The two returned to Sanyuanfang in the afternoon, and Chunni invited Fang Zi'an to her home for dinner. Fang Zi'an was about to discuss with Lao Zhangtou about opening a noodle restaurant, and he readily agreed. Chunni's home is in the northwest corner of Sanyuanfang, and it is also a dilapidated courtyard, but the yard is neatly maintained, and although the furniture is old, it is also clean and orderly. Lao Zhangtou had been waiting for a long time, and he was relieved when he saw his daughter and Fang Zi'an come back. Chunni cooked three side dishes, and Lao Zhangtou also took out a small pot of wine to entertain guests, and discussed the opening of the shop with Fang Zi'an while eating.

Halfway through the meal, the food and wine were finished, and the matter was basically discussed. Fang Zi'an made a long list of purchases based on what Lao Zhang Tou and Chunni said. The three of them calculated carefully, and even rented the shop with the purchase of utensils, but it was only ninety taels of silver. Fang Zi put his mind at ease, he still had one hundred and sixty taels of silver left in his hand, and took out one hundred taels to open a shop, and the rest was enough to support himself until the time of the autumn exam. At the moment, he took out a hundred taels of silver tickets and handed them to Lao Zhangtou and Chunni, and asked them to buy utensils according to the list, and find a suitable shop to prepare for opening.

Lao Zhang Tou thinks that an agreement should be made to write things down. At that time, Fang Zi'an wrote another cooperation agreement. The agreement stated that Fang Zi'an would pay 100 taels of silver, and the father and daughter of the Zhang family would work together to open a noodle shop, with both parties accounting for 50% of the share, and the proceeds would be divided in half. After writing it, I read it to Lao Zhangtou, and Lao Zhangtou expressed his satisfaction. However, Fang Zi'an added another sentence, 'If the noodle shop loses money, he will bear the loss exclusively'. Lao Zhangtou is a real person, he has to delete this article, saying that if he loses money, he will smash the pot and sell iron and bear Yunyun together, of course Fang Zi'an refuses, this shop is his own idea, if he loses to Lao Zhangtou's father and daughter, then how can he get by in his heart. At Fang Zi'an's insistence, Lao Zhangtou had no choice but to give up.

Two copies of the agreement were transcribed, and the three of them pressed their fingerprints, each took a copy, and the whole thing was done. Lao Zhangtou was in a hurry, even if he wanted to go out to find a shop, he had to pull Fang Zi'an with him. Fang Zi'an had no choice but to go with him.

There are actually a lot of shops on Sanyuanfang South Street, which is a remote place in Lin'an City, so there is spare space. Ordinary people can't afford to open a shop. The three of them walked to the east exit of South Street and found a shop at the intersection of the fork street. The shop cost forty taels of silver a year, which was eleven taels a year more expensive than the other shops, and that was why it was not rented out. Lao Zhangtou was still waiting to grind the price with the owner of the shop, but Fang Zi'an immediately decided to rent here, because Fang Zi'an found that this shop had a backyard, and the scale was not small. If you take care of it, you can create more space in the backyard, so that the front of the shop can free up a lot of space for customers. And if the backyard is paved with a canopy and a blue brick floor, it can be used as a place for business. Rent this shop and it's great value for money.

Fang Zi'an quietly told Lao Zhangtou's father and daughter his thoughts, Chunni agreed very much, although Lao Zhangtou felt that he had suffered a loss of ten taels of silver, and his flesh hurt a little, but seeing that Chunni and Fang Zi'an both felt that it was worth it, they no longer insisted. At the moment, I made an agreement with the landlord and found someone to rent the shop.

After getting the key in her hand, Chunni was so happy that she walked through the shop and the backyard several times, planning the layout and ideas of the shop, and Fang Zi'an agreed. Anyway, Fang Zi'an just wants to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and the rest of the things are left to Chunni and Lao Zhangtou, and he doesn't plan to interfere.

Lao Zhangtou was also in high spirits, and when he wanted to buy items and utensils, Chunni and Fang Zi'an hurriedly stopped him. One is getting late, and it is inconvenient to buy. Second, the inside of the shop still needs to be renovated, the counter block is created, and the floor and walls must be leveled out to create a new one, and it is too early to buy things. The three of them discussed meeting in the shop early tomorrow morning, and then went together to ask the craftsman to decorate the shop and buy things. Originally, Fang Zi'an didn't want to participate, but when he thought that so many tedious things were handed over to their father and daughter, and they were transported around, it was really tiring. Although I just want to get rid of it, before the shop opens, I can't help but participate in these things, even if it's good to be a coolie, so I agreed.

In the next few days, Fang Zi'an and the father and daughter of the Zhang family were busy non-stop, although it was a small noodle shop, they never expected that there would be so many things to prepare. But seeing that the shop was gradually taking shape, and all the counters, tables and chairs were arranged, it became a brand new shop, and the three of them were very happy. Especially the old Zhang Tou, happily walking with the wind, and humming a few small tunes from time to time, happy beyond words. In Chunni's words, since the death of her mother, she has never seen her father so happy.

The shop is scheduled to open on the 10th day of May, and the three of them came to the shop the night before, and Chuniel swept the floor clean, and the tables, chairs, pots and pans were spotless. Fang Zi'an made the plaque by himself. Doing all these things yourself can save you a lot of money. Fang Zi'an originally jokingly said that he wanted to use Chunni's name as a signboard, but Chunni was ashamed and resolutely opposed, so she had to give up. Fang Zi'an mentioned several names, but they were all vetoed by Lao Zhangtou. Lao Zhangtou said that he wanted to get a down-to-earth one that could be read and understood, otherwise those coolies and ordinary diners on the dock would not dare to come in. In the end, Lao Zhangtou gave a name called 'Good Again', which is simple, direct and easy to understand.

