Beverage shops have just opened and after the business got on the right track, it was getting better and better. It could sell about 1200 drinks a day and when the weather was hot, the business was also particularly good, the highest time reaching 1800 cups.

In only half a month, he made more than ten thousand taels of silver. The high profits made Xiao Jinfeng excited every day.

The drinks in the beverage shop were especially popular with children, and parents who spoiled their children were willing to spend a little money occasionally to buy a cup of juice for their children at home.

“Have you bought the drinks? I want milk flavour.” Xiao Yuerong said to the servant who went to buy drinks.

“I bought it, here they are.”

Zheng Pei’er walked out from the house with a gloomy face.

Xiao Qingyan had already returned to the Academy. On that day, Xiao Jingting’s beverage shop just opened, Xiao Qingyan went to have a look, only to find that the shop was located in a remote location and the space was small. He thought that in a few days, it would close down.

After Xiao Qingyan gave his verdict that Xiao Jingting’s shop would close down sooner or later, he went back to the Academy. At that time, Zheng Pei’er didn’t take Xiao Jingting’s small shop seriously either.

However, the business of the beverage shop just went on and Zheng Pei’er had someone keep an eye on the shop. From the daily flow of customers, she estimated that the beverage shop’s daily income was around fifteen hundred taels.

One thousand five hundred taels! How much money would be earned in a month?! Zheng Pei’er felt jealous just by thinking about it.

Zheng Peier looked at Xiao Yuerong, her own son had become a loyal fan of the beverage shop so how could the business of the beverage shop be bad?

Seeing Zheng Pei’er, Xiao Yuerong, who was holding the cold drink, become evasive.

When the servant saw Zheng Pei’er, hurriedly called “Hello, madam.”

Zheng Pei’er looked at the flustered servant and said “Go and buy ten different drinks.” Zheng Pei’er waved her hand and gave the man ten taels of silver. The servant was stunned for a moment but quickly took the silver and ran away in a panic.

Xiao Yuerong said with some guilt “Mother, so you also wanted to have a drink!”

Knowing that Xiao Jingting opened a cold drink shop, Xiao Yuerong immediately scoffed, but before long, many children in the family drank it. Xiao Yuerong could not resist the temptation and sent someone to buy him a drink. After that, it got out of hand.

“Drinking, drinking, drinking will not kill you.” Zheng Pei’er thought to herself: What’s so special about the drinks in Xiao Jingting’s shop? She wanted to find out.

 

……

 

In beverage shop

“A total of twenty-two silver taels.” Xiao Xiaodong said in a serious manner.

An exquisite-looking girl took out the silver and smoothly wiped the oil on Xiao Xiaodong’s face “Little brother, you look really cute.”

Xiao Xiaodong squinted at the girl and said in a serious manner “Sister, even if you praise me for being cute, I won’t give you a discount.”

The young girl laughed and said “Little brother, you’re really cute.”

“Sister, your drinks are ready.” Xiao Xiaofan said.

The young girl smiled like a flower “Little brother, you’re cute too.”

Xiao Xiaofan said in a serious manner “Elder sister, you are blocking the people behind you, get out of the way!”

The young lady glared at Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaodong taking the drinks and leaving.

“A total of forty-eight silver taels.” Xiao Xiaodong said to a young master who stood behind the young girl.

Xiao Xiaofan filled a basket full of drinks and held it up to the man “Guest, your drink.”

“You have a lot of strength, little brother.” The man said.

Xiao Xiaofan nodded and said “”Well, I’m gifted. I’m so strong because I drank many drinks. Dear guest, if you drink like me, you will also become stronger.”

Xiao Xiaodong “……” Obviously eating a lot only helped you grow muscles, not your brain.

“Is that so? It turns out the drink also has this effect. I really need to drink more.” The man was very interested.

When the shop first started, because of the lack of manpower, Xiao Xiaodong and Xiao Xiaofan were both pulled when assembling. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaodong became the movable type of signboards in the shop and many people liked these two children very much.

In his spare time, Xiao Jinfeng looked at Xiao Xiaodong and Xiao Xiaofan and said “Xiaodong, Xiaofan, you are very popular!”

