Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

"You snuck out again?!"

As the young master of the Wang family walked into the house, his ear was grabbed by a pretty girl.

"Sister, it hurts!" The young master of the Wang family begged repeatedly, "Please let me go first."

The girl snorted and said, "Daddy told you to write twenty long characters today. Have you finished them?"

The young master lowered his head and stammered, "I've only written half of it..."

"You!" the girl said helplessly, "If Daddy finds out, I'll kick you out before you finish writing..."

"Wait, why do you smell like alcohol? Have you been drinking?"

The young master was startled and quickly raised his arm to put it under his nose and sniffed. Sure enough, there was a faint smell of alcohol.

"Sister, please listen to my explanation. I didn't drink."

The girl's face turned pale. "How can you smell like alcohol if you haven't drunk any? Not only are you lazy now, you've also learned to lie, haven't you?"

The young master waved his hands repeatedly: "Sister, don't be angry, I didn't lie, and I didn't drink."

"I just went to Guhong Tower."

The girl, who rarely went out, didn't know much about the world outside the mansion. This was the first time she had heard of the name Guhong Tower. She looked at the servants following the young master and asked, "What is this place?"

The servants looked at each other, not daring to answer.

The girl frowned and said, "I'm asking you a question, speak up!"

"Miss, it's... a tavern..."

The girl was furious. She grabbed her brother's ear again and scolded him, "You're so young and you're already going to a tavern. When you grow up, will you end up in a brothel?"

The young master begged for mercy again and again, saying, "Sister, I'm not going there to drink, I'm going to read the lyrics."

The girl grew increasingly angry. "You don't even know how to make up a good excuse? You went to the tavern to look up lyrics? Do you think I'm stupid?"

A servant beside him said hurriedly: "Miss, the young master is not lying, he really went to read the words."

"Are you helping to lie too?" the girl asked angrily.

The servant said, "Miss, Guhonglou has published a poem of the best quality, and they are offering a reward of one thousand gold to buy it. The young master is really going there just for this poem."

The girl snorted coldly, looked at her brother who was still being pulled by the ear, and said, "Okay, then recite the first stanza. If it's really good, I can keep this secret from Dad."

The young master said, "Sister, if you pull my ears, I can't recite it."

After the girl let go of his hand, the young master quickly retreated to a safe distance, fearing that his sister would get itchy hands and pinch him again.

"Hurry up and memorize it." The girl urged.

"When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine..."

The young master had a very good memory and recited the first stanza very fluently.

The girl savored it for a moment, and her beautiful eyes lit up.

She has been fond of poetry since she was a child and has put a lot of effort into it. She is able to judge the quality of a poem.

This poem can be called a masterpiece of heaven!

The girl savored it for a moment, then subconsciously began to want to finish the next stanza. She stood there in a daze, not saying a word for a long time.

Seeing that his sister was completely immersed in the poem, the young master slipped away on the spot.

When the girl came to her senses, her brother had disappeared.

But the girl didn't care about her brother at the moment. She hurried back to the study in her courtyard, copied the first stanza and hung it on the wall.

Although I cannot write the second stanza, I must read such a masterpiece every day.

……

The fourth day since Guhonglou reopened.

It is also the last day of the shopkeeper’s contract with the Ling family.

On this day, the total revenue of Guhonglou reached 630 taels.

After deducting the initial publicity and promotion costs, the cost of alcohol and other expenses, Guhonglou's revenue was about 540 taels.

The shopkeeper can pay off his debts, Chen Lang wins the bet, and the only one hurt is the Ling family.

The tavern and land that were originally within reach fell through due to a series of outrageous actions by Chen Lang.

Although it is only five hundred taels, compared with a fixed piece of land, five hundred taels seems not enough.

So when the young master of the Ling family received the five hundred taels of compensation, his face turned ashen, without a trace of joy.

Before leaving, he also said a few harsh words to Chen Lang.

Chen Lang's reaction to the harsh words was just three words.

"Climb alone."

The young master of the Ling family lost his temper on the spot and even wanted to ask his own servants to destroy the Guhong Tower.

But the thugs hired by the shopkeeper frightened these servants.

In the end, the young master of the Ling family had no choice but to leave in disgrace.

After driving away this annoying guy, the shopkeeper also took out the house transfer contract that he had prepared in advance.

On the second day of Guhonglou's opening, the shopkeeper realized that he would definitely "lose" the bet with Chen Lang this time, and that Guhonglou would eventually belong to the Chen family.

But the shopkeeper was not angry at all. It was better for the house to be named Chen than Ling.

So he drafted this contract in advance. As long as Chen Lang signed his name on it, Guhong Tower would officially change hands.

Of course Chen Lang would not refuse, he came here just for Guhong Tower.

After writing his own name, he ordered Xiaoqi to send the third contract to the government office for safekeeping.

Chen Lang put down his pen and asked, "Boss, what are your plans next?"

The shopkeeper said, "As long as Master Chen doesn't despise me, I'm willing to stay and continue to be the shopkeeper."

Chen Hu smiled and said, "I've been longing for this, so how could I dislike it?"

"But we need to re-draft this salary."

The shopkeeper said, "Mr. Chen, please speak."

"I still have two plans here."

"The first is the basic salary plus bonuses. The basic salary is ten taels, and the bonus is one-fifteenth of the monthly net profit. You can take three days off each month. At the end of the year, the salary is doubled, and the bonus is one-tenth."

"The second option is that you take 10% of Guhonglou's profits directly. And add another 50% at the end of the year."

"If we do well in the future, this proportion can go up."

The shopkeeper chose the second one without hesitation.

The speed at which Guhonglou makes money is extremely exaggerated now, and a 10% profit is not a small amount.

Moreover, by directly receiving the dividends, the shopkeeper can also feel that Guhonglou can barely be considered his own property.

If you get a salary, you will just become a worker.

More importantly, the five hundred taels of silver paid to the Ling family was lent to him by Chen Lang, and this money must be repaid!

If you choose the first option, it will probably take several years just to pay back the money.

With the second option, maybe the debt can be repaid in two to three years.

The two parties signed a contract, and Hu Heyuan, the owner of Guhonglou, officially became Chen Lang's subordinate.

After the contract was signed, Hu Heyuan went to do something, while Chen Lang hurried home and found Li Xiuzhi.

"Xiuzhi, I have a very difficult task for you to do."

Li Xiuzhi looked at Chen Lang in confusion and said, "Erlang, what do you want me to do?"

"As an accountant." Chen Lang said solemnly.

Li Xiuzhi was stunned: "What is accounting?"

Chen Lang said, "It's the accountant."

"From now on, the audit of Guhonglou's accounts will be handed over to you."