Soul Travel: I was bought by the fierce man in the village to farm

The two kids decided to do business. After all, it was their first time doing business, especially since they owed money, so they were even more serious about preparations.

Most of the time, Li Ruyi and Li Ankang discussed each other. Li Ankang was almost confirmed, and the rest was decoration and book purchase.

This store mainly sells storybooks, but also serious books. Qin An gave a lot of advice in this regard.

There are few books to choose from in the town, so you have to buy them outside. It's August now, and there's still more than a month before the weather gets cold, so it's too late to go out and come back.

Mao Xiaosui and Li Yunshan didn't want to go, so Qin An stayed with them in the end.

The two of them walked directly to the south of the Yangtze River, planned their return trip, and stopped at the farthest point.

Naturally, the location of the store must be in a prosperous area, so as for the decoration, Mao Xiaosui and Li Yunshan were given full authority.

The two secretly bought the land. Because the place was not big, they planned to demolish it and build a new one. Li Yunshan was responsible for supervising the construction, and Mao Xiaosui was responsible for drawing the drawings.

Li Ruyi is still helping out at the barbecue restaurant these days, and Ding Pingshun comes more often. His business is more or less stable now, but he's still very busy.

When Mao Xiaosui arrived, Ding Pingshun was having a barbecue, and Li Ruyi was sitting next to him eating. The two of them chatted about business matters.

"Free today?" she asked.

Ding Pingshun said, "I delivered the meat in the morning and I have to go back in the afternoon."

Mao Xiaosui looked at Li Ruyi, holding his chin, absentmindedly.

Mao Xiaosui also pulled up a stool and sat down, asking her, "What are you thinking about?"

Li Ruyi replied, "I'm thinking of something delicious."

Mao Xiaosui smiled, "The necessary tea, preserved melon seeds and fruit snacks, goat's milk, and baked milk skin." The store is close to the Ding family's dessert shop. When the time comes, the customer will go directly to the Ding family to pick up the order.

Ding Pingshun also said, "My mother and others will prepare the goat milk and roasted milk skin and send them over. Tea and snacks are all ready-made and simple."

Li Ruyi said "Yeah" and honestly said, "I'm afraid."

Ding Pingshun touched her head and said, "Don't be afraid. It's inevitable to be nervous for the first time."

Mao Xiaosui watched the interaction between the two, and it was quite awkward to be honest.

Li Ruyi's face is obviously childish, and although Ding Pingshun is also a young man, when he thinks about the relationship between the two, it always feels uncomfortable to look at him like this.

Mao Xiaosui also comforted her, "I told Qin An that we will find a storyteller to come back. You can be the boss if you want, or you can tell stories by yourself."

Li Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief visibly, and shouted with a smile, "Mom is so nice."

Li Yunshan came in, heard this and asked, "How about your mother?"

"It's okay, dad."

Only then did Li Yunshan laugh.

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The land is not large, and it takes a lot of time to build the store. It wasn't packed until mid-September.

The teahouse is built on two floors. The second floor is lined with rows of stands. The first floor has many tables like ordinary teahouses. The storytelling area has a round platform set up in the space between the first and second floors. This height allows everyone to Guests on the first floor and the second floor heard the sound. The stage was not big and there was only room for two tables. The door was also covered with a white cloth. The cloth could be tied up to reveal the whole thing inside, or it could be covered up. This design was made by Mao Xiao. Sui specially designed it for Li Ruyi. In addition, they also built two rows of houses in the backyard. The last row is used as a living space for the clerks, and the front row is used for kitchen and storage.

Li Ankang's bookstore also has two floors, divided into ordinary seats and VIP rooms.

In order not to block the light, large bookshelves were built on both sides of the first floor except the counter at the entrance, and long tables and chairs were built near the window.

The private room on the second floor is very small, with a more comfortable sofa and table, and bookshelves in the room specially provided for tea.

It snowed that night when Li Ankang and Qin An came back. They bought a carriage of books and brought a man who was not very old but had a long beard with him.

Once the books and storyteller are solved, we can start cleaning up the business.

The bookstore bought three clerks and the teahouse bought four. Mao Xiaosui also specially trained for this.

After six days of tidying up in an orderly manner, and after the storyteller became proficient in reading the first book he was going to talk about, they were ready to officially open the business.

The day before, we hired people to promote it as usual and opened the business the next morning.

After staying in the town for so many years, many people know them. Before they even open their mouths, passers-by would ask, "Are you a teahouse?"

Mao Xiaosui looked at Li Ruyi.

Li Ruyi smiled and said, "It's a storytelling teahouse." Then she pointed to the bookstore next to the teahouse, "This is a bookstore. There are storybooks and autobiographies of many famous people..."

Li Ankang took over Li Ruyi's words and said, "Our bookstore not only sells books, but you can also sit and read inside. It only costs 20 copper coins to enter."

Someone asked, "Twenty copper tubes a day?"

Li Ankang replied with a smile, "Of course, our store is open at the opening hours and closes at the closing time. During this period, you can always stay in. The store mainly sells scripts, many of which are news scripts from Jiangnan. I feel If you are interested, you can come into the store and have a look..."

Li Ruyi had already passed the nervous moment and continued, "The teahouse is now officially open. There is a menu in the store. The minimum purchase is two yuan. The lectures started at Sichu in the morning and ended at noon. The lectures started at Shenchu ​​in the afternoon and ended at Youzheng. Today's talk is about ghosts. Liaozhai…those who are interested can come in and take a seat now.”

After saying that, they went into the store to get busy. The storyteller was already sitting in the stand.

When there was a commotion outside, several people came in one after another.

It's not time yet, and the clerk in the store is responsible for ordering and cashiering.

Two yuan is not a small amount of money, and there are not many people at the moment. On the other hand, Li Ankang's bookstore is packed with people.

As soon as Sichu arrived, the storyteller picked up the gavel and slapped it. The whispers in the teahouse suddenly stopped, and everyone stretched their necks to look at the storyteller.

Talking about Liaozhai, there was a woman whose surname was Nie and whose name was Xiaoqian. She looked like a fairy. After her death, she was kidnapped by an evil demon who forced her to seduce a passing man to suck Yang energy for him...

Many of the stories in the storybooks are inseparable from love, which is something ordinary people long for but never have. This is also the charm of the storybooks.

I don't know whether it was the story that was good or the storyteller who told it well, or both. In short, after the morning session, there were more customers in the store in the afternoon, which gave the uneasy Li Ruyi more confidence.