After the winter of this year, there were several snows in Beiping, one was bigger than the other, seeing that the New Year was approaching, it simply made the whole Beiping white-headed, except for the old people in the alley who were happy that this year's heavy snow was not easy to drought next year, most people were a little tired of this snow.

That night, the matter of the poetry meeting has spread all over Beiping, in previous years, at this time of year, there were many talented people who were famous, and the nobles liked to be vassals and elegant, and the people naturally followed the discussion, but after the leader of this year's poetry meeting surfaced, it made many people a little confused.

The one who wrote the poem was actually a son-in-law.

In Daming, what is a son-in-law? Is it that even his ancestors sold it just to beg for food, and it is a big injustice that gave birth to a son and wants to follow the woman's surname, such a person can actually write poems? And it is also a poem that overwhelms so many talented people in Beiping?

It's no wonder that many old people are nagging all day long, and the way of the world is becoming more and more incomprehensible.

The bookstall owner at the corner of the street has an idea, and every year at the end of the poetry meeting, the poems that are rated as good will come out, but where can the population compare to printing into a book? Beiping City is very large, you can't go to the poetry club, but there are many ladies or down-and-out literati who are good, as long as the poems that flow out are summarized and edited, they can be sold for two taels of silver.

With a white winter coat, Gu Huai, who was surrounded by mink fur, stood at the corner of the street, flipping through a shoddy booklet, thinking about the sneaky man who was selling the booklet just now, and was a little ridiculous: "Does Daming have such a thing as copyright?" ”

Not surprisingly, the first page of the book of poems is the magnolia, and the comments of the three main commentators are intimately written, which looks like the same thing.

The little maid on the side came up, but unfortunately she couldn't read, so she could only blink her big curious eyes: "Uncle, this is the poem you wrote?" ”

"I didn't write it," Gu Huai put the booklet in Xiaohuan's hand, "It's just picking up people's teeth, but if it weren't for this poem, maybe I wouldn't be able to get out of Qingfeng Tower that night." ”

"Uncle is so modest, it has been spread all over the house, saying that Uncle is a great talent," Xiaohuan's big eyes were bent into crescent moons, and he flipped through the booklet twice, and put it away carefully: "Even Miss said that Uncle's poems are very well written." ”

Gu Huai remembered that after the news spread throughout Beiping that night, Song Jia looked at his eyes, and couldn't help laughing: "It's useless, and it can't be eaten as a meal." ”

"Hehe, my uncle is a great talent!"

"Okay, good, big talent, big talent," Gu Huai patted Xiaohuan's head, "Is it cold?" ”

"It's not cold, but it's hard for my uncle to go out."

"There's something to do."

"Didn't my uncle say that he was going to the store to check the accounts? How to go in this direction, I didn't call a carriage. ”

"It's not an inventory, then the accounts will be understood at a glance, and it's not time to go again," Gu Huai shook his head, "Did you bring the silver?" ”

As soon as the silver was mentioned, the little maid immediately became vigilant, and after seeing that no one was approaching, she took out a small money bag: "I brought it, a total of one hundred and sixty-seven taels... But uncle, I'm so scared of Xiaohuan with so much money. ”

"What's so scary about having money? It's scary to have no money," Gu Huai smiled, "It's just more than a hundred taels, don't be so nervous." ”

"Uncle finally saved up..."

"I can see that I don't pay attention to freedom and equality these days, but there are some things that are the same as in the future," Gu Huai raised his hand and glanced up at the bustling street, "In the final analysis, I will talk about two things, status and money." ”

"I can't think of a way to do this thing for the time being, so I can only think about how to make money, and I won't have children if I put the money away, so I still have to see if there is a way to make money make money."

Xiaohuan put away the money bag and looked at the opposite street with Gu Huai's gaze, a big word "gambling" fluttered in the wind, and her face turned pale: "Uncle is going to the gambling house?" ”

"How is that possible? I don't like to eat chocolate," Gu Huai touched his chin, "But opening a gambling house does make money... It's just that black and white have to be related, and it's too bad for character. ”

"Uncle wants to do business?"

"I finally guessed correctly," Gu Huai felt the touch of the soft boots on the bluestone slab, "The Song family's business is the Song family's business, people always have to leave a back road for themselves, there is a shop, and there is a place to go if anything happens." ”

Xiaohuan followed silently, savoring Gu Huai's words, and only after crossing the gambling house did she raise her head: "Uncle is angry with Miss?" ”

"Where does that come from? Do you have to be angry to do business on your own? ”

"It's so good."

"If you tell Madame about this, Madame shouldn't allow it, but I do need to do it, so don't think I'm going to be angry with Madame, in fact, I just want to save some private money," There was some noise ahead, and across the fence, the bustling crowd was surging, and the snow on the ground had been trampled into sludge: "The teeth have arrived, more than a hundred taels... Should I be able to rent a nice shop? ”

......

"The strongest liquor in Beiping?" The guy in the tooth shop was a little stunned, didn't this guest come to rent a shop?

"It should be Zhu Yeqing from Taibaiju in the south of the city, he is old and famous, and everyone who is good at wine knows it."

"Where are the plum blossoms blooming most in Beiping?"

"Also in the south of the city, Yingshou Temple is full of plum blossoms, and it is blooming at this time."

"I see..."Gu Huai pointed to the book in the man's hand, "Little brother, have you found it?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this tooth guy's face, he changed: "I said guest, your request is that there are people living in front of the front storefront, and the rent cannot exceed sixty taels of silver... I can't find it even if I search all over Beiping! ”

"There is also a location, the location is very important," Gu Huai looked serious, "It's okay to be smaller, but this shop is best along the street, and the smell of wine is afraid of deep alleys, isn't it?" ”

The guy in the tooth shop is about to cry, looking at this boy's dress, he doesn't look like a person with bad money, how can he be so picky in business? The shops in Dongcheng are almost exhausted, and they are not satisfied.

The guy trembled and turned the page again: "There is a shop in the south of the city, but it meets the requirements of the guests, that is, the rent is much higher than the guests said, this is the last one, and the guests are still not satisfied..."

"How much is the rent?"

"Thirty taels a month, half a year."

"So expensive?" Gu Huai was a little dissatisfied, "Can't it end in January?" Is there any furniture or not? It's not possible to open a shop without a counter or anything. ”

The man thought to himself that he was just a buddy and not your enemy, so why did you torture me like this?

But for the first time, the guest in front of him showed his willingness to rent, and the guy hurriedly put away the book and took Gu Huai and Xiaohuan to the south of the city.

Seeing the owner of the shop, Gu Huai naturally bargained for a while, and finally under the equally desperate eyes of the owner and the guy, he successfully talked about the rent of the shop on March 1, and also included furniture that could not be taken away, and Gu Huai signed the document with satisfaction.

"Guest, we have Mongolian slaves who have just arrived here, and there are also female slaves sent by Goryeo in the south..."

Gu Huai frowned, a little unexpectedly that human trafficking would be so open-minded, "Don't recruit guys." ”

The guy holding the book immediately changed his words: "Then I wish the guests a prosperous business." ”

Sending the guy away, the little girl's money bag was half empty, and in the dust, Gu Huai looked at the little girl who rolled up her sleeves and was ready to clean up:

"Xiaohuan, do you want to be a shopkeeper?"