readytorunbook Chapter 112 Buying a Shop
Chapter 112 Buying a Shop
◎Father Cheng wants to open a furniture shop. ◎
In the end, Gu Zeyu worked in the uncle's field for a day, and went to Cheng's house the next day, threshing the wheat with Brother Cheng.
After using the roller, it is very fast.
Three or four acres of wheat fields were completed in three days.
Right now, he was helping with bagging and was about to move to the house. Gu Zeyu was actively carrying the bag of wheat onto the cart.
Carrying one bag after another without getting tired.
Father Cheng didn't even get involved, and asked Gu Zeyu to move it.
Gu Zeyu chuckled: "I'm strong, let me do it, father, you just need to drive the ox cart."
Brother Cheng also watched from the side, feeling very proud of the man in his heart, and felt that the bag of dozens of catties of wheat was very easy for Brother Gu.
Liu Amu also felt that Gu Zeyu was there, which saved them a lot of effort.
After moving the wheat, the family had a meal together, and then Gu Zeyu and his wife went home.
During this period of time, they have been busy with the work in the field, and both of them were very tired, so they rested at home for a few days to recuperate.
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Soon it was the end of July, Gu Zeyu had a few days of relaxed and carefree days, and he went to practice horse riding with Brother Cheng a few times. Brother Cheng has a bit of talent, he learned to ride horses very quickly, and now he can control Walk the horse for a while.
Such as the path from home to the field.
Just a short ride away.
Most of the people in the village have already harvested the wheat. During this period of time, they are very busy and lively. The fragrance of wheat is wafting from the fields, and the villagers are willing to eat a few meals of hot big white steamed buns.
The children were also very happy. They raised their smiling faces and went to the field to pick up ears of wheat with a basket on their shoulders.
Gu Zeyu went to Cheng's house frequently these days, because at his suggestion, Father Cheng planned to open a furniture workshop in the town. After all, there was no market for the few things he made recently in the nearby villages.
Only when there are many people in demand in the town can it be sold at a good price.
Father Cheng has been perfecting the furniture in the past few days, such as a set of sofa-style furniture, desk cabinets, swivel tables and matching chairs, and a new style of dressing table.
He couldn't fit all these things in his workshop, and finally put some in the utility room.
Under Gu Zeyu's suggestion, Father Cheng didn't just paint the furniture with tung oil, but spent a lot of money to buy some lacquer and painted it in mahogany color, which would make it very eye-catching.
Gu Zeyu looked at it and thought it was good. He likes the sofa very much, but his main room is not very big. If this sofa is really placed on it, it may not match it. Otherwise, he would definitely buy it from Father Cheng and put it in it for him and him. Brother Orange's small home.
Aunt Cheng and Amu Liu were very surprised when they heard that they were going to open a shop in the town. I want to go to the town to do business.
Brother Cheng was also not at ease, but it was time to argue, and it was Gu Zeyu who repeatedly said several reasons before he persuaded Brother Cheng to come to him.
Gu Zeyu said solemnly: "Brother Cheng, I have thought carefully about asking your father to open a shop in the town."
He listed the reasons one by one, "First, Father's new furniture can only be sold in the town; second, you also know that this kind of land is only enough for food and clothing, and father and the others are getting older every year. They are one year old, and it will be too tiring for them to farm again in the future; third, opening a shop this time is just a trial, if it fails, it’s okay, I will take care of it.”
He hugged Brother Cheng's waist, leaned closer to him, looked directly into his eyes and said softly: "There's me, trust me, huh?"
Brother Cheng's face turned red, but he has confidence in this. Besides, the family sells food and earns a lot of money. It's okay if the shop in the town opens, and it won't pay much. If it really opens, it can make some money. , that is better than spending a lifetime planing in the soil.
He squeezed Gu Zeyu's big hand, nodded vigorously, and then when he went to Cheng's house that day, he also expressed his support for the decision to open the shop.
Father Cheng hesitated for a while, but seeing that his younger brother also agreed, he couldn't help agreeing. He is actually an enterprising man.
It's just that there has been no room for development.
This time, my spirits got better, and I said affirmatively: "Okay, then go to the town to open a shop, I am still in my prime, I am not old, I can still fight."
Seeing that the whole family agreed, Aunt Liu could still object. Although there are risks in opening a shop, there are also opportunities.
He looked at the furniture made by his man with all his energy, and felt that it was novel and useful, and he was confident that someone would like it.
He simply smiled and said, "Okay, I agree, then I won't say anything to spoil the fun, then let's go to the town to look at the shop tomorrow."
Gu Zeyu was startled. His mother-in-law was quite aggressive. Originally, Liu Amu was the most opposed in the family, and there were reasons for it. Everyone could not agree with him. Unexpectedly, after changing his mind, he was the first to propose to visit the shop.
He also agreed with Brother Cheng.
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The next day, the four of them got together early and took the carriage to the town.
I even went to a morning market and bought some fresh stuff from the stalls.
Gu Zeyu and Brother Cheng had a great time strolling, especially Brother Cheng, who hadn't been in town for a long time, was suffocated, and ran happily.
Gu Zeyu also spoiled him, followed him for a walk, bought a lot of gadgets, and even bought candied haws for him when he saw them.
Brother Cheng sternly refused, but his eyes had already betrayed him, he kept glancing at the red candied haws, and even swallowed.
