Yan Mingqiao added: "The kitchen is still equipped with hot water, it's cold, everyone drinks hot water to warm up, and it's going to be the moon soon, and everyone finishes their work early and celebrates the New Year early." ”

It means faster, the shop still wants to open a few years ago.

The foreman nodded hurriedly, "That's what the proprietor said. ”

After these few words, Yan Mingqiao looked at it, and worked harder.

The shop was tied, and the two took the carriage back to the house, and when they had dinner in the evening, Yan Mingqiao and Yan Mingyu said that they wanted to go to the main courtyard to eat.

Yan Mingqiao hadn't gone to Shen's place to eat for several days.

Because eating in the main courtyard is very regular, you can't leave after eating, and Shen is afraid of delaying Yan Mingqiao's homework, so breakfast is basically eaten by Yan Mingqiao herself, and at noon, if there are delicious dishes in the big kitchen, the maid will go to the big kitchen to pick it up.

When the two old men didn't come back, they often went to the main courtyard to eat at night, and only occasionally went to Yumingxuan for a meal.

This time, just in time for her grandfather and grandmother to come back, Yan Mingqiao went to Shou'an Hall to eat for several days, and she wanted to eat with her mother today.

With my mother, I was very happy just by eating.

Yan Mingyu said: "Then you go to your mother's place, and I will accompany my grandmother to eat." ”，

The two of them happened to go to two places, and they were very happy to accompany the Shen family and the Ning family to eat Yan Mingyu, and the two of them would change tomorrow, so it would be good to accompany them more.

Yan Mingqiao nodded, and after separating from Yan Mingyu, he took the maid to the main courtyard.

In the cold winter, the wind blows on the face as if there is a small knife, but Yan Mingqiao seems to have a little bird in her heart, and she is very excited.

When she arrived at the door, the maid guarding the door led her in directly.

The room was warm and tight, Yan Mingqiao unbuttoned his cloak and ran to Shen's side.

Shen was still looking through the account book, and saw a little daughter with wet eyes running towards her, so she put down the account book and took it with a full embrace.

"Are you back, is it cold on the road?"

Yan Mingqiao shook his head, "It's not cold!" ”

Shen Shi pasted Yan Mingqiao's face with the palm of his hand, and said that it was not cold, his face was cold, "Ning Xiang, make a cup of osmanthus lotus root powder." ”

Shen is a little busy these days.

There are many shops in the Guogong Mansion, and the public accounts and her own dowry have to be taken care of, and there is no idle time all day long.

lived in the same courtyard with Yan Mingqiao, and only met in the morning when he said goodbye.

The older she gets, the less she expects from Yan Guogong, and the Shen family hopes to manage the Guogong Mansion well, especially when the old lady and the old Guogong come back, she has to take care of this family well.

In addition, there is still more than a month to go before the New Year, whether it is visiting relatives and friends or preparing for the New Year's gifts of each family, you have to worry a lot.

So when I saw Yan Mingqiao, my first reaction was that I hadn't cared about this daughter for a long time.

"Buckwheat, how about going to see the shop today?"

Yan Mingqiao said: "There will be more than ten days to decorate, and it will almost be opened." ”

The two of them talked to Shen about changing business, after all, it was not a trivial matter, and Shen didn't care about a shop, so the two of them did it.

If it doesn't work out, it's just a loss of money, and it just so happens that business is not so easy to do.

Yan Mingqiao looked at Shen and whispered, "I want to eat with my mother today." ”

Yan Mingqiao stayed outside for a day, her mother's house was very warm, and she wanted to stay in her mother's arms all the time.

Yan Mingqiao looked very embarrassed, she was worried that her mother would think she was unstable, she was so old, and she was still like this.

Shen felt like someone was scratching with a brush, she took Yan Mingqiao's hand, "Whatever you want to eat, mother has it." ”

Yan Mingqiao said: "I want to eat mutton pot!" ”

Shen smiled: "I'm afraid you have already thought about coming to your mother, today your father went to Jinhuayuan, let's get a smaller pot for the mother and daughter." ”

The kitchenette has everything, and it's quick to get these.

Then heat up the baked cakes brought back by Yanmingqiao, and it is also an excellent taste to eat the baked cakes while eating the pot.

