Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

After arriving home, Qian Xiaohui and others came out to greet her.

Zhao Yuanzhen invited a few people into the house.

I introduced the skills of these three people to several people at home.

"What are your names?"

"Madam, our names were given by our previous boss, but after our previous boss was convicted, the pawnbroker no longer allows us to use this name. We are begging Madam to give us a name again."

As they spoke, several people knelt down again.

"Then from now on you will be called Zhang Yu, your wife will be called Bai Wei, and the little girl will be called Lan Ying. Let's all have the surname Zhang."

"Thank you Madam for the name."

These names are all nice and they like them very much.

"This is the eldest young master's wife, Qian. From now on, you can call her the eldest young lady or the housekeeper.

This is the second young master’s wife, Mrs. Li. From now on you can call her the second young lady, or Steward Li.

There are still a few young masters who haven't come back yet. You will meet them later.

From now on, Bai Wei will serve the two ladies. Both ladies are pregnant now, so she needs to take good care of them.

Lan Ying, just follow me and be my little maid."

Zhao Yuanzhen decided to keep the little girl by her side and observe her.

"Yes, I will follow Madam's arrangements."

"As for you, Zhang Yu, after the shop opens, you and the Third Young Master will manage the shop, and you will assist the Third Young Master. Later, I will select a few qualified people to send over, and you will train them well."

"Yes, I will follow Madam's arrangements."

"Xiaohui, please arrange a place for the three of them to live together. Find a smaller room.

See where it is suitable, and then give each of them a set of uniform utensils, cotton-padded clothes, etc., and give them the materials and let them make it themselves. "

"Okay, Mom. I'll be there in a minute."

"Well, these are the bills for today's purchases. Take them and file your bills. I'll pay for the big shop first. You can pay me back when you figure out a business."

Zhao Yuanzhen hasn't decided what to do with the big shop yet. She needs to think about it carefully. If it doesn't work out, she will just rent it out first.

"Okay, Mom, I got it."

"Well, that's fine, go ahead."

"Yeah, okay, mom."

"Well, go ahead. Zhijuan, go gather all the servants here. I have something to say."

"Okay, Mom, I'll go right away."

Then several people left.

Zhao Yuanzhen drank a cup of tea and then went out.

Everyone was standing in front of the room in an orderly manner, one team of men and one team of women.

After Qian Xiaohui and the others took lessons from Madam Kong, they became better at teaching the servants.

"I plan to select a group of male seal carving masters, who are required to be careful, patient, and conscientious in their work. Those who think they can do it can step forward, even if they are illiterate."

Then these people thought for a while and 9 people stood up.

"Okay, then it's nine of you. Qingyan, take note. Zhang Yu, from now on, you will set aside an hour in the evening to teach everyone to read and write. It doesn't have to be too difficult. The main purpose is to recognize words."

"Okay, ma'am."

"From today on, everyone must start learning to read from Zhang Yu. Study hard. After a while, I will ask Zhang Yu to come to the city for inspection.

If anyone does not study hard, there will be punishment. Also, those who do not know how to drive a carriage should find someone to learn when they have time, and report to the young masters when they learn. "

Zhao Yuanzhen doesn't want any scumbags.

"Yes, I'll remember Madam's instructions."

"Now that the eldest and second young masters' wives are both pregnant, I plan to choose a wet nurse from among you to take care of the children.

You don’t need to take care of the children’s diet, you just need to help the young ladies take care of the children. Anyone who knows how to take care of children, or who is willing to learn, can step forward.”

Then four people stood up.

Zhao Yuanzhen raised her eyebrows. Do they all think wet nurses are popular?

"Raise your hands if you have ever been a wet nurse or taken care of a child."

After waiting for a while, there was still nothing. It seemed that no one had brought it.

"Bai Wei, you take care of the four of them first. Do what they should do normally. When you are not busy, teach them everything from what the young ladies should pay attention to when they are pregnant to what to do after giving birth. Teach them everything first, and see who is the most suitable in the end, and then keep them."

"Yes, I will follow Madam's arrangements."

"Okay, let's disperse."

After Zhao Yuanzhen finished making the arrangements, she told them all to go.

Then we started to set the table for lunch.

Zhang Xinshu and the others also came back.

After dinner, Zhang Xinshu hurried back to reading. He had to finish the task his mother had given him. He was reading a book while riding in the carriage.

Zhao Yuanzhen first customized the comic book template and the system.

The remaining scripts will have to wait until Zhang Xinshu has read them and confirmed that there are no problems before they can be customized.

It is too cold now to build factories. We will build some factories in the spring to engrave and print storybooks.

Zhang Xinbai was in charge of the decoration these days. Zhao Yuanzhen also bought the necessary glass and asked him to bring it over for installation on the third day.

Zhao Yuanzhen was afraid that the glass would be damaged after installation, so she designed a wooden door panel. At night, another door panel would be put outside the window to protect the glass.

After 3 busy days, I finally got everything done.

Zhao Yuanzhen printed 100 copies of each book, and set a unique anti-counterfeiting mark on each book.

Opening tomorrow.

Zhao Yuanzhen has to buy some decorative vases today and clean up the store.

She brought Zhang Qingyan and Lan Ying with her.

Take the teacups, teapots, and small snack plates that you bought in advance at the mall.

You can make snacks in your home kitchen and bring some over every morning.

