Qiao Shen is a little worried recently. The jelly was peddled by Zhao Tie's family, and this sweet was spread all over the town of Shoulan, so there were imitations.

In the old days, the shopkeepers who bought the goods in the early morning usually ordered eight barrels, and the four barrels of jelly and the four barrels of taro balls piled up on the cart, but now they are all reduced to six barrels. It doesn't matter if one person is small, but the five or six people who purchased the goods have all reduced the amount.

Qiao Shen looked at the remaining jelly and taro balls, worried.

"It's true that fewer people buy it. Now some people make bean curd and glutinous rice balls to sell under the banner of Qiao's jelly. Many people believe that Qiao's family is true. I bought a bowl that day and it didn't taste very good. But we still can’t sell our jelly, and ordinary people can’t eat two bowls of desserts at once.” Zhao Tie was anxious, earning half of his daily silver.

."It's okay, Brother Zhao, people are also for a livelihood, we can't stop them, I think about recruiting." Since ancient times, what good sellers imitated, even in modern times, the copyright has not been perfected, Joe Shen can only think of another way.

It seems that the plan to open the shop is on the agenda. Once there is a shop, the sign will be played out. People don't dare to call themselves Qiao's family. After all, the shop is there.

Qiao Shen loaded the remaining jelly and taro balls and sent them to the neighbors. It would be a bad thing to leave them. It is better to draw the relationship between the neighbors.

Aunt Yang was washing clothes, and when she heard someone buttoned the door of the courtyard, she got up and opened it. It was Qi Jiafulang. She thought strangely: In the past, she always shouted through the alley, but when she heard it, she went to Qi courtyard to hold the dirty The clothes came back to wash, why did Qijia Fulang come here today?

"Qi Fulang, come in quickly, but do you have clothes to wash?".Aunt Yang quickly opened the door and let people into the yard.

Qiao Shen hurriedly said: "Aunt Yang, you are welcome, I'll give you some jelly to taste."

Aunt Yang was surprised, always listening to the voice of Qi Fulang leaving the goods, she was not easy to reach out for this business thing, "This..., you are earning money, take it back quickly, how am I embarrassed."

"Hey, I've done a lot today. Chang Le is still young and he always likes to be noisy. It's not convenient for me to go out and buy goods. If Aunt Yang doesn't dislike it, I will try it? I just left it broken for saving."

"Look at what you said, why don't you dislike it? Thank you Qi Fulang. If you need to wash your clothes, call me." Aunt Yang took it quickly, took it to the stove, and emptied the bowl to Qiao. deep.

Qiao Shen took the empty bowl, had a few more words with Aunt Yang, and then went back to the yard and sent him to the next house.

...

.The next day, Qiao Shen went out with Qi Shuo. Qi Shuo opened a shop, and Qiao Shen threw Xiao Changle to Qi Shuo's care. He inquired about and found the Yaren in the town. Yaren was an ancient house agency.

In ancient times, there were also many people who rented houses. Qiao Shen remembers seeing an interesting story in history: During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the economy was highly developed, and the tenants were depressed. As a school scholar, Bai Juyi has a monthly salary of 16,000 yuan. He has rented in the suburban area for 18 years, riding to and from get off work every day. Just over fifty years old, I just bought a house in Weinan on the Fifth Ring of Chang'an.

After Qiao Shen finished talking about his needs, the listener pointed out a few shops. Among them, there was a shop with a not low rent, which made Qiao Shen feel a little moved. It's just across the street from Qi Shuo's carpenter's shop, so Qiao Shen planned to visit this one first.

In fact, the location of this shop is not very good, next to the street selling wood and porcelain, sparsely populated. .This shop is a pawnshop on the left, and a teahouse on the right. The teahouse is open here, it’s quiet, and the people are willing to come here to listen to books.

The shop is quite big, and it is owned by the same owner as the teahouse next door, so the specifications are similar, and there is also a second floor. But if an empty room is rented, it will take a lot of effort to decorate it.

After Qiao Shen finished reading, he was a little sure about this one, and didn't want to see anything else.

First, the distance is good, because you have to take the child closer to the father of the child, and it is more convenient for sudden incidents. Second, if you rent it out, you can decorate the empty house as you like, it just costs some money. As for the location that deviated from the bustling East Town Center, this Qiao Shen didn't really care.

With Zhao Tie and other shopkeepers, Qiao Shen was full of confidence in the shop's business just because of the signboard of the Qiao family they helped to give.

.Qiao Shen asked the price without fail, "How is the rent for this shop calculated?"

"Sixty taels a year, plus thirty taels of deposit." Seeing Qiao Shen's dissatisfied expression, the Yaren only quoted a satisfactory price.

The shop is not like the house where the people live, so the rent is collected once a year. If the house is badly damaged when checking out, it will be deducted from the thirty-two deposit.

