After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

On this side, Liu Yuefu and her group saw Wei Suxin riding away in the Wei family's carriage.

Liu Yuefu looked at the three angry maids, smiled gently and said, "Okay, let's go into the shop."

This is a small grocery store located in an alley at the corner of the middle and lower sections of West Street. The location is only acceptable.

Although West Street is prosperous, the business of this shop is not very good.

When Liu Yuefu entered the store, the shopkeeper was sitting beside the counter, bored, with his head down and legs crossed, cracking melon seeds. The melon seed shells in front of him had already formed a small hill.

The waiter in the store was following a peasant woman and recommending the goods in his shop.

The shopkeeper heard the footsteps and without even raising his head, he shouted, "Waiter, a guest is coming. Please receive him!"

Liu Yuefu signaled with her eyes and Chuntao walked up.

Chun Tao was obviously angry, "Manager Sun, you are so arrogant, why don't you open your eyes to see who is coming?!"

When Shopkeeper Sun heard this and saw that it was Chuntao, his fat face immediately broke into a smile, full of wrinkles, "Oh, Miss Chuntao is here, you are a favorite of Madam, it's rare to see you, but what can Madam do for you?"

Shopkeeper Sun was still cracking melon seeds in his mouth, but suddenly he stopped. His face suddenly changed, and he immediately stood up and walked out of the counter, "Madam, I am very sorry for not welcoming you in person. I am very embarrassed."

Shopkeeper Sun bowed his head and saluted Liu Yuefu, but in between he looked at Liu Yuefu with a sly look.

Liu Yuefu thought to herself, he is quite a smart guy, he is just waiting to see how I react.

Liu Yuefu understood and smiled faintly, "Manager Sun, is this how you usually run your shop? Your life is much more comfortable than mine as a wife."

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Sun's eyes widened and he fell to his knees with a thud.

Shopkeeper Sun prostrated himself on the ground, knelt down and took a few steps forward, kowtowed twice, and said in fear: "Madam, you are very busy, how can I compare with you? Please forgive me this time for my diligence in running the shop in the past."

"Oh? I didn't know you were so conscientious." Liu Yuefu said lightly.

Shopkeeper Sun knelt down, looked up and said, "Madam, please forgive me this time. I have a wife and children at home, and they all depend on my monthly salary to make a living."

Liu Yuefu hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Well, I'll give you one more chance and fine you two days' worth of silver. If I see you doing this again, you can go home."

Liu Yuefu knew that Manager Sun was a slippery person in his ways and was good at judging people by their appearance, so she couldn't keep him.

But he didn't have a capable manager, and if he fired him just to get the job done, who would he leave the shop to?

Whether it is finding a reliable shopkeeper or training a capable newcomer, it takes time.

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Sun knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Yuefu, "Thank you, madam. Thank you, madam."

Liu Yuefu waved her hand and said calmly, "Stand up and talk."

Shopkeeper Sun dusted off the dust on his body and stood up.

He bowed slightly in a respectful manner and spoke carefully, "Madam, what can I do for you?"

Liu Yuefu said, "Go get the bill and let me see it. I'll just look around here first."

The grocery store was relatively clean, probably because it had been swept today.

Liu Yuefu touched the shelf and found no dust. As expected, although the shopkeeper was a little lazy, he still did the basic work.

This grocery store was on Liu Yuefu's dowry list. The Liu family was honest and loyal. When she married into the Li family, her father had just been promoted to the fourth-rank Minister of the Ministry of Works. Originally, because of her parents' pity, Liu Yuefu's dowry was quite generous, but in the past few years, Liu Yuefu devoted herself to the Li family and lost a lot of her dowry. Now she only has five shops, two farms, and some fields.

Following the waiter's introduction, the peasant woman in the store bought some soy sauce, a farm tool, and an iron rake, and went out happily.

Liu Yuefu looked at this small grocery store. The shelves were filled with daily necessities, small toys, farm tools, and some food on the counter, such as packaged cakes and dried fruits. Although small, it had everything.

Liu Yuefu saw the sunlight pouring in from the window of the grocery store, soft and not scorching. The autumn was drawing to a close, and winter was coming.

Liu Yuefu remembered that the winter of the fifth year of Jianning was extremely cold, with heavy snowfall, which blocked the mountains and collapsed the houses of many poor people. There was even a snowstorm to the north of the capital.

At that time, the old lady was in charge of the household, and she was the only one in the house who burned charcoal ash and charcoal suitable for use in the house.

There was only one charcoal fire in Liu Yuefu's room, and it was low-quality charcoal, with thick smoke. The old lady only burned charcoal for herself, and the rest of the masters used charcoal. There was nothing in the servants' rooms, and they only relied on burning some firewood for heating. The charcoal smoke was so thick that it often made her cry.

Helplessly, Liu Yuefu had to pay out of her own pocket and buy some charcoal from her own shop. The second and third wives complained, and Liu Yuefu was kind-hearted and bought some charcoal for them. Not to mention Li Jianzhang, as her husband, she naturally prepared some.

This winter was extremely cold. The old lady bought stove charcoal for them because the price of charcoal had soared and house charcoal was too expensive.

But is it just because the price of charcoal has skyrocketed that the old lady did this?

She was probably plotting against me a long time ago, knowing that as the daughter of an official family, I had never burned this kind of charcoal in the house, and she was sure that I would pay to buy charcoal for the whole family.

Liu Yuefu couldn't help but sneer when she thought of this.

Just at this time, Shopkeeper Sun arrived.

Shopkeeper Sun handed over an account book respectfully and said with his head down, "Madam, this is the account book of our shop. Please take a look."

Liu Yuefu's face was indifferent. She took the account book and took a rough look at it. She knew the revenue situation of this grocery store. The annual profit was about two hundred taels of silver.

Liu Yuefu closed the account book, rubbed her brows tiredly, and then said, "Manager Sun, I saw that this place also sold charcoal in winter?"

Shopkeeper Sun bowed slightly and said, "Yes, ma'am."

"Starting tomorrow, you can buy as much charcoal as possible on the market. If you don't have enough money, you can come to the Li family to find me." Liu Yuefu ordered.

"Okay, ma'am, I understand." Shopkeeper Sun responded respectfully.

In the previous life, this shop didn't buy much charcoal. As soon as the charcoal was put on the market, it was snapped up. When Liu Yuefu wanted charcoal, it was already gone. Therefore, in the previous life, she had to spend a lot of money to buy flower ash charcoal from other shops, which cost her a lot of money.

This time, by stockpiling charcoal in advance, when the cold winter comes, not only can it be used by yourself, but you may also make a lot of money.