Grandpa is not vegetarian

When he got up the next morning, Chen Hexuan asked Xitong and Yuetong to order breakfast at Zuixianlou, and brought them over for everyone to eat together.

Then Mu Yunyi took the account books in the teahouse and started to look up and calculate. In the original time of the teahouse, after deducting costs, labor, and taxes, the net profit was 18 Wen per day and 210 taels of silver a month, and [-] six taels a year.

After Mu Yunyi came to the teahouse, the number of customers increased sharply, and he made an average net profit of about one tael a day, 30 taels a month, and 360 taels a year, which did not include the money Mu Yunyi had already drawn out. If they are all counted together, there are almost 430 taels, 300 taels of silver are handed over to Chen Hexuan, and Mu Yunyi can have about 130 taels a year. Calculated in this way, he can earn nearly 20 taels more than when the shopkeeper Li was there.

Mu Yunyi did the calculations three times, and there were no mistakes, so he closed the account book: "I just took over, and I am not familiar with all aspects of things, and there has just been a death here, so the business must be bad. I can’t afford to pay for the loss, how about this, try it out for a period of time in the first half of the year, and I will give you 100 taels as in the past. It's up to you to return the shop to you, or send someone else, or close it."

Chen Hexuan nodded: "Yunyi has always done things properly, I can rest assured that the shop is in your hands."

The two signed the contract document. From February to the end of July, Mu Yunyi needs to hand over 100 taels of silver to Chen Hexuan. During this period, all affairs in the store will be decided by Mu Yunyi.

Afterwards, Chen Hexuan took out another house deed: "This is the yard that Li Fugui bought in the south of the city. Now that he is dead, I have taken back the yard. If you want it, I will give you 50 taels."

Mu Yunyi's heart moved. He had long wanted to find a place to live in the county seat. After all, the Gao family was too annoying, causing troubles frequently. Tossing back and forth like this every day is not a long-term solution. If you can have a yard in the city and take Gao Yichun and Gao Yiqing over, it will feel like a home, and you will feel at ease.

Shopkeeper Li is Chen Hexuan's domestic slave. Everything about him, including his life, belongs to Chen Hexuan legally. As long as Chen Hexuan is willing, he can take everything from him at will. When he was alive, he was also the property of the Chen family, not to mention that he was dead. It was normal for Chen Hexuan to get the deed back.

Although Mu Yunyi has never been to Li's courtyard, but I heard from An Xiaobei and the others when they talked about it. It is a single courtyard, and it is very neat. Hejing charcoal is sold to all parts of the country. It is more prosperous than other counties, and the price is relatively high. According to An Xiaobei's estimate, such a yard costs 80 to 50 taels of silver at least, and it may not be able to buy it. Chen Hexuan Asking him for [-] taels is really cheap.

Mu Yunyi said: "I really want to buy a house in the city, but first, I haven't seen the yard yet, so I don't know what it's like, and second, even if you count me cheap, I can't get 50 taels of silver. See if you can do this, first rent the yard to me, and then buy it when I save enough money."

Chen Hexuan said: "That's okay, let's set the rent at three renminbi a month. I'll keep the house for you. When you save enough money, I'll give you the title deed."

Mu Yunyi was overjoyed when he heard that, and had to pay half a year's rent on the spot. Chen Hexuan waved his hands and said with a smile: "No hurry, no hurry, you just took over this store, you have to buy goods and pay taxes, so you have to pay them salaries. , when I come to collect the money in August, you can give it to me together!" He still had a lot of things to do in Fucheng, and he didn't have much time to spend, so he rode away with two young servants after finishing his business.

As soon as Chen Hexuan left, the staff started to open the shop. Chen Hexuan said that if Mu Yunyi didn't accept it, the teahouse would be closed or sold to another family. As the Chen family's slaves, they couldn't work in other people's shop. Chen Hexuan has been refusing to take them back to Fucheng, and he still doesn't know what the situation will be like. In this era, being a lowly citizen is really miserable, and there is no place for him to be independent in his future. Bad, it all depends on the master's joy and anger.

Several people were gearing up and planning to do a big job, but Mu Yunyi said he was in no hurry: "If someone dies in this store, the business will definitely be affected. We have to change to a new atmosphere so that we can retain customers."

He first took Shang Yi to the West Market, and hired two carpenters, father and son, surnamed Wang, the father was in his 40s, and the son was in his early twenties, and they registered for a long stay in the West Market. Mu Yunyi saw that the two of them were relatively honest. Sincerely, with all the tools on his body, he hired them.On the way, I met acquainted guests, and they all asked what happened that day and when it would reopen. Mu Yunyi simply said a few words, and then set the opening date. Everyone is welcome to join us.

