The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

The matter must have made both of them feel at ease, and after a few words of politeness, they went to work on their own. Lou Yuzhu and Lou Chengyi rented an ox cart and drove home.

It was still early when I got home, so I settled the people in the backyard hut and let them do their own rituals before going to the main hall to see the ceremony.

A quarter of an hour later, a family of four came to the main hall and knelt in a row. "I've seen the master, I've seen Mr. Jun, I've seen the eldest and the second young master, I've seen the youngest brother."

Lou Chengyi was nervous and a little at a loss, and looked straight at Fu Linshu as if he was asking for help.

Fu Linshu is worthy of being a son of an official family. Although he was young when he left home, he still has some memories. "Report yourself to the house first."

The head of a family of four kowtowed: "Hui Jun's husband, the slave's surname is Huang, and his name is Huangshan. He is 34 years old this year. This is the slave's daughter-in-law, named Liu Kui, who is 31 years old this year. Next to him is the slave's son, named Huang Shi, who is 14 years old this year. .The other is a slave brother, named Huang Ying, who is ten years old this year."

The family of four in Huangshan had owners before, but it was not convenient for the owner to take so many people with him. The honest family of four was sold back to the tooth shop.The representative of the owner's family has been trained before, so they don't need to worry about it. It's not that the representative will be honest if he has no morals. Lou Yuzhu is interested in these points.

"What do you know?" Fu Linshu lifted his chin when Huang Shan wanted to answer again. "Each of you speaks in your own way."

Huang Shan kowtowed and replied: "Back to your husband, slaves can do farm work, repair houses, drive cars, repair furniture and so on."

"Well, can you read?"

"Husband Jun, I can't read."

Fu Linshu nodded reservedly and looked at Liu Kui.

"If you come back to Mrs. Jun, the slave will be able to cook, repair yards, wash clothes, and do some needlework." Remembering the question before, he replied spontaneously: "I don't know how to read."

"If you go back to Mrs. Jun, the little Huangshi can drive a car and do some rough work. I can't read."

Huang Shi kowtowed, and Huang Ying also kowtowed solemnly: "If you come back to Mr. Jun, the servant will do needlework, clean the house, and wash clothes."

Ten years old was originally the most free age, but being forced by life, I had to learn how to answer well, how to deal with the master, how to please the master, how to learn to work without being dismissed and useless by the master.Thinking of this, Lou Yuzhu had to sigh, this is the shadow behind the highly centralized power of the king, and the cruelty and coldness are helpless and irreversible.

After the family of four finished speaking, Lou Yuzhu asked the two younger ones: "Is your name given by the previous master?"

Huang Shi raised his head: "Brother, my father gave us our name."

Huang Shan hurriedly replied: "Young brother can change it at any time if he wants to."

Generally, when new servants are bought, the owners like to change their previous names. Firstly, it is to calm down, and secondly, it also wants to give the servants a hint that they must listen to them.This method is not high, but most people love to use it.

It's sad enough to be inferior to others, but it's tragic if you can't keep your father's name!Lou Yuzhu thought for a while and shook her head, "There's no need to change it, just call it that. After all, it was taken by the elders, and it's a blessing."

The family of four hurriedly kowtowed and said in unison: "Thank you, Young Brother, for your kindness."

Seeing that Lou Yuzhu had finished asking, Fu Linshu said as previously agreed: "Huangshan, you will tell the master from now on. If you have anything to do, you will take care of the cattle and sheep in the vegetable garden and the backyard." Seeing that Huangshan replied yes, he said to Liu Kui: "From the Huangshan family, you will follow me from now on, mainly doing housework and kitchen work." Then he said to the two younger ones: "Huangshi, you will follow the two young masters to become a book boy, and Huang Ying will follow the young brother. Anything else will be arranged at that time." The work is arranged, and then there is the welfare. "You are a family. I will not separate the monthly cases. One hundred yuan will be issued at the beginning of the month. There will be rewards for good work or happy events for the host family. Similarly, if you do not do well and make mistakes, you will be fined. Two coins a quarter. A set of clothes and two pairs of shoes, when the time comes I will cut the cloth, you can do it yourself for the Huangshan family.”

