Farmhouse strong man

After the shelves, stone mills and other things were moved back to the shop, they began to prepare some snacks such as biscuits and crispy rice that had been stored for a long time.

Tao Fu went to the town to buy a big oven and firecrackers and came back, but this time, Tao Fu told Yuan Liuzhen that they had less than a tael of silver.

After hearing this, Yuan Liuzhen still wrote with a brush on the thin wooden sticks with a brush, and told Tao Fu, "Don't worry, Fu, I've already thought about the opening event. When these snacks are sold out, they will be back soon." There is money."

Yuan Liuzhen thought about giving out wooden sticks to passers-by on the street on the opening day. One wooden stick is equivalent to a coupon, which can be worth a penny.They sold these snacks in the town before, except for the Lanyue Inn, they are the only one that sells these snacks, and they will launch new snacks every half a month. After half a year of operation, they can be regarded as a little famous in the town. Then distribute these coupons, I believe there will be many customers rushing to buy them.

In fact, during the period when they were selling snacks, many vendors imitated their snacks, but without exception, none of them were as delicious as Taofu's.

There are also people who are jealous that their business is too good and make trouble for them. Because of the Lanyue Inn, Shen Lanyue is always willing to help them solve these small troubles, which makes them sell snacks in Litang Town more smoothly.

Yuan Liuzhen has been writing wooden sticks since he had breakfast early in the morning, and his hands are still sore from writing. He is going to write wooden sticks for a day, and will distribute them at the door and on the street when it opens tomorrow.

Tao Fu took Uncle Man and Li Niang to work in the backyard for a day, while he wrote a day's note on the cash collection table left by the original shopkeeper in front of the bay.

Tao Fu helped him make these wooden sticks. There are wooden sticks made of ordinary wood, and wooden sticks made of bamboo slices. They are all finger-sized long sticks, which are easy to carry. He drew the logo of Tao Snacks on them. And Arabic numerals, so that the wooden sticks can be recycled so that they can be reused. The logo of Tao Snacks he designed is very simple. It looks like a Q version, it looks like a ruffian and greedy for fun.

When Tao Fu saw the wooden strip painted by Yuan Liuzhen, he only thought it was interesting, but he didn't realize that he was painted on the wooden strip, so Yuan Liuzhen naturally wouldn't tell Tao Fu specifically.

During dinner at night, Yuan Liuzhen stopped writing and his hands were sore all day. It happened that Tao Fu, Uncle Man, and Li Niang also prepared the snacks to be sold at the opening tomorrow.

The snacks they made used to be enough to catch three markets. If they could sell them all, they could earn ten taels of silver a day.

After eating, they went to bed early, and they were busy opening business tomorrow morning, so Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu didn't practice swords either.

Knowing that Yuan Liuzhen was pregnant, Tao Fu did not support Yuan Liuzhen's sword practice, but Yuan Liuzhen felt that there was nothing abnormal about her body, and practicing sword can also strengthen her body, which should be similar to prenatal education?

For this reason, Tao Fu went to the pharmacy in the town and asked the doctor specifically. The doctor told Tao Fu that he only needs to take the anti-fetal medicine on time after pregnancy, and everything else is the same as a man.

After Tao Fu found out, he was relieved that Yuan Liuzhen would practice sword with him.

Shuri Tao Snacks opened, and Uncle Man, Li Niang, and Xiao Man were busy putting the spicy strips, spicy slices, puffs, various types of bread, and biscuits that they made yesterday on the shelves one by one.

Yuan Liuzhen took out the plaque customized by Uncle Man, and drew a big logo on the left side of the word "Tao Xiaoshi". Spend.

When Yuan Liuzhen painted the villain, Tao Fu watched from the side. He thought it was very interesting, so he watched it for a while, but Yuan Liuzhen finished painting, and he didn't realize that the villain was painting him.

Yuan Liuzhen painted the logo and Tao Fu hung the plaque in front of the door together, then opened the door, and each of them took a firecracker and lit a string of firecrackers respectively. The sound of "cracking" sounded, and the two hurried into the room. Open room.

