Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 97 Another way to make money
"Many thanks to the young masters for keeping the villain." Qian Dongbao saluted everyone gratefully.

The business of the teahouse is not good, if it were another owner, he would definitely be fired.But the boss didn't quit and still let him work here, he was very grateful.

There are only a few teahouses in the county, and everyone has a storyteller they are familiar with.If he is fired, it will be difficult to find a job for a while.Seeing that the Chinese New Year is almost here, how can the whole family live?
Yuan An confessed to him that he should not come here for ten days, and he would pay the wages. Then he gestured to everyone: "Let's go, let's go inside, it's warm inside."

After entering the room, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The prosperous charcoal fire, steaming hot tea, and a few plates of delicate snacks made Guan Jiaze, who was stuffed with two big buns, roll his eyes.

Yuan An handed over the dim sum plate, and apologized: "I don't know if you ate in the academy, so you didn't prepare lunch. Let's eat some dim sum."

Du Jinning saw that Qi Muyuan shrank his hand holding the bun, so he reached for a piece of snack, put it to his mouth, took a bite, and praised, "It's delicious."

It's really good.

This is a kind of mandarin duck milk roll, made of milk skin, with hawthorn cake on one side and sesame and white sugar filling on the other side. It is sweet and slightly sour and milky, which is very suitable for Du Jinning's taste.

Guan Jiaze didn't plan to eat it at first, but wanted to see if Qi Muyuan would have the guts to eat it if everyone didn't eat it.At this moment, seeing that Du Jinning was eating deliciously, he even handed one to Zhang Hongwen. He glanced at Qi Muyuan, and simply chose a sesame seed cake with meat and ate it.

Seeing that Qi Muyuan was still not moving, Du Jinning said, "Qi Muyuan, don't eat that bun. If the stuffing is cold, it will cause stomach upset. Let's have some snacks, they are delicious."

Yuan An heard the word steamed stuffed bun, looked at Qi Muyuan nervously, and asked, "Master, did you eat steamed stuffed bun just now?"

Qi Muyuan's face froze for a moment, and he nodded slightly.

Yuan An said to everyone: "My young master doesn't eat steamed buns." Then he pulled Qi Muyuan out of the steamed stuffed bun wrapped in lotus leaves, put it aside, and said to him softly, "I'll make a bowl for you Hawthorn tea."

"No, no need." Qi Muyuan said with a stiff face.

Yuan An looked at him, then looked at several people in the room, and picked up a mandarin duck milk roll for him: "Then you eat this?"

Qi Muyuan looked at it, and took a long time before reaching out to take it, put it on his mouth, took a small bite, and slowly sipped it.

Although Guan Jiaze is a son of a rich family, he was influenced by his uncle Guan Lehe when he was a child, and he hated this extravagant lifestyle the most.

He frowned, and wanted to sneer, but before he could say anything, he was kicked by Du Jinning.

He turned his head to look at Du Jinning, and saw Du Jinning blinked at him, signaling him not to talk nonsense.Guan Jiaze pursed his lips, and simply buried himself in his snacks.

Seeing the small movements of the two, Qi Muyuan lowered his long eyelashes, looked at the milk roll in his hand, and finally put it in the lotus leaf of the bun without taking a second bite.

Seeing the strange atmosphere in the room, Du Jinning clapped his hands and asked Yuan An after eating the milk roll in his hand, "Where is the pen and paper?"

Yuan An quickly led her to the table, gave her a pen and paper, and rubbed the ink for her with his own hands.

Du Jinning chose a small script pen and began to draw on the paper.

Guan Jiaze came over curiously to watch.Zhang Hongwen was the most reserved among the four, seeing Guan Jiaze's move, he quickly followed him.

Seeing that his young master was still sitting on the chair, Yuan An didn't go over although his eyes were curious, so he went to pull him and said, "Go and see what Young Master Du wrote."

Only then did Qi Muyuan stand up and walk to the other side to see what Du Jinning had drawn.

In his previous life, Du Jinning studied agronomy and also majored in design, mainly doing residential garden landscape design for people.Although that stuff can basically be done with software, but the basics of drawing are still required.So she learned to paint on purpose.

At this time, with a few strokes, she drew what she wanted.

"What is this?" Guan Jiaze looked left and right and saw a chair, but this chair was a bit strange, different from the usual chairs and stools.

"It's called a sofa." Du Jinning said, "It's made of wood. There are thick cushions on the bottom and the backrest. It's comfortable and warm to sit on in winter. Put them closer to the front of the stage. Then separate this area for those guests who are willing to spend a lot of money to sit."

What she painted was a fabric sofa with a wooden frame and cushions in later generations.She is good at drawing, and the sofa looks very comfortable.

Thinking about the hard and cold chairs that need to sit upright, the eyes of the four onlookers looked at this thing called "sofa".

"Not bad, you can tell it's comfortable just by looking at it." Guan Jiaze praised.

Du Jinning said: "Actually, this thing can also make a lot of money. If we make a dozen or so sets in advance, when those rich guests come to the teahouse to listen to books and feel its comfort, they will definitely want to make one too. At home. When the time comes, we will directly show them what we have made, as long as the price is right, someone will definitely buy it."

Qi Muyuan's eyes lit up, and he looked at the drawing with more interest.

Guan Jiaze's tone was a little hesitant: "This idea is good, let's go..." He scratched his head, as if he had made up his mind, "Okay, if you think it's okay, then do it." Anyway, the 100 taels of silver There is still some money left, so there is no need to ask the family for money.Since Du Jinning wants to make money, it is estimated that his uncle will not object.

Zhang Hongwen's eyes dimmed, he pursed his lips and did not speak.

"I agree to do it." Qi Muyuan's words were simple and shocking.

Although Du Jinning brought up this topic, and the two rich young masters also agreed, but like Zhang Hongwen, she was also very embarrassed.

Don't do it, it's really a pity to let go of a way to make money.When the sofa is set up, if they don't do it here, others will soon follow suit.When others use her "idea" to make money, she will vomit to death.

Let's do it, where will the money she should pay come from?
She is still far behind the cost of buying a teahouse.Although Guan Jiaze and Qi Muyuan didn't care too much about this, she felt very sorry for herself!

She touched her nose with her hand, and handed the blueprint to Yuan An: "Uncle Yuan, please find a proper woodware shop and ask how much it costs to make this thing. Don't show him the blueprint, wait until the agreement is settled." Let’s talk about it, so as not to let them learn it, then we have nothing to do. After you ask the price, we will discuss how many sets to make.”

"Okay." Uncle Yuan took the drawing, carefully rolled it up and put it in the painting tube, and then put it in the rolling cylinder.

"Okay, it's almost time, you guys hurry back to the academy. Don't be late."

Guan Jiaze turned to look at the hourglass, and almost jumped up: "It's so late!"

Yuan An quickly said: "Don't worry, I'll ask someone to prepare a car and take you to the academy."

(End of this chapter)