Chapter 485: Preparing for Departure
As soon as Xu Qingyan's family entered the restaurant, they were warmly greeted by Shopkeeper Li: "Why is the county lord free to come today, please come in quickly." “
"Send my brother into the city for the exam, no, after the exam, I thought I hadn't come to the welcome building for a long time to eat, so I came over, but there is still a private room?"
"Yes, the restaurant has reserved a room for the county lord, and the county lord can come over whenever he wants." Shopkeeper Li smiled and led her upstairs.
Because of the previous reasons, coupled with the current power of the Xu family, in order to gain a foothold in Xi County, Yingbin Lou also wanted to give shares to Xu Qingyan, but Xu Qingyan refused, she has her own career and shop, and she has time to practice talismans, and has no intention of getting involved in the restaurant industry.
Besides, she also gave Yingbin Lou an idea, just so kind, it is a bit inappropriate to divide people's shares, as for Yingbin Lou wants to take advantage of her momentum to gain a foothold in Xi County, she can only say that she can help, she will definitely help with the past feelings, and there is no need to think about the rest.
Seeing that she refused to accept the shares, the shopkeeper Li had no choice but to retreat, promising that as long as the Xu family came to the restaurant for dinner, they would be exempted, and the restaurant would reserve a private room for her, so as to seek Xu Qingyan's protection.
Xu Qingyan was originally reluctant to accept it, and she didn't mean that she couldn't afford to eat, but seeing Shopkeeper Li's pleading eyes, she understood everything.
A few years ago, Fulinmen landed in Xi County, and the century-old store Yingbin Building was squeezed into the wind and rain, and it almost wanted to close. If it weren't for the time she brought quinoa, in exchange for a glimmer of life, there would be no prosperity today.
It can be said that Xu Qingyan accounted for most of the credit for the resurrection of the welcome building. Shopkeeper Li thinks that she is the lucky star of the welcome building, so he wants her to take care of her more.
After a meeting, Xu Qingyan didn't want to see a century-old store fall like this, so she responded after thinking about it, which can be regarded as reassuring the heart of Shopkeeper Li.
However, the Xu family is not a person who likes to take advantage, and they rarely come over, even Xu Qingyan does not come often.
After entering the box, Xu Qingyan ordered a table of dishes according to the taste of her family, and asked about the two small exams when she was waiting for the dishes.
Three days later, the results of the county exam came out, Xu Qingjun really didn't brag this time, not only won but also won the first place, Xu Qingwen also did well in the exam and ranked fourth.
The two brothers of the Xu family were on the list, and the villagers came to the door to report the good news, and the Xu family was also happy to let the subordinates carry the copper coins at the door, and the children around the door rushed up to pick up the copper coins on the ground. Laughter came and went.
Sending away the people who reported the good news, Xu Guanghua called the two little ones with a red face, and encouraged: "After the county examination, it proves that you have not read in vain in the past two years, but you can't be happy too early, and there is still a government exam in the future, you must make persistent efforts, don't be proud and slack, you know?" “
"Yes." The two little ones nodded obediently.
Two days later, the Xu family sent two more elementary schools to Fucheng for the exam.
Because Fucheng is far away, in order to avoid any accidents on the road and miss the exam time, the Xu family sent two children one day in advance, and the extra time happened to be in Fucheng to walk.
As for the problem of accommodation, it is easy to solve, the Xu family has also bought a house shop in Fucheng in the past two years, and the house has sent two elderly subordinates to guard it, and the shop has opened a grain shop, specializing in grain and grain seeds.
"Master, why don't you say a word to the apprentice when you come to Fucheng, so the apprentice can pick you up." Fan Zeyang rushed over and said.
Xu Qingyan smiled and said: "What, the master is not without long hands and feet, how can you take it, by the way, how is the progress of the dart game?" “
"The line in the province has been opened, and we are exploring the routes to the surrounding counties and the north."
"Is that enough?"
"Enough, two taels of silver per month, I don't know how many people rush to do it, I have selected some strong and clever people, and nearly 100 people have been recruited."
"Okay, I don't have to worry about you doing things, by the way, when the results of the Awen and their house test come down, I will go to Da Zhou, and by the way, I will open the branches of Half Lotus Pavilion and Puji Hall, and you will have to worry more about the affairs of the dart bureau during this period, if you can't make up your mind, you will send me a message."
"What, Master, you're going to travel." Fan Zeyang shouted exaggeratedly, as if Xu Qingyan had done something wrong.
"What's the matter, do you have an opinion?" Xu Qingyan raised her eyebrows.
"Master goes to play, how can you leave the apprentice." Fan Zeyang looked abandoned.
Xu Qingyan rolled her eyes speechlessly: "Who said that you want to make a career before you get married and give Huixin an explanation." “
Hearing this, Fan Zeyang immediately recovered his positive color and arched his hand: "Master has a smooth journey, if you have something, write a letter to the apprentice." “
Xu Qingyan shook her head helplessly, and after chatting with the master and apprentice for a while, Fan Zeyang took his leave.
The test venue of the government examination was next to the government office, and when the Xu family arrived, there was already a long queue in front of the examination center.
The government test is not better than the county test, the county test is only the county students take the test together, but the government test is the whole government together, the students from the four counties under the jurisdiction of the new city government are all here, the number of people is much more than the county test, the number of people in line at this time has been hundreds, the two small quickly get off the car and line up to the back of the line.
Although there are many people, there are many people in charge of inspection at the gate, and there are four people standing on the left and right. So the speed of travel was quite fast, and half an hour later, the two little ones entered the examination room safely.
The next thing is to wait, Cao Shi and the others still go out shopping, Xu Qingyan led Zelan and the two to Yaxing, since they want to open branches across the country, Fucheng is naturally indispensable.
Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Qingyan came out of Yaxing, holding two thin house deeds in her hands, one is on the main street, with six doors open on the upper and lower floors, used to open the Half Lotus Pavilion, and the other is two streets behind the main street and adjacent to West Street, with a large flow of people and many ordinary people, suitable for opening a pharmacy.
The next decoration problem, Xu Qingyan plans to hand it over to Fan Zeyang, he is familiar with this side of the Fucheng family, so he naturally knows which decoration team is good.
asked Zelan to send the deed to Fan Zeyang, and Xu Qingyan took Lingxian to start shopping, and did not go to meet his family until Youzheng a moment ago.
After receiving two elementary schools, the Xu family only stayed in Fucheng for one day, and then returned to Beishan Village, and the results of the exam will not come out until five days later, and there will be a special annunciation officer to report the good news, as long as you pass the exam, you don't have to worry about no one notifying.
In the next five days, Xu Qingyan drew up a list of people to travel while thinking about what to bring on the road.
The new store has just opened, and there must be an old man who has a letter and has to stand alone, and the family is now trained, and the only people who can write and count are Li Yan, the five of them and the six Jasmine, and a few maid rings bought from outside, a total of less than twenty.
Pujitang is also Su Shui, their six small Tailin plus five small servants, a total of eleven people, if you want to open all over the country and set up in the county, there is at least half of the personnel.
Forget it, let's look at it as we go, it's so long along the way, maybe you'll be able to meet a lot of interesting people, and it's not too late to pull into your own position.
After thinking about the number of people, the next thing is to think about the food, drink, housing and transportation of these dozens of people.
There is no big problem with eating and drinking, as long as you bring a little dry food and water, because there are towns along the road, you can enter the city to replenish supplies, but the accommodation may be a little troublesome, because not every day you can step on the point of living in the city, if you sleep in the wild, these dozens of people have to think about it.