The sound of firecrackers attracted the attention of many people. Many people gathered here. Knowing that it was a new shop, some curious people came over to see what was on sale.Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu brought a bamboo cage full of wooden sticks to the door, and issued wooden sticks to the gathered people. While handing out wooden sticks, Yuan Liuzhen said to the people around: "Today, Tao Xiaoshi is open, and this is for distribution. Everyone's coupons can be redeemed for a penny, and anyone who enters the store to buy snacks can use this wooden stick to redeem a penny, no matter what you buy, you can go in and have a look."

Li Niang, who was busy arranging snacks, also went out to greet everyone to go in and buy snacks.Many people who have bought their snacks, have seen them, and know that they open a shop here and distribute wooden sticks that can be deducted for one penny, and hurried over.

Yuan Liuzhen said with a smile: "On the first day of opening the store, each person can get three wooden sticks, and only one wooden stick can be used at a time. Each wooden stick is worth one penny. Unused wooden sticks can be bought at any time to buy snacks for one penny." Money will do."

Yuan Liuzhen's loud propaganda caught the attention of Shen Lanyue who was just about to go out. He knew that Yuan Liuzhen bought the shop opposite Lanyue Inn before, and he also knew that Yuan Liuzhen's shop opened today.Hearing Yuan Liuzhen's voice, he went out and saw the plaque of the opposite shop. After seeing the villain on the plaque, he was instantly amazed. It was the first time he saw such an interesting pattern. The appearance of the villain was in contact with him. His paintings are painted in a very different way, which can be remembered at a glance.Looking at the three words "Tao Xiaoshi" written on the plaque, it corresponds to a naive villain, which can be remembered at a glance, and he has to sigh Yuan Liuzhen's mind and talent in business.

Shen Lanyue went directly to Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu who were distributing the wooden sticks, and greeted them, "Ah Fu, Zhenzhen, the opening is auspicious, congratulations!"

Seeing Shen Lanyue, Yuan Liuzhen walked over, handed three wooden sticks to Shen Lanyue and said, "Thank you Lanyue, it's opening today. If you have any snacks you want to buy, you can buy them in the shop."

Shen Lanyue took the wooden stick handed over by Yuan Liuzhen, saw the same villain and unknown symbols on the wooden stick and the plaque, and asked a little puzzled: "Zhenzhen, did you draw this?"

"Yes, I drew it." Yuan Liuzhen replied with a smile.

"This villain is very well drawn. It looks very special and can be remembered at a glance. What is the symbol under this villain? I really don't think I've seen it before."

Yuan Liuzhen explained with a smile, "It's the logo of this wooden strip, and it is more convenient to recycle and reuse."

"So that's the case. Then this wooden stick can be worth a penny. Isn't Zhenzhen afraid of losing money by distributing so many wooden sticks?" Shen Lanyue asked.

"Opening events don't happen every day." Yuan Liuzhen said with a smile.

Many people on the side heard that this activity does not happen every day, and they all invited people they knew to come and get the wooden sticks. Whether they bought it or not, they had to get it first. If they want to buy it in the future, they can get one penny at any time. It’s a good deal, five pennies The money will only be paid for four pennies when the time comes, so it's a good deal no matter how you think about it.Many people came to get the sticks. Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu saw many people coming to pick up the sticks with smiles on their faces.

Seeing that Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu were relatively busy, Shen Lanyue told Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu to come over in the evening, and congratulated them before leaving.

Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu stood at the door distributing wooden sticks to the people who were constantly gathering, and at the same time called passers-by to enter the shop to buy snacks.

Today happened to be a street market, and there were many people coming to the town. After they greeted a group of people, another group came. After they greeted a few groups of people away, Yuan Liuzhen told Tao Fu, and the two went to the street to distribute wood. Tao Fu is worried about Yuan Liuzhen, and always distributes wooden sticks not far from Yuan Liuzhen, and publicizes that they have opened a shop in the town called "Tao Xiaoshi". The shop like a villain is their new shop.

