Hongda Hai blushed deeply and quickly covered the rice jar.
A warehouse is a warehouse. Even though the Zhao family took many measures to prevent rats from getting in when it was built, it's still hard to guarantee that rats won't get in.
Therefore, rice, flour, and cooking oil are mostly stored in very large vats.
As for cloth and cotton, they were mostly kept in camphor wood chests.
The entire warehouse was filled with rat poison and rat traps.
Because there was rat poison on the floor of the storeroom, the sales home had a rule that no grain that fell on the floor was allowed to be picked up.
I'm just afraid that if one or two pills of rat poison get mixed in, we'll be doomed.
Zhao Qingyan remembered a TV series she had accidentally stumbled upon in her past life, and she had a vivid memory of a line from a character selling rat poison.
"Rat poison, poisons rats, big rats eat it and jump three times, little rats eat it and can't run away."
The guy who sold rat poison, in particular, had a mesmerizing voice; after listening to him, all I could think about was rat poison and rats.
It was incredibly agonizing.
Therefore, Zhao Qingyan gave special instructions regarding food storage at the orphanage and even had large square vats custom-made.
Although this arrangement takes up more space, it looks very neat. Because it's square, no space is wasted.
Visiting a children's home, I felt like two adults whose meridians had been opened, as they even refused the Zhao family's offer of a meal and rushed back to draft an article.
The events at the gate of the orphanage on the day of its opening ceremony became the talk of the town overnight.
The old woman's plan to find someone to take over her husband also failed.
However, when the lady of the house where she worked came out and saw the old woman's wretched state, out of consideration for her fellow woman, she asked her maid to give the old woman a tattered cloth to wrap herself in.
However, the old woman also lost her job as a maid.
There was no way around it; things had blown up so much that the whole city knew she had angered God by trying to gain an advantage.
This triggered a divine warning. Some people said that the old woman triggered the heavenly thunder because she scolded the children in the orphanage, which means that there were extraordinary children living in the orphanage.
The Zhao family had long been wary of these rumors and found several storytellers to dispel them.
In the final version, Heaven has eyes, punishes evil and promotes good, and lies cannot be told carelessly.
From then on, no one in the county town ever scolded their child again, saying, "Why don't you ask God to strike you dead?"
After all, if the child is killed by a slash, then all their efforts in raising the child have been in vain.
If God were to strike them down, they would be at a huge loss.
After staying in the county town for another seven or eight days, the lease on the small courtyard rented by the Zhao family expired, and the group headed back home, preparing to move the whole family to the capital.
The small courtyard they rented produced 11 successful candidates in the imperial examinations at once.
After the Zhao family terminated their lease, the price of the property skyrocketed from 200 taels of silver to 800 taels.
Everyone wants to buy this courtyard house to share in the good fortune, especially families with members who are scholars.
Of course, the Zhao family was unaware of this; otherwise, Zhao Qingyan might have gone to the landlord to ask for advertising fees.
The return trip went very smoothly.
Not only did it not rain along the way, but it was also cloudy for a while, even at midday.
It was as if giving pedestrians a chance to catch their breath.
The village of Zhao was in an uproar after Zhao Qianci and others passed the imperial examinations.
Magistrate Qiu felt he had something to brag about again: during his term, the number of candidates passing the imperial examinations was high.
Previously, people in Qingyang County might only know about Zhao's Snack Shop, but now the entire county knows that the Zhao family produced 10 scholars who passed the imperial examinations.
Another grandson-in-law was also a successful candidate in the imperial examinations. Further investigation revealed that another grandson-in-law was a county magistrate and a former top scholar in the imperial examinations.
Further investigation revealed that the granddaughter's husband's uncle was also a county magistrate...
Celebrity endorsement is always the most effective marketing tool, and Zhao's Snack Shop has been packed with customers lately.
Even if we open half an hour earlier and close half an hour later each day, we still can't accommodate that many customers.
They temporarily hired about ten old women and young wives to help skewer the meat.
Even so, everyone was exhausted, looking like a grandson.
On this day, the Zhao family passed through Qingyang County and stopped by a snack shop.
What you see is a long queue in front of the snack stalls.
Entering from the backyard, Liu Qing had no time to consider the identities of his masters. Apart from Zhao Qianci, everyone else had been conscripted.
They might not know how to do other things, but all the men in the Zhao family, including Xu Dongsheng, know how to grill skewers.
Then a beautiful scene appeared.
A group of tall men in long gowns stood by the grill, fanning themselves vigorously with large palm-leaf fans.
The guys who were grilling skewers went to help the waiters serve the customers. They were incredibly skilled at collecting money and settling accounts.
The Zhao family members, who had planned to return to Zhao Village that same day, were all exhausted to the point of collapse.
Putting everything else aside, my arm is sore and achy.
This clearly shows how many people come to eat at the snack stall.
After exhausting herself, Ms. Huang made a decision: "This won't do, it's too tiring."
You young boys and girls, no matter how young you are, you can't be treated like animals.
It is anticipated that this level of popularity will not last long, and starting tomorrow, opening hours will return to normal.
The quantity of ingredients is fixed; once sold out, business will cease immediately.
Liu Qing was dumbfounded.
"Madam, is what you're saying true? When other people's businesses are doing well, they wish they could hire ten or twenty more workers."
"Isn't it a bit of a loss if we don't make money here?"
Huang glanced at Liu Qing.
"Have you ever thought that our business is doing abnormally well?"
I won't even discuss whether the temporary hires are reliable.
So, if we were to take advantage of this peak period, what are your plans for the newly recruited staff?
Should we keep them in the shop for free, or should we get rid of them?
It's possible that while they're working for us, they're preventing them from getting jobs elsewhere.
Liu Qing scratched his head.
"Madam, that's money! It makes me feel bad to not make money when I can."
Luckily, this kid was far away from Huang Shi, otherwise Huang Shi would definitely have poked his head.
"You can never earn all the money in the world."
Even if barbecue skewers are delicious, you can't eat them every day. They've eaten them all in just a few days. Are you planning to eat dirt for the rest of the time?
So, everything remains the same, quantities are limited, first come, first served.
So, if you miss out on the food, won't you still be thinking about it tomorrow?
Liu Qing thought about it and realized that it really made sense. The next day, the new sign was indeed hung up.
This includes opening hours and limited ingredients; items are available while supplies last.
Well, after this tactic was implemented, the number of people queuing up not only didn't decrease, but actually increased.
The Zhao family stayed at an inn that night, and left Qingyang County early the next morning, returning to Zhao Family Village.
Thinking about the state of the snack shops in the county, I made a detour to a shop in Wufang Town.
It was just as popular as expected; this time, the Huang family was smarter.
She didn't let her children and grandchildren get out of the car; the old woman went in alone, gave her instructions, and then gracefully left amidst everyone's reluctant gazes.
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