Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 18
"The first day Brother Chuanwen left, I missed him!"

Xian'er is behind the long cabinet of [Mai Xiang Ji], resting his chin on his hands, resting his elbow on the counter, fiddling with his hair with one hand. There is no business in the store at this time, he looks a bit bored, and on the counter is Zhu Chuanwen I found the "Beiyang Official Daily" I bought to understand this era, but Xian'er couldn't read it.

At Zhu Chuanwen's strong request, her long braids were cut just past her shoulders, and they were combed into two braids on the left and right.

Because of her thick and long braids, she even cried a lot, and even made a scene of burying braids under the moon.

But then he became happy again amidst Zhu Chuanwen's rhetoric.

When Zhu Chuanwen left, he entrusted the store to Xian'er, and solemnly told her that she would be the shopkeeper after that.

This made Xian'er's heart suddenly filled with such attention, and she patted her chest to promise that she would take a good look at the store, completely ignoring Zhu Chunshan's teasing gaze.

"Shopkeeper, the sugar and milk in the shop are gone." Zhu Chunshan said, wearing a white apron and a white hat, lifting the curtain between the kitchen and the shop.

"Uncle Chunshan, you call me Xian'er!" Xian'er was made a little unnatural by this address, but the corners of her mouth were still curled up.

"That can't be done, Chuanwen said when he left, you will be the big shopkeeper of our [Mai Xiangji] from now on, I have to hold on to my monthly money." Zhu Chunshan unloaded the equipment on his body while Said jokingly.

"Uncle Chunshan, you can call it whatever you want." Xian'er also showed her attitude of dealing with Chuanwu Chuanjie, admitted it carelessly, took out 2 silver dollars from the counter, and handed it to Zhu Chunshan, "Uncle Chunshan, enough?"

Zhu Chunshan handed back another one. He only made a small amount of croissant every day, prepared sugar for three days at a time, and only used the milk of the day.

"This is what a shopkeeper should look like." Zhu Chunshan also noticed the change in Xian'er.

Chuanwen protected Xian'er so well during this time, which made Xian'er, a carefree Shandong girl, become a little shy, and even faltered when talking to strangers.

Zhu Chuanwen himself also discovered the problem. This time, he deliberately left Xian'er in [Mai Xiang Ji], and made her the shopkeeper of the shop.

"is the boss around?"

As soon as Zhu Chunshan left, customers came to his door.

When Tan Xian'er saw someone coming to the door, she couldn't help feeling panicked, but there was only one person in the shop right now, so luckily the person who came was a woman.

"Are these Lieba?" The person who came was wearing a padded gown with various patterns embroidered on it, obviously a man who was not short of money.

"This is Lieba!" Xian'er walked to the side of the shelf, pointed to the big black Lieba and said, "This kind is called croissant, which is a kind of snack for foreigners." He pointed to the palm-sized one Yellow Orange Bread said.

"How to sell?"

"A small Leba costs 50 kopecks, a large one costs 2.5 rubles, and a croissant costs 1 ruble," Xian'er said.

"Which one is delicious?"

"The croissant is delicious, with milk and sugar added in it." Xian'er promoted it.

"Come on, give me those 2 croissants and 1 big Liba." The visitor took out 4.5 ruble banknotes and put them on the counter, and Xian'er began to pack them with oiled paper.

In this place of Bingcheng, silver, silver dollars, copper coins, and rubles are all mixed together. It is not uncommon for resident Bingcheng residents to use rubles.In fact, from another aspect, it also reflects the chaos of the currency system and the incompetence of the Qing government in this era.

Xian'er graciously sent the guests out, happily picked up the ruble on the counter and looked at it.

It turns out that doing business is so simple.

He took out the account book, imitating Zhu Chuanwen's example, and planned to record the things he had just sold.

But as soon as I opened the account book, I was dumbfounded, and I couldn't write.