Xiao Xiaodong looked away, his cheeks immediately hot. But Xiao Xiaofan, who was praised only showed a big smile.

 

……

 

Xiao Jingting looked at Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaodong in front of the counter from a distance. His face burning, he was really shameless to use such a small child labor.

“Dad.” Seeing Xiao Jingting, Xiao Xiaofan was full of excitement as he reached his hands towards Xiao Jingting.

Xiao Jinfeng followed Xiao Xiaofan’s gaze and indeed saw Xiao Jingting.

Xiao Jinfeng handed over the matter in hand to the shopkeeper next to him and walked to welcome him.

“What are you doing here, third brother?” Xiao Jinfeng asked.

“I brought wine.” Xiao Jingting said.

“Fruit wine?” Xiao Jinfeng asked.

Xiao Jingting nodded and said “Yes! The taste of the wine is very light and sweet, so it shouldn’t be to your taste. However, don’t worry, Xu Muan already sent you your share.”

Xiao Jinfeng patted Xiao Jingting’s shoulder and said with a smile “Younger brother, you are wonderful.”

Xiao Jingting rubbed Xiao Xiaodong’s head and said “Son, I heard that you are fast and accurate in calculating accounts! There is no mistake in collecting money, it’s very impressive!”

Xiao Xiaodong was flattered, but he still maintained a cool expression on his face as he said “That’s nothing.”

Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Jingting and couldn’t wait anymore “What about me? What about me? Daddy, you only praised my brother but not me.”

“You! I heard you had a good appetite and ate a lot, and almost peed your pants.”

Xiao Xiaofan flushed with anxiety as he said “I didn’t pee my pants. I haven’t peed in my pants for a long time.”

Xiao Jingting “..”

After introducing a variety of different drinks, the beverage shop introduced fruit wine priced at five hundred taels per bottle. The price of fruit wine was a bit high, however since the beverage shop had made a name for itself, people still bought it to try it.

The fruit wine was made with premium ingredients and was limited to six bottles per day, which made demand quickly excess supply.

 

……

 

The business of the beverage store was booming. Xu Muan and Xiao Jingting developed several new products and put them into the store.

All the crops planted in Xiao Jingting’s fields were made into finished products and sent to the beverage shop. As Xiao Jingting counted the silver bills, his eyes were shining brightly.

“A total of thirty-two thousand taels, what a great profit!” After deducting the cost and dividing Xiao Jinfeng’s twenty percent dividend, there was still thirty-two thousand taels left, which was really good.

Xu Muan looked at Xiao Jingting and said “Pay back the debt, and buy some more spiritual jade.”

Xiao Jingting nodded and said “That’s right! Also, let’s buy another space ring.”

Xu Muan was a little puzzled “Why do you like space rings so much?”

Xiao Jingting shrugged and said “That is a dream that many many people can’t reach throughout their lives.”

Xu Muan looked at Xiao Jingting’ sappearance, and immediately understood. These ‘many people‘ he was talking about were from other world? “Then buy one, it will be easier to deliver.”

“The spiritual jade is of little use now, do you think there are other things?” Xiao Jingting asked.

Xu Muan thought for a while and said “There are good and bad quality spiritual jade. The ones we came across before were of poorer quality. Aside from this quality of spiritual jade, the price of middle grade spiritual jade is between 500 and 600 taels of silver, the price of top grade spiritual jade is one thousand taels. There is also a kind of resource called spiritual stone on top of spiritual jade. But spiritual stone only circulates in big cities. There are relatively few here and the worst quality spiritual stone should cost ten thousand taels of silver.”

Xiao Jingting “……”

“Let’s earn money first. Without silver, everything is useless.” Xiao Jingting said.

Xu Muan nodded and said “All right.”

“With the silver, first buy a batch of top quality spirit jade.” Xiao Jingting said.

Xu Muan nodded and said “OK, by the way, how is the sparrow orchid in the space?”

Xiao Jingting shook his head and said “It has finally sprouted, but it will still take a long time for them to grow.”

Xu Muan let out a sigh of relief and said “As long as they can sprout, it will take a long time to reach the peak of the fifth level of Qi Practice anyway.”

