After the meal, Song Yuehua calculated the expenses for tea, table fees, meal commission, and chess instruction for the past half month.
The daily tea, table fees, commission from meals, plus chess instruction, brought in an average of 620 coins a day.
The expenses of the chess hall are not large. The biggest expense is wages. At present, the combined wages of Xiang Xiaoyu and Zhao Xiaofu amount to 1 tael of silver per month.
There is only more than a month left until the Chinese New Year. If the two of them do a good job, their salary will increase next year.
Excluding some miscellaneous expenses, the monthly profit is about 17 taels of silver.
Regarding meals, Song Yuehua originally just wanted to help Zhou Xiaohu, but she didn't expect that meals would become the bulk of the chess club's income.
This will definitely cause problems in the long run, but fortunately the chess hall has just opened and there is still time to make adjustments.
Zhang Rushan and Ji Ming were still playing chess.
When Song Yuehua came over, Zhang Rushan was so scared that he shrank to the side, just in time to give her a seat.
After sitting down, Song Yuehua said to Ji Ming, "I want to know what the atmosphere of playing Go is like in the nearby county town or prefecture."
"My next trip is to a border state. How can I help you find out?" Ji Ming said helplessly.
Zhang Rushan coughed lightly and said, "How about I go and ask around for you?"
Song Yuehua looked at Zhang Rushan with questions in her eyes.
Zhang Rushan just said, "Cheng Fei."
"oh……"
This approach is indeed reliable. It is difficult for ordinary people to obtain information, but for officials or businesses, it is the foundation for them to gain a foothold.
Now he can rely on Cheng Fei, a strong partner, through Zhang Rushan.
Song Yuehua immediately picked up the teapot and poured tea for them with a smile, "I'll pay for the tea for you two, don't be polite, just drink as much as you want."
Zhang Rushan, Ji Ming, "..."
That night, a couple of guests were in a stalemate until late, so Song Yuehua asked Xiaofu and Xiaoyu to go back first.
After asking Wei Da to send Xiaobao to You's house, he waited there himself until there was no one on the street. The two customers could no longer wait and went to the counter to ask Song Yuehua to keep the game for a while.
After Song Yuehua agreed, she sent the person away, closed the door and went home.
Wei Da has been running back and forth these days, so Song Yuehua didn't let him come over, thinking that it was only a quarter of an hour's journey from the store to the You Mansion.
After walking a few steps, Song Yuehua found someone following her.
I picked up a brick from the roadside, listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer, and calculated the distance in my mind.
"girl."
The person behind her spoke, and Song Yuehua felt that the voice seemed familiar. She walked a few steps before turning around and found that it was Wu Zheng.
"What are you doing here?" Song Yuehua asked.
Wu Zheng also realized that his behavior was somewhat wrong, so he just threw a money bag over. Song Yuehua took it and measured it, and found that there were about 300 copper coins.
"What does this mean?" Song Yuehua asked, holding up the purse.
"Compensation for you." Wu Zheng said coldly.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Why do you want to compensate me? Is it so that you can sleep well at night?"
"If you don't need it, just give me the money back."
Wu Zheng's face looked very unhappy. Since he became a yamen runner, he had never been treated with such weirdness.
Song Yuehua sighed and said, "Sir, this time it was vegetable steamed bread, you can still make up for it, but if it was something else, would you still be able to make up for it?"
"Don't be ungrateful."
There was no reason to return the money she had received. Song Yuehua smiled and held up the money bag, saying, "Thank you."
After walking for a while, when he turned back, Wu Zheng was still standing there. Song Yuehua waved her hand and said loudly, "Have a good dream!"
Wu Zheng, "..."
The next morning, Song Yuehua handed the money bag to Zhou Xiaohu, "Money for the steamed bread."
Zhou Xiaohu put down the bowl and took a look before saying, "Zhang Rushan gave me one tael of silver, how come you have some here too?"
"The yamen runner gave it to me." Song Yuehua said.
Zhou Xiaohu said, "It seems he is a good person."
"He actually hopes that he is a good person," Song Yuehua weighed the money bag and said, "Xiaohu, you can give this bag of money to Xu Ji. I won't go."
Zhou Xiaohu took the purse and said directly, "Okay."
Xiaobao got up at that moment. After eating an egg with his eyes squinted, he asked, "Sister, let's go back tomorrow morning."
"no."
Xiaobao still wanted to fight for it, "What if it was me..."
"No." Song Yuehua refused without even listening.
After returning to the chess hall, the boy from the Qi family from yesterday came to play chess with Xiaobao again, and Song Yuehua didn't pay much attention to him.
Mr. Mu was obsessed with leveling up, so he barely managed to play seven games, but he only won three.
In order to comfort Master Mu, Master Zuo Si and Master Bai pooled their money and ordered a plate of braised pork, so that at least they could enjoy the meal.
Zhao Xiaofu wrote down the order of braised pork, and Xiang Xiaoyu took the written down menu to You Mansion to give to Zhou Xiaohu.
As soon as Xiang Xiaoyu left, Yu Youcai and four others came over.
Lu Cheng came over and said, "Mr. Song, Miss Xiaofu, four set meals and two servings of braised pork for lunch."
Song Yuehua had no choice but to ask Wei Da to go and tell him again. It would be good if there were people in the store today. If she and Wei Da went back, Xiaofu would not be able to leave. Would Xiaoyu have to run back and forth?
Either add more staff or change the scheduled regulations. I will discuss this with Zhou Xiaohu when he comes over.
Lu Cheng saw Xiao Bao playing chess in the corner and went over to greet her cheerfully, "Miss Yun, shall we play a game too?"
"No, Xiaobao is busy." Qi Juncai said quickly.
Xiao Bao said with a click of his tongue, "I told you not to call me Xiao Bao."
"I heard the shopkeeper call you..."
"That's my sister!"
"I heard several people calling you..."
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