Chapter 82: Opening a shop starts with renovating the shop (2)
After listening to Baoya's clear and logical explanation, Yun Chenglu, Yunhua and Yunyue who were sitting next to her were all surprised.
"Why do I feel that Baoya seems to be particularly experienced?" Yun Chenglu frowned and thought.
Yunyue also nodded: "I also think what she said is very true!"
However, Baoya has never opened a shop.
But for some reason, as long as it was related to food, she would have all kinds of thoughts popping up in her mind.
Maybe it's because I ate the oka grass fruit that I really became smarter?
Baoya shook her little head and thought so.
She had already discussed with the lead craftsman how to renovate the shop.
Because the craftsmen still had to work, Zhao Zhilan took them all outside.
All the old tables, chairs and benches in the shop had to be moved out and vacated first. Looking at the pile of wooden tables and benches at the door, Zhao Zhilan's frugal spirit came back.
Although these tables, chairs and benches are very old, they are made of good wood after all. Zhu Qi definitely doesn't want them, so it would be a pity to just throw them away.
So I thought about it and decided to just take it home and chop it up for firewood.
Zhu Qi stayed with them for a while, and only when the craftsmen started working did he say hello to Zhao Zhilan and the others and return the favor.
Zhao Zhilan and the four children sat on a donkey cart under the old locust tree. Wang Cailian stood beside them, watching the craftsmen busy at work. He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang went for a walk, buying some new bowls, chopsticks, pots and pans and so on.
Zhao Zhilan took the opportunity to ask Wang Cailian: "What do you think? It's just such a small place."
"There's only room for four or five tables in the room, and it's in a remote location, so there aren't many people passing through the alley."
Wang Cailian naturally saw it as well, and all her previous thoughts of making a lot of money disappeared immediately. It was really difficult to survive in such a small place.
If it were really left to their eldest wife to do, she really had no confidence that they could do it well.
"Mom," she tugged at her sleeve and smiled at Zhao Zhilan, "I'm greedy. I really can't run this shop. Besides, my cooking isn't as delicious as my third brother's wife's."
Zhao Zhilan glanced at her and said, "It's good that you know! Are you giving up this time?"
Wang Cailian nodded vigorously: "Give up!"
"What if Chunxiu and the others succeed in building their shop? Aren't you jealous?"
Wang Cailian: “…”
She was jealous for sure, but she wouldn't say anything. After all, she knew that this process would not be easy, and she gave up on her own initiative. No matter what, she accepted it.
"I'm jealous, but I accept it," she said. "Besides, it was Baoya who wanted to open the shop, so it wouldn't be good for me to take it away."
"Hey," Zhao Zhilan curled her lips and reached out to touch her forehead. "What's wrong? Did you eat too much this morning? You've actually managed to think straight. It's really not easy!"
"Haha..." Wang Cailian's face turned red due to Zhao Zhilan's teasing, and she laughed twice.
Baoya was playing cat's tuck with Yunhua and Yunyue, but her ears were listening to what her grandmother and aunt were saying.
She played for a while, but couldn't help but interrupt.
"Grandma, aunt, I have an idea."
"What ideas do you have?" Zhao Zhilan smiled, reached out and hugged her, and sat her between herself and Wang Cailian.
"Well, I think once the store opens, everyone will have something to do and there will be more money at home."
"Yes, we will be able to build a new house by then, and grandma will send you guys to school." Zhao Zhilan said.
Baoya shook her head: "No, by then our family will definitely be able to make much more money."
She didn't know what to say, so she sucked her little finger and said, "That's right, it's more money than what I spent on building a new house or sending my child to a private school. So, wouldn't everyone be able to save money that way?"
Wang Cailian had been confused by her.
Zhao Zhilan understood. Now the family earns more than 40 taels of silver a month, and the money from selling tofu will definitely be more than that after opening a shop in the future.
The family didn't have much money before, so all the money had to be kept with her and saved up to be enough to build a new house and send the children to school.
What if after doing all these things, there is still a lot of money left?
Her eyes lit up, and she pinched the little hair on Baoya's head: "Baoya, what do you think? Tell grandma and your aunt about it."
Baoya tilted her head and looked at her: "I think if my parents and I were to open the shop, we could keep half of the money and give the other half to grandma to save."
"But the tofu has to be made by my eldest or second aunt's family. They can also do this: every month, they keep half of the money that Bean Brother gives them and give the other half to our nanny."
Now that they have been cooperating for a long time, the Yun family is not so short of money, so they will pay the money from selling tofu on a monthly basis.
"Well, that's possible." Zhao Zhilan nodded.
In this way, when the shop and tofu business grow, there will be no disputes among the three companies.
But Baoya hadn't finished speaking yet: "Grandma, when the shop's business picks up, we'll definitely need a lot of tofu. This wouldn't be fair to my aunt and uncle's family. Making tofu is very tiring, and we can't use their tofu for nothing."
"I want to buy their tofu like Uncle Zhu does!"
"Silly child, we're all family, why are you talking about buying something?" Zhao Zhilan was amused by her childish words. "It's too early to talk about this. Let's talk about it after we get the shop up and running."
"However, Baoya is right about saving money. Let's discuss it together when we get back tonight."
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say!" Wang Cailian responded readily.
Baoya's words really touched her heart. She had always wanted to save some money for her own family, and this time she finally had hope!
However, Zhao Zhilan also had her own plans. The third wife ran a breakfast shop, and the job of making tofu would most likely be taken over by the first wife, so the work in the fields would probably have to be done by the second wife.
Now that the drought situation has improved, we expect a good harvest next year, so farming should not be taken lightly.
The Yun family has six acres of land, plus Baoya's two acres, where they grow some grain, soybeans, and other crops that are easy to sell.
In this way, they can be self-sufficient in the entire line, from raw soybeans to making tofu and opening a restaurant. The second wife should earn no less than the first and third wives.
No matter how Wang Cailian looked at Baoya at this time, she felt that this little girl was pleasing, smart and sensible.
Take the matter of buying tofu, even though Baoya just said it casually, she felt happy, which shows that the little girl has this matter in her heart.
If her family could continue to work together like this, she would think that there would be no need to split up the family.
Before, I was too narrow-minded and always thought about making money for myself. In fact, it seems that if I put myself into this family, it would feel better if everyone makes money together.
Wang Cailian turned her head to look at Xiao Baoya who was sitting next to her with a smile on her face, and sighed with emotion.
The little girl is right, they are a family.
The five craftsmen worked until the evening before they stopped working. They said hello to Zhao Zhilan and the others and told them to come to work at the same time tomorrow morning.
Everything was settled, so Zhao Zhilan and the others drove the donkey cart back to Feishui Village.
However, there were two cars when we came, but only one was left when we returned, which was still a bit insufficient.
Thinking that she would have to go to town after opening a shop, she gritted her teeth and decided to buy another ox cart.
So they went to the market and bought a yellow ox and an ox cart, let Sanlang drive it, and the four children sat in it, and went back together.
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