Raising children in an ancient county

Qiao Shen has been a little worried recently.The jelly was peddled by Zhao Tie's family, and this sweet food spread all over Shoulan Town, so there were imitations.

In the past, the shopkeepers who came to buy goods in the early morning would ask for eight barrels, four barrels of jelly noodles and four barrels of taro balls to fill the cart, but now they have been reduced to six barrels.It doesn't matter if one person is small, but the five or six people who bought the goods have all reduced their quantity.

Qiao looked deeply at the leftover jelly and taro balls, feeling worried.

"The number of people who buy it is indeed much less. Now, under the banner of Qiao's jelly, some people make bean curd and glutinous rice balls for sale. Many people believe it when they hear about Qiao's. I bought a bowl that day, and it didn't taste very good. , but we still can’t sell jelly, and ordinary people can’t eat two bowls of dessert at once.” Zhao Tie was in a hurry, and his daily money was reduced by half.

"It's okay, brother Zhao. They are also for their livelihood. We can't stop them. I'll think about recruiting." Since ancient times, what is good for sale has been imitated by people. Even in modern times, copyright has not been perfected. Joe Shen could only think of another way.

It seems that the plan to open a shop is on the agenda. Once there is a shop, the signboard will be displayed, and people don't dare to call themselves Qiao's, after all, their shop is there.

Qiao Shen packed the remaining jelly and taro balls and gave them to the neighbors, but it was bad if left unattended, so it is better to bring the relationship between the neighbors closer.

Aunt Yang was washing clothes, when she heard someone knocking on the gate of the courtyard, she got up and opened it, it was the husband of the Qi family, she thought strangely: in the past, she would shout from across the alley, and when she heard it, she would go to the Qi courtyard to get dirty. Come back to wash the clothes, why did Mr. Qi's husband come to the door today?

"Qi Fulang, come in quickly, but do you have clothes to wash?" Aunt Yang hurriedly opened the door and let people enter the yard.

Qiao Shen hurriedly said, "Aunt Yang, you're welcome, I'll bring you some jelly for you to try."

Aunt Yang was surprised, she always heard the voice of Qi Fulang taking the goods, and it was hard for her to reach out for this business, "This..., you are making money, take it back quickly, I am ashamed."

"Hey, I've made a lot today. Chang Le is still young and always makes a fuss. It's not convenient for me to go out and sell the goods. If Aunt Yang doesn't dislike it, why don't you try it? It'll save me leaving it alone."

"Look at what you said, how can you dislike it, then thank you Qi Fulang, if you need to wash clothes, you can call me." How could you dislike it, Aunt Yang hurriedly took it over, carried it to the stove, and returned the empty bowl to Joe deep.

Qiao Shen took the empty bowl, talked to Aunt Yang a few more words, and then went back to the yard to send it off to the next family.

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The next day, Qiao Shen went out with Qi Shuo.Qi Shuo opened a shop for business, Qiao Shen left Xiao Changle to Qi Shuo to take care of him, and after inquiring about it, he found a Yaman in the town, who was an ancient real estate agent.

In ancient times, there were not a few people who rented houses.Qiao Shen remembers an interesting story in history: During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the economy was highly developed, but the tenants felt sad.Bai Juyi, a school secretary, has a monthly salary of 18 yuan. He has rented a house in the outskirts of the city for [-] years, riding a horse to and from get off work every day.Over fifty years old, I just bought a house in Weinan on the fifth ring road of Chang'an.

After Qiao Shen finished talking about his needs, the listener pointed out several shops, among which was a shop with a not-so-low rent, which moved Qiao Shen a little.It's just one street away from Qi Shuo's carpenter's shop, so Qiao Shen planned to visit this one first.

In fact, the location of this shop is not very good, next to the street selling wood and porcelain, sparsely populated.There is a pawnshop on the left of this shop, and a tea house on the right. The tea house is good here, it is quiet, and people like to come here to listen to books.

The shop is quite big, and it belongs to the same owner as the teahouse next door, so the specifications are similar, and it has a second floor.However, if an empty room is rented out, it will take a lot of energy and money to furnish it.

After reading it, Qiao Shen was actually a little sure about this one, and didn't want to see anything else.

First, the distance is good, because it is closer to the father of the child to take care of the child, and it is more convenient for emergencies.The second is that if it is rented out, the empty house can be furnished by oneself, it just costs some money.As for the fact that the location is far away from the lively center of East Town, Qiao Shen doesn't really care.

With Zhao Tie and other other shopkeepers, Qiao Shen is full of confidence in the business of the shop just because of the signboard they helped to give to Qiao's house.

Qiao asked the price without any hesitation, "What is the rent for this shop?"

"60 taels a year, plus a deposit of 30 taels." Seeing Qiao Shen's dissatisfied expression, the dentist only quoted a moderate price.

The shop is not like a house where ordinary people live, so the rent is collected once a year. If the house is seriously damaged when checking out, the 30 taels of deposit will be deducted.

