"It's a great opportunity to advertise, so why can't you do more?" Rui Xue disagreed.

"What is an advertisement?"

"Well, it's a way to spread the word and let everyone know what we're going to sell." Rui Xue racked her brains and came up with a relatively simple statement.

"Spread the word?" Zhao Fengnian frowned and glared at her, stretched out his hand to stretch his sleeves, and said, "Everyone has eaten, there is no sense of novelty, who will come to the door on the opening day?" With that, he turned around and entered the corner gate, and went for a walk in the cabbage field that he admired as a peerless famous flower.

Rui Xue brushed the remaining few pottery bowls, and then thought about it, it was also the same reason, at first it was a novelty, but it was okay to eat once or twice, after all, it didn't cost money to bring dry food from home, and it cost a few pennies to eat in a restaurant.

I'm afraid that after a long time, the laborers slowly calculate and understand that when a hot meal in the restaurant costs only a penny or two more than bringing dry food at home, the business of the restaurant will improve, and the weather will gradually get colder, and the business will definitely be booming.

Today, I generously sent out dozens of bowls, although I got some good reviews, but I really can't continue to send them, after all, I want to keep some popularity for the opening day, and I have to think about how to attract people to come in and taste more.

At noon on the second day, Rui Xue and Sister-in-law Zhang went to deliver lunch as usual, Lao Wang brought a black and thin half-grown boy over, smiled and asked him to give Rui Xue a gift, and then said, "Big sister, this is the bastard boy in my family, and his mother gave him a cheap life called a plug." ”

Rui Xue saw that although the plug looked darker, but the facial features were upright and generous, the eyes were clear, the corners of the mouth seemed to always have a smile, it was very pleasing, and she had three points of love in her heart. ”

When the bolt heard this compliment, he bowed his head a little shyly.

Rui Xue smiled, "My small shop will open in a few days, and there is just a shortage of manpower, if the bolt can help me, but it couldn't be better." ”

As soon as Lao Wang heard that she agreed so happily, he immediately asked his son to kneel down and kowtow, and said happily, "Bolt, kowtow to your master, and you will have to learn from your master in the future." ”

Rui Xue's original intention was never to take this matter too seriously, after all, it was just to teach him an abacus, at most to teach him to read and write, and it was not a big deal, so I was very surprised that Lao Wang wanted to call her master and kneel down and kowtow.

She hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the bolt up, and said hurriedly, "What is this for, the bolt works here for me, I pay the salary, teach him some calculations, and it is also right, how to do this big gift?" ”

Lao Wang insisted on kowtowing three times, and then he seemed to be relieved, and said with a smile, "The eldest sister doesn't know, this child is young, it is inevitable that he is naughty and ignorant, the eldest sister occupies the name of a master, and in the future, if he has something wrong, the eldest sister can let go of discipline, the so-called one day as a teacher, as a mother for life, this child should kowtow to the master." Also, it is a matter of course for the apprentice to do odd jobs for the master, and the eldest sister should not mention any more wages, this is a slap in the face of the elder brother. ”

Although Rui Xue guessed that he didn't tell the truth, it was not good to break the casserole and ask in the end, and the sister-in-law Zhang next to her pulled her sleeve again, so she also diverted the conversation, said a few gossips, and served snow soup and took hair cake for their father and son to eat.

After the plug kowtowed, he was very happy, ate a bowl of snow soup, and saw that there was not much left in the barrel, so he refused to eat the second bowl, and turned around to clean up the shavings and broken wood in the field, which also made Ruixue more satisfied, and said in his heart, this is a good boy with eyes and diligence.

On the way back, Sister-in-law Zhang heard Ruixue's inquiry, so she smiled and said, "Sister, you came from the south, and you don't know our customs here." Those words of what a teacher for one day and what for life, we peasant families don't understand. However, this bolt recognized you as a master, but it took a big advantage. ”

"What's the advantage? This kid doesn't need to be paid, at most it's just a lunch. Rui Xue looked at the more and more yellow earth on the side of the road, reached out and pulled a few tall dog's tail grass, weaving some gadgets as she walked.

When Sister-in-law Zhang saw her like this, she knew that she didn't know what to say here, "Sister, here in Lingfeng City, Mr. Ledger and Mr. Teaching are average, and they are very expensive, no, it should be said that it is more expensive than Mr. Teaching, after all, only large families can afford to take the top prize in the study examination, and the most important thing for our children in the peasant family is to find a good job that can fill their bellies and support their families."

Mr. Accounts are in the shop every day, only use paper and pen, do not need to exert effort, there is at least twenty taels of silver every year, that is the best errand in the world, but the accounts of Mr. usually are the skills handed down by their ancestors, and they do not accept apprentices easily, that is, they accept people with foreign surnames, and they are all because there is no man in the family, and they can recruit a good son-in-law to follow and learn some skills.

Today, this royal servant bullied you for not understanding these rules, and insisted on letting the bolt kowtow to you, and in the future, you will have to teach the bolt in vain. ”

Rui Xue really didn't know that Mr. Bookkeeper was so expensive in this time and space, although he was a little uncomfortable with Lao Wang's deception, but he was pitiful of his parents all over the world, he was probably afraid that he would not accept the bolt to act like this, and in his previous life, any junior high school student memorized the rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division The rules of operation were very proficient, and no one was willing to learn this abacus except for students majoring in accounting, and it was really not a very clever and expensive skill.

