When star fruit and Yang Miao arrived at the pickle shop, Zhang Cunzheng was smiling and preparing to close the door. When he turned around and saw the star fruit, he hurriedly took down the lock and pushed the door open to let the star fruit in.

"Why are you here at this time?" As he spoke, he poured a glass of water for the two: "I haven't had time to buy tea yet, so let's make do with some white water first." ”

"I didn't come to drink water in the first place, so why do you care about this." Star fruit walked in the shop, occasionally looking at the quality of pickles, and occasionally looking at the hygiene of the shop.

After turning around twice and not finding anything inappropriate, star fruit couldn't help but give Zhang Cun a thumbs up in admiration: "Brother-in-law, you can really do it, Chunxiao and I were almost sad when we moved things over." It's only been less than two days, and it's amazing to clean up so neatly! ”

Zhang Cun touched the back of his head shyly, but he couldn't help but rejoice: "What is this?" In the two days I rested, I also took back the accounts of those rich people. As it stands, there are prospects. ”

Carambola was almost pleasantly surprised: "Taken back?" ”

"It's taken back, and not a penny of silver is missing." Zhang Cun said proudly: "I didn't give them how I asked them before, but I was very angry later, so I wore filial piety clothes and went to their door to sing filial piety all day long." When the nurse came, I ran, and when they went back, I continued to sing. It was less than five days before the money was delivered. ”

It took a long time for Carambola to stretch out his thumb and give him a thumbs up: "Playing scoundrel, your method is also a must." ”

Zhang Cun knew that this was not a good word, he smiled honestly, habitually touched the back of his head and said, "Hey, I'm a big old man, I haven't gone to school or read books." When you encounter a scoundrel, you can only use the scoundrel method? ”

After a pause, he said: "If it's a poor family, forget it, but they are all rich people, as soon as they talk about the money for pickles this month, they will complain that they have no money, and then they want to ask if our food has spoiled their stomachs." This is clearly bullying, and I can't get angry. ”

Star fruit originally just teased Zhang Cun for a few sentences, but seeing his embarrassed look, he quickly laughed: "Isn't it just bullying?" In the past, when Ansheng was born, he gave silver on time every month, and praised our pickled vegetables for being good. As soon as the county magistrate pretended to have committed a crime this week, they couldn't wait to stammer, and stomped on us by the way.

When you encounter such a person, you should think of a cure. If you want to talk about your heart, brother-in-law, if you meet a beggar on the road, won't you also give him a few copper plates to buy him two buns? ”

Zhang Cun was even more embarrassed, so he had to forcibly change the topic: "Your sister has cleaned up the little shop in the town and opened it this afternoon." I'm also ready here, and I can open the door early in the morning to do business. ”

Carambola suddenly thought of the cold-faced shopkeepers around him, and asked him with some concern: "You have come here in the past two days, but have you dealt with the surrounding shops?" I looked ill-intentioned. ”

"When I came here yesterday, neither the shopkeeper nor the guy gave me a good look. But I can open my own door and do my own business, and I don't care about them. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Cun suddenly frowned: "In the morning, I met the shopkeeper of the embroidery village next door, and after chatting a few words, I learned that these pickle shops around us seem to be the same boss." I was thinking, who opened a shop in one place to open so many stores? ”

Carambola feels even more wrong, there are their own shops all around here, and aren't they all robbing their own business? This kind of opening method will lose money.

"In the afternoon, the landlord also came and said that he wanted to raise the rent, and now this lot is less than fifteen taels of silver a year. If you can't afford it, let us move tightly. ”

"Ordinary people can't earn fifteen taels a year." Yang Miao raised her voice in surprise, but star fruit raised her eyebrows and asked, "What is the price of the shops around?" ”

"When the people over there see me, it's like they see the enemy, where can they find out the price?" Zhang Cun sighed and poured himself a mouthful of water: "Recently, I have been walking around, and now the vegetable market and grocery stores are moving here, and we can only sell pickles on this street." Now it's half a year now, and it's not easy to find a new door. ”

"Even if you find it, it will take time and silver taels to straighten it out." Star fruit also sighed: "Let's come first, if the rent is really expensive, let's find a good place and then move." ”

"This time, the landlord will let you pay it for at least two years."

"What's the reason, isn't it all about paying rent every three months?"

Zhang Cun sighed, frowned, and said, "Otherwise, it's better to pay first, although the price is a little higher, it can barely pay according to the current income." The main shop is hot, and it has only gained a reputation, and suddenly it is all gone. ”

Star fruit was hesitating, and someone pushed the door in: "Your house is open, and my family is waiting for your pickles until their hair is almost gray." Come, weigh me two pounds first. ”

Zhang Cun was busy weighing the dishes, and many people came in one after another, all full of complaints and surprises: "Without your pickles, the porridge in the morning will be tasteless." You've opened the door. ”

There are more and more people, and star fruit and yang seedlings also help to weigh and sell vegetables. But even so, the queue to buy groceries was far away.

After a short while, two large vat of pickles were sold, but the long queue outside the door tended to get longer and longer.

"What's going on today? It usually takes four or five days to sell these! ”

Star fruit just muttered in a low voice, but the aunt who was waiting for the dish in front of her smiled heartily and said: "Your pickles are delicious, where does it taste after eating your family?" ”

The queue at the back also said: "Now the county is divided, and the larger vegetable market, grocery shops, embroidery villages, and treasures are all moving closer to this side." At this time, it is the point of grocery shopping, and there are naturally more people than usual. ”

"Besides, the door of your house has been closed for so long, and everyone is about to suffocate, so you just say that you have to buy it tightly when you open the door."

Although there is an element of praise in it, it is also very reasonable.

