Chapter 121 Branch Opening (Part 1)
Every emotional connection in the world requires nurturing, requiring reciprocity and mutual respect. Whether it's family, friendship, love, or relationships between superiors and subordinates, colleagues, or business partners, no one enjoys giving without receiving anything in return. Occasionally, doing charity can bring a sense of self-importance and physical and mental well-being.
But if good intentions are not rewarded, and are taken for granted, or are ignored, ridiculed, or insulted, leading to a series of quarrels or a mess of troubles... then who would be willing to be this inexplicable fool?
Andre provides Jiangyou with the much-needed help from time to time, clears obstacles and dangers for her, and shows his kindness; then Jiangyou naturally has to give him something in return, so that the good partnership can be maintained for a long time.
Andrei was short on cash, and the fact that he calmly devoured the tasteless leftovers from Jiangyou's soul fire, even with such relish, spoke volumes. Since they were willing to sacrifice their lives to support her business, Jiangyou couldn't afford to watch her partners suffer while pocketing so much. She'd made a lot of money these past few days, so giving back was only natural.
Without Andre's timely investment, she would not have been able to catch up with the carnival's money-making boom.
"Oh, right." Jiang You took out a contact book from his own and handed it to Andre. "This is the contact book for our private chats. I think I'll need your help when I return in a few days."
"Okay." Andrei said honestly, "Call me anytime if you need anything."
After receiving the money, the extremely hardworking Andrei spent the entire afternoon running back and forth twice before he basically emptied out Jiangyou's small warehouse. He also transported all the rice, flour, malt sugar and other things that Jiangyou had bought during the last opportunity of the big sale back to the brewing workshop - even a heavy stone mill!
——The reason why I say it’s basically because Takuya kept all the finished soy sauce and prepared to sell it as the first batch of goods for the branch.
"What do you want to do with the stone mill?" In the end, Andre couldn't help but ask this question.
"Grinding soybeans to make tofu!" Jiang You imagined the taste of tofu and replied happily, "And it's super cheap. It only costs five copper coins. Can you believe it?"
"Because it's too heavy," Andrei said unhappily. "Even with the weight-reducing magic, Diego is exhausted."
"Didn't I give you the fodder money in advance?" Jiangyou patted Andre's sturdy shoulders with a smile, "Buy more delicious food for Diego~"
For the sake of money, Andre didn't bother with the shameless skeleton any more. After saying goodbye to Jiangyou, he went to find Winston, gave his sworn brother the contact book, and taught Winston how to use it.
"This is a really good thing." Winston, wearing the face of Winchester's clerk, showed an expression of surprise and admiration: "[Editing Spell]! It was you who handled the case of the dwarves tampering with the contract before? How come none of us thought of this idea?!"
"That little lich really has some brilliant ideas." Andrei thought of Jiang You, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly. "Before, our attention was focused on preventing people with bad intentions from tampering with important documents. Who would have thought of using this to communicate... But with this thing, all of us can maintain instant communication with His Majesty the King, and we no longer have to worry about messages being blocked and no one responding.
"You and I will keep one set of this contact book. You take one to contact the Shadow Army, and I'll hand the remaining set over to His Majesty the King, along with the instructions." Andrei quickly divided the books. "I also need to ask for a reward for the little lich, so you can put in a good word for His Majesty then."
"Such a great invention! Even if you didn't mention it, I'd still have to praise it." Winston narrowed his brows, grinned mischievously, and nudged his sworn brother with his elbow. "Honestly, if she weren't just a skeleton, I'd have thought you were in love with her."
Andrei coughed violently, his eyes flickering. "Well, actually, there's nothing wrong with liches... Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's talk about the clues to the Evil Moon Eye..."
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The Midsummer Carnival concluded, and the guests who had come from afar returned with their goods. The Winchester clerk, following the baron's instructions, purchased a cartload of beer, which was escorted back to the city by several of the kingdom's knights.
Jericho also followed his master back to the city to help with the renovation of the workshop, while Jiangyou and Aunt Wolf stayed in the Witch Forest and worked with the two little witches to arrange the branch store.
Uncle Eric had quickly cordoned off the back of the cafeteria with canvas, and spent the entire afternoon hammering away, pounding away at the big hammer forty times, until he successfully opened a window in the storage room. It was also a good thing that Mary was Jasmine's favorite, otherwise, with that kind of noise, even the most powerful person would have been smacked out with a rolling pin by Jasmine.
The canvas blocked the flying dust and sawdust, and also blocked people's sight. The people of the Witch Forest, anticipating a future where they could enjoy delicious food every day, endured the clanging of walls and the creaking of sawn wood for three days, finally waiting for the exciting moment of removing the canvas.
On the morning of the fourth day, Jiangyou, Aunt Wolf, Meili and Lolisa were waiting in the cafeteria early, watching Uncle Eric unload the canvas from the hook. As the dusty cloth was peeled off and carried out of the cafeteria, the brand new shop appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"Wow!" Takumi Yu exclaimed.
"Ah!" Aunt Wolf howled in surprise.
"Great!" Meili and Lolisa jumped up and down excitedly, "This is our little shop!"
The originally ordinary storage room has now been completely transformed. A large window has been opened on the wall facing the kitchen. Above the window, a fake Chinese-style wooden eaves has been built according to Jiangyou's wishes. The eaves are covered with orange and yellow tiles, and under the eaves, several red lanterns for lighting are hung in an orderly manner, which looks very artistic.
These lanterns were made by Jiangyou by asking the beavers for bamboo, and then by Lolisa and the others, who made them one by one using red paper!
The windows were also exceptionally ingenious. They were two sliding windows with tracks that extended all the way to the walls on either side. When opening the doors for business, all you had to do was pull the windows completely open, and they would disappear into the walls on either side, completely invisible from the outside.
Inside the window is a narrow counter with an empty space in the middle, which is just enough to fit the dwarf snack kiosk stove. The prepared meals can be placed directly on the counter, waiting for customers to come and pick them up.
Looking from outside the store, the wooden sign made by Andre is hung on the matte red brick wall between the left side of the window and the door. The golden letters on the brown carbonized anti-corrosion wood are shining, which is very eye-catching.
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