At the hour of Xu, after seeing off the last table of guests, Caiwei, Jiujin, Uncle Zhou and others sat quietly on their chairs, watching the accountant tinkering with the abacus, with some expectations in their hearts...
Today's business is so hot, I'm sure we can make a lot of money!
"Boss, I've calculated it!"
The accountant shook the account book and said with a smile: "After deducting the cost, we made a total of thirteen taels, six qian and eight fen of silver today, hehe..."
"What? How much?" Uncle Zhou picked his ears and said loudly: "Old accountant, say it again!"
The accountant stroked his white beard and said again with a smile: "Third boss, our Bafu Restaurant made a total of thirteen taels, six qian and eight fen of silver today after deducting the cost. Did you hear it clearly now?"
"Yeah, yeah, I heard it clearly, I heard it clearly..." Uncle Zhou nodded repeatedly, rubbing his rough fingers excitedly.
"Uh... 13 taels, 6 qian and 8 fen..."
"Uncle Zhou, your family should get 2 taels, 7 qian and 4 fen of silver today..." Caiwei said with a smile before Zhou Laowu could calculate it.
Zhou Laowu was overjoyed when he heard it: "Oh, it's incredible, more than 2 taels! We're rich now!" Then he shouted to his son: "Jiujin, did you hear that? Wei'er said that our family earned more than 2 taels of silver today! In the past, we couldn't earn so much in a month, hehe..."
Jiujin smiled innocently and whispered: "Thanks to Wei'er's ability..."
Caiwei was also very satisfied. Although she only got more than 5 taels of silver on the surface, she actually got much more than this number.
The green vegetables in the restaurant are selling very well today. A plate of cold cucumbers costs 40 wen, but this dish has sold more than 30 plates today. There are also green vegetables such as lettuce and cabbage that can be roasted and eaten, which are even more popular. Just these two items have sold 3 or 4 taels of silver!
All these didn't cost a penny!
...
After closing, Caiwei returned to the backyard. Before she entered the house, she heard cheerful laughter. When she entered the door, a warm breath hit her face, just like spring. Caiwei stomped the snow on her feet and went directly to the big house where her mother lived.
Although everyone had separated into separate rooms, they only stayed together when they were sleeping. When they were awake, they were still used to gathering at her mother's place.
In the big house, her mother was squatting beside the bathtub to bathe Wen'er and Wu'er. The two little guys were sitting in the bathtub, staring at each other with big eyes like black grapes, revealing only two furry little heads, like two wet ducklings, very cute. As soon as
Caiwei entered the house, her mother immediately stood up, shook her wet hands and asked, "Why are you back so late? Have you eaten dinner?"
Caiwei saw that her mother seemed to be going out, and hurriedly said, "Don't bother, I've already eaten in the store, I'm full!"
Mrs. Du glanced at her belly, as if to confirm whether she was full.
Seeing her mother's eyes, Caiwei's heart warmed up, and she smiled softly: "Look at you, you still don't trust me, how can I joke about my own body?"
Mrs. Du snorted: "I don't know who it was a few days ago, who didn't take his own body seriously and almost starved to death!"
Caiwei was speechless. If the previous Mu Caiwei took her own body seriously, how could she come here? Thinking about it, she was a little absent-minded.
"Hey! Wei'er, Wei'er..."
Her mother waved her hand in front of her and complained: "What are you thinking about? Why are your eyes straight?"
Caiwei came back to her senses and smiled: "My daughter is thinking about buying a few servants to serve. I wonder what you think?"
When Mrs. Du heard that she wanted to buy people, her face froze and hesitated. The family was so poor that they couldn't even eat a few days ago, and one of them almost starved to death. In the blink of an eye, they had to call slaves to serve. She was really not used to it.
Seeing her mother remained silent, Caiwei went on to say, "Business in the store is booming now, so we'll definitely need to hire more staff. I think, since we'll have to hire people anyway, we might as well buy a few with fixed contracts so we can feel
more at ease using them, right?" Mrs. Du pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, let's buy them. But when you buy people, you must choose carefully, so as not to buy some troublesome ones that will cause trouble when they are at home."
Caiwei smiled and said, "You're still careful, mother. I've made a note of this. I'll ask someone to find a matchmaker tomorrow. Then you can help me make the selection. I must pick a few that I like!"
The two of them discussed for a while. While they were talking, the mother had already washed Wu'er, took him out of the big bathtub, and handed him to Caiwei. Caiwei quickly wrapped him in a piece of dry cotton cloth and gently wiped his little body.
Wu'er now is no longer as yellow and thin as when she first came here. Although she is still not fat, she is obviously much rounder than before, and her body has become whiter. I don't know if it is because she often drinks Lingxi water, or because her nutrition has been improved recently.
After drying Wu'er, Caiwei stuffed him into her mother's quilt. Wen'er happened to be carried out by her mother, so Caiwei hurried over and reached out to take him.
Wen'er gradually lowered his head in shame, and clamped his calves a little embarrassedly, trying to use his small legs to cover his shy little Ding Ding.
Caiwei found it very funny. This little guy always likes to pretend to be mature, like a little adult. It's rare for him to be so shy. For a moment, he suddenly felt playful and walked a few steps to his mother, raised his hand to take him, and held him in his arms.
Wen'er was even more embarrassed, his drooping little face turned red like an apple, and he stammered, "Elder sister... Wen'er can do it by himself..."
Caiwei ignored him and wiped his little body while saying, "Don't clamp your legs so tightly, I can't wipe you..."
Wen'er froze his little body, pursed his little mouth tightly, didn't say anything, and refused to loosen his legs.
"Puff--"
Fei'er, who had been sitting quietly on the side doing needlework, laughed without giving her face: "Eldest sister, Wen'er is shy!"
"Oh? Really? Let me see!"
Caiwei pretended to be puzzled, lifted Wen'er up high, and stared at his little face like a red cockscomb, as if trying to figure out the reason.
Being lifted up in the air by the bad eldest sister and stared at by her, Wen'er was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. He just lowered his head and covered his little hands in front of his little Ding Ding.
"Puff - hahahaha -"
Caiwei laughed, laughing so hard that she fell backwards, and Fei'er also laughed hahaha...
Wen'er couldn't stand it anymore, broke free from the restraints of the evil eldest sister, and dived into his mother's arms, twisting his butt like a candy...
"嘤嘤嘤... Mother, my sisters bullied me..."