The happy little days of crossing

Another six days later, the shop in the county town was completed, and Lin Baoer and Zhang Xiuer, who heard the news, drove a bullock cart to the county town.

"Xiu, the shop is finished. We will go to the county to settle the bills of the workers, and post the recruitment notice. Xiu, you said we invited those capable husbands from the village to come. Is it possible?"

Zhang Xiu'er thought for a while, "Well, it's possible, but how should we tell them? If the villagers know that you have a shop in the county town, Brother Bao, some people may not know what to think."

"Xiu, what you said is right, let's take a look." Lin Baoer also knew that sooner or later the villagers would know that he had a shop, but he felt that now was not the time.His family has recently renovated a new house, which has aroused discussion among the villagers. If the villagers know that he bought a shop in the county, some people may say something about him behind his back. What kind of thoughts are in his heart? .

"Hehe, but speaking of it, please feel at ease when asking the villagers. If you invite them to help with the work, you must have a good idea. By the way, Brother Bao, your house will be repaired in just a few days, right? "

"Yes, it has been repaired for fourteen days, and it will be finished in more than ten days. The six uncles work very hard. They come to repair the house very early every day, and they don't go home until dinner in the afternoon. Fortunately There isn’t much life in the fields recently, so we just need to collect the ingredients we planted, otherwise I’ll be very sorry.”

"That's right, the Chinese New Year is only [-] days away, everyone is wearing thick clothes, and there are many things to do during the Chinese New Year."

"Yeah, the wind is really cold." Lin Baoer tightened the cloak on her body, and continued: "When the Chinese New Year comes, I have to buy a carriage, so that it will be more convenient for us to travel to and from the county."

"Brother Bao, if you want to buy a carriage, you have to wait until the New Year's Eve. It's the New Year's Eve. There are a lot of things to buy and a lot of money to spend." Zhang Xiuer didn't feel the cold when she was driving the ox cart, but the wind It just stings a bit when the wind blows on his face, but fortunately, his skin is relatively rough after doing farm work all year round, so he is used to the wind.

Brother Lin Bao patted his forehead. Recently he was only busy with the things in the store and repairing his own house. He didn't expect that there would be more things to do during the Chinese New Year, and there would be more places to spend money. "Xiu, don't tell me, I forgot, it's almost Chinese New Year, can our food shop still recruit people?" Tsk, why didn't he think carefully, if he didn't recruit people, then his food shop Will it be a few months before it opens?

"Hehe, Brother Bao, it seems that you are thinking too much. Of course you can recruit them. Some people come out to look for work during the Chinese New Year, so that they can earn more money for the New Year, but they are all odd jobs. "Zhang Xiu'er will know this, that's because he took advantage of the time when the Chinese New Year is approaching to find a job. Generally, shops will have a holiday a few days before the Chinese New Year. Even if they have only done work for more than half a month, the shop owner will give a monthly salary.However, not everyone can find such a good thing, that is, because some shops and restaurants are busy during that time and need talents to recruit.

"Oh, so that's the case, then I'm relieved."

Lin Baoer and Zhang Xiuer drove a bullock cart to the back door of the shop in the county seat.

Lin Baoer got out of the bullock cart and knocked on the back door, "Knock knock... Uncle Da Zhuang, Xiu Ah and I are here."

When Lin Dazhuang heard the knock on the door, he opened the back door with a smile, "Brother Bao, Xiuer, you are here, the helpers are all waiting in my room."

"Okay, let's go and settle the bill for them." Lin Bao'er walked into the shop, waiting for Zhang Xiu'er who came in after parking the ox cart behind her.

After Lin Dazhuang closed the back door, the three of Lin Baoer went up to the second floor together.

Lin Dazhuang pushed open the door of his resting room on the second floor, and the eight people sitting inside immediately got up and greeted Lin Baoer and Zhang Xiuer.

After several people greeted each other, they entered the topic.

After the three of Lin Baoer sat down, Lin Baoer took out a money bag containing 2 pennies and 112 copper coins, and he said to the eight people opposite him, "You uncles have worked hard for you these past twelve days, and I will pay the bill today." Here to pay you. We agreed on 264 copper coins a day, and then I will give each of you an additional food allowance of two copper coins per day, that is 2112 copper coins per person, and [-] copper coins for eight people together.”

Lin Baoer handed the copper coin to the leader of the eight, "Hey, uncle, this is your salary, you can count it."

The leader smiled and took the money bag that Lin Baoer handed him, opened it for a look, and then put the money bag away. "Hehe, Brother Bao, we believe in your character, you will not cheat us, so we will not count."

"Hehe, okay, uncle, when our store opens, please come and support us when you have time."

"Okay, my brothers and I will come to join us." The leader said with a smile, and the other seven nodded in unison, indicating that they would come.

After the eight helpers received the money, they greeted Lin Baoer and left.

Lin Baoer asked Lin Dazhuang to take out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Lin Baoer bought for public accounts when he came to the county last time, and then asked Lin Dazhuang to take out the receipts for the materials purchased in the decoration shop, and he carefully wrote down all the expenses in the account book superior.

The shop decoration cost 2112 coppers for workers, 2898 coppers for wood and wall flour, 680 coppers for paint, 2420 coppers for table and chair modification, and 500 coppers for shop plaques, totaling 8610 coppers.

