Of course, it is impossible for Xie Mulin not to think about opening a store. As early as when she lived in Beimenqiao, when she earned money by selling dim sum recipes to the pastry shop next door, she thought that she would open a store in the future, so as not to make the pile of dim sum recipes in the study space useless, and she could only cheapen others.

But after really starting to make dim sum, she understood that it is not easy to reproduce the dim sum in the recipe in this era, all kinds of materials and tools are not as convenient and complete as modern times, and it is very laborious to make it yourself, and the cost is not low, let alone opening a store to sell, just the market research before the opening, it takes a lot of effort.

She has a lot of things on her hands now, and she really can't find time to think about opening a store. Originally, I thought that after the shuttle loom came out, Mrs. Xie would also return to Beijing, and she would be able to free up her hands to open a dim sum shop. Unexpectedly, now that Xie Yingfen has mentioned this matter first, can she divide the preparatory work a little?

So Xie Mulin said to Xie Yingfen: "If the fourth sister wants to open a dim sum shop and sell the dim sum we have learned to make recently, then she has to spend some time thinking about how to open this shop." ”

Xie Yingfen was stunned for a moment, and immediately showed a surprised expression: "What does the second sister mean...... Leave this to me? ”

Xie Mulin smiled: "If you think you can do it, I'll leave it to you." You can think about it, if you want to open a store, how to open it? Where is the store located? What kind of dim sum do you want to sell? Who to send to run? How are materials purchased? How much does it cost? What does it cost? What kind of people will come to patronize us? Can it save capital? And so on and so forth. These things must be considered in advance, and you can't wait to open a store in a daze, and then look back and reflect.

"I have a lot of things on my hands now, I have to be busy with my homework, take care of the old lady, and I have to help my mother take care of the family's accounts in my spare time, so I really don't have time to do this. If the fourth sister can share it for me, it will be great. Don't worry, I won't let you work in vain. If you are involved in the business of opening a store, you will have to be counted as your part in the future. In the future, whether you are at home or married, you will be able to have pocket money on hand. ”

Such pocket money income is definitely a big surprise for a concubine like Xie Yingfen.

She was very happy, but a little apprehensive: "Can this work?" Have you asked your wife? The dim sum recipes are all taken out by the second sister, even if the store is really opened, it should be your industry of the second sister. Even if the public middle school pays the capital and the property is owned by the public middle school, it should be the second sister who takes a part of it, where will it be my turn? ”

Xie Mulin smiled and said, "What is this? I haven't written a word yet. If the fourth sister contributes, she deserves to be rewarded. Besides, if this dim sum shop is really opened, there may not be only one, so who cares about? You might as well think about it, if you open a lot of shops in the future, and one or two of them are given to you as a dowry, and you are all in charge of it, wouldn't it work? Whether it's Gongzhong or me, who can be reluctant to give up these two shops? ”

Xie Yingfen suddenly smiled: "Of course I won't be reluctant!" ”

Xie Yingfen had also heard of it before, and her father Xie Pu had clearly spoken out that he had prepared an industry for his daughters to marry early, not to mention the land, and the store should be divided into one or two from the family's property. When the Cao family was still a mother-in-law, she was very reluctant to do this, but she couldn't interfere with Xie Yingzhen's share in the second room, and Xie Yingfen's share she had to take into account Wanqin's thoughts, so it was inconvenient to start, so in the end she could only deduct Xie Yingrong's share. Therefore, Xie Yingfen already knew in her heart that she would have a well-run shop as a dowry in the future, no matter how much the Cao family did, the foundation would still be there, how could the Xie family have a loss-making industry?

And now the mother-in-law is no longer the mean Cao, but the kind and loving Wen, and the concubines will only be treated better. Even if the family is not as good as before, as long as you can really open a few more pastry shops and assign one to Xie Yingfen, who has contributed to the past, there will be no problem.

Xie Yingfen happily went back to her yard. She wanted to follow the points pointed out by her second sister Xie Mulin, inquire, think, and write a "plan" that Xie Mulin said. If the plan can be unanimously approved by her grandmother Wen and her brothers and sisters, it can really be implemented, and the dim sum shop at home will be opened according to her ideas. This is the first time she has contributed to her family's industry, and she is full of energy when she thinks about it.

Wanqin was a little unaccustomed to her daughter's state, and persuaded her: "Why should the girl bother with such a thing? You are the daughter of a high-ranking official, and you will marry into the right family in the future. Why should a girl learn how to open a store? The second girl asked you to put your mind on this kind of thing, and I don't know what kind of idea you have! Instead of spending time doing this, the girl should learn how to take care of the housekeeping from her wife. ”

Xie Yingfen said: "Does learning housekeeping only need to learn how to arrange the family's food, drink, housing and transportation?" What I'm learning now is what a housewife should do. Auntie, don't tell me, when Mrs. Cao was there, she didn't have a single shop in her hands? She can only care about eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, miss her old lover, and rest assured that the store will be run by the people below, and let them fill their own pockets, and lose all the good property of our Xie family, I don't have such confidence. In the future, I will have to take care of any shop that I will marry. I don't learn anything, I don't know anything, I only rely on others to run the store, and in the future, people will ruin my store, and tell me to drink the northwest wind?! ”

Wanqin was speechless. She has been a big girl by Cao's side for so many years, and she naturally knows in her heart what kind of goods the housekeepers and shopkeepers brought by Cao's family from the Cao family are. At the time, I thought that this was all normal, at most some people were very greedy and greedy. But as long as she thought about it, her daughter might also meet such a subordinate, but she was far less confident and capital than Cao's, and she immediately no longer objected to Xie Yingfen's learning to run an industry.

Wen's will naturally not object to Xie Yingfen's plan. In fact, there are related courses in the boudoir school, but Xie Yingfen is not old enough to take this kind of class. But it's a good thing that she's willing to learn ahead of time. Wen also generously explained to several stewards in the family, no matter whether Xie Yingfen asked them for any news, or explained to them to do anything, they had to answer and handle it wholeheartedly, and there must be no mistakes. If you need to pay money, you can only go to the account office to pay it, as long as an expenditure does not exceed twenty taels of silver, you don't need to go back and forth to her.

Now Xie Yingfen's monthly money is only one or two pieces of silver. Wen's order can be said to be very generous.

Xie Mulin paid a little attention to Xie Yingfen's actions, and had no intention of interfering. She continues to make dim sum with her two younger sisters and the family's cook, and methodically begins to improve and annotate the dim sum recipes on hand based on practical experience, so as to write a dim sum making manual that can be used in the environment of the Ming Dynasty.

There was also news from the old mansion that reached her ears every day, and she was clear about Mrs. Xie's movements, and she knew that the latter's mood was becoming more and more impatient. There is no one who can be pleasant (?) The object of communication, Xie Mulin, is only surrounded by people who have different knowledge and ways of thinking from her, and Mrs. Xie, who is already in good health, has urgent social needs. She even muttered to Pearl that she was going to Qianwan Village to invite an elderly man to come over to chat and relieve her boredom.

Xie Mulin felt that it was only a matter of time before Old Lady Xie relented and reconciled with the Xie clan.

At this time, Lao Jiatou came to the new house to find Xie Mulin and reported to her the latest situation of the cement workshop.