Liao Baojia said that he had learned a lot, but he was still not brave enough, so he could only open a small tea stall to make a living. He couldn't even think about having a wife, as he couldn't support her.

Shen Nanzhi did not help him develop his business. If she couldn't do that well, she wouldn't need this person anymore.

Fortunately, Liao Baojia was smart and quickly figured out a way to sell the ice bowls.

There isn't much in this world, but there are a lot of people. So they hired a few clever young men to make the ice bowls as big as teacups, and sent one of each to each household for free tasting.

Of course, a copy must also be sent to the purchasing managers, and they will only recommend it to their masters if they think it is good.

There are not many rich families in this county government office, but there are also quite a few. There are hundreds of families who can afford ice bowls. The expense alone is not a small amount.

If Liao Baojia didn't have some family background, he wouldn't be able to do this business.

Fortunately, the young men came back with good news. More than ten families placed orders on the spot, and not just one portion for each. After all, there was more than one master in a family, there would always be three or five. One order required at least five portions, which cost one hundred coins.

That's not right. The price has gone up now. Twenty-five cents a bowl, which is one hundred and twenty-five cents. The extra twenty-five cents was used to pay for Shen Nanzhi's raw materials, and there was still some left, which was just enough to pay the young men for running errands.

Liao Baojia also established a commission system for the young men. The commission was one cent per bowl. If they delivered ten or twenty bowls a day, that would be twenty cents, and six hundred cents a month. This was much more money than carrying bags and doing hard labor.

The most important thing is that it is not tiring, all you need to do is talk sweetly and run errands. For a moment, the boys wanted to run all over the city.

There were also some clever ones who went into brothels, gambling houses, and academies to sell their wares, and they actually managed to generate quite a few business deals.

These are the gathering places for wealthy people in the county town. Twenty-five cents is just the price of a plate of food for them, so they can definitely afford it.

Especially in brothels, the courtesans are not short of money and love sweets. They can order more than 20 bowls at a time, which makes the young errand boys very happy.

Although dealing with brothels is not honorable, why should we care about face when it comes to making money?

They were originally unable to do hard labor, and their families did not have the money to provide them with a job to support themselves. If they did not have this job, they would inevitably become thugs or something like that, which was not as decent as this.

Shen Nanzhi didn't expect his business to be so good. That night, Liao Baojia came to her in person to order the ingredients for the ice bowls needed for the next day. Shen Nanzhi agreed and asked him to pick them up early in the morning, and she would prepare them in advance.

She even prepared the ingredients for making herbal tea and handed them to him. This time she would collect the money. She would not do business at a loss. She took the trouble to give Liao Baojia advice in order to make money.

He charged him fifty cents for these things in total. Liao Baojia would never have dared to take them before. Fifty cents for such a small thing, he only earned thirty to fifty cents a day.

Now I just feel that it is still a bargain, so I paid the money without hesitation, left happily, and prepared for a new day of business.

Shen Nanzhi couldn't help it, so she stopped him and said, "If you want to buy some ice, you can buy it from me. The ice here is cleaner and won't make you sick. Consider it."

"Miss Shen, do you still have ice for sale?"

"Of course it's not me, it's my connection, just tell me if you want it or not?"

"Yes, I have. I'm buying ice cubes for 100 wen per pound. Some of them are dirty and unusable. But there's nothing I can do. This is the only store that sells them."

Shen Nanzhi knew what was going on, and said, "My price is the same here, but the ice is guaranteed to be clean. I'll go get it now and send it to you later."

"Okay, I won't go buy ice today. I have to beg the person in charge every time, which makes me so angry."

There's no way. Ice is a seller's market. He wants less. If he asks someone to go to the ice cellar to get it, shouldn't he say something nice?

Shen Nanzhi also had a sudden idea. He sent Liao Baojia away and took out a foam box from the space. He wrapped it with a layer of insulation and then a quilt. This way the ice could be better preserved.

The ice cubes are made directly from an ice maker using purified water, so they are clean and clear, and are pre-divided into round and square shapes. I'm sure Liao Baojia will be happy if I sell him such ice cubes.

After preparing all these, Shen Nanzhi put them in a backpack, which weighed only more than ten pounds. After all, ice cubes were very expensive, so he only put two or three cubes in a bowl and would not use a lot. He planned to deliver it to Liao Baojia personally.

San Gouzi asked carefully: "Sister Shen, can I help you?"

"you?!"

San Gouzi puffed up his chest and said, "I'm very smart. Those big beggars tried to steal my food but never succeeded. I also know Brother Liao. He even gave me herbal tea to drink."

Even though it was leftovers from closing the stall at night, it was kind of Brother Liao to give him a drink.

"Can you carry it?"

"Let me try."

San Gouzi carried it with great effort, pretending that nothing was wrong, "It's very easy, don't worry, Sister Shen."

Shen Nanzhi saw that he was uneasy and wanted to help her, so she didn't object, "You can try it for a day first."

"Okay, I'll go right away, sister, you take a rest."

As soon as Shen Nanzhi sat down, two girls, about five or six years old, came over to massage her shoulders and back with ingratiating smiles on their faces.

Most of the abandoned children are girls. Boys are there to carry on the family line. People would not abandon them unless they have problems or cannot support them.

Shen Nanzhi did not stop them and enjoyed their clumsy service. Then he gave them two pieces of candy, which made them smile happily with curved eyebrows.

"Thank you sister."

"Go to work."

There were many dolls under the feet. The baby girl crawled over again, drooling and climbing up while holding her legs.

Shen Nanzhi was speechless. She didn't like the child drooling, but she couldn't do anything like throwing the child away.

Holding him in his arms and wiping him, the child was so happy that Shen Nanzhi also laughed: "Is he a little fool? What are you laughing at all day long?"

Suddenly, she felt something hot on her legs and Shen Nanzhi's body stiffened. Oh my God, did she pee?

When I looked down, I saw that my skirt was wet with urine.

The other children were so scared that their hearts skipped a beat. Oh no, how could the little girl pee on her sister?

"Sister Shen, let me wash your clothes. She usually doesn't urinate on people. She must like you."

Shen Nanzhi had a blank expression on her face: "If you like me, you want to give me a pee? Forget it, you guys can play with me while I change my clothes. I really owe you one. Children are really not likable."

The children breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Sister Shen wasn't angry. As for being unlovable, their own biological parents didn't like them. It was already very kind of Sister Shen to provide them with enough food, so it was normal for them to dislike her.

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