Chapter 10: Opening of the business
In an ancient house that has been abandoned for a long time, Yuanwei sleeps in the fragrance.
"Motoo, get up. You take a few brothers to Liu's house as soon as possible and wait, there are many people today, and you will definitely get a lot of rewards. The white sturgeon poked the tail with a dog-beating stick.
Motoo opened his hazy sleepy eyes, and it was pitch black outside. On the soil kang, Mu Qi was sleeping on his body, and in the early morning of early autumn, the air had begun to be filled with coolness. Mu Wei disliked the hard coldness of the soil kang and pestered him to sleep with him, but fortunately, the two brothers were sincere and clean, and they were both clean people, and sleeping together was also harmonious.
"Master, it's not dawn yet. Motaoo muttered.
"Lazy worm, the opening of the Liujiabuzhuang branch is a big event, and the whole town is staring at it. Especially the bastards in the western film, they have long been eyeing each other. Will there be any benefit to you if you go late?!" The white sturgeon looked angry with his beard.
"Okay, okay, let's go. ”
Seeing that Motowei began to get up, the white sturgeon turned around and went back to his room to continue sleeping with his head covered. Yuanwei was speechless, so he had to wake up Mu Wei and a few others named Hanako, and ran to Liu's house in the dark.
Most of the young people led by Motoo have become their little leader because of their excellent performance and the fact that they are the apprentices of the white sturgeon.
"The Liu family is really rich and powerful, there are dozens of cloth shops alone, and they have monopolized hundreds of miles nearby. ”
"Yes, yes, the little lady of the Liu family is so beautiful, every time she sees me, she will touch her heartbeat, if you marry her, you don't have to worry about it in this life. ”
"It is said that Miss Liu has practiced martial arts, and she learned art from a famous teacher when she was very young, and she is a thorny rose. However, no matter how many hands prickly such roses, I like to pick them. ”
"We're all called Hanako, the difference between a toad and a swan, you don't have to daydream. ”
"It's so cold, Bai Ye and they are dreaming of spring in the bed, our lives are hard. ”
A dozen of them were in their teens, and their hurried footsteps were interspersed with their whispered discussions or grievances. And the previous activist Mu Wei did not speak this time, he tightly wrapped his hands around one of Yuanwei's arms, his head rested on his shoulder, although he was still dragged to walk together, the person was still immersed in sleep.
The Liujiabuzhuang branch is located in the south of the town, next to the wharf. For this opening, the Liu family obviously spent a lot of thought, and had already made detailed preparations a few days ago, such as the decoration of the façade, the cleaning of the streets, and the erection of a magnificent stage opposite the store.
Yuanwei did act early, and when they came to the Buzhuang branch, it was still dark all around, and even the main owner of the activity, the Buzhuang branch was quiet without a sound.
"Oh, we're here early! Bai Ye is really, he drove us over so early. ”
"yes, there's no one here to reward us. ”
Listening to the brothers' complaints, Genwei was also a little annoyed, but it was not good to take the lead in questioning Master's decision. I had to beckon everyone to find a clean and sheltered corner not far from the door, and waited for the dawn.
It wasn't long before there was a jumble of footsteps on the west avenue. It seems to verify the white sturgeon's fear, which is called Hanako in Nishikata. The two sides seemed to have a good heart, and there were more than a dozen young people who came. Seeing them, the leader of the other party was a little surprised.
In Yuwangbu, all the Hanako are divided into two pieces. The eastern part of the country, where the motoo wood fennel is located, is headed by the white sturgeon, and the leader of the western part is a man named Wunian. It is said that the white sturgeon Wunian used to be good friends, and many years ago they came to Yuwang Port together to rule the entire town's Huazi Realm. Later, because of disagreements, they were divided into east and west, and they never communicated with each other since.
The contradiction between the upper echelons directly affected the mood of the Hanako, and the two pieces of the East and West Hanako have always been hostile, and they want to compete for superiority no matter what they do. The opening of the Liujiabuzhuang branch this time is a good opportunity for Hanako to ask for rewards, and it is also a stage for them to compete with each other and suppress each other.
The little leader of the West Piece is called Wuzhu, a young man with sound limbs and a strong body, such an excellent physical condition has been reduced to being called Hanako, if it is not that he is lazy or stupid, it can only be attributed to the difficulty of surviving in the world.
Wuzhu and his entourage also got up early in the morning, originally thought that the first position belonged to him, but when he saw Yuanwei, he still chuckled in his heart: "Hey, little cripple, come here and fight alone." ”
The so-called heads-up is two people who say something pleasing and play some live treasures. The test is the ability to improvise with Hanako, which is most common among Hanako. For example, if you don't like a person, you have to ask the other person to go head-to-head.
"Pick a fart, the old man Bai and the old man Wu are not there, who will you show it? Don't make a noise, let's sleep." Awakened from his sleep, he muttered a sentence and fell back asleep.
Seeing that the people on Yuanwei's side didn't say anything else, Wuzhu was a little bored, thinking that what Mu Wei said was reasonable, so he also found a position that he thought was better and sat cross-legged.
In the autumn wind, the sun came very late.
