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On the first day of the grand opening, the sales at Rice Flower Fragrance could only be described as astonishing.

Meng Liangdong, looking at the ledger, calculated it over and over again, sweat beads forming on his forehead.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t count, but the more he calculated, the more startled he became.

After calculating the first time and seeing the somewhat huge number, he thought he had made a mistake.

But the second time, the third time, and even the fourth time, it was the same number, leaving him completely astonished.

Two hundred and sixty-eight taels—not even counting the small change he let those customers off! If the discount they offered was added on top of that, the sales for the day would surely be much more than this!

He had been in this shop for more than ten years, and even during the best business times his parents had, there was never a year they exceeded thirty taels of silver. But this young lady, she had reached nearly three hundred taels of silver in one day!

And this didn’t even take into account the deposits that Ma Xiaonan made when ordering wedding cakes.

"How about it, Mr. Meng, have you finished calculating yet?"

Compared to Lin Yuan, who was leisurely drinking tea with her family at the table, Liuzi was much more anxious.

After all, he had personally overseen everything from selecting the location to the renovation of this shop.

Today, he had spared no effort running back and forth, treating Rice Flower Fragrance as if it were his own, and naturally had higher expectations for the sales.

As soon as Liuzi asked this, everyone else also pricked up their ears. To tell the truth, probably only Lin Yuan herself was not curious in the whole room.

Meng Liangdong wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, looked up at Lin Yuan, saw her nodding slightly, then swallowed his saliva. His throat felt a bit dry as he said, "Two hundred, two hundred and sixty-eight taels of silver."

Two hundred?

Lin Jiaxin, who was drinking tea, spat out the tea he had yet to swallow, which made him cough so violently that he couldn’t sit up straight.

Lady Liu was even more shocked, and if not for the inconvenience of her belly, she would have probably jumped up to see if Meng Liangdong had made a mistake in the accounts.

At this moment, however, Liuzi had already darted to the counter, grabbed the ledger, and stuttered, "Mr. Meng, are you, are you sure you haven’t made a mistake? Could there be an extra hundred taels? Huh? Calculate it again, why does my heart feel so unreal?"

Meng Liangdong also gave a dry laugh. Their reactions were just like his own before. But this was truly real, as real as it could be.

"It’s true, I’ve calculated it four times! There’s definitely no mistake! It’s two hundred and sixty-eight taels of silver!" Meng Liangdong spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders, then suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, I forgot to count in the gifts from Miss Jin and Shopkeeper Liu."

Saying so, he was about to take the abacus and calculate again.

But just as his fingertips touched the abacus, Meng Liangdong lifted his head in confusion and glanced at the golden, smiling, and benevolent God of Wealth on the counter. How was this to be calculated?

Lin Yuan read his helpless and confused expression and chuckled, putting down her teacup and clapping her hands, "Alright, no need to count. That income just now is actually quite satisfactory, pretty close to what I had predicted."

Liuzi and the others looked at Lin Yuan in shock. What did she mean by "pretty close"? Why did it seem like the mistress of the house was not quite satisfied with the income?

Truth be told, Lin Yuan was indeed not quite satisfied. Once the reputation of Rice Flower Fragrance was established, it wasn’t just about two hundred and sixty-eight taels—she could double that amount.

Moreover, many customers who visited today had compared her Rice Flower Fragrance with the Century-old Cake Shop.

It was her fault for not having checked out that store before the opening, not knowing what their products were like.

Although she was very confident in her own skills, the competition was an established shop that had been in business for many years.