Traveling through the ancient times

After hearing this, Nian Dali felt relieved, but he still reminded his daughter carefully to be careful when she was outside.

In the evening, with the help of Nianchuhua and Hua Ling, Mrs. Luo cooked a large table of dishes. The coachman Li Ping and Hua Ling also sat at the table, and the family had a lively meal together.

After two days of leisure at home, Chushuhua had an idea about the bamboos in the bamboo forest in her backyard. Bamboo sticks are indispensable for barbecue and skewers. These bamboos are so tall, thick and straight, aren't they the perfect material for making bamboo sticks?

At the beginning of the year, Hua called Liping to cut some bamboos, shaved the branches clean, and dragged them back to the yard.

Luo was surprised when she saw it, "Hua'er, what are you going to do with this bamboo?"

"Mom, I want to make it into thin bamboo sticks." Nianchuhua roughly gestured to her mother the shape of the bamboo sticks she wanted.

Liping has already started sawing bamboos according to the requirements drawn at the beginning of the year. Luo also came over with a knife to help. Farmers make their own fences and bamboo baskets at home. Luo is also good at splitting bamboo.

Soon a stone slab was filled with bamboo sticks. The next step was to shave off the burrs on the sticks to avoid them pricking people when using them.

Nian Chuhua and Hua Ling Niannian also took a small knife to sharpen it together. When Nian Dali came back from the town, he saw his wife and children gathered around the stone slabs in the yard to shave bamboo sticks.

"What are you doing?" Nian Dali walked over and picked up a shaved bamboo stick, observing the movements of Nian Chuhua and the others' hands.

"This will be of great use to me." Nianchuhua said mysteriously to her father.

After shaving everything off, Chushunihua went to the kitchen, boiled a large pot of water, put the bamboo sticks in the pot and boiled them for about ten minutes, then took them out and placed them on a winnowing basket in the yard to dry.

It was already dark when we finished the work. After a simple dinner, we went back to our rooms to rest.

In the following days, a lot of bamboo sticks were made. At the beginning of the year, the largest section of the bamboo was made into bamboo tubes shaped like cups, which could be used to hold drinks.

These are all locally available materials, so you don’t have to spend money to buy them.

On this day, Nianchuhua was busy when the spy in the sound transmission building brought a message that there was news about the shop that Nianchuhua had asked them to help inquire about.

When Chuanhua went to Chuanyin Building to ask someone to help her check Liping at the beginning of the year, she also asked them to keep an eye out for any larger shops for sale in Qunan City, preferably ones with two or three floors like teahouses and restaurants.

The barbecue grill drawing drawn by Lu Mingcheng was also asked for by Chushulhua, and she also drew the drawing of a pot for cooking hot pot at home.

I found an old blacksmith shop in Qunan City before, told the old blacksmith about it, and asked him to help me make it. It's been so long since I came back, and I don't know if he has finished it.

At the beginning of the year, I made a careful calculation and thought that the bamboo sticks and bamboo tubes I had made were almost ready, so I called my parents and younger brother to the house to discuss going to Qunan.

"Dad and Mom, I mentioned to you before about going to Qunan. Now Niannian is eight years old and has a certain foundation in school. I think it's almost time for her to go. What are your plans?" Nian Chuhua directly expressed her thoughts.

Finally, after discussing it together, Nian Dali and Luo had no objection to the family going to Qunan, and Nian Nian naturally did not object either, so the decision was made.

But I can't just leave whenever I want. I drew so many bamboo sticks and bamboo tubes at the beginning of the year, and there are still so many things at home that need to be packed and sorted.

After discussion, Nian Dali and his friends packed up their things at home, and then Nian Dali and his friends asked someone to drive over to pick them up.

Nian Chuhua only had one carriage, which was filled with things, with only seats left at the door for two people. Jiang Ruixue said that she would stay at home for a few more days and would not go with her, so Nian Chuhua took Hua Ling back to Qunan.

Because he was worried, he did not delay on the way and arrived in Qunan three days later.

After moving all the things he had brought into the house, Nian Chuhua went straight to the Chuan Yin Building without taking any time to rest.

The manager of Chuanyin Building took Nianchuhua to the shop they had inquired about. The shop was at the intersection of Yangliu Street, connecting two main streets. The location was better, so the prices were a bit higher.

I went in to take a look at the painting at the beginning of the year and was generally satisfied. It was a two-story building with a suitable area, so I finally sold it to you for 1,500 taels.

After seeing off the seller and the owner of Chuanyinglou, Chuanchuhua took a closer look around the shop. This shop used to be a restaurant and was decorated quite well.

Now she wants to turn this into a hot pot restaurant. The tables and chairs are already there, but the tables still need to be improved.

There is a large yard at the back, and the kitchen is quite spacious. We can build an external staircase directly from the backyard to the second floor, so that we don’t have to run around inside when serving food.

At the beginning of the year, Hua took out the paper and pen he brought with him and wrote down the areas that needed improvement. The next step was to find a craftsman to do the renovation. He also had an approximate number of pots and tables that needed to be customized.

After finishing the detailed record, it was completely dark. When Chushulhua returned home, Huaduo had already prepared food and was waiting for the young lady to come home.

After eating and washing up, I lay in bed, thinking about what I would do tomorrow, finding a craftsman, arranging the decoration, and if there was early time, I would go to the blacksmith shop.

There are also suppliers of hot pot base, vegetables and meat, waiters, shopkeepers and cooks. There are so many things to do!

Take a good rest and get ready to enter battle mode!

The next day, after having breakfast, Chushouhua went out early, found a craftsman and went to the shop to explain the decoration matters to him one by one.

At the beginning of the year, she planned to use the tables from the previous restaurant. She hired someone to move all the tables to the open space in the backyard and invited an old carpenter to modify the tables according to her size. After some modifications, she finally achieved what she had expected at the beginning of the year.

After measuring the dimensions, he rushed to the blacksmith shop without stopping. The old blacksmith had already made the things on the drawing at the beginning of the year. He thought the little girl was just joking and didn't want it because he didn't go to get it for such a long time.

At the beginning of the year, I carefully checked the thickness of the grill, the iron pot and the charcoal bottom, and they were all very solid.

Chushunihua took out a piece of paper with the dimensions of the tables written on it and handed it to the old blacksmith, asking him to make twenty sets according to the dimensions on the drawing, and also made five barbecue grills according to the previous ones. After paying the deposit, she took the few things she had made before and went home. She wanted to go back and test them out.

The major items are already in the process of being made. I bought a lot of seasonings these few days and tried to make hot pot base at home.

There were only three girls at home and they were too busy to take care of everything, so Chu Nianhua went to a pawnshop and bought two maids. She also hired a couple who used to run a small restaurant. She had eaten the food they cooked and it tasted very good.

There are more and more people in the family. Her parents and brother haven't come yet, and the house is already a little too full. At the beginning of the year, Hua bought a two-story courtyard on the next street for her family to live in. Now this small courtyard is used as a staff dormitory.

When keeping accounts at night, Chushuhua saw that his bulging wallet was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, which made him feel a little painful. But then he thought, this is an investment. When the hot pot restaurant opens, won’t it make money back? Thinking this way, he felt better!

Everything is in full swing of preparation...