Hui Niang came back that night and discussed things with the Zhou family, Shen Xi leaned to the side and listened, Hui Niang mainly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of several shops, involving the spaciousness of the storefront, the flow of people on the street, and whether the owner is kind and easy to talk to, of course, the most important thing is the price.

To open a pharmacy in Tingzhou Fucheng, the best place should be near the Kaiyuan Temple where the inn is located and several streets in the north of the city, after all, there is a tide of people here, and business is easy to do, but the corresponding store in these two places is very expensive, even if a shop along the street is not very spacious, the monthly rent is about twenty taels, which is obviously much beyond Hui Niang's expectations.

Hui Niang opened a pharmacy in Ninghua County, and the combined income of the two shops every month was thirty or forty taels of silver, and the turnover of each shop was only one or twenty taels.

Hui Niang's expectation of opening a pharmacy in Fucheng is to be basically the same as Ninghua County's pharmacy business, but if she rents a store in these two places with a lot of traffic, there will be a certain amount of loss, and she doesn't want the pharmacy in the county to fill the deficit in Fucheng.

"Aunt Sun, I see that the shops on the street in the west of the city that you introduced earlier are good...... Although the people living around are ordinary people, it is better because of the dense crowds, and it is not far from the west city gate, so it is very convenient for people outside the city to enter the city to buy medicine on weekdays. Shen Xi couldn't help but propose.

Zhou shook his head: "Stinky boy, don't pretend to understand, let's come out to do business, of course I hope to find a place with more people to open a shop, didn't you listen to your aunt grandma, that street is not as lively as our county?" "The latest chapter of нéi Уāп Gê has been updated

Shen Xi smiled bitterly: "Mother, what do you mean...... If we spread the medicine in a crowded place, more people will get sick? Those who are sick will also come to our shop to get medicine? ”

Zhou was speechless for a while.

Hui Niang nodded: "Sister, when I chose a new shop in Ninghua, I also considered that if there are many people, the location is good, and there may not be many people who come to patronize." After all, we are doing the trading of medicinal materials, even if we make medicines in the future, it mainly depends on word of mouth, otherwise, even if the store is set up in the downtown area, ordinary people will not appreciate it, but think that the threshold is high and dare not come in to buy medicine. ”

Zhou Shi pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "It's still my sister, you can do business, and you can make decisions about these things." ”

Shen Xi couldn't help but flatten her mouth, the old lady selectively believed that what Hui Niang said made sense, and what he said must be affirmed by Hui Niang before it could be recognized by the old lady.

Hui Niang took out several shops that she had seen before and compared them again, and finally selected a store near the West City Gate according to the selection criteria suggested by Shen Xi.

This shop is located at the corner of the street, is a large two-story building, and the monthly rent is ten taels of silver. Hui Niang has already planned, when the time comes, the first floor will be used to do business, the second floor will arrange two rooms to live, the room in the west wing of the backyard can be transformed into a warehouse to place medicinal materials, and the east wing can be renovated out of a few rooms as long as it is slightly blocked by a wooden board, and five maids will be arranged to live in it, so there is no need to rent a house for them.

In addition, the backyard ancient well, stove room, firewood room, and toilet are all available, and life is extremely convenient.

As for the Shen family, they have to rent a house alone, but fortunately, the back door of the store is an alley, and there are many courtyards in the alley, so it shouldn't be difficult to rent a place to live.

Early the next morning, Hui Niang went to the store with Zhou, and then found a small courtyard with three rooms in the back alley.

Subsequently, Hui Niang negotiated the lease with the owner of the store, paid half a year's rent at a time, and then added some wooden cabinets and drawers necessary for operating a pharmacy. In addition, it is to add tables, chairs and benches, plus a wardrobe and a bed for each person, and it is almost complete.

The Shen family is relatively easy to settle here, after negotiating with the landlord at a price of 300 wen per month, the beds, cabinets, tables and chairs are all ready-made, and the Shen family only brought three boxes and a few burdens, settled down and added some sheets and bedding, and they could move from the inn after a day.

In addition to going to the city to ask a carpenter to make furniture, Hui Niang also had to go to the supplier of medicinal materials that had been negotiated before, and discuss with them that a batch of advanced medicinal materials should be emergency.

In addition, Hui Niang also has to take on the responsibility of being the head of the Tingzhou Pharmacy Chamber of Commerce and coordinating the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, but she has to discuss any important matters in the Chinese medicine shop in the city.

