Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 133 Tan Mansion

Master Tan and Song Sanniang then discussed making the first batch of furniture. The first batch of furniture was bunk beds. They first made a batch of 50 bunk beds made of ordinary wood.

One is the same as the one Song Sanniang ordered, sold for 20 taels each, 20 pieces were made.

A simple version, without drawers, and the step ladder is installed directly on the bed and cannot be moved. It sells for 15 taels per piece, and 30 pieces are made.

Then Song Sanniang gave some marketing advice, asking to put the Tan family's mark on the bunk bed, so that everyone would know that the bunk bed was made by the Tan family and to identify it as Tan's.

After discussing all these, Song Sanniang talked to Master Tan about the design of furniture for her new house. Because the new house was relatively large, she would first order the necessary furniture, and then slowly add the rest later.

First, there are the sofas and coffee tables in the living room, then the dining tables and chairs, the beds, wardrobes, dressing tables, etc. in each room, and the desks and bookshelves in the study. I can’t finish talking about them all in a short time, and it’s time for lunch again.

So Master Tan asked Song Sanniang to stay for dinner, and Song Sanniang agreed without hesitation.

Originally, Song Sanniang thought she would eat in the study, but Master Tan took her out through the back door of the backyard and into a three-story house opposite.

"This is my home. Come and visit me when you are free. I like young girls the most. I have three daughters, but two of them are married. There is one little daughter left at home. You will see her later."

Song Sanniang entered Master Tan's house and felt that there were not many servants. The two of them went into the dining room, where several dishes were already set on the table.

However, there were not many people at the table, only Master Tan's old wife, Mrs. Song, and his youngest daughter, Tan Shulan. There was only an old nanny serving beside them. When they saw Master Tan come in with a little girl, they both looked over curiously.

Master Tan asked Song Sanniang to sit down, and then he sat down next to Song. "Old lady, this is the girl Song I mentioned to you before. What a coincidence, she has the same last name as you."

After that, he turned to Song Sanniang and said, "This is my old wife, you can just call her Grandma Song. This is my youngest daughter, Shulan. You are older than her, so you can just call her Lan girl."

Song Sanniang stood up and saluted, greeting her, "Aunt Song." When she called out like that, Song's face lit up with smiles, "Oh, this girl, I'm a grandmother, and you still call me aunt."

Song Sanniang couldn't call Aunt Song "Grandma" because of her face that looked to be in her forties. She was quite puzzled that Aunt Song had given birth to so many children, but she still looked so young and maintained a good figure.

She spoke her heart out honestly, which made Song even happier. She greeted Shulan again.

At this time, Master Tan asked, "Why didn't the eldest son's family come to eat? Where are the second son's wife and children, and the third and fourth sons?" The second son of the Tan family had already returned to the government school.

"The eldest brother was studying the blueprint you gave him all day long. He ate all of his food in his yard. His two children got some pastries from somewhere before dinner and ate them even though they were full. His wife also stopped eating.

The second son’s wife had a big stomach and couldn’t stand being hungry, so she took the older one to eat first. Xiao Cao had already called the third and fourth sons to come and eat.”

Just as Song finished speaking, a young couple and a teenager walked into the living room. The woman was pregnant.

If Song Sanniang had known that so many people from the Tan family were having dinner, she would not have agreed to stay for dinner. She originally thought that she could just eat casually in the study.

The three of them sat down and looked at Song Sanniang curiously. Song Sanniang smiled and nodded to everyone as a greeting.

Master Tan laughed and said, "Don't be shy, Song girl. That's my third son, Tan Dong, and next to him is his wife, Cai."

He pointed at the young man and said angrily, "This is my fourth child, Tan Feng. He's one year older than you, and he acts like a child all day long."

Song Sanniang greeted everyone readily, and everyone else responded with a smile, except Tan Fenghe, who was grinning foolishly.

"No matter how smart you are, you still have to call me brother." When he said this, Master Tan was so angry that he almost fell backwards.

Song Sanniang didn't mind and said with a smile, "You flatter me too much. I'm just a country girl who can't even read all the words. I can't say I'm smart."

Tan Feng snorted complacently when he heard this, "That's better." The atmosphere at the table suddenly became awkward.

Fortunately, a few more dishes were served in the kitchen at this time. After Master Tan scolded Tan Feng, he called Song Sanniang to pick up her chopsticks and said, "Hurry up and try our chef's cooking skills to see if it's not worse than the ones in your restaurant."

Song Sanniang looked at the dishes on the table. They were very rich, but they looked like Jiangsu cuisine, including squirrel fish, stewed lion's head, sweet and sour spareribs, etc.

So she asked first, and Master Tan nodded and said, "I didn't expect a girl like you to know Jiangsu cuisine. You're right, my wife is from Jiangsu, and these are her favorite dishes."

Song also smiled and advised Song Sanniang to eat more, so Song Sanniang started to eat obediently, which made Tan Feng click his tongue and make strange sounds. During the meal, he attracted more than a dozen murderous looks from Master Tan.

After dinner, Master Tan's family was very particular. The servants served everyone tea to rinse their mouths and hot towels to wash their hands.

Master Tan asked his family to chat with Song Sanniang. Tan Feng quietly slipped away without knowing when.

Master Tan secretly sighed that his plan to have Song Sanniang as his daughter-in-law seemed to have failed as his son was not yet enlightened.

Song Sanniang, Song, Cai and Shulan were chatting happily, because Song Sanniang could talk about anything with them, and she was a sweet talker, so she could coax the three women of different ages around.

In a short while, the three of them kept calling her "Sanniang Sanniang" and wanted to go to her store to spend money. Song Sanniang really liked chatting with them. She was not trying to please them.

Because Song was a girl from the south of the Yangtze River. Although she was old, her every smile and frown was full of elegance and charm, which made people unable to take their eyes off her.

Shulan also inherited her fair and delicate skin. Although she was young and did not have that kind of elegant charm, she was dignified and graceful, and her eyes were full of vitality. Cai was completely different. She was a straightforward and generous person.

Master Tan was happy to see Song Sanniang having a great time chatting with them. Later, when he saw that it was almost time, he went back to the store with Song Sanniang to continue talking about making furniture.

After a long discussion and deliberation, the two finally determined the prices and construction period of various drawings and signed the contract.

While it was still early, the two of them went to the government office to sign the deed for their share of the profits, and then Master Tan sent Song Sanniang back to their sweet home.