After dinner, Gillian went out with her bowls and chopsticks, trying to deliver the things to the kitchen.

After leaving the main hall, Gillian saw Cui Niang working in the kitchen, and Guo Xing who was about to close the door.

Jiao's heart moved, she waved to Guo Xing, and then pointed to the kitchen.

Guo Xing trotted to the kitchen.

Cui Niang looked at the two of them curiously while washing dishes. Gillian closed the kitchen door and whispered to ask Guo Xing about the situation of setting up a stall today.

Guo Xing really wanted to do this job for the young lady. He felt guilty enough if he couldn't sell it, and he was scolded by Mrs. Zhao. Guo Xing's grievances were no less than Gillian. Now Gillian came to ask, and Guo Xing lowered his head and started talking in detail.

Gillian finally realized the problem.

According to Chen Ying's instructions, people who sell rouge and silk flowers must be sweet-mouthed and can coax people. However, the sixteen-year-old Guo Xing is tall and thin, like an adult man. He asked him to praise the girls, which is quite confusing. Of course, the reasons mentioned by the official also make sense. The business has just opened and cannot be anxious.

"My little lady, it's all my fault for being stupid, and I've also implicated you." Guo Xing sighed and apologized.

Gillian cried alone in the house for a long time. Now she was trying to comfort others, but she could laugh and said softly: "It's not your fault. I understand what we did wrong. In this way, tomorrow you will set up a stall with Cui Niang. Cui Niang is responsible for attracting business. You can stay by the side and watch the goods and collect money. Remember to teach Cui Niang what I taught you."

Guo Xing's eyes lit up. This idea was a good idea. Some words were much more suitable for his sister to say than him.

Cui Niang also wanted to go to the street to sell things, but when she went there, who would do the work at home?

Gillian smiled and said, "I'll do it, just cook, wash clothes, I can do it too."

Cui Niang and Guo Xing looked at her hand at the same time.

Gillian also took a look. Her white and tender fingers looked very beautiful, but she wanted to make money now. If she didn't work hard, would she expect money to be lost in the sky?

"It's settled, I'll discuss it with the old lady."

Leaving the kitchen, Gillian went to the west room.

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she agreed with the idea of ​​taking the dead horse as a living horse. She said, "You should take your own measures to Cui Niang, and you should be diligent in your work and not be lazy."

Gillian promises not.

With the consent of Mrs. Zhao, Gillian returned to the east room.

"Why have you been there for so long?" Zhao Yanping asked.

With the countermeasure, Gillian was in a much better mood than she had just done. She explained while washing her feet.

Zhao Yanping didn't want her to do those rough work, but Guo Xing alone couldn't do it, so she could only work harder.

The next day, Jiao woke up when she heard the rooster crowing. As soon as she woke up, Zhao Yanping also sat up.

The room was still dark. Gillian took off the bed and looked at the man who was already standing on the ground and asked, "I'm going to cook, what are the officials doing so early?"

Zhao Yanping was really nothing, so he was silent for a moment: "You are down, I'll go up again."

Ah Jiao laughed and pointed to the end of the bed and said, "Your Majesty doesn't need to give me a place, I'll move from there."

Zhao Yanping nodded.

Gillian waited for him to lie down, put down the tent again, then lit the oil lamp, put on her coat, simply tied up her hair, and blew the oil lamp before going out.

The yard was quiet, and the chill of dawn surprised Jiao. She really didn't get up so early.

She first became familiar with the placement of various things in the kitchen, and then started to wash rice and make porridge.

Shortly after she lit the fire, Cui Niang came. Seeing that she had already burned the fire, Cui Niang said in surprise: "What are you doing, I'll do breakfast. When my brother and I go out, you will do the rest of the work."

Gillian said, "It's hard for you to set up a stall. Leave all the family affairs to me. Go and sleep for a while, otherwise it would be bad to yawn when greeting guests."

After saying that, Gillian pushed Cui Niang out.

Cui Niang had no choice but to go back to her small room.

When Zhao Yanping and Old Mrs. Zhao got up, Gillian had already cooked a pot of rice porridge and hot a few cakes.

