Self-cultivation of male support

Xu Lao Wu's brothers were very surprised when they saw that Shi Yan closed the stall early. They did not forget that today is the day when Shi Yan's rice noodle shop opened.

It's just that they are not optimistic about Shi Yan's business from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that they will go to catch up on the tail of lunch at this moment, just to support Shi Yan's scene, so as not to appear cold.

And they have their own considerations, knowing how popular they are in the whole street, if they go early, let normal customers see them in Xu Laowu's store, they are probably people who want to enter the store to try something new They are all discouraged and ruined business.

Thousands of choices have been made until now, but they never expected that the two parties would meet happily halfway.

Shi Yan didn't explain too much, handed over the prepared rice noodles to the other party, gave a few simple instructions, didn't bother to walk, climbed into the bullock cart, and walked home with Uncle Liu.

After walking far away, he couldn't see the other party's figure, Liu Erbo said to Shi Yan with a heartache on his face: "Master, that's a few tens of pennies!"

It hurts to think about giving it to a group of lazy scoundrels for nothing.

Besides, Uncle Liu still has his own worries: "You know who those people are. If they eat well today, what if they go to the store to eat and drink for nothing in the future?"

Shi Yan admits that Liu Erbo's words are justified. The moral bottom line of that group of people is extremely low. Hard to say.

If one goes wrong, it is normal operation to bring people to make trouble in front of your store every day, making your business unable to continue.

Maybe other people will be afraid of these tricks, but Shi Yan is not.

Not only was he not afraid, but he also wished that those people would get dizzy and bump into them on their own initiative.

It's too early to say these things now, with money in his pocket, the first thing Shi Yan has to do is to ask a gentleman to go home and teach him how to read and write.

According to Xu Laowu's life trajectory, he is an illiterate farmer. He barely wrote a price sign before, and it can be inferred that he learned it from cats and tigers in the street shops.

But more is not enough.

For Shi Yan, if he can't read and write, it's not very convenient to do the right thing.

But this kind of thing is not something that can be done with money. Nowadays, Mr. Private School recruits students from acquaintances in the same circle to introduce children from relatives and friends to each other. When they play, they have a fixed circle and do not accept outsiders easily.

Just like the vegetable vendors on the street have their circles, if others want to go in and get a share, they will inevitably be opposed and suppressed by them collectively.

There is no rush for this matter.

After careful consideration in Shi Yan's mind, he came up with an idea. The bullock cart had already swayed into the alley, and met many acquaintances along the way. Seeing Shi Yan coming back now, he joked maliciously:

"Xu Laowu, just now I heard from your mother-in-law that you only go to the store during the day, and now you come back when the sun is empty. Could it be that you made a fortune on the road?"

Uncle Liu said in his heart that he just got rich!But he understands the principle of making a lot of money in silence. When the boss is silent, he can just be a driver with peace of mind.

On the other hand, Shi Yan, with his hands in his sleeves, sat comfortably on the bullock cart, and responded to the man's words with a smile: "Thank you for your good words, I made a small fortune!"

The person who spoke was choked, and walked away cursing. From a distance, the person and others could be heard muttering: "Oh, the dog can't change eating shit, he promises that the fifth child can get rich, and my rhubarb can sit on it." Get promoted in the yamen!"

There were also people who refused to give up and asked Shi Yan beside the bullock cart: "Xu Lao Wu, I think you should know that your rice noodle business can't continue today, right?

Go back and talk to your mother-in-law, let me rent that shop in your house, and I will give you a rental fee of three taels of silver a year. No matter how few mosquito legs are, it is still meat. It is better than losing money in your hands.

Brother Xu, are you right? "

Shi Yan glanced down on the bullock cart, snorted coldly, still acting like a rascal: "What you said is interesting, my rice noodle shop is at the top of Shuangjing Street.

I am not willing to give up 30 taels a year, how can you say three taels of silver? "

The man was not annoyed, looked up at Shi Yan with a smile on his head, followed the bullock cart a few steps slowly, and said in a low voice: "30 taels of rent silver, how much can you get in your pocket?

The three taels I mentioned are all for you, Brother Xu. As long as you can make the decision, whether it is three taels or ten taels, we can discuss it. "

After speaking, he took a meaningful look at Shi Yan, his eyes were full of confidence.

Shi Yan waved his hand, looking very disdainful: "Three or five taels of silver, it's not enough for the brothers to go out for a drink, are you willing to take it out and say it?"

The disdain and anger on the man's face disappeared in a flash, and he soon showed a smile. After saying "I'll give you two days to think about it", he flicked his sleeves and strode away.

The back view is full of confidence that Shi Yan will finally agree!

There are neighbors in the whole alley, and almost no one believes that Shi Yan can do business well.

