After a welcoming dinner, Chen Laowu really kept his word and brought two people to see Xianjin early the next morning.

Yiyuan was the inner residence of the Chen family, so Xianjin arranged the meeting place at the Jixi workshop. He arrived at the shop at exactly 70 o'clock in the morning, took a thorough look inside and out, walked around, and had a rough idea in his mind - the area of ​​the house was about 70 square meters, the area of ​​the workshop was about 150 square meters, and there was a backyard that was estimated to be around 120 square meters.

This was the specialty of my nouveau riche father in my previous life, and the data was almost identical to the data measured with a ruler.

Xianjin buried his head and calculated the approximate expenses in his mind. He took into account the waterproofing of the tiles with enamel, the new wooden beams, the blue brick floors, and the paper storage room that was "made of pure bricks and porcelain, not wood". The cost of repairing one square meter could be controlled at about one tael of silver to one tael and three cents of silver. A 220-square-meter room could basically be covered with three hundred taels of silver, which was for the hard decoration. There were also the hardware of the papermaking workshop, such as the baking cage, the paper drying room, and the paper copying room.

The expenses for the backyard mainly focus on dredging water channels and rebuilding the fermentation pool and sheds for stacking materials. This is part of ancient industrial construction. Even if your father from your previous life were here, he might not be able to come up with a plan immediately.

Xianjin stood in the front shop with his hands on his hips, extended his index finger and poked the half-person-high counter.

This counter, just like Chen Laowu's life, is precarious, shaky and uneasy. He sighed silently, as there was still a sum of money that had not been calculated - the furniture.

Xianjin scratched his head and asked Manager Dong, "Madam, don't you often come to the workshop to inspect?"

Manager Dong was holding a small notebook in his hand, recording the uses of each place. When he heard Xianjin's question, he said, "Since the middle of last autumn, when the master passed away, the old lady has rarely left the house. The mulberry paper workshop and the lantern workshop are close, so she has been there a few times. But here and Jing County..." Manager Dong shook his head, "Basically she doesn't go there."

Xianjin pursed his lips: It took more than a year for the land to become so rotten!

Manager Dong understood Xianjin's expression and smiled, "Before that, when the old lady came over, Qu Da Mao took her for a stroll in the front yard. After strolling for less than a moment, he took her to the nearby Longchuan River to find a fishing boat to eat freshwater fish. Then he brought his young grandson over and called her 'old ancestor' all the time, making the old lady very happy..."

How to say it?

The state stipulates a retirement age, which is not only to protect social animals, but also to protect the workplace ecology... When people get older, they will inevitably spend more time on personal relationships and connections in the workplace. Of course, not all, but there will definitely be some people who will become self-willed, perfunctory, and empirical as they grow older.

Old Madam Qu is a good example. The courage she had when she was young gradually dulled with the passage of time, and her aspirations also changed accordingly. Thirty years ago, the happiness that Old Madam Qu felt from earning three hundred taels of silver must have been much better than having distant relatives calling her "ancestor" from afar.

......

At 3:45 in the morning, Chen Laowu brought someone to the shop. He called himself Fourth Brother Hai. He was short and thin. After walking around the Jixi workshop, he said "tsk" with a worried look, touched his chin and turned to look at Chen Laowu, "...Your shop is not easy to run. The place is large and remote. Just transporting the raw materials is a big expense, not to mention the hard things that Manager He mentioned, such as the baking cage, paper drying workshop, and water diversion ditch..."

Master Chen Wu smiled and offered a cup of tea. "There's a lot of work and a lot of money. The back rooms of the government office are all done by Brother Hai Si. This is not a lot of work."

Fourth Brother Hai looked down and glanced at Xianjin, "It's just your Chen family, changing households, I won't do such a loss-making business!"

Xianjin squinted his eyes and smiled, as if he was seeing the reappearance of his biological father from his previous life.

As for the rhetoric of decoration, there are thousands of different words from thousands of people, but the final conclusion is "I don't make any money by doing this for you! I'll charge you the cost price, as long as I don't lose money!", or "I'll do it for you at a low price this time, you have to remember me next time you have a job!".

These people doing decoration are not businessmen at all, they are doing charity work. It is an unprofitable business, but they are doing it for free.

As a result, three to five years later, he bought quite a few Land Rover cars.

Xianjin just smiled but didn't take the initiative to talk.

Seeing that Xianjin ignored him, Fourth Brother Hai turned around and talked to Xianjin face to face, "Manager He, you are a girl, uncle will not lie to you, your job is really for the sake of Fifth Master, I came to see you - I currently have three stores and two houses to do..."

Xianjin nodded and said with a smile, "Then please give me a price."

Fourth Brother Hai rolled his eyes and glanced at Chen Laowu, "...Nine hundred taels of silver. Three hundred taels for the contract, three hundred taels for the delivery of raw materials, and the remaining three hundred taels will be paid after the completion of the work."

Xianjin smiled and asked Chen Laowu, "Uncle Wu, do you think this price is too high?"

Master Chen Wu leaned back slightly, smiling kindly under his gray beard, "We are all businessmen. We can't just focus on money when doing business, we also have to focus on quality. Brother Hai Si has been doing business in Xuancheng for so many years, and I have never heard of him destroying his reputation. You can rest assured about this."

Xianjin smiled and said, "Okay, let's sign it."

Those who are in the construction business usually bring the contract with them when they visit.

Xianjin didn't even read the contents of the contract. He used a soft brush to quickly sign his name. When he was about to close the contract, he thought for a moment and pushed the contract to Master Chen Wu with a smile, "...Since you are the guarantor, please sign it too!"

Master Chen Wu and Brother Hai Si looked at each other, lifted his sleeves and picked up the soft brush, smiled and tapped the air three times, "... I just finished teaching you how to do business, and now you want to teach me as well!"

It sounds like they are very familiar with each other, at least they are a good master and disciple who have taught each other hand-in-hand!

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