"No, we'll eat later. Let's give the private rooms on the second floor to those customers." Yang Zhongyi and Yang Zhongcheng saw that there were too many customers in the waiting room, so they let the private rooms on the second floor be used by the customers.
"Yes, boss." After saying that, he went to make arrangements.
The private room on the second floor is a large room with three tables. It is used by the Yang family to dine or entertain relatives, friends, or guests. Generally, it is not open to the public.
Soon, Manager Gao took a group of people to the private room on the second floor, arranged the guests, asked the waiter to take the order, and then he went to find the boss and the second boss.
"Manager Gao, please show us the account books for the past few days." Yang Zhongyi said to Manager Gao.
"Yes, boss." Manager Gao took Yang Zhongyi and Yang Zhongcheng to the accounting office and took out the account books of the past few days to show the boss.
Yang Zhongyi and Yang Zhongcheng looked at the data above and couldn't believe it. The daily turnover was almost three thousand taels. According to this calculation, wouldn't it be ninety thousand taels a month?
"Manager Gao, did you calculate the turnover correctly?" Yang Zhongyi said to Manager Gao, pointing at the account book.
"Boss, you are not mistaken in the calculation. There are indeed so many, but this is only in the past few days. Usually there are only a little over 2,000." Manager Gao said that for some reason, many strangers came in the past few days and the restaurant was full of people.
"I believe you. Everyone has worked hard these days. At the end of the month, I will give everyone a bonus of one or two taels, and you, the shopkeeper, a bonus of five taels." Yang Zhongyi said to Shopkeeper Gao.
The shopkeepers of the Yang family shops were all hired, but they all signed contracts with them. The contracts stated that if the shopkeeper or the waiter sold the boss or the boss's things to others during their employment, the boss had the right to hold them accountable, which required them to pay ten times the amount of silver the boss lost and serve ten years in prison.
These contracts are registered with the county government, and the restaurant's dishes are also registered with the county government. If other restaurants copy them, they will have to pay compensation and the restaurant will be closed.
In fact, several restaurants tried to copy the idea, but they were all closed down and the people involved were sent to jail.
Why is it said that the county government is so powerful and willing to support the Yang family? It is because the Yang family pays the county government one thousand taels of protection fee every year. With this money, the county magistrate can do a lot of things. In addition, the Yang family also gives the county magistrate and others a sum of money every year to subsidize their lives.
It can be said that the Yang family basically supports the people in the county government. Most importantly, the Yang family is also enthusiastic about public welfare. Whenever they encounter difficulties, the Yang family is the first to take the lead in donating money, winning praise from many people and merchants.
"Thank you, boss." Manager Gao said happily to Yang Zhongyi.
"You go ahead and do your work. We'll just take a look and then go back." Yang Zhongyi said to Manager Gao.
"Yes, Boss." Manager Gao said and left.
"Brother, why don't we go pick up our third brother and go home together." Yang Zhongcheng said to Yang Zhongyi.
"Okay, let's go." The two of them talked to Manager Gao and went to Qingshan Academy to find Yang Zhongxin.
Qingshan Academy is the largest academy in the county. The dean is a great scholar. The academy is divided into three classes. One is the enlightenment level, which recruits students who are five to ten years old and have just started their education; one is the imperial examination level, which is for students who can take the imperial examination; and the last one is the champion level, which is for students who pass the academy examination and become tongsheng, xiucai, juren, and then the champion.
Yang Zhongxin was in the top-ranked class, which was divided into three classes: Tongsheng class, Xiucai class, and Juren class. The Xiucai class was for students who had passed the Xiucai exam and were striving to pass the Juren exam.
The teachers of the scholar class were those who passed the imperial examination and the teachers of the boy student class also had to pass the scholar examination before they could teach the boy student class.
As for the Juren class, it is taught by the dean himself, and there are only ten students in a class.
After arriving at Qingshan Academy, he explained the situation to the doorman, who then went to find Yang Zhongxin.
Yang Zhongxin was in class at the moment. When he heard the doorman say that his eldest and second brothers were coming to see him, he thought something had happened at home, so he asked the teacher for some leave and followed the doorman to the door.
"Brother, second brother, is there something wrong at home?" Yang Zhongxin asked his eldest and second brothers when he saw them.
"No, it's just that you haven't been home for a long time, and your parents miss you, so we came here to see if you can go home with us today. We'll send you here tomorrow." Yang Zhongyi knew that his third brother had misunderstood, so he quickly explained.
"Well, if I have time, I'll go home with you after school." It turned out to be this incident that scared him and he thought something had happened at home.
It’s true that I haven’t been home for a long time. I’ll take a day off today, spend the day with my parents tomorrow, and go to class the day after tomorrow.
"Okay, we'll come find you after school. You should go back to class." Seeing that his third brother agreed, Yang Zhongyi let him go back to class. There was still an hour before school was over, which was just the right time to go find his wife and daughter.
"Brother, brother, goodbye!" Yang Zhongxin went back to class and asked for leave.
Yang Zhongyi and Yang Zhongcheng returned to the puppet shop. There were many young ladies and gentlemen looking at the puppets in the shop. The two entered through the back door and went to the studio on the second floor to look for someone.
Yang Qingman has already made three big dolls, one for grandma, one for mother, and one for second aunt. Qingyou and Qingpei said they wanted to make them for themselves, and they are now half done.
Yang Qingyao has already made ten pendants, three for men and seven for women. She gave one to Grandpa, her second uncle, and her third uncle; one for her grandmother, her mother, her second aunt, her eldest sister, her third sister, her fourth sister, and her younger sister Qingyi; she is currently making one for herself.
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