【018】Returning from buying tea
Zhou Min pouted and said, "Brother, you're naughty again, how can I guess what you want to do, tell me quickly." ”
"You'll know when the time comes, I've already made all the milk, I'm going to go out to buy something, you take good care of it in the store, it's the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days, and I'll surprise you then."
According to statistics, there are more than 20 names of the Dragon Boat Festival, such as the Duanwu Festival, the Duanyang Festival, the Chongwu Festival, the Chongwu Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, the Summer Festival, the May Festival, the Calamus Festival, the Pu Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Yulan Festival, Qu Yuan, the Noon Festival, the Daughter's Festival, the Dila Festival, the Poet's Festival, the Dragon Festival, the Noon Festival, the Lantern Festival, the Five Egg Festival and so on. The word "end" has the meaning of "initial", so "end five" is "first five". According to the calendar, May is the "noon" month, so the "Dragon Five" has gradually evolved into the "Dragon Boat Festival". "Yanjing Years Chronicle" records: "The fifth day of the first month is the single fifth day of May, and the transliteration of the cover end word is also." ”
The Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, hanging calamus, artemisia grass, mugwort leaves, atractylodes, angelica, and dragon boat racing.
In the past few days, there have been farmers who have picked mugwort leaves in the mountains and come to the city to sell, and Daguan Tea House has naturally prepared some, as well as glutinous rice for making zongzi and the like.
When Zhou Yi went out, there was an endless stream of hawkers on the street, and a puff of artemisia grass was piled up on the side of the road, occupying a large area, and the aroma of the herbs made Zhou Yi intoxicated.
The scale of the iron shop opened by Tie Niu's family is one of the best in Qingshen County, and the agricultural tools produced have a good reputation in a large area of the surrounding area.
At this time, the iron ox was sweating next to the bellows, and his father slammed the sledgehammer into a red-hot iron plate, as if to build a plow.
Zhou Yi handed over a gourd of milk tea he brought over and said, "Hey, Uncle Hammer, Brother Tie Niu, take a break and drink some milk tea." ”
Seeing Zhou Yi, Tie Niu was very surprised, and said, "Hengzhi, how come you have time to come here and take a look around with me." ”
Iron Hammer threw a yellowed sweat towel to Tie Niu and said, "Quickly wipe it, it's sloppy and sloppy." ”
Zhou Yi put the gourd on the table and pulled out the bench to sit on himself, and said: "My sister at home takes care of it, and now everyone wants to drink cold milk tea, so I made a batch and put it away, come on, come on, you haven't been to my place for a long time to eat milk tea, I brought it to you." ”
"Wow, milk tea, haha, Hengzhi, I think about this thing every day, but it's a pity, it's too expensive, I can't afford it, hehe, you brought it today, I'm going to have a good meal." The iron bull rubbed his hands together and salivated.
Zhou Yi said with a smile: "The price will come down in the future, at most in a month or two, the price is expected to drop by half, and then you can drink it every day, now I can't help it." ”
In fact, Tie Niu is not the only one who says this, but Zhou Yi is also very helpless, this is not something he can do if he wants to, after all, he is busy working alone from the inside out, even if he is exhausted, the output is not high. Instead of lowering the price and causing it to sell out and others can't buy it, it is better to raise the price and treat milk tea as a high-end consumer product.
And there is also such a part of the reason why he handed over the milk tea business to Zhang Zhong, first of all, Zhang Zhong has a huge industrial group and capital, he can increase the output to the maximum as much as possible, and now Zhou Yi has opened the market for milk tea, what Zhang Zhong has to do is to expand the market.
Everyone drank the milk tea that was already cold, and Zhou Yi said: "I came to Uncle Hammer today to ask you to help me make something, you look at the drawings." ”
He took out the drawings he had drawn and spread them out on the table, and Tie Niu was shocked when he saw it, and said, "You want to make an iron coffin?" ”
The hammer slapped him on the head, and scolded with a smile: "You are uneducated, and it is unlucky to say a word, this is obviously ...... That, IMHO, really looks like an uncovered coffin. ”
Zhou Yi's face was full of embarrassment, this thing really looked like an uncovered coffin, but he couldn't say that, he corrected: "The coffin is round on the other side, you see that I am all straight, how tough." ”
So Tie Niu changed his words: "That's a big box without a lid." ”
Zhou Yi was satisfied and said, "I can accept this description." ”
Hammer asked, "What are you doing with this?" It is one zhang long, two feet wide, and two feet high, and the coffin is not so big. ”
“……”
Zhou Yi took out another drawing, this is still the same thing, but it is smaller, he said: "Don't care what I'm used for, I'm going to make these two things, ah yes, the big one on the outside should be thicker, and the inside should be thinner, I will write all kinds of data on it, you can do it according to the above." When will it be done? ”
"If you're in a hurry, I'll work overnight to help you make it, and I've got a few plows over there." Hammer said.
