Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After He Yuzhu left, Cai Quanwu began to clean the tavern, wiping all the tables, chairs and benches. After cleaning the lobby of the tavern, Cai Quanwu came to the house where He Laitou lived in the backyard. Cai Quanwu took out all the things that He Laotou had used, collected He Laotou's clothes and wrapped them in a sheet, then put all the things that He Laotou had used on a three-wheeled cart, and took it to the street to find a second-hand clothes collector and sold all the clothes and quilts left by He Laotou to him, making a total of 30 yuan.

After dealing with the relics left by Old Man He, Cai Quanwu went to the place where pickled vegetable jars were sold according to He Yuzhu's request, and prepared to buy a few pickled vegetable jars and large pickled vegetable jars. When he arrived at the ceramics shop, Cai Quanwu found that pickled vegetable jars were easy to buy. He just needed to buy a few of the ones in the backyard of the tavern before. A jar that held 500 kilograms of water was 15 yuan. Cai Quanwu was unsure about the pickled vegetable jars. The size of the pickled vegetable jars varied greatly, and he didn't know how big He Yuzhu wanted. He had to wait until he saw He Yuzhu again and asked He Yuzhu how big he needed before buying. In the end, Cai Quanwu came out of the ceramics shop empty-handed. Cai Quanwu found that although he could pull the pickled vegetable jar back by himself, he couldn't do it by himself when unloading it. Cai Quanwu decided to wait until He Yuzhu came tomorrow afternoon to buy it. At least if He Yuzhu was there, he wouldn't have to go to the street to ask for help when unloading the jar.

After Cai Quanwu came out of the ceramics shop, he came to the street office where the tavern was located. After entering the street office gate and walking to the door of the office, Cai Quanwu saw that the door of the office was open, so he knocked on the door of the office. Cai Quanwu saw that someone was looking at him, so he walked in.

"Comrade, what can I do for you?" A middle-aged man who looked to be in his 40s and wearing glasses looked at Cai Quanwu and asked.

"Boss, hello, my name is Cai Quanwu. I want to open a pub in Daqianmen, so I want to come here to ask what procedures are required?"

"I remember there's already a tavern in the Daqianmen area, where exactly is the store you want to open?"

"The location of the tavern I'm going to open is the tavern that Old Man He used to own."

"Is that the old man He who was frightened to death a few days ago because he was afraid of being paraded in the streets? Wasn't his tavern closed down? Who are you to him?"

"Yes, leader. It was the tavern owned by old man He who was scared to death by being paraded through the streets. I have nothing to do with him. After he died, my nephew bought the tavern from his son He Yongxiang. My nephew felt sorry for me working hard on the streets, so he rented the house to me and let me open a tavern."

"Your nephew is so nice to you. When did your nephew buy the tavern house?"

"It was the transfer procedure at our street office this afternoon."

"Wait a moment, I'll ask our director."

After saying that, the middle-aged man stood up and walked into the inner room to report to an old lady. After a while, the middle-aged man came back and said to Cai Quanwu.

"Comrade, I have already reported your question to our director. Our director said that the reason why we paraded old man He was just to educate him and make him realize his mistakes. We didn't expect that old man He was old and in poor health. We are deeply sorry for this. Since old man He is gone, we won't talk about the fact that the tavern sold diluted wine before. There is no problem with you reopening the tavern. As long as you abide by the law and operate with integrity, our street office will support you.

"Okay, boss, I understand. I promise you that I will operate with integrity in the future and will not sell even a drop of watered-down wine."

"You don't have to promise me. Just remember what you said. I will go to your tavern and buy some wine for you to taste. Xiao Li, come here and take this comrade to handle the formalities. By the way, what do you plan to name your tavern?"

"Then we welcome the leaders of the street office to inspect and guide our work. My tavern is called Daqianmen Tavern." Cai Quanwu said immediately.

"Then I would like to congratulate Mr. Cai in advance on his prosperous business."

"Thank you for your good words, leader. Please go ahead and do your work. I won't delay your work. I will go and handle the formalities with Comrade Li first."

Cai Quanwu then followed Xiao Li to go through the procedures for opening a tavern. When Cai Quanwu came out of the street office and looked at the tavern's business license in his hand, Cai Quanwu secretly encouraged himself in his heart that he must do a good job in the tavern business and not let his nephew He Yuzhu down.

Cai Quanwu returned to the tavern and saw Pianerye's small opera stall diagonally opposite the tavern entrance. After thinking for a moment, he did not go into the house and went to Pianerye's opera stall.

"Good luck to Pianerye,"

"Good luck to you, too. I saw you enter this tavern this morning. In the afternoon, I saw you take that tall young man with you a few days ago into the tavern. Not long after that, He Yongxiang came out of the tavern with you two. When you came back from outside, I saw you starting to clean the tavern. Could it be that the young man bought this tavern from He Yongxiang?"

"Nothing can be hidden from Pianye's eyes. Pianye, the young man you mentioned is my nephew. He bought the building of He Yongxiang's tavern."

"So what business does he plan to do after buying this tavern?"

"I will open a tavern again in the future, but it won't be him who will open it. I will. He rented the house to me. I hope you can take care of the tavern business in the future."

"Okay, okay. May I ask what's the name of your tavern? When will it open?"

"The name of my tavern is Daqianmen Tavern. It will take two days to open. I will deal with the wine left by Mr. He and open it when the new wine arrives. I heard that Pianerye was a frequent customer of the tavern. If it is convenient for you, could you tell me about the customers who used to drink in the tavern? I will buy you a drink on the opening day."