Thinking like this, the discomfort in her heart faded, and she smiled and comforted Sister-in-law Zhang, who felt that she was at a loss, "That kid is a diligent and sensible person, and he doesn't need to be paid, so he should teach him some skills, and I didn't suffer any big losses." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang pouted disapprovingly, "It's to learn to be a carpenter, and the little apprentice has to work for the master for five years, he is learning the account room, even if he works for ten years, he will take advantage." ”

"If my sister-in-law thinks that Mr. Bookkeeper is a good person, and when Da Zhuang is tired of studying, and he doesn't want to take the top exam to become an official, or if Erzhuang grows up, I will teach them these skills in the same way, okay?"

Sister-in-law Zhang is actually a little selfish, her family is naturally going to take the top prize, even if she can't pass the top prize, she can teach in the exam, but the child of Erzhuang doesn't look like a reading material, and when she saw Rui Xue receiving the plug today, she had a lot of envy, thinking that if Er Zhuang can also learn some skills from Rui Xue, she won't have to worry about supporting her family in the future.

At this time, when he heard that Rui Xue had promised to accept Erzhuang as an apprentice so easily, he immediately stopped the wheelbarrow happily and saluted Rui Xue again and again, which made Rui Xue cry and laugh, so she finally stopped her and got back on the road.

In just six or seven days, the small restaurant was finally built, saying that it was a wooden shed, but in fact it was a wooden house. On the north and south sides are long kangs, the middle aisle is separated by polished wooden planks, the south side is slightly narrower, divided into three rooms, each room has a window, push open to see the field scenery outside, on the kang is placed only varnished log small square table, exuding a faint rosin fragrance.

The room on the north side is long without partition, and it is relatively spacious, in addition to the kang, there are also large square tables and benches on the ground, three large wooden windows, pasted with snow-white cotton paper, gently push open, you can see the scene of the street and the dock outside, if someone shouts outside, the house can also be heard clearly.

By the north door of the outer room, a counter is half a person high nailed with wood, and there is a sturdy shelf behind it, which is scattered layer by layer, waiting for some drinks or small objects to be placed in the future. On the opposite side is a two-eye earthen stove, and the stove is built very high, so you don't have to bend over to boil water or cook on weekdays, which is very labor-saving.

There is also an earthen stove in the south, slightly smaller than the one in the north, leaving an open space more than one meter wide inside, ready to store some firewood for the fire, behind the earthen stove is a long board, the board is also divided into two layers, sewing a curtain to cover it in the future, placing rice, flour, oil, salt and other things, and you can put the vegetable pier on it to cut vegetables.

Although the workmanship of the whole wooden house is not fine, it looks very strong and warm, and Ruixue is very satisfied. When she returned home that night, Zhang Dahe paid a few helpers, and it happened that Qingshan Niang, who had also helped send food during her illness, came to deliver food to Zhang's sister-in-law, Ruixue saw her talking to Zhao Laoer, only to know that they were husband and wife, and when she left, she said, "It turns out that Zhao's sister-in-law and Zhao's second brother are a family, and the husband and wife are warm-hearted." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang smiled and responded, "In a village, after a long time, everyone knows what they are like." ”

Rui Xue heard that she had something to say, but she didn't ask, although Sister-in-law Zhang likes to chat, she is still very measured, and rarely speaks ill of people behind her back, which is also one of the reasons why Rui Xue likes to associate with her.

The twenty taels of silver left for Zhang Dahe at the beginning, and there were still five taels left, Rui Xue pushed it to Zhang's sister-in-law and said, "Brother Zhang has been following Zhang Luo for the past few days, and it has been too hard, so the remaining silver will be regarded as the salary for the eldest brother." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang refused to accept it, "His salary has already received one or two silver, how can he take more, my sister bought the land, and her hand is tight, so let's take it back and use it first." ”

Ruixue was indeed short of money, so she didn't push it back, secretly planning that if she made money in the store in the future, she must return the love of the Zhang family and his wife.

Thinking like this, she turned to the opening, according to her plan, find a sunny weather in the crisp autumn and open the door directly. It's a pity that Zhang's sister-in-law persuaded her to find the goddess of Dongshan to count her days, and even Zhao Fengnian was full of disapproval.

Rui Xue was helpless, muttering to herself that the people of this time and space were too superstitious, but she didn't insist on her opinion. Fortunately, the goddess collected more than a dozen dollars, and the calculated good days and auspicious days did not last long, just three days later.

Rui Xue and Zhang's sister-in-law went to the city again, and bought half a car of pottery bowls and pots, iron pots, straw mats, etc., and finally remembered the three private rooms, and ruthlessly bought three sets of tea sets and dozens of porcelain bowls and porcelain plates, which cost nearly ten taels of silver, and looked at the purse that was almost empty, Rui Xue was very distressed, but she also knew that this was a necessary cost investment, which could never be saved, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it.