Chapter 253: The First Step to Make a Name
After August 15, Mu Jiaojiao changed even more, almost every day. Every morning when she woke up, when she saw the person sleeping next to her pillow, Cui Pu was stunned, and it took a while to realize that she was beautiful again.
While he felt pleasing to the eye, the fear in his heart began to grow day by day.
I don't know why, when facing Mu Jiaojiao's more and more beautiful and compelling face, there are always a few hidden worries in his heart - he is afraid that someone will sneak up and steal her away from him. Therefore, he subconsciously looked at her more closely.
In all fairness, he would have preferred her to be more ordinary, just as it was when she first got married. That way, he was more grounded.
Mu Jiaojiao was speechless about his nervous performance: "I stay in the house all day and night, and I don't go out to meet people much, are you so cautious?"
"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. Anyway, your face is too seductive, you can't just show your face in the future, and you can't allow men other than me to see your face!" Cui Pu insisted.
Mu Jiaojiao was helpless. "Okay, okay, I'll wear a hat when I go out in the future. Not only that, as long as I have the opportunity to meet outsiders, I will put on makeup and make myself ugly, do you think that's good?"
She was meant to be joking and sarcastic about him. Who knew that Cui Pu's eyes lit up after hearing this: "This is a good idea!
"You ......" Mu Jiaojiao's eyes widened, and he was speechless.
"Hahaha......"
When Cheng Jiuniang heard about their conversation, she immediately laughed back and forth. Mu Yi was better, but he also covered his mouth and laughed.
Mu Jiaojiao looked weak: "Sister, what do you say I should do?"
"Do as he says!" Cheng Jiuniang said, Mu Yi nodded.
Mu Jiaojiao was stunned, Cheng Jiuniang raised her chin and gently traced it on her face with one hand: "Cui Liu is right, you are really getting more and more beautiful, and after a while, you will be a little more beautiful, so that we can hardly believe our eyes." Don't say that he will be worried when he sees you like this, we are so jealous in our eyes! Believe it or not, you go out on the street like this, and some men run after you, and some women secretly stab villains and curse you. ”
Mu Jiaojiao smiled. "Sister, you also praised me too much. ”
"It's not a boast, it's a fact. Mu Yi also said, "In the previous year and a half, you changed quickly, but now it is faster. And it seems that your changes are far from stopping. Now you are already so beautiful, so when you really grow up, what kind of country will it be? Sister, I want to know now, what kind of person is your mother-in-law, and is she as beautiful as you? Over the years, Daddy has rarely mentioned her to us, nor has he ever shown us her portrait, which is also strange. ”
Hearing this, Mu Jiaojiao slowly lowered her eyes, and a faint light appeared in her eyes.
And at the same time, somewhere thousands of miles away from Yangzhou.
Bang!
The door was suddenly slammed open, and a little boy rushed in with a box in his hand: "Lang Jun, it's not good, this Heart Devouring Gu's vitality is getting weaker and weaker!"
The man who was kneeling in the room and stroking the piano heard the words, and slowly turned his head: "What do you say is wrong with it?"
"Since a month ago, it started to be wrong. I've been observing it for the past month, and I've found that its vitality is getting weaker and weaker, and it barely moves much now!" said the boy, and presented the box.
The man took it, lifted the lid with his slender fingers, and sure enough, he saw a chubby little white bug curled up inside. The original white color was already coated with a dull glow.
His eyes immediately darkened, and his knotted fingers knocked out a crisp rhythm on the table: "It turned out to be raised by fetal medicine...... The day has finally come. ”
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Cheng Jiuniang's mother and son lived in Tianchang County for more than a month, and it was not until she was sure that Mu Jiaojiao had fully recovered that she returned to Chang'an with her son.
Time flies, and soon it is November, and the sweet potatoes in Tianchang County are ripe again.
