[Red House] Second Master Liangshang Lian

In a blink of an eye, it will be a month later.

Jinling in August is as hot as a stove, and a plate of live shrimp can be steamed under the sun.

Today is the opening day of Wangshui Pavilion, the door of the shop is full of flowers, and there are two shop assistants standing there with firecrackers in their hands, waiting for Jia Lian to speak.As the boss, Jia Lian specially wore a bright red brocade gown, which looked extraordinarily energetic.

As for why the shop is called Wangshui Pavilion, it is because after the shop was renovated, Jia Lian discovered that sitting on the window seat on the second floor, he could see the Qinhuai River not far away.

Seeing more and more people gathered at the door of the shop, Jia Lian tilted his head and gave Xing'er a word of advice. Xing'er got the order and ran away quickly, and soon returned to stand beside Jia Lian, then nodded to Jia Lian .

At this time, Jia Lian clapped his hands.The ear-exploding firecrackers sounded, and the lion dance performance also started.

Now it was lively, and more people gathered in front of the store, almost crowding the half of the street.

Xing'er was dumbfounded, and looked at Jia Lian with admiration: "You are amazing! That method of publicity is really useful. Most of these people must have seen your promotional posters."

Jia Lian smiled and said nothing.

This street is usually not very popular, and even if the firecrackers are set off for a day, not many people will come, so he started promoting it half a month ago.He made [-] concise promotional posters, with the appearance and address of Wangshui Pavilion, address, opening time and chess and card pictures on them, accompanied by extremely concise and clear text.Then he took the posters to the busiest and busiest places, selected [-] small roadside shops with the most prosperous business, gave the shop owner fifty cents, and then hung up the posters for half a month. If anyone asked, he had to help Publicity presentation.

As a result, more and more people know about Wangshui Pavilion, and most of them want to know what kind of shop Wangshui Pavilion is.

Jia Lian turned to face the gathered crowd, and said loudly, "Thank you for coming to join us! Today is the first day of Wangshui Pavilion's opening, and anyone who spends more than [-] copper coins in our store today will be free of tea and snacks! In addition to chess and go, there are many kinds of new games in this store. If you are interested, you may come in and have a look. I guarantee that there are many new games that you have never seen or even heard! In a word, the table Playing cards and playing horses, tea and snacks are so thoughtful!" As he spoke, he pointed to the two plaques on the left and right of the store entrance, with these words engraved on them.

Everyone stretched their necks to look into the store, all looking eager to try, but the little half stick of incense passed by, and no one entered the store.

This is to feel fresh, but dare not try it lightly.

And this result seemed to be within Jia Lian's expectation. He kept smiling and stood there calmly, as if he was very confident.

Just then, a young man stood up.

"Is there anything I haven't seen or heard of? I really have to open my eyes today!" The man waved the paper fan in his hand and strode into the Wangshui Pavilion.

Jia Lian said to the clerk at the door: "Don't be dazed, say hello to this young master!"

"You can get free tea and snacks if you spend a hundred yuan? If you have a big appetite, I can eat several servings! If I eat too much, you won't charge me?" Soon, another big fat man came from Stumbled out of the crowd.

Jia Lian laughed and said, "Of course not!"

When the fat man heard this, he immediately walked into the Wangshui Pavilion with a happy face.

Seeing that two people had already entered the store, and the fat man asked the question they wanted to ask, they rushed into the Wangshui Pavilion one after another.

There was one accountant and five clerks. Seeing that there were more and more people, Jia Lian sent Xing'er to help.

Wangshui Pavilion has two floors. Eight ordinary tables and chairs are placed on the first floor, and the second floor is full of private rooms.

Naturally, the consumption on the second floor is much higher than that on the first floor. Rich people go to the second floor one after another, while ordinary people stay on the first floor to find vacant seats.The man with the paper fan went to the second floor, while the fat man found an empty seat on the first floor and sat down.

At this time, the first floor was already full.

"The private rooms on the second floor are full!" Xing'er stood beside Jia Lian, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Let everyone in the private room come out first, I have something to say."

Xing'er responded and ran to the second floor. After a while, the fence on the second floor was full of people.

"Don't be impatient, everyone, let me talk about the rules of Wangshui Pavilion first." Seeing that everyone quieted down, he continued: "First of all, I want to declare that Wangshui Pavilion is not a gambling house, and neither is it allowed here. There will be gambling. If there is dissatisfaction, you can leave now."

As soon as Jia Lian finished speaking, two people left on the first floor.

"My Wangshui Pavilion is different from the general chess and card halls. The main game items of Wangshui Pavilion are board games. I know you will have questions. What is a board game? I saw this game in the local travel notes. I think it's very interesting, so I opened this Wangshuige. You can regard board games as a brand new board game. Board games are divided into many kinds of small games. Currently, Wangshuige's board games include werewolf killer and Monopoly, next I will explain to you how these two games are played.”