Seeing the peaceful expressions on the faces of the family of four, Fu Linshu said again: "Our family is a farmer's family, and it is impossible to be as strict and strict as the wealthy households in the towns and cities. If there are not many rules, you can finish your own duties. Okay, but there is one thing you need to keep in mind. Our lenient does not mean that we condone our servants’ stealing, rape, and cheating. Your deed of prostitution is always in my hands, and as much as I can give you, I can also take back as much. Be prepared to bear the consequences for the Lord's affairs, and then don't blame us, the Lord, for not being sympathetic."

After the whip was given, the candy was also given, Lou Yuzhu gave Fu Linshu a wink.

"Of course, as long as you do well, we won't treat you badly. After 20 years, if the situation permits, we can return the deeds to you and settle you down as good citizens."

Huang Shan raised his head abruptly, and read Fu Lin's book without daring to write a letter: "Really?"

Lou Hua frowned, staring at the family of four with stern eyebrows. "Since we have said that we will keep our promises, the premise is that you keep yourselves and be sincere and willing to do things for our family." After 20 years, all the dust has settled, Sanfang is established, and I am afraid that if you want them to leave, you may not want to leave. .

"Thank you, Eldest Young Master, the servants will do everything with all their heart and will never give up!"

Huang Shan led the whole family to say thank you, and made up his mind to do things with all his heart.Not for yourself, but for future generations.

After the lecture was over, the Huangshan family turned around and began to work.At this time, the benefits of being trained by the Huangshan family came to the fore, almost without the master's instructions, they did the work independently.

The meal Liu Kui cooked at noon tasted good. After discussing with Fu Linshu, Lou Yuzhu and Fu Linshu immediately called for someone to raise the family's monthly bill by [-] cash.

"This is the reward for your good cooking skills, and you deserve it." Fu Linshu said that he accepted the kneeling firmly, and then beckoned him to go about his work.

Waiting for people to leave, Lou Yuzhu gave Fu Linshu a thumbs up. "Father is really cool!"

"Tsk, eat your meal!" Fu Linshu rolled his eyes angrily, turned his head and saw Lou Chengyi staring at him blankly, his cheeks were slightly hot, but he kicked him under the table: "What are you looking at? Eat!"

Lou Chengyi turned cold and hurriedly lowered his head to pick up the rice.

Lou Yuzhu looked at it, and a dark smile flashed in her eyes.He was able to accept the range of warmth between the third room and the third room so quickly. The father is kind and the son is filial, and the affection is deep. The blood relationship he once had but lost.After losing it, I get it again, which is very cherished.

After the meal, the family gossips about a few household chores and separates. Lou Yuzhu goes back to her room and spreads out paper and ink to write down the advantages of modern hot pot restaurants on the paper.On the second day, he brought the envelope to visit Pei Guanying, Liu Louhua and Lou Ming studied with him, but he led Huang Ying to find Zhou Cheng's newly rented house.The journey was not far away, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Zhou Cheng instructing his servants to pack their bags.

"Brother Zhou."

Hearing the sound, Zhou Cheng looked back and smiled one by one: "Why is Brother Yu here?"

"I'll come over to have a look, and I'll see Brother Zhou off by the way, and I want to talk to you about business."

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng nodded: "Then let's talk inside." He led the man into the study, called the servants to serve tea, and pointed one by one: "Sit."

Along the way, Lou Yuzhu had already looked at the yard she had entered, and seeing the crude furnishings, Zhou Cheng only regarded this place as a temporary place to stay, and didn't want to give up that idea. "I went back yesterday and came up with some ideas. Brother Zhou, let's see if it's useful." He said and handed over the envelope, and then took a sip of the hot tea that the servant had just served.

