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Chapter 392 Selling Popsicles

The beauty salon has not yet opened, and all work is in the final preparation. Zheng Sisi is busy with other things.

This year, there was a large amount of ice for sale in the capital, so the wealthy families never lacked ice and indeed had a comfortable summer.

This also made the Ministry of Revenue earn a lot of money, and the national treasury was no longer penniless. Ministers had to compete with each other in wits and courage to approve some expenses, and some money would be deducted from the Ministry of Revenue.

The fullness of the national treasury this year has made the Ministry of Revenue much more generous.

Zheng Sisi found the weather too hot recently, with many people walking on the street and working in shops, all sweating profusely. So she thought of a way to sell popsicles.

She customized dozens of wooden boxes at the carpenter shop. They were square and had sliding doors on top. They could hold about 15 to 20 pounds of things. She then attached two strips of cloth to the wooden boxes as straps and covered them with small cotton quilts.

After she stuffed the small quilt into the wooden box, she put several kinds of popsicles in it. One box could hold forty popsicles.

She did not ask her own people to sell the popsicles. Instead, she found some children aged ten to fifteen from poor families and some little beggars, dressed them in clean clothes, and asked them to help sell popsicles in her shop.

Considering that they had no money, Zheng Sisi provided convenience to everyone and gave them wooden boxes for free. Every day, everyone got popsicles from her. She would buy them at half the market price and pay them after they sold them.

The popsicles in the ice shop in the food court are four cents each, and they are given to the street vendors for two cents each. There are forty popsicles in a box, and they can take a box away for eighty cents. They return the boxes after they have sold all the popsicles, and they can get more boxes if they want to sell more.

The weather is hot everywhere now, so many people are willing to spend four cents to buy a cool drink on the street and in front of shops.

Therefore, some people who are strong and fast can sell four boxes of popsicles a day. After deducting the cost, each person can earn more than 300 coins a day. This income is higher than the average adult's wage, so many people sell it.

They can be seen on every street in Beijing. Some people sit at home and want to eat popsicles. They just wave their hands outside the door and someone will deliver them to their door.

Zheng Sisi's action also reduced the number of beggars gathering in the capital to beg for food, and social security also improved a lot.

Yes, who wouldn’t want to make money and get rid of poverty, except for those who are lazy to heart.

With the addition of these beggars, Zheng Sisi decided that she could select workers from among them when the workshop needed them in the future.

In modern times, they may be labeled as unscrupulous businessmen, employing child labor, and be fined. But here, most people have no human rights and can be sold as slaves at a young age. If you can provide everyone with food and job opportunities, you are a great good person, a living bodhisattva.

Zheng Sisi didn't want to be a philanthropist. She just couldn't stand the social atmosphere and wanted to change it. Since she had the ability, she would help others, which might allow more people to see the bright sunshine.

After another half a month of preparation and hard work, the beauty salon is finally open for business.

The customers this time are female, so men are not allowed to enter the beauty salon.

After experiencing the service of the hair salon, Duke Zheng Lao led a serious protest, with Zhong Ruiyu dancing the most happily.

Zheng Laoguogong said: "Granddaughter, do you have to consider the needs of consumers? You can't turn us away. This goes against the original intention of doing business, doesn't it?"

Zhong Ruiyu said, "Yes, why can only women go into the hair salon to wash their hair, but we men can't? You are treating us differently, and I don't accept it."

Zheng Zhiyuan said: "Yes, forget about beauty salons, they are for washing faces, men have rough skin, so it's fine if they don't wash their faces, but hair salons must let us go there too, otherwise I will go there to protest every day."

Although Sheng Zhen didn't say anything, he looked at Zheng Sisi pitifully. That pitiful expression made people feel sorry for him.

Old Madam Zheng and a few little maids sat nearby without saying a word. They just smiled at Zheng Sisi in unison. The only thing missing was a plate of melon seeds in front of them.

Zheng Sisi held her forehead with her hand and glared at the few young ladies who were watching the fun. She said, "The receptionists in the hair salon are all noble ladies. For the sake of everyone's reputation and to avoid suspicion, we can't let you in."

Zhong Ruiyu yelled again: "Impossible? What if we want to wash our hair?"

Zheng Sisi glared at him and yelled, "Don't you know how to listen to me?"

Zhong Ruiyu touched his nose and said, "Hey, go ahead, go ahead. I won't interrupt you."