CH 55.1

In the afternoon, Zhang Fangyuan came back a little early. He went with an empty cart and when came back, he had already brought back a cart full of pork.

After lunch time in the tea shed, there were only two people resting their feet, so Xu He went to see how the pig Zhang Fangyuan bought this time when he was free.

"I have unloaded half of it. It's still early today, let's set up a small stall here and hang a few pieces of pork. If someone looks at it and wants to buy it, we can sell some."

Xu He saw that the pork this time was relatively thin. However, there were no big festivals or busy farming seasons these days, and the number of farmers in the countryside who would buy meat was not much. It mainly depended on the customers in the city, and the thinner meat was better sold to the people in the city. He felt that Zhang Fangyuan's suggestion was quite good, so he immediately helped him, he took out some palm leaves from the tea shed, rubbed it became a rope to hang the meat.

Zhang Fangyuan said: "This time I brought back half of the pig's blood, and left it in the tea shed to cook."

Xu He thought that this person would have made up his mind: "Okay."

Zhang Fangyuan went into the kitchen and looked at the big pot of tea that was still full in the morning was only a quarter full now, and there was only half of the big pot of bean curd left. He was a little thirsty, but instead of drinking the tea, he drank some bean curd water with a ladle.

"Is the business good at noon?"

"It's okay, the best thing to sell was tea and bean curd. Most of the people passing by were villagers, and the affordable ones are better."

Zhang Fangyuan nodded, and it was true that the villagers were reluctant to spend money: "Then tomorrow there will be another pot of bean curds for sale."

Xu He responded and said, "I'm going to make some minced meat later, we happen to have fresh pork and I will wrap it with Chaoshou, and tomorrow we will have chaoshou."

[Chaoshou is a local specialty snack in Sichuan and Chongqing, similar to wonton, but wonton skin is thick and often used as a staple food. Chao Shou is smaller than wonton and the skin is thin and slippery, therefore, chaoshou is more like a snack]

"Yes. "

Zhang Shiyue watched the young couple entered the tea shed, so she boiled another pot of water in the stove, brewed half a pot of tea, and also made a large pot of sugar water. People passing by were hungry, but they felt reluctant to spend money to buy food, some of them bought a pot of sweet water on their way, not because it tasted good, but because it felt so sweet that they felt full on their stomachs.

Naturally, this sweet water was more expensive than the tea.

Xu He fanned Zhang Fangyuan for a while, but under the banyan tree itself was actually cool.

When the sun was hot at noon, the plaster on the official road could be rolled up by the wheels of the carriage. Even if there was a little wind, they still felt that they would be cooked and scalded. The shade under the tree was different. The wind blew again and again, it was as cool as coming from a deep well.

Xu He took out a small abacus to calculate the money, and the money in his pocket from morning to now was less than two hundred copper coins.

Let’s count the money spent before and after opening the tea shed. It took more than 2,000 copper coins to hire people. The materials for the construction of the tea shed didn’t cost money. They were all the wood from the tree picked up in the mountain. Pots, pans, tables, chairs and benches cost another nearly 2000 copper coins.

There were all kinds of miscellaneous things in the front and back, and the total should be 5000 copper coins. Xu He took a deep breath, he spent a lot of money, but when he went to the city to check the price of the shop, and he knew that it would be a good deal to only spend 5000 copper coins until the opening.

If you wanted to open a business in the city, you had to double or triple this expense.

The money spent was less, and the pedestrian flow was not as good as in the city, and the daily turnover was not impressive. From this point of view, it was better to set up a stall in the city to sell stewed vegetables.

But he also knew that he couldn't just look in front of him now. After suffering the hardship of setting up a stall, he knew that the business on the other side was destined to not last long, and it would be best to accept more money only when the business was good.

Furthermore, he liked the feeling of guarding the tea shed now, having his own shop and not having to compete with the people in the city.

After Zhang Fangyuan calmed down, he said: "You can sell pork, I'm here only to doze off, so I might as well go to the fields to catch some fishes and shrimps."

Xu He accepted his small plan: "Be careful not to trample on the seedlings, it’s the month to grow the ear rice."

"I'll go to fourth uncle’s field. If I can catch many, we will serve it in our shop like Dominger's shop, there are many crucian carp dishes."

"If you want to eat, just say it, no need to say it for the shop.”

Zhang Fangyuan laughed and picked up a bucket, dragged Xiaohei who was still grazing, and went.

"Ayuan, you're so big but you're still so naughty. If you become a father in the future, you'll teach the child badly." Zhang Shiyue just entered the tea shed when she saw someone rushing outside.

Xu He was silent when he heard the words. He didn't know when he and Zhang Fangyuan would have children. If there were more than one child, it would be cute to put them in front of the tea shed if they could walk.

Zhang Shiyue seemed to have seen through his thoughts: "Don't worry, you and Ayuan haven’t been married for a year. Xiao'e’s father and I had been married for many years before we have a daughter. This child also depends on fate. It's rare for

fate"

Xu He rarely asked: "Then should I go to Guanyin Temple to pray? It's not far from here."

But Zhang Shiyue waved her hand: "Ayuan is such a strong young man, both of you are in good health, so there is no need to ask for it. If there is no news in two or three years, it will not be too late.”

"However, many people in the village used to say that I was thin and had a bad face. I was not good to give birth."

"Who talked nonsense like that?"