Star fruit smiled gently, politely thanked everyone for their support, and then asked: "According to the current situation, this area is still in demand." If that's the case, maybe the rent will go up if this face is tight? ”

"Where is the maybe? The house rose as soon as the wind blew, and now the rent in this area has doubled. For the size of your house, it would take fifteen or sixteen taels to say the least. ”

"So much?" Carambola looked at the aunt carefully and smiled slightly: "The eldest lady also has a house for rent?" ”

"Where can I have it? It's just that I know several tenants here, just like the fat powder shop on Front Street, he rents a year for fifteen and a half. Your shop is about the same size, and the rent is about the same. ”

The star fruit gave her the title high, and the aunt praised the star fruit for her generosity and left satisfied.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the long queue outside the door was a little shorter. By the time everything was done, it was almost dark. A few people didn't care about tidying up the shop, so they locked the door and hurried out: the city gate was about to be closed.

Finally caught the carriage home, and the tired and almost collapsed several people looked at each other and smiled, and then laughed out loud at the same time, like fools.

"Dot-à-t to see how much you've earned!"

Because the shop was not occupied yet, all the money was carried with him. It was Yang Miao who saved some money with Zhang.

Carambola leaned against the wall of the car and closed her eyes slightly, and when Yang Miao made a fuss, the corners of her lips hooked, and she thought: Almost an hour, 19 taels or four dollars were earned, and the net income was almost six taels. The two families divide the account five or five, and the other earns three taels. ”

Zhang saved one or two taels of silver, calculated the cost, and was busy. Star fruit was thinking about what the aunt said: If the surrounding shops have risen like this, the landlord will not be much if he wants fifteen taels.

When she analyzed the cost, thought about the source of customers and profits, Zhang Cun finally calculated it.

"I received 19 taels or four cents, and in addition to the cost, I could leave almost six taels of silver."

Yang Miao first exaggerated 'wow', his eyes were full of envy, and after a while, he smashed his lips and said, "Nearly twenty taels of silver can be earned six taels of silver?" In this way, the cost will be more than thirteen taels? ”

"That's still not counting labor and loss, A-Niang's day and night collection of vegetables and pickles is not wages, and my brother-in-law's family transporting vegetables and buying vegetables is not considered wages. The loss of money from rotten vegetables and rotten leaves is not counted, nor is it counted as spilling vegetables and throwing vegetables on the way to transport vegetables. If you want to count everything in it, it would be very good to be able to net four and a half taels of silver in the account. ”

"It's so hard to sell pickles?"

Carambola smiled lightly: How can there be any good money in the world? My brother-in-law is in the shop, how many flowers, stealers, and ruffians do you have to deal with every day? Some can spend money to eliminate disasters, while others can only be harder than anyone's bones.

Speaking of this, star fruit asked Zhang Cun again: "Have you counted the silver returned by the county government, and it may match our account book?" ”

"This kind of thing, how can the officials not deduct it? Ten taels of silver can be reported to six taels is more, and some errand fees will be deducted from the top, and it is good to not let the merchant post the silver upside down. We can get half of it back this time, and it is estimated that it is all due to the personal supervision of Master Qin. ”

"How much did you lose?"

"The two shops combined, a total of seventy-six taels have not been brought back, and there are three jars of pickles missing. In this way, we will directly fold in more than 100 taels of silver this time. In addition to my family's own thirty-two taels, the loss of the shop is not small. ”

"That's good, all the money earned this year is not counted, and the cost is almost discounted." Carambola sighed, and said: "Finally, I have returned nearly eighty taels, and the cost of pickles can barely be enough." Money is earned by people, take your time. ”

"The account recovered from the rich family is also more than 30 taels, and the cost of making pickles in the second half of the year is estimated to be not much shorter!"

Zhang Cun glanced at the star fruit, and then said: "It's the rent increase, and I have to take out thirty taels this time...... There are only about a dozen jars of pickles left that can be sold, and if you don't do it quickly, I'm afraid that it will be out of stock. ”

"You go and inquire about the rent of the shops on the front and back streets first, if it's really this price, we have to pay it, right?"

As he spoke, the town arrived. Carambola picked up the curtain to take a look at the night: "The city gate has been locked for a long time, can you still enter?" ”

"I have a way!" Zhang Cunhan smiled: "If you don't go back, your sister should be in a hurry." Before leaving, I also said that I would not sell goods today and would go back early. ”

Seeing that he was really afraid that Sister A would be worried, the star fruit followed the heart: "Then be careful yourself." You can do the things of the shop, if you really don't have the money, I'll find a way. ”

The carriage went to the village again, Yang Miao sighed deeply, rubbed his sour arm and said: "In the past, I always looked at you earning money, but today I know that it is not easy for you to make money." ”

Carambola took her hand and patted it, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be blushing and envious of others." What kind of life you want to live, just work hard to get it. If you earn it with your own hands, your happiness and achievements will be doubled. ”

"Then if I learn medicine well, I can compare with you to help the world, Master Qin......" Speaking of this, her cheeks were already red, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "He, will he like me?" ”

Carambola looked at her shyness and couldn't help laughing. She was about to reach out to pick Yang Miao's chin, and Yang Miao, who was as red as a cooked shrimp, was so ashamed that she lifted the curtain and looked out the window.

Then, she turned her face and smiled at the star fruit: "Still laughing at me?" I want people to see your frivolous appearance of picking my chin, and I don't know if Joan, who has been waiting for a long time, still wants you? ”

On the curtain that Yang Miao opened, Carambola saw Qiao An waiting outside the door of her courtyard at a glance, covered in cold dew. Then, unconsciously, he blushed......

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