Dressed as a blacksmith

As soon as he came out of the guest building, Qiao Yuan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart anymore, and he didn't care that it was still on the street, so he kept leaning into Yu Dameng's arms, and repeated in a low voice: "Get rich, get rich, We're rich!"

Seeing that he was happy, Yu Dameng smiled even more intensely, embraced him lightly, and nodded in response: "Yeah."

Money can't be exposed, Qiao Yuan was happy for a while, and hurriedly recovered his usual expression, and dragged Yu Dameng back to the iron shop.

When Father Yu saw the six big silver ingots at first glance, his mouth remained silent for a long time, "This...how did you get so much money at once?"

Qiao Yuan told Father Yu the ins and outs of the matter. After hearing this, Father Yu was a little worried. After all, the money has been collected and the delivery has not yet been made. "This... can it be done?"

"Father, trust me!" Qiao Yuan assured him that he was still very confident in his skills.

Afterwards, the three of them were not in the mood to continue working, so they closed the shop early and went home.

The sun has been pretty good these days, and the cobblestone road is finally able to pass people.

As soon as they returned to the old house, Brother Liu couldn't wait to ask: "Can the cobblestone road be walked?"

Qiao Yuan pinched his little face happily, "I'll take you there in a while."

The three of them told Lin Cuifen about the matter again, Lin Cuifen was no better than Father Yu, and his mind was still dizzy when he went to see the cobblestone road.

"Wow! This is so beautiful!" Brother Liu said happily, jumping on the cobblestone road.

Adults pay more attention to practicality, "It's so good, it won't get muddy in rainy days."

Qiao Yuan shelved the money and asked Yu Shanwen to call Zhao Gensheng and others. They were also anxious to see the results before.

Yu Shanwu suggested to Lin Cuifen, "Mom, let's make something like this at home too!"

Brother Liu also nodded in agreement.

In fact, the old house is paved with large flat stones, which can be dealt with even in rainy days.But the children like it, life is better now, don't worry about the little glutinous rice money, Lin Cuifen nodded, and when she has nothing to do during the day, she can just take the children to pick up stones.

Zhao Gensheng, Wu Erping, and others also walked on it to test it back and forth, saying that they wanted to shop one at home.After greeting them, the two went to Houhe Wangjiawan to order a wooden frame for flower buns, and they were busy again.

At night, Qiao Yuan started his favorite project again - counting money.

"Now the family has a total of 95 taels and six taels of silver." Qiao Yuanmei said: "This is not counting the profit of the iron shop in the past few days! Otherwise, our family would have a hundred taels of silver!"

Then he thought about where to put the money safely.

Yu Dameng made a move, "Bury it underground."

Qiao looked at the bare house from a distance, and it seemed that there was nothing safer than this...

So, in the middle of the night, the two dug a hole in their own room.Qiao Yuan only asked Yu Dameng to bury 70 taels of silver, and the rest was used for business turnover and daily expenses.

Afterwards, Yu Dameng wove straw sandals for Qiao Yuan under the light, and Qiao Yuan set up a small table on the bed to formulate his development plan.

It's not a problem to be in the catering business in an iron shop all the time. The first step is to rent a shop first.The shop's main focus is of course Huamo. It is similar to the business of Lai Kelou. You can earn a lot of money if you pick up two or three of them a year. Not a lot.But the shop can't just sit idle all year round and wait for these two or three deals. He plans to think about selling some snacks.

After the orders for the graters and paring knives are almost ready for the iron shop, we have to think carefully about how to operate it.

In terms of life, the family still has to dig a well, and then use blue bricks to build up the courtyard wall.

Yu Dameng saw that the candle light was a little dim, so he got up and picked out the wick.

Qiao Yuan just finished writing, raised his head and asked him with a smile, "Is it finished?"

Yu Dameng also smiled, "I've made a pair."

"Then I'll try." Qiao Yuan said before getting out of bed.

Yu Dameng stopped him, and knelt down to help him put on his shoes.

Qiao Yuan got out of bed and took two steps, even jumped, and said happily: "It fits right."

His cheerful and lively appearance was really attractive, Yu Dameng couldn't hold back, and slowly hugged him from behind, his big bear-like head rested on Qiao Yuan's shoulder socket.

Qiao Yuan knowingly asked, "What are you doing?"

......

On the second day, the two followed Fang Yazi to look at the shop.

The first one I looked at was in the back street of Yu's Iron Shop. The shop was quite spacious, but on the left was a chicken slaughterhouse. Qiao Yuan felt that the restaurant next to him was not hygienic.The second one was far away from the iron shop and the shop was small, so Qiao Yuan didn't like it.

When we arrived at the third house, there was a teahouse for listening to books on the left, and a wine shop on the right. It was only half a cup of tea away from Yu’s Iron Shop. It was a two-story building with a small courtyard and well. How much is the monthly rent?"

Fang Yazi knew that the customer had taken a fancy to him, so he couldn't help but said happily: "One price, five taels of silver."

