After the end of February, after the end of the monthly examination of the Confucianism Bureau, Shen Xi became even busier, and he had to memorize, read and write articles every day, which was simply to the point of exhaustion.

When Shen Xi picked up the book in the back, he was already dizzy, which was also caused by excessive fatigue.

Originally, Hui Niang wanted to discuss with Shen Xi alone about opening a wine shop, but she saw that Shen Xi was very tired every day, so she was embarrassed to ask more.

On the second day of March, the liquor store opened.

The liquor store is located in a two-story building near Kaiyuan Temple, located in the bustling city, the store Hui Niang did not buy, it is rented, but the plate is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the rent is very cheap.

The name of the store is not called "Sister Restaurant", because it is a little cold, but it is better to be a little more atmospheric. It is also to place Hui Niang's expectations for Shen Xi to study, and the restaurant is named "Zhuangyuanju", which means that anyone who comes here can become a champion.

Hui Niang hired a shopkeeper with three guys, plus a cook and a cook.

Spring is in full bloom, the weather is not too hot, Hui Niang wants to take advantage of the last bit of cold in the remnant of winter to sell a steaming "hot pot" in the city.

But new things, few people accept them.

Even if Hui Niang used the marketing tricks that Shen Xi taught her before, not many people were willing to buy it, and a few days after the opening, the business was still very cold.

Hui Niang is no longer as calm as when she first started doing business, and she feels that it is reasonable for her to start a light business. She believes that as long as the material is genuine, it will definitely win customers.

But after all, Xie Yun'er is the first time to invest in business, she took out the dozens of taels of silver she had saved before, and wanted to make a fortune in the wine shop business and save a rich dowry for herself.

"Sister. I used to run a pharmacy in the county, but business was very bad at the beginning. Later, when he came to Fucheng, he was not familiar with the place and was not patronized. Look at the present. Just our pharmacy, how much can we get in every day? Hui Niang found that Xie Yun'er was too sensitive, so she comforted her.

Now for Hui Niang, a few dozen taels of silver is really inappropriate, but this is Xie Yun'er's painstaking savings over the years.

Originally, Hui Niang was ready to take the risk on her own, which means that if she has money, she will be counted as the one who loses.

First of all, Zhou did not agree to this "overlord clause". Because of the suspicion of the Shen family, the Zhou family moved the idea of giving away all the money stored in Hui Niang, and now spending money to invest, she feels even more sorry for Hui Niang if she loses money, and she will definitely not do such a conscienceless thing.

Xie Yun'er also has her own insistence, she can't miss her own point, and she doesn't want to be killed if it's not her own.

Hui Niang couldn't do anything, she was already thinking, should she spend money to invite the brothers of the Che Ma Gang to go to the champion house to support the scene? One is to create the illusion of customers coming like a cloud, and to win more customers to patronize; The second is to entertain the brethren of the chariot and horse gang. For more than a year, the brothers of the Chema Gang followed Song Xiaocheng to fight for the Chamber of Commerce, and worked hard; The third is that Ling Zhuangyuanju seems to be "making money" on the surface, and she can justifiably distribute the silver to Xie Yun'er and Zhou's family.

But this thought. There is a hundred benefits and only harm, others are happy, but she herself has to bear a huge loss.

After Shen Xi learned about Hui Niang's plan from Song Xiaocheng, he shook his head angrily, where is this wine shop, it is simply opening a almshouse.

Since Lao Niang and Xie Yun'er invested together, it is naturally a risk sharing, where is the reason for Hui Niang to bear the loss alone?

That night, Shen Xi held his eyelids. stayed up until the second half of the night, and then quietly slipped out of the house. Go to Hui Niang's house next door to discuss things.

Entering the room, Hui Niang listened to Shen Xiyi. couldn't help but be very surprised, she didn't expect Shen Xi to be well-informed and be able to know about her "subtle" money-losing plan.

“…… Auntie, what kind of business are you doing, I am anxious for you when I hear it. It's just a hot pot restaurant, it's really not a good business, and it's closed, if no matter what business in this world is only profitable and not losing, then isn't everyone rushing to do business? ”

Shen Xi said in a tone of complaint and reproach.

Hui Niang is very assertive and generous outside, and her generosity and decency are also impressed by the big men in the Chamber of Commerce, but after she listened to Shen Xi's lesson, she lowered her head as if she had made a mistake, and said: "What Xiaolang taught me is that I am also too eager for quick success, and I want to let your Aunt Xie feel at ease as soon as possible......

Shen Xi remembered that he had seen Xie Yun'er's funny and dull appearance before, and couldn't help but smile, because Xie Yun'er cared too much about this business and insisted on refusing to accept Hui Niang's money, no wonder Hui Niang wanted to find a way to make Xie Yun'er happy.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "If my aunt begs me, I have some good ideas, although it is unlikely to make the wine shop full of customers in a short time, but it should not be difficult to make a small profit." ”

When Hui Niang heard this, she said happily: "Xiaolang, you can tell me quickly." ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "Auntie, you haven't begged me yet." ”

Hui Niang glanced at Shen Xi: "Aunt has always thought that you are an adult, why do you have to play a child's temper...... Okay, aunt, please, say it quickly. ”

It was also Hui Niang who was anxious, she held Shen Xi's hand, leaned over, and didn't realize that the whole person was almost close to Shen Xi, but when Shen Xi took the opportunity to hold her slender hand, Hui Niang reacted and retracted her hand in a hurry.