I also bought a few calligraphy and paintings, all of which were ink paintings printed using modern technology. They are elegant and cheap.

I also bought the pens, ink, paper and inkstone in the mall, mainly because they were cheap.

I went to a ceramic shop first and bought a few vases, spending two taels of silver.

I went to the flower shop again and bought a few pots of flowers and some fresh cut plum branches.

It cost 11 taels of silver.

Take these back to the shop.

The plaque has been hung and covered with a red cloth.

Lan Ying took the cloth swiftly and began to wipe and clean everywhere.

Zhao Yuanzhen directed Zhang Qingyan to hang the painting.

Then the flower pots and flower arrangements were placed in appropriate locations.

Now the whole store looks very much like what it was.

The large floor-to-ceiling windows let in warm sunlight and blocked out the biting cold wind.

The whole shop is clean, bright, tidy and orderly, and the paintings bring a touch of elegance.

Zhao Yuanzhen expressed her satisfaction.

Early the next morning, everyone in the family came except Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan.

Zhao Yuanlan is here too.

They also sent a large bonsai as a gift.

Zhao Yuanzhen placed it on the left side of the door.

Zhao Yuanlan took a pair of scissors and cut the red cloth covering the plaque amid the crackling sound of firecrackers.

Then everyone applauded to celebrate the opening.

Because of the glass, there are always a lot of people around the shop recently. I have always been curious about what kind of shop this is, and how can it use so much colored glass! This is colored glass!

It's so transparent and so big.

This is really bright and warm when used on windows!

Now the store is finally open.

Everyone is ready to find out.

When they saw the signboard it turned out to be a storybook shop, most of the people who were not interested left.

Zhao Yuanzhen's books can be rented and sold. In order to prevent others from buying and plagiarizing, Zhao Yuanzhen only wrote half of each book.

There are two types of rental books. One is for reading in the store, which costs 10 cents a day.

One way is to take it away and leave a deposit, 20 cents a day.

If you buy or sell books, the prices will vary depending on the book.

For example, Dream of the Red Chamber costs 5 taels per copy.

Books of this era were already very expensive, so the price she set was not very expensive.

Zhang Xinnian was reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes outside.

Zhang Zijin took the comic book and showed it to children everywhere.

Some people will stop to listen and look.

Some people left.

Some people also entered the store.

"Welcome, what kind of books would you like to read?"

After training by Zhao Yuanzhen, the shopkeeper is now able to receive customers better.

"What books do you have?"

"We have Hongxiu and Tianxiang. Hongxiu's stories are realistic, travelogues, prophecies, etc. Tianxiang's stories are about talented scholars and beautiful women, and stories about the Smiling Proud Wanderer, etc."

"Then let me take a look at Hongxiu first."

"Okay, look here, it's on the bookshelf."

Then those people went to the bookshelf to choose.

I just flipped through it and gradually became fascinated.

The shopkeeper quickly guided us to either look at it in the store or rent it and take it home to look at.

The new store opened with a 8% discount on the first day.

Many people were so fascinated that they didn't want to go back to watch it, so they rented a seat in the store to watch it.

Gradually more and more people came.

32 seats are almost full.

Some people also want tea.

Zhao Yuanzhen placed a large teapot on the small stove.

The boiled water is kept warm. If you need tea, you can find a small teapot and brew a pot of tea. There are several kinds of teas prepared. You can brew whatever you need. Refilling water is free. A pot of tea starts at 30 Wen. Prices vary.

The snacks are some popular snacks made in the kitchen and served on small plates. The prices vary, but they range from 8 coins to 200 coins.

All the shopkeeper needs to do is register the title of the book and leave a deposit.

Each book has its own number so they won't be thrown away in a mess.

The store was quiet, with only the sound of flipping pages.

Zhao Yuanzhen and her friends cooked lunch in the kitchen, ate it, and then took a nap in the backyard.

We plan to go back together after closing time at night.

In December, it gets dark early. It's not so bright after 12 o'clock, which is not very suitable for reading.

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't plan to provide oil lamps. With so many tables, it would consume too much oil.

So it was decided to close at 4.30:.

Everyone was enjoying the books when they heard the storekeeper say they were closing the store. They realized it was getting dark and quickly put away their books. Some wanted to rent books and continue reading.

After everyone had left, Zhao Yuanzhen had a wooden board inserted in front of the window.

Close the door and start sorting out the accounts.

According to statistics, excluding the deposit, the total income today was 1472 wen, of which 1040 wen was for tea and snacks, and only 432 wen was for book rental.

Zhao Yuanzhen was very satisfied. It was only the first day and it was pretty good.

The rent for the surrounding shops is 3000 wen per month, or an average of 100 wen per day.

The decoration materials and furniture are 23.5, and the shopkeeper calculates it at 800 coins per month.

The printing of the books only cost 2 points, equivalent to 2000 coins.

After deducting the cost of tea, cakes, shop rental and the shopkeeper's cost, there is still more than 1240 coins left.

The net profit per month can be at least 30 taels.

The initial investment can be recovered in one month.

The rest is pure profit.

This is just the money for renting the books, not including the money from selling the books in the future.

The others were very happy to hear the results of my mother's calculations. This was another stable source of income.

Then he closed the door and prepared to go back.

I left a servant to look after the shop, since there was room in the backyard.

The others drove the carriage back.

After returning, I told Qian Xiaohui about the profit situation, and they were both very happy.

The family now has a profitable business.