Although the Ming family was a wealthy merchant family, they had to pay the Bai Family a significant dividend every month. On top of that, business at their Hongyan store had plummeted. Now, compared to Yueji next door, it was looking incredibly bleak.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were losing money every day. Fortunately, Ming Wei was clever and came up with the idea of making lychee soup. Now, the Ming Family Restaurant was raking in a fortune.
This made up for the profits lost from Hongyan.
Lychees were originally a tribute item for the palace. Even some noble families in Chang'an could only get their hands on a few. As for the minor officials and merchants, they couldn't even dream of eating lychees in Chang'an.
Even among the noble families, aside from the Imperial relatives, any lychees they received had to be given to the elders first. Many of the wives and young ladies never got any.
