An Ziqi's ancient life

No matter how difficult Li's life is these days, and how he has a rift with An Lizhen, the shop of An Ziqi's family is finally ready.

An Ziqi specially asked Qin Yi to help with writing, and made it into a plaque.An Liji asked someone to count a good day, and their An Ji Xiang Cake was hung with firecrackers, red cloth was pulled, and the opening was bustling.

The shop of Anziqi's family is in the east of the town, and Weimeizhai is in the west, so naturally there will be no conflicts.

The onlookers were attracted by the sound of firecrackers, and they all came to watch the excitement.

The little book came out beaming, and Yuxue's cute little boy arched his hands and smiled, and said to the people watching, "Uncles, aunts, neighbors, today is the opening day of Anji, and today everything is half price. Don’t be disgusted. There are also pastries for free tasting, free of charge, welcome to taste.”

"Do you really want money?" someone asked.

"Of course." Xiao Shu greeted Xiao Huan. Xiao Huan was holding a big wooden plate, and there were indeed many delicate pastries on it, but they were smaller than the ones sold and looked more cute.

"Everyone can try one, and see if you like it or not. If you like it, you can buy it in the store. It's half price today." Xiao Shu pointed at these cute pastries.

When everyone saw such a cute pastry, they smelled a tempting sweetness in their mouths. They couldn't bear it any longer and reached out to take one.

"Mmm! It's so delicious, it's not greasy at all!" Someone said.

"Delicious, delicious! Is it true that you only charge half the price?"

"Of course!"

Those who had tasted it came into the store one after another, and some of those who had tasted it went to get a second piece, Xiaoshu also smiled and said nothing.

As soon as I entered the store, I smelled a very sweet smell, so Xiao Huan came in and introduced the pastries one by one.

Flower cakes, honey cakes, and fruit cakes all have different shapes and colors, all of which are cute and beautiful.Packed in a transparent glazed cabinet, it is so greedy that the saliva is left behind.

Some people want to buy it, but they are afraid that such a good pastry will be very expensive, so they are a little embarrassing.

Xiao Huan immediately raised her face and introduced, "Uncles and aunts, the prices of these pastries are different. Have you seen the small box containing the pastries? The price is written on it. What do you like? We will help you take out."

Everyone took a closer look, didn't they write the price?They range from a few hundred pennies to a few pennies.Roughly the most expensive in the middle, with decreasing prices on both sides.Some people are illiterate, and there are pictures drawn on it to ensure that everyone can see clearly.

"Besides, our store also accepts reservations. If you buy a lot, you can get a discount!" Xiao Huan said with a smile.

"Mom, I want to eat this little rabbit." A little girl pointed to a pastry in the shape of a rabbit.

The aunt saw that it was only ten pennies, and the child wanted to eat, so she gritted her teeth and agreed.

"I want that." Auntie pointed at the rabbit cake.

Xiao Huan quickly walked to the back of the cabinet, took out the pastry in front of her aunt, packed it in a small paper box, and handed it to the little girl, "Five cents."

When everyone heard it, they really only charged half the price, and they began to choose their favorite pastries to try.Fruits, vegetables, honey, savory, meat stuffing, all are given graphic descriptions to ensure that everyone can clearly see what the taste of the pastry is.

Soon, Xiaohuan became busy, and Xiaoshu came in to help.Aunt Zhang is responsible for looking at things and collecting money.

Some people bought pastries, looked at the side doors on both sides, and found that there were fruits, so they ran to buy half a catty, which was also half price.An Liji stood guard over the fruit shop, smiling from ear to ear.

An Ziqi and An Zimin stayed on the other side. Here were potted plants and some gadgets. There were many people looking at them, but few people buying them.An Ziqi didn't care, and just looked at the booming business nearby.

"Ziqi, our family won't lose money with half the price." Mrs. Zhao and An Ziqin came over with a child in their arms.

"Mother, don't worry, today's purpose is to let more people taste our pastries, it won't lose much if it's cheaper." An Ziqi said.

"That's good, that's good." An Ziqi's words reassured Zhao Shi.

"Ziqi, I found the person you asked me to look for." Qin Yi led a middle-aged man in.

"Did you just find it now?" An Ziqi looked at the person Qin Yi had found.

"This is Shopkeeper Qian. He has a very good reputation and manages the accounts well." Qin Yi said.After An Ziqi knew Qin Yi's property here, he asked him to help find a good shopkeeper. After all, they couldn't live here forever, and Aunt Zhang couldn't manage so much by herself, so An Ziqi decided to hire a shopkeeper. The shopkeeper is better.

Shopkeeper Qian came over to greet him, and the two discussed the salary and scope of work, and both parties were very satisfied.

