The Landlord And His Wife

    Liu Changgeng and He Shi actually never thought of asking their two sons to participate in the township examination, because neither of them were very interested in studying, so they didn't think about it at all. After listening to Liu Shu and Liu Lin's words, he nodded and smiled and said, "Okay, let's take the test... Don't worry, your parents won't force you to be the best!"

    He asked, "What should I prepare?"

    Liu Shu smiled and said: "No need to prepare, just gather five people to take the test together, and there is also a county student to protect it, it doesn't matter, I will ask Mr. to help me, and the test will be fine. It's also in the county, and it's too late to prepare."

    He nodded suddenly, and Liu Sen, who had been playing, suddenly said: "Gather five people? That's right, I'll take the test together, let's just three, just find two more!"

    As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the family looked at him in amazement, and He subconsciously said: "How old are you..."

    Liu Sen immediately retorted: "Brother, what you just said! The purpose of taking the boy's test is to take the test, look at the questions, and see if you, Liu Lin and I are the same. What level, I really don't want to take the exam to be a scholar, so don't be so strong!" He actually repeated what Liu Shu said just now, but added himself.

    Liu Shu was amused, the whole family laughed, Liu Lin said with a smile: "If you want to take the test, take the test, maybe none of us can pass the test, and you will pass the test! Xiao Xiucai will go to test people!"

    Liu Sen made another 'bang': "The most is to take another exam, you can't go up the exam, or you will be admitted to the capital and become the champion, the princess sees me and wants to call me the concubine. What to do?!"

    The whole family was already laughing all over the place, Liu Xuer pointed at Liu Sen and laughed, Liu Shu was so angry and funny that he reached out and patted his head lightly, Liu Lin smiled and covered his stomach. Go away, Liu Tao shrugged his shoulders while standing at the door.

    Liu Changgeng and Mrs He smiled, Mrs He said: "It's alright! People who are older will play second-hand?! Hurry up and read books! Those who have to take exams... Moriko! Why have I never seen you pick up a book and read it? You still want to be a concubine like this?"

    Liu Sen was not frightened at all, turned to look at her and said: "Mother, you forget, it's not that I want to be the concubine, but the princess will definitely take a fancy to me and let me be the concubine... This is not Can't you?!"

    A room full of people laughing and leaning back and forth, Liu Xuer only laughed and shouted breathlessly: "The intestines are all messed up!"

    This matter is settled. Liu Shu went to ask Shi Cheng if he wanted to take the test. Shi Cheng thought about it, and the test was fine. He nodded and agreed, so Liu Shu told the husband that he was originally a junior, but because he was too lazy, he did not recommend a student for many years. , so the county canceled his qualifications as a lingsheng, but the husband still knew lingsheng, so it was not very troublesome to find a guarantor for them. During the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chinese New Year, give some gifts to the husband and lingsheng. That's it.

    As early as June, I found four guys in the shop. These four guys were also introduced by the people in the workshop. One point, at the age of eleven or twelve, I followed Liu Lin and Liu Tao to learn in the shop for a few days.

    Originally, I planned to find a guy for each shop, but since the workshop opened, the supply of goods has been fixed, and the business of the shop has been stable. It will not be like before. Or maybe something like that is out of stock, and you always come to buy it whenever you want.

    And the assembly line of the workshop is fixed, and the goods of the shop are also fixed. Their store has been open here for many years, and those customers have developed a habit. As long as they buy something in their store, they must come to them to buy it, and other family members will not go!

    The business is also very stable. This old shop in Liu Tao sells things at a lower price. During the New Year and the festivals, as well as the summer and autumn seasons, it is possible to reach six or seven hangings every month, and even ten hangings are possible. July is full of solar terms, and in July alone, fifteen hangings are sold. This is also because there is something to buy, and if it is out of stock, it can be made up on the same night, without delaying the sale at all.

    And Liulin's shop, because they are dealing with high-end things, so their monthly income is double that of Liu Tao's, sometimes several times. It was also the best time for his shop to sell, about thirty-five hangings were sold a month.

    It is also because of this that Liu Xuer decided to accept two people in each shop, and she has no harsh ideas, what comes to be an apprentice, and only takes care of the rice without paying wages. When I came to say good things, it was 500 wen per person. Just like the people in the workshop, it was judged whether the work was good or bad, and the evaluation was made every year. Every year.

    The few people who came here naturally followed and studied hard. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the first aunt and the second aunt asked Mr. He whether they could ask their son to come to the shop to learn business, not for wages, just to learn things.