"Okay, since you think highly of me, Pian'erye, I'll tell you about the people who often drink in the tavern. Those who often drink in Old Man He's tavern are all nearby residents. As long as you run your business honestly in the future and don't learn from Old Man He, these people will come. But there are still a few people you need to pay attention to. The first one is Uncle Niu who lives nearby. Uncle Niu is a serious bannerman. He pays attention to the scene when drinking. To put it bluntly, he is a person who abides by the rules and wants face. He always drinks on credit in the tavern. But Uncle Niu never defaults on the wine money. He returns it in full when it is due without a penny difference. As long as Uncle Niu can often drink in your tavern, your tavern's business will not be bad. The other one is a primary school teacher nearby named Xu. We all call him Teacher Xu. Is he a scholar? He pays attention to elegance when drinking. You need to pay attention to these two people."

"I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Pianer. I hope you will come to my office when we open the business."

"Okay, I'll be there by then."

Cai Quanwu returned to the courtyard where he lived before, and saw that his neighbor Qiangzi had not returned yet, so he went to the landlord to tell him that he would not rent the house anymore and that he did not need to return the remaining rent, as a way of thanking the landlord for taking care of him over the years, and asked the landlord to tell Qiangzi to go to the tavern in Daqianmen to find him next time. After saying that, Cai Quanwu went back to his room, packed up his things, packed them up and put them on the tricycle, and left the courtyard where he had lived for many years.

Cai Quanwu returned to the tavern and put his things in the room where He Yongxiang lived before, then went to the lobby of the tavern, intending to dispose of the diluted wine left by old man He. In the end, he sold all the remaining 3 barrels of diluted wine in the store for a total of 40 yuan. Cai Quanwu did not expect to make so much money. Since he made so much money, he could not put it in his pocket, so he decided to record it in the account.

After dealing with the diluted wine left by Old Man He, Cai Quanwu went to a nearby carpenter's house and planned to order a sign. Cai Quanwu wrote the six words "Daqianmen Tavern" on a piece of paper and gave it to the carpenter, asking him to carve it according to the six words. In order to save money, Cai Quanwu asked the carpenter to follow him to take down the previous sign of the tavern and carve the words on the back of the original sign. The carpenter told Cai Quanwu that he could get it tomorrow afternoon. He carved the sign and painted it tonight, and it would be dry tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Cai Quanwu came to He Yuzhu's home in Qudeng Hutong as instructed by He Yuzhu, and pulled the eggs that He Yuzhu had left in the house to Majia Hutong. There were a total of 15 baskets with a total weight of 600 kilograms of eggs. Cai Quanwu made two trips to finish pulling the eggs. After pulling the eggs, Cai Quanwu returned to the tavern to continue tidying up the backyard.

He Yuzhu cleaned up the kitchen as usual and went to the office of canteen director Liu Dagui.

"Director Liu, does the boss have any treats tonight?"

"Xiao He, the boss is not entertaining tonight, so you can go back after you finish cleaning the kitchen."

"Okay then. I'll leave first and won't delay Director Liu's work."

He Yuzhu rode his bicycle out of the steel mill and headed straight for the tavern outside Zhengyang Gate. When he arrived at the tavern, He Yuzhu parked his bicycle at the gate and pushed the door open to enter the tavern. He saw Cai Quanwu standing at the counter flipping through the previous account book. Cai Quanwu put down the account book when he saw He Yuzhu enter.

"Zhu Zi, you're here. Take a look at how I cleaned it up. Is there anything that needs improvement?"

"Uncle, you cleaned it so cleanly that I didn't even need to look. It must be fine. How did you get the news about the opening of the tavern? What did the street office say?"

"I went to the street office to inquire yesterday. Originally, the street office just wanted to parade old man He through the streets to educate him, and they didn't intend to completely close down his tavern. It's just that old man He was too stubborn and angry to death. The street office said that since old man He is dead, the matter of the tavern is over. There is no problem with opening a new tavern. I applied for a new business license at the street office yesterday. Take a look."

He Yuzhu was very curious about the business license of this era. He took the business license handed over by Cai Quanwu and started to look at it. The business license of this era looked like a big award certificate. The content written on it was also from right to left and from top to bottom. Cai Quanwu's name and business content were written on the business license. After reading it, He Yuzhu handed the business license back to Cai Quanwu.

"Uncle, we have the business license. As long as we buy the imported wine, we can prepare to open our tavern. What are your plans? What snacks are you going to sell in this tavern?"

"There are only a few snacks in the taverns in Sijiu City, such as tripe, peanuts, and garlic sausage. Those with poor conditions will order two liang of wine and drink it standing aside. Those with better conditions will order a small dish of peanuts and drink it at the table. Those who are more particular will order a small dish of tripe or garlic sausage. I plan to buy the snacks outside. Oh, and there are also pickles, which are the ones we tried before, but I think there are not many pickles left. I don’t know if they can last until this winter.”

"Let's buy the peanuts, tripe, and garlic sausage from outside first. Once the tavern is open and stable, I'll take some time to study the recipe to see if we can make it ourselves. By the way, uncle, did you buy the pickle jar and pickle jar that I asked you to buy?"

"I haven't bought it yet. I was just about to tell you. Yesterday afternoon I went to a porcelain shop and saw the pickle jar in the backyard for 15 yuan. I didn't ask how big the jar was because I didn't know. The jar is a bit big. Even if I pulled it back by myself on a tricycle, I couldn't unload it. I thought we could go together when you came today. First, you can choose the jar yourself. Second, we can unload the jar together, so we can save the money for hauling the goods."

"Uncle, let's go now while we have nothing to do."

He Yuzhu followed Cai Quanwu to a ceramic shop. He Yuzhu looked at the kimchi jars in the shop and pointed at a kimchi jar that was more than one meter tall and asked.

"Boss, how much is this kimchi jar?"

"This jar you are looking at is 25 meters tall and costs yuan each. How many do you plan to buy?"