Qiao Shen had enough money, but he still had to set aside money for the shop, as well as money for selling meat and condiments for the opening. Qiao Shen deliberately expressed dissatisfaction: "It's too expensive, and it's a little shabby. You see, the corners are covered with nets. I am afraid that it will cost a lot of money to arrange it. Let me go back and discuss it with the master."

.This shop has indeed been vacant for several months. If it can be rented out, it’s okay to make less money. No matter how small the mosquito is, it’s meat. So he said, “This shop best meets Xiao Fulang’s requirements. What I can call the shots is If you drop five taels of silver, the deposit can be reduced to twenty taels. How about?"

Qiao thought deeply that this toothman would be lucky. The small deposit is only a one-time, and the low rent means that he pays less money every year.

However, Qiao Shen still expressed his gratitude to Yaren: "Thank you Yalang for your understanding, but the rent is still higher and the position is a bit off. You know, I work as a food shop, and if no one comes to buy it. I’m afraid it’s only enough to earn a rent."

In the end, Yaren let go and talked with the host, and asked Qiao Shen to go to the shop the day after tomorrow.

Back at the workshop, Qiao Shen and Qi Shuo described the shop and talked about their thoughts. .Qi Shuo felt a little satisfied when he heard that he was close to him.

"It's just empty, and it will cost a lot of money to decorate it."

"It's okay, you forgot what I do?" Qi Shuo sat down next to Qiao Shen and picked up Xiao Changle, who was obediently nibbling on the buns.

"Then wait for the day after tomorrow, and you will go with me to discuss it? By the way, help me to check the store again."

On the day agreed with Yaren, the husband and wife went to the appointment with Xiao Changle in their arms. Yaren led Qi Shuo to the shop again. Qi Shuo checked the surrounding area and found that there were no safety hazards, so he was relieved.

"The host said, fifty taels, but it can't be lower. If the two masters are not satisfied, I will show you another shop."

In the end, a rent of fifty-two years and a deposit of twenty-two years were set. The price was not bad, so Qiao Shen followed the tooth to sign the contract, handed in the silver, and finally took the key and left.

.Nothing happened in the afternoon, Qiao Shen simply left Xiao Changle in the shop and went to sweep the shop with the broom. After cleaning the shop, Qiao Shen went to the bookstore and bought the cheapest straw paper, planning to go back and draw a sketch of the interior layout with carbon.

Holding a roll of straw paper, Qiao Shen rushed to pick up Xiao Changle to go home. Xiao Changle can't be clingy, and Qiao Shen will not have any temper after he has left for an hour or two. If you can't see Qiao Shen even during the day, the cry can lift the roof of the craftsman's shop.

Thinking of this, Qiao Shen was annoyed and pleased.

When he went to the workshop, Xiao Changle took the small wooden mallet Qi Shuo made for him, squatting far away on the edge of Qi Shuo's workbench, banging against the small wooden planks on the ground.

Seeing Dad coming over, he lowered his head and continued to play with the hammer. He didn't know that his dad had gone out all the time.

.When he set up a shop, Qiao Shen felt a big stone falling in his heart, thinking that there was still some rice wine at home, which he brought back from the village after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he planned to make steamed pork with rice and drink, and celebrate with Qi Shuo. He wants to be a little boss!

Carrying a piece of skinny pork back home.

Grab the sliced ​​pork belly with salt, sauce, minced ginger and a little sugar, and set aside for marinating.

Then burn the fire, pour the rice, dried chili, star anise, Chinese pepper and other spices into the pot and stir fry, wait for the rice to be slightly browned, pour it into a large stone mortar, pound it with a stone pestle into fish-seed-sized powder, spiced The rice noodles are ready.

Mix the marinated pork and the five-spice rice noodles, peel the sweet potatoes and cut into pieces, put them in the bottom of the pot, spread the rice noodles, and steam them over high heat.

When Qi Shuo came back, watching the sumptuous dinner, all the hard work of the day was gone. .Qi Shuo had never thought about the life of this little half a year before. He looked at Qiao Shen and thought of what Qiao Shen said that night. No matter who he is, the current Qiao Shen is the person he likes.

After Xiao Changle had dinner, he fell asleep in Qiao Shen's arms at first. After Qiao Shen hugged him horizontally, he soon fell asleep. He didn't sweat much today, so Qiao Shen stopped washing him, and put the sleeping Xiao Changle in the room to let him lie on the bed.

After coming out, he sat back at the table, He Qi Shuo drank rice wine and ate meat. There were no children around to make trouble, and the two of them talked about each other and ate a dinner till dark.

He was full of food and drink, and when Qiao Shen could react, he had followed Qi Shuo into the wing...

Qi Shuo grabbed Qiao Shen's hand and attached it to his abdominal muscles...

After borrowing wine that night, Qiao Shen was forced to open the door to a new world. .Sometimes Qiao Shen was awakened by the rooster crowing, and looked at Qi Shuo when he woke up. Qiao Shen just unconsciously pulled Qi Shuo's abdominal muscles, and was picked up by Qi Shuo and went to the next room...

The two sides like each other and live the little days of honey mixing oil every day