The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

A few days later, many people from nearby villages and towns of Qianling flocked to Heqiao Town, and Heqiao Town was overcrowded. Heqiao Town was not big to begin with, and with so many people pouring in at once, its carrying capacity was somewhat overwhelmed.

The county magistrate sent people to Heqiao Town overnight and temporarily built a number of buildings in Heqiao Town.

When the problem could not be solved, the county magistrate finally arranged for people to build some temporary shelters in some remote areas of the town.

As more people came, the town became a little noisy. Xia Mianwan took some time to go to the dilapidated temple and check the condition of the dilapidated temple. Xiaowu was very capable and spent less than five taels of silver to repair the dilapidated temple so that it could be lived in.

"Xiao Wu, you are very capable!" Xia Mianwan couldn't help but praise.

"Brother Bai Xiao also helped a lot." Xiao Wu said shyly, touching his head.

"Xiaowu, here are some ready-made clothes. Take them and share them with your younger brothers and sisters." Xia Mianwan took Xiaowu to get the clothes from the donkey cart.

Bai Xiao also helped to get it.

Xia Mianwan smiled and gave Bai Xiao several sets of clothes that she had made specially for him.

"Bai Xiao, I've already planned to open the shop, so I don't need you for the time being. Come back after I get the shop in order. I want to give these kids a way to make a living, so if there's anything you can teach, please teach them."

"Yes."

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Seeing that Heqiao Town was so popular and there were too few shops, Xia Mianwan decided to open a shop tomorrow.

Most of the things in the shop have been displayed, only some food has not been planned yet.

Xia Mianwan planned to sell milk tea and tea eggs in the shop, as well as some potato chips, sugar-coated dumplings and pork jerky.

The next day at an auspicious time.

Zhou Chengze came and set off two strings of firecrackers, and the grocery store opened.

The neighbors in the surrounding alleys came in to see what was on sale, but they didn't expect that as soon as they entered the grocery store, there was a row of bamboo baskets on the right hand side. If they wanted to buy a lot of things, they could just use the bamboo baskets to put the things.

All items are priced. If you are illiterate, you can ask.

Zheng Lingwan and Zhu both came to the shop to help.

Grocery stores not only sell things, but also collect things, and can also consign things and buy things on behalf of others. Because of this, grocery stores are full of customers.

The new influx of people had never seen such a grocery store and were a little surprised at first.

"Boss, I want to ask, what kind of things do you collect?" asked a woman in her thirties.

Xia Mianwan smiled politely and said, "As long as it's sellable, we'll take it. Why don't you tell me what you want to sell?"

"Can I collect the small fish I caught?"

"Yes. As long as they are fresh, we will accept them. After we see the goods, we will set the price, weigh them and finally pay." Xia Mianwan explained the process of receiving goods one by one.

The woman was so happy that she hurried out of the store to get the things she had sold.

Business was pretty good in the morning. Xia Mianwan cooked two pots of tea eggs at 3 cents each, and they were all sold out in the morning. A lot of milk tea and dried meat were also sold, but most of them were bought by outsiders.

There were also people looking at rouge, hairpins and other women's beauty items, but there were not many buyers. Only a few hairbands were sold in one morning. This was because the influx of people meant that the items were not fully stocked and they bought them only when they needed them.

Zheng Lingwan was very busy the whole morning. There were so many people asking for prices, and many of them were illiterate, so they could only ask for the price.

A lot of things were sold in the morning, and a lot of things were collected as well.

Xia Mianwan collected a lot of eggs, duck eggs, vegetables, bacon, smoked meat, dried wild vegetables, handkerchiefs, shoes, wood carvings, etc., and the shop could not put them all in. Because there were too many people delivering goods to sell, Xia Mianwan was afraid of affecting the business in the front shop, so he set the receiving place at the side door of the backyard.

Because she was too busy, Xia Mianwan called Zhu to help.

They were busy until the evening, and only after closing the shop could they finally rest.

Zheng Lingwan rubbed her hands and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't expect running a shop would be so tiring."

Xia Mianwan was also exhausted. "Nothing is simple in this world. Everything is difficult. This shop can be opened because there are many new people coming in. With people comes popularity, and with popularity comes business. When these people leave or settle down, this shop will be a little different."

"Mianwan, are we going to buy things? Is the money enough?" Zhou asked.

Xia Mianwan did some calculations in his head and nodded, "It's enough. The items sold today are worth about 2 taels of silver, and the money spent on collecting the items is about 3 taels and 5 cents of silver."

"Will it be difficult to sell so many things if we collect them?" Although Zhu thought her sister-in-law was very capable, she was also afraid that she would lose money.

"No, with so many people living here, they must need everything. Since it's inconvenient to go outside to buy goods now, we can only expand the internal supply."

"I'll put the things I collected away tonight. Tomorrow I'll go to the dilapidated temple and find a few people to help." Xia Mianwan said.

"What are we going to eat tonight?" Zheng Lingwan was starving.

Xia Mianwan laughed and said, "Don't worry, I ordered a table of delicious dishes from Deyunlou. We will have a good meal tonight."

When Zheng Lingwan heard that there was a banquet at Deyunlou, she clapped her hands happily and said, "I know that sister-in-law loves us the most!"