This time, the whole county acted together, coupled with the experience of the last time, the yield of sweet potatoes per mu this time reached 450 catties. The total output of the whole county is more than 2 million catties. This figure once again boosted the morale of the whole county, and even the Zuo prefect was present in person to praise Cui Pu.
Because of the high output this time, the household department only collected two million catties this time and shipped it back to Chang'an, and the rest was left for Cui Pu.
On the third day when a large number of sweet potatoes were transported away, a earth-shattering sound of gongs and drums resounded throughout the county seat of Tianchang County, and a Wei Ji restaurant opened here!
Cui Pu, the county magistrate, personally came to the scene to help his brother-in-law.
He is here, and the squires up and down Tianchang County will naturally not miss this opportunity. They not only attended the ceremony in person, but also prepared a generous gift and brought their families to cheer the ceremony, which made the opening ceremony lively.
After picking off the big red flower on the plaque, Wei Zhuang stood on the second floor of the restaurant and said: "This is the first restaurant opened by the Wei family in Tianchang County, but it is definitely not the last! Now, thanks to the grace of the saint, the sweet potato business in Yangzhou City has been handed over to our Wei family, and I naturally want to give back to the people of Tianchang County as soon as possible." From today onwards, as long as everyone comes to Wei Kee Restaurant to eat, as long as they spend ten yuan, they can order a sweet potato. Stir-fry and fry, according to your taste. This sweet potato is planted to solve the dilemma of the people not having enough to eat, and we will definitely not hoard Juqi to make huge profits!"
"Good!"
When these words came out, they immediately won everyone's applause.
Although ten cents is a lot, I can still get it by gritting my teeth. And until now, sweet potatoes are still a rare item, and they have been fried to a small amount of money before, and they are still priceless. Nowadays, only Tianchang County, a place that produces sweet potatoes, can have this courage, so that the people can taste the taste of sweet potatoes with a little money.
Moreover, the main dish in the Wei family restaurant in Tianchang County is sweet potato. A seemingly inconspicuous sweet potato, when it comes to the cook's hands, it changes all kinds of tricks, and it is dizzying to watch. When you eat it, the taste is different, and it is really memorable.
It's a pity that you can only order one table at a time, and you won't be able to supply more. But this is understandable, after all, the yield of sweet potatoes is not high now, how can it be open for people to eat? Every time you come to eat, you can order a plate and let everyone taste it, which is already very good!
Therefore, in order to taste all these strange sweet potato dishes, Wei Kee Restaurant has been full of business since the opening day, and many people come to eat it over and over again.
The reputation of sweet potatoes in Tianchang County has spread rapidly, not to mention Yangzhou City, and even in nearby Suzhou, Xuzhou and other places, there are many people who have worked tirelessly to rush to Tianchang County, and live here in order to taste the taste of these sweet potatoes.
While waiting for Wei Kee Restaurant to make room for them to feast, they have to do something else, such as eating, drinking, and having fun...... As a result, other amusement projects in Tianchang County have gradually flourished.
At the end of the year, when Wei Zhuang came to take inventory, the whole person was so excited that he couldn't finish his words.
"A month to return to the capital, a month!" Delivering the account book to Cui Pu, he was still sighing, "I have been in business for so many years, and it is the first time that I have encountered such a fast return on investment." Even those Wei Ji in Yangzhou Mansion will take at least half a year to earn back the capital, and then slowly make a profit. But this one in Tianchang County is ...... Sixth brother-in-law, I really admire the skills of your husband and wife!"
In the backyard, Mu Jiaojiao also took Mu Jiaojiao's hand and sighed again and again.
"I heard Daddy say that you and your sixth brother-in-law are doing very well in Baicao Hall in Chang'an, and business is very hot. As a result, who knows, except for Baicao Hall, you can even do so well in a restaurant! Ah Mei, Ah Mei, it's a shame that you didn't marry into a merchant family, otherwise with you, how would other people live?"
"Sister, aren't you joking? All the operations of this restaurant are managed by my brother-in-law, and we just provided him with a place. Mu Jiaojiao said softly.
