Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Seeing that Shen Feng wanted to be a writer, Qiao Mo asked someone to pass the news to Song Han that day, and it would be better for them to discuss the specific matters in person.That night, Song Han asked Ale to talk back and forth, explaining the remuneration and delivery method to Shen Feng one by one. Qiao Mo didn't ask, but only asked what they wanted to write.

"Ghost novels." Shen Feng also looked very interested.

Qiao Mo quickly recalled all kinds of similar stories he had read in his mind, as if the ancients were really interested in this kind of subject matter.Most of them are the revenge or repayment of the female ghost. Of course, those who appreciate the talent of the scholars and admire the self-recommendation seats are the most. Whoever writes the story is the scholar.

When I asked, it really was this kind.

Qiao Mo smiled and suggested: "This kind of story must be a collection. You might as well write a long story, which is printed every two weeks. It will be more appealing. For example, write about a girl...cough, write about a dead little brother Falling in love with a scholar, but people and ghosts have different paths, and they are also involved in the story of the struggle between demons and righteousness."

"The shopkeeper might as well talk about it." Shen Feng listened with novelty.

What Qiao Mo was talking about was the story of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen, but he watched the movie version, and the story was relatively simple, so he only briefly talked about the outline of the story, and then suggested that he make a fuss about the Yaomo Dao.For example, the Black Mountain Old Demon and Yan Chixia are very story-telling. After so many adaptations, a rambling talk is enough to open up Shen Feng's inherent thinking mode.

Even if what he told was not a coherent story at all, Shen Feng could still appreciate the grotesque world, his eyes sparkled, and he fell into self-contemplation unknowingly.

Seeing this, Qiao Mo stopped talking.

The next day, the shop across the street officially opened with the sound of firecrackers. It was called Ruyi Shipu.Although it is a dim sum shop, due to the face of the Ma family, businesses of all sizes in the city came to support it, and it was very festive and lively.Qiao Mo didn't go, and only asked Qian Xiao to send a congratulatory gift.

Not long after, Qian Xiaopi came back with a look of anger on his face. It turned out that the opposite shop also sold candies.

Qiao Mo had expected it a long time ago, so he was not too angry. He only thought about whether the production at the household department was going smoothly, and whether the candy would be officially on sale in mid-September.He had informed Fang Jinnian of the Ma family's movements before, but he didn't know what the other party planned to do?

There was basically no business in the shop that day, and all the customers went to the opposite Ruyi Restaurant.One is because the other party opened a new store, and people wanted to see something new, and second, the other party also had candies, and a price war started.It is rare for people not to be greedy for cheap, especially for the same thing, one family is expensive and the other is cheap, everyone wants to buy the cheap one.There is no bamboo weaving at the opposite door, but all kinds of porcelain ornaments, even if they are not expensive individually, the cost of this day is not low.

Qian was so stingy, he kept walking around the shop, swearing at the door over and over again.

"What's the rush? They only have a one-day opening ceremony, so you let him give it a try every day?" Qiao Mo is really not in a hurry, so he won't follow the price cut. That is the lowest level of competition, and it may lead to a vicious circle.How to deal with it, you have to taste the candy made by the opposite door to decide.

Qian Xiao listened to the order, and went to buy it despite some reluctance.

Qiao Mo looked at the candies bought by Qian Xiao. They were of the same type and taste as those in his own store, and the appearance and color were also very similar.My shop uses bamboo woven apple cans for packaging, while Ma's uses small wooden lacquer boxes.It's pretty nice to look at, but maybe due to the rush of time, the smell on the lacquer box has not dissipated, so it doesn't smell very good.Qiao Mo tasted several kinds of candies one by one, and vomited them out before finishing eating.

"Shopkeeper, how is it?" Qian Xiao was afraid that the other party would steal their family's prescription. If the shop was overwhelmed, he would have nothing to do and no money to get. Then his plan to save money and marry a wife would have to be postponed indefinitely. .

"Try it yourself." Qiao Mo smiled and pushed the box over, signaling Shen Feng to try it too.

Qian Xiao and Shen Feng each tasted it, and they both frowned slightly, swallowed it as they wanted to vomit.

They have all eaten candy from their own shop, but they think it is sweet with a fruity aroma, which is relatively novel. Except for the little brothers and children who love candy, they don't realize that they like it very much.But today, I tasted the candy from Ruyi Shipu, it was like sugar water, sweet and crooked, and there was some strange smell in it, I could eat it after sipping carefully, it couldn't be compared with the stuff from my own shop.

"This, this is too unpalatable." Qian Xiao hit his opponent unceremoniously.

