As for the remaining three empty rooms, Uncle Jiang simply cleaned them up.

The new shopkeeper, no matter which one he chooses, will not lose his proportion.

Can you pick and choose?

Shao Nianshi just took a cursory look and opened the door of the nearest room in the front yard.

This is a large room with a small hall.

There was a large wooden bare bed, a square table beside it, two round stools, a half-man tall box, and a small double row of shelves.

In the small hall, there is a full-height hanger for hanging clothes, and a wooden washbasin, foot basin, and a triangular washstand with a bucket are placed on the side.

There is also a large bath bucket that reaches Shao Nian's waist in the innermost corner, which can be regarded as thoughtful.

Seeing that the environment here is good, there are two small folding windows on the south wall.

Shao Nianshi thought to himself, that's it.

Therefore, he patted the door and said to Uncle Jiang behind him: "Uncle, I will choose this room." ”

"Go back, I'll clean up myself, and we'll talk about something tomorrow." ”

This is right, but Uncle Jiang, who was about to turn around, asked again as if he remembered something: "The shopkeeper, your surname, I don't know if I ate it at night, if I don't dislike it, I will have a bite with Xiao Lao'er?"

Shao Nianshi, who was asked, thought it was funny, looked at the wrinkled old face of Uncle Jiang smiling behind him, nodded his head, and agreed: "My surname is Shao, that's good, it's all arranged by you, uncle!"

It seems that this old man who guards the warehouse has something to say to him.

Shao Nianshi, who was as good as a stream, returned to the house first and put his burden on the bed. A thin roll of cover on the back was also spread.

When he fetched a basin of water in the yard, wiped the bed clean, and tidied up the bed, Uncle Jiang also took a lit kerosene lamp and walked out from behind a small stove on the very edge.

He carried a small round table in his other hand, placed it in the middle of the small courtyard, placed the kerosene lamp with the windshield cover in the middle, and then took two small maza from the kitchen, and after one after the other, he placed the food he had collected for the shopkeeper on the small round table.

"Shopkeeper, I didn't prepare in advance, you can make do with it first. ”

Shao Nianshi, who didn't have much hope, answered, and unwrapped the muslin cloth hanging on his chest and carried it to the courtyard.

In response to the kerosene lamp, the food on the small table was seen in Shao Nianshi's eyes.

A bowl of wild vegetable paste soup that can only be found in spring, mixed with some millet and boiled together.

A few sheets of flour mixed with bran are steamed together, and the amount is large and full, but the appearance is really miserable.

Seeing these things, Shao Nianshi shook his head gently, unfolded the cloth bag he had brought out, and took out the leftover cakes that he had eaten on the road when he set off at noon.

"Uncle, try me, the elders in the family made it, there is still left. ”

After speaking, regardless of whether Uncle Jiang would be embarrassed or not, he stuffed one into the other party's hand first.

Although the soft pancakes are cold, the aroma of good craftsmanship is still there.

Uncle Jiang picked up this big pancake, sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and praised it: "Fragrant, authentic Shandong pancakes, but rare." ”

Later, he probed his brain to look around, and when he saw Shao Nian and handed him the only green onion left in the cloth bag, which was two thumbs thick, his smile was even more wrinkled.

"That's right! Pancake rolls and green onions are really right for the stomach!"

"Where's the miso?"

Speaking of this, Uncle Jiang immediately got up chatteringly, went to the small stove, rummaged for a while, and then took out the sauce jar purchased from the big sauce shop below, dipped it in green onions, and wiped it on the cake.

This old man is funny.

Shao Nianshi smiled crookedly, and drank a bowl of millet and wild vegetable soup...... Even if the stomach that is not hungry is filled, the topic that the two people want to talk about can continue.

"As for the shopkeeper, let me tell you about the situation of our shop. ”

"In terms of business, my old Jiang doesn't have the ability of your scholars, so I can't figure it out. ”

"But the things involved in the back of this shop, the people who come and go, I still have to talk to you. ”

"Don't bother me. ”

Shao Nianshi shook his head when he heard this, he was very interested in these things.

Since the old man in the shop is willing to take the initiative to say, he also saves himself from slowly groping.

Seeing the young man opposite, he was not as arrogant as the shopkeepers who came before, and Uncle Jiang's heart was a little happier.

Although he is not a capable person, he has been working in the third grain shop of this first family for more than ten years, but he knows too well the doorway to open a shop here.

The two shopkeepers in the front, why did they leave when they got to the back?

It's not that they don't have enough ability, but they can't put down the shelf, they can't give up face, and they won't be embarrassed or embarrassed in the end...... It's not fun to do it yourself.

If there is a motivated person, he will also move around, find some way, and go to the shop where he can make money and work.

In the end, there were so many shopkeepers who came back and forth, and in the end, it was he and Lu Xiaogui who sold grain who stayed in this shop.

Speaking of this, Uncle Jiang sighed and started talking about the granary he was guarding.

"The business of our third grain shop, don't look at the business of the other two in Liaocheng, but in the heart of the first master, among the many industries in Liaocheng, the most important thing is our third grain shop. ”

"Why is that?"

"This is because the warehouse of our third grain store is located on the Liaocheng Caoyun Wharf not far from here. ”

"This granary not only supplies the grain supply of the entire Liaocheng, but also sometimes is responsible for the temporary operation of the entire Chujia grain trading house. ”

"We have to take inventory four times a year. ”

"Among them, the summer and winter seasons are the goods and inventory of the three grain stores in Chaliao City. ”

"In the spring and autumn seasons, we have to use our granary to carry out the replacement and clearance of the grain storage of the entire commercial bank. ”

I really don't know when I was young.

When he took over this shop from the first master, he only knew the inventory of summer and winter on the surface.

As for this spring and autumn?

Before Shao Nian could think about it, this Uncle Jiang explained it thoroughly for the shopkeeper.

"It's a common practice for us to go down. ”

It is the tacit rule of the shopkeeper of each trading house. ”

"Do you know, why did you choose to replay in the spring and autumn?"

"That's because in the autumn, the new rice of the year will be harvested to replenish the best quality rice for the first family's grain number. ”

"And in the spring, it's the time when the old rice that has been hoarded for a year needs to be cleaned up. ”

"If there is rice and noodles that have been moldy, attracted insects, soaked in water, and sprouted because of improper storage, they must be taken out of this warehouse, registered on the list of losses, and asked the chief steward to write them off. ”

"After getting the stamp from above, the rice noodles that have been cleared off the books have become ownerless. ”

"Naturally, it will be handled by the treasurer of the inventory by himself. ”

"The bad ones are naturally buried on the spot. ”

"But many of them are just soaked in water, recruiting a little worms, go to the special grain store to deal with it, and then sell it to those poor peasant families who have lost their grain at the price of old rice, and make another profit from it. ”

"It's the first wave of money they've made with the spring inventory. ”

"As for the new rice in the autumn?"

"I haven't figured out the old man here. ”

"I only know, the shopkeepers of the few grain shops outside here are more enthusiastic than usual. ”

"Isn't it strange that you say? When the autumn market comes, there is a lot of new rice, and the old grain is sold quickly. ”

"Why didn't I figure it out, why is that?"