"You can't say that! You came up with the idea of using the reputation of Tianchang County's sweet potatoes to open a restaurant, right? Make a sweet potato feast, right? There are so many kinds of recipes, all of which are also from your hands, and the supply of many sweet potatoes, these are the keys to the success or failure of the restaurant. As for the operation and management of the restaurant, you can find anyone who opens a restaurant, and they can help you do it well. Mu Jiaojiao said, the hand holding Mu Jiaojiao squeezed tighter and tighter.
Since you came to Yangzhou, your brother-in-law's status in Yangzhou Mansion has been rising day by day, and even the prefect of the left side of the eye can take the initiative to say hello when he sees him. My status in the Wei family has also gradually risen, and a few days ago, Shilang and his family went to my aunt to cry again, saying that we only care about our own good and don't carry them. But my aunt listened to it, and she didn't dare to come to us to make random demands, and she was polite to me, and she didn't dare to say a word of seriousness!
In order to express her gratitude to me, Sister Ah gave me the bonus of the restaurant. When Cui Pu came back, Mu Jiaojiao said to him.
Cui Pu raised his eyebrows for a moment. "What a coincidence? In order to show my gratitude to me for supporting him, my brother-in-law also pistoned the bonus of the restaurant to me. ”
The husband and wife were relatively stunned for a while.
The 20% bonus seems to be nothing, but if you look at the account book, you should know how terrible the profit of this Wei Kee Restaurant is! Before opening the restaurant, it took a total of about 3,000 yuan to make a lot of money. And this large amount of money was actually earned back in the first month of opening the restaurant! And this is because at the end of the year, many people are inconvenient to leave for various reasons. It is conceivable that after the New Year, there will be more people who come here to enjoy sweet potatoes, and the profits of the restaurant will be even more amazing!
And because this restaurant was originally opened by Cui Pu and Wei Zhuang, the two sides each accounted for fifty percent of the dividends. And now, they have forced back a twenty percent bonus to them, that is to say, Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu have seventy percent of the bonus in their hands.
Take this month's profit of 3,000 guan as the standard, and in the future, they will be able to get at least 2,000 guan every month. That's so much in a month, it's more than 20,000 guan in a year! In less than five years, they can earn back the 100,000 guan that Mu Jiaojiao smashed out before!
This is still the most conservative algorithm. Once the momentum of the latter development is a little stronger...... Then maybe this time will be shortened.
This speed of making money is really terrifying, and they can't accept it for a while.
"I've always heard that some people are making money in business, so let's forget about it now, right?" Cui Pu whispered.
Mu Jiaojiao nodded. "Almost. ”
Cui Pu immediately cheered. "Hahaha, that's great! In this small place of Tianchang County, I can actually open a restaurant that makes money every day, I am really a genius! I must tell my father about this, tell my brother...... By the way, Lu Jiu's side can't let it go. I'm going to let them all take a good look at what I've done here, and make them all proud of me!"
As he spoke, he hugged Mu Jiaojiao again and kissed him heavily: "Of course, I would like to thank my lady." If it weren't for you, where would I have done this so quickly?"
"Then what are you going to do with all this money?" asked Mu Jiaojiao.
Cui Pu thought about it, and suddenly changed his face to be cautious: "If I tell you that I don't plan to fill the hole in your dowry with this money first, but have other plans, what do you think in your heart?"
"What are you going to do with this money first?" Mu Jiaojiao only asked.
Cui Pu's eyes immediately began to sparkle again.
"I'm going to build roads! I'm going to build all the roads in those towns and villages in Tianchang County!"
"Okay!" Mu Jiaojiao nodded immediately, "As long as it is a good thing for the well-being of the people, I will support you." ”
Cui Pu suddenly became happier. He hurriedly cupped her face and gently put his lips on hers: "You are really my good lady, I like you so much, I like ...... If I don't have you by my side in this life, what is the point of my life? Come, let me kiss you well......"