Chapter 71 Making Things Difficult for People
Feng Dashi already has a wife. If they come to the capital, it would be inconvenient for the two brothers to live together. It would be better to think about the matter from the beginning.
Dashi's wife, who was far away in Lishantun, sneezed, "Dashi seems to miss me."
Su Ruojin smiled unkindly. Only good conditions and good benefits can attract more people to work for her and earn more money!
Dashi had no idea that the little boss's abacus beads had already been moved to his wife's head. He was so happy that he almost rolled over on the bed. This big room would be his from now on. He was so happy! He must bring his wife over to enjoy it.
This is all the boss's fault. He got in on the act himself, so you can't blame the other person for being a thief.
Firecrackers were set off, wedding candies were distributed, and a buy-one-get-one-free promotion was also held in the shop in the morning. The shop was busy until noon, and the people in the shop had time to rest.
It was the first time that Cheng Yingzhen came to see his own shop. Su Yanli held his youngest son in his arms and introduced him to his wife from the outside as if he were presenting a treasure. When she arrived at the kitchen and saw Ershi washing vegetables with the faucet on, her eyes widened.
"Tap water?"
Isn't it the water that I brought myself? Su Ruojin laughed, "Mom, you are so smart."
Cheng Yingzhen reached out and patted her daughter, "You little bitch, you actually made fun of your mother."
She smiled and hid behind her father, "Mom is smart!"
There was really nothing that could be done with her. Cheng Yingzhen gave her a strange look and continued to look at the kitchen.
In order to save labor and time costs, Su Ruojin not only built a water tower to make water use convenient, but also made cabinets, shelves, sinks and other convenient and easy-to-use items.
Cheng Yingzhen was curious about where the water came from, so Su Yanli took her to the corner outside the kitchen. There was a large water tank on the roof with a rope next to the water tank. Dashi was drawing water from the well. After drawing the water, he tied a bucket to the end of the rope on the roof. Ershi pulled the rope, and the bucket went straight up. In a blink of an eye, it reached the roof. The water was poured into the water tower, and then flowed into the kitchen faucet through the pipe. It could be used when it was turned on.
Su Yanli asked his neighbor Xue Zhushi to spend a whole month to make this section of water pipe and two faucets. Xue Zhushi used his connections in the Ministry of Industry and made the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry go through a lot of trouble to make them.
The price is that the drawings provided by the Su family were given to Master Xue free of charge. As for how Master Xue wanted to use the drawings to gain benefits, that was none of the Su family's business.
The bucket was lifted up not by a pulley, but by a simple pulley similar to the diabolo used in juggling. It is simple, practical and labor-saving.
"From now on, I will fill a large water tank every morning, which is enough for the whole day. This way I don't have to run to the well all day and save time."
Cheng Yingzhen was itching to do so. "Ajin, if we also install this at home, wouldn't we have to save ourselves the trouble of fetching water?" Wouldn't we need so many maids and old women?
Su Ruojin smiled and nodded, "Mom, we'll install a faucet when we have enough money to buy a big house."
"Okay." Cheng Yingzhen happily looked forward to owning her own big house. By then, she would definitely ask Ajin to decorate the house to make it beautiful and practical.
At noon, the Su family did not go back home, but cooked lunch in the shop to celebrate the opening. There were ten dishes on the table for the master and servants, and they ate very contentedly.
After the meal, Su Yanli and Cheng Yingzhen took Xiao Silang back home. Su Ruojin and Shu Tong were still busy in the shop. It was the first day of opening and they had to sort out various things, so they were very busy.
Su Dalang helped his sister keep accounts and sort out invoices. He sat behind the counter, looking very professional, like a little shopkeeper.
Hua Ping sat crookedly on a chair beside the counter. Seeing the Su family busying themselves, he even had the leisure to pick at his newly grown stubble. He suddenly said, "Su Er Niang..."
Su Ruojin was just asking the delivery man to unload the noodles when he heard Hua Ping calling him. He turned around and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?"
"Do you want to be the shopkeeper?"
"Yes!" She was thinking about where to hire an accountant.
"May I recommend someone to you?"
"OK!"
"This person has some difficulty with his legs and feet..."
"As long as I can settle the accounts, I want it."
The labor cost of a small shop cannot be high. In ancient times, there were very few people who could write and calculate, so the price would be quite high. Su Ruojin was worried that Shu Tongshu would be tied to the shop, but she didn't expect that someone would send her a pillow just when she felt sleepy. That was great.
"Okay, I'll call him over so you can try."
I didn’t expect that the lazy Uncle Hua Ping can always help at critical moments. He is obviously a man who can do great things!
Su Ruojin was grinning with joy, while Hua Ping went out to call for help with a look of disgust on his face.
I don’t know whether it was because the lame old uncle was free or because Hua Ping was very capable, but he was called over after a while.
"His surname is Huang, and his given name is Shun." Hua Ping introduced: "Everyone calls him Huang the Cripple."
Su Ruojin didn't invite people back to call him a cripple. She smiled sweetly and said, "Uncle Huang, you can keep accounts, right?"
Huang Shun's face is full of wrinkles, crisscrossed, as if he has experienced all the vicissitudes of life through the desert and Gobi Desert, and his face is full of stories.
Although he was only in his early forties, Huang Shun was often mistaken for an old man in his fifties or sixties. He was used to it. Facing the young boss who was only six or seven years old, he nodded without much enthusiasm as a sign of agreement.
Su Ruojin asked Su Dalang to step aside and let Uncle Huang come forward to keep the accounts. She stood by and watched him write down today's various delivery notes, morning income, and food expenses. He actually used the four-pillar accounting method, and he was indeed an old accountant.
She immediately decided: "Uncle Huang, it's you."
Huang Shun, who had just been preparing to find a place to spend his days, looked up in surprise. The young lady actually knew how to account. How old is she?
Hua Ping seemed to have a worm in his stomach and sneered, "His father is a doctor of the Five Classics in the Imperial Academy."
I see!
Huang Shun was much more respectful than before.
In ancient China, there was a four-column accounting method, which included four parts: old account balance, new attachment, expenditure, and surplus. It had one more column than the three columns of income, expenditure, and surplus, and was a complete and advanced financial accounting method.
A doctor of the Five Classics is not a doctor of all subjects. The ancients' blind worship of intellectuals is quite interesting. Su Ruojin smiled secretly, without showing it on her face. She directly let Huang Shun take the account and asked Su Dalang to help her weigh and receive the goods. It was not that Su Ruojin intended to order her brother around, but she wanted him to know everything for fear that he would read too much and become a nerd in the future.
I was busy until around 3 or 4 in the afternoon and was about to go home when Mao Ya came in from outside. "Second Madam, the master said that there are guests coming tonight. What should we prepare for the reception?"
"What guests?"
"My Lord said that there were Minister Fan, Minister Wei, Minister Fang and their colleagues, probably a dozen people."
Are we here to celebrate Su Ji Breakfast Shop?
Isn't this a bit too much? But it's almost night time, what else can she prepare?
Su Ruojin was about to go to the restaurant to order a banquet, and Mao Ya said, "Minister Fan specifically asked us to have a simple meal in the shop."
Su Ruojin: ...
Is this to save money for the Su family, or to save her life? What should she use to entertain guests?
Su Ruojin went crazy!
Aaaaaaaaahhh!
Lord Fan, you shouldn't make things difficult for others.
(End of this chapter)
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