Chapter 292
292, Rumors (9 more)
Xie Zhinuan nodded, indicating she had remembered.
By the time the boat reached the county town’s dock on the 26th, the dock was adorned with red silk banners everywhere, leaving Xie Zhinuan quite puzzled.
After she helped Xie Yi onto the carriage, Yuanbao had already returned with news he had gathered, “It is said that the Xuan family son topped the imperial examinations, and Young Master Xu also passed the exams. The County Magistrate is thrilled!”
“…” Xie Zhinuan was stunned for a moment, “I see. Then we must send congratulations gifts to both families!”
“Indeed we should!” Yuanbao echoed.
“Hmph!” Xie Zhinuan snorted coldly, giving him a glare.
She still remembered how he had tricked her into believing she sang opera when she was drunk.
However, it wasn’t long before the news that the owner of Xieji marinated meat shop had gone out with His Highness Prince Han and returned with a child about a year old had spread to every household.
“Could it be that she had the child with Prince Han?”
“First cousins-born a perfect pair!”
“I’ve said it before, Prince Han is so good to her, and they even live in the same residence!”
“If so, this child is most certainly Prince Han’s. Miss Xie is truly remarkable!”
The ladies of the inner courtyards spread the news as if it were the truth.
The happiest about Xie Zhinuan’s return was Xiaoyue who almost cried out of joy. Upon seeing Xie Zhinuan holding a child and accompanied by a middle-aged man, Xiaoyue was stunned.
Xiaoyue, who had tidied up and come out, was also taken aback.
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How come there was an additional child?“Sister Xie!” Xiaoyue approached her.
Her face was filled with joy.
“Hmm!”
Carrying the child to the main courtyard, maids, old women, and young manservants all came to greet her. Xie Zhinuan had to let the mute servant take the child first and let Xiaoyue arrange for the child to be taken to Li Hengyi’s courtyard. In the parlor, she listened to the servants reporting on recent events-how much dried radish was made, how much chili sauce was stored away. Xie Zhinuan listened attentively, praising them for their hard work over these days.
“After I rest for a day, tomorrow I’ll tally up how much we’ve earned during these days, take a portion of it as a bonus for you all. The weather is getting cooler, and you all need to make new sets of autumn clothes. Those who can sew, come stand over here, let me see how many of you there are!”
This announcement made everyone happy.
One by one, their eyes shone with excitement.
All maids and old women knew how to do needlework, so Xie Zhinuan instructed them to first make clothes for the kitchen staff and young manservants, then for themselves. As for the leftover fabric scraps, they could keep them for making shoe soles, pouches, or whatever they pleased.
As the mistress, Xie Zhinuan was very generous.
After placating the servants, she went to ask Yin Suwen for the account books.
Xie Zhinuan could almost scan the account books ten lines at a time without needing to do detailed calculations, as the answers were already forming in her mind, matching what Yin Suwen had calculated.
“So you’re saying that the three meat shops can earn over a hundred taels a day?”
“To reply to Miss, excluding various expenses, the most we earned in a day was one hundred and fifty taels. Over a month, the three shops can earn around five thousand taels!”
Xie Zhinuan curled her lips into a smile.
The silver she had invested was finally starting to show some return.
“Miss, if we open more marinated meat shops, we could earn even more!” Yin Suwen suggested softly.
She had visited her younger brother Yin Zhe in the countryside the day before.
The boy had grown tanned and taller and looked much more spirited.
“We are not in a hurry for now. I’m definitely staying in Fengping County this year. Even if we were to expand, it would have to wait until next year. We should follow the big rivers and go to counties with docks. After all, one cannot become fat with just one bite,” Xie Zhinuan chuckled lightly.
Thinking about the opening of her business, she had to check to make sure everything was ready; it wouldn’t be good to find out something was missing on the opening day.
Being unprepared and lacking this or that would not be ideal.
Chapter 293