"Little boss, I don't know if you have hired enough shop assistants." Shopkeeper Qian hesitated.

"I didn't find the shopkeeper before, so I didn't hire a buddy. Does shopkeeper Qian have any clever buddies to recommend?" An Ziqi asked.

"Little boss, my incompetent son is quite clever, and I used to have a few good guys under my command, so I know how to use him well." Shopkeeper Qian was a little embarrassed.

"I believe in the character of shopkeeper Qian. The person recommended must be excellent. From now on, I will leave the work in the shop to you. In a few days, we will train a few more little girls who make cakes. Then the hands will be loose. Fan."

"I've lived up to the high expectations of my little boss." Shopkeeper Qian laughed. After all, there is a boss who is easy to talk to and trusts. Everyone who works is also happy, isn't it?And the pay is not low.

Both sides are very satisfied.

An Ziqi's family temporarily lived in the town. The pastry shop sold half price on the first day, but soon the stock they had prepared was sold out, so Mrs. Zhao led the maids to rush to work, preparing to make another batch of goods.

"Business was really good on the first day." An Ziqin also sighed, using a carved mold to print out a beautiful flower-shaped pastry.An Ziqi helped to stamp the stamps on it.

"Today is the first day, of course the business is good." An Ziqi said, "And it's half price. After tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the number of people who will come to buy cakes is almost fixed."

"Yeah." An Ziqin nodded.

"Brother, our milk-flavored biscuits are also selling well!" An Zimin ran in with a blushing face.

"That's right, those biscuits were molded by our family, Zi Min." An Ziqi laughed.

"Of course, such a cute puppy." An Zimin was proud.

An Ziqi just laughed.Their home not only sells pastries, but also novelties such as biscuits.Of course, it was not unusual for An Ziqi.

"The milk Uncle Ma sent is not enough." An Zimin wrinkled his face.

"That's because you drank too much."

An Zimin's small face immediately collapsed. Since An Ziqi said that drinking milk makes it easier to grow taller, An Zimin has been drinking milk as water every day.The milk that the old horse brought was used to make cakes, so it was naturally not enough for An Zimin to drink.

"Why don't you drink some honey water." An Ziqi suggested to An Zimin.

"No more." An Zimin didn't want his brother to laugh at him!So he pestered Xiaoxi to see his younger siblings.

After helping in the kitchen for a while, An Ziqi was kicked out.

An Ziqi simply left his shop, and was very happy to see so many people entering their shop.

"Hahaha, Ziqi, I received a letter from Uncle Fu in the county seat." Tian Sheng rushed out from the incense shop next to him, gloating.Seeing An Ziqi outside, he quickly stopped.

Seeing Tian Sheng laughing so hard, An Ziqi waited for Tian Sheng to reveal the news.

"Why are you not curious?" Tian Sheng was a little frustrated when he saw that An Ziqi was still so calm.

"You'll tell me anyway, I'm not in a hurry." An Ziqi was there.

"Okay, let me tell you," Tian Shengyi clapped his hands, "The one who ran out of our shop got a prescription from someone who didn't know where some time ago, and then he was really arrogant during that time. The new whitening powder they sold The effect is particularly good, and it’s a little cheaper than ours, showing off at our shop every day! Guess what happened to them recently.” Tian Sheng sold it off.Thinking of the face of that shop some time ago, he was still very angry, but now, how beautiful it was at the beginning, it is now how embarrassing.

"Really?" An Ziqi looked uninterested.How can he not know the effect of the things he sent out?

"Ziqi," Tian Sheng seemed to think of something, "couldn't that be a little gift from you?" Tian Sheng's frightened expression made An Ziqi laugh.

"What do you think?" An Ziqi showed an inscrutable smile.

"No way! Some time ago I was so angry that I couldn't eat well! You didn't even tell me." Tian Sheng held his heart, as if you could treat me like this.

An Ziqi glared at Tian Sheng angrily, "What? Aren't you happy to help you?" An Ziqi thought they should have used that prescription a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to take so long.

"Of course, of course I'm happy! Good brother." Tian Sheng patted An Ziqi's shoulder, and suddenly remembered the way An Ziqi said the gift, is he still trembling now?You must not offend my brother-in-law!

"The wives and ladies who used their shop all had a lot of pimples on their faces. It was scary. Many people gathered around the shop to ask for explanation!" Tian Sheng was still in fear.

"Don't worry, it's just a small problem, and it will get better after a while."

"Okay." Tian Sheng felt fuzzy again, "That's it, the backstage of that shop is the county magistrate's No. 13 concubine, and she has also been tricked! She probably doesn't want to do it again. Help that family." Tian Sheng said.