Hui Niang has been busy since she entered the city, Xiaoyu and Xiu'er follow her in and out on weekdays, one has the strength to help move and lift, and the other can record important things with literacy, so that Hui Niang can go back and sort out and dispose of it.

Zhou stayed in the shop to supervise the carpenter to build furniture, but Shen Mingjun, a big man, stayed at home and didn't have to work in a big family, so he was a little bored.

"Xiaolang, now that the printing workshop has not opened, do you think I should go out first to find a job to do, so that I can earn some money and come back to help the family?"

Shen Mingjun couldn't stay idle, he was really bored, so he discussed with his son, wanting Shen Xi to give an idea.

Shen Xi really didn't want to hit his father, Zhou, as the major shareholder of the printing workshop, sat there for an hour and made more profit than Shen Mingjun went out to work hard for a day.

"Dad, what are you anxious about, now Aunt Sun is still busy with the pharmacy, and when she arranges everything, she will naturally shift her attention to the printing workshop, and you will have something to do at that time."

Shen Mingjun sighed, he suddenly felt that he was really useless, watching his wife busy outside, and he, as the head of the family, could only clean up at home.

He has been tinkering with the new yard for two days, the roof tiles have been picked up again, there is no need to worry about leakage, the walls are painted with white lime, and some sulfur is piled up in the corner of the house to drive away insects and ants, and the kitchen stove is installed with bellows according to Shen Xi's guidance, and even the toilet has a lid, and a large wooden bucket filled with water has been added next to the squatting pit, which is convenient for washing after the big solution, and the entire yard is almost leveled out by him out of a layer of soil.

Shen Xi saw Shen Mingjun's sad face, so he had to propose: "Dad, otherwise, if you are really idle, you can let my mother discuss with Aunt Sun and leave the preparation of the printing workshop to you?" ”

Although Shen Mingjun didn't understand what the egg pain meant, he understood the words later, and said with a wry smile: "Xiaolang, do you think your father is competent?" ”

Shen Xi smiled and encouraged: "Even if you can't do it alone, don't you still have me?" At the beginning, my father was busy working in the Wang family, and he also found time to set up a farm, the time is so tight, don't we set up a tea shop? In the hands of my father and mother, how good is the business of the tea shop, if it weren't for my grandmother...... Oops, when I didn't say it. ”

Shen Mingjun couldn't help but clench his fists when he heard this, remembering that he was also in charge of the tea shop in the first place, and things were quite successful, and I believe that this time will be no exception. Of course, Shen Xi's role in it was ignored intentionally or unintentionally by him, a father.

Once a man has motivation, the energy he excites is quite terrifying.

On the same day, Shen Mingjun asked Zhou to discuss with Hui Niang, and handed over the search for a printing workshop site and the recruitment of printing masters and workers, including the manufacture of printing tools.

Zhou was surprised that her husband was suddenly enthusiastic about his career, originally she felt that since she was the major shareholder of the printing workshop, it was a little inappropriate for Hui Niang to bother her with everything, so she almost agreed directly, until she was pulled by Shen Xi, Zhou realized that this would probably cause Shen Mingjun's suspicion. For the sake of confidentiality, even if she decides, she still has to "discuss" with Hui Niang in makeup.

When Hui Niang came back, Zhou introduced the situation, and Hui Niang couldn't help but purse her lips and smiled: "Isn't it okay for my sister to make her own decisions?" ”

Zhou sighed: "I don't want the conscienceless to know that I can call the shots...... I still hide this from him, and I suddenly feel a little guilty in my heart. ”

"Has my sister been hiding it from my brother-in-law?" Hui Niang thought that Zhou had discussed with her before that she wanted to confess to Shen Mingjun, but for some reason, Zhou changed her mind later.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Let's see if he can do a good job in the printing workshop, if he really has the ability, why should we bother about the printing workshop? Our sisters can take care of the pharmacy with peace of mind, wouldn't it be better to save a little more? ”

Hui Niang said: "My sister can't ask for it. Now that everything is almost arranged, the medicinal materials will be in place soon, and the pharmacy will be waiting to open for business. ”

"So fast?" Zhou was dumbfounded, admiring Hui Niang's efficiency.

"Don't worry, it's about to be winter, and the most susceptible time of the year is coming...... I have to talk to Xiaolang about making medicine when I go back. ”

When Hui Niang said this, she suddenly thought of something and reminded, "Sister, we are almost settled here, and it's time to think about Xiaolang's studies...... Did we go to the school in the city earlier and ask Xiaolang to enroll as soon as possible? ”

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