By the time Grandpa and the others were done, Lin Mo had already finished washing and prepared some simple light meals. When the grandfather and the others came back, they dipped some water in willow branches and dusted them off their bodies to get rid of the bad luck on their bodies.

After eating, everyone went to rest, and grandpa chatted with Lin Mo, and asked about Lin Mo's situation in the past two days, when he learned that Lin Mo had earned more than a dozen taels of silver, grandpa was very surprised, and Lin Mo told him how he made money, of course, the idea of making money was said to be a whim.

Grandpa listened to Lin Mo's description, pondered for a while, and then took out more than eight taels of silver from his pocket, and then said to Lin Mo:

"Xiao Mo, you can find a way to make money now Grandpa is very happy, grandpa has some money, plus your money, we can renovate the house that your father and mother left you, and then find a matchmaker to tell you a kiss, when you get married, grandpa, I will also have an explanation to your grandfather, and I will come underground to see your grandfather and your father and mother, and I will live up to them."

Lin Mo was very moved when he heard it, but he really didn't plan to get married so early, he wanted to make some more money, and he was making plans. Seeing that Lin Mo was so resolute, Grandpa didn't want to say anything, but just told Lin Mo not to be reckless and be careful in everything.

Then the grandfather went back to the room to rest, and the silver two were left to Lin Mo, saying that it was for Lin Mo to do business as the principal. Lin Mo was thinking about how to make money, and he fell asleep after thinking about it.

The next day, when Lin Mo got up, he found that yesterday's gang had all left, while his grandfather was boxing in the yard, looking very much like Tai Chi. Grandpa saw that Lin Mo got up, so he asked Lin Mo to hurry up and eat, and the meals were all on the table.

Lin Mo watched his grandfather boxing while eating, and when his grandfather finished boxing, Lin Mo asked curiously what kind of boxing method this was, and his grandfather said that it was given to him by the fortune-telling iron operator in the town, saying that he could prolong his life, and his grandfather didn't take it seriously and occasionally exercised his body.

Lin Mo said to his grandfather, and then went to the town to have a look, he thought about it for a while last night, and came up with a new way to make money. Today, I will do a market research on the whole and see if the method works.

After Lin Mo arrived in town, he first went to his original shop to take a look to see if it could be opened after repairs, after all, it is better to have a shop than to set up a stall on the side of the road.

Lin Mo's shop is on the edge of the town, close to the side of the road leading to Yunzhou, it is a two-story building, the shop has not been opened for ten years, it has long been dilapidated, Lin Mo took out the key given by his grandfather and opened the door, and a musty smell came to his face. Fortunately, Lin Mo was prepared, and covered his nose with his hands to prevent himself from choking.

Lin Mori inspected inside and out, and found that although it was a little dilapidated, it should be able to continue to open after cleaning it up, and the tables and chairs are still there, all of them are solid wood and the surface is painted to prevent insects, so they are relatively strong and not mothed, and they can continue to be used after washing.

In addition, there are pots and pans in the kitchen downstairs, although they are buried, they are still intact, and they can be washed and used again. Looking at this small house, Lin Mo was full of emotion, and he would have to rely on this shop to support his life in the future.

Lin Mo plans to open a restaurant here to buy breakfast and dinner, because it is close to the road to Yunzhou, there are more people coming and going every day, and the most important thing is that Lin Mo found that many people in the town gather around this neighborhood every morning and then make carriages and ox carts together to work in the machine households outside Yunzhou City, the so-called machine owners are large households with many looms, they open a machine room to recruit people to be machine workers to help weave cloth, and pay the machine workers to work.

Every day at four or five o'clock in the morning, the mechanics gather at the entrance of the town, set off together, and at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, they all get off the carriage and ox cart at the entrance of the town to go home, and Lin Mo's shop is just a few steps away from the entrance of the town, if the breakfast and dinner shop is opened here, there will be a group of regular customers.

