I saw Su Zimo, who was wearing a vermilion official uniform, slowly stepping into the door, "Are you still busy?" ”

Mu Lingluo saw him coming, and said in surprise: "Why did you come back so quickly?" "She's been so busy that she forgets the time for a while.

"It's getting dark, and the yamen is going down. Have you never rested? Su Zimo frowned slightly and walked over quickly.

Mu Lingluo's eyes were indeed dry and tight, she smiled awkwardly and rubbed her eyes, "I, I'm a little forgetful......"

It's just that his hand can be raised, and he was held down by Su Zimo, "Don't rub your eyes with your fingers," he glanced at the account book on the table, "Let's eat something first, don't look at it at night, let's look at it tomorrow." ”

It's okay not to say it, as soon as Mu Lingluo said that he really felt very hungry, halfway through, Shopkeeper Zhu sent a plate of snacks in, but Mu Lingluo was so busy that he didn't have time to eat.

Su Zimo had already asked Shopkeeper Zhu to prepare the meal, Mu Lianggang washed his hands and face, and was very happy to see Mu Lingluo, "Second sister, you will be able to live in the city in the future, it's really good." ”

"yes, yes." Mu Lingluo rubbed his head, "In the future, you and Ah Mo can also come and live, and when I let people tidy up, you don't have to squeeze in the county office." ”

Mu Liang nodded hurriedly: "Great, I have long seen that Miss Qianjin unpleasant...... Well, I mean, it's great to be able to live with my sister......"

"What Miss Daughter?" Mu Ling was puzzled.

Mu Liang glanced at Su Zimo quickly, and changed the topic with a dry smile: "No...... Second sister, I'm hungry, let's eat first. By the way, will my mother and eldest sister come to live in the future? ”

Mu Lingluo shook his head, too tired to ask, and said straight to his words: "I have to take a look at this first, and I will discuss it with the eldest sister and mother later." ”

When the three of them were eating, Shopkeeper Zhu went to clean up two spacious rooms for Mu Lingluo in the backyard.

This tea house is divided into front and back yards, the front is a tea house for entertaining guests, and the back is a backyard for everyone to live, the backyard is not too big, divided into east and west compartments.

In the past, this east chamber was prepared for the previous owner, and there were four rooms, two of which were two large and two small. The west wing room is all converted into a unified small room, for all the helpers and others to live in.

Mu Lingluo and they had eaten, and Shopkeeper Zhu had already prepared a room for them to see.

Mu Liang was very satisfied with being able to have this large room by himself, and he shouted happily that he was going to stay tonight.

And Su Zimo naturally wanted to live with Mu Lingluo, Mu Lingluo could only lock the office room that belonged to her in the teahouse, and went back to the east wing with Su Zimo to rest.

There is a small artificial rockery between the east and west chambers, and the two sides are separated by green bamboo. Compared with the desolate and noisy West Wing, the East Wing is much quieter, and the residential decoration is more exquisite.

Mu Lingluo looked at the green bamboo growing outside the window, and couldn't help but say, "These five hundred taels are worth the cost, and the location is big enough." ”

Su Zimo had just finished washing, and when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "Naturally, if this teahouse is sold at the market price, it will have to be sold for at least eight hundred taels, and if it is coaxed again, it can be sold for one thousand taels." ”

That's why he felt that there was something strange about this building. It's just that he didn't want to say more, which made Mu Lingluo feel unsure.

Mu Lingluo smiled and said, "But I found a treasure." But also, if they hadn't asked for this to be used as a teahouse, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been my turn. ”

The two talked for a while, washed up, and went to bed.

Mu Lingluo was really tired, she was sore all over her body today, and after reading the account book for so long, she almost squinted and fell asleep now.

Su Zimo wanted to do something, but when she saw her tired appearance, she stopped thinking about it, twisted the quilt for her, and the two hugged each other and fell asleep.

When they got up early, Su Zimo and Mu Liang also went to school or Yamen to order Mao one after another.

Mu Lingluo helped Mu Chanjuan and them set up a stall, and then went back to the teahouse to read the account book. She had already told Mu Chanjuan that she was going to hand over the noodle business to her and Aunt Lei, and she didn't have to share the money with her in the future.

It took her all morning to finally straighten out all the accounts. However, she couldn't help but sigh.

She also understands why the owner wants to sell this teahouse, but this teahouse has not made any money in recent years, and it was okay in the past few years, barely able to break even.

However, in the past two years, there has been a fiscal deficit, and each time it has become more and more than one time, even if it is profitable, it is good to have one or two pieces of silver a month.

Mu Lingluo took a bite of the pastry, it was so hard that she knocked her teeth, she lost the pastry, and then looked at the account book, and couldn't help covering her forehead, "What kind of mess is this, coming and going every day, so many people, why is there no profit." Moreover, this pastry is so unpalatable to make, no wonder no one eats it. ”

She called the shopkeeper Zhu and specially threw the question to him.

When Shopkeeper Zhu heard this, he rubbed his hands and said nervously: "Owner, this, this is really no way." Our tea is originally a thing that does not make money, a bowl of tea costs two pennies, and you can drink it all-you-can-eat, and almost all of this profit comes from dim sum. We used to have a pastry chef who made a very good meal, so our business was very good at that time, but then it was poached. And now that this pastry is not delicious, they basically don't order much, and our business is getting worse and worse......"

Mu Lingluo frowned: "Since you know that pastries are our money-making tools, why don't you let the kitchen make the pastries, or hire a better pastry chef?" ”

"However, there is no profit in our building, and the wages of this pastry chef are very high. Now the master who makes pastries for us is only 900 yuan a month, and if we change to a skilled pastry master, the salary will cost three or four taels of silver a month......"

Because the business is not good, there is no money to hire a pastry master, so they can only hire a pastry chef with good skills, but the pastries they make are not delicious, and the business is getting worse and worse, and in such a vicious circle, the business will only get worse and worse.

Mu Lingluo rubbed the corners of his forehead, he couldn't cry or laugh for a while, his fingers pressed the account book, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Shopkeeper Zhu saw that her face was wrong, and hurriedly said, "Boss, do you have any good ideas to improve your business?" ”

At this moment, Mu Lingluo heard the scolding outside, she was stunned for a moment, and looked at the shopkeeper Zhu: "What's wrong outside?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhu was also puzzled, he hurriedly shook his head, "I don't know, there are basically no guests at this time, and all the people who come here are old and regular customers, so it stands to reason that no one will come to make trouble." ”

Mu Lingluo was the first to stand up, and walked out with a straight face: "Let's go down and have a look." ”