The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

A few days later, Xu Yilin and Zhou Yulian arrived in Xiyang. They were exhausted and suffered a lot. Xia Mianwan knew that Xu Yilin came for Pei Yanxu, so after arranging a place for Xu Yilin to stay, she asked Qian Da to take Xu Yilin to find Pei Yanxu.

Xu Yilin had been stuck at the Juren level for a long time. The elders in his family highly praised Pei Yanxu, and he thought that perhaps he could find the key to this by coming to Xiyang and following Pei Yanxu.

The Xu family has always had a good reputation and good morals. For Pei Yanxu's guidance, people are willing to be his son's teacher, and Xia Mianwan is also willing to lend a hand and make it a success.

As for Zhou Yulian, on the one hand she wanted to see the scenery outside, and on the other hand she had heard a lot about Xia Mianwan in the academy, so she became yearning for it.

Xia Mianwan was very caring, which made Xu Yilin and Zhou Yulian feel flattered.

When Xu Yilin and Zhou Yulian first started taking care of Shi Ge'er and Yuan Jie'er, there was a lot of chaos. The two children were really too young. After they finished playing tricks, they looked at people with their puppy eyes and apologized obediently. After all, Xu Yilin and Zhou Yulian didn't have any children yet, so they couldn't stand such cute attacks from little kids. They were furious.

But after getting through the beginning, the two began to get used to it, and neither child could escape their control.

At this time, Xia Mianwan could finally breathe a sigh of relief. It was because her two children were too naughty that she had no time to take a good look at those industries.

The wine shop is now running very smoothly, and there are so many foreigners coming to the grocery store that they need to restock every day. Xia Mianwan's ten donkey carts have increased to fifty, and more people will be needed soon.

Manyue Snack Stall has gained quite a reputation for its wide variety of fresh foods, and is now doing a booming business.

But in Xiyang, making money is not the main purpose. Making money together is the purpose of Xia Mianwan. Only when everyone's life is good can Xiyang and Zhai Qiang be stable and wars will not break out.

This time when going to the food street, Xia Mianwan discovered that there were many foreigners doing business in the food street, which made Xia Mianwan very satisfied. Although developing the economy is not a one-day job, seeing the food street becoming more and more popular also shows the fact that the living standards of Xiyang people are gradually improving.

When Xu Yilin had nothing to do, he would follow Pei Yanxu to inspect everywhere. He was not surprised when he saw the winery, but when he entered Manyue Grocery Store, he was really stunned. This grocery store had everything you could want, and it was more convenient to buy things than in the capital.

Although the food street is not surprising, this is Xiyang, and Pei Yanxu can actually make the food street so lively and colorful, which really makes Xu Yilin admire him.

After hearing that all these things were organized by Xia Mianwan, Xu Yilin was even more amazed.

Although Zhou Yulian was surprised, she was not that surprised because she had heard so many stories about Xia Mianwan in Manyue Academy that her ears were already numb!

Compared to the difficulties they faced when they first came to Xiyang, Xia Mianwan and Pei Yanxu are now much more adept at handling Xiyang's affairs.

Apart from the Governor's wife, Mrs. Zhang, the area of ​​Xiyang is really the most sleepy place.

Mrs. Tong often acts like a spoiled brat, but Xia Mianwan is too lazy to pay attention to her, so she naturally never acts like a spoiled brat in front of Xia Mianwan.

After a long period of leisurely days, the industry at hand has developed stably, and the living standards of the people in Xiyang have also improved. Xia Mianwan finally feels that it is time to discuss cooperation with Chief Lei.

Xiyang has a large territory. Even if the roads are repaired, there is still too little communication between counties, and there are still too few people who can speak Mandarin between counties in Xiyang. This has led to a large gap between the rich and the poor in Xiyang. The lives of people in the city and those living close to the city have become better, but the living standards of people in those distant places where less Mandarin can be spoken have not improved.

The Tuyi people are the largest ethnic group in Xiyang. Xia Mianwan wants Lei Ming to take the lead in forming a caravan, and Xia Mianwan will pay for it. There are also many beggars in the entire area of ​​Xiyang. This is a problem left over from the past. Xia Mianwan cannot use modern thinking to open an orphanage, which is useless. However, Xia Mianwan can recruit all the beggars together. The older ones will go to Chief Lei's caravan, and the younger children will work as deliverymen in the city.

Xia Mianwan planned to invite an old student to give the children some lessons in his spare time and teach them to recognize a few words. Of course, Xia Mianwan also planned to pay to hire carpenters, blacksmiths and other skilled masters to teach the beggars how to do their work, so that everyone would have a skill in the future and could always support themselves.

Xia Mianwan offered high wages and was not afraid that those skilled craftsmen would not agree.

After Xia Mianwan told Lei Ming his complete idea, Lei Ming agreed without hesitation. Xia Mianwan's idea would benefit the entire Xiyang people and would also be a great help to their tribe.

So, after a while, the wandering beggars in the city disappeared. They all wore the same clothes and became part of the Manyue caravan.

Xia Mianwan originally thought that she and Lei Ming were just cooperating. After she gave the plan, it was Lei Ming who executed it, so the name of the team would be given by Lei Ming.

Who knew that Lei Ming would just refuse, and gave a reason that Xia Mianwan could not refuse: Manyue Snack Stall, Manyue Grocery Store and Manyue Winery were already very famous in Xiyang, and it would be more convincing if they called it Manyue Motorcade.

Since these words were put forward, Xia Mianwan no longer refused. As expected, the Manyue team quickly became famous and can now provide stable connections between the various counties in Xiyang.

The success of the Manyue team gave Xia Mianwan great encouragement. In fact, there were many problems in the process, especially communication problems. When the team was first established, Lei Ming's old master took the beggars to a county far away from the city. The accents of each village were different, and there were only ten people who could speak Mandarin. Who would be willing to learn Mandarin? So after the first deal was done, Xia Mianwan specifically ordered that the price could be increased by 10% for those who could speak Mandarin in the future. Although the cost was a little high at the beginning, it was a great benefit in the long run.

In just half a year, wherever the convoy went, the number of people who could speak Mandarin increased significantly.

Xia Mianwan never deliberately publicized what she did, but she also didn't hide it, so the whole Xiyang knew that the governor's wife was truly a virtuous wife. If Lord Pei didn't have his wife, he wouldn't be able to keep his official hat so secure.

As time went by, Xia Mianwan's reputation became better and better.