Moreover, the shops in this town have been closed, so there is no need to worry about competition. The most important thing now is to revitalize the shop, and in the past few days, Lin Mo has taken a look at the restaurants and restaurants in the town, and found that some common foods have not appeared in this era, and these are the keys to Lin Mo's revitalization of the shop.

Lin Mo hurriedly got busy, and it took nearly a day to clean up the shop, and then go to the town to buy some supplies.

Just as Lin Mo was thinking about how to hire some familiar and reliable helpers on the road, he suddenly heard a person calling himself: "Are you Lin Mo?"

Lin Mo would take a look and see a plainly dressed man looking at him behind him, with an unbelievable look in his eyes. Lin Mo subconsciously hummed.

The man immediately ran over and hugged Lin Mo, and kept saying, "It's really Lin Mo, you are still alive." Lin Mo was overwhelmed.

The man let go of Lin Mo and kept asking questions about the east and west, and asked Lin Mo how he had spent all these years. Lin Mo briefly told the woman about his experience.

Through the exchange, Lin Mo learned that this man's name was Zhao En, and he was a worker hired by Lin Mo's parents when they opened a shop. At that time, he was a beggar with no one to take care of him, so he could only eat leftovers and even swill from restaurants every day.

At that time, he happened to be discovered by Lin Mo's father and mother when he was eating swill in Lin Mo's father's small wine shop, so Lin Mo's father and mother kindly took him in and let him be the second shopkeeper.

Later, Lin Mo's father died, and his grandfather closed the wine shop, so Zhao En left and went to other places, but he always remembered Lin Mo's father's kindness, Zhao En's original name was Zhao Kui, and in order to thank Lin Mo's father and mother for their kindness, it was changed to Zhao En.

From the conversation, Lin Mo heard this person's gratitude to his father, in fact, Lin Mo should know him, but he is no longer the same Lin Mo as before, so he forgot about him.

Zhao En took Lin Mo and went to his house, saying that he would invite Lin Mo to have a meal, but Lin Mo couldn't shirk it and could only follow Zhao En.

Zhao En's home is in a relatively remote corner of the town, and its appearance looks relatively dilapidated, which cannot be compared with Liu Tuhu's house. Zhao En pushed the door in, and a child in the courtyard was sitting reading a book, and when he saw Zhao En, he immediately got up and called

"Dad, why did you come back so early?"

"Xiao Heng, let's see who's coming? This is what I often call Lin Mo, Engong's child. ”

The child turned to Lin Mo one day, looked at the door and said with a smile: "You are Xiao Engong, I heard my father mention you for a long time." As he spoke, he walked towards Lin Mo, and then Lin Mo found that the young man was holding a stick, and it turned out that his left leg was missing below the knee.

Lin Mo hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Let Xiao Engong smile, my leg is really inconvenient." ”

At this time, a woman's voice came, "Xianggong, is there a guest at home?" "A woman came out of the house, with an apron tied around her waist, and a wooden hairpin on her head, and a beautiful face, with the demeanor of a lady.

"Well, Cui'er, hurry up and get two dishes in the kitchen, Xiao Engong is here."

"Little Engong?" The woman looked at Lin Mo,

"Are you Lin Mo?" Lin Mo nodded,

The woman hurriedly got out of the way, asked Zhao En to take Lin Mo into the house, and then went to the kitchen to get busy.

After entering the house, Zhao En asked Lin Mo to sit in the main seat and sat down by himself, of course Lin Mo refused, but he couldn't resist persuasion, so he had to agree.

Zhao Heng stood silently next to Lin Mo and the others, listening to the two chatting, Lin Mo asked Zhao Heng to sit down together, Zhao Heng looked at his father, Zhao En nodded, and Zhao Heng sat down.

From the exchange, Lin Mo learned that since his grandfather closed the shop, Zhao En left the general town and traveled around. Later, he took root in Yangzhou, relying on the cooking skills learned in Lin Mo's father to help cook in a restaurant, and his life was passable, and then he met his current wife, and then gave birth to Zhao Heng, and then a family of three had to move out of Yangzhou due to changes, from Yangzhou to Yunzhou, and finally returned to General Town.