It’s different when I get home. The two children in the family have inexplicable trust in their father. Ever since they tasted the food made by their own hands, they firmly believe from the bottom of their hearts that no one in this world can resist the temptation of their father’s handicrafts.

The two had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when Shi Yan came back, one of them was holding Shi Yan's hand, bouncing around very lively, Ayun looked at Shi Yan with sparkling eyes.

Xiaobao was more straightforward, raising his head and curiously asking: "Father, have you made any money? Are there many customers? You must be very busy, right? Catch Xiaobao and my sister to the store to help you entertain guests!"

Shi Yan led the two children through the hanging flower gate, with a soft expression on his face: "Well, there are not many customers, I have made some money, and I am not very busy, so I don't need your help for the time being."

Ayun also blushed and said: "Daddy has worked hard to make money and support the family!"

"Hmph, you came back within two hours after leaving the house. How hard is it? If you can make money to support your family in this way, a businessman who sleeps from midnight to midnight would already be rich!"

Granny Miao was holding an embroidery frame in her hand, sitting on the porch, squinting her eyes half-closed to embroider in the sunlight, and snorted coldly.

From the very beginning, she didn't trust this son-in-law, especially when she heard Uncle Liu say that he took off the signboard of Miao's rice noodles and replaced them with a big bowl of rice noodles, she felt even more unhappy.

She had no choice but to bow her head under the eaves. At that time, she didn't say much, but she hoped that he would make some achievements in her heart. It would be good for her grandson if his father had a future.

The results of it?

It's really disappointing. If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't expect this person to be successful.

Shi Yan didn't care about the old lady's opinion. Seeing that the two children were at a loss, he rubbed their heads to comfort them, and directly took the two children's hands to the direction of the garden.

Between him and the old lady, there were many things that could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and he didn't even think about explaining it, so let's just do it, if you can understand it in the future, you will understand it, and if you can't understand it, then you will not understand it.

Not a single finger in his way.

Just keep the surface peaceful and don't cast a shadow on the two children.

"Yesterday we agreed to make paper kites for you, and today we have all the materials ready. Tell me what you want? Huh? The weather is fine these few days, so I can take you to the suburbs to release paper kites."

Sure enough, the two children were very happy when they heard it, and urged Shi Yan to leave quickly.

Soon the corridor was full of kite-making tools and materials, and Ayun gestured with his hand: "Daddy, I want a butterfly. It's so big, it can fly so high!"

Not to be outdone, Little Treasure opened his arms and gestured, "Daddy, I want an eagle. I want this~big! Bigger than my sister!"

Shi Yan sat next to him and cut bamboo slices with a knife, and responded lightly, and the two children squatted beside him happily to help him pass things, their little faces full of anticipation.

Shi Yan stuffed the two of them with the colored paper they had prepared early in the morning, and asked them to cut and play by themselves.

Not far away with his back turned, Uncle Liu was dancing happily like a child weighing two hundred catties, telling Mrs. Miao and Aunt Liu about the opening this morning.

Liu Erbo spoke frothyly, with a passionate expression, and his coordinated movements looked like a liar jumping a big rope.

The audience, Mrs. Miao and Aunt Liu, looked in disbelief, saying "I'll just listen to your bragging quietly" all over their faces.

After Second Aunt Liu and the others finished speaking, they complained in a low voice: "I said the head of the house, why did you go out with the boss? You have also learned this trick. It makes people feel uneasy."

Uncle Liu felt wronged, and argued, "What I said is absolutely true! Don't you also think that the rice noodles made by the owner are delicious? Why don't you believe that he can do a good job in business?"

Second Aunt Liu said confidently: "It's delicious, even the best rice noodles I've ever eaten in my life! But isn't it still a bowl of rice noodles in the final analysis?

Can he turn into a bear's paw?

Return a bowl of rice noodles for eight taels of silver, so you can take it easy!

Don’t you know how cheap rice noodles are in our Bai’an County?People who eat rice noodles every day are not rich after all, and the rice noodles of the boss will eventually be sold to these people who are not rich!No matter how delicious it is, it will cost you a penny at most!

It has risen too much, and those who are willing to eat rice noodles can't afford it!

People who can afford it, what's wrong with eating something, rice noodles every meal?Isn't there something wrong with this? "

Liu Erbo scratched his head in distress, the reason is this, but his master has his own secret recipe, and he doesn't take the usual way at all, so why can't he explain it clearly?

Second Aunt Liu put down the dishes in her hand, glanced at the father and son three people in the corridor, and persuaded in a low voice: "The head of the house, please tell the boss later, the recipe in his hand is definitely a good recipe, as long as you are down-to-earth, Life is sure to pass!

Hurry up tomorrow, you go to open the shop earlier and come back later, hard work must be hard work, but raising a family is definitely not a problem, maybe you can rely on this skill to marry Xiaobao a wife in the future! "

Immediately, the figure of the 100 taels silver bill was in Liu Erbo's mind again, and with a complicated mood that only he could understand, he turned around and went to pack the things he needed in the store tomorrow.

