Little wealth

"And this is the glutinous rice lotus root we made today, filled with glutinous rice and red dates, try it and see if you like it." Those who are at home have already eaten it, and those who just came back have not eaten it yet. Josh himself likes to eat lotus root, so he likes to eat lotus root whether it is made sweet and sour or fried.

Zhao Hu picked up a piece of lotus root and took a look, "It really has glutinous rice and red dates." He took a bite, the lotus root on the outside was powdery, and the glutinous rice and red dates inside were glutinous, with a little sweetness. .Although it didn't suit his taste very much, he also thought it was pretty good, and at the same time took another piece for Fu Lang who was sitting next to him, "You can eat it too, it's delicious."

Chen Yan also ate a piece, nodded, and added sweet and sour lotus root slices. The lotus root slices tasted crunchy, and he liked the texture better.

"We also made lotus root candy today. You guys can try two pieces when you're full. If you think it's okay, we plan to make lotus root candy and sell it tomorrow." Their family didn't have the habit of keeping their mouths shut, so Josh Taking advantage of the fact that everyone is here during the meal, I will discuss with you that they want to make lotus root candy for sale.

When Zhao Hu and Chen Yan heard that their brother wanted to make something to sell, they naturally agreed very much.

It's just that Zhao He was a little worried, looking at Fu Lang who can find many things for him to do every day, and asked: "You are pregnant now, will you be too tired to do so many things?"

"It's okay. I don't do a lot of things at home every day, and there are Eminem and Caixia to help, so I just talk about it." Josh picked a piece of mutton for the child who asked for meat while talking, and continued: " I think for a while, let Caiyun go to the store to help, and leave Caixia to help me at home."

"Okay, it doesn't matter." Zhao Hu thinks it doesn't matter, anyway, as long as there is one more person in the store to help, there is only one problem. He discussed with his family: "Recently, I always hear that the The customers of the barbecue said that it would be great if we would open the door for business at night. Many people can’t buy barbecue at night, and our store is closed. So I thought, why don’t we open the store at night, so that You can also do more business and earn more money.”

"Is...it's not safe on the way back at night?" Zhao Amu was a little worried that her son was too busy doing business in the store, and the way back at night would not be safe.

"I've thought about this too, and I just thought, I'll stay there by myself in the afternoon, Ah Yan and the others will come back first, and I'll close the shop at night, so I'll go to Brother's shop to make do for the night. It also saves me from running back and forth. When the door opens during the day, Elder Brother and Ah Yan will also go to the store. With Ah Yan and the others helping me during the day, I won’t be too tired alone.”

Since getting married, Zhao Hu no longer thinks about running all over the mountains and plains all day long like before, but is full of thoughts on how to make money and support his family. After opening the shop for so long, he has gradually learned how to get around. Doing business, I began to have my own ideas, "I think we will do more business at the end of the year and earn more silver taels. When we have more silver in our hands next year, we can buy the shops in the town."

"This matter... why don't you go back to discuss it at night? We are not in a hurry." Zhao Amu glanced at the youngest son and Brother Chen, seeing that Brother Chen didn't speak. He seemed to have discussed it with his husband, and he was worried that they hadn't discussed this matter, and asked his daughter-in-law not to agree, so as to save his daughter-in-law and son from having conflicts behind closed doors at night.

In fact, if you want him to say it, he doesn't really agree with the couple living in the town and the other at home. It's not long since they got married, and there is no news of Brother Chen's stomach. The son will live separately from the wife, and that will have to wait until When will these two have their first child.

Now that the eldest son has a son, and the eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant again, he is not worried about the eldest son.On the contrary, the youngest son just got married, and the daughter-in-law is two years older than his son. It will be harder to conceive when the elder brother gets older, so Zhao Amu hopes that the youngest son and daughter-in-law can fight for the husband and wife first. Boy, let him hug two more grandchildren.

"Yeah, I don't think this matter is in a hurry, you might as well discuss it slowly." Josh knew what his mother was thinking, so he helped him speak, "The weather is cold recently, people who go out to buy supper at night Definitely not as many as summer."

"It's okay for us to wait until the beginning of spring next year to make supper. At that time, you will rent a courtyard in the town. There will be seven or eight people living in the store, and there will be so many sundries. It was not comfortable to live in the past. It's better for you to rent a place to live in the town, and Ah Yan can go and live with you, and you won't come back to the village when you open the shop too late at night, and you can stay in the town to live."