Brother Cheng doesn’t come to the town very often. When he was young, his family was in a bad situation and he didn’t eat many good things, so every time he saw some gadgets and food sold in the town, he was very greedy. Candied haws was his favorite. of.
But Ah Mu thinks that candied haws are too sour, and would rather bring him a meat bun in the town than buy it for him, fearing that his teeth will be acidified if he is small.
But the more you can't eat it, the more you want to eat it, so Brother Cheng still has a deep obsession with candied haws until he grows up.
It's just that he's married now, and he's someone else's husband. Candied haws are eaten by children, so he doesn't dare to mention them, he wants to eat them.
After Gu Zeyu asked Father Cheng, he bought one for him, and stuffed it firmly into Brother Cheng's hand.
Brother Cheng still took it, held it in his hand, and whispered into his ear and asked, "Brother Gu, I'm not a child anymore, why do you still buy me candied haws?"
Gu Zeyu's reason was: "If others have it, you should have it too."
He was actually puzzled, it was quite hot at this time of year, and it was surprising that there were people selling candied haws, that is, the days were cloudy and the candied haws would not melt.
Then just eat it once.
When he saw brother Cheng's eyes sweeping over there, he knew he liked it, so he bought it for him.
Then I took Brother Cheng to buy some pastries.
At this time, they had already separated from Father Cheng.
Father Cheng probably couldn't stand the two of them getting bored, so he took Liu Amu and left, saying that he would go around the town first to see the customer flow of each store, and to see where the furniture shop opened.
Gu Zeyu took it easy, walked side by side with Brother Cheng, and finally bought summer cold food, popsicles to eat, there are popsicles in this era, after Gu Zeyu passed through, he realized that this era is different from ancient times, he has some products , there are also modern ones.
Like popsicles.
There are also sweet potatoes, potatoes, ginger, garlic, tomatoes and other crops, which are incomparable in ancient times. When these things were introduced to ancient China, it was quite late.
Gu Zeyu ordered a mung bean popsicle, and Brother Cheng ordered a red bean popsicle, which cost five cents apiece, whether it was expensive or cheap.
After all, in summer, popsicles are made of ice, and ice is expensive.
He was a little skeptical, had saltpeter really not been discovered by people of this era?So how are these popsicles made?
The ice in summer is usually watered and frozen in winter. It is not very clean after being stored for such a long time, but the popsicles are very clean, and red beans and mung beans are added, which must be made fresh.
Thinking of this, Gu Zeyu took Brother Cheng to the pharmacy excitedly, and asked if there was any saltpeter.
The old doctor almost wanted to beat him, so he came to the pharmacy instead of picking up the medicine with a list, but asked an unknown person.
Isn't this wasting his time?
However, he thought about the saltpeter thing carefully, and he still had a little impression.
He frowned, and then asked, "Young man, what do you want this thing for?"
Gu Zeyu was excited, there really is, "Doctor, I am useful, so don't ask, just sell me some."
The old doctor finally took it for him. After all, the saltpeter was like a rock, and it was of no use to him. It also occupied a grid of medicinal materials, so it was not worthwhile.
But I didn't charge too much, because the old doctor thought it was useless, so I sold half of it and gave it to him.
Gu Zeyu pushed forward, and asked the old doctor where he got the saltpeter.
The old doctor said that when the medicinal materials were imported, they were delivered by the medicinal materials dealer.
Gu Zeyu asked again who is the medicinal material dealer?Going to buy some more from him.
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The two walked out of the herbal medicine shop, seeing the man holding a small cloth bag, Brother Cheng was very puzzled, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Gu, what are you buying this for? The old doctor said it's useless , it is not a medicinal material, what is the use of it."
Gu Zeyu chuckled, and said mysteriously: "There are so many people here, I'll tell you when I get home, it's very useful."
Then the two went to find Father Cheng and Aunt Liu.
Father Cheng also took a fancy to a place, so he discussed it with Gu Zeyu and said that he wanted a bigger one, even if it wasn't in a busy area.
As long as the place is big and the rent is cheap, it will be done.
Gu Zeyu took a few people directly to find a middleman to look at the shop.
It seems that two or three, finally fell in love with the first shop.
Sitting north and facing south, there are dozens of square meters.
And the previous owner maintained it very well, and used to open a furniture store, so some of the decorations can be kept.
There's just one thing that makes Father Cheng more difficult.
This shop only sells, not rents, one-buy price, 100 taels, no counter-offering.
Father Cheng knew that the price was low enough.
It's just that their family really can't afford so much money, and he still has to save the money for decoration, recruiting apprentices, and buying wood.
Gu Zeyu saw Father Cheng's expression of embarrassment, and saw that the people in the middle kept saying that this was already a good deal. If the owner of the shop hadn't been in a hurry to move and live in another place, he wouldn't have sold his house so cheaply. long shop.
Although it has been losing money for a year due to poor management, it still has word of mouth and customers.
It is also his hard work.
The middleman persuaded again, "After passing this village, this shop will disappear."
Gu Zeyu took a deep breath, and said to the middleman: "This is what I want, and the payment can be settled today, so as to avoid long nights and dreams."
The author says:
The end of the term is approaching, and I am so anxious. I guess I will hurry up and write in the next few days. It is almost over. After writing about the watermelon harvest and fruit tree harvest, I will write about the Chinese New Year. The time will be great, and it will be a few years later.Then there's the sideshow.