Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

Wang Qing'er was overjoyed to receive such a large share of the profits in just one month. She hummed a tune and danced back to the courtyard.

The maids in the shop looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with their boss today. Why was he suddenly so happy?

They were unaware of their employer's collaboration with Fuxianglou, and therefore did not know that Manager Wang had come to deliver silver today.

Zhou Shi, Mu Yan, and their two children, who were also in the same courtyard, were all very curious when they saw Wang Qing'er looking like this.

"Qing'er, what good thing happened to you?" Zhou couldn't help but ask. Her granddaughter-in-law had gone to the shop in front twice, why was she so happy? Something good must have happened.

"Grandma, I'll tell you when everyone comes back tonight." Wang Qing'er winked mischievously at Zhou Shi, keeping her in suspense.

"You silly girl." Madam Zhou affectionately tapped her granddaughter-in-law's forehead.

"Grandma, be gentle, it hurts!" Wang Qing'er said coquettishly.

Wang Qing'er snuggled up to Zhou Shi and played around for a while before starting her work.

If the Mu family hadn't trusted her so much from the beginning and let her do whatever she wanted, she wouldn't have achieved what she has today.

Wang Qing'er was very grateful to the Mu family, who allowed her to not only enjoy family affection in this unfamiliar environment, but also to have love with her husband.

With more and more money in hand, Qingxia Pavilion's business has become more stable, and recently several new products have been added to the shop.

Mosquito coils are also a hot seller recently. Shang Congjian later ordered another 5,000 boxes, and the shop sells more than 100 boxes of mosquito coils every day.

Merchants from the county town would occasionally order a few hundred boxes to sell elsewhere and profit from the price difference.

If Wang Qing'er hadn't been worried about the large quantity and the inability to produce it, those people would have ordered at least a thousand boxes, not just a few hundred.

Wang Qing'er naturally didn't care how much money others made; her price was one tael of silver per box.

How much they sell for is their own business.

The price is the same even when selling to merchants who prefer a simpler approach; they just give him some small boxes as a gift so he can give them away to others to try.

The village workshops are now working day and night, but luckily Mu Xiao and Zi Xuan have found another grove of elm trees.

Mu Nan also sent people from the farm to the mountains on the outskirts of the city to find some elm trees and mugwort. Small elm trees would also be dug up and planted on the farm.

Mu Nan and Wu Zihao also went to the mountains on the outskirts of the city several times. Wu Zihao was very familiar with the mountains on the outskirts of the city, and he actually found a few soapberry trees.

Wang Qing'er was calculating in her mind that she could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver this month by selling mosquito coils.

These mosquito coils should be able to be sold for a few more months, so wouldn't it be possible to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver by selling mosquito coils?

Once mosquito coils can no longer be sold, the soapberries in the mountains will ripen, allowing for a continuous supply of scented soap.

Now that fresh flowers are available, more hydrosols and essential oils can be extracted.

This way, it can also be sold in a shop, or sold to merchants for convenience.

The silver kept flowing into her pocket!

The more I thought about it, the happier I became, and I couldn't help but hum a tune again.

Zhou and Mu Yan exchanged a smile, thinking that something incredibly good must be happening.

Wang Qing'er had been holding back all day, and finally, everyone returned for dinner.

After she finished eating, she went to her room and took out a stack of silver notes, placing them on the dining table. Everyone stared at her in bewilderment.

"Ahem." Wang Qing'er cleared her throat and said:

"These are the proceeds from the dishes I made last month, totaling five thousand two hundred and fifty-five taels of silver."

"So much in a month?" Zhou couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Yes, Manager Wang said there will be even more next month, and I gave him a few more seafood recipes today."

"Qing girl, quickly take these and put them away. This is all the money you earned from writing these recipes yourself. It's your private savings. You don't need to show it to us anymore."

Zhou told her granddaughter-in-law to keep the banknotes safe. This share of the money had nothing to do with them; it was all earned by her granddaughter-in-law from writing the recipes herself. It didn't need to be put into the public funds; it was all her private money.

"Grandma, what am I saying? We're all family, why make such a big deal out of it?" Wang Qing'er said, pretending to be unhappy.

“Qing’er, listen to your grandmother this time. This money doesn’t need to go into the public funds. You can keep it yourself.” Zhou’s tone was very firm and sincere.

"Qing'er, just listen to Grandma and put it away." Mu Nan said to his wife.

"Alright then, I'll take out the money when I need it later." Wang Qing'er thought that since she was in charge of the family's finances anyway, she would just leave it at that for now and keep a separate account.

Whether it's confiscated or counted as her private savings, she really doesn't care.

"Zihao will be going to Jing's house to present the betrothal gift the day after tomorrow. After that, I should go back." Zhou was a little homesick. Everything here was unfamiliar to her. In the village, no matter where she went, she would find familiar people and things.

"Grandma, I'll go to that courtyard in the next few days to pick out people to make scented soap. Once the scented soap workshop is set up, we'll go back together, okay?"

"Can you trust them?"

"What's there to worry about? Let Zihao run the soap workshop in the county town. He knows how to do it anyway. Also, let him and Jingyi develop a good relationship. Grandma, what do you say?"

Wang Qing'er laughed and joked with Zihao.

Wu Zihao kept his head down and didn't say a word, pretending not to hear his sister-in-law's teasing, but why did his face feel so hot?

"You silly girl, as long as you trust Zihao, you can leave her in his care," Zhou said with a smile.

"I'm very relieved." Wang Qing'er just wanted to be a hands-off manager, not have to worry about anything, and not be tied down by these things.

She had actually wanted to go back for a long time. A few days ago, her mother-in-law sent someone to tell her that the original owner's mother was sick and her sister-in-law was pregnant.

Her mentally challenged brother also needed to be taken care of. Although there were two maids in the house, her grandmother always disliked that her mother couldn't have any more children and that her brother was mentally challenged, so how could she expect anyone to take good care of them?

Even though I don't have any feelings for them, I still want to go back and visit them.

She was forced to marry into the Mu family, but by sheer chance, she found a husband who loved and cherished her, which can be considered a blessing.

Wang Cuiying was also worried that her mute daughter would be bullied in her husband's family, so she often asked Old Man Mu to go and check on her.

Fortunately, her daughter was protected by her mother-in-law and did not suffer any injustice.

Although the son-in-law was somewhat mentally challenged, he was also very protective of his wife.

Just a few days ago, Wang Cuiying went to see her daughter in person and discovered that her daughter was pregnant, already more than two months along.

Her mother-in-law was also bedridden for many days. Fortunately, the old lady of the Wang family, Wang Qing'er's grandmother, was in a great mood when she saw that her granddaughter-in-law was pregnant. She arranged for people to take care of her and bought her a lot of tonics.

Wang Cuiying felt she shouldn't keep her daughter-in-law's mother's illness a secret, so she had someone from Fuxianglou tell her everything.