    Although He was very willing, of course he could not agree directly. He still asked Liu Xuer and discussed it with his family, and Liu Xuer also agreed. Uncle He Zhongzhou and He Zhonghao, Second uncle's eldest son He Zhongshuang all came to the shop to help. Each person will be given three hundred cents a month.

    Uncles and aunts must not. Feeling that he has already taken a lot of advantage here, He continued to talk for a long time. Liu Xuer smiled and still said those words, let's see how it goes, this material is made in the shop, not this material, then it will not be kept.

    Uncle and aunt all nodded in agreement and thanked them again and again. After He Zhongzhou came, the uncle didn't tell them to live at Liu Xuer's house, but let them live at Lao Si Liu Changshi, mainly because there were a lot of people here, especially Liu Sen was still in school, he was worried about He Zhongzhou and the others. Come, play with Liu Sen all day long, don't delay Liu Sen's studies.

    Shicheng is also thinking about how to curb the menacing momentum of the fish restaurant. Knowing that Juxianlou wants to raise fish in a pond, it is obvious that he wants to add more fish dishes A few to a dozen, fighting against the fish restaurant. To be honest, he started thinking the same way.

    But knowing that the shopkeeper Wei of Juxianlou was so bullying, and he was shocked by Liu Xuer, he almost got into trouble, and he suddenly became angry. First of all, he should give Juxianlou to him. Pack up!

    After thinking about it for a few days, it seems that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.

    Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is a reunion festival, there are still many people running outside. Moreover, although Fengxian County is a small county town, Fengxian County is the only place to go from Chang'an to Chengdu, and this road is also an important commercial road in the southwest. Therefore, there have always been many foreigners in Fengxian County. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a flashpoint for restaurant business.

    For so many years, Shicheng has long been familiar with these business experiences.

    The fact that Mr. Wei had packed a pond to raise fish accidentally leaked out. After going back and thinking about it, of course, this matter can only be done in a hurry! Therefore, according to what He Lizheng said, he hurriedly cleaned out the pond the next day, and then got some fish to raise. At the same time, Juxianlou has started to add some fish dishes one after another. This was originally because the shopkeeper Wei wanted to suddenly launch a dozen fish dishes on the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that the fish restaurant could be unprepared, and Yuelou was caught off guard!

    Don't say it, because the price of dishes in Juxianlou is cheaper than that of fish restaurants. During this time, people from Fengxian County who have eaten fish and tasted good, also slowly went to Juxianlou to eat fish. , his business is better.

    Shicheng looked at it coldly and had an idea.

    Sit on a table in the hall, knocked on the table, followed by his servant and called: "Why is no one greeting this guest?"

    If ordinary guests enter the door, Xiao Er warmly greets them! But who doesn't know the young owner of Deyuelou? It's a colleague again, what do you mean by coming here now?

    Several shop assistants all stared at Shicheng vigilantly, and a guy ran into the back hall to find the shopkeeper.

    Soon, the shopkeeper came out and stood in the aisle of the back hall and the front hall, first stretched out his head and looked at Shi Cheng who was sitting in the hall. Look at this young master shaking a Hangzhou bamboo fracture fan in his hand, wearing a long silk gown on his body, with a green jade hairpin in his hair, let's sit there for a while!

      There are only two people he brought, so what kind of trouble can they make?

    But what is he doing? The shopkeeper murmured in his heart, stood up straight and cleared his throat before walking out. Although Shicheng is not very old, he is also a famous person in the Fengxian business field. The shopkeeper will never underestimate him, and he will not dare to underestimate him. Taking unhurried steps, the shopkeeper came to Shicheng, smiled and bowed his hands: "Young master is polite."

    Shi Cheng stood up with a smile and said, "The shopkeeper is polite."

    The shopkeeper stretched out his hand to invite him to sit down, and asked the shop assistant to make Maojian tea, and then asked with a smile, "Young master is coming to my restaurant, I don't know what you are doing?"

    Shi Cheng smiled, closed his fan and pointed to each other and sat down: "The shopkeeper, please take a seat, I will go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, and some things come to the shopkeeper to discuss... Let's discuss slowly."

    Shi Cheng smiled slightly: "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper Wei of Juxianlou has made a little movement recently, the shopkeeper should know?"

    The shopkeeper of the fish restaurant pondered in his heart, Juxianlou was a new dish almost every day during this time, and it was all fish! And they are all cheaper than their own, can he not know? Isn't that what I'm trying to do!

    The shopkeeper smiled and said: "What you should know is to know, the young master asks like this... Do you have any advice?" He asked tentatively.

    Shi Cheng smiled slightly: "I don't dare to give advice, I have a small idea."