398 Plan ahead
Li Xiang made the cooking cakes and asked Wu Dalang to pick them up on the street to sell, while he was idle and didn't bother to clean up the house, so he simply returned to his room to continue meditating and cultivating. But before noon, Wu Dalang came back in a hurry, and came to Li Xiang to report the good news, saying that today's business was very good, not only all the cooking cakes were sold, but some late customers also shouted for him to make more.
According to Wu Dalang's meaning, since it is still early, it is natural to make some more cooking cakes and make another profit. But Li Xiang shook his head and said, "If you don't do it today, let's talk about it tomorrow morning." I feel tired, I want to sleep, don't disturb me. β
Wu Dalang already respected and loved Pan Jinlian, but now that he heard Li Xiang say that he was tired, how could he care about making money, and hurriedly said: "It must be that you are tired from making cooking cakes in the morning, then you should rest quickly, I will guard the door for you, and no one will disturb you." β
Li Xiang said that it was true that he was tired, Pan Jinlian's body was indeed quite delicate, and he felt sore muscles now after making a hundred and ten cooking cakes in the morning. However, this little pain was nothing to Li Xiang at all, the reason why he wanted to rest was actually because he wanted to cultivate.
Early the next morning, Wu Dalang got up lightly as usual. Yesterday, he said that he would do more, but today he still didn't greet Li Xiang to get up, obviously feeling sorry for Li Xiang and afraid that he would be tired. This made Li Xiang nod secretly, if it weren't for Wu Dalang's stubbornness, he would actually be a good man who loves his daughter-in-law.
With Wu Dalang behind, Li Xiang also came to the kitchen. Wu Dalang didn't expect to alarm Li Xiang, smiled wryly, and said, "Sister-in-law, you can rest when you're tired, and I'll make the cakes." β
Li Xiang said: "You do it? Do so many people love to eat the cookcakes you make? β
Wu Dalang was a little shorter again. He muttered in a low voice, "Or...... You teach me how to do it! β
Li Xiang actually had this meaning, he didn't want to trap himself in the kitchen. Wu Dalang is willing to do it, so teach him. Anyway, it's just a cooking cake, and it's not a secret ingredient. So Li Xiang stood next to him and commanded, and let Wu Dalang operate. And Wu Dalang has been cooking cakes for so many years, what he has to learn is just a few tricks, as long as Li Xiang gives him a thorough order, he will be able to learn it immediately.
After learning how to make new cooking cakes, Wu Dalang was very happy and went to the street with twice as many cooking cakes as before. Li Xiang thought that he could be quiet today, but he didn't expect that Wu Dalang would not be long gone. The princess next door came to visit the door. This Wang Po is Pan Jinlian's godmother, and the two are both market women, and they usually get along quite well, so the relationship is very close. But now it's Li Xiang, listening to Wang Po talking about some short things in the family with great interest, I just feel bored and want to sleep. Fortunately, Wang Po also had to run a tea stall to make a living, so she couldn't sit here for a long time here, so she went after talking for a while.
After Wang Po left, Li Xiang felt that it was not okay to go on like this. Although the plane of "Water Margin" can cultivate spells. But it's also very difficult, if he is constantly disturbed, he still cultivates a fart? If you want to be clean, it seems that you can only find a way to make money. Make a lot of money, hire some maids or something, and don't see anyone you don't want to see. to be truly pure. Just how do you make a lot of money? Open a restaurant like other travelers? Or be a lone thief?
After thinking about it carefully, Li Xiang decided to use the two methods together. Let's find a big family and steal some silver. Then there is money to open a restaurant. And opening a restaurant is also a good business, not only to make money. It's also a great place to gather information and learn about current events. After all, this is the plane of "Water Margin", and I don't know what will happen in the future, and it is necessary to be well-informed.
As for which big account to start with, do you need to say? Of course, it's our Ximen official!
At the third watch in the night, Li Xiang changed into clothes that were convenient for movement and quietly came to the Ximen official's house. The home of the Ximen official is very easy to find, Li Xiang casually swept it with the eye of the sky, and found the one with the largest area and the most luxurious decoration.
The official of Simon was on the bed of one of his concubines at this time, and the two of them hugged each other nakedly, sleeping soundly. Li Xiang came to the door and couldn't help but feel a little worried. The doors and windows of this room were closed tightly, and it was impossible to enter with the divine feet; Although the Wood Escape Technique can pass through the wooden door, Li Xiang's current mana is still very meager, and he can't perform the Wood Escape Technique at all; Breaking the latch of the door and breaking in, he now has no internal strength, and the power of mana is not enough. After thinking about it, Li Xiang could only return home, find a kitchen knife, insert it through the crack in the door, and slowly move the latch open.
Although Ximenqing runs a crude medicine shop, in fact, the crude medicine shop is just a disguise, and his real career is to manage some official affairs for the county, make indiscriminate use of people, talk about things too much, and trap officials. It is equivalent to the modern underworld-society-society, colluding with the government at the top and gathering idlers at the bottom, running rampant and domineering, and oppressing the good. Such people naturally have a lot of enemies, and their vigilance is much higher than that of ordinary people. Therefore, the sound made when the latch landed on the ground suddenly woke up Ximenqing.
