The shopkeeper's behavior has become more and more strange recently, either someone in the family is seriously ill or someone in the family has died, and there is always a reason to take leave and be absent from work.

Lin Mei also turned a blind eye, too lazy to care about him, and privately hinted that Luo Sicheng recommended a second shopkeeper to come over to work.

But Luo Sicheng was not like before, but directly refused: "The ancient shopkeeper is a descendant of Brother Wang's family, let's skip the family directly, and it is not appropriate to get a second shopkeeper, or discuss it with Brother Wang, if he agrees, it will not be too late for us to find someone." ”

Lin Mei also knew that this was not very bottom-up, and she just complained, she also knew that this Wang family was not easy to mess with, and any subordinate might have an official position, this is not an ordinary family, but they didn't explain it, and they could only continue to pretend that they didn't know.

Lin Mei listened to Luo Sicheng's suggestion some time ago, and dug up a few capable stewards from the Luo family, but they all had deeds of sale, and three of them were bought by nurseries and mothers.

They are Wang Lin who is in charge of procurement, Zhang Dafu who used to be in charge of the granary, Tong Fugui, the nephew of the former Baiwei Lou Tong shopkeeper, Cao Dahu, the former manager of the Luo family Zhuangzi, and the other second-in-command of the kitchen who was originally Baiwei is called Feng Qiang, but the cooking skills are not as good as Lin Mei, but the victory is that there is a foundation, Lin Mei waved her hand and sent it directly to the hot pot restaurant.

Wang Lin was in charge of purchasing before, and he was very familiar with the situation in the counties and towns around Taiyuan Prefecture, and the most important thing was that this person was not greedy and honest, but he was a little stupid and a little stubborn.

However, Lin Mei is quite relieved to use such a person, or let him be responsible for purchasing this piece, and every time he needs to purchase a large number of things, let him set a precedent for a charter, and then report three cost-effective ones for Lin Mei's reference.

Wang Lin also has a son, Wang Guyu, who is twelve years old, and studied with Mr. Tent for a while, Lin Mei studied it and saw that he did have talent in this area, so he let him continue to study with Qiu Ninghai.

The spring equinox is Wang Lin's eldest daughter, but unfortunately there is a birthmark on her face, and the Luo family has not looked at it in a few rooms, and has been idle at home, helping her mother take care of housework. Lin Mei saw that she was clever and sensible, and directly asked her to follow Xu Dangjia to take care of the daily life of Father Lin and Shanzi.

Tong Fugui's father died early, his biological mother was born as a girl, and he has been working in Zhuangzi since marrying into the Tong family.

The shopkeeper Tong saw that his mother and son were pitiful, and that he was his own nephew, so he recommended it to the owner, and he took it with him to run errands and cultivate carefully for several years.

But as soon as Baiwei Lou was sold, the shopkeeper Tong himself was difficult to protect, how could he still worry about his business, so he had been idle at home, and later heard that the Luo family was going to send some people, and volunteered to sell his widowed mother into the Lin family.

Tong Fugui is a little similar to his uncle, happy all day long, sleek, sociable, and a good candidate to manage a hot pot restaurant, but he is a little younger, only twenty years old, and he originally had a family marriage, which re-found the owner, and it turned out that he had to withdraw from the marriage, after all, the woman's family was still in the Luo family.

But Lin Mei felt that if she gave young people some opportunities, she could let them show their talents. So he was directly promoted to the shopkeeper of the hot pot restaurant, and his mother was also directly arranged to work in the back kitchen of the hot pot restaurant.

As for Cao Dahu, who used to manage Luojia Zhuangzi, he was almost sixty years old, and he heard that his daughter-in-law died of illness that year, and he didn't leave a son and a half daughter, so Lin Mei sent him directly to Yangshu Village to see the old house, and hit the family's three acres of paddy fields and poultry by the way.

Lin Mei planned to buy dozens of acres of paddy fields in Yangshu Village, but there was no suitable one.

