The pension plan of the ancient cannon fodder woman

As Su He ate the yellow rice cake that Shui Sheng gave her as a gift, the words she spoke became much sweeter.

"Look, you are only nine years old, but you are already so capable. You have a bright future. You are a waiter now, but you may not be able to be a chef in the future. You can also open your own shop and be the shopkeeper. Do what you are good at."

Shuisheng stared at Su He with his eyes wide open, his heart beating fast.

Sister Hehua said that he could become a shopkeeper in the future!

"Can I?"

"Of course, if you look at the shop owners in the city, many of them started out as clerks. Take me for example, I used to be a peasant, then became a maid, and now I have no worries about food and clothing, and I have everything I want."

Shuisheng nodded in agreement. He had heard everything about Sister Hehua from his grandfather.

"Then what should I do to become the shopkeeper?"

After eating a piece of yellow rice cake, Su He felt a little thirsty and drank a glass of sour plum juice in one breath.

Shuisheng was quick to continue drinking for Suhe.

Su He was very satisfied and looked at Shuisheng with loving eyes.

"If you want to be a shopkeeper, you must first know what skills are required to be a shopkeeper. The first one is accounting. No matter what business you are in, you have to deal with money. If you can't count, even if you have the ability to hire an accountant, you will be cheated. No matter how much you earn, it will be in vain."

"Sister Lotus, I learned this in school. Now I don't miss any money when I collect it."

"That's great. Second, find what you are best at."

Shuisheng shook his head honestly, "Sister Hehua, I think I can only be a waiter."

"It's okay. This is a good start. You can take some time out to observe how others do things. After you understand everyone's livelihood, you can ask yourself what you are best at."

Shuisheng thought seriously for a while and asked.

"Sister Lotus, what if after I learn everything, I'm still best at being a waiter? Then does that mean I can't be the shopkeeper?"

Su He smiled and asked back.

"As a waiter, what do you do every day?"

"I introduce the food in the tea stall to the customers and then serve the dishes. I help customers with any needs. Also, when I'm not busy, I help my brother skewer meat, help my aunt fry chicken, and help Uncle Su cut vegetables and kill fish. I kill fish very quickly and clean up very well. Once when everyone was very busy, I helped a customer feed his horse. The horse liked me very much."

Su He was a little surprised, "You did so much work?"

Shuisheng smiled innocently, "I'm just lending a hand."

“I think you’ve achieved the second one.”

"The tea stall will open branches in the future, and you can go there to be an instructor. I will definitely give you a spot."

Seeing that Shuisheng didn't quite understand, Su He hurried to explain to him.

"The work done by the liaison officer is similar to that of the shopkeeper. There is a basic salary of two taels of silver per month, and there are dividends at the end of the year. The dividends are at least the total of the basic salary for a year."

Shuisheng quickly calculated with his hands, and asked excitedly after finishing the calculation.

"Sister Lotus, is that forty-eight taels? I can earn at least that much a year?"

Su He smiled at him and said, "Your calculation is correct. The minimum salary for a liaison officer nowadays is over 60 taels. You won't be any worse off."

Shuisheng was so happy that he almost fainted.

"But not now. Shuisheng, you are still too young. It will take at least five years. Work hard."

"I will definitely work hard, Sister Lotus, just watch me."

"Well, go check on me. Why is my grilled fish not ready yet? Did someone steal it?"

"Hey, I'll go right away, Uncle Su! Put more garlic in my sister Hehua's grilled fish!"

Su He looked at Shuisheng with amusement as he jumped away.

Su Yuzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and scolded with a smile.

"You little brat, do you need me to tell you? I remember everything. Xiao Shuisheng, what are you so happy about?"

"Nothing. Sister Lotus asked me if I was used to it."

Shuisheng smiled and said something perfunctorily. He carefully checked the quality of the grilled fish, confirmed that there was no problem, and took it away carefully.

"Yoho, you're still pretty tight-lipped. Come over and help me cut the vegetables later."

Su Yuzhi shouted to Shuisheng who was walking away, and started cooking again.

"it is good."

"Sister Lotus, I've checked. There's nothing wrong with the fish. I even added some extra cilantro. Do you want some white rice? I'll serve you a bowl."

Shuisheng carefully placed the grilled fish on the stove and asked considerately.

"Give me two steamed buns."

"Hey, I'll get it right away."

Shuisheng ran over and got two steamed buns.

Su He took a bite of the steamed bun and nodded at Shuisheng.

"Okay, that's a good performance, go ahead."

"Hey, Sister Lotus, if you have any problems, just call me. I have sharp ears and I'm sure I can hear you."

Shuisheng emphasized this solemnly before returning to the kitchen to help Su Yuzhi cut vegetables.

"Shuisheng, are we going to pay you for the processing? Can you tell me how much the increase is?"

Su Yuzhi likes Shuisheng very much because he is clever and sensible, otherwise he wouldn't always ask him to help cut vegetables. This means he intends to take him in as a disciple, but he is still observing and hasn't told Shuisheng explicitly.

"No, Sister Hehua is just concerned about me. Uncle Su, hurry up and cook. There are two tables of guests waiting."

Shuisheng was more anxious than Su Yuzhi, because the rule of the tea stall was to pay after finishing the meal.

If the customer couldn't wait and left, they would lose several taels of silver.

Su Yuzhi was so angry that he laughed at the water, and this brat even started to teach him a lesson.

"You little bastard, you're controlling me."

He complained but his hands were still busy. He didn't want to keep the customers waiting for too long. Everyone at the tea stall hoped that it could stay open forever.

Su He finished eating, and before leaving, he praised Shuisheng in front of everyone.

This made Su Yuzhi, who was already suspicious, even more certain that He Hua must have said something to Shui Sheng. It must be a good thing.

Unfortunately, Shuisheng was too tight-lipped and didn't reveal anything at all.

Even when his brother Wang Shuiming asked him, Shuisheng gave the same answer, "Sister Hehua just cares about me, brother, why don't you believe it?"

Wang Shuiming was also very direct and gave his younger brother three slaps on the head.

"I believe you. Help me skewer the meat tomorrow."

Shuisheng was not angry either, he just hugged his head with a smile.

"Okay, I'll help you string them together."

The two brothers went to Wang Qingqing's original house together.

Now Wang Qingqing's house has become a staff dormitory. Since Wang Shuiming started working at the tea stall, the three siblings have all lived here.

The next day, after having breakfast at home, Su He went to find Liu Bai and told him his thoughts. Liu Bai only replied with one word: OK.

Su He returned to the city happily. When he arrived at Su's house, it was not even ten o'clock.

"Liu Niang, I have decided to go to the capital. Mu Tou, Miao Miao, me, Liu Bai, and you. Let's all go."

Liu Niang was sitting in the yard sewing clothes at this time. Seeing that Hehua had figured it out, she nodded with relief.

"Okay, then you can make preparations. The house we will live in in the capital, and our future livelihood. Should the county government's business also be handed over to others?"

Su He thought about it and realized that there were many things waiting for her.

But the most important thing now is eating.

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow, Liu Niang, I'm hungry."

Liu Niang got up immediately and ran into the kitchen.

"It's hot today, so I made some mung bean soup. I went to the market this morning and bought some beef. Last time you said you wanted to eat braised beef noodles, so I've prepared all the toppings. The noodles will be ready soon. Wash your hands first."

Su He hummed a little song while drawing water from the well to wash her hands, and then she took her own face towel to wash her face as well.

Then he slowly went to the kitchen to drink mung bean water.

It's warm and has just the right sweetness.