After two quarters of an hour, the maids brought a small copper pot, and Yan Mingqiao sat next to Shen.

Two people eat, there are many patterns and small amounts of vegetables, two small plates of mutton, a few vegetables are washed, and they are placed in bamboo plates according to different colors, and Yan Mingqiao didn't say it, but Shen ordered to go down the colorful noodles.

Shen thought that Yan Mingqiao liked it, after all, he wanted it last time.

The table is not very full, Shen Shi did not forget to give Yan Ming buckwheat clips when eating, and he has worked hard to read the account book in the past few days, and it is smooth to eat some hot pots like this.

One of the two sisters went to Shen's place, the other went to Shou'an Hall, and Yan Guogong went to Jinhuayuan at night.

Meng Xiaoniang asked the small kitchen to prepare a table of good food and wine, and the mother and daughter had a good meal with Yan Guogong.

At the dinner table, Yan Guogong asked Yan Mingyue about her homework as usual, he knew how this daughter was, although Yan Mingyue said that everything was fine, he still sternly admonished: "If you don't understand, just ask, look at your fifth sister, although she is smart, she respects her teacher and is extremely humble." ”

Yan Mingyue didn't dare to make a face in front of Yan Guogong, but her face was not very good-looking, she didn't like Yan Mingqiao in the first place, how could she hope that Yan Guogong would compare her with Yan Mingqiao.

But Yan Guogong obviously didn't care about this, and continued to knock: "I don't expect you to take the top prize, but what Mr. teaches will be studied seriously." If you have three points of your five sisters, you will be content with your father. ”

Yan Mingyue glanced at Meng Xiaoniang aggrievedly, and Meng Xiaoniang hurriedly said: "Grandpa, Yue'er has worked very hard in private, and Mama told the concubine that Yue'er has been reading books and account books until late at night for the past two days. She also knows that the fifth girl is smart and can't compare to her sister, so she works extra hard, no, I'm going to see the shop today. ”

The six girls on the side sat honestly, and Yan Mingyue lowered her head, but Yan Guogong would not feel that what he said was excessive, he said: "It's good to know how to work hard, Mrs. is kind, ask more if you don't understand." ”

Meng Xiaoniang felt that the Shen family was a smiling rakshasa, where was it benevolent, since Yan Mingqiao went to the main courtyard, their Jinhuayuan had not been good.

And the fifth girl is also a thoughtful person, and she coaxed the Shen family and the old lady to ......

I've gone to Shou'an Hall to eat a few times, they are all granddaughters, isn't Yan Mingqiao also a concubine, just so eccentric.

Meng Xiaoniang lowered her head and responded gently, "Yue'er knows it, it's winter, and Yue'er also made shoes for Mrs. and Mrs. Old Lady with her own hands." ”

The shoes were naturally made by Meng Xiaoniang, but they were sent by Yan Mingyue.

Yan Guo said fairly: "It's good." ”

Yan Mingyue said: "It's all what a daughter should do." ”

This meal is considered to have exhausted the appetite, in the past, I didn't see Yan Guogong say anything good about the main courtyard, but now it's good, even if the main courtyard doesn't do anything, it is sensible, humble and polite.

Meng Xiaoniang knew that she couldn't mention Yan Mingqiao anymore, she said: "Grandpa, the six girls can recite poems, Yun'er, quickly recite a poem for your father." ”

Yan Guogong likes this sixth daughter very much, she is only three years old, and she reciting poems smoothly.

Meng Xiaoniang thought, wait a few days to knock on the side and ask about the shop, if it is not well managed over there, it will be a good thing for Yue'er.

Ming'er also followed to inquire about what the shop looked like.

The next day, Meng Xiaoniang asked the maid to go out and secretly followed Yan Mingyu's carriage.

After all the twists and turns, I finally arrived at the place, but the sign of the grocery store had been removed, and from the outside, the inside was being decorated, and the smoke and ash were sinking away on a cold day, and I didn't know whether to redecorate or change to other businesses.

The maid wrote these down and went back to tell Meng Xiaoniang 1510, Meng Xiaoniang listened to it, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became bigger and bigger.

Isn't this nonsense, a good shop, profitable every month, forced to tear it down, and it's not such a way to come out.

