After Wei Suxin returned to the Wei family, she suddenly felt that she had wasted a lot of good time.

She decided to pursue her dream again and open a cake shop.

Wei Suxin sat at her desk early in the morning and began to design the oven.

She planned to make a wood-burning barrel oven. After all, this was ancient times and the steel smelting technology was not yet so mature.

Wei Suxin drew all the structures of the brick-laying part of the oven, as well as the design of the flue on the top of the oven.

Wei Suxin also drew the dimensions of a semicircular iron plate with a handle, as well as the dimensions of a baking tray and a baking net.

Wei Suxin was holding a charcoal pencil. She asked her maid to pick up branches for her and cut them into strips of a certain length. She then peeled off the bark and put them in an iron basin to burn.

Wei Suxin finds this charcoal pencil easier to use than a brush, so she uses it when drawing papers and the like.

"Qiandai, prepare the car." Wei Suxin and Qiandai went out.

When we got off the car at Zhao's blacksmith shop, we saw a shirtless man working hard in front of an iron furnace. The red-hot iron was shining with dazzling golden light.

The big man saw someone coming and took the white cloth on his shoulder and wiped the sweat off his head. "Madam, can you give me a kitchen knife?"

Wei Suxin shook her head, handed over the design drawings of the iron plate, grill pan, and grill, and said speechlessly, "Zhao Dalang, you are joking again."

The big man scratched his head and took the blueprint. "Oh, Madam Wei, I don't know where you got these strange things. I, I'm really embarrassed. How about making the dagger from last time?"

"That thing is so useful for self-defense." The big man laughed.

"Zhao Dalang, let's stop talking. If you print the things on this picture for me, I'll give you more money." Wei Suxin said unhappily.

"How much?" The big man's eyes rolled, "Madam Wei, these strange things of yours are really hard to make."

"Is it enough to give you an extra tael of silver as your labor fee?" Wei Suxin said in a gentle voice.

"Enough, enough, enough. That's more than enough." The big man held the blueprint and looked at it against the light.

"Madam Wei, this needs a handle on top, right? Is this going to be made into a hollow iron wire plate?" the big man Zhao Dalang asked repeatedly.

"Yes, this is a handle." Wei Suxin gestured to Zhao Dalang while looking at the blueprint. "This needs to be hollowed out. You can make more iron wires and weld the seams around it."

"How much do you want for each of these?" the big man Zhao Dalang asked readily.

"I'll make two iron plates with handles for now, I need ten grill pans, and four grill nets will do. Can you calculate the total price?"

"Including the labor fee you're going to give me, the total is sixteen taels of silver."

Wei Suxin gave a look, and Qiandai reluctantly took out sixteen taels from her purse and handed them to Zhao Dalang.

"Madam Wei, come to my shop in ten days to pick up the goods." Zhao Dalang smiled happily and patted his chest. "Don't worry, I will make sure it is well made."

Wei Suxin looked at the silly Zhao Dalang and said with a smile: "Okay."

Wei Suxin and Qiandai got on the carriage together and told the driver, "Sir, go to the brick kiln."

The carriage soon carried Wei Suxin and Qiandai to the Wei family's brick factory. The Wei family had a small brick factory in the capital, which usually supplied bricks for building new houses for some small families.

Wei Suxin got off the carriage and went to the Wei family's small brick factory. Outside the brick factory was a circular wall made of blue bricks and a black wooden gate.

Qiandai walked up and knocked on the door, and soon a manager in a blue gown came out.

"Uncle Liu, I'm here to order a batch of bricks." Wei Suxin said with a smile.

"Madam, how much quantity do you need? When will the delivery be received?" the steward asked, bowing.

"About 3000 bricks." Wei Su thought for a moment, "Can you deliver them within a month?"

The steward nodded and said, "Okay, then my wife will bring the car to pick it up."

Wei Suxin said goodbye to the steward, got on the carriage and left.

Wei Suxin rode in a carriage and wandered around South City, trying to find a suitable place to open a cake shop.

Finally, Wei Suxin found a restaurant that was for sale. The restaurant was located at the T-junction of West Street and Chang Street, which was an excellent location.

Wei Suxin and Qiandai walked around the restaurant for a while. The restaurant was a stand-alone two-story building with a balcony on the second floor and a large enough backyard.

Wei Suxin thought it was pretty good, "How much is this restaurant selling for?"

The restaurant owner was slightly fat with a protruding belly and his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, "Five thousand taels of silver are yours!"

Wei Suxin gave a look, Qiandai rolled her eyes, and instead of taking out the money, she said, "My dear, five thousand taels is too expensive. My master will buy it for three thousand taels."

"Three thousand taels? Do you understand the market, girl? Look at my position, it's so good." The fat boss spoke with saliva flying.

"Then you've also gone bankrupt. To tell you the truth, our Wei family has bought countless shops. This price is absolutely reasonable."

Seeing that Qian Dai refused to give in and Wei Su Xin showed no expression, the boss was a little nervous. "Three thousand five hundred taels, that's the lowest!"

Qian Dai then took out the contract and the banknote and handed them to the fat boss, "Please sign it."

The fat boss picked up the brush on the counter, wrote his name in two strokes, and then put three thousand five hundred taels of silver into his arms.

As soon as he left, Wei Suxin hugged Qiandai and said, "You are awesome! You save money again."

Wei Suxin was extremely happy. From childhood to adulthood, she knew how to make money and spend money and she didn't know how to bargain. If it weren't for her mother keeping Qiandai by her side, she would have lost an untold amount of money.

Qiandai also smiled with her eyes curved.

"Now that we have the shop, the next step is to decorate it." Wei Suxin said with a smile.

A month later.

This restaurant has a completely new look.

Wei Suxin customized many large rectangular ice jars and used them as cake display cabinets, which she placed in the lobby on the first floor.

Storing the cake like this in the summer can prevent it from spoiling, and it will have a icy taste and can help cool you down.

Right now, it is already May.

It’s a good time to sell ice cakes.

Wei Suxin also set up a cash register where ordering, checkout and packaging are all done together, greatly improving work efficiency.

Along the wooden carved windows, Wei Suxin also bought some wooden carved tables and chairs of various shapes and sizes so that guests could eat and rest.

The second floor is nearly half the size of the first floor, but it has an additional landscape balcony.

Wei Suxin arranged all the tables and chairs on the second floor for guests to rest.

After going downstairs and walking inside, there was a small door blocked by a curtain.

Through this small door, you can enter the kitchen.

In the backyard, four masters were working together to lay bricks according to the drawings Wei Suxin had given them. The brick kiln had already taken shape. Below the brick kiln was a hollow square, where Wei Suxin planned to store dry firewood. Above it was a semicircular oven, and on top was a flue that had not yet been built.

The next step is to install the small iron door with a handle on the oven and study the cake styles.

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