“Not really.” Xiao Jingting shook his head. If he cultivated to the fifth level of Qi Practice just by relying on meditation every day, he wouldn’t be able to feel the rising aura. But even he, who relied on spiritual spring water to nourish himself every day, could feel only limited increase in aura. No wonder Xiao Qingyan had been at fifth level of Qi Practice for the past 5 or 6 years.

 

……

 

Sun Miaoyin looked at the beverage store across the street from a distance and said “Is this the one?”

“Yes, Miss, this is the one. Look at the two children collecting money. The older one is very smart and never made any mistakes. The smaller one is not very bright, but is very strong.” The maid said.

Sun Miaoyin squinted slightly. He was not very bright – was a nice way to put it. According to her sister, Xiao Jingting’s youngest son was born with a high fever and became a fool!

“Such a shop can make a profit of 5000 taels a day?“ Sun Miaoyin was a little surprised.

The maid nodded “Yes, the spiritual wine is limited to six bottles per day, five hundred taels per bottle, this is already three thousand taels, plus the money for cold drinks. About 5000 taels more or less. It is said that some high-end new drinks have been produced in the store recently and a cup costs three or four taels of silver but many people still buy it.”

“It’s so expensive and there are still people buying it?” Sun Miaoyin asked.

“Yes! The spiritual fruit squeezed to make fruit juice is of a higher grade, and it contains spiritual energy, which not only tastes good, but can improve one’s cultivation. However, the spiritual energy contained in it is also limited, it is only useful to some children who just started cultivating. I heard that all ingredients are grown by Xiao Jingting.” The maid said.

Sun Miaoyin nodded and said “Really? Let’s go.”

“Hello, what can I get for you?” Xiao Xiaofan asked.

“Six bottles of spiritual wine.” Sun Miaoyin said.

Xiao Xiaofan tilted his head, looked towards Sun Miaoyin seriously and said “There aren’t six bottles left. Three bottles have already been bought, only three left.”

“Then three bottles.” Sun Miaoyin said.

Xiao Xiaofan opened his throat and shouted “Second Uncle, Second Uncle, big customer come to buy the wine!”

“Idiot!” Xiao Xiaodong yelled.

Xiao Xiaofan sulked “Elder brother really hates me, scolding me again.”

Xiao Jinfeng came out with a smile and said “The big customer is here! Let me see.” When Xiao Jinfeng saw Sun Miaoyin on the other side of the counter, his expression changed quickly “Miss Sun! Wine, right? Three bottles of spiritual wine costs 1,500 taels of silver.”

Xiao Xiaodong glanced towards Sun Miaoyin and said indifferently “1,500 taels of silver.”

Sun Miaoyin’s face tensed as she took out the silver notes and gave it to Xiao Xiaodong.

Xiao Jinfeng took the wine and gave it to Sun Miaoyin, without saying anything more to Sun Miaoyin, he went to work on other things.

Sun Miaoyin’s face darkened as she watched Xiao Jinfeng leaving.

“Oh my, the big customer has left. Brother, you didn’t even give her a VIP card to come again next time.” Xiao Xiaofan muttered.

“It will not be given to this one.” Xiao Xiaodong said.

Xiao Xiaofan was puzzled, “Why don’t give this one?”

“I said don’t give it, so don’t give it. There’s no reason.” Xiao Xiaodong held his head high.

Xiao Xiaofan flattened his mouth and said “Brother is really overbearing.”

Xiao Xiaodong snorted lightly and said “You are an innocent little kid, you don’t understand.”

After a while, Xiao Jinfeng came out. Xiao Xiaodong took out the silver notes and said “Second uncle, this is the bank note given by the woman just now.” Xiao Xiaodong was afraid of losing money, so he would give it to Xiao Jinfeng every once in a while.

“Today’s sales are good.” Xiao Jinfeng said.

“The sales in the last few days have been very good! When I earn more money, I’ll ask dad to buy me a pony that can fly.” Xiao Xiaofan said.

Xiao Xiaodong snorted and said “Just spend money recklessly.”

“Brother, don’t keep splashing me with cold water! If you keep throwing cold water on me for buying the pony, I will not let you ride it.” Xiao Xiaofan threatened.

Xiao Xiaodong “……”

 

Edited by: Tetsu

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