Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 76
Chapter 75 Final Account
Sun Erhu sprained his ankle and had to rest in bed for a few days.Father Sun is getting old, and all the farm work in the family falls on Sun Erhu's shoulders.The rapeseed and wheat in the field also need to be taken care of by people, and there is no shortage of people.

Jin Xi negotiated privately with Liang Yuzhong and the Sun family, and left Sun Yubao to help take care of Sun Erhu's house, and without telling Sun's father, asked Wending to deliver a message to Sun Dahu who was working in a tile kiln in the county.

In the mountains after the beginning of winter, the night gradually becomes longer.After dinner, Jin Xi's family is used to sitting on the ground for a while to digest food before going to bed.

There were two pine oil lamps lit in the main room, and Sun and Sun Yuxia, one on the left and one on the right, were doing needlework around the lights.Sun Yuxia has tasted the sweetness of the tiger-toed shoes last time, and now whenever she has free time, she will devote herself to buying shoes.

But Mrs. Sun is buying new cotton shoes for the family. After the beginning of winter, the weather in the mountains will become colder and colder. The whole family, young and old, are still wearing thin cloth shoes.

Jin Rou is next to Ga Po, pestering her to tell those old and toothless stories, but she never tires of hearing them.Tonight's story is about a place called Sishan'ao in the back mountain. There lives a pig mother spirit. Every day at noon, she will come out with a red wooden barrel to feed her baby pigs. Jin Rou listens with gusto... …

In a more open place here, Liang Yuzhong was playing with the guys who were left behind by Ga Gong, who were doing carpentry.Jin Xi sat on a small bamboo stool beside her, resting her cheek in one hand and holding a red stone in the other, writing and drawing on the small stone board in front of her.

"Sister, your Jia Xi'er is really smart. I heard Yubao privately said that he taught her the characters one by one. Look, the person sitting there writing and drawing is really decent." What!" Sun Yuxia touched Mrs. Sun and whispered.

Sun raised her eyes and glanced at Jin Xi's side, her eyes doting on her: "Since the scene where this child fell ill, she has become much bolder than before, perhaps God has pity on her!"

"I think it's good!" Sun Yuxia said, then turned to Jinxi and asked teasingly: "Xi'er, it seems that you spend most of the night writing, drawing, deleting, deleting, modifying, frowning and squinting for a while, What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about what small commodities we should buy when our shop opens!" Jin Xi said, staring at the names of the commodities listed on the small stone board.

"If you want me to tell you, let's sell whatever makes money quickly!" Sun Yuxia said bluntly, biting off the thread in her hand.

Jin Xi couldn't help laughing, what Sun Yuxia said was really simple, but she didn't know that business was a business, but the water was very deep, and she couldn't understand the knowledge in it, and poured a lot of money and hard work into it, but in the end, she lost all her money.

"Xi'er, let's purchase goods with the money we have in hand. Don't you say that what we are doing is a small business at the moment. The shop is in an alley and sells some daily necessities for living at home, so let's do it accordingly." These are here to buy!" Sun couldn't bear to see Jin Xi's worried look, so she also expressed her own suggestion.

Jin Xi nodded: "That's natural."

With 50 taels of silver, plus the ten taels on hand, and the pair of sterling silver longevity locks, Jin Xi has the confidence to open the grocery store.

"I'm thinking, although our shop employs shopkeeper Zhang as the shopkeeper, but we also need to send people to stay in the shop for a long time to learn management and account management from shopkeeper Zhang." Jin Xi said.

The ownership of the shop belongs to her and the Sun's family. No matter how capable the shopkeeper is in business, he is still an outsider. It is impossible for Jinxi to entrust all her hard work to an outsider.Therefore, there must be someone of our own in the shop, and Jin Xi already has a good idea for this candidate.

"It's not enough for our mothers to be alone. I don't know many big characters. Xi'er, you have a lot to worry about. It seems that there are only your father and your uncle at home." Sun said.

Jin Xi glanced at Liang Yuzhong, who was concentrating on planing wood, and shook her head: "Father is too honest and honest, so it's not suitable. Besides, the tea garden is also inseparable from my father's care. I'm afraid it must be uncle. Uncle read Having studied, people are flexible, learning how to run a shop is better than staying in the mountains!"

"I thought about it with Xi'er. Yubao is weak and can't do the work in the field. Now that the family has a shop, he has to learn to show his face, otherwise how will he help Xi'er to make the shop bigger in the future?" Gapo said that although in this era of agriculture-based businessmen generally have low social status, Mrs. Sun only thinks that her children and grandchildren will live well.

"Then when Yubao comes back, let's talk about it with him." Sun said, and the family discussed some other things. Jinxi just asked them to help them think about it together. People in this era In terms of basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation, Jin Xi racked his brains for most of the night, and then listed those on the small stone slab. Now that there are so many people, what you say to me really makes Jin Xi sigh that the strength of unity is big.

Looking at the dense daily necessities written on the small slate, Jin Xi's eyes flashed a little light, because she glimpsed some business opportunities from them.

