The next day, Su Wan and Shen Lin got up early again. As usual, they took Shen Yaya in a carriage. On the way, they met Wang Luosheng again. Shen Lin greeted Wang Luosheng again, but Wang Luosheng responded indifferently, and his attitude returned to his usual arrogant state.
Shen Lin didn’t say much and drove the carriage towards Qingyun County.
Even though Wang Luosheng was very friendly, it was not convenient for Shen Lin to give Wang Luosheng a ride because there were females in the car.
Wang Luosheng went to school. During his break from studying, Yunyan quietly came to find Wang Luosheng and gave him a warm handwarmer.
The hand warmer was very exquisite, with a brocade cover with a peony pattern on the outside, and the lining inside was made of brass, which looked very valuable.
Yang Yunyan was wearing a Liuyun brocade dress bought from the best clothing shop in Qingyun County, and the jewelry she wore was also made of fine jade.
Just all the clothes and jewelry on Yang Yunyan would cost at least ten taels of silver.
Yang Yunyan’s father is the teacher of this academy. This academy is the best academy in Qingyun County. The tuition fees are extremely expensive, and the teachers earn a lot. In addition, the sons of wealthy families have to give a lot of gifts on festivals and birthdays, so the teachers of the academy are all from wealthy families.
Wang Luosheng was reborn, so he naturally knew that although Yang Yunyan’s family was wealthy, they were not so wealthy. The reason for this was that Yang Yunyan’s father made a living by buying and selling test questions during the annual exams, so the Yang family had no shortage of money.
However, all the exams Wang Luosheng had taken in his previous life were actually taken by himself, and he did not use the test questions from his father-in-law. This would ruin his future, and Wang Luosheng also thought that with his own talent, there was no need to do such a thing.
At this moment, Yang Yunyan’s wealth made Wang Luosheng feel at ease. The original feeling of emptiness of losing something was compensated. Wang Luosheng knew how much Yang Yunyan liked him; just like now, Yang Yunyan’s eyes were full of love for him that she could not hide.
Wang Luosheng is handsome and talented, and he is the favorite of many girls in Qingyun County. Yang Yunyan really likes Wang Luosheng. The more she likes him, the more she feels uncomfortable when she thinks of the scholars’ praise of Su Wan yesterday. That Su Wan is inferior to her in every way, but always makes her uncomfortable.
Yang Yunyan felt that Su Wan’s fame was only temporary, and sooner or later, she would have to return to her original position and become a lowly and humble country girl.
Su Wan and Shen Lin had already discussed it yesterday. There are too many customers, and they are short of staff. If they blindly sell more, they will easily become flustered and make mistakes. If they sell 80 bowls each at noon and evening, they will be able to handle the workload without getting too tired.
When they arrived at the stall, they didn’t expect that there were already some people waiting in front of the stall. They were those who didn’t get to eat Malatang yesterday and those who heard that Malatang was delicious, so they were waiting here early in the morning.
Su Wan really didn’t expect that someone would want to eat Malatang in the morning. This should be food for lunch and dinner.
However, since there are customers and everything was prepared yesterday, there is no reason not to sell it.
Anyway, there are only these 160 bowls, and the stall will be closed when they are sold out. Today, she needs to check out the location of another stall and look for a handyman and a cook who can manage the other stall. In addition, Su Wan also wants to take a look at the courtyard of Qingyun County.
Since she is doing business in Qingyun County this time, it takes some time to travel back and forth between Qingshi Village and Qingyun County every day.
It seems that they won’t have to farm next year, so they might as well move out. It will also be convenient for Shen Lin to study in the future.
As soon as Shen Lin and Su Wan got off the carriage, they started to get busy. During this time, Su Wan also told the diners that they would sell 160 bowls today and close the stall after they were sold out. In addition, they would not sell in the morning, but 80 bowls at noon and 80 bowls in the evening.
The diners who were waiting in the morning felt that they had made a great profit today. If they wanted to eat in the future, it would not be so easy to get it. If they came at noon or in the evening, they would not be able to squeeze in at all.
Before noon, Shen Lin and Su Wan had sold 160 bowls, so they closed the stall decisively. They also posted the future business hours and the rule of selling 80 bowls at noon and 80 bowls at evening.
This rule was established to prevent Su Wan from getting too exhausted.
Shen Lin took Su Wan to see the stall that Shen Lin had chosen. It was at the end of South Street, a street that sells fabrics, rouge, and powder, and there are also several snack shops. This stall was at the innermost end of South Street. No one knew what it sold before. Probably because business was not good, this place was empty, with a broken shed and two benches underneath.
Su Wan was very satisfied with this place. When the girls visited these shops, they would always walk to this end, and when they reached this end, they would be easily attracted by the food.
Su Wan looked up at Shen Lin, “How do you know this place? Who did you buy rouge and powder for?”
Shen Lin said frankly, “Before, my mother and Yaya’s hands were a little chapped, and I bought them hand cream. I accidentally remembered this stall, and when I thought about opening another stall, I thought of this place.”
Su Wan was just asking casually. She didn’t doubt that Shen Lin had any interactions with other women.
After seeing the place, Su Wan decided to rent it immediately. Shen Lin asked Su Wan to sit in the teahouse on the street while he asked the manager of the place and quickly spent two taels of silver to rent the place. Then Shen Lin went to buy tables, chairs, benches, stoves, pots, pans, and bowls. Shen Lin had seen everything on the stalls in the snack street, so he just bought the same utensils as Su Wan.