They also specialize in distributing wooden sticks on the streets where they often sell and where snacks were sold before.

Yuan Liuzhen wrote the wooden posts all day, almost more than 2000 wooden posts, and it took them two hours to distribute them.

After distributing the sticks, when the two returned to the shop, they found that the shop was completely surrounded and there was a long queue at the door of the shop. The two rushed in to help Uncle Man and Niang Li.

When they entered the shop, Uncle Man and Niang Li were already so busy that their faces were flushed, and Xiao Man was too busy to lift his head.

After the two entered, they relieved Uncle Man's pressure. One greeted the guests to buy snacks, and the other settled the bill for the guests.

Tao Fu was surprised that Yuan Liuzhen's distributing the wooden sticks would have such a great effect. Almost all the people who got the wooden sticks bought some snacks in the shop. Everyone was enthusiastic, as if they thought that such a good thing would not happen if they missed this opportunity. Yuan Liuzhen was not surprised to see these people queuing up to buy things. The people queuing up to check out are not at all surprised. Some stores in the 21st century have more exaggerated queues than they do now.

After Yuan Liuzhen entered the store, he was responsible for the settlement of the money. He still used Arabic numerals for statistics, and the settlement was much faster than that of Uncle Man.

Under his settlement, the number of people queuing up for settlement soon decreased a lot.

After distributing the sticks in the morning, people have been entering the shop to buy snacks. Not long after the sale in the afternoon, all the snacks they prepared were sold out. Some people with wooden sticks came to see that the snacks were sold out. It was a pity that Yuan Liuzhen hurriedly told them He said that he could bring the wooden stick to buy snacks at any time.Some people who didn't get the wooden sticks came to the store and found that the wooden sticks had been distributed. They were a little regretful. Yuan Liuzhen also told them that there would be discounts when there were festivals in the future.After they knew that there would be discounts in the future, they still regretted not being able to get the sticks this time, but they also knew about "Tao Xiaoshi", a shop that sells snacks.

They worked for a long time and sold out everything. Uncle Man and Li Niang couldn't believe it. Before they rushed to the market, there were not so many people at all. Today, there are so many people, they almost can't handle it.

Now that all the snacks are sold out, they still feel excited. Seeing Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen, they are even more excited and say that there are many people today, and it will be great if there are so many people in the future.

Yuan Liuzhen knew that this situation was due to the effect of the wooden strip coupon. In the future, if there are so many people like now, he must launch new products from time to time. He smiled and said to Uncle Man and Li Niang: "It will open today, naturally. There are more people coming, but we will continue to launch new products in the future, which will definitely attract many people. Uncle Man, Li Niang, and Xiao Man have worked hard today. Everyone, take a good rest. Wait until the evening, and we should prepare for tomorrow's Snacks."

"Okay." Uncle Man, Li Niang, and Xiao Man were all very happy. They hadn't reached the end of their excitement yet, and they didn't want to rest, so they told Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu to go for a walk in the town, and left after speaking.

Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu were the only ones left in the shop. While keeping accounts, Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu greeted the guests who came in and ran away.

While keeping accounts, Yuan Liuzhen said to Tao Fu: "Fu, I did the math. We made a net profit of 11 taels of silver today. There should be more people in the next few days, and there may be fewer people in the next few days. By the end of the month We should be able to save more than 100 or 200 taels of silver, let’s go back to the county at the end of the month.”

"Okay." Tao Fu responded, "Listen to you."

"This month we need to settle down. We can teach Uncle Man and Li Niang how to make snacks. Then when we leave the town, the shop can open normally. When we leave, we can hire a few people to help Uncle Man and Li Niang. Mother, let me help." Yuan Liuzhen's plan is to save money until the end of the month, during which time Tao Fu can teach Uncle Man and Li Niang how to make snacks, and by the way, they study a few profitable recipes for the future. Prepare.When they leave the town, Uncle Man and Li Niang can also open a shop to sell snacks as usual.

