The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

"Hot pot restaurant, I want to invest, we'll each take half."

This time she would not say that she would not pay a penny. If that were the case, she would be embarrassed to take half.

According to her previous thinking, if she only came up with ideas and creativity, she would get 20%. However, the hot pot restaurant had a good prospect, so if she wanted to get 50%, she couldn't just come up with creative ideas.

Anyway, she is not short of money now.

The oil refining mill over at my second uncle's place is doing very well now. Feng Gang's cabinet business has become well-known and has now expanded to the town. The next step will be to move to the county seat.

Zhao Tianshi’s bathroom products are also selling well, and now she can make a lot of money every month.

What's more, she is still the county lady and has a salary.

This money has to be invested, otherwise there is no point in keeping it.

"Sister-in-law, look at what you said. You don't have to pay for this hot pot. I'll give you half of it."

Bai Shao really wants to rely on Su Wanwan, not to mention that she is now a county lord.

Of course, he also sincerely felt that the hot pot restaurant business was viable.

Even if someone imitates it in the future, he believes that they will not be able to produce the same taste.

He finally understood that the most important thing about hotpot is the base ingredients. He saw that his sister-in-law put a lot of spices when she was frying the base ingredients just now.

"Then I can't take advantage of you. In addition to providing the method, I also have to invest some money. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to charge you half."

Su Wanwan knew Bai Shao’s intentions, but business is business. If others have good intentions, we cannot be ignorant.

"What's more, you have to worry about the whole business. I only provide some money and ideas, but I don't manage it myself."

Su Wanwan felt that this was already good enough, and she only needed to pay one third of the investment cost.

Before she could say how much money it was, Bai Shao suddenly nodded:

"Okay, sister-in-law, just pay one-fifth of the cost, and leave the rest to me."

Bai Shao seemed to know Su Wanwan's character, so he didn't refuse and made the decision on the spot.

one fifth.

A restaurant doesn’t cost much money, but a hot pot restaurant still requires some costs.

Not to mention the cost of the house, just look at the hot pots. The pots are extremely expensive nowadays, and she has to have them custom-made.

One fifth is a little less.

"Just do as Mr. Bai said."

Shen Yuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke. He seemed to see that his wife wanted to add more.

I have never seen such a businessman who complains that what he pays is too little.

This silly wife, the creativity of this hot pot is priceless.

Of course, Shen Yuan was just thinking this. He knew that his wife truly regarded the Bai family as friends and that was why she couldn't bear to see them suffer any loss.

But for the Bai family, they gave up this one-fifth probably because they were afraid that she would not accept the 50%.

Su Wanwan glared at Shen Yuan. Is she that kind of person who doesn't understand?

She is going to agree.

So, the deal was made.

Su Wanwan painted a copper pot and a mandarin duck pot.

You can make some old Beijing copper pots and also prepare some mandarin duck pots.

Seeing the two kinds of pots, Bai Shao happily took them and couldn't wait to arrange them immediately.

The next day, Shen Yuan and Su Wanwan personally sent Shen Zhao to the county town, and this time they also brought Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Yunyi.

My two children rarely go to the county town, so I take them out for a walk.

Xiao Yue'er and Xiao Yunyi were so excited that they kept whispering to each other all the way in the carriage.

They first went to the county government office, where the results of the Tongsheng examination would be posted on the outer wall in front of the county government office.

Although there weren't many people taking the exam, there were so many people waiting to see their results that they couldn't get to the front.

Even though she trusted Shen Zhao very much, Su Wanwan actually became nervous at this moment. She felt like an old mother who was worried that her child would not do well in the exam.

I turned around to look at Shen Zhao, but he was sitting calmly on a stone bench beside me, not in a hurry at all.

Okay, this mentality is stable.

Some people say that mentality plays a big part in the college entrance examination. Otherwise, why do some people perform well in normal exams but suffer so much in the big exams?

Well, actually, she was. Her mentality was not so stable during the college entrance examination that year, so she performed poorly and her results were far below her usual level.

Seeing Shen Zhao's calm mind, she felt relieved.

The family was not in a hurry and simply drank tea in a nearby teahouse. They waited until most people had left before going to check the results.

Shen Zhao's name was the first one. Xiao Yunyi saw it first and jumped up with joy.

"First place, my uncle is first place!"

Xiao Yue'er also had a smile on her face, as if she was the one who got first place in the exam.

"Uncle is so awesome."

Su Wanwan finally saw the name on the list.

"Our Shen Zhao is really amazing. Come on, with this result, we can go to the academy. Let's go too."

All the things were prepared and brought together. In fact, there were three days for registration, but Shen Zhao wanted to settle in early, so he decided to enter the academy directly today.

This public academy is located at the foot of the mountain east of the county town and is called Dongxu Academy.

I heard that it is quite old. Although it is just a small and unknown academy in the county, it has produced two great scholars. The current principal was once a fifth-rank official and is a man of clear and elegant character.

Shen Yuan had also learned about the reason why he let Shen Zhao study here. The atmosphere here is quite good. After all, it is a public academy, and admission is based on academic performance. Many poor children can also be treated equally.

The gift that Su Wanwan prepared for Shen Zhao as his apprenticeship gift was not expensive. It was just an inkstone bought in modern times. It was not a very valuable one, and no one knew what kind of stone it was made of.

But fortunately, it is finely crafted and has some ink bamboo carved on it, which makes it look very elegant.

When I bought pens, ink, paper and inkstone for Shen Zhao, I bought them cheaply and didn't spend much money. I showed it to Shen Yuan and it wouldn't arouse suspicion.

In addition, she asked Shen Zhao to bring a large bag of corn flour and sweet potatoes, and had the gatekeeper carry them directly to the back kitchen of the academy.

Nowadays, sweet potatoes and corn are very famous crops. Hearing these, the servant excitedly ran directly to the headmaster to report.

The headmaster was also surprised when he heard that some students had sent sweet potatoes and corn.

This thing is very hard to come by now, after all, it needs to be kept for seeds and promotion.

Only the Bai family's restaurant had a small amount for sale, but the price... was beyond his ability to afford.

The headmaster stroked his gray beard and met Shen Zhao.

He had seen the test paper of Tongsheng and was impressed by the name Shen Zhao.

He is less than 13 years old, but he has beautiful handwriting.

The content of the Tongsheng examination is simple and does not require writing essays. It mainly tests some words and sentences.

This child not only has beautiful handwriting, but also all the answers are correct, which shows that he is a hard worker. I didn't expect that he is a village child.

There has been a drought in the village in the past two years, and life has been difficult. It is really not easy for him to persist in studying.

After some research, the headmaster became more and more satisfied with Shen Zhao. It was a blessing for Tongxu County that Daliushu Village not only discovered high-yield crops, but also had such a good young man.