Fang Zi'an rolled up his sleeves and wrote these three big characters with a pen, framed them in a wooden frame, wrapped them in red cloth and hung them outside the lintel, and the three of them looked at the signboard and showed a pleased smile.

"You all go back to sleep, I'll be here tonight to watch the shop. You have enough spirits to open tomorrow morning. Zi'an, you send Nier, I don't worry about her going back alone. Lao Zhangtou smiled. After getting along with Fang Zi'an in the past few days, Lao Zhangtou even changed his name, neither called Engong nor Fang Gongzi, and directly called Zi'an.

Fang Zi'an nodded yes, and Chunni packed up and went out. It's nearly three watches at night, and there are no people in the remote street market, and it's very quiet. A crescent moon hangs overhead, and the night air is fresh and pleasant. Fang Zi'an walked slowly in front, Chunni followed Fang Zi'an unhurriedly, looking at Fang Zi'an's side face from time to time, with a shy smile on her face.

The shop is a little far away from the small courtyard of the Zhang family, and it took a stick of incense to reach the gate of the small courtyard of the Fang family. Fang Zi'an stood at the door and said, "It's here, Miss Chunni will rest early, and she will get up early tomorrow morning." Tomorrow is a big day. ”

Chunni said: "There is a son of Lao Fang, and I have to go so far." ”

Fang Zi'an said: "Yes, I'm thinking, why don't I build a small room in the small courtyard behind the shop in the future, so that I don't have to go back and forth at night." What do you think. ”

Chunni said: "Daddy said the same, the shop has to be watched at night anyway, but I'll talk about it after I'm done with this paragraph." ”

Fang Zi'an nodded and said, "It's okay." Then I took my leave. ”

Chunni nodded, turned around and pushed the door and walked in, Fang Zi'an turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard Chunni whisper behind him: "Childe." ”

Fang Zi'an turned his head and said, "What? ”

Chunni said softly, "Thank you, Fang Gongzi." ”

Fang Zi'an smiled: "You have thanked you hundreds of times in the past few days, so you don't need to be so polite." ”

Chunni said: "Yes, I will thank you once a day in the future, one for a hundred years." ”

Fang Zi'an said: "A hundred years? Aren't they all old? ”

Chunni said softly: "Just ...... Thank you for getting old. ”

After that, Chunni seemed to be shy and quickly entered the house, and closed the door with a bang. Fang Zi'an stood outside stunned for a long time, and said in his heart: What's wrong? What's weird to talk about, thank me for growing old? Oh, is this to grow old with me? This Nizi can't be like me.

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The next morning, the shop opened. At the moment when the firecrackers exploded, Lao Zhangtou tore off the red cloth on the signboard with a smile on his face, and his smiling eyebrows and eyes bloomed.

There was a large group of people gathered in front of the noodle shop, and they were all old customers. In the past few days, Lao Zhangtou has been going to greet these people every day and tell them about opening a shop. Lao Zhangtou is popular on weekdays, and these people have been used to eating Lao Zhangtou's noodles for many years, so Lao Zhangtou has been anxious for them not to open these days. As soon as the shops opened, they poured in, and the five or six tables in the noodle shops were immediately full.

Chunnier sits in the kitchen, wrapping her head in green cloth, and her hands and feet are extremely sharp. Busy making noodles, cooking noodles, and filling bowls. The old man was full of energy, and kept holding the noodles back and forth, greeting the guests. On the first day of opening today, the noodles were full of condiments, and the taste was better than usual, and the diners who ate them were full of praise. The whole store was filled with laughter.

Lao Zhang's father and daughter are very busy, but Fang Zi'an is very idle, because he can't intervene at all. He was going to help out in the kitchen, but he was actually adding to the chaos. The efficiency of two people is not as efficient as Chunni's work alone. He wanted to go to the noodle bowl to run the hall, but Lao Zhang didn't let him, saying that he was too slow, and the guests were in a hurry. In short, Fang Zi'an suddenly felt how useless he was in this shop, Lao Zhang's father and daughter had done everything, but he couldn't help at all.

Wave after wave of customers ate and left, and finally when the time came, there were only one or two customers left in the store. Lao Zhangtou was finally able to take a breath, and leaned on the counter with a smile to count the copper coins. Today's start is good, and more than 300 bowls of noodles were sold in this hour, and four or five sets of customers were sent away. Yangchun noodles cost ten yuan a bowl, although it is very cheap, but it can't stand to sell more, the money drawer on the cabinet is full of copper coins, as much as 5,000 yuan. According to the exchange ratio of the Great Song Dynasty, it is more than four taels of silver. After deducting the cost, more than half of the income is earned, and there is also a net profit of more than two taels of silver. In addition, the cooking cakes and snacks bought by individual customers were also sold for more than one or two silver, and the net income in the morning had exceeded three taels. This is a unique income for Lao Zhangtou, who used to sell more than 100 bowls of noodles a day on the street was already a very good business, and he was already happy to earn seven or eight hundred Wen, which was too far from today's income.

"I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. Business is so good. Zi'an, you have a good idea. Our shop is doing a prosperous business, with a lot of customers, and we made three taels of silver in the morning. The Bodhisattva blesses us with such a good business. Lao Zhang couldn't close his mouth happily.