Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

When they got closer, Tian Xing'er finally saw who it was, "Sister Fang, why are you here?"

"My people in Yi County sent me a message to tell me that they saw you coming back and heading to the mall. I guessed that you would arrive today, so I waited for you nearby early. Come on, Xing'er, I have prepared a family dinner for you at home. You have seen the situation in this county. There is not even a decent restaurant here. I really can't entertain you. I can only entertain you at home. I hope you can bear with me."

"It's okay. I prefer home-made ones."

Tian Xing'er and the others followed Fang Shiya all the way. They looked at the common people on the road one by one. It was not until they arrived at the commercial street where Fang Shiya's shop was located that they could barely see some people wearing silk and a few horse-drawn carriages. "No matter how poor the place is, there are always rich people," Tian Xing'er couldn't help but sigh.

"But it's still not as good as those in Jiangning Prefecture. I never thought there would be such a place in Jiangnan." Fang Shiya saw Tian Xing'er and the others looking at the passers-by and stores on both sides of the road, and didn't know how to talk to her. "I'm sorry, Xing'er sister, I was impulsive and chose this place because of someone's provocation. To be honest, I really didn't do any research on this place. At that time, I thought it was just a little difficult, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult. We have been here for about ten days, and we have just finished counting the inventory and cleaning up the store."

Tian Xing'er wanted to say politely that it was okay, but she couldn't say it, so she stopped talking and let Miss Fang continue. Miss Fang saw that Tian Xing'er was hesitant to speak, and she knew that she had let the other party down. She didn't know if Tian Xing'er would give up on her. Now all she could do was to tell the other party her situation honestly. If the other party didn't help, she wouldn't blame him. After all, helping is a gesture of affection, and not helping is the right thing to do. "Sister Xing'er, I can take you to see the county again in the next few days. If you still want to help me, I will never betray this kindness and will let you do anything. If you feel embarrassed, you can choose not to help. I can understand and won't have any complaints. After all, no one would be willing to take over in this situation. It's also my fault for being stupid and impulsive."

"Okay, Sister Fang, I will try my best to help you, but I can't guarantee success or failure."

Fang Shiru was a little surprised to hear Tian Xing'er's words. She didn't expect that Tian Xing'er would still be willing to help her after seeing her current situation. She was deeply moved. It is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to provide timely assistance. "Thank you, sister Xing'er." Tian Xing'er caught a glimpse of Fang Shiya's tears out of the corner of her eye, but she pretended not to see it and turned away.

"We're here. This is our store. Let's go in through the back door and have a meal and rest for a while. I'll take you to the store in front later."

"Sister Fang, is this whole building your shop? Why doesn't it look like a shop?" Tian Yuze asked puzzledly as he looked at the house in front of him.

"Yes, there is a proper courtyard in the back and a shop in the front. In Shang County, shops and land are cheap. We took it over from someone else at that time. The house was built by the original owner. His whole family lives in the back. They come back here after closing the shop at night. It is very convenient. Okay, come in quickly."

After they sat down, the food and drinks were quickly served. "The food here is not as delicious as other places. Please don't mind. It's really hard to buy anything here."

"Then what's produced here, Sister Fang?" Tian Xing'er was really not interested in the food in front of her, so she wanted to quickly understand the situation here and see if it could be improved, because judging from the situation, they were afraid that they would not be able to leave here soon.

"Is it abundant? How about I take you to see it tomorrow and tell you in detail. Now let's eat first, the food is getting cold.

Everyone, please feel free to start eating. After dinner, I will take you to see the shops in the front door. "

"Okay, let's eat." Tian Xing'er had no choice but to stop asking, but she had a feeling that tomorrow's trip might make her even more disappointed.

After dinner, everyone went to the store to take a look. Actually, there was nothing to see. It was just an ordinary shop. "Sister Fang, are all the fabrics in your shop sold to the folks here? It seems that the fabrics here are all coarse cloth, and there is no good fabric. Aren't there some rich people in this small county? Why don't you do business with them?"

"Alas, how can rich people buy in this small county? They are all brought back by their families from other places, and they don't want the fabrics here, so these are all we can sell."

"How about exporting it?"

"Export? Do you mean sell it to other places?"

"yes."

"I import all my fabrics from other places and then export them. Are you kidding me? The cost is even higher. Our fabrics have no special features. Why would others choose mine?"

"Then you can produce it here. I see that the people here are so poor, so the labor should be very cheap. Sister Fang, why don't you turn this place into a fabric spinning plant?

"But to do this I need the technology and personnel, which we don't have here. Even if we hire from outside, the wages will be much higher, which is really not cost-effective."

"That makes sense. Hey, you have such a big store, but there aren't many people in this county. It's not as good as a small town."

"Yeah, I'm worried too. I'm in charge of this shop now, and the monthly income from the shop assistants may not be enough to cover our expenses."

"How about we think about it again. We are just short of people right now. Either we bring people in, or our stuff goes out."

"It's probably hard to sell our products. The surrounding towns have their own small shops, and people in the towns rarely come here to buy. The main reason is that they don't have spare money."

"Or Sister Fang, you can donate some money to the county magistrate here to develop this county town, so that more people will come. Hahahaha." Tian Xing'er laughed at her own words.

"Hahaha, developing the county town is more promising than developing my small shop."

"Why don't you give it a try." Tian Yuze listened all the way and thought it might as well be a try.

"Brother Yuze, do you really think I can develop this county within a year and also promote my own small shop?"

"You don't have any other options anyway, so why not give it a try?"

"It seems that what my brother said makes some sense, but we should let Sister Fang take us around tomorrow. Maybe we can find some new opportunities."

"Well, that's all we can do. Let's go back first. It's getting dark now. As you can see, not a single person was left on the street not long after sunset. It was like a deserted city."

"Yeah." Tian Xing'er also felt so bored with everything here. This place didn't even have basic entertainment.