Qiao Shen is enough money, but he still needs to set aside the money for setting up the shop, as well as the money for selling meat and seasonings for the opening.Qiao Shen intentionally expressed dissatisfaction: "It's too expensive, and it's a little worn out. You see, the corners are covered with nets. It might cost a lot of money to arrange it. Let me go back and discuss it with the head of the house."

This shop has indeed been empty for several months. If it can be rented out, it’s okay to make less money. No matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat, so I said: "This shop is the most suitable for my husband’s requirements. What I can decide is If you drop another five taels of silver, the deposit can also be reduced to 20 taels, how about it?"

Qiao thought to himself, this guy would be a trickster, the less deposit is only a one-off, the less the rent is, the less money he will pay every year.

However, Qiao Shen still made a gesture of thanking Yaren: "Thank you Yalang for your understanding, but the rent is still a bit high, and the location is a bit out of the way. You know, I am a food shop, so if no one comes to buy it , I’m afraid it’s only enough to earn rent.”

In the end, Yaren let go and said to discuss with the owner's family, and asked Qiao Shen to go to the shop to discuss again the day after tomorrow, and the two broke up.

Back at the shop, Qiao Shen and Qi Shuo described the shop and their thoughts.When Qi Shuo heard that he was very close, he felt a little satisfied.

"It's just empty, and it costs a lot of money to decorate."

"It's okay, you forgot what I do?" Qi Shuo sat down next to Qiao Shen, and picked up Xiao Changle who was obediently eating buns.

"Then wait until the day after tomorrow, and you will go with me to discuss it? By the way, help me check the shop again."

When the day agreed with Yaren came, the couple went to the appointment with Xiao Changle in their arms.Yaren led Qi Shuo to look at the shop again, Qi Shuo checked the surroundings and found that there was no potential safety hazard, so he felt relieved.

"The owner said, 50 taels, it can't be lowered. If the two masters are not satisfied, I will show you another shop."

Finally, a rent of 50 taels a year and a deposit of 20 taels were settled.The price was not bad, so Qiao Shen followed the Yaman back to sign the contract, paid the money, and finally took the key and left.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon, so Qiao Shen simply left Xiao Changle in the shop and went to sweep the shop with a broom.After cleaning the shop, Qiao Shen went to the bookstore to buy the cheapest toilet paper, planning to go back and draw a sketch of the interior layout with charcoal.

With a roll of toilet paper in his arms, Qiao Shen rushed to pick up Xiao Changle and prepared to go home.Xiao Changle was very clingy, and he still wouldn't have any temper after leaving Qiao Shen for an hour or two.If Qiao Shen couldn't be seen for a whole day, the crying could lift the roof of the craftsman's shop.

Thinking of this, Qiao Shen was both annoyed and relieved.

After going to the craftsman's shop, Xiao Chang Le took the small wooden mallet that Qi Shuo made for him, and squatted far away beside Qi Shuo's workbench, pounding on the small wooden boards on the ground.

Seeing his father approaching, he lowered his head and continued to hammer and play. He didn't know that his father had already gone out.

After ordering the shop, Qiao Shen's heart sank, thinking that there was still some rice wine at home, brought back from the village after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he planned to make a steamed pork with wine to celebrate with Qi Shuo, and he was going to be a small boss!

I went home with a piece of pork belly with skin on.

Grab the sliced ​​pork belly with salt, sauce, minced ginger and a little sugar, and set aside to marinate for flavor.

Then turn on the fire, pour the rice, dried chili, star anise, Chinese prickly ash and other spices into the pan and stir-fry until the rice grains are slightly browned, take the pan and pour it into a large stone mortar, pound it into fish-roe-sized powder with a stone pestle, and add five spices The rice noodles are ready.

Mix the marinated pork and five-spice rice noodles well, peel and cut the sweet potatoes into pieces, put them in the bottom of the basin, spread the rice noodles, and steam over high heat.

When Qi Shuo came back, looking at the sumptuous dinner, all the hard work of the day dissipated.Qi Shuo hadn't even thought about his life in the past six months. Looking at Qiao Shen, he thought of what Qiao Shen said that night. No matter who he is, the current Qiao Shen is the one he likes.

After Xiao Changle had dinner, he slid into Qiao Shen's arms at first, but after Qiao Shen picked him up horizontally, he soon fell asleep.He didn't sweat much today, so Qiao Shen stopped washing him, and carried the sleeping little Changle into the room for him to lie on the bed and sleep.

After coming out, he sat back at the table and ate meat while drinking rice wine with Qi Shuo.There were no children around to make troubles, and the two had a good time drinking and eating dinner until dark.

After eating and drinking, by the time Qiao Shen realized it, he had already followed Qi Shuo into the wing...

Qi Shuo grabbed Qiao Shen's hand and attached it to his abdominal muscles...

After borrowing alcohol that night, Qiao Shen was forced to open the door to a new world.Sometimes Qiao Shen was woken up by the crowing of the rooster, and looked at the awakened Qi Shuo. Qiao Shen just unconsciously pulled Qi Shuo's abdominal muscles, and then was picked up by Qi Shuo and went to the next room...

The two parties like each other and live a happy life every day.