Chapter 184: Grateful
The village chief was rarely favored by Nuobao, and he chuckled twice in surprise, and hurriedly held the little guy steadily.
"Nuobao, how long has it been since the village chief held you? Are you too heavy again?" The village chief still couldn't forget this old joke.
In order to tease him, the little Nuobao also deliberately pouted and kicked his legs. The village chief saw it and immediately laughed so hard that his beard flew off. He coaxed him to weigh it a few times.
He is over 50 years old, and he has let go of everything in his life. The only thing he cares about now is that the village can be harmonious and that the little Nuobao can grow up happily.
The old and the young put their heads together and talked and laughed for a while.
The village chief also secretly made a wish to protect Nuobao and the Jiang family for the rest of his life...
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Soon, the number of guests who made reservations at Xianquanju exceeded 100.
After the Jiang family hung up the red ribbon and allowed the guests to officially move in, on the first day, 80% of the rooms were already occupied!
In the past two days, Feng asked Jiang Fengze to go out twice to see other hot springs in the city and set prices according to their examples.
From then on, Xianquanju was divided into long-term and short-term stays, and the prices were set in detail. The longer the stay, the more favorable the daily fee.
"If you only stay for one day, each superior room will cost 500 wen, and can accommodate up to three people in a family." Mrs. Feng stood at the door and patiently instructed Li Yin'er: "In the superior rooms, each person can bathe in the hot spring once a day, and we will also provide two meals a day."
"If you stay in the inferior room, it will cost 350 wen a day, and you can bathe in the hot spring and have two meals, but the food will be a little worse, but there will be at least three servings of meat and vegetables."
Li Yin'er listened and took notes, her oval face full of seriousness.
At present, Xianquanju has just opened, and everything is busy. Li Yin'er also took on the important task here, responsible for welcoming and seeing off people.
After instructing Yin'er, Mrs. Feng went to the hot spring again and arranged for men and women to bathe separately.
Although it had just opened, many guests flooded in at once, and most of them were short-term guests, all coming for the hot spring in the wall hole. Those
who could afford to spend money here were all wealthy families, so they were particularly particular. Feng carefully divided the time so that male and female guests would not meet in the hot spring and damage the reputation of female guests.
She divided the time for bathing in the hot spring into different periods. Before noon, it was only for female guests.
After lunch, in the evening, it was all male guests.
Women rarely go out on weekdays, so even if they come to the hot spring, it is not convenient to bathe at night.
So although male guests can use it for longer, the women have no complaints. They just feel that Xianquanju has made proper arrangements and are particularly relieved.
After a few days, the Jiang family had deposited nearly 100 taels of silver. Just looking at the heavy money box, the whole family was very happy.
And all the guests who stayed here praised it. When they left, they were reluctant to leave and promised to come back next time.
The Jiang family made money and also got a lot of attention.
Not to mention the surrounding areas of Yuncheng, the reputation of Xianquanju is now known even in the prefectural city.
For three consecutive days, there were guests coming from the prefectural city, three or two groups came to Xianquanju, and they were very satisfied.
As the number of guests increased, the Jiang family was naturally overwhelmed.
So Feng held a village meeting, asked for everyone's wishes, and hired four or five women in the village, including Gu Gu, Zhao Madam, and Bai Da Niang, to cook, sweep, and watch the female guests bathe.
Three other men were found to patrol the Xianquan Residence at night to give the guests peace of mind.
The villagers were very grateful for this job. In this way, they could have one or two taels of silver in their accounts every month, which was better than many farmers!
Especially Gu Gu and Bai Da Niang, one of them lost her husband, and the other lost her child. The family has been in a tight and difficult situation, and they still owe a lot of debts.
Now that the Jiang family is willing to assign them work, it gives them hope, and their lives suddenly have hope.
Widow Gu was so happy that she kept holding Feng's hand and said, "Ever since I knew your family was short of manpower, I wanted to come and work. Even though we don't have much contact, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. I didn't expect you to come to me first."
She was so excited that she stuttered, "I'll remember this favor. If your family has any problems in the future, let me know. I won't say I will go through fire and water for you, but I will do my best for you, no questions asked!"
Aunt Bai was blind in one eye, and she was so grateful that she burst into tears and wanted to kneel down to Feng.
"I'm an old woman who has lost my son and is almost dying. I didn't expect your family to give me food and use me to wash clothes and sweep the floor. I'm really... I..."
Feng was shocked and helped her up first, and patted Widow Gu's hand.
"We are all from the same village, so don't thank each other. You came to work for my family, which is a great help to my family. No one should say such polite words in the future!" Everyone
knew who helped whom in this matter.
Country people are clumsy in speaking, so they didn't say much, but they all remembered it in their hearts. If they can repay in the future, they will definitely do it!
Early in the morning, as soon as the sun peeked out and cast the first soft light, Widow Gu and her friends smiled and went to work at Xianquanju together.
The whole village was filled with vitality and joy. The village chief was deeply moved by it. He sat at the door smoking a dry pipe and grinning.
The family made money, and everyone benefited. No one was happier than Xiao Nuobao.
Seeing that everyone was busy, the little guy couldn't stay idle either. He jumped all day and ran to Xianquanju. After
a while, Xiao Nuobao became familiar with the guests, like a little mascot. Everyone wanted to hug him. The
little guy was sweet-mouthed. Sometimes he could just act cute and say a few nice words to make the short-term guests stay for another day or two.
But this cute and adorable thing can also cause trouble.
Just this morning, a noble lady came to recuperate. When she saw the little Nuobao with a horn braid on his head and a small vest, and his body was as soft as a white rabbit, she burst into tears and hugged Nuobao tightly!
"When I saw this child, I thought of my daughter who married far away. When she was young, she was as lovable as this child. I wonder if your family can adopt the child to me. I am willing to pay a thousand taels and love her like a daughter."
Feng was shocked when she saw this.
The hair on her body stood up, and she quickly refused.
But who knew that the lady missed her daughter too much, she cried and refused to let go. After a long struggle, Xiao Nuobao had to step on the lady's face with both feet and kicked hard with her butt!
Feng finally "recaptured" her daughter and hurriedly ran home with Xiao Nuobao in her arms.
When they got home, Xiao Nuobao, perhaps knowing that her mother was scared, quickly showed her teeth and tried to act cute to Feng, curling up in her arms like a caterpillar.
Feng held Nuobao tightly in her arms, shaking her head in fear: "That lady seems to be crazy, who cares about her one thousand taels! Even if the national treasury is moved here, you can't change my daughter!"
"It's a pity that mother saw it today. If mother was not here at that time, she would secretly take you away. Where can mother find you?"
Little Nuobao shook her little head hurriedly, wrapped her hands around Feng's waist, and smiled and refused to let go.
"Mother is not afraid, no one can take Nuobao away, Nuobao is mother's daughter!"
Although she said so, this incident still sounded a "wake-up call" for Feng.
She felt that Xianquanju was crowded with people, and Nuobao always followed them. It was inevitable that adults would not be able to take care of her sometimes. It seemed that she had to restrain the child appropriately and let her play more at home.
Feng suddenly remembered that the book Han Shang sent that day was still in the cellar, and it could be used.
After moving the book over, Feng said helplessly: "My dear, if you have nothing to do, why don't you learn a few words at home? It's better than running around with us adults."
Huh?
Learn to read? !
"No, mother, wuwu!"
The little Nuobao's face was full of resistance, and she shrank her neck and hid behind. As a result, she got anxious and her feet stumbled.
The little body tilted and fell headfirst into the book box!
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