"Thirteen concubines?" An Ziqi's eyes widened.

"Huh? Didn't I tell you?" Tian Sheng scratched his head, "The backstage of that shop is the No. 13 concubine who is very favored by the county magistrate. But this time, the pimples on the concubine's face gave the county magistrate I'm scared, I think I'm going to fall out of favor. The little concubine hates them too much, so why would she want to help them."

An Ziqi immediately imagined in his mind a fat guy with greasy hair and pink face, and then thirteen gorgeous women twisted their waists and circled around that guy, and immediately got goosebumps all over his body.

"Ziqi, what's the matter with you?" Tian Sheng asked when he saw that An Ziqi's expression was not right.

"No, it's fine. According to you, isn't that county magistrate a good bird?" An Ziqi thought of such messy things as seductiveness, beauty and beauty.

"The magistrate of that county is quite normal except for his exaggeration in terms of beauty. At least he won't delay the real big event because of women."

"Is that so..." An Ziqi was thoughtful.As a common man, An Ziqi was also unwilling to deal with those people, but sometimes he was so helpless, it wasn't that you would not deal with those people if you didn't want to.

"Ziqi, the things you sent won't leave any clues." Tian Sheng asked, frowning, not as happy as before.

"Don't worry, it's fine." An Ziqi replied absent-mindedly, that prescription will slowly disappear after seeing it for a long time, leaving nothing behind.And the people who were severely punished by him last time will gradually forget how they got that prescription.

"Then the faces of those ladies will heal themselves?"

"Well, after a while, you don't even need to take medicine, and it will be fine. The reputation of that shop is still gone, so don't worry."

"That's good, I really can't wait to see how they close the door and leave! No, Ziqi, I'm going back to the county." Tian Sheng hurried away again.

Seeing Tian Sheng's anxious look, An Ziqi was speechless.He'd better go to the shop to help.

An Ziqi didn't go to the bustling pastry shop, but went back to his gadgets, took out a piece of wood and started to carve.Soon, a lively little monkey appeared in An Ziqi's hands.

"I want to learn too!" Qin Yi ran over, just now An Ziqi ran to talk to the guy surnamed Tian, ​​and left him aside, which made him very unhappy.

"Well, you want to learn? I just use it to practice sword skills." An Ziqi glanced at Qin Yi.

"I want to practice too!" Qin Yi said firmly.

"Okay, here you are." An Ziqi took out a small carving knife and a piece of wood, and began to point Qin Yi to do it.

Qin Yi was clumsy at first, but soon let go of his hand, and he was able to handle the knife with ease.

"You're very talented." An Ziqi also boasted.

Qin Yi immediately laughed stupidly, seeing An Ziqi, he could only be speechless.

In the evening, when the shop was closed, Mrs. Zhao gathered everyone together to count the money.

"Ziqi, today we earned nearly five taels of silver a day! This is only half price." Mrs. Zhao was very happy.

"Mom, is the cost removed? There is also labor costs." There are money shopkeepers and three assistants in the family, so of course they have to be paid.

When mentioning this, Mrs. Zhao hesitated a little, "Ziqi, in fact, we can help finish the work in the shop by ourselves, please ask the shopkeeper..."

"Mother, when our shop expands in the future, we still need to invite the shopkeeper. Now that we invite them in advance, there will be no fuss. Father, do you think you are willing to let mother show her face in the shop?" An Ziqi asked An Liji.

"That's right!" An Liji shook his head, "Xiu Niang, just stay at home and watch Zixiu and Zirui."

"That's right, mother, and my sister! My sister can't go out either. The little girls have to serve you and my sister and make cakes. It's not good to go out all the time." An Zimin also said.

"That's it, okay, you two are more thoughtful." When mentioning An Ziqin, Mrs. Zhao immediately figured it out, "From then on, we will make cakes in the inner courtyard."

"That's right!" An Ziqi nodded.

"Ma'am, after deducting the labor and material costs, we also earned two taels of silver." Aunt Zhang quickly settled the bill, because the petals and fruits were all from her own house or from the mountain, and there was no cost. Profits are naturally high.

Mrs. Zhao was still very happy when she heard that, and distributed rewards to the servants at home, all of them squinted their eyes with joy.

At night, An Ziqi and Qin Yi slept in the same room as usual, and everyone in the family took no notice of it.

"Qin Yi, are you busy?" An Ziqi asked Qin Yi suddenly after covering up the quilt.

"Why are you asking this all of a sudden?" Qin Yi paused, and hugged An Ziqi as a pillow as he thought, and relaxed a little after smelling the scent on his body.

"I see that you have been out quite a lot in this short period of time. Are you going to meet your subordinates?"

