.

Aside from his physical strength, Lu Xumu didn't seem to have any other redeeming qualities yet.

Ji Yunshuang thought for a moment and decided to temporarily have him help out in the kitchen with odd jobs, while Lu Zilin would help out as a waiter in front of the shop. She also planned to hire other helpers to fill the remaining gaps.

Besides helping out, their main role was to train the servants.

Upon hearing Ji Yunshuang say that she wanted to buy people to work in the kitchen, Gu Chunzhi clutched her chest again.

She never dreamed in her life that her family would one day have to buy servants.

Perhaps Ji Yunshuang surprised her too much, because although she was surprised this time, she didn't cry out.

She raised several children as a widow, without much ability, but she was good at knowing her own limitations.

If you know something is within your capabilities, don't get involved blindly.

Ji Yunshuang was quite satisfied with her easy-going mother-in-law.

After the agreement was reached, Ji Yunshuang went to the brokerage firm in the city early the next morning to select a person.

The atmosphere in the city was more tense than it had been a few days earlier.

"Have you heard? The Qi army has reached Yi'an County."

"How come I haven't heard about this? So many refugees have come today. I heard that those who were slow to run were killed by the Qi army."

"What can we do? Can Jiangzhou be defended?"

"We can definitely hold out; you must trust our Prince."

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People were talking animatedly, discussing the situation at the front and what to do next.

Some believed that Prince Rui could definitely lead the troops to defend Jiangzhou, while others did not, thinking that since the Northern Qi had invaded and the court was not sending troops to help but was still fighting among itself, Prince Rui would be helpless and would surely be defeated.

Some scholars in teahouses argued heatedly with others about the current situation, while others made preparations in advance and fled again with their families.

Others sat on the ground, beating their chests and weeping bitterly.

The number of people selling their children or voluntarily selling themselves into slavery for a living is also unprecedented.

Ji Yunshuang didn't even go to the brokerage firm; she just saw many people on the street with signs advertising themselves as prostitutes.

She chose one man and three women in total.

The man's name was Jiang Min. He had a limp and claimed to be literate and good at accounting. Before fleeing, he was an accountant at a restaurant. On the way to escape, he was robbed by fellow villagers, and his wife and daughter died. When he reached Jiangzhou, his only mother also fell ill and died.

He was now penniless and wanted to sell himself to give his mother a simple burial.

After considering it, Ji Yunshuang saw that he could indeed read and do math, so she bought him for eight taels of silver.

The other three women were all women sold by their husbands' families.

Like the three women, there were many others who were sold by their husbands' families for food and drink. The women Ji Yunshuang chose were those she had carefully considered, believing to be of relatively high character and ability.

There are many women selling goods, and the prices are much lower than those for young women or adults.

The three women, Ji Yunshuang spent a total of fifteen taels of silver.

The fact that a person's price is less than that of a cow made Ji Yunshuang, who had seen countless deaths in the apocalypse, feel a pang of sadness.

But it was just a sigh of regret.

After purchasing the people, Ji Yunshuang led them back to the shop.

She had already secretly taken out the porcelain and other utensils needed for the shop from her spatial storage when the opportunity arose.

For the containers to hold the pastries, we simply used ready-made rattan baskets, wooden boxes, and large porcelain plates from the pastry shops in the mall.

Ji Yunshuang only picked out a few large porcelain plates, mostly taking rattan baskets and wooden boxes.

These items don't have a store logo added, so you can use them freely.

Now the shop only needs a signboard to open for business.

Upon learning that the shop was missing a signboard, Lu Yinheng hesitated for a moment before approaching Ji Yunshuang and asking, "Have you thought of a name for the shop?"

Ji Yunshuang thought he was going to continue with his cold attitude, but she was surprised that he actually cared about the name of her shop.

Instead of answering his question, she asked, "What are your thoughts?"

"I can make a signboard if needed."

After Lu Yinheng finished speaking, he took out another twenty taels of silver and gave it to her, saying, "You've worked hard these past few days. This is all I have for now. In the future... I will find a way to give you some money for household expenses."

Regardless of her past life, she is a completely different person in this life.

She has sacrificed a lot for this family, and as a grown man, he should take on the responsibility of supporting the family.

Ji Yunshuang raised an eyebrow and accepted the silver he handed over without hesitation.

In her view, they are now teammates who are exploiting each other.

She was too lazy to bother with a new identity and continued to live in this world as his wife.

But she wasn't his real wife, so she had no obligation to take care of him. He naturally had to pay for his own living expenses.

As for the children, it's entirely because they provide her with enough emotional value that she's happy to feed them.

"Let's name the shop Sweet Fragrance Shop!"

Ji Yunshuang moved a large wooden board out from the corner, and then took out the pen, ink, and carving tools she had prepared earlier, and gave them to him, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

Looking at all the prepared items, Lu Yinheng seriously suspected that if he hadn't asked, she was prepared to do it herself.

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder what her handwriting would look like if she did it herself.

Did she learn carving in her past life?

Ji Yunshuang was unaware of his inner thoughts at that moment. She only saw him with a stern face, pick up his brush, and quickly write the words "Sweet Fragrance Shop" on the signboard.

His handwriting, like the man himself, is cold and austere.

He managed to imbue the sweet and lovely words "Sweet Fragrance Shop" with a murderous aura.

When he carved the characters, his movements were clean and efficient. Soon, the shop sign was finished.

The large, carved characters were then outlined with ink, making them look very beautiful.

However, as beautiful as it was, when Ji Yunshuang looked at that plaque, she seriously suspected that the scoundrel had written it with a heart full of malice, wanting to kill her.

Otherwise, why would she always feel sword energy flying out from the wooden board...?

Ji Yunshuang suddenly regretted asking him to help make the shop's signboard.

However, seeing him diligently hang the plaque after it was made, she eventually put away her expression of disgust.

Although it doesn't quite match the shop, the calligraphy is beautiful. Hanging it up would definitely attract attention and generate a lot of buzz for the shop.