Back at the teahouse, Mu Yunyi took the carpenter upstairs first: "I'm going to convert all the houses on the north side into private rooms, the same as the one on the south side, with four single rooms and other odd jobs. I know your market, I don’t count the money with you on a day-to-day basis, but I only take care of the four houses, and I will give you a tael of silver, and I will provide you with a meal at noon. I will pay for wood and the like, which are not included in your wages, etc. Finish this big job first, and let's discuss the wages for other small jobs."

To renovate five single rooms, which are all wooden structures, for a skilled carpenter, it can be done in five or six days. Calculated in ten days, [-] yuan per person per day is considered a high salary. Therefore, the father and son two Everyone was very satisfied. At that time, they picked up the ax and saw and started to work. First, the front wall was removed, and then reinstalled.

Mu Yunyi handed over the key to the warehouse to An Xiaobei, and asked him to take charge here, and moved all the things in the room to the backyard. The most important thing was the dozen cans of tea in the warehouse, as well as various tea sets. Go to the East Wing Warehouse, which is used for miscellaneous purposes, and tell him in a low voice: "Look at them here, firstly, to prevent them from stealing sheep, secondly, let them try their best to tidy up all the dismantled wood, don't destroy it easily, and go back to decorate It can still be used, and now that money is tight, it is a little bit to save a little bit.”

After handing over the store to An Xiaobei, Mu Yunyi took Shang Yi to the south of the city, took the address and key given by Chen Hexuan, and found the yard of shopkeeper Li. The layout of Wangcheng County is divided by Zhalan Street in the center. On the boundary line, most of the people living in the north of the city are officials and eunuchs, and the streets are relatively wide. Most of them are big families, restaurants, teahouses, brothels and theaters, all of which are relatively high-end consumption places.

Most of the people living in the south of the city are ordinary households, the streets are relatively narrow, and most of them are alleys and alleys. The yard of shopkeeper Li is in the southeast direction, which belongs to Songlin Street. Mu Yunyi imagined it to be bigger in advance. There is a well in the southeast corner of the courtyard. It is a hexagonal shape made of stones. There are windlass and wooden barrels beside it. In the southwest corner is a tree that has not yet sprouted and is bare. Can't tell what kind of tree it is.

There are five main rooms, the center is the main room, there are stoves on the left and right sides, and there are two rooms on each side. The east side is where the shopkeeper Li and his concubine live. A kang runs through the two rooms. The inner room is a mahogany wardrobe. The kang cabinet, as well as the women's dressing table, and the polished bronze mirror, Mu Yunyi pulled out a drawer, which contained jade hairpins, agate bracelets, and rouge water seals.

There is an arhat bed by the window in the south, and a square table with celadon tea bowls on it in the outer room. One of them fell to the ground and broke into pieces. I know how Chen Hexuan will deal with it.

The West Room is where the maids live. Mu Yunyi guessed that at least one maid lived here. The east and west rooms are empty. It seems that some large furniture has been stored in it. It has been moved away, and there are still messy footprints on the ground. .

Looking around the yard carefully, Mu Yunyi was satisfied, and said to Shang Yi: "We will live here from now on!" Yi thought, even if he spent money to buy this courtyard, the things in it still belonged to Chen Hexuan. Chen Hexuan didn't care about firewood, rice, oil, salt, and large furniture. He couldn't use the clothes and shoes worn by the shopkeeper and his concubine, so he sorted them out first, then took a pen and ink to record them, sorted out the list, and sent them back to Chen Hexuan along with the things in the future.

The two ate at Dongshi at noon. They ordered two bowls of wontons and eight steamed buns. Our new home is very close to Dongshi. We walked north along Dongsheng Road and passed through seven alleys to the west entrance of Dengshi Street. It will be convenient for shopping in the future. up.

After eating, I went back to the store to look again. Carpenter Wang and his father worked very fast. In such a short half day, they had already removed all the walls in the middle of the south rooms and turned them into a tube house. According to Mu What Yunyi meant was to re-segregate four single rooms.

In the afternoon, counting the time, Mu Yunyi and Shang Yi rushed to the West Market and found Boss Niu: "Uncle Niu, we are here to bother you again."

When Boss Niu saw the two of them, he immediately smiled all over his face: "It's good to be here! It's good to be here! You are welcome to bother me. Sigh, I thought that Xiao Wu's transformation on the first day of the new year made you angry, and I won't come to take uncle's car anymore. I haven't seen you in the past few days, and I have been hanging in my heart."

"Then how can it be!" Mu Yunyi helped Boss Niu lead Rhubarb, harnessed the car, and then pulled Shang Yi into the car quickly, "If there is no uncle, I have to walk back with these two legs gone."

In fact, he did plan to buy two donkeys, but this time he built a nest in the city, so he didn't have to go back and forth in the future. It would be a waste to buy a donkey and keep it at home, and he had to feed it all day long, just think about it.