On my way home after lunch.
Ye Erniu followed Old Lady Ye, completely absorbed by the opera stage by the roadside.
They listened with rapt attention.
Seeing this, Sun said to Old Man Ye, "Dad, let's go, let them listen here, let's go home and play cards!"
Old Man Ye perked up at the idea, "That's great! Two people won't do, daughter, Xiao Su, you two come too!"
Su Yan smiled and agreed.
Ye Panjiu was also quite interested. "Let's make this clear first, I haven't fought one yet, so don't bully me."
Old Man Ye patted her back, "Don't worry, Dad will let you have your way!"
Ye Panjiu smiled, "Dad's so good~"
The eldest son's family loves to go shopping, so instead of going home, they all went for a stroll.
At the square table in the main room, the four people sat on opposite sides. Next to Ye Panjiu were Su Yan and Old Man Ye, and opposite them was Madam Sun.
Mrs. Sun dealt the cards skillfully, saying, "Let's play small games to have some fun. Playing big games is gambling, which is not good."
Old Man Ye originally wanted to smoke a pipe, but seeing so many people, he refrained from doing so, saying, "Alright."
Su Yan knows how to play the game.
In the first game, Ye Panjiu was still trying to understand the rules and lost to Sun.
Sun's face lit up with a smile as she collected the money in her hands. "Oh, little sister, your sister-in-law sees great potential in you!"
I was overjoyed! Eating at three different places was awesome!
Ye Panjiu smiled and said, "Now I understand, Second Sister-in-law, you'd better be careful."
Mrs. Sun casually brushed a stray hair behind her ear. "We're all family, it's okay if we lose."
She was quite dismissive of it; she was quite good at playing leaf cards, and her little sister was a complete novice, so she wasn't afraid at all.
Ye Panjiu smiled and arranged her cards.
In the second round, Ye Panjiu defeated Su Yan and the Sun family.
Su Yan pushed the money towards her, saying, "Congratulations! May you have good luck next year!"
Ye Panjiu smiled and glanced at him, "It's very fulfilling to win money from you."
Seeing Ye Panjiu reach out and take some of her money, Mrs. Sun said, "Sure, little sister, have some more."
In the third round, Su Yan and Ye Laotou drew, while Ye Panjiu and Sun Shi won.
Old Man Ye didn't take the money from Ye Panjiu; Ye Panjiu put it away herself, saying, "Leave it here, I'll win it back later."
In the next ten rounds, Ye Panjiu won big and Old Man Ye won small.
Su Yan was happy to see Ye Panjiu smile.
He lost because he was calculating his cards.
Sun's face grew increasingly serious. She rubbed her hands together. "This is really bad luck. I'm going to wash my hands and change my luck!"
She quickly went to the side to wash her hands, dried them, and sat back down. "It's done, there shouldn't be any problems!"
In the next round, she won by a small margin, defeating Su Yan.
"I knew it, hahaha!"
Ye Panjiu looked at her with a smile, "Second sister-in-law, won't you continue washing?"
Mrs. Sun shook her head. "No, no, no, this is my lucky time!"
Sun lost all three games in a row.
She couldn't sit still any longer, so she went to wash her hands again.
We'll still lose even if we come back.
After half an afternoon, Sun had only won a few rounds against Su Yan and Old Man Ye, except for the first round.
Ye Panjiu dominated the battlefield, defeating Su Yan and Sun Shi almost every time, except for not winning against Old Man Ye.
At this point, the two hundred coins that Sun had with him were completely lost.
Ye Panjiu tallied up her spoils, "Second sister-in-law, you're having a bad day."
Looking at the large string of copper coins in her hand, Mrs. Sun felt a sharp pang of heartache.
She moved closer to Ye Panjiu, "Little sister, look, it's almost New Year's, shouldn't we give our second sister-in-law a purse too?"
Ye Panjiu quickly pocketed the money, then slipped away, saying, "We'll talk about it tomorrow~"
As she watched her retreating figure, Madam Sun bit her handkerchief.
Today's leaf tiles must be cursed!
Su Yan followed closely behind Ye Panjiu and also slipped away quickly.
He had long legs and caught up with her in a few steps, taking a booklet out of his pocket. "Take a look."
Ye Panjiu took it; it had two large characters written on it—"ledger".
She opened it and found it was the account book of Jinxiu Pavilion.
"You submitted it so quickly, that's fast."
Su Yan shrugged. "I already said I wouldn't hold it against you, I don't know why you're still so terrified."
Ye Panjiu glanced at him, "Who in the court believes that?"
Su Yan laughed, "That has nothing to do with me."
Ye Panjiu had been corresponding with him for two months and knew that he really didn't care about these trivial matters.
He doesn't care much as long as you don't touch his sensitive spots.
The minefield is quite simple; it's just ordinary people.
She examined the ledgers carefully, her brow furrowing more and more as she looked at them.
"With such a large customer flow, Jinxiu Pavilion's daily profit is too low."
The prices at Jinxiu Pavilion are not as high as those at Zuixianlou, but they are definitely not cheap either. A signature dish, Linglong Peony Zha, costs fifty-six copper coins. It only requires a little fish and pork, and the main ingredient is the time spent by the kitchen to carefully prepare it.
This one dish alone can sell more than 30 servings every day, bringing in at least 168 coins.
Jinxiu Pavilion offers no fewer than thirty dishes, more than ten kinds of snacks, and even more profitable drinks.
The daily gross profit in the ledger was only a dozen or so taels of silver.
Ye Panjiu didn't look at the previous pages anymore, and went straight to the procurement section at the back. "Sure enough, Jinxiu Pavilion's procurement is quite lucrative."
An egg can now be bought for five coins.
Su Yan looked at her and said, "You seem to care a lot about running the business."
Ye Panjiu nodded, "Any thriving tree grows roots first, and so does business. You have to find and deal with problems in the details to withstand more risks. And if you do business well, your money can double."
Su Yan smiled. "Is that so? What do you plan to do with all this money?"
"Do whatever you want, live well, make changes, do good deeds, feel things, enjoy life, and so on," Ye Panjiu said casually.
Su Yan nodded. "That's right. I hope that all people in the world can live like this, without having to struggle to survive, and just live a good life."
Ye Panjiu put down the account book. "I hope that day will come. There are many places in the world besides Daliang. I hope that under the rule of Emperor Liang Qing and you and your civil and military officials, Daliang will become a powerful dynasty."
Utopia is rare, but that doesn't stop people from hoping for it.
Su Yan repeated the word, "powerful".
Ye Panjiu nodded, "It means that the people live in peace and prosperity, and have hope in their hearts. They are strong in both literature and martial arts, and their wealth is at its peak."
Su Yan paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, it will happen. If it doesn't happen next year, it will happen the year after. One day it will definitely happen."
Ye Panjiu said with a smile, "Aren't you curious about where the calligraphy I wrote for you came from?"
"I thought it was your own idea."
Ye Panjiu hurriedly waved her hand, "How could that be? I'm just an ordinary person, how could I possibly have such ambitions? The person who wrote this was also a good official who was wholeheartedly devoted to the people. He also has a widely circulated saying: 'Be the first to worry about the world's troubles and the last to enjoy its pleasures.'"
Su Yan read it aloud in a low voice, deeply shocked.
"I am not as good as this person."
Ye Panjiu pushed open her door, took out the framed calligraphy from her desk, and handed it to him.
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