Zhao Yanping instructed Guo Xing: "Young lady is not convenient for you to go out to wash clothes. From now on, you can go to the river to bring two buckets of water every morning."

This is a trivial matter, Guo Xing responded immediately.

The other Zhao Yanping could no longer help Ah Jiao, and he went to the yamen after dinner silently.

Guo Xing went to pick up water, and Ajiao took a comb in the house and helped Cui Niang comb her hair again. The twelve-year-old Cui Niang had a pretty and lively facial features, but her skin was dark, so she was still very popular when standing on the street. Ajiao combed her a double bun, then took two pink crabapple silk flowers, and put them on one side of her hair bun.

Old Mrs. Zhao frowned and said, "You can't sell the good thing that costs five cents a piece of money. You can wear it for the official to show it yourself. What should you do for her?"

Cui Niang pouted and said nothing.

Gillian held Cui Niang's shoulder and turned to the old lady and said, "Do you see Cui Niang be more beautiful today than usual? The girls passing by may be attracted to see Cui Niang wearing it beautifully."

Old Mrs. Zhao was half-believing and half-doubting.

Cui Niang touched the silk flowers on her head and secretly swore that she would not ruin the little lady's skills and she had to sell more today.

After Guo Xing returned from picking water, the brother and sister cheered up and set off.

Gillian took out the official, Mrs. Zhao and her clothes, and then took a small stool and sat in the backyard to wash.

Old Mrs. Zhao was more concerned about the stall business and went to the river to follow her again.

Cui Niang had never experienced the setbacks of yesterday and was full of energy. Guo Xing was standing in the shed. She simply walked around outside and saw the young girl. The woman smiled and sought business. The two lifelike pink begonia on her head made her skin look whiter, as tender and pleasant as spring green onions.

There are a lot more women coming to see the embroidery work than yesterday.

Cui Niang took the initiative to advise the girls to try wearing silk flowers. Once someone put them on their heads, Cui Niang shouted that they looked good. In this way, Cui Niang actually sold three silk flowers, a round fan, and a sachet. In half a day, it exceeded the quantity sold by her brother yesterday.

Old Mrs. Zhao saw a glimmer of hope and took advantage of the time when there was no customer in front of the shed. She came over and asked Cui Niang: "Why don't you sell rouge?"

Cui Niang said with a dry mouth and a bitter face: "I want to sell it too, but they have never heard of Shen's rouge, so they are worried about buying it. Fifty cents are not a small amount. You can buy a box of very good rouge in Yulou."

Old Mrs. Zhao said: "Just say that the owner of the Shen family's Yanzhi Shop is the official's sister..."

Guo Xing said for his sister: "I said that, but our official name is enough to scare the little thief, and it doesn't work if it's here."

Old Mrs. Zhao looked up and down at Cui Niang, and said disgusted: "You, you look okay, and you look good on flowers. You are just a dark face. If you look as fair as your little lady, then you will use this rouge to make sure that someone believes it."

Cui Niang curled her lips and said, "I am born so dark. What can I do? If I were so beautiful as a young lady, I would have been attracted by the young master to be a concubine."

Old Mrs. Zhao was too lazy to waste her words and talk. Seeing a few girls coming here, Old Mrs. Zhao walked away first.

Cui Niang warmly greeted the girls to come and take a look.

There were four girls in total, all of whom were thirteen or fourteen years old. One of them wore silk, and the other three were faintly pleasing to her.

The girl wearing silk was first attracted by the silk flowers on Cui Niang's head and stopped.

Another girl in green whispered: "What good things can this kind of stall sell? Sister Qing wants to buy silk flowers, so let's go directly to Yulou."

The girl Qing smiled without saying a word, and stood in front of the shed to examine the silk flowers that were placed carefully.

Cui Niang hummed the girl in green and said, "Miss, don't judge people by her appearance. Our shed is not as good as the Jade Tower, but my silk flowers are much more exquisite than the Jade Tower. Look at the edge of the petals, they are rolled like real flowers."

The girl in Qing was still comparing, but Miss Qing suddenly pointed to the seven kinds of silk flowers and said, "It's really good, just wrap one for me."

