Chapter 65: Pan Shop (I)
People say that the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, in fact, this statement has been proven wrong by modern marketing theories, no matter how good things are, if they are hidden in the mountains and not known by others, it is also in vain.
As soon as he entered this small wine shop called "Jiang's Tavern", Liu Qin knew the crux of the problem, small, dirty, messy and not facing the street, except for senior wine tasters like Cheng Bo, it is estimated that few people will come to the door, and I don't know how Cheng Bo found here, it is estimated that Cheng Bo has a nose that can only smell the aroma of wine from a distance, and the fragrance leads him over.
There were only three small tables in the lobby of the wine shop, and at this time a woman was sitting on one of the tables with her eyebrows unsheathed.
"Boss, you're still here, I'm worried that you'll run out of wine when you're gone." Uncle Cheng sat down at a table, while Liu Qin and the four looked at the black table and chairs, and they really couldn't sit down, so they all had to stand aside and look around by the way. Lei Hu didn't pay attention to it, but Liu Qin didn't sit, and he couldn't sit well, so he could only stand aside.
The woman who was called the proprietress saw Uncle Cheng, and she was a little happy, "We were going to leave, but the shop has not been able to get out, how can we go without entanglement." Now there are no guests, and only you will come. You sit down, and I'll let the master serve you a pot of good wine. ”
When I looked back and saw a few half-grown children dressed in extraordinary clothes, I didn't dare to slack off, I wanted to ask Liu Qin to sit down, but I wanted to know if I disliked the chair was too dirty, and I didn't dare to persuade it again, so I had to accompany the sin: "Alas, the store is too broken, and I neglected a few little boys, please forgive me." ”
Liu Qin smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay, if you don't bring some wine, Uncle Cheng will die of hunger." ”
"Haha, the little master still understands me." Although Uncle Cheng loves wine, he is not confused, and naturally he will not tell the identity of Miss Liu Qin outside.
When the proprietress heard this, she hurriedly went to the back hall. Not long after, a short middle-aged man walked out with her, holding a wine jar in his hand, the man was inconspicuous, he looked honest, put the wine jar in his hand on the table, and said a long time, but he didn't say a word.
The proprietress brought a few bowls, a large bowl of coarse porcelain, without any patterns, at a glance it was a defective product fired out of a private kiln, Cheng Bo had already slapped the seal open, stretched out his nose and squinted his eyes and sniffed it carefully, and kept shouting: "It's really fragrant, it's really fragrant." ”
caused Lei Hu to stretch his neck and lean over, as for Liu Qin, he didn't feel anything, after all, they were still young, they had never drunk alcohol, and Liu Qin didn't drink in his previous life, so he didn't know the beauty of wine at all.
Uncle Cheng smelled it, poured the wine into a large porcelain bowl, shook it, and then took a sip of it, and praised: "Good wine, really good wine." ”
After drinking a whole bowl and tasting it again, he remembered the person next to him and said with a smile: "You don't want to try it?" ”
Liu Qin just wanted to speak, Jiang Li pulled her hand and shook his head at her.
Lei Hu touched his head and said, "It smells good, why don't you pour me a bowl and let me taste it." ”
The proprietress poured another bowl and handed it to Lei Hu, Cheng Bo watched Lei Hu pour it down a few times with some pain, and couldn't help but shake his head painfully and said: "It's really a waste of things, how can you taste it if you drink it so fast." ”
Lei Hu smiled innocently: "I don't know how to taste it, but the taste of this wine is really good, boss, give me another bowl." ”
"Don't, don't, this is for me to drink slowly, I can't let you spoil it anymore." Uncle Cheng has already taken away the wine jar with one palm, and protected it tightly in his arms, like a cow protecting a calf, anxious.
Liu Qin doesn't know how to drink, and Jiang Li doesn't let her taste it, so she can't tell the difference between good and bad, but seeing that Cheng Bo is so precious, she can't be wrong, so she can't help but roll her eyes and think about it.
Walking to Cheng Bo's side, Liu Qin pulled Cheng Bo's sleeve and whispered: "Cheng Bo, come out, I have something to say to you." ”
Cheng Bo got up when he heard this, and after getting up, he still didn't forget his wine jar, his hands were hugged tightly, Liu Qin motioned Jiang Li to wait in the house, he and Cheng Bo got into the carriage, and when they saw that there were no outsiders, they smiled and said: "Do you want to have good wine to drink every day in the future?" ”
Uncle Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he also knew that the girl had something to say, so he pressed down his urgent heart and asked, "What are the girl's plans?" ”
"Well, Uncle Cheng, after you go in, I'll tell the proprietress that you have this shop, but there is a condition that the boss and the proprietress must stay and continue to make wine, and we will pay the monthly money on a monthly basis, and you will negotiate with the boss about how much silver the shop needs."
Cheng Bo hesitated a little, "I haven't gotten your mother's consent to this matter, I can't make a decision privately, besides, the location of this shop is really not good, and this transaction is not cost-effective." ”
Uncle Cheng meant that if he came forward, it was equivalent to helping the old lady buy property, then he had to get the consent of the old lady, and he didn't realize that Liu Qin wanted to do it himself, after all, Liu Qin was only more than six years old.
Liu Qin also knew that he had such a big idea at such a young age, and some of them were too smart and exposed, which was easy to arouse the suspicion of others, but today this matter had to be done by Uncle Cheng, so he had to explain the meaning thoroughly, "Uncle Cheng don't worry, this shop is not the public property of Liufu, my father and mother will be there for me to say, it will be fine." ”
"It's not public property, does the girl want to take it down by herself?"
"Hmm." Liu Qin nodded his little head and said very seriously: "My mother and sister-in-law have taught me some things about managing the family property, such a small wine shop, I should be able to do it." ”
"Yes...... But ...... "Uncle Cheng was a little speechless, this thing is so weird, the girl is still a little doll, she wants to do business, who will believe it."
"Uncle Cheng, go, don't you want to drink? I'll ask my dad when I go back, and if my dad really doesn't agree, it's just a loss of the shop's silver, and it's not much, so it's my spending. ”
Uncle Cheng was pulled and dragged by Liu Qin, and finally relented, "Okay, I'll help you ask first, but if the old man and the old lady don't agree, you are not allowed to trouble me again." ”
Liu Qin agreed with a smile.
The two returned to the house, Uncle Cheng talked to the boss and his wife about the shop, Liu Qin walked around, Jiang Li listened to Uncle Cheng's words, and had guessed what Liu Qin meant, so he grabbed Liu Qin and asked quietly: "Sister really wants this shop?" ”
"Yes, Brother Ah Li doesn't believe Qin'er, Uncle Cheng said that it must be good wine, if it really can't be sold, leave it for Daddy to drink, anyway, our house will cost a lot of money every year, and we can't always lose."
"But my sister ......" Jiang Li and Uncle Cheng have the same meaning, that is, my sister is too young, and this thought is really hard to believe.
The two of them muttered here for a while, and Uncle Cheng had already negotiated over there, the boss's surname was Jiang, and the boss's maiden's family name was Wang, called Jiang Wang's, and the Jiang couple were very happy to hear that Uncle Cheng wanted to make a shop, and they heard that they would stay and continue to make wine, and they would be even happier when they had monthly money to get every month, after all, this was their craft, and it was better than returning to the township to farm and farm
Jiang Wang said with some embarrassment, it took five taels of silver to open this tavern and buy a house, and now there are still two months before the rent is due, as for the rent, let's not talk about it, no matter what, I have to get back the money for the house.
So the two agreed to put down the shop for five taels of silver.