"Please shop!"

As soon as Chen Xin walked to the vicinity of the shop, he heard a shout in front of him, it was the shopkeeper Cai and his youngest son who were hanging up in the store, and Chen Xin came a few times before he noticed the name of the shop, which turned out to be "Dong Yuan".

Chen Xin hurriedly went over to help, the youngest son of the shopkeeper Cai was sixteen years old, called Cai Shenju, he looked relatively old, and even had a beard, the shopkeeper Cai asked him to call Chen Xin's eldest brother, he muttered reluctantly, and no one heard it clearly.

A child of this size is in a rebellious period, with low self-esteem and narcissism, and likes to wrap himself in a rebellious appearance, but in fact, just a few words of praise can break through the shell.

Chen Xin took his hand affectionately and said: "It turned out to be the son of Mr., who has been taught by Mr. and Mrs., but it is different, he looks handsome and calm, I say a disrespectful word, my junior brother will definitely be far above Mr. in the future." ”

As soon as he said this, the little son's face finally smiled, and of course the shopkeeper Cai would not mind that his son was stronger than him, and he smiled: "Don't praise him, it would be good to settle down as soon as possible, and not let me cāo's heart." He said to Cai Shenju: "It's not called Brother Chen, your Brother Chen is a talented man, if you can have half of your Brother Chen, I will thank the Bodhisattva." ”

As soon as Chen Xin heard this, he put himself and Cai Shenju on the opposite side, which was not conducive to unity, and hurriedly took over the conversation and said to Cai Shenju: "How old is the eldest brother, I call you junior brother, I can envy you very much in my heart, you see, there are gentlemen and sisters who are in pain, and they can work at such a young age to subsidize the family, and the senior brother is as old as you, and he is still eating idle meals at home, what is the need for the eldest brother, although he speaks, but when you are promoted and made rich in the future, you must remember your senior brother." ”

A young man of this age, as soon as others talked about his merits, he was immediately proud, and Cai Shenju listened to it, and he already called Chen Xin Brother Chen.

After he got down from the stool, he told Chen Xin: "The first thing to open the door is to hang the disguise, remember not to fall on the ground, it is to scare away the God of Wealth, if it is seen by the owner, this errand will be gone." ”

Chen Xin hurriedly received teaching, there are still many broken rules in this ancient world. The three of them took off all the door panels together, and it was a new day.

At this time, there was also a guy in the store, who was moving sea cucumbers and wanted to make up the goods, Cai called him over and introduced Chen Xin to know, this person is called Lu You, from Shandong, honest and honest, Lao Cai shouted at him at will, Chen Xin talked to him a few words, only to know that he also lived in Erdao Street, but it was a rented house.

There are a few people in this Dongyuan store, there is another one named Lao Wang who keeps vigil in the shop at night, but he is not there during the day, the whole store pù is in the south of a three-entry courtyard, Cai shopkeeper told sù Chen Xin can only walk around in one entry, two into three into the family of the owner, maids and mother-in-law, the owner does not shout is not allowed to enter, only the wife of the owner, that is, the proprietress sometimes comes to the store pù, the owner originally had three wives and concubines, the first two died, and now there is only one concubine left, and there is a son and a daughter, and the daughter is also in the three on weekdays, but the son heard that he was in the field, and Lao Cai said that he had never seen it.

Lao Cai took Chen Xin around, a into the middle is also complete, there are wings on both sides, the southwest corner is the toilet, but also the formal layout, the reason is that the southwest corner is generally considered to be the brake position, the filth of the toilet can suppress the evil gas, the east chamber is the kitchen in the south, and the other wings are warehouses. The gate of the second entry is directly north of the first entry, which looks like it is still big, and I heard Lao Cai say that the second entrance opened a side door, which is convenient for the family to enter and exit.

Although Chen Xin is called the account room, he actually does not have a separate room, and he is also in charge of collecting money in the store, that is, the accountant is also the cashier and the treasury manager, and there are only some broken silver and copper plates in the counter.

Today's main work is Lao Cai and Chen Xin's handover of the warehouse, Lao Cai took the booklet, opened a west wing, which is full of knives and folding fans, and Lu You and Cai Shenju are doing cleaning and wiping on weekdays. Lao Cai said to Chen Xin: "We have long and short Japanese knives, what are the Japanese people called wild knives, small knives, and knives, we only write long knives, medium knives, and short knives, and you must remember to distinguish when keeping accounts, otherwise it will be messy." ”

Chen Xin took out the silver inventory book and looked at it, and wrote that the price of the long Japanese knife ranged from seven taels to thirty taels, and he couldn't help but ask Lao Caidao: "There are several prices of the long Japanese knife in the silver inventory book, and how are they divided?" ”

"The long, medium and short should also be divided into three grades, there are many types of Japanese knives, and I can't figure it out, anyway, there are inscriptions on the knives of the high-grade Japanese knives, you can take a look." Lao Cai took out a Japanese knife, the cold light was shining, and there were indeed two lines of inscriptions on the Xueliang knife with blood grooves, which were close to the grid.