However, Shen Lin did not buy exactly the same things as those at that stall. This time, the things he bought were more exquisite. After all, most of the people on this street were ladies and young girls, and the more exquisite things would be, the more popular they would get.
Su Wan and Shen Yaya listened to a storyteller in a teahouse and then went to a better restaurant on another street for dinner. Shen Lin was busy all the time. Su Wan also took Shen Yaya to see the yard. When they came back, there was already a stall at the end of South Street. It was arranged very properly, and the pots and stoves were placed in suitable places. There were a total of eight tables, which could seat thirty or forty people, which was enough.
Shen Lin told Su Wan that he had already thought of the right people, and it would be very appropriate for the Yang brothers to manage the stall. Shen Lin and the Yang brothers had been in the same village for many years, and he knew best that the Yang brothers were down-to-earth people who did their work honestly and did a good job. Su Wan nodded. According to her understanding of the Yang brothers, they were indeed trustworthy.
Shen Lin told Su Wan to take care of these things, and it would be better not to tell the diners that both restaurants were theirs. If they thought they were two different, the diners would compare and contrast and want to try each. If they were told they were one, and then they had eaten at one, they would have no interest in the other.
Su Wan agreed with what Shen Lin said. Shen Lin was able to come up with these ideas and put them into practice, rather than just talking about them on paper. This made Su Wan feel very at ease.
Su Wan has a recipe for making Malatang, and Shen Lin can think of a lot of ways to turn this recipe into money. If it were Su Wan, even if she could come up with these methods, she would not implement them so quickly, and if she did, it would be really hard work. But Shen Lin did all of this; no matter how troublesome or laborious it was, Su Wan didn’t have to do it at all. Su Wan only needed to decide whether to do it or not.
When she was in the Wang family, the original owner always considered Wang Luosheng in every aspect, and she devoted all her energy to every detail of his.
Wang Luosheng was able to live a comfortable life because the original owner solved many of his worries without his knowledge. Wang Luosheng either thought that all these good things were due to his own ability or that they were Yang Yunyan’s idea, and never thought that the original owner had contributed to this.
Su Wan thought of a saying: if you feel that the years are peaceful, then there must be someone carrying the burden for you. Now she feels that the years are peaceful, and behind this is that Shen Lin has taken the initiative to do all those laborious tasks silently.
With Shen Lin in charge, the other stall was opened on the third day. Su Wan and Shen Lin hired Yang Wu, Yang Da, and his wife to take care of the stall on South Street. The stall on South Street was not big. Yang Da’s wife cooked Malatang, while Yang Wu and Yang Da cleaned the table and served the dishes. It only took one day to get everything done smoothly.
The shops on South Street have fewer people than those on the snack street, but business is just as brisk. Girls who come to South Street to buy clothes, rouge, and powder all have a bowl of Malatang at this simple little stall to ward off the cold. They ate there just by chance a few days ago, but after a few days, they came here specifically to eat that.
Su Wan and Shen Lin are still busy running the stall in the snack street. Actually, they can hire someone to run the stall, but Su Wan thinks it is better for her to have a grasp of it and accumulate some experience in the early stage. If she relies entirely on hiring people from the beginning, there will be some details that she has not figured out in the future, which may lead to omissions.
Some things cannot be solved by simply hiring someone; you still have to do it yourself.
Su Wan and Shen Lin sell Malatang in the snack street, selling eighty bowls at noon and eighty bowls at evening every day. It is not too tiring, as there are still some details that come up, but they are all handled properly by Su Wan and Shen Lin.
Su Wan is also glad that she did not be lazy and hire someone at the beginning. These experiences are more valuable than money.
In the past few days, there has been a rumor in Qingyun County that the girl selling Malatang in the snack street is the main attraction of the snack street. Not only is she a good cook, she is also extremely beautiful.
There is also a Malatang restaurant on South Street, but the cook on South Street is a woman who dresses very simply, unlike the ones on the snack street. The food is delicious, and the cook is pretty.
Yang Da’s wife didn’t take it seriously. She knew she was not good-looking anyway. Besides, she had been very happy these days. She had never been so happy in her life. Su Wan and Shen Lin gave her such a good job. She didn’t feel tired while working here at all. She could get fifty cents a day. If she worked for a month, it would be more than one or two taels of silver. And her man also earned so much. This was simply a godsend.
Yang Da and his wife both regard Su Wan and Shen Lin as their benefactors and gods of wealth and respect them very much.
Yang Wu was responsible for buying vegetables, arranging work, and doing all the accounting in the store. He earned two tenths of the daily sales, which was still a considerable income. When Shen Lin and Su Wan were not watching over the stall, Yang Wu would hand in the accounts clearly. Shen Lin could check the accounts, and according to the cost of the vegetables and the sales, he calculated that there was nothing wrong with Yang Wu’s accounts.
Shen Lin knew Yang Wu’s character well, so he had nothing to worry about.
On this day, several beautiful girls in elegant clothes came to the stalls on South Street.
A few girls ordered Malatang and sat at the table and started talking, “What kind of snack street beauty was she ? She’s just a country girl. Why is she pretending in Qingyun County?”
Another girl also said, “I think this Malatang is much better than Shen’s. And look at the cook here. She is an honest person, unlike that vixen.”
Yang Yunyan sat at the Malatang stall on South Street and said to the girls next to her, “This one on South Street is much better maintained than the one on Snack Street. The one on Snack Street doesn’t even own its tables and chairs. The one on Snack Street is really run by a poor person, and the shop looks poor too.”
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