Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 326

In the afternoon, ‘Food of Heaven’ began to build walls in the middle of the spacious backyard. Several rows of houses that were originally connected to each other were separated into two courtyards. 

One was naturally a place for employees to rest, and the other half had been repaired and no one was living there, so it became another place to entertain guests. 

Gu Yin arranged it herself, and then found someone else to customize some things.  

In the past ten days, the light food bar on the third floor didn’t need her to bother over promoting it, and there had been more female customers. 

It was rare to find such a place suitable for women’s gatherings and entertainment. Whether it was the layout, the food, or the side halls, it was all very pleasing.

Therefore, although only twenty or thirty people including Second Master Wen’s wife came on the opening day, with their spontaneous publicity, within a few days, the number of people radiated out to hundreds. 

The occupancy rate on the third floor quickly reached seventy or eighty percent. 

As soon as the guest room was ready, Gu Yin invited everyone to try it out. 

Second Madam Wen and the others naturally responded. 

When everyone went downstairs, they didn’t want to leave the restaurant. There was a small door at the back of the stairs. There was a maid next to the small door. If they encountered a male guest, she wouldn’t let him enter. 

That door was newly opened, and after half an hour, it led directly to the newly opened backyard. 

The light food bar on the third floor was already quiet, but after all, there were many male customers on the first and second floors, and it was not lively to call friends, as they could always hear some things from upstairs. 

The backyard was absolutely serene. 

Entering the yard, there were different sign boards in front of the entrances of several rooms. The signboards had inscriptions such as hair wash, foot bath, and body massage. Of course, there were some rooms next to them that could be directly occupied, with the words ‘guest rooms’.

Each wing room was not big, just enough to accommodate two or three people. Gu Yin introduced it to everyone, so that everyone could choose to be with their closest friends, or they could have a room by themselves. After all, whether it was to remove their buns and show hair, expose feet, or lie down for a massage, it was still a very private thing in that era. 

Since those people could be the first customers of the ladies bar, they were naturally more open-minded than ordinary women. So they quickly entered the rooms according to the things they wanted. 

Second Madam Wen smiled and pulled Gu Yin to the hair room.

The first time she saw this kind of leather chair for people to lie down on, she went up for a while and then lay down. 

The two were lying side by side, and a maid gently came up to remove their bun. 

After the hair was spread, the maids put the ends of their hair into a wooden bucket, scooped out warm water with a wooden spoon, and gently pressed the acupoints on their heads while washing. 

The maids were all the maids of Gu Yin’s house. Those who could serve in that master were either gifted or trained under numerous board punishment. Their service to the female relatives of ordinary small officials or wealthy merchants was a comfort like never before. 

Second Madam Wen had been complimenting the maid for her good craftsmanship, and she fell into a deep sleep listening to the sound of running water before she finished compliments.

After one wash, the maid who removed the hair bun came in to help comb their hair, and also adjusted the extra-smelling hair oil to make every strand of hair smooth. 

Seeing that Second Madam Wen hadn’t woken up yet, Gu Yin went out. After waiting for a long time, almost no one came out, so she called a maid to ask. Everyone’s situation was similar to that of Second Madam Wen. 

Second Madam Wen and the others finally woke up after a moment or two of rest. After waking up, they were not in a hurry to leave, they had to enjoy other things. 

After enjoying the massage from head to toe, and it was getting late, they just went up to the third floor to eat dinner, drink fruit brew, watch performances and play cards…

They didn’t want to go until curfew time, so they went downstairs and enjoyed the treatment again.

Anyway, there were wing rooms, so they could sleep there.

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Second Master Wen had recently become accustomed to his wife playing outside every day until it got dark before coming back. 

That day was even weird. She sent the servant with a message, saying that she would stay in ‘Food of Heaven’.

Of course, Second Madam Wen was not the only person, so when Wu Qingyi went to court before the new year, several officials looked at him strangely.