Chapter 158 Your observation skills are terrifying
Today is the last day of their event, and there are many more guests than usual.
Now you don’t have to ask what to eat today, you can just order what you want.
Wen Chengwen wrote a letter to the old man in his family early in the morning as Wen Zhenyi had said. As for the sudden appearance of a young girl, he didn't even ask about it, but just talked about the child Wen Zhenyi had saved.
A Xiang took the letter and carried a simple bag, then headed towards Xinglin Village.
Wen Zhenyi didn't need to intervene in the kitchen in the morning, as Zhu Tao and the four aunts could handle it completely.
She simply sat next to Shen Hanxing, holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and sat next to him, asking him to teach her a few words when he was not busy.
Chen Hanxing was also happy to teach her: "This word is Mo."
In order to see more clearly, Wen Zhenyi moved closer to him. She could smell the faint scent of ink on him. The smell was not unpleasant, and she even felt a little addicted to it.
Shen Hanxing felt that she was getting closer to him, and there was a faint fragrance on her body, like the fragrance of orchids.
"Han Xing, three bowls of beef rice with big pieces of meat, two bowls of sweet soy milk and fried dough sticks, and five vegetarian hand-pulled pancakes." Ma Yinghe shouted over here.
Shen Hanxing retracted his wandering thoughts and quickly replied, “Okay.”
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the words he wrote, then took a brush and carefully wrote the ink words on the paper beside her. Afraid that she would not be able to remember them, she wrote them several times to enhance her memory.
After Shen Hanxing finished recording the accounts, he tilted his head and looked at what Wen Zhenyi had written: "Well written."
Wen Zhenyi smiled sweetly: "Continue."
Chen Hanxing took the time to teach her some more characters.
Wen Zhenyi learned a lot of words and memorized them all in his mind. Seeing that it was getting late, he took a few children out to buy ingredients.
The owner of the beef stall reserved some beef for them today and will deliver it to the store later.
The vendors at the market stalls all greeted her with a smile: "Miss Wen, what would you like to buy today?"
"Let me take a look first."
"Sister Wen, look, the shop here seems to have been repaired." Hu Zi pulled her hand.
Wen Zhenyi looked in the direction he mentioned, and saw only the house that was going to be turned into a market. The door was open today, and it seemed that the inside was almost finished. "Let's go in and take a look."
"Can I go?"
"Of course." Then he pulled the children into the gate.
Cheng Lesheng was assigned by his father to inspect the progress of the market construction today. He planned to go to Wen Zhenyi's shop for a meal after the inspection, but he didn't expect to see her walking in with a few children.
"Why are you here?"
Wen Zhenyi hadn't expected to run into him here: "I saw the door was open, so I wanted to come and see how the market was being built."
"Then you've come at the right time. Please help me take a look."
"Master Cheng, isn't this your job?"
"This idea was not yours, so how would I know how to do it?" Cheng Lesheng directly passed the blame.
Wen Zhenyi rolled his eyes: "You should study hard too."
"You teach, and I listen."
Wen Zhenyi didn't bother to pay attention to him. He looked at the entire store, which was connected. There were four rows of long tables inside, all of the same height.
The materials used are all blue bricks, which are very strong and durable. The top is paved with bluestone slabs, which looks clean and tidy.
The distance between rows is enough for two people to walk side by side. The craftsman also drew lines on these tables to distinguish the stalls based on Wen Zhenyi's drawings.
There are numbers written in the middle of the stalls so that it is not easy to get confused. The area where the backyard used to be has been completely built with walls, and there are rows of cabinets in front.
Every few meters, there is a partition to separate them, just like independent small shops, but they are simple shops.
If I had to describe it, it's more like a shopping shelf in a supermarket, except the people selling the goods are different.
At the very back, there are some inclined blue brick and stone troughs. This is the area for aquatic products. In order to prevent it from being flooded, the craftsmen also opened floor drains on the ground.
Water can flow out from here, not only in the aquatic area, but also in other places, which makes cleaning easier.
Cheng Lesheng followed her, fanning himself. "How is it? Is there anything you want to change?"
Wen Zhenyi took a careful look and found that various divisions had been constructed during the construction of this place, and a poultry area was also set up in the yard behind the aquatic area.
This will make it less likely to dirty the room and easier to clean.
"No, but if there are regular vendors selling chickens and ducks, they can provide a service to help kill chickens and ducks, charge some fees, and increase some income."
"That's a good idea, but I don't know if it's fixed yet."
Wen Zhenyi saw that everything here was finished. All that was left was cleaning. After that, they could open the market. "Master Cheng, are you planning to rent out your market stall or sell it?"
Cheng Lesheng was stunned by the question. It seemed like he had never considered this question before: "What do you think is appropriate?"
"Isn't this your family's property? Why are you asking about me?"
"Don't I want to hear your opinion?"
"Think for yourself."
Cheng Lesheng thought for a moment: "I'm considering the annual rent. The price of meat will be higher than that of vegetables, and the location of the stalls is also different."
After hearing what he said, Wen Zhen was somewhat convinced that this guy didn't seem like a playboy. He was just too lazy to think. "That's good. So, how much is the annual rent for a stall, Master Cheng?"
"Your family is the only meat seller in this town. The beef and mutton stalls are rented on a permanent basis, 15 taels a year. Vegetables probably don't have long-term rentals, so they're three fen a day. Poultry is ten fen a day, and seafood is five fen a day."
Wen Zhenyi thought it was reasonable. After all, meat was relatively expensive, while vegetables, poultry, and seafood were relatively cheap. "It's reasonable."
"Don't you think the meat stalls are expensive?"
"No, the price is very reasonable. Isn't meat always expensive? And if you hire someone to clean, the meat and seafood areas will be the hardest to clean."
"That's great. I was worried you might think the price was too high."
"It's not expensive, and you provide ice here. Coming in here is like entering an ice house. It's no better than basking in the sun outside."
"How do you know?"
"You have tanks set up in some places here. I think these tanks are not used to raise fish and shrimp, but to store ice."
"Tsk tsk tsk, your observation skills are terrifying."
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