The price is not cheap, but this shop is quite good in terms of area and location, and it is really worth the money.Qiao Yuan signed a three-year lease with Fang Yazi, one deposit and one payment, if the shop has not been sold after three years, Qiao Yuan can continue to renew the lease.

Qiao Yuan's goal is naturally to save enough money to take down the shop completely, so he asked: "Boy, how much money will it cost to buy this shop?"

Fang Yazi was overjoyed, he had recognized Yu Dameng and Qiao Yuan a long time ago, and knew that the pancakes that were popular in the county recently came from Qiao Yuan and that he had an iron shop at home.Buying this shop is only a matter of time, so I am more respectful, "If you go back to Yu Fulang, the current market needs about 200 taels, but in three to five years, it will be hard to say."

Qiao Yuan knew in his heart that Yunshui County has a large population and there is a Yunshui Lake Wharf, so the price of shops will naturally rise.According to his current earning speed, if everything goes smoothly, it will not be a problem to win this shop within a year.He smiled, took out half a penny and gave it to Fang Yazi, "Thank you, little man, for helping me to keep an eye on it all the time. After the matter is done, I will give you a gift of thanks."

Seeing Qiao Yuan's generosity, Fang Yazi promised unambiguously: "If someone wants to buy this shop, I will block it for a while, but I hope Yu Fulang will do it as soon as possible."

Qiao Yuan nodded in response, took the key, and sent Fang Yazi away.

He went around the shop again. There are four rooms on the second floor, two of which can be converted into private rooms, and the remaining two can be used for storage and occupancy.In addition to the front shop and the back kitchen, there are three other rooms on the first floor, where the shop assistants can live.

Qiao Yuan looked more and more happily, and excitedly said to Yu Dameng: "This is my dream! You don't know, I saved money for a long time in the original place, and finally bought such a big shop, I died , that shop didn’t know who got cheaper in the end!”

Yu Dameng frowned and stepped forward, covering his mouth, "Don't say you're dead."

Seeing him so nervous about himself, Qiao Yuan was even happier. He wrapped his arms around Yu Dameng's waist and said with a smile, "If it wasn't for... I wouldn't have met you!"

"I think life is good now, no, it's the best, I have you and our home." He added.

Yu Dameng felt even more pity in his heart, and he was reluctant to let go of Qiao Yuan in his arms.

After the shop was settled, it needed to be redecorated. Both Yu Dameng and Father Yu needed to be busy with work in the shop, so Qiao Yuan hired a few professional masons for money.

The first is the back kitchen. Qiao Yuan is going to demolish the wall of a wing room, open it up with the original back kitchen, and make the back kitchen more spacious.Then build a circle of consoles along the wall, and the space left under the consoles can be customized with several cabinets for storage in the future.Three more ovens will be built, and three more stoves will be added.

On the first floor of the front shop, Qiao Yuan plans to order a few shelves in the woodware store to display snacks. When selling them, it is like a modern bakery. You can take whichever you like into the tray by yourself, and then go to the counter to check out.Two private rooms are made on the second floor for guests to sit while choosing patterns.As for the pancake stand, Qiao Yuan planned to customize a small cart and put it at the door. When he recruited people, he would push it to sell near the pier, where more could be sold in a day.

He discussed these plans with his family, and Father Yu made a suggestion, "If the shop opens, it's better to buy someone to be safe, otherwise the prescription will be leaked."

Vegetable pancakes are fine. He grinds the cooking recipes into powder and puts them in. The pancakes will also be spread in the shop in advance, so the recruiters only need to know how to make pancakes.

But other things he will sell in the future will have this risk. In this era, buying someone is indeed the safest way.This is the social law of this era, and Qiao Yuan can't change it.After figuring it out, he incorporated the purchase into his development plan.

If he was the only one busy with the steamed buns ordered by Laikelou, he would be too busy at all. Qiao Yuan has conducted intensive training for the members of the Yu family in the past few days.

Except for Brother Liu, everyone needs to be able to knead individual flower buns that form layers of flower buns. After this basic but heavy workload task is relieved, Qiao Yuan only needs to concentrate on the more technically difficult flower buns when he arrives.

Both Lin Cuifen and Yu Shanwen are very dexterous with their hands, and the basic Huamo is not difficult at all. After Qiao Yuan taught it five or six times, he can make a seven-to-eighth portrait. It only takes more practice to fully master it. , improve the training speed.

Father Yu's situation is also good, although the progress is a little slow, but he is improving every time.When it comes to Yu Dameng and Yu Shanwu, it will be more disastrous. They are always different, and the progress is not as good as that of Brother Liu who is learning decently by the side!

However, the two of them were not discouraged, they failed over and over again, and tried again and again.What Yu Dameng thinks is that he can help Brother Yuan lighten his burden if he learns well, and what Yu Shanwu thinks about is the crossbow that Brother Yuan promised him.

Lin Cuifen also said: "Every autumn society, your eldest brother will have three days off, and he will come back with your brother Qiu, and arrange for them to help when the time comes."

Qiao Yuan nodded, and the family's hearts can only be crossed if they work together.