Jiangyu Mufeng

Before the Lantern Festival, Du Jianfeng came to the town and invited Li Wei and the others to have a drink. Knowing that their day's work would be over after the fireworks display, he deliberately waited at the gate of the yamen.As soon as Li Wei came out, he saw Du Jianfeng, he was a little surprised, and asked: "Just then Xiaoliu said you captured a thief, I went to patrol, and I'm not here."

Before Du Jianfeng could speak, Mu Jiangyu said, "So husband, you are not going to meet acquaintances."

Du Jianfeng looked at Li Wei angrily, and said in his heart that he was going to demolish Lao Tzu.But now that the matter has come to this point, he is unwilling to say more, and only asks: "Is there any result to what I asked you last time?"

"You said you want to rent a shop?" Li Wei said: "This matter has a clue. I asked about several places, and I think two are very good."

"Oh?" Du Jianfeng became interested and asked, "Which two places?"

"One is a shop on East Street. It has two floors, a backyard, and a cellar. It can be said to have everything you need, but the rent is very expensive, eight taels of silver a month." Li Wei said: "There is also a shop on North Street. , which is about the same size as the one on East Street, but there is no cellar, five taels of silver a month. The rent starts at least three months, and the deposit is five taels of silver."

Du Jianfeng realized his goal, so he patted Li Wei on the shoulder and said, "Thank you very much, when will you take a rest?"

"The day after tomorrow."

"Well, I will come to you in the future, and I will definitely rent one of these two shops, and I will trouble you to bring me with me when the time comes." Du Jianfeng said.

"Don't talk about troubles between you and my friends." Li Wei smiled and said, "You just buy me more drinks when you open a shop."

"That's natural. It's getting late, so I'll go back first." Du Jianfeng bid farewell to Li Wei, and led Mu Jiangyu to the village.

"Husband, which shop do you want to rent?" Mu Jiangyu asked.

In fact, Mu Jiangyu was a little afraid of the dark, but now holding Du Jianfeng's hand, he felt that nothing was scary anymore, and he even hoped that the road would be longer and that he and her husband could walk longer.

Du Jianfeng walked with his fingers intertwined, just like many couples we met on the street before. Many people in their village came to see the lanterns. The road is not so deserted at the moment, and many people are going back on the way.Hearing Mu Jiangyu asked him, he asked Mu Jiangyu back, "Which one does Xiaoyu think is better?"

Du Jianfeng didn't have to ask Mu Jiangyu to make a decision, but he really wanted to hear Mu Jiangyu's opinion, because Mu Jiangyu had learned a lot from him in the past half a year, and he also had a good understanding of business. The two of them support this family, and he has never treated Mu Jiangyu as a woman. He has fallen in love with Mu Jiangyu himself, and if he bends over, he will bend over. There is nothing wrong with it. If you spoil him, please spoil him. But there are some things that you have to let him do.

"Let me tell you..." Mu Jiangyu scratched his head with the other hand that was not being held, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I started off as a shop on Zhongyi North Street. The reason is very simple. It’s very cheap. We don’t have much silver on hand now, only 60 taels. If there is still a deposit of 20 taels of silver when the rent starts in March, we have to hand over 40 taels, and the remaining [-] taels of silver. It can be used to buy some new tables and chairs, and to buy things we need to open a shop."

"Well, yes, I'm still planning." Du Jianfeng said, "Why did you say you liked the shop on North Street in the first place?"

"But I thought about it later. In fact, the shops on East Street are better. East Street is the only way for four or five villages to pass. Moreover, the market is held on the eighth of every month. There are more people there. The most important thing is that the shop on the East Street has a cellar." Speaking of this, Mu Jiangyu was a little excited: "If we open a shop, there will definitely be many customers coming to eat, I have this confidence that what we make will be very popular , although we have to be conscientious not to give customers overnight leftovers. But we always have endless ingredients. If we have a cellar, we can keep them for two or three days. There is also a deposit of five taels of silver, so we have to give 29 taels of silver at the beginning."

"Then Xiaoyu is confident that we can earn back the rental money with my husband and earn a little more?" Du Jianfeng stretched out his fingers, then wrapped Mu Jiangyu's small hand in his palm, and asked him.

