Early one morning in December, Chen Shouye got up without knowing anything, and at the same time called his wife and daughter to get up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Today is the opening day of their grocery store, and they have to get up early to get busy.

Needles, threads, brains, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other goods had been purchased two days earlier, and firecrackers and big red paper with the words "Open a good day" had also been prepared. What needs to be done now is to check the goods on the shelves again, and then go through the opening process, and think about whether the neighbors have invited them and whether there are any missing.

After finishing all this, he asked his wife and daughter to cook and clean up inside and outside the store, Chen Shouye sat down very satisfied and lit a dry cigarette and took a puff of it. I have been adrift for half my life, married a middle-aged wife, and gave birth to a daughter, my wife is virtuous, and my daughter is smart, all of which are satisfactory to me. In order to pull this family, he slept in the open air, endured countless hardships, and finally saved some money. Now that he is nearly fifty years old, he no longer has much strength to explore the world; The daughter is sixteen years old, and she has reached the age of marriage, so she has to find a suitable future life and entrust her for life. So, Chen Shouye made up his mind that he would no longer live a life of wandering outside, took out all his savings, and planned to find a place to settle down and start a small business.

After many inquiries and considerations, Chen Shouye finally chose Yinhu Town, which is dozens of miles away from Quanzhou.

Yinhu Town is the last stop for many merchants in the Southern Tang Dynasty to go to Quanzhou, and the passenger flow is relatively large, and there are many residents in the town. In addition, this is the territory of the Nujiao Gang, protected by the Nujiao Gang, and the surroundings are relatively stable, without the attack of military disasters and bandits. To do business here, you only need to pay some money and taxes to the Nujiao Gang and the county government every month.

Buying this small store cost Chen Shouye sixty percent of his savings. However, looking at the two shops in front and the two houses with a small courtyard in the back, Chen Shouye was still proud of his vision. The only regret is that this shop is too remote, and the surrounding business atmosphere is not as strong as that of Silver Lake town center.

In fact, it's a slum in Silverlake. Although Yinhu Town is really a town, because it is very close to Quanzhou City, adjacent to rivers and lakes, developed water transportation, and prosperous economy, it already has the scale of a small city, and there are more rich residents. The location close to the river, lake and wharf is generally occupied by the wealthy, either building mansions to enjoy the scenery, or setting up shops to make money.

Chen Shouye is far away from the rivers and lakes, there are no restaurants and painting boats, only messy low shacks, wooden houses, and earthen houses, which are prepared for the poor. Of course, there are people who are poorer than the inhabitants here, who either wander in the city or beg for a living in the countryside, and are not as good as themselves. Opening a shop here, that is, selling some things to the poor people around you, can be regarded as turning the money into a physical object, which is more down-to-earth.

Even so, Chen Shouye is quite satisfied. Running a shop, although you have to worry about it, is not as exposed to the sun and rain as farming, and you have to pay expensive taxes. Therefore, he felt that even if he was poorer, he would be very poor, and he would not have any complaints if he paid money to the Nujiao Gang in the future.

Chen Shouye originally wanted to go back to the mountain village where he had lived since he was a child, which is located at the foot of a peak in the Chixia Mountains. But back then, as a second bastard, he really didn't leave because the township didn't allow him, and now when he goes back, his parents are no longer there, and he really can't find any home. Later, he heard that some secret stone mine had been found on the mountain peak above the village, which had long been occupied by those flying immortals. The fields in the village were also bought, and the laborers would be called to open mines, and many people died of exhaustion. Now all the young people in the village have run out. Chen Shouye sighed, now in this world, the immortals are fighting with the common people for food, but fortunately they didn't go back!

Thinking of this, Chen Shouye couldn't help frowning. Although the shop has been built, on the one hand, there is still a shortage of manpower, and on the other hand, he is old and childless, and after the woman gets married, he and his wife may have no one to take care of them.

Last night, before going to bed, he had mentioned this to his wife, who advised him to relax, but he could not calm down. Think about when I ran away from my hometown, the goose-feather snow was overwhelming, I didn't even have a cotton coat, and I had a yellow snot under my nose. Everyone was disgusted with themselves, even their parents closed the door to prevent them from entering the house, and the two yellow dogs in the village didn't bother to bark at them. Now I finally have a family and a business, but there is no successor. "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great", think about it and feel aggrieved.

Just as he was thinking, his wife beckoned him to dinner, and his daughter had already cleaned the shop inside and out. Helpless, Chen Shouye had no choice but to put away his thoughts and began to eat absentmindedly.

The sky gradually brightened, and Chen Shouye pasted the red paper of "Opening Street" and put two firecrackers, which woke up the neighbors. Neighbors came to congratulate one after another, and three or five copper coins were more or less put in the red envelopes. Chen Shouye accepted it, silently wrote it down, and planned to take another opportunity to return it to them, after all, no one's life is easy.

It's been a busy morning. After lunch, his wife and daughter went their separate ways, and they were all working in the family of Shen Daguan, a wealthy family in the town. Chen Shouye sat at the counter, gesturing at the brand-new account book, but his heart was still immersed in thought. After thinking about it, he felt that when he was busy in the morning, he still lacked a helper, so he posted the notice he had prepared. Business is not bad today, he wants to hire a buddy.

There was less business in the afternoon. I don't know how long it took, the door of the store was knocked gently, Chen Shouye thought that there was business coming to the door again, and when he raised his eyes, a handsome young man with fair skin stood at the door, and he didn't speak, silently looking at everything in the store. The setting sun shone on the young man's slightly immature face, like a person. Like whom? He couldn't think of it.

Chen Shouye coughed lightly, wanting to ask the young man what he needed. In order to let him see the things on the shelf clearly, Chen Shouye also stood up and gave way, so as not to block the other party.

"Boss, you're looking for a buddy?" The boy spoke suddenly.

"Yes. Do you want to ......" Chen Shouye felt a little incredible. Whether it is from the appearance or the clothes, this young man does not look like a man who can be a man.

"yes, I want to work in your shop." The teenager affirmed.

"Can you do it?" Chen Shouye looked at him with fine skin and tender meat, not like a person who had worked.

"I used to work as a guy in the grocery store." Immediately, Chen Feng told the experience he had learned in Majiabao's old grandson's shop.

When Chen Shouye heard this, this kid really knew this business, even more than his boss, and he was immediately pleasantly surprised.

"How much do you want?" Although I made up my mind to ask for this young man, I still had to ask about the salary.

"No money." But the boy said.

"Don't want money?" Chen Shouye felt that he had misheard.

"I really don't need money, just eat and live." As he spoke, the boy put down the simple luggage he was carrying on his back.

"What's the line? Well done, not only do you eat and live, but you will also be given half a penny every month! Chen Shouye said generously.

The boy didn't seem to care much, nodded in agreement, and began to get busy. The goods on the shelves were a little messy, so Chen Feng started working from here.

Chen Shouye stood on the side, observing him working for a long time, very satisfied, he thought: Today, Fali City, I actually picked up a treasure.

After looking at it for a while, he suddenly remembered who this young man looked like. Chen Shouye was very puzzled: How can this young man be so similar to the lucky boy painted on the door?