Zhou Cheng took out the letter paper and looked.

Lou Yuzhu sipped her tea.They have already communicated with Fang Zi and the ingredients before, and now this letter is written on some software facilities and equipment, which are not very useful but can avoid many small problems.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhou Cheng glanced at Lou Yuzhu and shook his head, "If I didn't know that Brother Yu had never opened a store, I would have taken it as the experience of some old shopkeepers."

"I'm just thinking about it when I have nothing to do. If it's useless, Brother Zhou Quan will pretend that I haven't read it."

"It's very useful, Brother Yu, don't worry about it." Zhou Cheng put away the letter paper and planned to look back.

"I have a part in this business, and I should take care of it."

When the two talked about business, Zhou Cheng said that he planned to go to Fucheng to build a Zhuangzi to supply the store with ingredients. Hearing this, Lou Yuzhu's heart moved. "Brother Zhou also knows that hot pot is hot and hot, and meat is unavoidably greasy. If there are some vegetarian dishes in it, you can change the taste and relieve some anger."

Zhou Cheng raised his eyebrows: "I thought about it before, it's just that the cost of off-season vegetables is very high, and we need that hot spring village to do it."

"I have a way to grow out-of-season vegetables without the need of Hot Spring Village." Seeing Zhou Cheng's surprised eyes, he smiled and said, "I don't know if it will work or not, so I'll give it a try anyway. It works, whether it's in the supply store or not." Whether it is used as food or sold to rich families is a good business."

"How sure are you?"

"Seventy percent."

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng's heart was moved, and he calculated the profit of the off-season vegetables, and felt that this risk could be taken. "Brother Yu, let's write the prescription. How about the profit sharing as usual?"

"That's what I meant. But the profit can't be counted as one percent." Lou Yuzhu looked at Zhou Cheng with a smile. "Although the profit of opening a hot pot restaurant is large, the investment is also a lot. The investment in off-season vegetables is not as big as that of a hot pot restaurant, but it is a lot of profit. If I calculate it by one percent, I will lose money."

"Three percent, three years as usual."

"5.00%, three years. I've also worked out ways to feed a lot of poultry."

Zhou Cheng thought for a moment, nodded: "Yes."

After the profit distribution was settled, Lou Yuzhu wrote down the recipe on how to grow off-season vegetables in paper and ink, because she had planned this before, so just follow what she wrote in her heart. "It's finished, Brother Zhou, take a look." Putting down the pen, blowing the ink on the paper before handing it to Zhou Cheng.

In case you don't understand Lou Yuzhu's writing is very detailed, from seed selection to germination to how to cultivate fertile soil and how to maintain temperature, there are clear methods.Zhou Cheng knew only a little about farming, so he couldn't be sure whether this method was useful or not, but he believed that Lou Yuzhu was not the one to talk nonsense, and since he said it, there must be some basis for it. "Is this what you thought?"

"When I was free, I thought that since people need to keep warm in winter, can the crops grow as usual under the temperature maintenance? Then I asked my father and father, after gaining a lot of experience and thinking of some ways to maintain the temperature, will it work? I can’t guarantee it for the time being, so try to take it as a gamble. If you win a fortune, it’s only a matter of a few acres of land if you lose.”

"I didn't know Brother Yu was still a gambler."

"Just want to make some money."

Zhou Cheng smiled and bowed his head to finish writing the paperwork. When Lou Yuzhu was about to write the third paper, he interrupted him.

"Brother Zhou is a man I can trust, so there is no need to find a guarantor." The implication is that it is enough to write two copies of the document.

"...Okay." Zhou Cheng didn't hesitate, and immediately wrote two documents and signed them separately, and kept one copy.

Lou Yuzhu glanced casually, put away the documents and smiled at Zhou Cheng: "I wish us a happy cooperation!"

"Pleasant to work with."