Lin Dazhuang saw that Lin Baoer was keeping accounts, so he took out 3 taels of 602 copper plates from his bag, "Brother Bao, this is the ten taels of silver you gave me. After I paid for the materials for decorating the shop, there is still money left." 3 taels 602 money."

Lin Baoer took the money that Lin Dazhuang handed him, and counted 264 copper coins to Lin Dazhuang, "Uncle Dazhuang, this is your salary for the past twelve days."

"Okay." Lin Dazhuang took the copper coin, took out a money bag from his pocket, and gave Zhang Xiuer the money left over from the money that Zhang Xiuer had given him for dinner these days.

Zhang Xiu'er took it over with a smile and put away the money bag.

After Lin Baoer recorded the money used for the renovation of the shop in the account book, he asked Lin Dazhuang to keep it, and when he returned to the village, he put the account book into the space.A total of 8 taels, 874 yuan was spent on this renovation, leaving 91 taels, 126 yuan in public expenses.

Lin Dazhuang took Lin Baoer and Zhang Xiuer to see the results of the shop renovation.

Lin Baoer looked around his shop, um, it was very good, he was very satisfied.The tables in the shop are all topped off with those swivel tops that he and the carpenter talked about, which are detachable.There is also a new layer of wooden boards on the stairs of the store. Lin Baoer on the second floor specially asked the three handy workers to paint the walls according to the patterns he drew, such as a few lines of poems, Q-version small figures, fish and birds Painting and coloring such as pictures, such a private room has a special charm.Other corners and corners of the store have also been treated very finely.

Lin Baoer on the first floor of the store is intended to be used as a fast food snack area, while the lobby and private room on the second floor are used as a restaurant area.The store's kitchen, Lin Baoer, was also specially separated by a curtain, and divided into two kitchens.Fortunately, the kitchen of the original store is very large, and it will not make people feel crowded if it is divided into two kitchens.

After the three of Lin Baoer visited the store, Lin Baoer wrote a recruitment notice and posted it.

"Brother Bao, our store is much more beautiful than other stores in the county. When we open our doors, we can attract many people just by this." Zhang Xiuer and the others returned to Lin Dazhuang on the second floor after visiting the store. Resting in the room, Zhang Xiuer poured everyone a glass of water, and he himself felt thirsty and drank the water in the glass.

"Yeah, we're going to decorate according to the blueprints you drew, Brother Bao. The elder brothers all said that they have never decorated such a special shop. Brother Bao, you are smart enough to draw such good drawings."

"Hehe, Uncle Da Zhuang, you praised him." Although his ideas are good, his painting skills are really not very good, it just belongs to the realm that people can understand, and it is not outstanding.

The three of Lin Baoer were chatting, when there was a knock on the back door, Lin Baoer opened the window and saw that someone was pulling a cart of bowls and chopsticks, and he knew it was his custom-made bowls and chopsticks that had been delivered.

"Xiuah, Uncle Dazhuang, the bowler is here, let's go down quickly."

"it is good."

The three of Lin Baoer went down to the second floor and opened the back door.

"This husband, big brother, and this little brother. I am Xiao Xu from Xuji Bowl Shop in the county seat. I remember you this little brother. It was my master Xu who asked me to deliver the goods."

"Okay, please give me the receipt, brother, and I will give you the rest of the money."

"Okay, I'll give it to you, brother." The visitor took out the receipt from his cuff and handed it to Lin Baoer.

Lin Baoer took the receipt, opened it and looked at it carefully, then folded the receipt and put it in her arms.Lin Baoer took out her purse, took out 1 tael 126 and handed it to the person, "Hehe, little brother, I will give you the money, plus the deposit of 126 tael last time, a total of [-] tael [-]. Cleared."

The person who came put the money into the money bag, put it in his arms, smiled and said to Lin Baoer and the three of them: "Please also check the bowls and chopsticks carefully, the damaged ones are found, so I can bring them back to the shop for you." Change."

"Okay, let's check it now. But please help us move the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen."

"Okay."

The four of Lin Baoer carefully moved a basket of bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen.Then, after the four of them checked the bowls and chopsticks carefully, they found nothing damaged, so they put the bowls and chopsticks into the cupboard.

"Hehe, brother, I'm sorry to trouble you, why don't you come in and have a meeting, and we'll pour you a glass of water." Lin Baoer greeted the visitor.

"No, I have to go back to the store, there is still something to do in the store."

"Okay then, little brother, go slowly."

After the visitor left, Lin Baoer closed the back door.

Lin Baoer discussed with Lin Dazhuang and asked him to stay here for another three days, waiting for applicants and buying oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.They went to find Lin Fu a few days ago, and Lin Fu checked the calendar, saying that three days will be a good day, and everything will be fine, so if they can't wait for the applicants to come in these two days, then they will go back to the village to invite the husband from the village.In two days, Zhang Xiu'er and Liu Lian'er will bring rice, flour and ingredients to the store in the county town to prepare the last matters before the store opens.

The three of Lin Baoer were chatting, and it was lunch time. After the three of them went to the food stall in the town to eat a bowl of noodles, Lin Baoer and Zhang Xiuer drove back to the village in a bullock cart.When the two passed through the town, they even invited a butcher to go back to the village with them.