After a while, Qin Yi gave a soft "hmm".

"Speaking of which, you've been away from home for such a long time, aren't you afraid that something will be missed?" An Ziqi picked up Qin Yi's hand and played with it. This hand was originally smooth, but under An Ziqi's torture , a lot rougher.

"There are some troublesome things that can be resolved." Qin Yi paused, "Ziqi, if I leave one day, if you have anything to do, you can go to the shopkeeper of Fenglin Restaurant and take this, he will I will do my best to help you." Qin Yi gave An Ziqi a jade pendant.

An Ziqi hesitated for a moment, but he still took it. Qin Yi is not a simple person, so he may need to use it someday.

Seeing that An Ziqi picked it up, Qin Yi raised the corner of his mouth, "Go to sleep, don't think so much."

"Um……"

……

On the second day, the pastry shop was open as usual.Sure enough, there were fewer people than yesterday, but those who came were from relatively wealthy families.These people have money, so they naturally like to eat delicate ones. Anji's pastries are very delicious, and they don't hesitate to spend a little money.

Seeing that there were still quite a lot of people in the shop, Mrs. Zhao was completely relieved, and began to concentrate on taking care of the children, and gave An Ziqin advice along the way.An Ziqin will be able to get engaged in two years, and Mrs. Zhao wants to teach her some things that need to be paid attention to as a wife and mother.

An Ziqi was very pleased with An Zimin and stopped taking care of the shop. An Liji felt that it was delaying their studies and drove them to write.

This time, it was Qin Yi who was pointing.

"Ziqi..." Qin Yi finally spoke, and couldn't stand it any longer, "Your handwriting still hasn't improved, so it won't work!" Qin Yi said bravely against An Ziqi's fierce gaze.

An Ziqi looked at the booklet in his hand, and was also very frustrated. The dog crawling characters are still dog crawling. After writing for so long, he still hasn't made any progress.

"Let me teach you stroke by stroke." Qin Yi walked behind An Ziqi, took An Ziqi's hand holding the brush, and squeezed An Ziqi's hand tightly, "It's like this... Take it easy, here To tick it back, yes, that’s it.”

An Ziqi was a little uncomfortable at first, as if Qin Yi was completely holding him in his arms, but after a while, An Ziqi focused on his handwriting.

While teaching, Qin Yi paid attention to An Ziqi's reaction.An Ziqi's ears were red at first, but he quickly adjusted, which made Qin Yi also frustrated.Why is his charm completely lost when it comes to An Ziqi?

An Ziqi didn't notice Qin Yi's careful thinking at all, and under Qin Yi's hands-on guidance, he finally wrote a few words that caught the eye.An Zimin was writing the words in his hands, but his eyes couldn't be controlled, and he glanced at his brother and Qin Yi's brother. Why did he always feel that his two brothers made him blush?Brother Mingming and Brother Qin are studying!He must be not paying attention!

……

Sun smugly took her precious daughter to go shopping, she and her daughter finally didn't have to stay in that country place, and she hated that old house very much.

An Zihui smiled and pulled her mother, she had a way, no, she finally got out of that muddy water.Seeing the beautifully dressed girls in the town, An Zihui also became envious.

"Mother, buy me new clothes. Look at this one on me. It's not new at all. Also, those ladies have a lot of rouge and powder. Mother, I don't have any good ones. "An Zihui said coquettishly.

Mrs. Sun touched the money in her sleeve and asked her husband-in-law, then looked at the ladies on the street, and said cruelly, "Let's go, let's go to Tianji Fragrance Shop to buy you the best rouge."

Hearing Tian Ji, An Zihui's eyes lit up, looking forward to it.

"Hey, since when did there be another pastry shop here?" When the two walked around the incense shop, Sun suddenly said.

"Isn't it just a pastry shop?" An Zihui felt that her mother was making a fuss, "Mom, let's go and see Rouge first!" An Zihui urged.

Mrs. Sun can't walk anymore. She is a foodie, otherwise she wouldn't be so fat. The smell from this pastry shop is delicious.

"My dear girl, are you hungry? Let's go buy some cakes first!" Mrs. Sun dragged An Zihui into the shop.An Zihui was reluctant at first, but she was still surprised when she walked into the shop, and she felt a little greedy.

Mrs. Sun couldn't wait to buy a few cakes under the introduction of the buddy, and couldn't wait to eat one, "It's delicious!" said Mrs. Sun.

An Zihui also took a sip, but her eyes narrowed. She remembered the taste of the pastry that An Ziqin served her in Sanfang.

I looked at the signboard of the shop - An Kee.

Is it a coincidence?An Zihui kept this matter in mind.