"Okay, then from tonight, I will teach Uncle Man and Niang Li how to make snacks. Uncle Man has been helping out for the past few months, and he should be able to make almost all the snacks for sale. I'll just keep an eye on them this month," Tao Fu said.

"En." Yuan Liuzhen responded, then held Tao Fu's hand and said, "Don't worry about going to the county, I'll take care of everything, so it's fine."

Tao Fu looked at Yuan Liuzhen's firm eyes and felt guilty.

In the evening, Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen sent Shen Lanyue who came to congratulate her, and cooked a meal. Uncle Man and Li Niang came back with Xiao Man, and brought them a lot of pastries, all of which were better sold in the town , although the taste may not be as good as Tao Fu's, but it also tastes special.

After they ate, they went to the back room where they made snacks together.

Tao Fu solemnly called Uncle Man and Li Niang to his side.

When Uncle Man and Li Niang saw Tao Fu talking to them so solemnly, some psychological prisoners muttered.

Tao Fu looked at Uncle Man and Niang Li and said, "Uncle Man, Niang Li, you have been selling snacks with me and Zhenzhen for a long time, and there are some recipes for snacks that you should know. Starting tonight, the recipes for these snacks should be Teach you completely."

Uncle Man and Li Niang were a little surprised when they heard Tao Fu's sudden words, and also a little panicked.

"Fu, what's the matter? Why is it so sudden?" Uncle Man asked worriedly.

Tao Fu explained: "It's nothing. Originally, the recipes for these snacks were intended to teach you. After a while, Zhenzhen and I will take a long trip, and the shop will still be open as usual."

Uncle Man and Li Niang breathed a sigh of relief when they heard what Tao Fu said. They thought something happened suddenly.

Yuan Liuzhen continued: "After Fu taught you how to make these snacks, we will go out and take care of the shop, so don't worry. After you learn it, it will be more convenient for you to do small business by yourself in the future."

"How could it be!" Uncle Man and Li Niang said at the same time, they knew that they were able to earn the money now because of Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu. Regarding the way of snacks, although Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu didn't care much, they knew the methods of these snacks Snacks are very precious, Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen taught them so bluntly, how could they sell snacks by themselves in the future for these snack recipes, and become a competition relationship with Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu.

Yuan Liuzhen smiled and said: "I'm talking about when did you think that you can use these snack recipes to make a living. If you want to open a shop with us all the time, Afu and I will naturally be very happy. Waiting for you to make snack recipes I have mastered it, and it will be convenient for us to go out or open a bigger shop or inn in the future. The income of the shop is stable, and besides the wage increase, there will be additional rewards."

From time to time, Yuan Liuzhen came up with some words that they didn't often see. Uncle Man, Yuan Liuzhen, and Li Niang were used to it, and Yuan Liuzhen would explain things that they didn't understand.Now the two of them were very excited when they heard what Yuan Liuzhen said. If they hadn't gone to the market with Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu, their horizons would not have been broadened, and they might have spent their entire lives farming and working for others.Although they are now working for Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu, the nature is different. Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu pay them a lot of wages, and they are not harsh on them. They help each other more, just like their own shops. Naturally, they want more Good development.Thinking of opening a bigger shop or even an inn in the future, they have more longings in their hearts, and they also want to keep running the business with Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu, because Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu never treat them badly, and send them There is a lot of money, and they are very content.

"We will earnestly learn how to make these snacks." Uncle Man and Li Niang said excitedly.

"Starting tonight, there is no rush for everything. I will make a lot of sauces that are difficult to prepare in advance." Tao Fu said to Uncle Man and Li Niang with a smile.

Afterwards, they started to get busy. The important steps of making snacks were watched by Tao Fu and taught Uncle Man and Li Niang to make them. They didn’t do well at first, but it would be better if they made them a few times, but Uncle Man was not good at making the sauce. Especially good at it, the prepared sauce is always lacking, Li Niang can be better, but it can't reach Tao Fu's level.

Because they had to teach Li Niang and Uncle Man how to make snacks, they were too busy to make the snacks to be sold tomorrow.