Zhou Yi said: "It's not good for your health to do it overnight, I can only use it after about half a month, you can take your time." ”
"That's fine, I'll send it to you in half a month." Hammer agreed.
The three of them talked for a while, and then Zhou Yi said goodbye and went home, and when he arrived at the door, he saw a carriage parked at the door, and someone was transporting things to the Daguan Tea House one by one, and Zhou Yi hurriedly ran over.
Zhou Min happened to be at the door, and when he saw Zhou Yi running over, he said happily: "Brother, my father and mother are back." ”
This carriage is Zhou Sheng and Qin, who returned from buying tea, and after coming to this world for such a long time, Zhou Yi saw his titular father and Erniang for the first time.
Zhou Sheng doesn't look very old, in his forties, he is still in the prime of life at such an age in the 21st century, and it is the most vigorous time in his life. And Qin's body is very thin, his thin lips don't look very pleasing, the rouge powder on his face is too thick, and he can occasionally fall off when he speaks, and the rich aroma makes Zhou Yi almost nauseous.
Looking at the crowding of people in the Daguan Tea House, Zhou Sheng's eyes widened, with an unbelievable look, the golden signboard was newly made not long ago, exuding an aggressive momentum, and the couplets on both sides were also newly carved with good Nanmu, plus it was freshly painted inside and out, if it weren't for Zhou Min coming to greet him, and the neighborhood had not changed, Zhou Sheng would have been able to think that he was in the wrong place.
He asked incredulously, "What's going on?" ”
Before Zhou Yi could answer, Zhou Min had already said triumphantly: "Dad, you don't know this, not long after you went out, my brother made a brand new kind of tea, which is not at all different from the current tea, the color of the boiled tea is red, and the taste is even sweeter." ”
Zhou Sheng's eyes widened and asked, "Where did the tea come from?" ”
Zhou Min said: "Didn't you say it, it's the tea made by my brother." ”
"Where did he get his raw tea leaves?"
"Uh...... Well, ......" Zhou Min looked at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi immediately stood up and said, "That's the case, I borrowed some from that Zhang Zhong, but I have returned it to him now." ”
"Yes, yes, that's it, and then my brother went to buy milk again, and poured that red tea into the milk, and it tasted good, and I went pour you a cup to taste." With that, Zhou Min turned around and went to the store.
Zhou Sheng looked at Zhou Yi and asked, "But is there really such a thing?" ”
"What do you think?" Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Seeing is believing, hearing is false, what you see now is what it is." ”
"Come on, come on, milk tea is here, Dad, Mother, you hurry up and taste it." After saying two words, Zhou Min had already brought over two cups of milk tea and shouted loudly.
Looking at this white thing that exuded bursts of aroma, Zhou Sheng hesitated, Zhou Yi smiled: "Drink, it's okay, we have sold tens of thousands of cups out." ”
Zhou Sheng said: "I just think this cup is quite distinctive. ”
It just so happened that the tea had been transported, and everyone went into the house together, and the refreshing arrangement inside once again shocked the eyes of the two, Zhou Sheng looked at Zhou Yi in disbelief and said, "According to this, we should have made a lot of money during this time, right?" Just to renovate this tea house, I'm afraid it will cost a few taels of silver. ”
"Yes, the business is not bad, oh yes, Dad, we have already paid back that Wang Xuerong's money, so don't take it to heart." Zhou Yi said with a smile.
Zhou Sheng was very surprised and said, "It's still on?" That's not a small amount. ”
"It's not small, but it's not much."
Qin, who had not spoken, asked, "Then how much money have we made in total now?" ”
Zhou Yi glanced at her and said, "The income is not bad, at least it is much stronger than the Cloud Tea House opposite." ”
Qin said: "I want to see the account book." ”
Zhou Yi simply refused: "There is no need for this, Erniang and the Taoist family, these are all men's affairs, it is better not to mix." ”
Qin Shi was stunned for a moment, before this, even if someone else lent Zhou Yi two more dares, I am afraid that he would not dare to talk to him like this, but today he had just opened his mouth and ate two closed doors, which made her feel very surprised. Her eyes widened and she said incredulously, "How dare you talk to me like this?" Try it again. ”
I don't know why, Zhou Yi didn't have a good impression of her at the first glance of this Qin family, and now as soon as she opened her mouth, she was about to declare the rhythm of the army and seize the master, Zhou Yi was naturally even more angry, and was about to speak, but Zhou Min pulled his sleeve and said in his ear: "It has always been the account of the mother before." ”
Zhou Yi suddenly understood, no wonder this Daguan Tea House would become like this, I am afraid that it will not be able to get rid of this woman.
"You have been working all the way, you have worked hard, go and rest, I will do the work of the tea shop in the future, you have been busy for most of your life, and it is time to enjoy the blessings."
Zhou Yi said in an irrefutable tone.
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