"En!" Mu Jiangyu nodded vigorously, and said, "So my husband, let's rent a big shop with a cellar on East Street?"

"Okay, listen to Fu Lang." Du Jianfeng said: "After opening the shop, Xiaoyu will be the accountant of our shop, from a young housekeeper to a big housekeeper!"

Mu Jiangyu raised his head, looking very proud, on the surface he was calm, but in fact he was already smiling.

It was already late at night when the two of them got home, and there was no time to boil hot water for a bath, so they just wiped their hands hastily and fell asleep.He Xuelian also knew that they had gone out to play at night, so she didn't call them when they had dinner the next morning. She left food for them and went to make pastries.

Years later, they bought a lot of chickens and ducks from the town to raise, but they didn't buy geese, and they didn't know why. They made pastries, and Du Damin and He Xuelian went to the backyard to feed these poultry. Come and work harder.

Du Jianfeng calculated his savings with Mu Jiangyu at home, and made a list of other things he needed. When the day came for Li Wei Muxiu, he went to the town to find him and asked him to take them to see the shop.

Li Wei had been waiting for them a long time ago, and when he saw them coming, he took them to the shop. The owner of the shop was a man in his fifties, short and fat, and he seemed quite talkative. He smiled and said, "Weizi, this is the Du Jianfeng you mentioned."

Li Wei nodded and said: "Exactly, Ah Feng, this is the owner of the shop, Uncle Yang."

"Hello, Uncle Yang." Du Jianfeng said, "Today I will bring Fu Lang to see your shop."

"Okay, come in with me." Uncle Yang opened the door, and as soon as he entered, there was a spacious hall. At the far left of the hall, there was a staircase leading to the second floor. The area of ​​the second floor was slightly smaller than that of the first floor, but it could not accommodate Few people.On the right side of the hall is a cabinet similar to the cash register. Through the hall, there is a backyard. On the right side of the backyard is a living room. On the left side is a large kitchen. In the middle is a well, and the entrance to the cellar is in the warehouse room.

After reading it, both Du Jianfeng and Mu Jiangyu were very satisfied with it.

Because it was the person introduced by Li Wei, Du Jianfeng was quite trustworthy, and after discussing with Mu Jiangyu, Du Jianfeng said to Uncle Yang: "Uncle Yang, we are very satisfied with your shop and sincerely want to buy it. Let's rent your shop, if we have nothing else to do now, how about we ask Li Wei to be an intermediary to make a contract and rent the shop?"

Seeing Du Jianfeng being so decisive, Uncle Yang also felt good about him, nodded and said, "If my wife hadn't been in poor health, I would have kept the shop and started some business by myself, but it's because I have more energy to spare. If Du boy makes money in the future Money, I will sell you this shop for 80 taels."

When Du Jianfeng heard that it was feasible, after thanking Uncle Yang, he signed a contract with Li Wei, and then paid the rent and deposit.It was only after noon after everything was done, and Du Jianfeng took Mu Jiangyu to eat something in the town, and the two of them went home with the keys to the shop.

Once the business of the shop is done, the next thing is to be busy.After returning home, Du Jianfeng called out the other three people in the family, and wanted to hold a small family meeting and assign tasks.

"Xiaoyu and I have just rented a shop on the east street of the town. It is very big and the rent is not cheap, eight taels of silver a month." Du Jianfeng said: "I have made a plan for what we will do in the future. Regarding Wen, the school in the town started on the [-]th of the first lunar month, but Lin Xi discussed with me that day and told me to send Wen Wen to Zhang Xiucai in Liuye Village, which is not far from our village. Far, closer than the town, and Zhang Xiucai is an upright person. He has produced several scholars under his command. Now the number of students he leads is still limited. I heard that this time he only takes five people. I plan to take Wen Wen in two days. Go and visit Mr. Zhang."

Everyone nodded when they heard this. In addition to doing things, Du Jianwen's reading is also a big deal.Over there, Du Jianfeng continued to say: "Wen Wen, people who are in business are not allowed to enter the official career, and I don't know if our family's business will affect your studies in the future. If you really want to take the official career, in the future We can separate, of course, you will always be my brother."

