Daily life of the mistress

Chapter 42 Dongsheng and Xiamei

    West Street, West City.

    Xikelai Grocery.

    Kyoto is a prosperous capital, with the east side of the city mostly inhabited by the rich and powerful, the north side is the imperial city, and the south and west sides of the city are where ordinary people live.

    Xikelai Grocery Store is located on the main street in the west of the city. There is a lot of business coming and going in the store every day, and the business is very good.

    "Miss!"

    Lu Lingyun's carriage entered the backyard of the Xikelai Grocery Store in a low-key manner. As soon as she landed, a girl wearing sleeves and an apron, dressed in a capable outfit, rushed forward excitedly.

    It was Zhiran, the trusted maidservant that Lu Lingjun sent out.

    "Are you able to adapt to the outside world?" Lu Lingjun was very happy when he saw Zhiran.

    "Everything is fine with me except that I can't see the young lady." Zhiran said excitedly.

    Lu Lingjun saw that her face was rosy, she was full of energy, her eyes were bright, and her temperament had changed a lot since she was in the mansion.

    More capable, more energetic, and more calm, Lu Lingjun couldn't help but feel extremely satisfied.

    This is the butler she has devoted herself to cultivating.

    In this life, she doesn't have to pave the way for Li Wenxun like she did in her previous life, consuming herself along the way as nutrients for his growth. In this life, she married into a marquis's mansion and entered a rich and vast new world.

    In a place like this, she no longer has to sacrifice herself and struggle to move forward. She can just stretch her body to absorb plenty of sunlight and strengthen herself.

    Internally, she took root in the Marquis' Mansion and firmly controlled it. Externally, she could use all resources to expand her own livelihood.

    Everything that can be hers must be hers.

    Today, Lu Lingjun owns three shops: a restaurant, a silk and fabric store, and this Xikelai grocery store.

    The monthly revenue of each of these three shops is more than three hundred taels, which is almost one thousand taels a month.

    In addition, she also had five farms with more than twenty tenant farmers, and the annual output was about three thousand taels.

    These are all Lu Lingyun’s private income and do not belong to the Marquis’ Mansion.

    "Miss, this time we used all our available money to buy charcoal. We bought 10,000 carts of charcoal at one time, for a total of 9,170 taels of silver. We filled four warehouses with charcoal. They are all here."

    Zhiran excitedly reported the accounts to Lu Lingjun. It was almost November now, and the weather was getting colder. The price of charcoal was rising. Fortunately, Lu Lingjun asked her to purchase it early. A cart of charcoal used to cost less than one tael of silver, but now it has risen to one and a half taels.

    "very good."

    Lu Lingjun inspected the four warehouses.

    Half a piece of red gauze and a yard of silk are tied to the ox's head as a substitute for charcoal.

    In the cold winter, a cartload of charcoal normally costs two taels of silver. But this winter, the highest price of charcoal has soared to five taels of silver per cartload, and it is hard to get one. She has stockpiled ten thousand cartloads of charcoal, and she has definitely made a fortune this year.