When Yuan Liuzhen taught Li Niang and Uncle Man how to make snacks in Tao Fu, she would teach Xiaoman how to read.

Day by day, Tao Fu taught Uncle Man and Niang Li how to make the snacks they sold. Uncle Man often helped out before, and most of the snacks were already known. After careful teaching, it was easy to learn how to cook. It is also faster to learn.After half a month, Uncle Man and Li Niang can make basic snacks, and the taste is almost the same as Tao Fu's. Tao Fu will prepare some sauces and sauces that cannot be prepared in advance.

The business of Amoy Snacks has gradually stabilized after a few days of opening with many people. There are more people on market days, and fewer people on non-market days. Uncle Man and Li Niang can also come here.Now when it is almost in the street market, I can make a net profit of nine taels of silver a day, but not in the street market, it is almost five taels of silver.

Yuan Liuzhen feels that this kind of income is much more than they go to the market, but the cost of making snacks is high, and it is not a necessity for everyone to eat. Now that Guotai Minan, selling snacks can indeed make money, but compared to snacks, the cost of selling meals is less. Well, making money is more than snacks, and opening an inn is even more profitable. See how you make money.Of course, selling wine will be very profitable, and you must have rich customers.

Yuan Liuzhen was stroking his bulging stomach while thinking. In the past half month, he could obviously feel that his belly was bulging a lot. He didn't expect that his stomach would almost change every day in the past half month, even though the robe he was wearing was thicker and looser. It's not easy to cover up. Several times Uncle Man and Li Niang asked him if he was fat, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to change the topic.Every time he changed the subject, Tao Fu seemed hesitant to speak, he could only sigh helplessly.

Today, half a month later, they plan to rest for two days tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, because the day after tomorrow is the day when Uncle Man and Niang Li are going to get married, and they will go back to Liyao Village together today.

Yuan Liuzhen discussed with Tao Fu that after Uncle Man and Li Niang got married, he would not come to the town, but stay in Liyao Village. His belly bulge is very obvious now, and he thinks that the further back, the more obvious the belly bulge will be , it is inconvenient for him to go out, it is best to stay in Liyao Village.

Tao Fu felt that they had some money now, so they could go to Yuan's family to propose marriage first, but Yuan Liuzhen disagreed. Yuan Liuzhen might be influenced by modern society, and felt that to get married, one must have a house and a career, so he didn't know about it in Tao Fu. He is the elder brother, and when he was pregnant, he went back to Yuan's house with Tao Fu to talk about their marriage. Instead, he bought a shop in Litang Town first, and then saved some money to go back to the county.It's the same in this era, it's more popular to be a family member. If Tao Fu has a shop in Litang Town, he is a good person, and he can make money with him. Their marriage is easier to talk about. It's easier for him to talk about it after leaving for such a long time .

Yuan Liuzhen naturally disagreed with what Tao Fu said that Uncle Man and Li Niang would go to the Yuan family to propose marriage after they got married. He thought about saving more money at the end of the month before going back, so Tao Fu had no choice but to agree.

What they agreed was that after Li Niang and Uncle Man got married, Uncle Man and Li Niang would look after the shop, Yuan Liuzhen would study various cooking methods in Liyao Village alone, and Tao Fu could come back to Liyao Village every few days to accompany Yuan Liuzhen.

Tao Fu disagreed with letting Yuan Liuzhen live alone in Liyao Village, but Yuan Liuzhen had already made such a decision, and Tao Fu had no choice but to wait for Yuan Liuzhen to stay in Liyao Village, and he would come back to accompany Yuan Liuzhen as often as possible.

The shop will be closed for two days. They have already written a notice in advance. In order to express their apology, they have also made a publicity in the past two days. After closing the shop, they will distribute wooden sticks as discount coupons on the first day of the shop opening. It is the same as last time. It is also a piece of wood that deducts one penny. Many people who did not receive the wooden stick last time are looking forward to knowing that they will be able to receive the wooden stick on the first day of the store two days later.

Before they returned to Liyao Village, they tidied up the things in the shop.

