Chapter Eighty-Seven: Preparations for Opening a Store
When the donkey cart walked out of this mountain road, the people of Xiaoliangshan rested and prepared to go back to their homes. Li Zheng's daughter-in-law sighed and said: "When spring returns, I can't count the few children I am optimistic about here." Although Chungui didn't find a companion at her point that day, Lizheng's daughter-in-law still took a fancy to several of them, and was ready to look at Chungui after a while, which Cheng wanted Chungui to go so eagerly.
Li Zheng was knocking on the cigarette gun towards the old tree, and glanced at her when he heard the words: "I haven't asked you what you blurted out at the Li family's wedding banquet the day before yesterday, but Qi You reacted quickly and lost the handle." Who will dare to entrust you with things in the future? ”
He didn't avoid the village chief's family, they knew each other anyway, and he wouldn't add anything to Chungui.
Lizheng's daughter-in-law's face turned red: "Aren't I in a hurry........"
She stirred her sleeves and didn't avoid people: "What's more, what I said is not unreasonable, village chief, tell me, aren't there few girls like us who can match each other in Chungui!" If Qi You hadn't been raised by her as a younger brother, wouldn't such an outstanding two deserve it! ”
Lizheng's daughter-in-law is a straightforward and heartless person, and she feels that there is nothing wrong with her.
"Qi Youyi is not on the genealogy of the Liu family, and he has no in-law relationship with Chungui, I think it's good."
Seeing that the more she talked, the more she didn't have anything to hide, she hurriedly pulled her sleeve and said angrily: "Shut up!" Uncle Liu is here, you dare to talk nonsense! Spread it out, others put a clean hat on Chungui, can it be neat? ”
"Am I saying that the two are not compatible? You don't look at the previous year, it was so difficult to return in the spring and there was no way out, why are you going to leave now, it's not for the sake of Ah Zhen's reputation! ”
Li Zheng's daughter-in-law hurriedly stopped her mouth, looked at the people who walked away, and was relieved to see that no one was paying attention.
"Don't say it, don't say it, and wait for fate, Ah Zhen has found it, and the girl who returns to Chungui can also find it!"
The husband and wife chattered one by one and made amends, and the village chief Liu's family shook their heads helplessly.
"Grandpa, will you come back after returning in the spring?" Liu Jiawang looked at the mountain and was a little eager to try.
"What, you want to go too?"
Liu Jiawang scratched his head and smiled: "Don't worry, I still have a daughter-in-law and children here, and I can't drag my family up like Chungui." ”
Village Chief Liu looked at the front and shook his head: "Spring return is not a child who doesn't know the importance of the matter, he will come back." ”
"I think my aunt is quite right, Qi You is three years younger than Chungui, and now he is a serious adult, and his future is so good." When Liu Jiawang talked about this stubble, the more he felt reasonable, and he thought of something and was deflated: "It's better to say goodbye, if they become a pair, the old stubborns of the Cheng family can't drown the spring with a mouthful of spit." ”
The people here always think that Chun Gui is very good, but in the eyes of the people next to them, the impression of Chun Gui is not that he is a little widow or a child's daughter-in-law who has never passed the door, and he will be more embarrassed than Ah Zhen at that time.
After glancing at his grandson, the village chief Liu did not make a sound, and only walked forward slowly.
I hadn't walked a few steps before I saw Cheng Tianbao leaning on the side of the door and looking at the other side of the mountain road from a distance.
Liu Jiawang is young, his joy and anger are exposed, and he doesn't have a good face when he sees Cheng Tianbao.
"He's looking at it like that."
Village Chief Liu also asked kindly: "Tianbao, is there something wrong?" ”
Cheng Tianbao spat out, frowned and pointed ahead: "No, look at the Liu family's arrival in town." ”
"Village chief, let me ask you, this is to go up with my younger brother, and he won't come back in the future?"
Liu Jiawang rolled his eyes: "What's the matter, if you can't go out to open a shop in the spring to make money, is it possible that Qi You will use you as an elder brother to spend the flowers in Kyoto to take the exam in the future?" ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Cheng Tianbao's face changed: "That girl is so kind, she really plans to send people up?!" ”
"Do you think Zhixing and Qi You are playing in the county school now?" Liu Jiawang walked quickly with his grandfather in his arms.
"What a man! He is a cold-hearted thing, and he is not allowed to be a living bodhisattva. He said so much, Cheng Tianbao couldn't hear it, he immediately pulled down his face, and it was not good to scold his grandson in front of the village chief, and when he saw that people were far away, he immediately turned his head with a black face and slammed the door.
"Something! The old man in the family became a village chief, and his eyelids turned to the sky! Catch Ming'er to be a patriarch and have to squint when you walk! He scolded and sat down on the edge of the table, and Li Lan hurriedly came over: "How is it?" Really gone? ”
Cheng Tianbao snorted: "I don't know how to watch it!" Run away early! ”
"I'm gone! People all over the world go to take the exam, what's the use of being the first in the exam, can you pass those young masters in Kyoto! You want me to ask, then Liu Jiawang looks at me better than looking at the mud on the ground! Asked a stomach for anger! ”
Li Lan was so angry that she went straight to his ear: "You still blame me?" I'm not afraid that they will leave, one day that kid will really have a creation, do you see if he will be the first to take your own brother to be angry! ”
"He has the guts! There are so many pairs of eyes in the clan watching! ”
Li Lan glared at him: "The white-eyed wolf left as soon as he left, and the girl raised him as his own brother, but what happened to Cai Zhen?" I even followed with my eyes! ”
"It's really fine, as soon as I leave like this, I can't listen to a word of gossip in the village!"