At this time, Zhao En's daughter-in-law came in with vegetables, and Zhao Heng helped his mother serve the dishes with a stick. After a while, there were four or five dishes on the table, and after serving, he said embarrassedly: "Little Engong, there are no good dishes at home, not even meat, so I made some home-cooked vegetarian dishes, please forgive me." After saying that, he smiled awkwardly.

Lin Mo got up and asked her to sit down, but she said how could she eat without wine. Then he went out to buy wine, Zhao En was stunned for a moment, and then he was a little confused and embarrassed, and Zhao Heng was also a little overwhelmed.

After a while, Zhao En's daughter-in-law came back with a pot of wine, and Lin Mo noticed that the wooden hairpin on her head was missing, as if she understood something. Zhao En's daughter-in-law put the wine down on the table and retreated to the side, Zhao En picked up the wine and filled it for Lin Mo, and Lin Mo asked Zhao En's daughter-in-law to sit down before she was willing to drink, Zhao En had no choice but to say: "Cui'er, Xiao Engong is not an outsider, you can sit down and eat together." ”

Zhao En's daughter-in-law sat down at this time, but she was still very restrained, she didn't even move her chopsticks, Zhao En was also the same as him, very restrained, Lin Mo looked a little anxious and said:

"Sister-in-law, hurry up and eat, and don't call me Xiao Engong anymore, I don't have any kindness to you, my father and mother have already left, and the kindness is enough, if you really want to repay the kindness, treat me as a family, don't be so restrained, so that in the future you will be my brother, you are my sister-in-law, I will call you Brother Zhao and sister-in-law Zhao, you can call me Lin Mo or Xiao Mo."

Zhao En was originally unwilling, but Lin Mo was very resolute, and if he didn't agree, he would leave, so he had no choice but to follow Lin Mo's wishes.

In this way, the atmosphere on the table slowly became harmonious, and Zhao En and Lin Mo talked a lot, including the recent encounter, Zhao En has been doing odd jobs to make ends meet since he moved here two months ago, and Zhao's sister-in-law has been taking care of Zhao Heng at home.

As for Zhao Heng's legs and feet, it was only said that he had broken in an accident, and it had been two years. A child who is not yet ten years old can only walk with crutches, Lin Mo is very distressed, but Zhao Heng is very well-behaved and does not cry or make trouble.

Lin Mo asked Zhao Heng if he was reading a book when he came? Zhao Heng nodded, saying that he was counting books, and when he grew up to be a bookkeeper, he could earn money to support his father. Looking at Zhao Heng's serious expression, Lin Mo's heart warmed, he was really a good boy who was smart and filial.

Lin Mo thought for a while and said to Zhao En: "Brother Zhao, I plan to reopen my father's and mother's liquor shop and lack helpers, or you and your sister-in-law will come over to help me, I won't treat you badly." After speaking, he took out a tael of silver from his pocket and handed it to Zhao En, saying that this was the first month's salary.

Where is Zhao En willing to accept it, saying that he wants to help inform him, how can he ask for money. Lin Mo was a little angry when he heard this, and said: "It's only right to hire someone to pay the salary, if you don't want money, I won't let you help me, my sister-in-law and Xiaoheng still have to feed, how can I support if I don't take money." ”

After finishing speaking, she put the silver off the table with a "snap", turned around and left, at this time Sister-in-law Zhao quickly stood up and grabbed Lin Mo and said: "Xiao Mo, don't be angry, my husband is dead-eyed, you don't want to be like him." Saying that, Zhao En took the silver, and Zhao En carefully collected the silver.

Sister-in-law Zhao said again: "Xiao Mo's two taels of silver are too much, or how about two months' wages." ”

Lin Mo saw that Zhao En had accepted the silver, and this time he sat down satisfied, and said: "I don't have a lot of silver for a month, just ask my brother and sister-in-law Zhao to help me do business, Xiao Heng will help me settle the accounts, I am Gu three people, not much at all." ”