Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

Wang Qing'er then handed Mu Xia a stack of drawings, which she had been working on late into the night for the past few days.

There are patterns for more than a dozen outfits, for men, women, young and old.

The clothes Mu Xia had made a few days ago had already been rushed out of the garment workshop.

When Mu Xia brought it over, she let Mu Qin and Zi Tong try it on. The two girls loved it so much that they didn't take it off once they put it on.

I had a great time all afternoon and volunteered to help out at the shop.

When the customers in the shop saw the clothes, they all asked where they were made. Muqin and Zitong said they were made at the silk shop next door.

Soon after, several people went to Muxia's silk shop to buy fabric, take their measurements, and order custom-made clothes.

So, Mu Xia pulled Wang Qing'er aside and started talking about profit sharing in the collaboration.

Wang Qing'er was only responsible for drawing the designs; she didn't have to worry about anything else. For every piece of clothing she sold, she would receive 30% of the profit.

Wang Qing'er initially disagreed, feeling that it wouldn't take her long to draw a blueprint, so how could she take 30% of the profits?

Mu Xia finally said that if the clothing business wasn't going to be split, she wouldn't want a share of the soap business either.

Wang Qing'er nodded in agreement, unknowingly securing another risk-free business opportunity for herself.

After finishing her business at Qingxia Pavilion, Mu Xia immediately started working on the clothing shop, keeping herself extremely busy.

He would leave early every morning and have dinner in Wang Qing'er's courtyard before returning to the Lin residence.

Wang Qing'er had mentioned it several times, saying that Lin Shen should also come to the courtyard for dinner, and after the meal, he could accompany Mu Xia back to the Lin family.

Mu Xia declined all of them, citing her busy schedule with schoolwork.

Since the day she had a fight with Lin's mother, she had not gone to pay her respects to Lin's parents.

She was busy during the day, and when she got back to her room at night, she could fall asleep immediately. She felt that this saved her a lot of trouble and made her feel much more at ease.

Mu Xia thought that if her husband cared about her, he would definitely come back.

If he's like his mother, only interested in continuing the Lin family line, then he shouldn't come back.

She didn't want to be seen as just a tool for having children in her husband's eyes.

She also wanted to live a life like her older brother and sister-in-law, supporting each other, understanding each other, and sharing the same heart.

In fact, Lin Shen lingered near the Lin family home several times a day, and even secretly watched his wife outside Qingxia Pavilion, observing her busy figure, but he just didn't have the courage to face her.

He even considered drawing up a divorce agreement to set his wife free, so she wouldn't have to live a life of widowhood with him.

But he couldn't bear to part with it. Whenever he thought of the time they spent fleeing from disaster, they would sit in the same carriage every day.

He was sick at the time, and his wife stayed with him every day, talking to him and making him happy, which helped him get through the most difficult period.

That afternoon, Wang Qing'er bought two horse-drawn carriages and ordered some seafood from a seafood shop at the dock.

She gave them extra silver and told them to put the seafood in a wooden bucket with plenty of ice, and to deliver it to Qingxia Pavilion first thing the next morning.

These days, the scented soap from Qingxia Pavilion has caused a sensation throughout the entire county.

Even competitors came to buy a lot of Qingxia Pavilion's scented soap.

Although they bought it to see what Qingxia Pavilion's scented soap was made of, so they could imitate it themselves.

But in this era, without testing instruments, how could it be so easy to tell what was inside?

Finally, thinking about how much money I spent on it, I decided to keep it for myself.

Wang Qing'er also ordered several kilograms of wonton wrappers from Qianlixiang Wonton Shop, saying she needed them first thing tomorrow morning, and the shop owner readily agreed.

Wang Qing'er also told the owner that she had a few things that could make his wontons taste even better.

I'll bring it to the boss to try next time I come to the county.

Although the boss was not entirely convinced, he still readily agreed, saying "okay, okay."

"Husband, are there any workshops in town that sell ice?" With the weather getting hotter and hotter, ice is a necessity.

"If you want, I can buy saltpeter and make ice myself."

"You can?"

"Yes, my family used to make ice. We had an ice cellar, but it hasn't been used for many years and might need some repairs."

"You have an ice cellar at home? Is saltpeter expensive?"

"It's expensive. If you want to make ice every day without interruption throughout the summer, it will cost two hundred taels of silver for saltpeter."

"Then you should buy three hundred taels of saltpeter and take it back with you."

Wang Qing'er now has money in her pocket and has started spending it lavishly again.

The shop's revenue over the past few days has exceeded ten thousand taels of silver. After deducting Mu Xia's share, she still has twelve thousand taels in her hands.

However, this was because the shop had just opened and business was good. After a few days of sales, almost everyone in the county who could afford it had bought it.

Mu Xia estimated that the shop behind the store should be able to sell about twenty or thirty items a day, which would amount to a few hundred taels of silver.

However, Wang Qing'er was already very satisfied. She had already earned back the money she spent on buying the mountain, and she had more than 10,000 taels of silver in hand, which allowed her to buy houses and land.

She needed to take her time looking at houses, but she was still thinking about going home to continue making scented soap, mosquito coils, and lip balm.

In the past few days, customers have ordered more than a hundred lip balms. She didn't expect that so many people would like the rose-red one.

However, there were also people who pre-ordered the pink one, and she estimated that more people would buy the lip balm when it gets cold.

She needs to find more beeswax so she can make more lip balm.

The saltpeter was bought by Mu Nan from Heshengtang. His master had come back once before, but then went out to find herbs again, this time ginseng.

Mu Nan not only brought back saltpeter, but also a black wooden box.

This was something the master specifically instructed the shopkeeper to give to Mu Nan when he arrived.

This wooden box has a combination lock; his master had told him about it before.

Mu Nan felt that this thing was perfect for storing banknotes for his wife, so as soon as he got back, he told his wife how to open it.

Wang Qing'er put all the silver notes into the box, and then tried opening and closing it several times until she was able to do it skillfully before stopping.

The next day, at the crack of dawn, the seafood shop owner brought the seafood in wooden buckets, with ice mixed in with it.

As the carriage left the city, it happened to pass a wonton shop. The group went in and ate wontons, picked up the wonton wrappers they had agreed on the day before, and then drove the carriage out of the county town.

They stopped frequently along the way, not in a hurry to get going, since there were pastries and tea in the carriage and they wouldn't go hungry.

When Wang Qing'er and the others returned home, it was past noon, and the family had already eaten lunch. Wang Cuiying hurried to the kitchen to cook lunch for them again.

Mu Nan was responsible for unloading the items purchased in the county town from the truck. After stacking the saltpeter he bought, he still needed to check the ice cellar, as it needed some repairs before it could be used.

Wang Qing'er carried the wooden box back to her courtyard. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw neat rows of mosquito coils on the corridor, estimating that there were several hundred boxes.

She really didn't expect that her mother-in-law and the others would help make so many mosquito coils at home.

Just then, a customer ordered over a hundred boxes of mosquito coils, which Zihao can deliver in a few days.