Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 678: Chapter 679: Best to spread rice shops across Xiyun Kingdom_1

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On the following day, after feeding their four children milk, An Jing and Xiao Changyi held the children as they boarded the carriage, planning to head to the county town.

Meng Zhuqing sat outside the carriage, driving the horses forward.

Inside the carriage, the four children were riding in a carriage for the first time. Although the road was quite smooth, there was still some jolting, but the children seemed very happy, as if they were being playfully bounced around.

Seeing that the children were not at all afraid but rather joyful, An Jing and Xiao Changyi felt at ease.

With the four children babbling away, the carriage was filled with lively noise on the way to the county.

Xiao Changyi actually didn’t like noisy environments; he preferred tranquility. However, in this carriage were his wife and children, people he was willing to protect with his life. Therefore, he harbored no dislike for this bustle.

In fact, his heart felt warm and soft.

This was affection.

It was an affection he had never experienced before.

This affection was different from what Old Hunter Liu gave, and also unlike what the Emperor of Xiyun and Su Chengyu gave.

As they hadn’t informed Meng Lanqing beforehand, when An Jing and Xiao Changyi arrived at An’s Rice Shop, Meng Lanqing, the Store Manager, was not waiting for them at the entrance.

However, as soon as a shop assistant saw Xiao Changyi get off the carriage, he recognized their employer whom they hadn’t seen for nearly two years. The assistant hurriedly went to the backyard to inform Meng Lanqing.

Meng Lanqing was drinking tea with his wife Gong Juese at a stone table in the backyard when he heard from the assistant that Xiao Changyi had arrived. He immediately stood up to go out and welcome them.

Meng Lanqing also helped to carry a child into the rice shop.

After looking around An’s Rice Shop, An Jing said to Meng Lanqing with a smile, ”We feel at ease with you managing the rice shop. It’s just that we’ve had not much to do at home and were quite idle, so we came to have a look at the shop to see if anything has changed. Now that we’ve seen it, other than the renovations making it look new again, there seems to be no other changes.”

Meng Lanqing replied respectfully, ”This rice shop hasn’t changed much, but the other rice shops have undergone quite significant changes, all of them have expanded. When will the employer and madam visit them?”

An Jing said, ”That won’t be necessary. They are too far away, just take care of them.”

Up to now, An’s Rice Shop already had sixteen branches, all located in different county towns and far away from Qilin County. An Jing really didn’t want to take the children on long journeys.

Meng Lanqing answered, ”Understood.”

When An Jing and Xiao Changyi entered the Rice Shop Accounting Room and no outsiders were around, Meng Lanqing lowered his voice and reported, ”Sir, madam, all the grain you asked to be stored has been fully accumulated.”

An Jing’s eyes immediately lit up with joy, ”That fast?”

”Yes,” Meng Zhuqing nodded with certainty.

An Jing felt even more reassured. She had thought it would take several more years, but they had managed to accumulate hundreds of thousands of catties of grain so quickly. The Qian Wei Tavern was making a lot of money.

After exchanging a smile with Xiao Changyi, An Jing continued, ”Then from now on, maintain this quantity. Sell the old grain and store the new, but make sure this amount is preserved.”

”Understood,” Meng Lanqing respectfully affirmed.

After pondering for a moment, An Jing added, ”If there’s spare money, we can continue to open more branches of the rice shop. It would be best to open our family’s rice shops in every county of Xiyun Kingdom.”

”Understood.”

Just then, someone knocked on the door; it was Gong Juese, ”Husband, Jingjing, Brother Changyi, Se Se and I have brought you some tea.”