Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

Mu Xia sat behind the counter watching, and Wang Qing'er sat down next to her when she saw this.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think of the two of them?" Mu Xia suddenly leaned over and asked in a low voice.

"Hmm, looks good." The two girls greeted her confidently and naturally, without any awkwardness or pretense; they seemed well-suited for sales.

Uh, but this place isn't called sales, what was it called again? She couldn't quite remember.

Never mind what she's called.

“I transferred them from several other shops. My mother-in-law said they were all house servants and could be trusted. They’ve been helping out at the shop these past few days. Both of them are literate and can keep accounts without any problem.”

"There are two other people, one named Cuixia and the other named Cuichun. They are currently taking inventory of the storeroom. I plan to have the four of them take turns guarding the shop," Muxia told Wang Qing'er about the manpower arrangement for the shop.

"You decide, I don't know much about these things." Wang Qing'er was telling the truth. She was good at making some novelties to sell, but managing a shop and judging people were not her strengths.

"They paid! The deal's done!" Mu Xia said excitedly, tugging at Wang Qing'er's clothes.

She gets very excited every time she closes a deal these days, and she's as happy as a child.

"Isn't it not open yet? Why are you already selling?" Wang Qing'er thought they would only start selling goods on the opening day.

“Sister-in-law, what are you saying? If someone comes to buy, are you going to kick them out? We had people buying on the very first day we put it out, and we’ve already sold twenty or thirty pieces in the last few days.”

"You've already sold so much?" This was something Wang Qing'er hadn't expected; they'd already sold over twenty yuan worth of goods before even opening for business.

"This is nothing. There are already over a hundred yuan worth of pre-orders. I'll tell them to come to the shop to pick them up when it opens. I'll also give them mosquito coils or floral water to boost the shop's popularity."

"Wow! So many? Mu Xia, you're amazing!" Wang Qing'er covered her mouth in surprise, then gave Mu Xia a thumbs up in praise.

"This isn't my achievement; it's all thanks to Jingyi and Lin Yu, as well as my mother-in-law's connections," Mu Xia said to Wang Qing'er honestly, without taking credit.

When Mu Xia returned home, Wang Qing'er gave her a set of scented soap and skin-softening cream, which she had received as gifts. After returning, she gave them to her mother-in-law, and the tea leaves to her father-in-law.

Her mother-in-law now shows off her scented soap and skin-softening cream to everyone she meets, so many people are placing orders.

After her father-in-law drank the tea, he praised it as good tea and asked her where she bought it. Mu Xia only said that it was a gift from her sister-in-law and that she would ask her where she bought it later.

As for Jingyi and Lin Yu, they spent their days promoting the scented soap and even brought the one that Wang Qing'er had given them to the embroidery workshop so that everyone could use it together.

As a result, almost every embroiderer who used it pre-ordered one, waiting for Qingxia Pavilion to open so they could pick it up.

Qingxia Pavilion is the name of the shop, which is formed by taking one character from each of the two people's names.

The name was chosen randomly, but it sounds quite good. At first, we came up with several names, such as Peach Blossom Pavilion and Fragrance Pavilion...

In the end, we decided to use Qingxia Pavilion, which is not only easy to pronounce but also very meaningful.

"Muxia, the fifty-coin commission I just discussed with Cuihe and Cuiju will be paid by me, and the other two will also receive the same. If we find new people in the future, they will also receive the same commission."

"Sister-in-law..."

"Ladies, are you hungry?" A man's voice suddenly rang out as the two were chatting about things in the shop.

She hadn't noticed it until it was mentioned, but now that she was reminded, she felt quite hungry. Wang Qing'er straightened up and touched her stomach.

"Big brother, why are you teasing us too?" Mu Xia chuckled and said to Mu Nan in a coquettish tone.

In Mu Xia's eyes, her older cousin was always so quiet that he couldn't even utter a word for a long time, so it was really strange that he was now teasing her and her sister-in-law.

“The children are hungry, I’ll take you to eat,” Mu Nan said.

Wang Qing'er then realized that they had just arrived in the county town when it was almost noon, and now so much time had passed, the younger ones must be hungry.

"Let's go eat!" After thinking for a moment, she added, "What should we eat? I don't know what good food there is in this county."

"Let's go eat seafood wontons," Mu Nan and Mu Xia said in unison.

"Seafood wontons? Great!" Wang Qing'er was surprised to find seafood in the county town and immediately beamed with joy, eager to try them.

I was also wondering if there were many varieties of seafood available, and if I could buy some to take home for the whole family to try.

"Let's go then. We'll go out through the back gate of the yard; it's closer." Mu Nan looked at his wife, who was as happy as a child, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Mu Xia gave some instructions to the people in the shop, and then followed them out through the side gate in the backyard.

There was a small alley outside the back gate of the courtyard. The group walked to the entrance of the alley, walked around two streets, and arrived at the outside of a shop called Qianlixiang Wonton.

"Qianlixiang." Wang Qing'er softly read the name of the wonton shop. It was such a familiar name.

In my past life, there were many Qianlixiang wonton shops in the streets and alleys, and the wontons were quite delicious. I wonder how the Qianlixiang wontons taste here.

The group entered the shop, and Wang Qing'er observed the shop's layout, finding nothing particularly special.

Above the entrance was a rectangular sign displaying the prices of wontons. She glanced at it and saw a wide variety of fillings: pork, beef, shrimp, crab...

The price difference is mainly due to the size of the portion: 8 coins for a bowl of 10, 12 coins for 15, and 15 coins for 20.

The tables and chairs are all ordinary rectangular tables and long benches.

Although it's an ordinary shop, it's quite clean.

"Qing'er, what kind of filling do you want?" Mu Nan asked.

"I want to eat..." Wang Qing'er hesitated. She hadn't eaten wontons since she came here, let alone seafood wontons.

She had considered making pork and beef dumplings before, but rolling out the wrappers was too much trouble, so she gave up on the idea.

If you can buy wonton wrappers, you could make some for your family to try.

"Brother Mu Nan, can I have one of each flavor?" Wang Qing'er wanted to try every flavor.

"Sister-in-law, can you finish all these flavors?" Mu Xia was startled, thinking that Wang Qing'er wanted so many flavors by herself.

"Uh, no, I mean we should get one of each flavor so we can all share it. That way, everyone can try each flavor," Wang Qing'er explained.

"Then I'll order one of each kind, and we'll share them in small bowls. You all go find a seat over there, and I'll go tell the owner." That's how you order, as my wife says.

It was past lunchtime, so there weren't many people in the shop.

Wang Qing'er felt that one table wasn't enough for so many people, so she wanted to put two tables together.

I tried dragging the table myself, and it only moved a tiny bit.