Rui Xue heard that there was a hint of echo in his words, and guessed that the young official must be a character who was not easy to offend, and he wanted to ask for the price today, and even gain a firm foothold here in the future, not to mention that he had to rely on this person's strength, at least he didn't dare to underestimate it.

So she glanced at the stack of account books on the table and said, "The slave family learned abacus with their neighbors when they were young, and although they were not proficient, they were not afraid of ordinary silver calculations. If the two official brothers don't believe it, the slave family can do it for the two big brothers to sort out these pages of account books. ”

The young official immediately became interested, you know, the two of them are okay to keep a good account, but this accounting is really a bit of a headache. Now that I heard that she was so confident that she had nothing to do for a while, she got up and gave up her chair, then pushed the account book and abacus, raised her eyebrows and smiled mockingly, "If you sort out this account book in a cup of tea, let alone ask for a price, you really open a restaurant, and I will say that no one will dare to bully you if you are here for a day." ”

Rui Xue smiled faintly, sat on the chair, picked up the abacus and shook it up and down, put it on the table with a snap, flipped through the account book with her left hand, and dialed it with her right hand.

Chen Yan and Lao Wang only looked at her eyes and kept staring at the account book on the left, ignoring the abacus on the right, but the right hand was like her own eyes, flying up and down, and the black abacus crackled, and in a few breaths, more than a dozen pages were turned, she glanced at the abacus, and then quickly cleared the results, and recalculated from the beginning, and finally the two numbers matched, and then slowly closed the account book, put the abacus, and said, "A total of seventy-six taels and three coins and eight cents." ”

Lao Wang's mouth opened wide in admiration, his eyes were full of surprise, Chen Yan stepped forward and flipped through the account book, half surprised and half suspicious, and said, "You won't fool us, right?" Half a light of effort, calculated twice? ”

Lao Wang hurriedly pulled him, then looked at Rui Xue and said with a smile, "Big sister, your abacus is really amazing, you can't practice it without a few years of hard work, right?" ”

Rui Xue stood up, heard him change his name, and knew that his goal had been achieved, so he smiled slightly, "When I was a child, I studied with my neighbors for a few days, and I didn't use it for many years, so I was a little rusty, which made the two eldest brothers laugh." ”

Lao Wang hurriedly asked her to sit down again, and secretly thought about it for a moment, and without being verbose, he pointed to the open space opposite and said, "The eldest sister really has a good eye and has taken a fancy to this place." Now this wharf has not been lively, and after a few days, I will know that there are more merchants on this waterway, and I will definitely not lose money doing business here. The price set by the government is three taels a month for this piece of land, and the buyout is one hundred taels. ”

"Rent three taels? Isn't that cheap? Rui Xue hesitated, after all, whether the snow soup can be sold, whether it can make money, she has no bottom in her heart, Chen Yan's eyes rolled, for some reason, she suddenly became enthusiastic, stepped forward to pour tea for Rui Xue, and persuaded, "Don't hesitate, big sister, these three taels of silver are still cheap, and the price of this land will only rise and not fall in the future, you might as well buy it, even if you don't use it, and then sell it after a year and a half, to ensure that you will make a profit." ”

Rui Xue secretly calculated the family's savings in her heart, but she still couldn't make up her mind, so she got up and said with a smile, "Thank you two big brothers for telling me bluntly, the slave family has limited capital, and I have to go back to discuss it with my husband. ”

"The eldest sister is polite, it's just a matter of a few words, but the eldest sister helped us check the account books, which saved us a lot of trouble." Lao Wang and Chen Yan hurriedly got up to send each other, Rui Xue heard the aftermath of their words, and threw them another reassurance, "The two eldest brothers are polite, but it is just a gesture, in the future, the slave family will really open a restaurant here, and the two eldest brothers have such a small job, even if they take it." ”

Lao Wang and Chen Yan were overjoyed, and kept sending her out of the wooden shed, watching her walk away, Chen Yan crutches Lao Wang with his arm, and said with a smile, "Lao Wang, do you think this little lady will come, if she can help us check the account books every day in the future, it will be good if I am tired and my brain hurts." ”

The old Wang turned around and sat down, poured a cup of tea, took a sip, and said with a smile, "I envy this little lady's ability to dial the abacus with one hand, my eldest son is also eleven years old, if this little lady really comes to open a restaurant, he can be brought over every day in the future, no more, even if he follows a few hands, he will be an account in the future, and he will not worry about running out of food." ”

When the young official heard him say this, his eyes lit up, half joking, half envious and said, "Brother Wang is really a good plan, if I have a son, I will definitely send him over to study together, but it's a pity..."

Lao Wang smiled, "Don't worry, isn't your daughter-in-law also pregnant, and if you give birth to a kid in the future, won't it be more profitable than this abacus as an account?" ”

When the young official heard him mention his unborn son, his mind immediately turned around, and he talked about how much food his father-in-law had sent, and his aunt had found a doctor to feel that he was a boy, and his eyebrows were dancing.

