Chapter 41 Workshop Decoration
"There's no point in trying to fool around," Andrei said firmly. "I don't have any money."
He thought for a moment and said, "But I can pay it with my body."
"Puff!" "Eh?!" Takumi Yu and Jericho both made surprised sounds.
The nonexistent tongue of the skeleton was about to become knotted: "Flesh, flesh, flesh, flesh—pay?!"
"Well, the doors, windows, counters, shelves... and even the sign in your brewery all need repairing or replacing, and that's a lot of money," Andre said. "You don't even have money to hire a carpenter or buy furniture, do you? Let me handle all the manual labor, and that'll cover my room and board expenses."
"I'll give you another discount. I'll protect your shop. No knights of the Kingdom or ignorant thugs will come to cause trouble. I'll take care of all the necessary licenses. And I'll also protect your safety."
Andre said: "How is it? This deal is a good deal, right?"
Jiang You said disappointedly: "What? It turns out to be this kind of sexual compensation..."
Andre: “?” What weird shit are going on in that skull of yours?
The skeleton, its marrow yellowed, quickly put aside its frivolous thoughts and seriously considered the knight's proposal. It had to be said that from the perspective of running a brewery, this was indeed a very tempting proposal.
The living quarters of the half-timbered cottage were mostly functional, but the shopfront of the brewery was in dire need of repair – not to mention the door that either got stuck in its frame when closed or wobbled when opened, and the entire set of old potion shelves also needed to be replaced.
The only part worth keeping is the brass mechanical hand-crank cash register that Jiangyou particularly likes.
The counter could be kept, but the reason for keeping it was definitely not because Jiangyou liked it, but simply because it would take too much manpower, material resources and financial resources to tear it down and rebuild it.
To allow customers to better experience the relationship between sauces and food, Jiangyou also plans to add a food counter or sales window. From a marketing perspective, if a window can be opened on the wall facing the street to sell takeout food directly, it will definitely attract more customers from outside the store.
But this also means that more repairs will have to be done to the cabin... and then it comes back to the key issue, Jiangyou is now extremely poor and is in a state of real bankruptcy.
If the muscle knight transformed himself into a home-based civil engineer, things would be much simpler.
There is still half a month before the store officially opens. She can take advantage of this time to go to the Witch Forest to find Doctor Bird's Beak and the witches to study taste and bacteria. As for the renovation of the store, she can leave it to the knight!
"Deal!" Jiang You said, "But you have to finish it according to my requirements within half a month!"
Andrei suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart: "What request?"
——There are so many requirements.
As soon as Diego, the tall and mighty horse, stopped in front of the brewery door, the skeleton jumped down impatiently, clattered into the yard, and pointed at the gate, saying, "This needs to be fixed!"
She pointed to the wall to the right of the gate, facing the front door of the courtyard: "Open a window here. I can sell cooked food here in the future."
The knight led his horse into the yard and took a closer look at her backyard. "Can we build a stable in the backyard?"
Jiangyou poked his head out, gestured the size of the yard, then gestured the size of Diego, and said hesitantly: "Just don't occupy my land."
"No, there's plenty of space." Andre glanced at the backyard. "There's enough space on the right side of the drying yard for me to build a stable, and it won't affect your use of the left half."
"Okay!"
He threw Diego's reins to Jericho, who then led the horse and mule to the backyard, where they were stationed, and then grunted as he took the luggage from his mount and carried it into the house.
Jiang You pulled Andre to the front door and pointed at the wobbly, half-fallen sign. He said, "We need to take this down and replace it... Well, the new name of the store will be: Jiang You's Brewing Workshop."
Andre's eyes flickered: "Is that what you call it?"
"Hmm!" Jiang You didn't think there was anything wrong at all. She struggled with the door for a while before finally getting in. She emphasized again angrily, "This door must be replaced!"
"good."
There are also many areas in the interior that need changes.
Probably for the sake of preventing collisions and falls, the shelves originally used to store potions were divided into small compartments with wooden planks. The compartments were almost custom-made to fit the common, palm-sized, large-bellied, narrow-necked potion bottles. If a different bottle was used, it would either not fit in or be impossible to remove.
That small, wide-bellied, narrow-necked bottle can only hold one sip of liquid at most. It is perfect for potions that need to be controlled in dosage and taken all at once, but neither sauces nor fine wines can be packaged in this way.
Not to mention that these shelves have not been maintained for many years and have been invaded and gnawed by termites. There are holes made by insects everywhere, and they will shake and almost fall apart at the slightest touch.
"All these shelves need to be thrown away, and the whole house needs to be thoroughly pest-free." The landlord, Jiang You, began to gesture to her tenant and long-term worker, "A few dining tables need to be placed on the right side for guests to dine in... That's exactly the takeout window I just mentioned.
"Then put new shelves on the left side. They should be wider, bigger, and taller than the original shelves!"
The farmhand Andrei waved his hand to call his followers over. Jericho immediately understood what he meant. He took out his sketchbook from his luggage and began to draw the design.
"This big counter isn't very practical," Takumi held his jaw in thought. "It would be even better if we could convert it into a combination bar and counter! That way we could entertain customers who come to drink and hold some tastings! Just keep this cash register! I love it!"
"Oh right," she suddenly thought of a question, "What licenses are needed to sell alcohol and sauces here?"
"Selling alcohol requires a [Liquor Business License], and sauces... well, they're considered food, so they require a [Food Business License]," Andre said. "I have connections for both licenses, but I must make it clear that I'm only responsible for helping you with the tedious paperwork. The alcohol and food you sell must be of good quality and pass inspection by the Principality's dedicated personnel.
"If you're trying to cheat, I'm not going to risk my career with you."
"Of course!" Takumi's skull came close to the knight, his pupils dancing with a smile. "I didn't expect you to be such a responsible and serious knight~"
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