Meng Xiaoniang said: "Are you sure you're right, it's really the shop that the second girl manages?" ”

Yan Mingyue went to the shop early this morning and got the news from the concierge that Yan Mingyu and Yan Mingqiao also went out, so Meng Xiaoniang asked people to follow secretly, don't make a mistake.

The maid assured: "The slave and maid are really not wrong, the slave and the maid watched the second and fifth girls go in, and they didn't come out for a long time." ”

Meng Xiaoniang leaned on the short couch, her legs were covered with woolen blankets, she was still holding a small stove in her hands, and her nails were dyed.

She said: "She is young and has her wife to protect her, so she doesn't dare to do anything." ”

Chapter 20: Calculation

◎ Feng Shui takes turns, it's always Jinhuayuan's turn◎

It is because of the lack of scruples that it is easy to make mistakes.

Like her three girls, dare to tear down the shop, naturally they don't dare.

Meng Xiaoniang knew that even if this matter was stabbed in front of the Shen family, the punishment of the second and fifth girls would not be painful, unless Yan Guogong knew.

The daughter-in-law of the family, it is understandable that she wants to stand out in her work, but it is not good if it is too ridiculous.

If she hadn't begged Yan Guogong, the shop wouldn't have anything to do with her Yue'er, and as a result, Yan Mingyu and the others would have practiced good things so badly. Fortunately, the shop is coming, and everything is afraid of comparison, if the grandfather knows that the second girl has demolished the shop, it is strange that he will not be angry.

Meng Xiaoniang told her daughter that she should do her duty, don't do anything, and it is better to manage the shop well than anything else.

She was originally afraid that the Shen family would help in private, after all, the Shen family's housekeeper's methods were obvious to all, and a little guidance was better than Yan Mingyue's, but not only did she not care, but she also let it go.

There is a good saying, loving mothers have many defeats, Meng Xiaoniang wants to find an opportunity to tell Yan Guogong about this.

At the end of the month, the three sons who went to school in the house came back, the old lady and the old prince were also there, a serious family banquet, and the next month was the month of La, after the year and the year, if Yan Mingyu and Yan Mingqiao were punished, her daughters would be able to get good things.

Meng Xiaoniang breathed a sigh of relief, she is a concubine, the Shen family is the main house, but the daughters are all Yan Guogong's, how many benefits have been gained by the main courtyard, feng shui takes turns, it should always be Jinhuayuan's turn.

The worries of the past few months have all disappeared, what was she doing blindly before, and the best handle was not sent to the door.

Shen didn't really think that two girls who were not even twenty years old together could make money by changing their businesses.

Reading well is not necessarily good, no matter how good it is, she is a talented girl, a noble girl from a family, or learn to be a housekeeper.

Meng Xiaoniang urged her daughter to go to the shop often, and ask the shopkeeper more if she didn't understand, as for Yan Mingqiao and Yan Mingyu, just let the maid stare at it for a few more days.

During the two days of the holiday, Yan Mingyu and Yan Mingqiao were both in the shop.

If it is cold today, Yan Mingqiao will no longer go to Zhuangzi to learn to ride a horse, and Yinsu is fed, so there is no need to worry, when it is spring, it should be a majestic horse.

The shop will be decorated in more than ten days, and the sisters still have one more important thing to do, which is to choose an auspicious day to open.

Doing business pays attention to this, there is a way that everything is difficult at the beginning, find a good day Tujili, whether others believe it or not, you have peace of mind.

Firecrackers had to be set off on the opening day, and the two didn't know what the business was like on the opening day, Yan Mingyu thought of a way, the price could be cheaper on the first day.

The opening is a big deal, and a discount may attract more customers.

These are all traps that Yan Mingyu has stepped on.

In fact, it doesn't cost much, Yan Mingyu thinks that the barbecue is delicious, it is winter, and it is the most comfortable to warm your hands while roasting and eating.

Moreover, there are more than a dozen side dishes that have been tried out for a while, including small crispy pork mixed with sesame peppers, cold skin with sesame sauce with gluten, chicken feet with hot and sour flavor, and sweet brown sugar glutinous rice cakes......

If you pick a few more dishes and sell them cheaply, even if the price is low, you can still make money.

After all, pricing isn't cheap.