Ancient Fortune Records

There are already many grocery stores in Jicheng, and a new one has recently opened, which is said to be opened by the father of City Lord Shen.

Shen's grocery store will officially open tomorrow, and it will only do business for ten days after the year before and after.Once the New Year's Eve is over, the door will not be opened.The grocery store has two floors in total. The first floor sells snacks, vegetables, fruits, canned food, food, etc. There are also large appliances that are not easy to move, such as textile machines, threshing machines, tricycles...

The second floor sells daily necessities and some utensils, such as agricultural tools, kitchen utensils, cleaning supplies, clothes... It is said that the prices are very cheap, it can be said that they are subsidizing the people, and they don't even want to make money.

Many people are saving money, reluctant to buy new year's goods, just waiting for the Shen's grocery store to open, and go in to support it.Some are really poor, and they just wait for the Shen family grocery store to sell some things at a lower price, so that they can replenish the things they need at home.

"The New Year's Eve is coming, let's go to the newly opened Shen's grocery store to buy some planes (a kind of planing tool), embroidery needles, stick needles (used for knitting sweaters), and some more snacks, we have been tired for so long Now, it's time to take a good rest, get some delicious food, and have a good year!"

Zhang Dalang talked to his daughter-in-law, Qin Shi, with a smile. He has a daughter, who is only five years old this year, and it is the time of gluttony.Years ago, the girl at home also said that she wanted to eat roast chicken, roast duck, fried noodles, fruit residue, and sugar pancakes. She was drooling in her dreams at night.

He and his daughter-in-law also came from hunger when they were young. They knew that the problem of gluttony was due to the lack of food. When they ate everything and tasted everything, they would not be particularly gluttonous.

Originally, the family had no money, so there was nothing they could do. Now that the family has started a business and makes some rice balls and broth every day, many people are willing to come here to eat.Their rice balls are wrapped in lotus leaves, with half rice and half glutinous rice. There are two types: sweet and salty. In winter, when there is no lotus leaf, the rice balls are packed in bamboo tubes.The portions are so generous that even Mr. Shen once served rice balls at his home.

This is a living sign!Now in Jicheng, who doesn't know Mr. Shen?The new guy they recruited was also clever, and immediately made a new sign, "rice balls that the city lords love to eat". Although this sign attracted hatred, it did bring a lot of money to their family.

Mrs. Qin thought for a while, and immediately said, "Don't forget to buy some incense. Let's offer more incense to our ancestors. First, let the ancestors know that we can live a good life! Second, it is also called the ancestors' blessing, and the weather in Youzhou is good. Annoying the Santo! Come on, we have to keep talking about it, and we must make our Santo healthy, free from illness and disaster, and the Santo's family will live well for the rest of their lives!"

Zhang Dalang said, "Fortunately, you reminded me, okay, let's go early tomorrow morning, so that there will be more and more people buying new year's goods in the future. Hey, how much money does our family have? In the second half of this year, we will earn After paying so much, can you buy the shop next door?"

Qin was overjoyed, "You really didn't worry about anything before, and only cared about making rice balls and broth, but now you know how much money you have left over to care about our family? Let me do the math. After deducting the cost, we made a total of 80 taels. Now I want to buy the shop next door with this amount of money. I’m afraid it’s not enough. It’s too late when you think about the shop. I bought the shop in the east of the city two months ago, and it’s only 60 taels of silver. That shop doesn’t cost a hundred taels, so don’t even think about selling it. I told you about this at the beginning, but you didn’t take it to heart at all, and slept like a pig. Now that the prices of the shops in the east of the city have increased, now I call you Make up your mind—should we sell that shop and buy the one next door to ours, or sell this one and buy the one next door to the one on the east side of the city?"

Zhang Dalang pondered for a while, and he made a decision: "Not for sale, our family will hire a shopkeeper and two guys to open a branch over there. It's cheap too."

Qin Shi pursed her lips and smiled, "I listen to you, just a little - you have to run around, I'm afraid it will be harder."

Zhang Dalang waved his hand, what kind of hard work is this?No matter how hard it was before, it was just digging food out of the ground, and nothing could be done.Cooking some meals now is a little tiring, but there is a lot of money!The girl in his family needs to have a dowry shop and acres of land. Now the family has [-] acres of land and hired tenants to plant it. At that time, they will allocate ten acres of land to the girl and marry the shop. They will be able to live well .There are only two shops now, which is far from enough. Only by earning another shop and a house can their family truly gain a foothold in Jicheng.

Qin said: "Master, buy more wool tomorrow, this year I won't knit the wool myself, just buy ready-made ones, if you need a collar, I'll knit one for you as soon as possible. Our Niuniu also needs a red vest. In snowy days, she will play wildly everywhere, for fear that she will catch a cold in her stomach."

Zhang Dalang looked at the old cotton coat on Qin's body, feeling a little sour in his heart.Qin's is no easier than her. She is busy at home and abroad, and she doesn't even plan to buy a new dress for herself.He planned to buy her a new set of cotton clothes when he was not busy in a few days.Now the price of duck down has gradually come down, and the down cotton clothes are shipped from Bianzhou. The price is not particularly high, and a set of coats only costs four taels of silver.Their shop will not open for five days during the Chinese New Year, and will continue to open after that. I think the business will be better next year.

"Father! You go to the grocery store or the market tomorrow, take me there! I'll get you something, okay?" A dark and thin little girl nimbly climbed up her father's lap. Yue eats well, and there is no shortage of rice and noodles. Even though her family was poor in the past, she ate little, and she seldom had enough to eat, and she had no nutrition, and her hair was still a little yellow.Although I am full now, I am still a little thin.She knew that her mother was the worst person in the family, so she hugged her father's thigh directly and tried to impress her father with her dark and watery eyes.

"It looks like it's going to snow tomorrow. It's too cold. You'd better stay at home and watch the shop with me, good boy." Qin was afraid that her daughter would go out and get cold, and that there would be too many people and get lost, so she spoke out to stop her. .

Zhang Dalang gave his daughter a look of helplessness. In their house, Qin's said one thing, so he didn't dare to say anything more.

The little girl was a little frustrated, Qin hardened her heart and deliberately did not look at her disappointed look.

Coughing lightly, "It's time to eat. I cooked tiger skin eggs for you today, braised in soy sauce with the meat. Hurry up and wash your hands, and eat at the dinner table."

The little girl especially loves tiger skin eggs, especially the tiger skin eggs that are braised with meat in soy sauce. The crispy fried eggs absorb the soup together with the meat. The tiger-skin eggs coming out of the gravy are even more satisfying.

She forgot about not being able to go to the market tomorrow, and Zhang Dalang heaved a sigh of relief as children forget a lot.His daughter is bullying and afraid of toughness, if she continues to be unhappy, she will come over to make trouble for him in a while.

Early the next morning, it really snowed heavily.Zhang Dalang ate two pancakes and was about to pick up a basket to go shopping when he saw a gap in his daughter's quilt.

He was afraid that his daughter would catch a cold, so he planned to go over and twist the quilt for her.Unexpectedly, as soon as he got close, his daughter immediately lifted the quilt, hugged his neck, and leaned her head against her father without saying a word.

How could the silly father stand this?

Immediately coaxed the girl, "Why don't we go together?"

The little girl rolled her eyes and said loudly on purpose: "I can't go, it's cold outside~"

Qin shi burst out laughing, this was for her to hear, this little monkey still wants to go!

Qin quickly came over to dress her, "You follow your father, don't make trouble for your father, don't run around, you must follow your father, wherever your father goes, you go there, do you hear me?"

The little girl jumped out of bed with joy.