Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

When Lu Ziren was standing on the ladder installing the wooden frame of the ceiling, Xia Yingying was passing the wooden frame from below. Lu Ziren was very quick, and he had already painted the ceiling and installed half of the frame in one morning.

Because Master Tang has not officially joined the company yet, Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei have no plans to go to private school or college.

Because painting the wall was a simple task that required no technical skills, Xia Yingying brought her three children to work on it, and it was all done in three days. The custom-made cabinets were also delivered and installed.

Except for the empty shelves and the floor being tiled, the whole store looks very high-end and classy.

Xia Yingying wanted to draw pictures of cakes sold in the store on the lanterns, but her drawing skills were at the level of a kindergarten kid and the patterns she drew were completely unusable.

She also didn't want to make a lot of pastries just to make the patterns for the decorations, otherwise she would be exhausted. Besides, so many pastries would not be kept for a few days and could not be eaten up. It would also be troublesome to make them, and she didn't want to make herself suffer.

She decided to wait until after the store opened and then ask someone to draw lantern patterns after the pastries were made. She first made some colorful ribbons to hang on them, which would make the store look more festive and less monotonous.

The list of pastries has been finalized. Xia Yingying plans to divide the pastries in the pastry shop into three price ranges this time.

She had no intention of giving up the pastries she had sold in Qingshui Town before, but she could no longer sell steamed cakes because the recipe had already been sold, and of course she could not use it since she had opened a store. Egg cakes and some other small pastries could be sold by the kilogram.

But those with complex workmanship like mousse, annual rings, and tiger skin are planned to be sold by number, or by kilogram, but the price sold by kilogram will be more expensive than ordinary pastries.

There are quite a lot of wealthy people in the county, and everyone is willing to pay for delicious food.

During the renovation period, Xia Yingying was busy besides helping Lu Ziren.

In her free time these days, she made some cookies and distributed them to the groups of children or beggars around her. She also composed a little song and asked them to sing it in the county.

"Yikuigaoxing is really delicious. Cookies, cream buns, mousse and egg cakes, whatever you want to eat, we have it all. It's so delicious that you'll want more after eating it. Yikuigaoxing is opening for a happy occasion. The first 12 customers will receive gifts. Don't miss it if you pass by. It will open on December 17th. It's at No. 279 Xingfu Lane."

In the past few days, this not-so-fluent nursery rhyme has been sung in the streets and alleys of the county town. But some of the strange names in the nursery rhyme have left a deep impression on people.

Cookies, cream, bread, cakes, all kinds of weird names, I've never heard of them before.

It fully arouses people's curiosity.

They have lived in the county for so many years, and some of them have done business in other countries, but they have never heard of these strange things.

Everyone was looking forward to the opening of this Yikua Gaoxing store, and Yikua Gaoxing had become the most hotly discussed event in the city.

"By the way, have you heard of the pastry shop Yikuigaoxing? They are currently under renovation. They sell small cream cakes, mousse, and cookies. Have you heard of them?"

"There is no such pastry. I have never heard of it. Did it come from Japan?"

"Yes, my aunt lives in Beijing, and I've never heard of these names in pastry shops there. These must be products from other countries. I've traveled all over the country for so many years, and I've never heard of these names. I must go and see them when they open."

"My God, you have never seen or heard of this, so I must go and take a look."

"By the way, I heard that there will be gifts for the top 30. I wonder if it's true?"

"No matter if it's true or not, I have to go anyway. I've never heard of those cakes before, so it's good to go and see them. Maybe I can even try them for free."

"You're right. Anyway, we'll just go and have a look and join in the fun. If it tastes good, we'll buy some more."

Some people sitting in the teahouse drinking tea heard the children singing a happy family song.

I also saw that they were holding yellow round things similar to wife cakes in their hands.

Among them, a young man wearing a brocade robe and with an extraordinary temperament asked the children: "Children, brother asked you where did you get this thing from?"

The little girl stopped when she saw the older brother asking, and immediately answered word by word, not afraid of people at all: "A sister gave it to me. She asked me to sing this ballad, and she gave me this kind of cake to eat. It's delicious. Do you want to try it?"

The little girl stared with a pair of clever big eyes.

He took out a piece of wax paper from his bag, which contained fist-sized biscuits.

The biscuits are squeezed into various cute shapes. The shapes of puppies, ducks, chickens and pigs are adorable and very cute.

The young man stared at the biscuit and thought to himself, this happy proprietress is quite an odd person.

He took out a copper coin from his pocket and handed it to the little girl, then grabbed a few biscuits from the oil paper.

The little girl left with an even wider smile on her face. The elder sister had given them copper coins when she asked them to sing a ballad, and had also given them a lot of biscuits, and told them that if they met anyone who wanted to eat the cakes in their hands, they could share some with them. She didn't expect that the brother would actually give her money back.

"Thank you, brother." The little girl answered sweetly and politely.

"You're welcome." The young man smiled as gentle as jade.

The little girl rarely saw such a handsome brother here, her face turned red, and she led her friends to a more lively place. The singing kept echoing in her ears.

"Cookies, rolls..."

"Sir, would you like me to try this?"

A bald man with a feminine voice stood up, looked at the young man in his prime, and said to him.

"No need. This rare food has never been seen even in the palace. Let me try it and see what it tastes like." The young man narrowed his eyes and pinched the pig-shaped biscuit with his fingers, with unspeakable emotions surging in his eyes.

"Young master, all this land under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are the king's subjects. All of this belongs to the emperor, and also to you, young master." said the servant in a somewhat feminine voice.

After hearing this, the young man shook his head.

"It's not mine. As long as I haven't ascended to the supreme position, I must never let anyone else hear this."

The young man's voice suddenly became harsher, with hostility in his tone, and the aura around him became completely different.

"Yes, sir, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it again." said the servant.

"Try it too." The young man took a biscuit and put it in the servant's hand.

"Do you think General Lu will be here?"

General Lu?

"Sir, hasn't General Lu already returned to the capital and is on his way to pay his respects? How come he appears here?" The servant's face changed drastically.

"But someone has said that they saw General Lu here. Is this just a rumor?"

The young man raised his eyebrows slightly, and the aura around him became fierce. "Please vote"