In the blink of an eye, it was the day for the plum blossom viewing party.
Li Qingzhi got up early in the morning. He picked out a nice set of clothes and put them on, then went to comb Jin Xiaoye's hair.
Jin Xiaoye and the others will go with him to today's plum blossom viewing party. After arriving there, he will follow the scholars to attend the party, while Jin Xiaoye and the others will just stroll around and admire the plum blossoms.
This farm outside the city planted with plum blossoms was originally open to everyone and was not reserved by these scholars.
After they got dressed, they went to the west wing to eat.
Chang Zhan's two apprentices and Zhang Zao had already prepared breakfast.
There were no public toilets in those days, and it would be very inconvenient to eat a belly full of soup before going out, so they didn't have any porridge for breakfast, but stewed noodles.
The pork is cooked together with the beans dried in the summer, then the noodles are placed on top and simmered for a while. The braised noodles are ready and taste delicious.
After eating the noodles and waiting for a while, the two carriages they rented arrived.
There are many horse-drawn carriages in the capital, but people usually rent them and do not raise their own horses.
Raising horses is too expensive, and most families can't afford it.
Renting a horse carriage is actually expensive. Generally speaking, if you don’t leave the city, everyone just walks.
Jin Xiaoye felt sorry for the money. She got on the carriage and said to Li Qingzhi, "I have already picked a shop and am negotiating the rent with people. Once the negotiation is completed, I will open Jueweizhai. In addition to Jueweizhai, I will also open Jincuilou, which specializes in selling glass jewelry and soap. But before that, I have to find some craftsmen who can make jewelry and polish gemstones, so that I can keep the business for a long time."
When Qian Fugui came to Beijing this time, he brought them several sacks of glass, which could be polished into jewelry and sold.
Jin Xiaoye doesn’t plan to sell the glass jewelry too expensively, but she also doesn’t plan to sell it too cheaply... She can make some preparations while opening Jueweizhai, and just open Jincuilou by the end of the year.
"Okay." Li Qingzhi smiled. The family business was now managed by Jin Xiaoye, and Jin Xiaoye was doing a good job.
"We have to make money. If we keep spending money now, we will be out of money." Jin Xiaoye said.
When he was in Chongcheng County, the Jinye Embroidery Workshop and Jueweizhai together could earn two to three hundred taels of silver a month.
This may seem like a lot, but their expenses are also huge. If Li Qingzhi hadn't made a lot of money from writing books, they wouldn't be able to open a school.
When coming to the capital, Jin Xiaoye brought two thousand taels of silver. After arriving, including the rent, he had already spent two hundred taels. Next, he would need money to rent a shop, decorate the house, and hire craftsmen!
Everything is really expensive in Beijing!
Li Damao and Li Ermao went to Madam Qian's carriage, while Li Qingzhi, Jin Xiaoye, Li Laogen, Zhao Xiaodou and Zhang Zao took another carriage.
Li Laogen waited for Li Qingzhi to finish talking to Jin Xiaoye, then said to Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, if we are out of money, we can rent a house in a slightly worse place."
Li Laogen doesn't like Qingshi Lane very much.
He thought his son was a juren and was very impressive, so after staying at home for two days he wanted to go out and brag to others.
Then... Li Qingzhi introduced him to the people around him.
Li Qingzhi told him that the woman drying a pile of pickles at the door of her house was the mother of an official, and the one walking the bird in a bird cage was a scholar.