Not to mention that the two officials were chatting, it was said that Ruixue looked at the sun and was already in the middle, thinking that Zhao Fengnian might have gone home from class, and sped up his steps, and sure enough, as soon as he entered the house, he saw Zhao Fengnian's tall and thin figure walking back and forth under the laurel tree, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The shopkeeper is out of class, but I'm hungry, I'll cook." ”

As soon as Zhao Fengnian saw her walking in sweating, his face immediately sank, and he scolded, "You are a woman's family, you don't cook at home, where did you go, there are mountains and wilderness all around here, in case you encounter any wild bears coming down the mountain..." Then he went into the house in a hurry.

Ruixue leaned against the laurel tree, looked through the leaves, looked at the blue sky overhead, and suddenly laughed silently. Although this person's tone is a little heavier, he is really worried about his safety, and it turns out that it is so pleasant to be remembered and missed...

The japonica rice left over in the morning was carefully beaten, minced meat, diced cucumbers, eggs, and chopped green onions were added to stir-fry into bright and delicious egg fried rice, accompanied by two bowls of egg drop soup, and the couple quickly ate around the table.

Zhao Fengnian lowered his head and slowly ate a mouthful of rice and soup, his eyes glanced at Ruixue from time to time, seeing that she looked like she was smiling, and even seemed to be humming a song with joy, he felt that the roots of his ears were a little hot, he coughed dryly, and asked, "Where did you go just now?" ”

"Ah, me?" Rui Xue swallowed the rice in her mouth and said with a smile, "I went to the dock and walked around, I fell in love with a piece of land, the location is very good, if you build a wooden shed and open a small restaurant, you can sell some tea on weekdays and food at noon, business should be good." It's just that the price is a bit expensive, and I want to discuss it with the shopkeeper. ”

"How much does it cost to rent and how much does it cost to sell?" Zhao Fengnian heard her say this, immediately put down the chopsticks and wiped his mouth, and asked about the price, the seriousness in his eyes made Rui Xue think that this was a transaction, as if it was a million taels of silver in and out, and it was not easy to eat any more, so he stopped and said, "The rent is three taels a month, and the selling price is one hundred taels." I still have one hundred and thirty taels of silver in my hand, and if I buy land, I am afraid that the rest of the silver in my hand will be used up to build sheds, tables, chairs, and other things. However, I was a little hesitant to pay the monthly rent if it was not cost-effective. ”

"Where is that land located, and how big?"

"About the size of two storefronts, fifty or sixty steps from the river, just across from the shed where the official stall is stocked."

Zhao Fengnian's innocent and thin fingers unconsciously knocked on the table, and said after a long period of thought, "Buy it, the dock is newly opened this year, and many merchants don't know that there is this convenient waterway. At that time, if you don't want to eat at the restaurant, it will be cost-effective to change hands again. ”

Rui Xue also knew in her heart that the buyout was more suitable than the monthly rent, but she always remembered that when she saw Zhao Fengnian for the first time, he looked like gold paper, and she always felt that it was good to put more money in her hand, so she couldn't make up her mind to take out almost all the silver deposits to open a shop. At this time, I heard him say this, so I nodded and agreed, "I will go through the formalities tomorrow to buy the land, and then ask the people in the village to help build a shed, I also plan to use adobe to build a long row of big kang and two-eye stoves, and it will be winter soon, when the time comes, boil water and sell some coarse tea, provide a place for those laborers to rest and warm, and also attract some customers." ”

"Also prepare some fine food, the passers-by on the ship eat dry food on weekdays, and they rarely dock ashore, they will want to buy some hot food."

"I can freeze things in winter, so I wrap more dumplings and wontons, and it will be easy to cook when the time comes."

"When the weather warms up next year and the wharf becomes more lively, we will replace the wooden shed with a storefront and open a small hotel..."

Rui Xue explained the role of the kang to Zhao Fengnian in detail, and suddenly remembered that he was not in good health, and he must be afraid of the cold, so he pondered that it would be warmer than sleeping in the bed to make a bunk at home together.

The two discussed, Rui Xue pulled the cold egg fried rice in two bites, and then took two drawings and ran next door to find Zhang Dahe, the day before yesterday I saw a few woodworking tools in his yard, I don't know if he will build a wooden shed, there is a way that fertilizer and water do not flow into outsiders' fields, and people must be hired to do the work left and right, it is better to hand it over to Zhang Dahe to do, besides, originally only planned to carry the burden to sell some snow soup, but now she actually wants to open a restaurant, she is afraid that she will not be busy by herself, if Zhang's sister-in-law can help it would be better.

The Zhang family had just finished lunch, Zhang Dahe was chopping firewood in the yard shirtless, when he saw him come in, he hurriedly hid in the wing, and Ruixue was also shocked, Zhang's sister-in-law came out laughing, pulled her into the house, and said, "My eldest brother is a rough person, and he doesn't pay attention to it so much, so my sister laughs." ”