Xiao Yue negotiated the details of the inn sale with Hua Niang, and the two agreed on the auspicious time to sign the inn acquisition agreement, and then Xiao Yue took Yun Yan and Ah Niu back to her mansion.

After returning home, Xiao Yue felt very tired, she asked Yun Yan to hand over Ah Niu to Steward Huang with the rules of the Sect Mansion first, and then rushed to the bed and fell asleep.

A few days later, Xiaoyue took Xu Chengchang to sign the agreement on the acquisition of the inn, and then handed over the silver to Hua Niang, and then Hua Niang took out fifty taels of silver and put it into shares, and fifty taels of silver paid off the arrears of Jiang Shangyue Restaurant. In short, the acquisition process of Fengyi Inn was very smooth, but Xiaoyue found that the problem of insufficient manpower was very prominent.

On this day, after Xiao Yue waited for Xu Chengchang to come home from the restaurant, she called him to the study.

"Chengchang, how is the business of the restaurant and inn lately?"

"The business of the restaurant is not bad, it is approaching the end of the year recently, there are many banquet orders, and the shopkeeper is busy standing up every day. The business at the inn has been sluggish, barely passable. ”

Xiao Yue looked at Xu Chengchang and said with a smile: "What about you? Are you also busy?"

Xu Chengchang deliberately stood up straight, and said with a smile: "I'm still young, and I can't be tired of this little thing." ”

Xiao Yue looked outside the house, it snowed in the city all night last night, but today it stopped. It's just that she doesn't have the excitement when she first saw the snow now, "But people are grains, and there is always a day when you get sick, if you get sick one day, will anyone else take over the work in your hands?"

This question stopped Xu Chengchang, and he said with some embarrassment: "I haven't thought about this question asked by Gongzi, but there is no way for ordinary people to take over the account office immediately." ”

"Well, then you can think about it now. Xiao Yue looked at Ah Niu standing outside the room and felt much more at ease.

"The inn's business is not good now, and your business is correspondingly less, but if the inn's business is good in the future, how can you be busy. ”

Xu Chengchang didn't dare to speculate on Xiaoyue's meaning at will, so he asked directly, "What does that son mean?"

"Now you pay attention to whether there are suitable candidates around you, and accept a few apprentices, so that you can take care of you in the future. ”

"I accept apprentices?" Xu Chengchang smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm still so young, it's a little inappropriate to be a master, right?"

Xiao Yue looked at Xu Chengchang and patted him on the shoulder, "Young man, don't be modest, the double-entry bookbook you use now, I'm afraid few people in Britain can understand it." ”

Xu Chengchang suddenly realized, he nodded and said: "That's true, every time I go to Bailan Book House to reconcile accounts, his old account office is always very interested in my account books, but he also knows that there are taboos in the rules, so there is no way to ask me for advice." ”

"What's so taboo about this, good things just want everyone to share, so let's let the matter of you accepting apprentices out, and then choose a few with good qualifications, bring them with you, and if you think it's good, let them try to make the accounts of restaurants and inns, but Bailan's study and general ledger are still under your control." ”

Xu Chengchang felt that he seemed to be too leisurely, "This is not appropriate, I have nothing to do." ”

"Do you think you have nothing to do, and you're going to be busy with your apprentices!" Satsuki laughed as she drank tea.

"I haven't thought about it, I haven't brought an apprentice yet. ”

"Well, it's not easy to take apprentices, but I think character is the most important thing, no matter how high the qualification is, don't bring it if your character is not good. ”

"Okay, I've got it all down. ”

Xiao Yue saw that it was not early, so she said to him: "I'll just say this, you go to the restaurant early, besides, I remember that a young man in the running hall is very bright, you can see if he is willing to learn from you." ”

"There are a few guys who run the hall, I don't know who Childe is talking about?"

"I don't know his name, but I remember a birthmark on my left ear. ”

"Oh, that's Ma Xiaowu, a young man who hasn't been in the store for a long time, and he is indeed very clever. ”

"Well, then that's it, you go get busy first. ”

"Childe, then I'll go first. After Xu Chengchang finished speaking, he pushed open the door, nodded to Ah Niu who was standing at the door of the house, and then left.

Xiao Yue said to Ah Niu: "Ah Niu, come in and warm up." ”

Ah Niu looked at Xiao Yue, and then at the empty backyard, he shook his head: "Steward Huang said that I must always pay attention to whether there are thieves breaking in the backyard, and I can't see it when I enter the house." ”

Xiao Yue shook it, this Ah Niu is indeed a little bullish, "It's always okay for you to come in and have a sip of tea, and the walls of this room are transparent, so you can see the situation outside." ”

Ah Niu scratched his head, smiled and said, "I'm just a subordinate, I'm embarrassed that my son is so good to me." ”

Xiao Yue pretended to be angry and said: "I just asked you to protect me, everyone lives together as a family, and I don't treat you as a human being." ”

Ah Niu nodded, "Hua Niang said that Childe is a good person, and Childe is really a good person." Then he moved into the house.

Satsuki poured him a cup of hot tea, "Come, take a sip, go get rid of the cold." ”

"Well, thank you, Childe. Although Ah Niu was drinking tea, his eyes were still staring at the courtyard outside.

Satsuki knew that he wanted to stay very much, so he worked very hard, and during this time, Satsuki was also a lot more relieved to live at home.

At this moment, Yun Yan walked in with a lunch box.

"Childe, this is a dim sum made by Linglong, you can try it. Yun Yan looked at Ah Niu who was also in the house, and didn't feel strange at all, "Ah Niu, you can also eat a little." ”

Xiao Yue waved her hand and said, "I won't eat it, I just ate breakfast, I'm not hungry at all, let Ah Niu eat." ”

Ah Niu also shook his head and said, "I... I don't like to eat sweets. ”

Yun Yan smiled and said: "Childe, this is a spring cake made by Linglong, it is about to be the New Year, when she is fine, she pondered and made several varieties by herself, saying that it was for Childe to taste the good or bad first, and if it was delicious, she would make it on the day of the Spring Festival." ”

"Oh, that's right. Xiao Yue leaned over to the lunch box and looked at it, these spring cakes were very exquisitely made, with flower-shaped, round, and square shapes, with small carvings on them. "Where did you get this cake mold?"

"Wow, Childe still knows about molds?" Yun Yan looked at Xiaoyue in surprise, but she immediately said, "I just found that there is nothing in this world that our Childe doesn't know." ”

Xiao Yue burst out laughing, "Don't think that you slap my ass, I will give more money for the New Year." ”

Yun Yan said coquettishly: "Anyway, I know that Gongzi feels sorry for me the most, and he will definitely not give less." One of Linglong's cousins is a carpenter, and Linglong asked him to help make ten molds, and the patterns were also thought up by Linglong herself. ”

Ah Niu saw them like this on the side, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed to stay in the study, and he said hesitantly: "Childe, I... I'd better go out and stand guard. ”