Seeing the eldest daughter-in-law helping him to speak, Zhao Amu also echoed, "That's right, you guys will rent a place to live in the town next year, and the two of you will live together, so it will be hard to come back alone and live in the town alone? "As long as the son lives with his daughter-in-law, there is hope for his little grandson!

Josh also had some thoughts in his heart, "I feel that our current barbecue shop is a bit too small, let's look around and see if we can find a place with a better storefront, maybe we can consider changing to a bigger one next year It would be even better if you can bring a yard to the store, and it will save you from having to rent another house.”

"If our store is bigger, we can put a few more tables in it, and we can also do a self-service barbecue. If the entrance is big, we can put the tables in front of the store at night, so that the guests who come here can bake what they want. It’s more interesting than when we bake it and send it to people to eat.”

"Barbecue buffet?" What is it?Zhao Hu looked at his brother with a puzzled expression.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Josh explained to everyone what this self-service barbecue is, "The self-service barbecue is the place, ingredients and stoves provided in our store, so that people who come can order whatever they want, and bake it by themselves , This is a self-service barbecue." In their town, or in the whole of Daliang, there is no such way of eating as self-service catering. If they start a restaurant in the town, it may attract more business to them.

"That's right, brother, the self-service barbecue you mentioned is very interesting. Let's rent a big store next year and make this self-service barbecue." Zhao Hu felt that the self-service barbecue his brother said was very feasible when he heard it, and he believed it. As long as they have a self-service barbecue like this, the business will definitely not be too bad.

As long as it came out of his brother's mouth, he would have no doubts.

Later, they discussed the matter of changing the storefront and self-service barbecue, and decided to see if there was any suitable store in the town later, and wait for a bigger store next year to do self-service barbecue.As for the present, it is enough to maintain the current business.

Chen Yan listened to everyone talking, but he himself didn't say anything.

"Ah Yan, you eat vegetables." Zhao Hu looked at the silent Fulang, thinking that Fulang was unhappy that he decided to make supper without discussing with him. .Until Fu Lang told him not to pinch, he stopped his chopsticks a little bit aggrieved.

Seeing the aggrieved look on the tall man's face, Chen Yan felt a little helpless and wanted to laugh. In fact, he didn't mean to be angry, but Fang told the whole family without discussing it with him. The feeling that one's own man is excluded.

But he also understands that no matter what the man at home tells him, he will agree, because he really can't see this man who is younger than him showing disappointment.

Chen Yan didn't know why he chose a boy who was younger than himself, but since he had chosen at the beginning, and his man hurt himself, he didn't think there was anything wrong with marrying a man who was two years younger than him. up.Seeing the grievance of the little man, like a big wronged dog, he still used the chopsticks in his hand to pick up a piece of meat for the man, coaxing the younger man, "you eat Bar."

Looking at the extra meat in the bowl, knowing that Fu Lang was not angry with him, Zhao Xiaohu smiled, and continued to serve Fu Lang with vegetables, "Fu Lang, you can eat too."

***

This day, the meal time was a little earlier than usual. After dinner, it was still bright outside, and the family went out for a walk in the yard.

The surrounding land was bought by their family, so their yard is quite large.

There are bamboos around the yard of their house, and there is nothing planted in the whole yard. At first glance, it looks a bit bare and looks too monotonous.It's just that it's already autumn when their house is built, and it's not suitable for planting at that time, so they can only wait for the next spring to plant.

The children ran in front, and the adults walked slowly behind.

Josh looked at their garden, and gestured to Master Zhao, "Our yard is so big, next spring we can plant some fruit trees, pear trees, peach trees, and grapefruit trees. Let's see if there are any more." There are no other fruit trees, and some small saplings are transplanted back to plant."

"Set aside a piece of land over there to be used as a vegetable garden, and build a row of bamboo trellises here in front, and then you can plant a row of melons here." He imagined in his mind the scene of a yard full of melons and fruits, and in summer They lay under the saplings full of melon vines, harvesting fruit in the yard in autumn, and the granary in winter is full of various vegetables and fruits, and of course meat is indispensable. The family spends a warm winter with sufficient food.

