Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Song Sanniang and her friends spent several days touring the entire city.

Then we went to various markets to find out the prices of the ingredients needed in the store, such as sugar, oil and noodles, and that was the end of the process.

In just a few days, Master Hong Yuan and his team have completely transformed the store. All the counters have been dismantled, the stairs have been remodeled, and the counters and display cabinets have been built.

Song Sanniang also made a storage cabinet in the kitchen that would serve as a freezer. She made two cabinets, one large and one small. The large one was used to store ingredients for the sweet soup, and the small one was used to store raw food, meat, etc.

The two display cases are the same as the ones outside, except that the side of the outside display case facing the street is made of glass.

In this way, customers passing by can see it and can stand outside to choose the ingredients they like.

Moreover, the display cabinet is movable, like a trolley. When closing the store at night, you can push the display cabinet into the store and close the door, and then push it out in the morning.

There is a water storage space under the display cabinet. When the time comes, you can add saltpeter to water to make ice. When not in use, you can pull out the water storage space and clean it.

There is a layer of wood on top of the kitchen. When you need to take something out, you just need to lift the wood. When you don’t need it, you can cover it with the wood to prevent dirt from falling in.

The only drawback is that the ice needs to be replaced with new ones every half a day when it melts. So Song Sanniang asked them to make two spare tanks. When the ice is about to melt, they will make ice in the spare tanks first and then replace it directly.

Because of these two cabinets, the kitchen space has become smaller. Apart from storing firewood and some sugar, oil, rice, and flour, nothing else can be placed in it.

Song Sanniang planned to rent another house nearby so that the store employees could live in it and the rest of the materials that needed to be stockpiled could be stored there.

Now Master Hong and his team only have to replace the floor tiles and do the door front work. They will have to work together with Master Tan and his team on the door front work.

Because after the modification, only the counter side has a door, and the right side no longer needs a door. The open dining area on the right side must be completed first before the door on the left side can be reinstalled. Song Sanniang didn't care about these things and let them discuss it themselves.

Now Song Sanniang began to calculate the materials needed for the opening of the business. She made a list of these things, and then planned to let Song Laoer and his men buy some of the reasonably priced ones in the city.

The rest, like cassava flour, can only be transported from Songjia Village when the time comes.

There are still people. The only people available in the store right now are the three adults in Song Laoer's family, Qin Haodong and Niu Laosan.

In the early stage of opening, there were two people working at the counter, Song Sanniang and Qin Haodong.

Then in the kitchen, one Mrs. Song is definitely not enough, at least two more are needed.

Song Lao Er and Niu Lao San are in charge of logistics.

As for serving the dishes, two people are needed on the first floor and two people on the second floor. When there are not enough people, Song Laoer and others can take over.

Now we need to find seven more people. As the secret recipe of the store is involved, it is impossible to ask outsiders. So we can only find trustworthy people or buy people.

Forget about hiring people, let’s talk about it when we open a branch. Song Sanniang told everyone about this to see who everyone would recommend.

Song Ersao didn't need to say anything, she just asked her two sisters-in-law, "My sisters-in-law helped make mooncakes before and they did a great job, I think it's better to ask my sisters-in-law."

"But aren't they cooking for the villagers who are building houses now?" Song Lao Er asked.

"Let my mother do the cooking, and the clan leader's wife as well. Just like when we made mooncakes, let them take over."

"That's fine." Song Lao Er thought there was nothing wrong with it.

"Well, can my wife do it? You invited her before, but she has to bring the two children along." Niu Lao San said.

"Okay, Sanniang said she will rent a new house for you when the time comes." Song Ersao replied.

"Then there are three people now. Since everyone has been invited, and Aunt Cuihua has been invited as well, that will make four people, and we still need three more people." Song Sanniang said.

Finally, after some discussion, everyone decided on Song Ming from Aunt Cuihua's family, Liu Zezheng from eldest uncle's family, and Liu Zehuan from second uncle's family.

Now that the candidates have been decided, accommodation becomes a problem. With seven more people,

After some discussion, we finally decided to find a place with four rooms.

My eldest aunt and my second aunt share a room.

Aunt Cuihua and Aunt Niu San lived in the same room with their children.

Liu Zezheng and Liu Zehuan share a room.

Niu Laosan and Song Ming share a room.

Don't ask why Niu Laosan's family wasn't given a room. Did Aunt Cuihua and her teenage son have to share a room? That would be so inconvenient.

Originally, Song Sanniang didn't have to provide accommodation, but they were all relatives from the village. She couldn't let them find a place to live by themselves when she invited them to come from afar to work. She was unfamiliar with the place.

After the discussion, Qin Haodong and Song Laoer, father and daughter, went to the dental clinic. The dental clinic owner Huang Gui still remembered them and received them warmly.

"When will Miss Song's shop open? Remember to send me an invitation. I will definitely go to support her." Huang Gui said happily.

"It's still more than half a month. I will definitely invite you to come when the store opens. This time I'm here to rent a four-bedroom courtyard, preferably closer to my store."

Song Sanniang did not hesitate and quickly explained her purpose.

"Is that so? Miss Song, please wait a moment. I'll go get the property deed. You can have some tea first." He then signaled the shop assistant to serve them tea.

He went into the study room at the back to get the house deeds. After a while, he came out with the house deeds. Just like last time, he directly recommended three courtyards that he thought were suitable to Song Sanniang.

The first one is about ten minutes away from Le'anfang. It is very close and has four rooms. However, there is no furniture in it, so you need to buy it yourself. It also has a well and the monthly rent is five taels.

The second one is also ten minutes away from Le'anfang. It has four rooms and is fully furnished, but there is no well. You can fetch water from a nearby well or ask the neighborhood water seller to deliver it to your door. A cart of water costs six cents, and the monthly rent is four taels and five hundred cents.

The third one is twenty minutes away from Le'anfang. It has four rooms and is fully furnished. There is also a well. However, there are brothels, bars and casinos on the nearby street, so it is not very safe. The rent is four taels.

Song Sanniang chose the first room, made four more bunk beds, and bought the rest of the furniture from a second-hand furniture market.

In fact, it was not a move to a new house. Everyone just took a shower and slept there at night, and did not spend much time there. So she did not go to see it, and directly decided to stay there and signed the contract with Huang Gui.

Because more than half a month had passed and the new tenants had not moved in so quickly, Huang Gui waived the rent for the past few days and took Song Sanniang and the others to get acquainted with the place.

The houses in this area are probably several decades or even hundreds of years old, and you can see traces of history.

When I pushed open the gate, I saw some weeds growing in the yard, and even patches of moss and sedge growing on the eaves.

The top of the Phoenix's slender branches are clustered with red and orange flowers that look like small bells. They are high and low, like a sea of ​​red flowers. It looks particularly beautiful, so the Phoenix is ​​also called the bell flower.

It is not a good thing to have these flowers growing on the roof, because they have strong vitality and will damage the tiles. They will take root in the tiles and make them loose. Then the roof will leak when it rains and the loose tiles will fall off.

Seeing this situation, Huang Gui still had a strong sense of contract. He promised to arrange for someone to deal with it. Song Sanniang thanked him.

To be honest, she thought the scene was beautiful. It had a desolate and vicissitudes of time. The old house was uninhabited, and the phoenix occupied the roof. Time washed over the house, and the owner inside changed one after another.

In the end, there was nothing wrong with the house, except that no one lived there and it smelled a bit musty. They could just clean it up when the time came, so they returned to the store.