North and South groceries

"Sister! It hurts!"

In the early morning, Si Niang sat on the kang to tie Qiniang's hair. She tied her hair to the top of her head with a cloth towel, and then tied it into a small bun.

"Don't move." Si Niang knocked her on the head, and then continued to do her hair.

In the alley where they live now, most of them live in wealthy families. On weekdays, Si Niang also saw those little girls from the neighbors coming out to play, all of them were neatly dressed and pretty, in various colors Not to mention the styles of clothes, there are several styles of hairstyles alone.

Si Niang also doesn't know how to do nice hairstyles, but she thinks that her sisters should also follow the Romans, even if they don't know how to dress up, at least they should tidy up their appearance, so as not to be laughed at by the little ladies in the city.

"Sister, it's time for breakfast." At this time Goro came over and called them.

"Come on." Finally, Si Niang wrapped a cloth towel around the topknot twice and tied a knot. After looking at it, she was quite satisfied, and then she said to Qiniang: "Okay, let's go eat." .”

As soon as Qiniang heard this, she got off the kang with a grunt, and went to the hall. She was already hungry, and she was not willing to let Si Niang tie her head. At this time, how can I sit there honestly and toss her for so long.

"Why did you comb a man's hair again?" Ah Zhi couldn't help laughing when he saw the two sisters coming out of the room with a bun on their head.

"Brother said combing this hair is good for wearing a hat." Si Niang grinned.

"You don't go out all day, and you don't wear hats." Wulang was already sitting on the hot kang in the hall at this time, holding a porridge bowl in his hand and blowing. .

"Sister asked us to go to Guangde Square tonight, have you forgotten?" Si Niang also sat down to eat.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, Aunt Luo is also thinking about buying a new set of clothes for the little ones in her family. She is too busy and has no time to make them for them, so she has to spend more money. Go to a clothing store and buy it.

Wu Lang originally wanted to say that you also have such hairstyles when you don't go out on weekdays, but after thinking about it, let it go, for fear that Si Niang will hold a grudge, and it will be unpleasant to find him later.

"Have you finished engraving the papers for this ten-day period?" A Zhi asked the two of them.

"Soon." Siniang replied, "The engraving can be finished today."

"Can I help?" Azhi asked again.

"There are still people buying the papers from the Ma's Guesthouse for the past few decades, and it is said that each paper will be supplemented by another fifty copies." Wu Lang said.

"After I finish the work in the yard, I will help you print the papers." A Zhi laughed.

"Excuse me, Ah Zhi." Si Niang's girl is quite happy, Ah Zhi is very meticulous in her work, and every copy of the papers she prints is very clean and clear. With her help, Si Niang and Wu Lang can save money. A lot of time and energy.

"You're very polite." Azhi smiled.

In fact, Ah Zhi quite likes working with engraving ink, although she doesn't know the characters on it very well, but after dealing with these things a lot, she feels as if her body is also stained with the fragrance of ink.

After breakfast, Siniang and Wulang helped Ah Zhi clean up the dishes, and Liulang and Qiniang also ran back and forth. After running a few times, they went to the yard to find five couples to play with.

Luo Yong’s custom-made donkey cart hasn’t recovered in the past two days. He and Qiao Junlin are still flying to the school on Yan’er, and the five couples are still staying in this courtyard. It went for a walk outside, so the donkey was very bored these two days.

On Taixue's side, because the end of the new year is approaching, the students have not been able to calm down and study these few days, and often gather and have fun outside in groups.

On this day, Luo Yong heard a few students from Class B discussing the matter of Qingfenglou. That Qingfenglou is an elegant place for drinking and composing poems. An official prostitute playing the piano and singing.

When eating at noon, Luo Yong asked Qiao Junlin: "I heard that some students in your class said that they are going to Qingfeng Tower tonight?"

"All go." Qiao Junlin said.

"Oh." Luo Yong nodded, and the whole class went to Qingfeng Building together, which is not a good thing to say, but this is the way of life these years, and the gentlemen probably turn a blind eye.

"Drink less." Luo Yong said.Since the whole class is going, there is nothing to say, unless Qiao Junlin wants to be excluded from the group, otherwise he can only go with him.

"En." Qiao Junlin responded.

Speaking of which, since Daluo came to Chang'an City, he and Qiao Junlin often went in and out together, but sometimes they also had their own things to be busy with.

For example, when Qiao Junlin was going out to socialize with someone again, or in the past few days, Luo Yong's disciples came over, and the master and apprentice were busy working on the North and South groceries shop.

That night, Siniang Wulang and Liulang Qiniang went to Guangdefang, and Luo Yong also went there. Most of his disciples now live in Guangdefang.

These people went out to search for shops during the day, slept in the workshop of Ma's guest house at night, and ate at Chonghuafang.Aunt Luo now has a lot of helpers under her command, and she arranges one or two helpers to be responsible for cooking every day. Most of the disciples that Luo uses these days eat at their side.