"Well, if you want, we will plant it when the time comes." Zhao He walked slowly beside Fu Lang.During the day, he was busy in the store and often came back very late. It was rare that he could accompany Fu Lang out for a walk like today.

The two talked while walking, and what they said was a beautiful vision for the future life.

The kid who was running in front of them was running by himself, and Ah Huang was watching his wife and children in the kennel behind. Without Ah Huang by his side, the back view of the kid playing alone looked a bit lonely.

"Wait next year, Ah Nian will also have a younger brother to play with him." Josh reached out and touched his stomach. The little boy inside probably woke up and was turning over in his stomach. He could feel the baby moving.

Zhao He's eyes fell on the place where Fu Lang's hand was touching, and he hummed lightly.

"Is the business in your store going well recently?" Josh asked a few more things about the store. Since the store opened, some business has gradually come to the door. There are three masters working in the store, and the business is also good. Not bad.

Boss Zhou, the big client who came last time, should have gone back to the south, and probably won't pass by them until the next year.

From October onwards, the weather gets colder, and the further north you go, the colder it becomes. At this time, there are not many caravans traveling between the north and the south.The merchants from the south have all returned to the south, and the merchants from the north have not gone south much. There are no boats passing by or staying here in Anyang. They will wait until March of the next year before there will be boats on this river. There are ships from other places coming and going.

So what they can do in their store is the business of local people. It is not that there are no wealthy households in their town and some nearby villages, and the market is quite big. In addition to doing business with rich people, their furniture workshop also makes ordinary orders. I placed an order in their store, and they didn't stop doing it.

"Don't worry over there, take your time, as long as you become famous, in the future, more people will ask you to make things." Josh trusts the craftsmanship of their master Zhao, "Many furniture beds are made in our family now. The cabinet is not only the only one in Anyang, but also the only one in Daliang.”

"However, furniture is easy for others to learn, so we must seize the time to establish the reputation of our Anxin Furniture Factory. In the future, whenever people talk about hiring someone to make furniture, the first thing that comes to mind is our Anxin Furniture Factory. This is our Anxin Furniture Factory. The reputation of the furniture shop has grown."

"Well, I understand." Zhao He understood what Fu Lang said, and he was working hard on it.

Seeing the two pigs running in front, the two pigs in the family were sent by the Chen family on the day Chen Yan got married. They have been kept in their backyard, and they would usually run out to run wild.Seeing the good weather recently, Josh thought of making bacon. He called his mother over and asked, "Mum, the winter solstice will be in two days. Are we going to kill a pig to make some bacon that day?"

"It's okay to kill the pigs. These two pigs are so big, if you continue to feed them, they won't grow any meat. It's a waste of so much food. It's better to kill them and eat the meat." When the daughter-in-law said that she wanted to kill the pigs, Zhao Amu also agreed very much, "That day happened to be the winter solstice, so I called you Uncle Chen to come over and help kill the pigs, and we will also leave you Uncle Chen to eat at our house."

As soon as he heard that the family was going to kill a pig, Zhao Hu naturally had no objection.

Chen Yan said, "I don't need my father, I can butcher pigs."

"Call your father, don't you also call your father to eat, why don't you call your father? You are a brother, let Xiaohu and your father do this kind of thing in the future, you Learn how to embroider and make clothes in the room, and don’t do this kind of rough work.” Zhao Amu glanced at her daughter-in-law disapprovingly, a brother who thinks about killing pigs all day long, what kind of talk!That kind of rough work of killing pigs should be done by men, how can there be a brother rushing to kill pigs!

Chen Yan touched his nose and asked him to embroider. He would rather butcher a pig.

Zhao Hu abducted Fu Lang with his hands, and gave Fu Lang an expression of "leave everything to your man".

Little did he know that on the day of the slaughter of the pigs, before the pigs had even started to be slaughtered, a certain man who said he would leave everything to him turned pale with fright.

The sun was setting in the west, and it was getting dark outside.

A group of adults were also preparing to go back to the house, and Josh called out to his son who was still immersed in playing outside, "A Nian, come back to take a shower. If you don't come back, we will be leaving."

"Wait for me~"

"Then hurry up!"

The child looked up at him, got up, ran towards them with two little feet pattering, and followed them back to the house.