A few days ago, Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu went to the town to buy some gifts for Uncle Man and Li Niang while they were resting. Yuan Liuzhen specially chose earrings and bracelets for Li Niang. Fu Tao bought wine and tea for Uncle Man. .

Today, these things must be brought back together. Yuan Liuzhen will live in Liyao Village for half a month, so he also brought his usual pen, ink, paper and inkstone, sword, bow and arrow.

After packing up their things, they hired a carriage together and drove back to Liyao Village.

The horse-drawn carriage was much faster than the ox cart, and they returned to Liyao Village in just over an hour.

When we went back, it was still dark.

When Uncle Man said goodbye to Li Niang, he said to Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu: "I will get married to Li Niang in the future, and I just asked some acquaintances from Ligou Village and Liyao Village to come over for dinner. I discussed it with Li Niang. It's at Li Niang's house, and you'll have to come here early in the morning."

"No problem." Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu responded with a smile.Because Uncle Man and Niang Li are considered second marriages, they also felt that there were not too many ceremonies, and it would be better to keep everything simple, so they only called their familiar friends over.Uncle Man decided that Liyao Village would be the place for the wedding and dinner because of what happened to Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu in Ligou Village.There is a banquet in Ligou Village, and it is estimated that both of them will have grudges in their hearts.The banquet is held at Li Niang's house, so that Uncle Li doesn't have to go to Ligou Village over the mountains, which is more convenient.

After Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu said goodbye to Uncle Man and Li Niang, they returned to the yard where they hadn't moved in for half a month. The yard was still as it was when they left, just a simple cleaning would do.

The day after tomorrow, Li Niang and Uncle Man will get married, and tomorrow Tao Fu will go to help Li Niang with the ingredients for the dishes.

After returning today, Tao Fu still cooked Yuan Liuzhen's favorite meal.

Returning to the long-lost courtyard, Yuan Liuzhen still felt that the environment here was much better than that in the town, and it was not noisy at all. However, she couldn't make a lot of money here like in the town.

After eating, Yuan Liuzhen arranged the things she had brought back one by one, and then carefully wiped the iron sword that had not been used for a long time with a soft cloth. Tao Fu watched from the side while wiping the iron sword.

Seeing Tao Fu's pensive look, Yuan Liuzhen suddenly remembered that when Uncle Man talked about the origin of Tao Fuke's wife's reputation, he seemed to have mentioned that Tao Fu's father died in battle and the sword he used was brought back by Fan Dan, so he asked: "Ah Fu, did you have a sword before?"

Tao Fu looked up at Yuan Liuzhen, nodded and said, "Yes, there used to be a sword, and that saber was left by my father, but later my mother became seriously ill, and I was young, and my family owed a lot of money, so I gave it to you. Take the sword to the pawnshop."

When Tao Fu said this, he was very sad.

Yuan Liuzhen felt uncomfortable thinking about Tao Fu's past, "Now that we have money, we can redeem that sword."

"After I was able to earn money, I went to the pawnshop in the town to ask. The sword is no longer in that pawnshop, and I don't know where it is now." Tao Fu went to look for it later. He would go to the pawnshop to inquire whether in the town in the middle of the town or in a town farther away, but he couldn't find the sword that he had held for a long time when he was a child.

"Or, you use mine, anyway, I may not be able to use it in the future, and practicing swords is just a habit." Yuan Liuzhen sighed for a while, continuing to practice swords with his original memory, also to avoid unpredictable dangers, of course he did not He didn't want to give up his original ability of both civil and military skills, so he kept practicing swords.

"No, keep Zhenzhen's sword well, I'll just buy another one." Tao Fu originally planned to join the army after paying off the silver taels owed to the pharmacy, but after meeting Yuan Liuzhen, all his thoughts changed. If he wants to live a good life with Yuan Liuzhen, joining the army can only be kept in the bottom of his heart.

"That's fine, let's pick one together, and I'll pick one for you." Yuan Liuzhen knew that Tao Fu was going to buy a sword, and Yuanshen knew a little about swords, so he could help me take a look at it then.