Shen Feng thought for a while before opening his mouth: "They must know that the taste is not as good as ours, so they deliberately lower the price, not only to attract customers, but also to disturb the hearts of the market. Some people are like this, even if they know that the food at the opposite door is not as good as ours. Don't say anything, just say that the same thing is expensive in our family, in an attempt to force us to lower the price. If the price is really lowered, wouldn't it be fulfilling the intention of the other party?"

Qiao Mo also understood this, and said, "Don't worry about him, it doesn't matter if there are fewer customers, the shop won't collapse anyway."

Just because candy is a high-priced food, the regular customers are people with some spare money. These people don't care much about the price, but pay more attention to the taste and packaging.What's more, he still has business with the household department, and has orders for tea houses, even if the shop is only open as a signboard, it won't fail.

A few days later, the popularity of Ruyi Restaurant dropped, and Qiao Ji's business picked up.

At this time, Qiao Mo was not in the shop, but stayed in Shanglin Village busy with the autumn harvest.

Li Xue and the others also went home to work on the farm. Qiao Mo was inconvenient now, and the family had enough staff, so he didn't go to the field.Except for Zhang Xia and Zhang's little grandson Xiao Bei, the family including He Yun and He Yu have all gone to the ground. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with their own family in the village. Or maybe I guessed wrong about what happened back then.

Zhang Xia is responsible for cooking at home, cleaning up the house, and feeding the chickens. Besides making sweets and cakes, Qiao Mo also occasionally helps.

The family has the most corn, with five acres. When it is taken back, it is piled up in the open space of the west courtyard to dry, and it will be threshed when it is free in winter.There are also two acres of soybeans and one acres of sesame seeds, both of which are troublesome things. These two are mainly planted for oil extraction, and the bean cakes can just be left to make watermelon fertilizer.The remaining two acres of sweet potatoes are due to the high yield, easy storage, and the ability to make sweet potato flour, which can be eaten by humans and livestock.The sweet potato field was first searched, and then the children in the village were asked to pick it up. A bamboo basket of sweet potatoes was given two candies. No matter how slow your hands and feet were, you could earn ten candies in a day.The children were happy when they had candy, and so was Qiao Mo. The two acres of land would be gone in just two or three days.

Waiting for the work in the field to be finished, September is already halfway through, and there was a light rain during the period, but luckily the impact was not too big.

By the time Qiao Mo went to the city again, it was late September, and the coolness of late autumn was getting heavier.

Going out early in the morning, Qiao Mo put on a jacket and a cloak, his hands were slightly cold, and he sighed comfortably while holding the small hand stove specially prepared by Zhang Xia.It’s not snowing yet, and the hand stove is used. How can he go out in the cold winter?However, when his eyes fell on his protruding abdomen and he smiled wryly, he couldn't go out at that time.

Even if you recognize the reality and accept it, you will still unconsciously escape in your heart.Giving birth is an extremely terrifying thing to think about, and the original owner has no memory of it, and he is even more afraid when he thinks about it every day, so he ignores this fact intentionally or unintentionally.

Entering the shop through the back door, Zhang Xia hurried to reduce the hot water so that he could make tea and warm himself up.

Last night was Shen Feng's vigil, as if something good had happened, he got into the room when he saw him coming, and when he came out, he had a stack of papers in his hand.

Qiao Mo had some guesses in his heart, and he really listened to him and said: "I wrote this these days, the shopkeeper will see how it goes."

Qiao Mo picked it up and read it. At first, he was just curious about what he wrote. After reading it, he really became interested. After reading the manuscript, he still couldn't get enough of it. "It's really well written, isn't this a long story for you?"

Qiao Mo saw several foreshadowings in the story.

"En." Shen Feng said with a smile: "There are ten chapters here, about thirty to forty thousand words. I plan to send them today. It will be rigid over there. I'm afraid it won't be printed in time for the first issue. This story is only possible after listening to the shopkeeper. , when I get paid for the manuscript, I must thank you very much.”

"Then I'll wait." Qiao Mo knew that he was using this as a thank you for the previous loan, so he didn't refuse.

Shen Feng received the manuscript and was about to go back to the room to put it away. When he remembered something, he said casually: "By the way, the grocery store on the left of our store and the small noodle restaurant next to it have changed hands. The new owner is a person, and it seems that they are going to open a restaurant. .”

"Open a restaurant here?" Qiao Mo was surprised because he heard that the other party's handwriting looked like a rich man, but if he had money, he should go to Changqing Street to find a shop. Why did he come to this street?

"I heard that it's the boss from the capital." More information was not found out, but Shen Feng said again: "The shopkeeper hasn't come for a while, and it's been a while since it was done over there, and it's probably about to be done soon. Said Maybe it will open in early October.”

