Chapter 822 I've never seen anyone settle accounts with small bricks

On such an important day, the General’s Mansion and the Prince of Dingbei’s Mansion will definitely come to congratulate.

Steward Zhou of Prince Dingbei's mansion came with two servants to present gifts, including two adorable big golden pigs.

"Future Crown Princess, my old prince and the Crown Prince have been summoned to the palace by the Emperor today, so they are unable to come and congratulate you on the opening of your shop. The Crown Prince asked me to apologize to you on his behalf, and he said he would come over after he leaves the palace. In addition, the Crown Prince also asked me to bring ten servants to help. If you need them to do anything, just tell them, and they will treat you as their master."

"Okay, thank you. Please thank your master for me. Uncle Zhou, please don't call me the future prince's consort. Just call me Qiao Ran or Miss Qiao from now on!"

"Okay, Miss Qiao. I have something else to do at home, so I'll go back first. I wish your shop a prosperous opening, a thriving business, and lots of money!"

"Thank you! Take care!"

After seeing off Butler Zhou, Qiao Ran handed over ten servants from the palace to his second uncle and asked him to arrange for these people to help.

Then, she personally placed two big golden pigs on both sides of the counter, which was both festive and auspicious.

This made the customers jealous. The two huge golden pigs made of such precious pure gold were placed there so openly without any fear of being coveted.

In the General's Mansion, in addition to General Zheng who was in the military camp in the suburbs, Old Madam Zheng and Zheng Lin also came with Xiao Lan'er.

Seeing that the store was too busy, they rolled up their sleeves and helped do things within their ability such as displaying goods and patrolling to prevent theft.

They also brought ten guards, but Qiao Ran did not let them into the store to help. Instead, she asked them to maintain order at the door.

It was because there were so many people wanting to enter the supermarket that those at the door couldn't squeeze in. The people inside were also crowded together, making it difficult to turn around. Some people almost got into a fight because they were trying to grab the same item.

When ten guards from the general's mansion stood at the door, they created a powerful pressure that calmed the chaotic crowd.

They asked the people outside to line up and enter the store in batches, and things gradually became orderly.

But the people at the door were waiting anxiously, fearing that all the things inside had been snatched away, and they all stretched their necks to look inside.

Qiao Ran brought out another large stack of flyers and asked the children in the village to distribute them to the people queuing at the door. After reading the flyers, those people wanted to go into the store to take a look.

All the goods on the shelves, whether they were fruits, vegetables, dried goods, meat, fish, or eggs, were quickly sold out. Fortunately, there were a lot of goods in stock, so Qiao Dajiang and Qiao Sanhu led the men in the village to move the goods one trip at a time, while Zheng Huiniang and Lin Guizhen led the women and girls to be busy arranging the goods.

Qiao Erhe and Master Sun were each using an abacus to count the bills at the counter. There were too many people queuing up to pay, and the beads on their abacus were sparking, but they could not keep up with the speed of the queue getting longer.

Seeing this, Qiao Ran took out an electronic calculator from the space to help with the accounting.

"What the hell is this? Can it be calculated accurately? Is it a scam? Please don't make a mistake in my calculations. If you overcharge me, I will be scolded when I go back!"

A steward dressed in brocade clothes with a sharp face and a shrewd look came to Qiao Ran's side first with two servants carrying two large bamboo baskets full of things, but questioned the rare things she took out.

The people in the back couldn't help but murmur:

"Yes, I have only seen accountants and shopkeepers using abacus to calculate accounts, but I have never seen anyone using a small brick to calculate accounts. Are they trying to extort money from us?"

Others followed suit, and some were afraid that she was cheating, so they carried their baskets and went to the back of the other two long lines.