According to Luo Yong's master and apprentice, the location of their shop should preferably be in the area around the West Market. The location doesn't have to be very good, but the place must be large enough and it must be convenient to get in and out.

"I saw a shop facing the street in Huaidefang today. The location is a little far from the gate of the workshop. The place is big enough and the price is right."

That night, Aunt Luo took Siniang Wulang and the others out for shopping. Luo Yong still got together with his disciples to talk. Recently, their masters and apprentices always have a lot to say.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be very close to the square gate. After all, we sell groceries and not run a wine shop." After Luo Yong finished speaking, he asked again: "Is the front of the gate spacious enough?"

"It's very spacious." The disciple replied, "There is an alley next to it. If there are more cars in front of the door, you can move into the alley."

"I'll take a look tomorrow at noon." Luo Yong said.

If it is suitable, he plans to buy the yard.Luo Yong doesn't have much money now, but Mrs. Luo has money. She said earlier that she wanted to buy a tofu shop, but she didn't find a very satisfactory place for a while. This time, Luo Yong plans to use the money first. , the money for the tofu shop, let’s save it slowly later.

"If this shop is settled, what will we sell there in the future?" Xu Dalang asked at this time.

"Of course there is something for sale." Luo Yong replied.

"I'm afraid that would be a bit messy." Xu Dalang frowned. He thought that like those shops next to the sheep house in Xipo Village, each shop only sold one or two items, which would be good.

"I'm afraid he's not complicated enough." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"What does the master mean?" Xu Erlang was also a little puzzled, miscellaneous but not refined, can this business really work?

"Come here, listen to me..." Luo Yong asked his disciples to get closer, and then he told them his plan like this, and said again: "Don't make any publicity beforehand, wait until On the day of opening, it is better to surprise everyone.”

"Then I will send someone back to Lishi in the next two days, asking them to send more things." Xu Erlang's eyes were black and bright.

"The more the better." Luo Yong said with a smile.

Later, when Si Niang and the others came back from outside, Luo Yong said to them: "Brother, I want to open a shop in Chang'an City. If you are free these two days, you can print more papers and put them away." Sell ​​it in that shop."

"Print hundreds of papers for every ten days?" Si Niang asked happily.The engraving blocks of those scrolls are all ready-made. If you want a scroll at this time, you only need to brush some ink on the ready-made engraving blocks, and then cover them with paper and print them. How easy and pleasant it is to earn money.

"When the papers in late December come out, you can make a collection of questions about the 11th year of Zhenguan, sew them with needles and threads, and then stick a cover on it." Luo Yong gave them advice.

"How about printing three hundred copies first?" Goro said boldly. In his opinion, three hundred copies is already a very bold decision.

"It's okay to print five hundred copies." Luo Yong said with a smile.

In fact, Luo Yong felt that these [-] copies were not enough. Now the math papers he published are already quite famous in Chang'an City. Presumably, in the near future, they will also be circulated in places outside Chang'an City.

Coupled with the fact that many young people from foreign countries are studying in Chang'an City these days, they might also have the idea of ​​spending money to buy a few hundred copies of the test set and go back to their own country.

In such a big environment, who can sell three or five hundred question sets? Do you know how many copies of the college entrance examination materials named Wang Houxiong in later generations can be sold in a year?

He is still the result of competing with others. Luo Yong doesn't even have a single competitor now. There is a large blank market, and he is the only one doing exclusive business. This feels like a big mountain of gold and silver. I don't know, just wait for him to move alone.

"Five hundred copies?"

"It's really sold out?"

"What if it's printed but can't be sold like last time?"

"Brother, can the brochures we left at Lishi be shipped over here to sell?"

"Naturally it is possible."

"Brother..."

"Do what?"

"Then... how to divide the money from the sale?"

"If it's my paper, then it will be [-]-[-]%; if not, then it will be [-]-[-]%. I will give you [-]%."

Luo Yong thought it was a little funny, none of his disciples had mentioned the matter of sharing, but Si Niang brought it up first.

Regarding the share, Luo Yong also thought about it in advance. Those disciples are responsible for the shipment, and Luo Yong is responsible for buying shops, opening shops, and hiring people to sell the goods. Goods, Luo Yong will also pay him wages.

Seeing that they were about to make a lot of money, Si Niang and Wu Lang were so excited, and Liu Lang and Qin Niang were also happy, one by one, as if they wanted to get into the money trap.

Luo Yong managed to coax them to sleep, and just as he was about to take a rest, he heard someone knocking on the door outside. He thought it was his disciples, but when he opened the door, it was Qiao Junlin.

"Why are you here?" The door of the workshop has already been closed at this moment, could it be that this kid...

"Staying there is also very boring." Qiao Junlin wrote lightly.Needless to say, this kid is clearly breaking the curfew.

"You are too courageous." When Luo Yong said this, he had a smile on his face for some reason.