Zhang Dafu is left, and the experience is comparable to Dou E, who was originally in charge of the granary when he was in the Luo family, but it was a fat difference. It's a pity that the gods fight, and the little ghosts suffer. The errand was done well, and suddenly said that he was going to be transferred to another place, and asked that he must go to report that day, okay, just tune it, anyway, where to do it, this person just left, and the grain in the granary was emptied in the afternoon. After checking this matter, I complained about his head, and the new errand was discharged, not to mention, and he was convicted of dereliction of duty, and was beaten fifty boards, which was also his life, and the whole family was betrayed.

Lin Mei heard that his daughter-in-law could make brine tofu, so she directly paid money to buy someone and let his family be in charge of the errand of the tofu factory.

transferred Xu Dang's family back to the Lin family, and he was still in charge of the family's food, and Xu Rongsheng was promoted to be a housekeeper.

Lin Mei is particularly satisfied with the current personnel arrangement, after a tiring day, she returns home and takes a hot bath comfortably, which is what Lin Mei must do every day.

After taking a bath, listening to the two sisters chattering about what they had learned in a day, and embroidering a few embroidery jobs, Lin Mei felt that this day was simply beautiful.

But this beautiful life did not last long.

On the second day of the first month of the eighteenth year of Tianqing, the emperor died.

Three days later, the crown prince Liu Xu ascended the throne and announced to the world that the country would be mourned for three years, and the whole country would mourn, and all entertainment would be banned; Weddings and funerals are not allowed during the state funeral.

In the past few days, the business in the store has declined, Lin Meichou is useless, the original red lantern has been changed to a white lantern early, at a glance, the whole street is full of white lanterns, it looks very desolate.

Lin Mei simply returned home every day and accompanied Daddy Lin to drink tea and chat.

By the way, he urged Shanzi and his two sisters to study hard.

……

"Did you hear that? The second prince rebelled in the south, saying that the death of the first emperor was unclear, and he wanted to arrest the murderer to avenge his father. ”

"Isn't that going to be a war again......"

"Don't worry, this is a matter from the south, and you can't hit us here."

"You can't say that, our side is north, and the Tartars in the north have been eyeing each other, in case the Tartars take the opportunity to call, I think this good day is coming to an end."

"Okay, okay, it's far away, there is still a Taiyuan Mansion in front of our Baishui Town, I'm really going to call over, and Tian Jiajun is not a vegetarian."

"If you really wait for the fight to start, it's too late to run."

"Run? Where can you run, there is a war in the north, a war in the south, and even more peace in the west, if you really want to fight, it is not peaceful anywhere, it is better to stay at home, maybe the ancestors can bless and pick up a small life. ”

I don't know where it began, the news of another war came out in the town, and for a while, people were panicked, everyone was in danger, and even fewer people went out.

Lin Mei simply handed over the back kitchen of the restaurant to Lin Hai, and now Lin Hai is basically a teacher.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was going to be in a few days, I directly found the pig killer in the village and slaughtered all the five big fat pigs raised in the old house, even the chickens, and made them all into sausage bacon and air-dried chicken.

Two days before the Chinese New Year, Lin Mei directly closed the two restaurants, issued a holiday fee, gave everyone a holiday in advance, and waited until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to open the door.

Father Lin discussed with Lin Mei that he wanted to go back to the old house to worship his ancestors for the New Year.

Mama Wu was old and didn't want to join in the fun, so she took the initiative to stay and watch the house.

Lin Mei's persuasion was fruitless, so she had to ask Zhang Dafu next door to help take care of one or two.

On the way back to the village, he met Luo Sicheng accompanied the ancient grandmother back to the village to worship the ancestors for the New Year.

The Lin family also has a carriage, but it is hired, Luo Sicheng cheekily got into the Lin family's carriage directly and chatted with the Lin family's sisters and brothers.

"You're here too, what about your father?" Lin Mei asked.

Luo Sicheng disagreed: "The family has been messy recently, it is better to accompany my grandmother back to the village for the New Year, and it is not too late to go back again on the first day of the new year." ”

There were no braziers for heating in the hired wagons. Luo Sicheng kept poking his hands to keep warm, and Lin Mei handed him the hand stove in his hand when he poured.

"Aren't your families separated?" Lin Mei asked puzzled.