Jia Lian tried his best to use the most easy-to-understand words to explain the gameplay of Werewolf Killing and Monopoly. As expected, everyone present was dumbfounded.So Jia Lian patiently said it again, and now someone finally understood.

"What a novel way to play!"

"I've never heard of it."

Everyone's discussion was in full swing.

The theory is there, now you have to practice, just listen, that will never play.

Then, Jia Lian divided everyone into two groups, one group wanted to play Werewolf, and the other group wanted to play Monopoly.Perhaps because there is a word "kill" in Werewolf Killing, relatively more people play Monopoly.

As early as a few days ago, Jia Lian had already trained all the guys how to play Werewolf and Monopoly. After daily theoretical and practical training, although they played averagely, at least the rules of the game were very clear.

I thought that Wangshui Pavilion would boom in business within a month, but in just five days, Wangshui Pavilion became famous.People who have been here will bring friends to play again, and the business is better than Jia Lian expected.Originally scheduled to open at [-]:[-] am and close at [-]:[-] pm, it was changed to open at [-]:[-] am and close at [-]:[-] pm.There was an endless stream of people coming, people queuing at the entrance of Wangshui Pavilion filled half the street every day, and the business of the surrounding shops also improved. The happiest thing was shopkeeper Du, in order to thank Jia Lian for driving the whole street. In order to save money, he specially chose a pair of expensive paintings to give to Jia Lian.

In just two months, after excluding the cost, Jia Lian earned 80 taels.

Soon, he returned the 50 taels of silver to Mrs. Wang.

He still can't forget how dumbfounded Mrs. Wang was when he patted the money in front of Mrs. Wang.

Indeed, the sentence of slapping the money in front of her was a bit exaggerated, but he could clearly see Mrs. Wang's shock.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang was calm and didn't ask him too much about business matters.

Jia Lian also knew that if she didn't ask now, she thought that she would not tell her the truth, so she would definitely choose to ask behind her back.He did not forget that Mrs. Wang has always planted a spy by his side, although this Xu Tieniu has been used by him now.

Sure enough, as he expected, Xu Tieniu came to Wangshui Pavilion a few days later.

The innermost room of Wangshui Pavilion was set up by Jia Lian as his personal office. At this time, Xu Tieniu was rubbing his hands, with a flattering smile on his face, "Second Master, I have followed your instructions to tell my aunt Answering the call, she didn’t ask any more after hearing no useful news several times in a row, and she didn’t let me follow you again recently. But just now she suddenly sent someone to tell me to go to Rongguo Mansion tomorrow. I’m worried about my aunt It will be bad for you, as soon as this silent person leaves, I will put down my farm work and come to tell you."

Jia Lian ordered Xing'er to move a chair for Xu Tieniu and pour a cup of hot tea for him to sit down and talk.

After Xu Tieniu poured down a large cup of tea, Jia Lian said slowly, "I reckon I should be asking you about my recent business. As you can see, it has only been a few months since my Wangshui Pavilion opened. However, the business is quite prosperous, I am afraid that the second aunt is very concerned about the future of my Wangshui Pavilion, so you should answer well."

Although Xu Tieniu's mind was not bright, he was not so stupid that he couldn't understand the meaning of Jia Lian's words, "Second Master, just tell me, I will definitely say it well!"

Jia Lian nodded in satisfaction and said a few words.

After hearing this, Xu Tieniu said in surprise, "Second Master, are you sure you want me to say that? This... this..."

Jia Lian said calmly: "You just say that, don't think about anything else."

When Xu Tieniu was about to leave, Jia Lian gave him another copper plate, but Xu Tieniu didn't accept it right away this time, "Second Lord also gave me a lot last time, but I don't think I can help you much, even though I haven't read it. I have passed the book, but I have to face..."

Jia Lian stuffed the money into his hands and said seriously, "Why didn't you help me? Besides, you have been traveling back and forth between the city and the suburbs during this period, which also delayed the farm work, so you can accept the money with peace of mind."

These words moved Xue Tieniu to tears. He obviously approached Second Master Lian with an evil intention, but Second Master Lian not only did not blame him, but also gave him money, which made him feel even more guilty.

Holding the copper plate in his hand, he was about to kneel down immediately.

Xing'er on the side immediately supported her, and said with a smile: "Don't kneel down, as long as you finish what the second master told you."

Xu Tieniu nodded repeatedly.

noon the next day.

"I didn't ask you recently, and you didn't come here. I thought it was nothing serious, but recently I heard that Second Master Lian's business is doing well. Did he make a lot of money?" Zhou Rui's family pulled Xu Tieniu to the corner of the backyard, asked in a low voice.

Xu Tieniu also looked cautious, "I've been staring at it! But just yesterday, I discovered something!"

Zhou Rui's family showed doubts, but they were secretly happy. Xu Tieniu's words undoubtedly knew something, "Say it quickly!"