"I just want to learn some knowledge." Du Jianwen said: "I don't want to be a high-ranking official, I'm afraid that in the future Du Jianli will be admitted to a scholar or something, and we will be suppressed, so I have to work hard to be my brother's backing , I will study hard, but I still want to be a family in the future, and I don’t want to go out and become an official by myself.”

Du Jianfeng patted Du Jianwen's head, and said: "It's too early to say these things, you go to study first, you will have many different ideas after reading the book, and then make a decision when you really have the knowledge."

"En!" Du Jianwen nodded, he knew that his brother was right.

After Du Jianwen finished talking, Du Jianfeng went on to say: "The next thing is for us to open a shop and do business. It is definitely not enough for our shop to be just me and Xiaoyu, but our family can't be empty. Thinking this way, parents should continue to do the pastry wholesale business at home and feed those chickens and ducks well. We can’t let those people in the village who follow us to sell pastries have nowhere to go just because we opened a shop, and then I I plan to ask Wang Jun, Huang Qiu, and Huang Sheng to help out in the shop. I asked the guys in other restaurants. Their maximum monthly silver is one tael. We can give an extra five hundred coins. Add more money."

"You really don't want me and your father to help in the store?" He Xuelian was still a little worried.

Du Jianfeng shook his head and said: "The chickens and ducks at home must be taken care of. This will save me a lot of money on purchases. Besides, the pastry business cannot be lost. This is also a big income for us. I have more New pastries will be made. Our shop mainly focuses on cooking, Xiaoyu collects money, Huang Sheng and two brothers greet customers, and Wang Jun and I cook in the back, and I will teach Wang Jun how to cook."

When everyone heard that he had arranged everything so well, they naturally had no objections.After finishing talking, Du Jianfeng didn't stay for a moment, and ordered Mu Jiangyu to tell Huang Qiu and the others about helping in the shop, while he went to the carpenter's house in the village.

The carpenter's house has many finished tables, but they are all square. Du Jianfeng wanted the rectangular table in his previous life, so that it would be neat and beautiful. He ordered fifty tables and some long benches from the carpenter. I went to the town non-stop and ordered everything I needed, such as bowls, chopsticks, and cauldrons.

After a few days, everything was ready, and the money was only a few taels. Fortunately, the pastry business has gradually improved due to the warmer weather. More than a dozen people went out to sell pastries, and they could earn almost one tael a day.

When Wang Jun and Huang Qiu heard that they could work together and make money, they were very happy. Although Mu Jiangyu said to let them "think about it", there was no need to think about it. They were almost in Mu Jiangyu's heart. Jiang Yu agreed the moment he finished speaking.Mu Jiangyu also understands that it is the best arrangement for her husband to let the three of them work together, after all, they will be a family in the future.

While waiting for the tables, chairs and bowls and chopsticks, the five people went to the store to clean up and down. Came here the day before the official opening.

In the past few days, Huang Zhiqiang set up a stall in front of Du Jianfeng's shop. Every time someone came to buy pastries, he would talk about Du Jianfeng's shop and tell them that this big shop will open in a few days. Customers will have new pastries that have never been seen before when they order.

"Is this shop opened by your boss?" someone asked.

Huang Zhiqiang nodded: "Yes, it is said to be the owner, but in fact he is also a good friend. The pastries you eat are all made by him. When the store opens, as long as you order food, there will be new pastries for delivery. The more you order, the more you will give away. .”

"Your friend is a strange person." The man said: "The cakes are really delicious. I will definitely join in the fun when it opens."

"I won't disappoint you, just take a look." Huang Zhiqiang said with a smile.

Finally the shop was set up, and only waiting for the tables and chairs to arrive one after another, Du Jianfeng put his mind on taking Du Jianwen to study. He inquired about Zhang Xiucai in advance. He may have been kicked out without even entering the house. After thinking about it, Du Jianfeng decided to write a few words for Zhang Xiucai. After all, literati love poetry, and he believes that the poems written by poets in his time and space will be amazing. Zhang Xiucai.

The author has something to say: Thanks to "yolanda" for the nutrient solution irrigated! ＾3＾