Chapter 181

181. Chapter 181: The Dian Pu Officially Opens

These twenty mu of fields had been passed down through generations of the Zhao family, all the way to Zhao Wulai.

They were excellent first-grade fertile fields.

If calculated according to the price of first-grade fertile fields in the village, one mu of land was worth two or three taels of silver.

Twenty mu would be fifty or sixty taels of silver.

This was not a small amount.

After Zhao Wulai's death, everything he had should naturally be inherited by his only son, Zhao Ergou.

Apart from the Zhao family's ancestral house base, the most valuable things were these twenty mu of fields.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ergou had actually handed over all twenty mu of fields to Zhao Dasao.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Zhao Ergou's gradually receding back, her heart feeling somewhat complicated.

In the evening.

After Jiang Wei returned from town, Jiang Xiaoxiao told her mother about Zhao Ergou.

After hearing it, Jiang Wei also sighed, "I hope he can really change for the better..."

Living with Zhao Wulai before, Zhao Ergou had been influenced by his father and had picked up many bad habits.

I hope that through these things, he can truly change for the better. After all, he was Zhao Dasao's only son.

"By the way, Mother, how is the shop in town?" After finishing talking about Zhao Ergou, Jiang Xiaoxiao turned to ask about the shop she cared about most.

"It's almost ready." Jiang Wei nodded; today, when she went to town, besides transporting the first batch of soap to the shop, she also found someone to renovate the entire shop and replaced it with a brand-new plaque.

The original tea house had completely changed its appearance and become the Jiang Family Soap Dian Pu.

"Now we just need a shop assistant and an accountant, and the business in the shop can officially begin."

Jiang Xiaoxiao listened with a smile, "Mother, do you have candidates for the shop assistant and accountant?"

"As for the shop assistant..." Jiang Wei pondered, "The boy surnamed Lin from the tea house before is quite diligent, so we can continue to use him; as for the accountant... Xiaoxiao, do you have any candidates?"

"Uh, as for this..." Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't expect her mother to hand the choice of candidates to her; although she was happy, to be honest, she didn't have any candidates in mind.

She had originally wanted to recommend people from the village, such as Liu Dagang, because people in the village knew the roots and bottom, and she wasn't afraid of the other party calculating her family's business.

But after thinking about it, she decided against it.

Most people in the village were illiterate, and even less could they calculate accounts.

"... Forget it, we'll see when the time comes."

Jiang Wei didn't force it; it would be fine to choose an accountant slowly after the soap business picked up.

A few more days passed.

The soap produced by the soap workshop was increasing, and the family had also stockpiled a certain amount of inventory.

The day for the shop to officially open had also arrived.

On this day, Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother arrived at the shop in town very early.

Standing at the shop entrance, Jiang Xiaoxiao could see the plaque above, with the words "Jiang Family Soap" written in a flying dragon and phoenix style.

The entire shop had taken on a new look; it was no longer like the first time she saw it—the doors and windows of the shop had been painted inside and out, and red curtains with auspicious meanings were hung on both sides of the porch outside the shop.

Walking in to take a look, five rows of rosewood display cabinets customized by someone were placed in the center of the shop, neatly filled with three types of scented soap.

The entire shop was decorated very elegantly and exquisitely.

Jiang Xiaoxiao took a slight breath, and a faint, elegant fragrance permeated the air.

She scanned the area; it turned out that some seasonal flowers were placed in every corner of the shop.

It had to be said that her mother had decorated this shop very creatively; as long as guests entered this shop, they would be attracted by this pleasant floral fragrance, couldn't help but stop and stay, and then look at the soap in the display cabinets...

Some of the soaps also had scents, which prompted customers to consume...

Jiang Xiaoxiao was more and more satisfied as she looked, thinking that her mother was worthy of being an omnipotent female lead; she could do everything to the best!

If it were her decorating the shop, she wouldn't know how to start.

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but take another light breath of the faint floral fragrance in the air.

Wait...

Where did these fresh flowers come from?

Jiang Xiaoxiao reacted and looked at her mother suspiciously.

Jiang Wei smiled at her, "I originally stored some flowers in the space; since they were just sitting there, I took them out and used them."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao was even more suspicious, "Then why haven't these flowers withered at all?"

This fresh and dripping appearance looked like they had just been picked from the mountains and forests.

But smelling the floral fragrance in the shop, these flowers seemed to have been in the shop for a while.

Jiang Wei glanced at her palm and only said, "I sprinkled some of your ability water on these flowers."

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

So that's how it was.

She didn't expect that besides having a certain healing effect, her ability could also keep flowers and plants fresh...

A morning passed.

Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother stood at the shop entrance to welcome guests, but there wasn't a single guest.

The first day the shop officially opened was indeed a bit bleak...

Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed in a low voice.

It seemed that the reputation of their family's soap hadn't spread yet, so naturally, there weren't many people coming to buy it.

Although Master Zheng and his few little apprentices had bought some soap to use and all gave feedback that it was very good to use, there were too few people using it, and the reputation of the soap couldn't spread.

Passersby saw this newly opened shop and only looked at the plaque curiously.

Soap?

What is this thing?

Everyone was puzzled, but they had no intention of entering the shop to take a look and turned their heads and left.

Jiang Wei frowned, "It seems we have to rely on ourselves to get the name of this soap out."

Saying this, she called into the shop, "Xiao Linzi, move a table out, and find a few dirty rags, the dirtiest kind."

Xiao Linzi was the shop assistant who had worked at the tea house before.

Knowing that their shop was opening today, he came early in the morning and followed Jiang Wei to decorate and clean the shop.

At this moment, he was wiping the display cabinet with a rag; hearing Jiang Wei's instructions, he hurriedly followed them.

Jiang Wei went to the backyard and brought out a basin of clear water.

Seeing these arrangements, Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately understood what her mother was going to do.

Jiang Wei placed everything on the table and then raised her voice to call out, "Everyone, don't miss it as you pass by; grand opening promotion, free soap giveaway! Everyone passing by, come and take a look!"

As soon as the words "free giveaway" were spoken, passersby indeed looked over one after another.

"What are you selling, is it really free?"

"That's right!" Jiang Wei said, "Today is the first day our shop is opening; for the first twenty customers who buy our soap, we will give away a piece of soap for free!"

"Soap? What is this thing?"

Everyone was puzzled; they had never heard of this thing.