Lao Cai also put the knife into the sheath, and said to Chen Xin: "Those with inscriptions are generally of the highest grade, and some without inscriptions, if the owner has tried and thinks it is good, it will also be classified as the top grade, and a red cloth strip will be tied to the handle of the knife." The middle grade is tied with a strip of green cloth. ”

Chen Xin looked at the knife holder, and sure enough, there were many bundles of blue and red cloth.

Lao Cai showed Chen Xin the medium knife and the short knife one by one, and when it came to the customers of the Japanese knife, they were generally military attachés, rich families and fighters, and some merchants from Beijing and border towns came to wholesale. Lao Cai blew the sword with great skill, and even said that the officers and soldiers should buy more, and it is not a problem to fight tartars.

Chen Xin agreed, but he didn't care much in his heart, the problem of the Ming army was far from weapons, but even in terms of weapons, this knife was too expensive, cost-effective and poor, although it looked beautiful and domineering, but the blade was three or four centimeters wide, long and thin, it was okay to cut people on the street, if you really want to go to the battlefield, you will encounter heavy soldiers such as spears, broadswords, and maces, and it is strange if you don't die. Therefore, in Chen Xin's view, the best use of the knife is to disembowelment the devil.

Lao Cai took Chen Xin according to the booklet to finish the knife, and began to point the folding fan, the folding fan was first introduced from Japan, first the Qinglou woman used, and later because of the convenience of use, popularized, the Japanese fan in the warehouse is painted with some landscapes, flowers, wood, birds and birds, the good point has to paint gold powder and silver mud, just like the fat man in Jizhou, Suzhou and Nanzhili and other places have a lot of fan-making workshops, and there have been many fan-making workshops in Suzhou and Nanzhili, and there have been many fan-making workshops in Suzhou and Nanzhili, and there are many fan-making workshops like this, a fan can be worth two or three taels of silver, and the process is not worse than that of small Japan, so the Japanese fan is a little exotic at most, although the sales are OK, But not counting the goods with high profits, they are also classified and counted at the moment.

After the two orders, Lao Cai was a little tired, the two returned to the store, and sat down to rest after a little bit of the knife and fan placed in the store, it was still early at this time, there were a few pedestrians scattered on the street, and the business in the store had not yet opened, Chen Xin made a cup of tea for Lao Cai, and served a cup himself, looking at the business situation, it was easier than Chen Xin's original work.

Several people were chatting, and Cai Shenju suddenly looked at the door and whispered, "Don't come in, don't come in." ”

Chen Xin sat with her back to the door, listened and looked back, it turned out to be the lady of Shen Lou, still wearing the same clothes that day, her hair bun was tidied up, and she looked haggard, of course she didn't hear Cai Shenju speak, timidly walked to the door, looked at the signboard, hesitated for a moment, and walked in.

Cai Shenju and Lu You were both annoyed, "Hey! With a sound, then Cai Shenju greeted him listlessly and asked, "The lady of the Shen family wants to buy something?" ”

Shen Niangzi glanced at Cai Shenju carefully, "Yes, I, I want to buy some abalone for my father-in-law to raise." ”

Cai Shenju didn't look at her, tilted his head to the side and replied: "The dried abalone here is worth three dollars and five cents per two pieces of silver, and the larger ones over there are five dollars and five cents per two pieces of silver." ”

"Ah, it's so expensive, then I'll take a look at it, take a look."

Shen Niangzi blushed and stood awkwardly by the abalone bar. Cai Shenju rolled his eyes beside him, he knew from the beginning that this Shen lady couldn't afford it, and it was a waste of energy. Nowadays, Japanese matari is a real luxury, better than that produced in Guangdong and Fujian, and the quantity shipped from Japan every year is not much, and most of the seafood in the TECO matari store has to be sent to Beijing and other places, leaving a small part in the store, which is not affordable for ordinary people.

Lao Cai snorted softly behind the counter, Chen Xin looked at them, seemed to hate this Shen lady very much, and was about to ask Lao Cai the reason, but Lao Cai spoke first and whispered to Chen Xin: "A woman came in just after opening the door, and she was very unlucky, and her man was still a thief." You also have to remember that if the first woman to come in when she opens the door, she will burn the grass and smoke the house after she leaves, and the grass ash will be swept outside the door, and if it is a pregnant woman, it will be even more unlucky, and it is best to block it outside the door, so as not to offend the God of Wealth, you must remember. ”

Chen Xincai remembered that Lao Cai and this Shen lady both lived in Liye Fang, no wonder they knew about Shen Lou. However, according to Lao Cai's theory, the mother and baby store in later generations will make a fart of money.

"In this case, what if it is the wife of Lord Tongzhi of the Qing Military Hall who comes in?"

"That's different, Mrs. Tongzhi is official, how can she be compared to this kind of market woman."

Chen Xin solemnly clenched his fists: "I see, the younger generation has been taught." ”