I don't know how long it took, just when Yuanwei, who has always been very strong in leadership and responsibility, was about to sink into a dream, the door of the Buzhuang branch creaked open, and several guys rushed out, and saw two groups of people sitting on the ground outside the door called Hanako, they were not very surprised, just rubbed their dream eyes and bowed their heads to work.
The grand opening ceremony is held at the beginning of the sun, which means that business is becoming more and more prosperous, which has long become the custom of Yuwangbu. Getting everything ready before sunrise is still a lot of work. A few men were busy pasting couplets and hanging lanterns on the façade, while others set up a few simple shelves outside the façade and hung a few sample fabrics on them.
asked the flowers to be active, and Wuzhu and his party rushed to help paste the couplet, but they were disgusted by the guys for being too dirty. Yuan Wei is more self-aware, he led people to rush to the broom, while sprinkling water while sweeping the floor is very happy, only Mu fen forked waist standing on the side, staying out of the matter like the owner of the cloth village.
There are more and more people, mostly idle residents around, who are eager to send some needles and threads after the store opens. There were also small traders and vendors, holding up snack toys and teasing the children in the crowd.
Yuanwei led people through the crowd, and his uncles, aunts, uncles and aunts were kind, and occasionally he could get a few copper plates from the generous spectators.
In anticipation, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper walked out of the cloth shop, and he hugged the fist group and saluted: "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your kindness, our branch will open in a while." Today, our master specially invited Master Ma from the county seat, Lord Zhu from the town, Shopkeeper Zhao from the Shengshi Granary, Doctor Li from the Huichun Hall, and Shopkeeper Chen from the Juxian Lounge to congratulate the opening ceremony. After the distinguished guests came out, I also asked everyone to shout two more hellos, and let's be lively together. Our shopkeeper also invited the Liu family opera troupe to sing some songs to the big guys, after the ceremony, everyone can go to Juxian Restaurant to eat, Chen shopkeeper said, today's wine money will be 20% off!"
As soon as the butler's words fell, the crowd erupted in cheers, and the atmosphere became lively.
"This Liu family is really rich and powerful, and even the officials of the county town have been invited!"
"Doctor Li lives in a simple house on weekdays, but today he is also here, this shopkeeper Liu has a lot of face!"
"I can watch the theater for free today, and I can also go to eat cheap food and drinks, a good day!
When Yuan Wei heard that Lieutenant General Li Lang of the Rejuvenation Hall appeared, he was still a little excited in his heart. However, he pinched the broken silver in his arms, which was no more than five taels, and then sighed secretly, and couldn't help but have a sense of urgency. He limped on one leg and shuttled through the crowd more diligently for more good luck.
"Uncles, aunts and aunts, while the adults have not yet arrived, while the opening ceremony has not yet begun, and while the troupe has not yet performed, our brothers will throw bricks and lead the way and perform a few unique tricks for everyone!"
"Good, good!" The east part of the film made the Hanako a little annoyed, as if they were taken advantage of by the west piece, and they invariably went to find Moto to discuss countermeasures.
Motoo was also a little surprised, but he was relieved, he gathered his accomplices and whispered in a low voice, and then quietly waited for the end of the performance of Wuzhu and the others.
Utake performed a trick. He kept taking out some broken bowls, gongs, waist drums and other tools for Hanako to ask for food from a broken hat, and the most exaggerated thing was that he actually took out a long dog-beating stick. The crowd of onlookers burst into applause, and Wuzhu's companion took the opportunity to beg around with a broken hat, and got a lot of copper plates for a while.
Yuanwei looked at Wuzhu and stopped, and immediately occupied his position: "Everyone, Brother Wu is right. Throwing bricks to attract jade, their bricks have been thrown just now, and now it's our turn to jade. A few of our little brothers came to a section of bamboo boards, wishing the business of Liujia Buzhuang more and more prosperous. ”
couldn't help but say it at the moment, and sang in a subdued tone with a bamboo board:
"You don't say that autumn is cool, but in fact, the crops are full.
Don't envy the beauty of spring, the golden autumn is rich and magnificent.
Today is an auspicious time, the Liu family opened a cloth village.
Heaven and earth descended on the decree, saying that it will be prosperous.
The wealth is abundant, and the east, west, north and south are rolling, reaching the three rivers.
Business is booming, spring, summer, autumn and winter are busy, and they are all over the world.
...”
The tail of the yuan is full of emotion, and the bamboo board is crisp and loud. Every time he finished singing a sentence, Mu Wei would command the other children to call the last three words of the Huazi chorus, like a big chorus, although it was full of kind words to compliment the Liu family, the surrounding crowd still felt relaxed and happy when they heard it, and the applause was endless.
Wuzhu's nose is crooked, and he worked hard to attract people's attention, but in the end he made a wedding dress for Yuanwei. In particular, Yuanwei deliberately quoted the sentence "throwing bricks and leading jade", taking the opportunity to elevate himself and make Wuzhu so angry that he vomited blood.
Wuzhu was unconvinced, and wanted to win back a game in front of everyone, but the Liu family cloth shop had already produced several big names, led by the housekeeper of the Liu family, then the Miss Liu family, and then the shopkeeper of the Liu family, the county master and others. They had obviously heard Motoo's bamboo board rumors in the store, and there was a hint of approval in the eyes that looked at him. Especially Miss Liu, she pointed to Yuanwei and said crisply: "The little cripple sings well!