Chapter 216: Returning The Favor
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The guards discussed for a while and decided that Yun Yi would accompany and protect the future mistress. The others continued to work.
Although they did not lack that bit of salary, this was a shop opened by their future mistress. Wouldn’t they have to take good care of it?
In the end, it was decided that Mrs. Shen, Xiaoxiao, and Ning Fengnian would follow Li Muyan and Gongsun Zhongjing to the Fragrance Restaurant for a meal. Ning Anhui would continue to guard his post with the other guards other than Yun Yi. Li Muyan would arrange for someone to send food over.
After confirming that the milk tea and snacks she had just made should not be sold out for the time being, Xiaoxiao went to eat in peace.
Although she liked to cook, it was also a form of relaxation to occasionally eat someone else’s cooking. Oh, of course, the premise was that it had to be delicious.
Gongsun Zhongjing was quite satisfied with the food in the Fragrance Restaurant. However, after he picked up his chopsticks, he could not help but complain, “You can clearly make decent food. Why can’t you change to a normal chef in the residence?”
Gongsun Zhongjing looked awkward. Mrs. Shen thought to herself that it was because that old lady of the Li Family had a tricky taste and was domineering and dictatorial. The entire residence had to follow her taste.
For example, she liked to eat potatoes and the manor would have a pot of potatoes that were so stewed that she could swallow them without biting them. She did not like cabbage. Even if she saw servants secretly eating vegetables, she wanted to beat them up and sell them.
Others dipped dumplings in vinegar, but she wanted to dip them in sugar. Tsk. Ever since the old master passed away, this old woman became even more unscrupulous. She would give strange orders every two to three days and never accept any retort. Otherwise, she would either fly into a rage, cry, make a fuss, and hang herself.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Shen was glad that she married early. Otherwise, without Old Master’s support, who knew what kind of marriage that old woman would find for her.
Li Muyan couldn’t say anything since there was a rift between his aunt and grandmother. He could only toast a glass of wine to show that he was begging for mercy. Mrs. Shen didn’t have any grudge with her nephew and only ate in peace. However, after tasting Xiaoxiao’s cooking, she wasn’t very interested in these ordinary dishes.
Xiaoxiao was also picking up food randomly.
Since Li Muyan and Gongsun Zhongjing didn’t interact much for the time being, she went to the space and asked: [What’s your score?]
The space had been waiting for this sentence for a long time!
[Master, more than 200 delicacies have been sold. Your total points have already reached 43,280 points!]
From the looks of it, leveling up was not far.
She asked with interest: [What functions does a level-five space have?] The space happily explained to her: [Five-time farmland, five-time ranch, opening of the Exchange Mall, positioning of the space exit, and a replication function.]
Xiaoxiao found it strange. [Isn’t the Exchange Mall available long ago? What’s the exit positioning and replication function?]
The space only said what could be said: [There are more types of goods in this mall. You’ll know when you see them. The location of the space exit is that after entering the space, you can choose any place within a five-meter radius as the exit. The replication function is to spend points to immediately replicate the item you want.]
What an interesting feeling!
[Then can I replicate the silver directly?]
The space was in a difficult position: [Master, you can only copy things from
the outside into the space, and you can’t take them out.]
Oh, even if that was possible, it didn’t seem to be useful for her to pile up a pile of unusable silver in her space.
She had another question: [Will I get this treatment today when I open more shops in the future?]
The space chuckled. Since the mission had been activated, its confidentiality clause automatically expired: [That’s right! Best of luck, Master!]
Xiaoxiao asked again: [What if I open a joint shop?]
The space was very happy: [As long as Master is one of the owners of the shop.] Unfortunately, she was only in charge of supplying goods to Mrs. Shen’s shop. Sigh, wait, supplying goods was fine too. As long as Mrs. Shen asked for more goods, the total amount would be very impressive.
“Madam.” Xiaoxiao moved to Mrs. Shen’s side and smiled kindly. “When you go back to the shop later, take whatever you like.”
Mrs. Shen enjoyed it very much.
Li Muyan was actually very jealous. He glanced at Shopkeeper Liu, who had just arrived, and conveyed his determination through his eyes.
Shopkeeper Liu was speechless.
She used the action of drinking water to hide the twitching of her lips, then cleared her throat and started talking. “Erm… Xiaoxiao, when do you plan to implement the cooperation we talked about last time?”
Xiaoxiao thought to herself, Aiyo, I was just thinking about the shop and here I am.
Anyway, she was already full. She got up and walked to Shopkeeper Liu’s side.
She sat down beside her and held her hand affectionately. “We should have a good chat.”
Li Muyan coughed. Shopkeeper Liu rolled her eyes speechlessly. “Before that, I want to change the way we work together. Didn’t you make three suggestions to Shopkeeper Xu previously?”
Xiaoxiao nodded, and Shopkeeper Liu said, “It’s like this. I thought about it later. Why don’t you be one of the shopkeepers in this new business?”
The surprise came too suddenly, and Xiaoxiao forced herself to stop smiling.
Although the outcome was the same, there was still a huge difference between the other party speaking first and her.
She frowned. “Ah, I see. But it sounds so troublesome.”
Shopkeeper Liu guided her patiently. “It’s not troublesome. You don’t have to worry about anything. Just put down your name and provide all kinds of designs for our shop. Don’t tell me that you don’t have them. I don’t have to think to know that you can draw as many as you want. Then, you don’t have to use needles and thread or look after the shop. You can just take the dividends when it’s time to settle the books. How about that?”
Xiaoxiao pretended to think. After estimating that she was almost done, she said reluctantly, “It sounds like I’m taking advantage of you too much, right?” Shopkeeper Liu changed her usual style and coaxed her in an especially gentle tone. “How can that be? It’s so hard for you to think of a design. After all, designs are the soul of a cloth shop. Without a good design, no matter how good the cloth is, it’s just an empty shell.”
Xiaoxiao’s expression was serious. “Sister Liu makes sense.”
Shopkeeper Liu:… For some reason, she really wanted to beat her up.
If not for Boss’s strong request for her to be gentle with Xiaoxiao, she would have rolled up her sleeves now.
Xiaoxiao asked, “How do we split the dividends?”
She did not get a share of the points from selling the goods at the cloth shop, but the one-time reward was also very sumptuous. She was very satisfied. Moreover, even without the share of points, she would still earn a lot and not lose out.
Shopkeeper Liu was unwilling. “30-70. You take 30, I’ll take 70.”
Oh, so generous? She remembered that the cloth shop’s business was quite
good. This was much more durable than a one-time deal.
“Isn’t this too much of a loss for you?”
Shopkeeper Liu shook her head decisively. “How can that be? If you agree, we’ll be family from now on. What’s there to lose for a family member? Everything we do is for the shop.”
That was right. In that case, if Xiaoxiao wanted to earn more money, she would naturally use all her skills. Would she still need to worry about those novel designs?
Moreover, after she agreed to cooperate, the promotion plan she proposed at Duanwu Festival would probably be widely used in the other shops of the Li Family.
As expected, in the next moment, Shopkeeper Liu said, “Since we’re all from the same shop, if you have any novel ideas in the future, such as lucky draws, promotions and so on, can you let me and Shopkeeper Xu join in?”
Xiaoxiao’s gaze inadvertently swept across Li Muyan, who was calmly drinking
tea at the side. She smiled and replied, “Alright, of course.”
She naturally did not care about such a small matter.
It was a win-win situation..
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