I truly experienced the feeling that everyone is drunk and I am alone.

But soon Uncle Liu didn't have this kind of sweet burden, and he thought he had seen a big scene in the short time he opened the store with Shi Yan, and he was no longer the honest and honest Uncle Liu in the past.

The mother-in-law at home doesn't believe everything he said?

No, it doesn't exist.

In less than half a month, no one in the entire county knew about the existence of a large bowl of rice noodles, which could be called the rice noodles that the county grandpa's young master frequented every day.

The story of Mr. Liu ignoring Miss Yingying for a bowl of rice noodles has long been known.

Even if the mother-in-law at home does not leave the door, there are still some nosy people pouring news into her ears.

He, Liu Er, never thought that one day, he would be respected by many people for selling rice noodles with his owner, and even the young son of the county magistrate's family would politely nod and say hello to him when he came in and out of the shop.

For a while, I felt that my life had reached its peak.

Who doesn't want to taste the fairy taste of a big bowl of rice noodles, which can fascinate people, love rice noodles but not beautiful women!

It's a pity that the owner of this shop doesn't know what to think. He opens the shop for at most one hour a day, makes a lot of rice noodles, and receives at most ten tables of customers. He closes the shop when they are sold out. He really does business according to his mood.

Very casual.

"Xu Wu, to be honest, can't you just follow others and reserve a seat for me? It's okay to let the boy next to me come and pick it up!

You don't know these days, I run to your house every day at this hour, and the money in my pocket is spent so fast, my father thought I ran to the brothel Chuguan again.

I almost can't go out today, I'm going to miss this meal! "

The county magistrate rubbed his stomach happily, and for the first time suggested Shi Yan to make a separate reservation for him.

"As for the fifteen flavors, it will take half a month to taste them one by one..."

Shi Yanxin said, wait until you taste the fifteen flavors now, there will be surprises waiting for you later!My determination to empty your wallet is beyond your imagination!

In order to empty your wallet, the effort I put in behind the scenes is beyond your imagination!

But what he said was: "Since I have charged you eight taels of silver, it is natural to make you feel that it is worth the money. This kind of rice noodles is the best to eat and cook now. It is very important to control the heat. It doesn't matter if it is more or less." .

I can't let you spend eight taels of money worthless, and I can't smash my signboard! "

Well, if it wasn't for the entire county, or even the prefecture, the rice noodles made by Shi Yan would surprise him every day, and he wouldn't tolerate Shi Yan's messy rules.

But who makes it a seller's market now!

Standing up and putting down the two coins, Young Master Liu half-closed his eyes, and left with a satisfied look on his face, accompanied by a few salivating servants.

Shi Yan watched the other party leave, and sighed in his heart: If it wasn't because this guy was so disciplined here, some people would have been unable to hold back in the dark?

As soon as he turned around, he saw Mr. Liu from the same alley coming in with his hands behind his back. After hesitating for a while, he said to Shi Yan, "Here's a bowl of hot and sour."

Small hot and sour noodles means Wuwenqian hot and sour noodles.

The rough classification of rice noodles into upper, middle and lower according to the price is only applicable to the chaotic scene on the first day of opening. Since the second day, the store has changed the term "large, medium and small".

Big hot and sour rice noodles is not a big bowl of hot and sour rice noodles, but hot and sour rice noodles with eight taels of silver.

Shi Yan invited the old man to sit down, and went into the back kitchen and served a bowl of hot and sour medium that Mr. Liu used to eat. At first glance, Mr. Liu didn't see anything wrong, but he knew it when he tasted it.

The old man was also open-minded, he just froze for a moment and then continued to eat.

Since he happened to pass by here half a month ago and stepped in, the speed with which his purse dried up made his wife suspect that he was raising a baby outside, which caused a family conflict of some sort.

Half a month has passed, even if his wife doesn't tell him, he still knows that he can't eat his favorite hot and sour every day without restraint.

But eat as you go, it’s not unaffordable to have two meals a day.

After eating, he put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth, then the old man took out a total of fifteen coins from his purse and gave them to Uncle Liu, but Shi Yan refused to take them: "They are all neighbors in the same alley.

I heard from my mother that my Fenghua was also enlightened by you when I was a child, so what's the point of asking you to eat a bowl of rice noodles?You must not be polite to me. "

Seeing that the old man didn't accept people, even scholars, he couldn't do the trick of flirting with others, so he turned to ask Shi Yan: "I remember that your two children are about to reach the age of enlightenment, right?

Back to the old man's home. "

This old man is known far and wide for his high standards. It takes five years of age and up to accept enlightened children, and he has to pass his test. It is indeed a great favor to be able to say that.