Finding that someone had infiltrated, Ximen Qing didn't care that he was still naked, jumped up and took off a waist knife from the wall, and shouted, "What person? β
Li Xiang pushed open the door and walked in, and said, "You are Ximen Qing?" β
Ximen Qing looked at Li Xiang and found that it was a beautiful beauty who could pinch out the water, but she was dressed very strangely, with a corset and pants, and a kitchen knife in her hand, did she just come out of the kitchen? This made Ximen Qing stunned for a moment, and then smiled lewdly: "This little lady, I don't seem to know you, who are you?" What are you doing here? β
As he spoke, he shook the things under his crotch, and the meaning of teasing couldn't be more obvious. If other women saw a big man like this, even if they didn't scream, they would turn their backs in shame. It's a pity that Li Xiang is not an ordinary woman, she doesn't care about Ximenqing's appearance at all, as if she didn't see it, she directly used the "Soul Transfer Dafa" that didn't require internal force, and said: "Look at my eyes!" β
Ximen Qing and Li Xiang's eyes met, and they were stunned for a moment. With Li Xiang's current realm, the power of the "Soul Shifting Dafa" is no longer what it used to be, and it is too simple to control a person.
Controlling Ximenqing, it was too simple for Li Xiang to ask anything, and he quickly found the place where this guy hid his money. However, Li Xiang was worried again, not because he had no money, but because he had too much money. It is no wonder that Ximenqing is called a big official, and there are more than 30,000 taels of silver alone, more than 1,000 taels of gold, countless copper coins, and jewelry and other items whose value cannot be determined, which is equivalent to a small treasure trove. If you want to move so much money home, Li Xiang's current small body is really enough. But if you only take a part, I think it's too cheap Ximenqing.
But after thinking about it, Li Xiang felt that he was thinking too much. Now that Ximenqing is controlled by him, isn't Ximenqing's money his money? When you need to use it and when you want to pick it up, why bother moving it all back?
Therefore, Li Xiang took one hundred taels of silver and thirty taels of gold, found a burden to put it on, and carried it on his back. Then let Ximenqing go back and continue to sleep, and when he woke up, he would forget everything about tonight, and he would use his mind and return home.
After waiting for dawn, Wu Dalang continued to make his cooking cakes, but when he went out, Li Xiang specially advised: "Big brother, I will come back early if I sell late today, I have something to discuss with you." β
Pan Jinlian has always been in charge of family affairs, how could he have discussed it with Wu Dalang? Now when Wu Dalang heard Li Xiang say this, he was a little flattered and said, "Huh? Oh...... Okay, I'll be back soon. β
There was nothing to do for a day, and when Wu Dalang came back in the afternoon, he came to Li Xiang's room with a smile and asked, "Sister-in-law, what do you want to discuss with me?" β
Li Xiang said: "Big brother, you are greedy all day long and sell cooking cakes, it's really hard, and you can't make a lot of money." What do you think, how about opening a restaurant? β
Wu Dalang was a little stupid and said, "Sister-in-law, aren't you confused?" How much money do you need to open a restaurant? Where can we get it? β
Li Xiang said: "You don't have to worry about the money, I have my own way, you just say whether you are willing to open a restaurant." β
Wu Dalang smiled bitterly: "Sister-in-law, it is not easy to open a restaurant, even if you have this capital, you have to have a good chef." β¦β¦ Oh, by the way, sister-in-law, you know how to cook, and that's no problem. But there are other problems, what if the restaurant is not profitable? What should I do if I make money and am hated by my peers? What should they do if they look for the ruffians on the street to make trouble? What should we do if someone from the government is embarrassed? If there is no one to support you, this money will not be stable! β
These words couldn't help but make Li Xiang look at Wu Dalang with admiration, who said that Wu Dalang looked ugly and had a cowardly personality, but he was by no means stupid, these things were all thought out very carefully! But this is not a problem for Li Xiang, and said: "Don't worry, I can also solve these problems, you just need to open the restaurant well." How's that, can you do it? β
Wu Dalang was still a little hesitant, but he also saw that Li Xiang's determination had been decided, so he had to reluctantly nod and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, you say it, then let's do it!" β
Since he wanted to do it, Wu Dalang immediately took action and went to the street to inquire which restaurant to exchange, or which place was suitable for opening a restaurant. And Wu Dalang walked the streets and alleys all day long, he was still very familiar with Yanggu County, and he also made a well-informed friend, Brother Yun, who sold pears. With the help of Brother Yun, he quickly locked on a few targets and came back to report to Li Xiang.
Li Xiang personally came forward, took a look at several stores, and took a fancy to two of them. But when it came time to interview the boss, the bosses of the two families were dismissive because Li Xiang was a woman, and they were not even willing to talk.
Li Xiang didn't want to be angry with them, so he simply looked for a target again. In the end, I found a restaurant with a small storefront, and the owner was willing to sell it, and the price was good. After Li Xiang saw it, he felt that although the faΓ§ade was a little smaller, the courtyard behind it was not small, and it could be built in the future. So the clapper is set, and here it is! (To be continued.) )