A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

Hearing the young man say this, Leng Yan thought for a moment and looked at his grandfather tacitly.

Then Mr. Leng said, "Oh, this 880 coins is too expensive. We are all poor people, can you give us a discount?"

She knew that her eldest granddaughter was interested in this shop, but eight hundred and eighty cents was too expensive.

"Yes, big brother, we open a business to pray for good luck."

Leng Yan smiled and continued, "Eight hundred and eighty coins is really too much. Even if we want good luck, it would be better to give six hundred and eighty coins a month, which means everything will go smoothly and money will come from all directions.

You said that we business people all want to make a lot of money without any problems! "

"Besides, this shop is empty anyway, why not rent it out? You can make some money there.

And look at this shop, it’s full of dust and looks so desolate. If someone else were to rent it, they would definitely not like it.

That is to say, our family is poor and we cannot rent a good shop, so we have to do more work. Look at the front hall and back yard of this shop. It will take at least three to five days to clean them up."

Leng Yan spoke for a while, and the young man who had been listening was stunned.

But the young man thought about it and realized it was true.

No matter how much the shop rent is, he will get a commission of 60 to 100 wen for each room he rents out. Rather than not being able to rent out the room, it is better to get real money in his hands.

"Okay, you guys wait here, I'll go ask the shopkeeper for his opinion."

He ran out in a flash, and when he came back he couldn't stop smiling.

When he nervously told the shopkeeper about this just now, he was still a little undecided, but after listening to him, the shopkeeper immediately nodded in agreement.

He also said that the shop had been empty for too long, and it would cost a lot of money just to hire someone to clean it. Now that someone was willing to clean it up, he was happy to do so.

And no matter how long they rent the shop, when their lease expires and they leave, the environment of the shop will at least be better than it is now.

The more the pawnbroker thought about it, the more he thought it was feasible, and he added a clause to the contract, stipulating that if the pawnbroker moved out, the shop must be cleaned up and tidy.

These are all small things. As long as he can spend less money now, Leng Yan is not afraid of working a little harder.

The final lease was for half a year, and the pawnbroker's shop owner gave him some discount, so the total payment was four taels and fifty copper coins.

Leng Yan felt that the six-month contract was the most reliable period. At least during that period, she didn’t have to worry about being moved around. In her previous life, she was scared of being moved around.

Moreover, in half a year, if the business is good, she may be able to buy a shop in the town with her half year's savings.

Speaking of houses, Leng Yan thought of the houses in the village.

The old house of the Leng family now covers a large area with both the front and back yards, but there are only three or two houses for people to live in.

After the spring, the earthen houses that were collapsed by the snow in the winter were cleared during this period, but no construction had started.

Leng Yan thought that since they were going to start the construction, they must build a brick and tile house, otherwise all the work would be in vain after the snow fell in winter.

But money is tight right now, and I've just rented a shop to do business, so the matter of building a house should be put on hold.

It was getting late today, so the grandfather and grandson got the key, locked the shop door, and went back to the village on the ox cart, waiting to clean up tomorrow.

After arriving home, Leng Yan took some straw paper and a fire stick and went into the room, and did not come out until dinner time.

Before she had time to eat, she handed some drawn paper to Old Man Leng to look at, and then the grandfather and grandson hurried to the carpenter's house in the village.

There were so many things to be custom-made, including cabinets, chairs, tables, vegetable cabinets, and dish racks. Leng Yan paid a deposit of one or two taels of silver, then said goodbye to Carpenter Chu and went home for dinner.

By the next morning, except for Leng Xun, whose leg injury had not yet healed, and the little twins who stayed at home to take care of Leng Xun and the chickens, ducks and geese, everyone else in the Leng family went to the shop in Hulu Town to clean.

There was so much smoke and dust in the shop that everyone tied handkerchiefs behind their ears and covered their noses and throats. They looked around the shop but didn't know where to start.

Leng Yan thought about it and took the lead in breaking the deadlock. She first moved all the tables, chairs and benches that were damaged by the insects to the backyard, and chopped them into firewood one by one with a knife, and piled them in the woodshed.

Then, step by step, I cleaned up one room at a time, and the shop would be ready in two days.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Looking at the newly renovated shop, Leng Yan began to think about his next plan.

He walked back and forth between the front hall and the kitchen for a few times, and thought that if he wanted to sell fried dumplings, it would be feasible to set up a stove at the entrance in front of the front hall.

This not only maintains the temperature of the pan-fried buns, but also allows the aroma of the buns to drift out, making them easier to see and stimulating diners' desire to eat.

Leng Yan thought it was feasible, so she prepared to set up two stoves, one for making sauce-flavored pancakes and the other for pan-fried dumplings.

Leng Yan did what he said and found Old Man Leng to discuss finding a master to build the stove.

The granddaughter is a woman of her own ideas. Now that things have come to this, even if Grandpa Leng is nervous, he has to bite the bullet and continue.

"Okay, it just so happens that a few of the stoves in the kitchen have collapsed, so we can fix them together. I'll find someone to start the work tomorrow."

After the shop is tidied up, tables, chairs, benches and other things are also being rushed to buy. The next step is to do some shopping.

In addition to the frying pan, you also need to buy all kinds of iron pots, kitchen utensils, pots, pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and so on.

Leng Yan thought about it and divided the people into several groups, gave them money and went to buy things.

I brought back things one by one, and in the end, only things like bowls, plates, teacups and kettles were left unpurchased.

Because the amount needed is large, Leng Yan thought of buying it directly from the porcelain workshop where the kiln is fired, which would save a lot of money.

So early the next morning, the grandfather and grandson hired a ox cart and went to the kiln factory near Beicheng County.

After the carriage swayed for an hour and a half before arriving at the destination, Leng Yan discovered that this kiln factory did not only produce porcelain plates and dishes.

To be precise, this is not just a porcelain kiln factory, but everyone in the entire village is engaged in this industry.

Therefore, there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going in the village.

Leng Yan found out that the village was called Taojing Village and was well-known in the surrounding area.

The village's output is not just plates, bowls, and teacups, there is also a wide variety of porcelain ornaments, vases, and even red tiles, green tiles, and green bricks.

Leng Yan was amazed as he walked along the street. There were so many porcelain products in various stalls that he was overwhelmed.

She thought that when she needed to buy bricks and tiles to build a house in the future, she could buy them all from here, which would save time and effort.

Leng Yan thought about it and saw that there were two private rooms in the shop, so she bought a few exquisite vases as decoration.

The price was bargained down to sixty cents each, and I bought six for good luck.

As for plates, bowls, tea sets, wine jugs and the like, Leng Yan made a rough estimate and bought as many plates as possible, and 80 sets of each type of plates, soup spoons and rice bowls. If there were fewer, she could add more, and if there were more, she would not be short of supplies and would have to wash the dishes in a hurry.

She bought a lot and Leng Yan bargained hard. The last set cost twenty wen, and she spent a total of one tael and six qian of silver.

Finally, they added tea sets, wine jugs and other things. In total, they spent two taels and five cents of silver just on buying porcelain.

Leng Yan felt so distressed that she cried, lamenting that the money was really wasted.