I actually bought seven silk flowers in one go?

Cui Niang almost jumped up happily and immediately asked her brother to pack silk flowers. Seeing that Miss Qing's eyes moved to the boxes of rouge, Cui Niang swallowed her saliva and opened a small box of rouge for trial and said, "Girl, this is rouge that was put in from the rouge of the Shen family. The Shen family is a relative of Captain Zhao in our county. The reputation is guaranteed. You can apply some on the back of your hand to try it. It is guaranteed not worse than rouge per coin for Yulou."

"You are so bragging, you are getting more and more powerful. I have never heard of Shen's Yanzhi. You dare to compete with Yulou?" The girl in Qingyi was dissatisfied again.

Cui Niang just pretended that she didn't hear it and looked at Miss Qing with a smile.

Miss Qing applied a little to the back of her hand. The rouge was delicate and had a faint fragrance. It would not make people whiten it if applied, but it was very comfortable to fit the skin. Miss Qing had used rouge well, and when she looked at it, she knew that what Cui Niang said was not false.

"What's the fragrance?" asked Miss Qing.

The fish was about to take the bait, and Cui Niang became more and more nervous and reported six fragrances.

Miss Qing asked for a box of osmanthus-flavored and a box of rose-flavored. She only asked for the price after choosing it.

Cui Niang was even more nervous and asked for the price with little confidence, and then explained it a lot, proving that the Shen family Yanzhi was worth the price.

Miss Qing smiled, paid happily, and led her three partners away.

Cui Niang hugged her brother excitedly and jumped around on the spot several times.

One day, Cui Niang sold two boxes of rouge, all fourteen silk flowers were sold out, and small items such as sachets were also opened.

The brother and sister returned to the Zhao family happily.

"Miss, count it quickly. I have sold a lot today!" Cui Niang handed the money box to Ajiao, her eyes bright and authentic.

The copper plate swayed and collided in the box, and the sound was simply the most beautiful sound in the world.

Old Mrs. Zhao looked at Ah Gillian differently.

Gillian also regained her confidence. Today she can meet the boss Gu Qing, and tomorrow she may meet the rain girl and the mist girl. As long as she works together with Cui Niang and Guo Xing and think more about ways to attract business, the business will definitely go smoothly.

"The monthly money will be paid back at the end of the month. I will reward you with this five cents separately. It is considered to celebrate the official opening of our shop!"

Gillian counted out five copper plates and stuffed them to Cui Niang.

Cui Niang smiled like a five or six-year-old child.

Gillian took out five more and handed them to Mrs. Zhao: "I also want to thank the old lady for helping me bargain for needles and threads, and lend them to Guo Xingcui Niang for me. Today we all share the money and are all happy."

Five cents are not much, but Gillian knows to respect her, so Old Mrs. Zhao feels relieved.

After a while, Zhao Yanping came back and saw that the four of them were all happy, he knew that the shop business must be good today.

If you have money, Old Mrs. Zhao is in a good mood. When eating, look at Ah Jiao and then look at her grandson. Old Mrs. Zhao suddenly arranged: "I'll cook tomorrow. Ah Jiao has good skills. Those silks and silks are precious gold. It's hard to sell if they are stained with oil smoke. Just help with washing clothes in the morning."

Gillian looked at Old Lady Zhao in surprise.

Zhao Yanping advised: "You are old, so let Gillian do it. After doing it, wash your hands carefully, and it will not affect the needlework."

Old Mrs. Zhao snorted: "I'm not old enough to make meals. Gillian has to do both needlework and housework. How can she have time to serve you?"

Zhao Yanping stopped talking, and Yu Guang swept to Gillian.

Old Mrs. Zhao looked at her grandson and looked at A Jiao proudly, and her face smiled again. Although her grandson didn't know how to mercy and cherish her, she was worried about whether she could hold her grandson when she was alive, but it was also beneficial not to be deceived by the beauty. At least she knew to be filial to her grandmother. If her grandson didn't persuade her and directly agreed to let her cook and serve A Jiao, Old Mrs. Zhao would be disappointed!
Chapter completed!