Wending left Sunjiagou the next day, and on the morning of the second day after he left Sunjiagou, Sun Dahu hurried back to Sunjiagou.

Sun Dahu returned home with his luggage on his back, saw his father and younger brother, and then, carrying the presents he bought from the county, came to Sun Yuxia's house to visit Mrs. Sun before lunch.

It was also the first time that Jin Xi saw Sun Yuxia's childhood sweetheart, her future uncle Sun Dahu.

On the outside, Sun Yuxia is sharp and capable, but inside she is as shy as the little girls of this era.After coming to Sunjiagou for so long, Jinxi kept her mouth tightly shut many times from Sun Yuxia's clichés, but the last time she talked about Sun Dahu when she washed her hair at night while frying tea.

Jinxi used his imagination based on what Sun Yuxia said, and guessed that Sun Dahu must be a young man with a thin body, a dull and honest personality, a bit feminine, and weak courage, who dare not even kill a chicken.

But when Jin Xi really saw Sun Dahu, the feeling that this future uncle gave her completely overturned her previous conception.

Tall and tall, with a burly body, Sun Erhu looks like his father, while Sun Dahu looks like his deceased mother.But the skin color of the two brothers is exactly the same, with a healthy tan.

Sun Dahu feels very honest and honest, but he is not dull, his eyes are bright and energetic, and when he talks to Liang Yuzhong, his voice is loud. very kind.

However, when Sun Dahu's gaze met Sun Yuxia's, this tall young man with a resonant voice suddenly lost his momentum a bit, his dark face revealed a trace of shyness, and in front of Sun Yuxia, Sun Dahu suddenly became a little cautious When I got up, I was still a little bumpy in my speech, and I was no longer as bold as before.

"Did you see? After staying in the county for a few months, I still haven't made any progress at all, and my tongue is so loud! Hey..." In the kitchen, Sun Yuxia quickly stir-fried vegetables with a spatula, while talking to the fire-stuffed people below. Jin Xi complains softly.

Even though she was complaining, there was no trace of displeasure on her face, she was flushed red, showing joy, and Jin Xi wisely refrained from puncturing her duplicity.

Before the meal, Liang Yuzhong went over to pick up Father Sun and came with him. The food was served on the table, everyone was seated, and Sun Yuxia stayed in the kitchen.

Sun and the others knew that Sun Yuxia was making a fuss because of her shyness, so they didn't care about her.The dinner table was full of dishes, all made by Sun Yuxia.But all the meat dishes on the table are pork bought by Sun Dahu, as well as fish and glutinous rice wine.

The meal at the table was very enjoyable, Father Sun, Liang Yuzhong, Sun Dahu, and Sun Yubao all had a few drinks.Sun Dahu drank a few cups and then wanted to fill up rice, so Jinxi called Sun Yuxia to bring hot rice to the men who were drinking.When the jobs of the two young lovers were handed over, both of them blushed.

Seeing them like this, the elders in the room smiled knowingly.Jin Rou is a real child, she doesn't understand these things, but Jin Xi is a feast for the eyes for a child.

After dinner, Mrs. Sun went to the kitchen to help Sun Yuxia clean up the dishes. In the main room here, Granny and Father Sun were sitting opposite each other, and below were Liang Yuzhong, Sun Dahu and Sun Yubao.Jinrou went to play with her friends in the village, while Jinxi took a small bamboo stool and sat outside the threshold of the main room, pretending to look at the scenery in the yard, but her ears were pricked up, catching the conversation in the main room, about Sun The conversation between Yuxia and Sun Dahu about their marriage.

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The next day, Sun Dahu was driving a carriage, in which sat Jinxi and Sun Yubao, and Liang Yuzhong was driving an ox cart, behind which were stacked carpentry tools and two bedding.The four of them set out from the mountain as soon as the sky was light, and headed for the town.

Although there are still a few days before the official handover, Jin Xi wants to close the shop again before then.The shop door is too narrow, Jin Xi wants to tear down the shop door, knock down all the walls in that part, and use the front wall as a door.

Let people passing by outside, even if they don't come in, they can still catch a glimpse of the counter furnishings inside.The inside of the shop should also be whitewashed to create a spacious and bright feeling.

Sun Dahu didn't have to worry about these jobs. What he did in the county town was considered a mason.In addition, even though the original counters and shelves in the shop are still usable, they need to be reinforced and painted.Liang Yuzhong is good at these tasks.

In addition, some counters have to be added. In this era, there are already things similar to glass, which are rougher than glass, and the price is a bit expensive, and most of them are used in windows.The last time Jin Xi was at the Tea Fragrance Hall, she saw that shopkeeper Yan's windows on the second floor were made of this kind of glass.

Jinxi plans to cut a few pieces of this kind of glass and install them on the counter, so that when customers come in, they don't need to ask each of them what they want to buy, which saves everyone trouble.

It is estimated that it will take a few days to do these things, so Jin Xi will stay in the town for a few days.She wants to take advantage of these few days to investigate the general market and price of daily necessities in the grocery store in Changqiao Town with Sun Yubao, and discuss with shopkeeper Zhang about the operation decision of the grocery store after it opens.

(End of this chapter)