Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

Chapter 54: Only responsible for counting money

People were coming and going at the docks, and a bunch of people gathered near the port.If you get closer, you will find that they are all gathered around a stall.

Chang Pingning brought two buckets of oysters today.Merchants were gathering around her stall, and nearby stall owners couldn't help but look at her stall, wanting to know when her oysters would be sold out.

For a time, Chang Pingning's stall was crowded with people, and more and more people were asking about Guo Dayong selling sea fish next to her.

Guo Dayong happily weighed the fish to the guests. If he asked for more fish, he directly called his son Guo Zhongzhou to send the fish to the guests' boat.He also sells sea fish much faster than usual.

Even more so in Chang Pingning, the fried rice and oysters served early in the morning attracted the attention of many merchants around. Whether they were guests who had tasted the aroma of charcoal-grilled oysters yesterday or those who had only heard of them, they They all crowded over to the aroma of the restaurant stalls.

As time passed, Chang Pingning became a little too busy.

Guo Dayong noticed that his eldest daughter-in-law was even busier today than yesterday. He turned around and saw that his second son had just returned from delivering a cart of fish and signaled Guo Zhongzhou to help Chang Pingning.

Guo Zhongzhou was so tired that before he could sit down and rest for a while, he was ordered to work again by his father. However, he saw that his sister-in-law was really busy there, so he sighed and walked towards the sister-in-law's stall next to him. , roll up your sleeves and get ready to help.

"Sister-in-law, is there anything I can do?" Guo Zhongzhou asked.

"You came just in time." Chang Pingning said, pointing to the guests in front of him, and whispered to Guo Zhongzhou, "Please pay attention to them, and pay them after they eat."

Guo Zhongzhou nodded.

Chang Pingning said again: "Keep an eye on it for me. If a guest orders more oysters, remember to write it down and remind me." After saying that, he picked up a stack of yellow paper, tore off the last few pages and handed them to Guo Zhongzhou. .

Guo Zhongzhou knew that this was the tiring part.Fortunately, Guo Zhongzhou had a bright mind and quick reaction speed, and he soon became competent at this job.

The two cooperated very well. After breakfast, Chang Pingning was finally able to leave the stall's simple stove and sit on the stool he brought to rest for a while.

"Zhong Zhou did a good job." Chang Pingning praised.

"Hey, dad asked me to help." Guo Zhongzhou was a little embarrassed when he was suddenly praised by his sister-in-law.

Chang Pingning rested for a while, took out the yellow paper from under the stall, and a bound notebook, and wrote and drew on them.

In the afternoon, when Chang Pingning and Meng Xia and Liu Qingwan came to Guo's house to check their accounts, she took the initiative to take out the bound book for them to check.He also told them that the second brother of the Guo family came to help when there were too many people in the morning.

Meng Xia was surprised and immediately suggested that they hire the second brother of the Guo family to be a waiter at the stall. The fee of ten cents a day would not prevent him from working at Guo Dayong's stall.

Liu Qingwan on the side also nodded without raising any objection.

Although Chang Pingning was surprised, after thinking about it, it seemed that it was the same thing. If she only gave money to her mother-in-law, it seemed that she would completely let her second brother work in their stall for free.

"Hey, don't be reluctant to pay for hiring people." Meng Xia saw that Chang Pingning hesitated for a while and didn't speak, thinking that she was unwilling, so she quickly explained, "In the future, our snack stall will develop, and I also want to hire people directly. People are busy at the stall. The three of us are only responsible for counting and dividing the money."

Chang Pingning and Liu Qingwan couldn't help but smile at each other when they heard Meng Xia's "bold words". They were not as confident as Meng Xia: they actually thought that their small stall could still afford to hire people.Seeing that the accounts were reconciled, the three people finished dividing today's income.He didn't buy anything today. The only thing he needed to give was half a day's wages to Guo Zhongzhou.Each of the three people received nearly a thousand pence.

Chang Pingning was happily counting the money she had when she saw Liu Qingwan take out something that looked like a ledger and teach her how to read and keep accounts.Meng Xia listened for a while and then suggested a few simple accounting methods when Chang Pingning was very busy.

Chang Pingning studied very seriously, and Liu Qingwan asked her to learn to write and read, and try to record today's accounts in the account book.

While Liu Qingwan was recording the account books in Chang Pingning, she casually looked around the Guo family yard.They noticed that Guo Ling'an's little head poked out from the Guo family's main room, smiling happily at them.

Liu Qingwan was captured by Guo Lingan's smile. She waved to her and motioned for Guo Lingan to come to the three of them. She also talked about teaching her how to write.

Chang Pingning looked up and saw An An happily running towards them, and even ran directly into Liu Qingwan's arms.The mother-in-law followed An An out of the main room cautiously, poured water for the three of them again, and wanted to scold Guo Ling'an and tell her not to be presumptuous in front of the guests.

But Liu Qingwan stopped him.

Chang Pingning was surprised and didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry about her. She's full of motherhood, but her son isn't very good." Meng Xia spoke in a low voice.

Chang Pingning looked at Meng Xia in surprise, but all she saw was Meng Xia smirking at her: "Have you finished keeping today's accounts?"

Chang Pingning had no choice but to continue recording today's bills with his head down.

I made a lot of money today. Even if Chang Pingning gave half of the money she received to her mother-in-law, she would still have a few hundred coins left.She looked at the bill in front of her and felt that the big house in the town was getting closer to her.

In this way, Chang Pingning quickly made a lot of money at the port stall by relying on charcoal-grilled oysters and sea urchin fried rice.

A nearby stall owner selling oysters and sea urchins greeted Chang Pingning warmly when he saw her.After all, if the seafood she brought was sold out, the merchants who came here to eat would also buy some fresh seafood from the surrounding area and come to Chang Pingning for processing.

As time passed, Ye Xiuying was the only one left to deliver overseas goods to the town.

Chang Pingning didn't want his mother-in-law to be too tired. After collecting the stall and returning home, he offered to have her mother-in-law come to the food stall to help. Unexpectedly, she was rejected.

Moreover, my mother-in-law's expression was very difficult at that time.

"Ning Yatou, did you know? Cyclamen in town also sells 'charcoal grilled oysters', but they call them 'charcoal grilled oysters'." Ye Xiuying looked at her daughter-in-law's confused expression and continued, "Business is very good. I don't know if Chef Wang figured it out on his own or if it was taught by Meng Xia."

After a pause, Ye Xiuying felt that her words sounded a bit like trying to instigate a relationship between the three of them, so she quickly made amends: "I think Chef Wang figured it out on his own! Recently, many merchants have gone to Cyclamen in town to eat. Chef Wang and Shopkeeper Zhao have seen me several times and asked me to come back and convey their gratitude to you."

Chang Pingning thought for a while, nodded and told her mother-in-law that she probably mentioned Cyclamen's sea urchin fried rice to the merchants when she was selling sea urchin fried rice, which made them interested in this restaurant.

There is no doubt about the restaurant’s “charcoal-grilled oysters”. Chef Wang can even figure out the “sea urchin fried rice”. Hearing about “charcoal-grilled sea oysters” from the restaurant’s guests, he should be able to figure it out quickly. Bar?
However, what Chang Pingning doesn't know yet is that Chef Wang is not the only one who quickly figured out "charcoal grilled oysters".

(End of this chapter)