Chapter 183

183. Chapter 183: Cao Popo's Meat Pie

For a time, the counter was crowded with people.

The twenty free spots were snatched up in the blink of an eye.

Those who didn't grab one were so angry they beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting that they were a step slow.

But this wave of marketing craze also successfully aroused people's desire to shop, and even those who came in to watch the fun couldn't help but buy a piece of unscented soap.

Jiang Wei was busy at the counter, collecting money and giving change.

Even Jiang Xiaoxiao was busy without a break.

The soap in the display cabinets sold very quickly, especially the unscented soap at three hundred wen a piece, which sold out all at once.

Unlike the villagers, most families in town were slightly better off, and three hundred wen wasn't a large amount of money for them, so they could still afford it.

Being able to buy soap with the same effect as bath beans that cost one tael of silver each, and even more powerful than bath beans, for only three hundred wen, they only felt they had made a big profit, and no one thought that three hundred wen was expensive.

Xiao Linzi was a bit too busy alone, so she had to help and go to the second floor to move some inventory down.

Running up and down several times, she barely kept up with the pace of sales.

Busy until the afternoon, the flow of people gradually decreased, and Jiang Xiaoxiao was finally able to sit on a stool to rest.

Xiao Linzi was also sweating profusely, wiping his sweat with the rag that had been washed clean.

Jiang Xiaoxiao also wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at her mother, who was collecting money at the counter; although she wasn't very tired, she was also too busy to do anything else.

This wouldn't do; the shop had to hire an accountant quickly, otherwise her mother wouldn't be able to spare her hands to do other things at all.

And the shop assistant, Xiao Linzi alone wasn't enough, so they had to hire another person.

When the guests in the shop were gone, before Jiang Wei could rest, Jiang Xiaoxiao found a piece of Xuan paper and spread it on the counter, saying, "Mother, let's write a recruitment notice and post it outside the door; there are people coming and going outside, and the flow of people is large, so I think there will soon be applicants who meet the requirements, which is much better than us looking blindly."

"Okay, this method is feasible." Jiang Wei picked up a brush and began to write on the paper.

Jiang Xiaoxiao continued, "We just need to hire another shop assistant and an accountant; the shop assistant can be paid eight hundred wen a month, and the accountant must be literate and know how to keep and calculate accounts, and the wages can be higher, one and a half taels of silver a month..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao rambled on about a lot.

Jiang Wei wrote them down one by one.

Xiao Linzi, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise in his heart.

He wasn't surprised that Jiang Wei listened to Jiang Xiaoxiao in everything, but surprised that Jiang Xiaoxiao was clearly only a tender five-year-old child, why did she know so much?

At an age that should be lively and innocent, she acted as old and skilled as a little adult...

Xiao Linzi's suspicious gaze scanned Jiang Xiaoxiao's face, who was talking endlessly, and then moved to Jiang Wei; Jiang Wei seemed to have long been accustomed to it, her expression as usual.

After Jiang Wei finished writing the recruitment notice, Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to let Xiao Linzi find some rice paste, and then posted the recruitment advertisement outside their shop door.

She posted it conspicuously, so that when the flow of people on the street was large tomorrow, this recruitment advertisement would be seen by passersby.

By evening, the few of them were finally free.

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to settle today's income.

A total of nearly two hundred pieces of soap were sold!

Among them, more than one hundred pieces of unscented soap were sold, more than twenty pieces of floral soap were sold, and more than fifty pieces of honey and goat milk moisturizing soap were sold...

Calculated, excluding the cost and labor cost of making soap, just for this day, their net profit was... more than sixty taels of silver!

Looking at this huge number, Jiang Xiaoxiao gasped.

Rich! Rich! Rich!

Made a fortune!!

This soap business is simply a profiteering business!

Sixty taels of silver a day, one hundred and twenty taels in two days, three days is... Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't dare to imagine how much silver their family would earn in a month!

She looked at the drawer under the counter, which was full of broken silver and copper coins earned today, and she was so happy that her saliva was about to flow out...

Jiang Wei knocked on her forehead in disgust, "Stop smiling foolishly, hurry up and tidy up, let's go out for dinner."

Busy all day today, even lunch was just two buns eaten casually, so they had to have a good meal for dinner.

Thus, the mother and daughter quickly tidied up, closed the shop, and called Xiao Linzi, who had also been busy all day, to go to the night market snack street opposite.

There was no curfew in this era, and many shops were open at night; besides brothels and entertainment venues, the most were shops and stalls selling food.

Walking along the street, both sides were filled with food stalls selling food, wonton stalls, Cao Popo's meat pie stalls, chicken noodle stalls, and even more selling meals and meat, stir-fried mushrooms, roasted lamb slices, steamed pig head meat... too many to count, making people dazzled.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was drooling from the fragrance of food all over the street.

Finally, the three sat down at a wonton stall.

Jiang Wei ordered three large bowls of pork wontons and asked Xiao Linzi to buy half a tael of pig head meat from the deli stall on the side as a side dish.

In the spare time waiting for the wontons to be served, Jiang Xiaoxiao was really tickled by the fragrance from Cao Popo's meat pie stall opposite, so she tucked her small purse and walked toward the opposite side.

Jiang Xiaoxiao took a fancy to the tofu skin buns on Cao Popo's stall at a glance.

However, this one tofu skin bun cost fifteen wen, which was too expensive, more expensive than a bowl of wontons!

But Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't stand the fragrance, so she bought three with pain.

Anyway, she had made a lot of money today, so she would treat it as a reward for herself.

That stall owner, Cao Popo, was a kind old woman; seeing that Jiang Xiaoxiao was young, white, and cute, and polite, she picked three of the largest tofu skin buns for her.

Jiang Xiaoxiao happily hugged the oil paper bag and returned to the wonton stall, handing one tofu skin bun to her mother and Xiao Linzi each.

Xiao Linzi waved his hand repeatedly, not daring to take it; the meat pie buns made by Cao Popo were famous in Yong'an County for being delicious, and the price was naturally expensive.

He had followed along tonight and had a free meal of wontons, which was already a big bargain; how could he accept such an expensive bun?

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't care about him, stuffed it into his hand forcefully, and began to eat it in big mouthfuls.

This tofu skin bun was wrapped with daylily, wood ear, green vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, as well as pork and chicken, and the seasoning was sufficient, with oil, salt, and ginger shreds; taking a bite, all the ingredients exploded in the mouth, which was simply delicious!

Jiang Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes in delight, instantly feeling that the fifteen wen was worth it.

Even Jiang Wei, who didn't have a strong desire for food, couldn't help but praise the tofu skin bun as delicious after eating it.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao eating deliciously, Xiao Linzi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and after struggling in his heart for a moment, he cast aside his concerns and ate the tofu skin bun in his hand.