But Shi Yan shook his head directly: "To tell you the truth, my two children are not yet three years old. The junior wants them to play happily for two years, and we can talk about studying when we can see their temperament and preferences."

While the old man admired him, he hesitated at the same time.

Shi Yan continued: "Since we are talking about this matter, this junior has a request and I hope you will agree to it. You also know that this junior was born in the field before, and I don't know a single word.

Now that the family situation is getting better, I want to study with my husband. The requirements are not high. I can understand the account books and not be fooled by others. I wonder if you have someone to recommend in this regard? "

The request was simple, and Mr. Liu was relieved when he heard that, and he appreciated Shi Yan a little more in his heart.

I said in my heart that the prodigal son will not change his money when he turns back, which is really reasonable. In the past, people hated dogs and hated people. After he started to live and support his family, he has a good appearance and knows how to study and improve, which is very good.

Touching his beard and pondering for a moment, he said, "This old man just happens to have a candidate, and you can decide for yourself after hearing."

The person Mr. Liu mentioned was surnamed Zhou, 28 this year, and he was an apprentice he had accepted in his early years.

Eight years ago, that is, when he was 20 years old, he passed the examination of scholar, and he is a well-known young talent.

It's a pity that my family background is ordinary. To put it mildly, it is a farming and studying heirloom. In fact, several generations of the family are mud-legged. Only the uncle's family next door had a child born more than ten years ago.

The whole family and even the whole family were excited for him to be a scholar at such a young age. As a result, in the next few years, his grandparents, parents, and parents passed away one after another, and it took nine years to keep his filial piety.

In nine years, no marriage, no imperial examinations, people are completely delayed.

In recent years, there have been faint rumors that he ordered his six relatives to be restrained. Seeing that he was about to be a filial piety, the matchmaker dared not come to the door, and the clan members did not dare to approach, for fear of being restrained to death.

Mr. Liu said with a serious expression: "The child is having a hard time today, the old man wants to help him a little bit, but he refuses to take it, he is very stubborn.

I don't want to hurt others, and I currently make a living by copying books for bookstores.

The old man will not hide this from you, if you think it is appropriate, the old man will make peace for you in the middle. "

What could Shi Yan be unwilling to do?

A person from an ordinary family but talented, self-respecting and self-loving does not accept charity from others, and insists on self-reliance. He does not believe that Shouxiao has not continued to study these years.

If not, Mr. Liu would not value him.

Next year's filial piety will just be in time for the hospital examination, so it's impossible to get one's fame. At that time, he was only 29, young and promising. For Shi Yan, such a person is beneficial and harmless.

Shi Yan glanced at the old man with a half-smile, noncommittal to his cautiousness.

Since then, all the days when Shi Yan didn't open a shop, he followed Mr. Zhou to read and write. His diligent study and great progress shocked everyone around him.

In just a few months, even the ruffian temperament on his body disappeared.

When a person puts on a robe and goes out, he is a serious scholar, elegant and easy-going.

Seeing Shi Yan like this, Mrs. Miao was sometimes in a daze, and said to Aunt Liu in private: "It looks more like that than the fourth son who killed a thousand knives in his family!

If he had been like this earlier, my Fenghua would still miss Xu Laosi?Have a good time with him!What are you talking about! "

Second Aunt Liu glanced at Shi Yan who was patiently making spinning tops for the two children, curled her lips, and said to herself, "You've got it, it's not like we haven't seen Xu Laosi before."

Looking at it alone, it is indeed a character, but when it is put together with the current Xu Laowu, it is a ostentatious embroidered pillow!Where can you compare with the owner?

That girl in your family is unlucky, because of Xu Laosi's face, she treats Xu Lao Wu as a human being!Who would have thought it would be today?

But he said: "Old sister, you can take it easy! It's not like you don't know how many people have left me here to inquire about the marriage of the master recently?

The eldest daughters of several families are willing to bring dowry to your two children as stepmothers!What are people trying to figure out?

Isn't it just to show that your son-in-law is capable, treat the two children well, and treat you, an old lady, with affection and righteousness?

Such a good son-in-law is willing to stay at your house, let's have fun secretly, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? "

"Contentment? In this regard, Brother Xu, don't be so easy to be contented. My husband always says that I am talented in reading, but I see that you are the most talented one!

If it wasn't for the delay...but it's not too late to catch up now, Brother Xu, I believe that with your progress speed, a scholar's fame will definitely be no problem! "

Mr. Zhou watched Shi Yan circle around the pot and stove, hated him for not fighting, and tried his best to comfort him.

Shi Yan acted very salty: "I just want to make the most delicious rice noodles in the world, so that everyone can feel happy. Come, Brother Zhou, how about trying my latest flavor!"

"Brother Xu, listen to me, don't change the subject!"

"Hey!"

"Hey, it's delicious!"

Shi Yan: Who can escape the law of true fragrance in life?