Qiao Mo walked in the back alley when he came, and was unaware of the changes on the street, so he went outside to have a look.Unexpectedly, the enemy's road is narrow, and Li Shuilian bumped into Li Shuilian as soon as he came out.

Qiao Mo just glanced at it, ignored it, and just looked at the restaurant that was about to open.The original two small shops are put together, the area is really not small, and there are two floors with a backyard, plus the current decoration, it will cost a thousand dollars less, right?What's more, to open a restaurant, you have to hire chefs, helpers, etc., and you can't open it if you have a small family. The boss from the capital is really rich.

However, the word "capital" is a little sensitive, and since the restaurant is next to his own shop, Qiao Mo thinks it's better to be cautious.

"He Yun, please be careful and ask around to see if you know him." After all, He Yun is from the capital and is familiar with it. It shouldn't be difficult to inquire about a businessman from the capital.

At this time, Li Shuilian came over suddenly, her expression was not very good, and the words in her mouth were even worse: "The shopkeeper Qiao is very leisurely, why, the shop is going to close?"

Qiao Mo glanced at him, and suddenly smiled: "It's better to care about yourself than caring about me. It's been so long, and you haven't entered the Ma's house yet? I don't think there will be a chance in the future. Although the Ma's house is a merchant, it is still a city. How could a respectable family want such a..."

The following words are self-evident and certainly not pleasant.

As if being poked at the center of the matter, Li Shuilian's face was even more ugly, but she was so angry that she didn't know where to refute.

Qiao Mo understood: "It seems that you finally know about Ma He's getting married?"

"You already knew?" Li Shuilian only found out about this incident yesterday, because she knew that she could not be a righteous monarch, so she just urged Ma He when to accept him.Unexpectedly, Ma He still refused to give a correct answer, and then he walked away, angrily smashing things on the ground.

Qiao Mo thought of the actions of the Ma family and was happy to add trouble to the Ma family, so he nodded and shared the information he knew with him without reservation.And very kindly reminded: "If you still want to enter Ma's house, you'd better hurry up before Ma He's wedding, otherwise, according to the temperament and methods of that new husband, you will only be a foreigner for the rest of your life."

Li Shuilian naturally also inquired, knowing that what he said was true, but she didn't believe his kindness, so she gave her a hard look and turned away.

"Wait." Qiao Mo thought that he was not angry enough, and added another sentence: "Is this Ruyi restaurant yours or the Ma's? You know, things that are transferred under your own name are considered real."

Li Shuilian's figure paused, and Qiao Mo saw his tightly clenched hands hanging by his side.

Qiao Mo couldn't help feeling better when he thought of what Li Shuilian might do.

In a blink of an eye, it was October, and it was already winter, and the sky was overcast, as if it was about to snow.

Qiao Mo came to deliver new goods yesterday, but he didn't go back in the evening, and seeing the weather again, he had to stay for two more days.By the way, I also read the semi-monthly newspaper produced by Song Han, and then looked at the owner of the new restaurant next door. He Yun only found out that the shopkeeper's surname was Lu, and he used to run a restaurant in the capital. As for the real owner, there was no one. find out.However, the shopkeeper Lu said that he is managing the restaurant on behalf of the owner, and the owner will come to see it on the opening day.

Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Song Han sent someone to deliver the first edition of the printed newspaper.

Li Liang, who had come back to work, gathered around to look at it curiously. Even if he couldn't read, it was interesting to look at the paintings on it.Qiao Mo was also very interested. After scanning the page, he was in a good mood and read Shen Feng's serialized novels to them.The name of this novel is also popular and simple, because the protagonist in the story is a ghost who died in vain, so it is directly called "The Wronged Soul Yao Silang", and the pen name used is Old Friends Under the Night.

Not to mention Li Liang and others, even the Liu family Zhang Xia and He Yunheyu from the capital were fascinated by what they heard, and even some customers who came to buy things stopped and called, and instead of buying things, they came to listen to the book, and asked this question again. Where did the book come from, I want to buy it and have a look.

Reading the serial chapters, none of them enjoyed it to the fullest, so Li Xi hurriedly asked how long it would take for the next issue to come out.

"It's going to be the fifteenth day of the month." A semi-monthly magazine.

"It's been such a long time, it's really urgent." Anyone who has heard the story thinks it is good, the writing is good, the plot twists and turns, especially the broken parts are particularly attractive, and the content underneath is like a small hook in the heart. Like, don't mention torturing people.

Hearing the sound of firecrackers at this moment, Li Xi looked out and shouted: "That new restaurant has opened."