Looking at Zhu Chuanwen's memorized account before, each page is divided into three columns, but Xian'er can barely recognize "Ba" and "Niujiao".

Picking up the writing brush next to him, he learned how to draw the edge of the brush in the inkstone. After gesturing for a long time, he didn't know how to write.

His brain turned quickly, seeing that there was no one in the shop at this time, he ran to the kitchen and took a piece of charred charcoal after the toast was used up, found a sharp corner, and wrote it down according to what Zhu Chuanwen had written.

"Big Leba, one,"

"Horns, two."

After writing the 7 characters, it seemed as if I had completed a gigantic project. I even wiped the sweat from my brow, picked up the account book and looked at it, and I was quite satisfied with the results of my work.

Now, Xian'er was expecting someone to come to her door.

This means that I can write on the ledger again.

After a whole day, Xian'er made three deals by herself, including one for a Russian railway worker. Although Xian'er didn't know what the other party was talking about, she kept saying what Zhu Chuanwen taught her, "Hello! .” She couldn’t remember the rest.

Fortunately, Zhu Chuanwen made a sign in Russian.

The Russians left with Lieba in their arms, and they didn't send any [Mai Xiang Ji] bread money.

This made Xian'er motivated again, and felt that she really seemed to have the talent to be a shopkeeper.

Even for the Russians, I don't think the other person looks so funny anymore.

……

Sanjiangkou

Zhu Chuanwen and He Laosi each led one person, divided into two groups, and drove carriages in the villages around Yuanbao Town to collect wheat.

After Zhu Kaishan had a chat with Zhu Chuanwen in the warehouse, he was surprised and spared no effort to support his son.

Originally adding the money from Zhu Chuanwen and the 800 taels borrowed by Chunhe Sheng, there were more than 900 taels of silver in the account, but Zhu Kaishan also listened to his son's words and bought wheat in a big way, leaving more than 600 taels of silver.

Now, the opportunity has come, all the people in the Zhu Family Grain Shop have mobilized, and he has requisitioned the horses of He Laosi and others, equipped them with carriages, and bought wheat in large quantities, and the price has even been raised by a bit. to make.

Chuanwenniang was also dispatched, cooking big pots of rice in the shed not far from the water mill, and providing meals for the men.

Zhu Kaishan was guarding the water mill, and all the wheat in the warehouse had been transported to the water mill. Zhu Kaishan temporarily hired 12 Qilu men who knew each other at the Sanjiangkou Wharf and worked hard to grind flour non-stop.

……

"Chuanwen, shall we go to [Xiayang Village] next?" Cao Zhongde drove the carriage and turned to Zhu Chuanwen.

Zhu Kaishan's gold rush team plus Zhu Chunshan had a total of 6 people. In addition to the two Zhu Yihe, there were Cao Zhongde, Shan Shuxin, and Wang Keren.

"Uncle Cao, [Shangyang Village] we collected a total of 13 shi and went to Xiayang Village. Can our carriage fit?" Zhu Chuanwen walked quickly beside the carriage, and there was indeed no place for him to sit on the carriage. .

"This is what I think. You go to Xiayang Village to collect grain first, which is at the entrance of the village. As for me, send the grain back to the mill first, and come to you after I unload the car."

"Okay, Uncle Cao, you have a good idea."

If you want to work together, you have to divide your own interests, Zhu Chuanwen thought about this sentence silently, and praised the wisdom of his father Zhu Kaishan in his heart.

Because everyone in the mill also knew the news that Zhu Chuanwen had sold [-] catties of flour, this was a surge of enthusiasm.

But Zhu Kaishan's brothers thought this way: their eldest brother is really capable, and the son he gave birth to is also capable. They have only opened the mill for half a month, and they have started to make a profit.

Hearing about this business, and then counting their members, they all began to calculate how much it would cost to build a house, how much it would cost to marry a wife, and they also wanted to give birth to a big fat boy to shine on the family.

(End of this chapter)