Cheng Tianbao held his breath: "What if Cai Zhen is gone, your sister-in-law has long been scolded by the Cai family and doesn't dare to go back, and you still have time to buckle the hat for the granddaughter-in-law who the Li family is seriously married?" ”
As soon as the husband and wife spoke, they quarreled again, and after scolding for a long time, the donkey cart on the other end had already run into the town.
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Chungui didn't know the gossip of the families in Xiaoliang Mountain, and at this moment the donkey cart was parked at the main gate of Guo Ruyi's two-in-two-out house.
This house is close to the two-storey shop on the side, and next to a family on the other side, one house after another, there are houses and shops, so that it occupies a small half of the street, and the door is closed at the moment, but the smell of the fragrance must be which family or which breakfast shop has been opened.
The group got down from the donkey cart, Zhiping Zhimin and Zhiyuan Xiaobao on the other end slept all the way by the donkey cart, and at this moment they were stimulated by the fragrance, and they all woke up and dozed off, all looking with round eyes.
Cai Shi helped Fu Chungui, stood still and said with a smile: "Look at these children, their stomachs should be hungry, wait a minute, I'll give you steamed buns to eat!" ”
The two of them were ready to move all their things to the house, and the two brothers of the Li family at the front of the car were already in a trance by the house in front of them.
Li Zhicun hurriedly grabbed the cuffs of his daughter-in-law and stumbled: "........ Jane.... This..... This is the house we're going to live in? ”
As soon as these words fell, the eyes of several children next to them widened, and they finally looked at the big house in front of them.
"Spring Returning Girl....... How much money does this cost? Two in and two out, not two or three hundred taels! Li Zhigao went to the town to sell leather and mountain goods, and he had seen too many good houses along the way, although he was envious, he also knew that he had no chance to go in, but it was too long, and when he turned his head, his brother and sister-in-law were going to live in, not to mention, and went to a shop.......
He looked at Chun Gui again, and the admiration in his heart arose.
Chungui couldn't help but laugh when he looked at this big and small reaction: "The two big brothers will look at it later, let's move these things in first, and then we will visit this house together!" ”
As he spoke, he bent down and nodded the forehead of these little radish heads: "And you little cubs, help together, go pick a room after you are done, and it will be set for you today!" ”
Zhiping immediately cheered: "Sister-in-law! I want a study! It's a study bigger than my brother's! ”
The others also looked overjoyed, and Chun Gui's heart was soft: "Okay, give you a big study!" ”
She secretly calculated that in the three wings of the main hall for the first time, there were two large rooms and one small room, and the big room was entrusted to Brother Li to make a partition, she and Zhimin were in one room, Zhiping and Zhixing were in one room, and the rest of the small one was given to Qi You. The row of rooms in the courtyard is not used now, so they are used to pile up groceries, and the general room can be vacated and used as a study for the children.
The one at the back entered two large rooms, one for Cai's husband and wife, and one for Xiaobao and Zhiyuan, so the distribution was just right.
When she said this, there was nothing that several people should not have.
A few people hugged the things and looked left and right and entered the door, the unobstructed vegetable field, the disposal in the yard, the refreshing layout, Cai's saw that there was no displeasure, only the Li brothers were a little restrained, and their hands touching the door frame were a little trembling, and Chungui knew that they still had to adapt to it, so they didn't bother. A few children were very happy, and they ran and jumped around early.
Cai Shi looked around and suddenly felt a little sad after looking around, she avoided everyone and pulled the spring return, and asked cautiously: "Then Miss Guo hasn't told you about the rent yet?" ”
Chun Guizheng closed the windows one by one, Guo Ruyi was considerate and thoughtful, and the day before he found someone to clean it, and opened the windows for ventilation, and today the house has a new look.
Hearing Cai's question, Chun Gui knew what he was worried about when he thought about it.
Even if such a house is not bought, it will cost hundreds of dollars to rent for nearly a month or two, and the restrained look of the Li family brothers just now must be thinking about the rent.
Spring return is not wrong, before coming, Father Li had reminded her not to take advantage of her too much, the couple was happy to live in such a good house, but they were also a little worried about the rent, afraid that they could not afford it.
She patted Cai's hand and said comfortingly: "Sister Cai, don't worry, Miss Guo hasn't opened her mouth yet, and when she does, we estimate that we will already earn a lot of money!" ”
Cai's was really stunned, and he reacted to the joy behind him: "Spring return, I believe in you, you give me the right words, can this shop really be prosperous when it opens?" ”
Chungui looked at her with a smile: "Let's open and watch, but the custodian asked you to come here with Brother Li!" It's just that I can't afford to hire people for the first month, so I have to ask Sister Cai to take care of you! ”
"Oh, what are you doing with me?" Cai sighed: "I'm shallow, but I also know that we owe someone Miss Guo a little favor, anyway, no matter what, let's work together and fight, just break through!" ”
Chungui smiled and shook his head, perhaps influenced by the experience over the years, a woman like Cai's also has a tenacity that is not inferior to a man.
The remaining half a month is still a little urgent, and what she wants to do is a private room for those literati and distinguished guests to rest or chat, and change the soup without changing the medicine with the modern clubhouse. What the literati want, what they want to open a good store, what they want is a uniqueness.
Now the sweet potato taro at the door of Xiaoliangshan will be collected by Daddy Li when the time comes, the shop in front of Li Zhicun will be renovated again, there is a batch of customized pen and ink inkstones and folding fans in Qingzheng Yaju to be recovered, and Miss Guo's several kiln craftsmen have to re-fire a batch of hand-painted porcelain bowls and porcelain.
These things are also new, so she will take a gamble.
She opened the door and looked at the ruined shop in front of her, and her mind was full of the same thought she had when she first came to this era: Come here, live your life well.