Hui Niang realized something, took a step back, looked up at Shen Xi after a while, and only after making sure that Shen Xi had no special intentions did she feel relieved, and warned herself in her heart: "Xiaolang is my sister's son, he is still young, I can't think about it......"

Shen Xi picked up the pen and wrote down a short-term development plan for the wine shop.

To be precise, it is the positioning of the wine shop, and after it was written, he handed over the plan to Hui Niang, and when Hui Niang read it carefully, he explained on the side:

"This year is the year of the hospital examination, there are three exams in the city of Fucheng, the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination, there are many students, and the inn is full. Since we named Zhuangyuanju, we should make a fuss from these future champions, and readers just like to try new things, as long as they eat well and feel that they are worth the money, they will definitely help us publicize, because they are scholars, and what they say is more effective than ordinary people. ”

Hui Niang nodded hurriedly.

What Shen Xi said is very reasonable, there are many people in the city who read. These people need to eat and drink, but the ordinary wine shop is not patronized by ordinary scholars, and Shen Xi's proposal. Zhuangyuanju should adhere to the principle of "small profits but quick turnover", and only slightly increase the price on the cost price. It is cheaper than ordinary liquor stores, and by issuing anti-counterfeiting coupons, it attracts readers to patronize.

There is experience in printing anti-counterfeiting silver tickets with silver numbers, and it is not difficult to print a few coupons.

The more Hui Niang looked at it, the happier she became, came over and gently touched Shen Xi's head, and said, "Xiaolang, my aunt feels more and more that you are the reincarnation of a heavenly immortal." Aunt I don't know how to repay you in this life. ”

Shen Xi smiled, there will always be a chance. He had some evil thoughts in his heart, but his face had to remain innocent, turned his head and played tricks, and plunged into the quilt with Hui Niang's body temperature: "I'm too tired from studying these days, can I sleep here today?" It's so warm. ”

Hui Niang stepped forward and pulled Shen Xi and said, "Xiaolang, it's better to go home and sleep so late...... Oh, if you really want to sleep here, take off your coat. How uncomfortable is it to sleep in so many clothes? ”

Shen Xi got up from the warm bedding and looked at Hui Niang with a smile, at this time Hui Niang was like a virtuous wife. Helped Shen Xi hang up the clothes he had taken off, turned his head and glanced at him and said, "Don't you go to sleep yet?" ”

Shen Xi asked, "Auntie, don't you sleep?" ”

Hui Niang shook her head: "I'll sort out the golden ideas you said first, and there are still some accounts to check, you go to bed early." I'll help you watch, listen to your mother, you sometimes kick the quilt, it's not good to catch a cold at that time, wait for you to sleep. I'll go to sleep next door Xi'er. I will come and call you before dawn, so that your mother will not know. ”

Shen Xi couldn't help but sigh. It would be nice if he could sleep with Hui Niang, although he can't do anything now. But even if you hold Huiniang, it should be a very fulfilling thing.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lie down, close his eyes, and feel a sense of peace. Occasionally opened his eyes and squinted to see that Hui Niang was still busy there, but he was really tired, and he fell asleep after a while.

When Shen Xi woke up, the sky was already bright, and at this time, Hui Niang hurriedly came over and told him to get up: "It's all bad to blame Auntie, I slept for a while, you go back quickly, otherwise your mother will really know." ”

Shen Xi hurriedly put on his clothes, came out of the door, pushed open the door of his house, and the courtyard was quiet. He was about to walk through the front yard to the middle courtyard when he heard Zhou yawn, came out of the room, and greeted, "Huh? Han Wa'er, sneaky, I thought there was a thief. Where have you been? ”

Shen Xi turned his head and said, "I heard a big yellow dog barking outside, open the door to see what's going on." ”

Zhou frowned: "Are there any wild dogs around here?" Why didn't I hear the call, and I'm still outside? ”

Shen Xi said: "I beat him away with a stone." ”

Zhou said with a dark face: "On weekdays, you still say that you don't sleep enough, so you want to come out to beat the dog all day long...... Okay, okay, go back and talk to your father, and let him find someone to drive away the wild dogs around you, and it's not good to delay your rest. Get in there and catch up on some sleep before school. ”

Shen Xi walked to the middle courtyard at this time, and as soon as he arrived at the moon gate, he saw Lin Dai standing there. Xiao Nizi's eyes were red, as if she had cried, and she looked at Shen Xi's eyes with resentment.

Shen Xi didn't ask the reason, and pulled Lin Dai to the room, and Lin Dai pouted: "Don't think I don't know, you didn't come back last night." ”

Shen Xi said: "Don't talk nonsense, I just went out to beat dogs at dawn." ”

"Hmph."

Lin Dai was a little aggrieved again, wiping her tears, "Yesterday I dreamed that my mother was taken away by bad people, and I was afraid that I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to go over and sleep with you, but you weren't there." I thought you went to the hut, but who knows you didn't come back all night...... Woo, you don't know how scared people are......"

Shen Xi couldn't help but feel sorry on his face, he didn't expect Lin Dai to come and sleep with him because of a nightmare. But because of his absence, Xiao Nizi was frightened all night, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying.

Shen Xi took her into his arms and comforted her gently: "Okay, Dai'er, it's me who is wrong, I won't run out by myself in the future." But you must not tell your mother about this......"

Lin Dai's little face was a little stubborn, as if she didn't think so, but in the end she nodded and said, "I'm not so stupid to tell my mother, so that my mother will know that I'm looking for you at night." ”

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