Bracelet space through the past and present? Take it

Tomorrow is October 26th.

The plaque of "Zhou Ji Bistro" has been hung up and covered with a red silk cloth.

The layout inside has changed a lot, and there is a huge painting hanging above the counter.

The above picture was specially drawn by Zhou Lingling based on the menu of a modern restaurant.

The left third of the picture shows three kinds of wine.

Yellow wine brewed from grains, a wine jar being poured out, with the grain raw materials used to make it painted next to it.

The liquor brewed from sorghum and various fruit wines are also presented in two overturned wine jars with pictures of sorghum and various fruits on the sides.

Below the three wine jars is a bamboo tube, and the wine pouring out is lifelike. Even Zhou Chi was surprised by his sister's unique painting skills.

He also said: "If my sister continues to study here, she will definitely achieve extraordinary accomplishments."

Zhou Lingling smiled and enjoyed the praise from her family, feeling a little embarrassed and proud.

Although such painting skills could be learned easily in their time, they are completely incomparable to the current paintings and calligraphy that are full of artistic conception.

The middle column of the menu is the specialty of their store——

Lo mei.

There are pig heads, pig ears, pig intestines, pig hearts, pig lungs, pig stomachs, chicken feet, duck feet, etc., as well as various vegetarian dishes such as mushrooms and lotus root slices.

Zhou Lingling drew a cartoon version of each picture, painted it, and marked the price on the back.

The last column is some other fixed home-cooked dishes. What is more unique is that Zhou Lingling also ordered a random meat dish and a vegetarian dish.

That is, when customers come to the store, they can eat whatever is available. Meat dishes are five cents per serving, vegetarian dishes are two cents per serving, and other specific stir-fries range from five to twenty cents.

Also, they offer unlimited rice for free.

This was something Zhou Lingling added deliberately after listening to his father.

He said that some of his brothers at the dock wanted to eat something hot after a tiring day, and wanted to drink some wine to warm themselves up when it was cold in winter.

But some families live in villages dozens of miles away, and they may not be able to go back home for ten days or half a month.

Zhou Lingling calculated the cost of their liquor and the tavern's profit cycle, and set the price of the liquor at ten cents per pound.

In addition to the braised food, the overall prices of their drinks and side dishes are not expensive.

Zhou Lingling also asked the old patriarch's daughter-in-law to send the first batch of mountain products and fresh vegetables.

There were two sacks full of various mountain products, weighing more than 120 kilograms.

Mrs. Li looked at the little girl in front of her with some trepidation, "Girl Ling, isn't this a bit too much..."

Zhou Lingling didn't answer and just flipped through it casually.

Li packed different types of mountain products in cloth bags, and they all looked good.

Although these vegetables were quite fresh, they didn't look very good. They were skinny and had many wormholes. They were completely different from what she had bought from the old man before.

But it is understandable. The land is too dry this year and not many families in the village can grow vegetables.

Li looked at Zhou Lingling's eyes falling on the dishes, and her heart skipped a beat.

A few days ago, Daqin came back with a letter, asking her to collect some fresh vegetables from the village and send them today. Li had to ask most of the village before she received these. The quality is really not very good...

Zhou Lingling patted the dust off her hands and said to Li with a smile:

"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie. This is not much. From now on, Auntie will send you dry goods once a month. It doesn't matter how much."

"These vegetables... must have been grown with great difficulty by the villagers. The weather is getting more and more unpredictable. Ten kilograms of vegetables can only be sold for the price of one kilogram of grain. It's better to keep them for yourself. Auntie won't have to go to the village to pick vegetables in the future."

When Li heard that mountain products could be delivered once a month, no matter how much, she didn't have time to be happy because she heard that they would not need vegetables anymore.

"Then, how do we get the dishes we use in the tavern?"

She asked this not entirely because she couldn't earn the money, but purely because she cared about the Zhou family's tavern.

Zhou Lingling also noticed the concern in her eyes, so she smiled.

"Don't worry, Auntie, I can handle it."

Li nodded hesitantly, "Okay, okay, Ling girl, as long as you can handle it."

This week, the little girl from Zhou Erge's family is really not simple. She is the daughter-in-law of the village chief who is in charge of the village. It always feels a little uncomfortable to talk to her.

"Aunt, I'll take you to the front counter to find my second cousin and let him pay for you."

Yes, Chen Jiakang, who doesn't like reading or slaughtering pigs, finally found his own "career".

God knows how shocked those four people were when Zhou Lingling personally went to the Chen family and told the old couple and Chen's uncle and aunt that she wanted to invite Chen Jiakang to be the manager of their Zhouji Tavern.

Finally, it was Old Lady Chen who said, "Your sister asked you to go. This is a sign of her trust in you and our Chen family. You must not let your sister down, otherwise you are no longer a descendant of our Chen family!"

Chen Jiakang himself was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. After hearing what his grandmother said, he didn't care about being surprised and stood up quickly.

"Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, don't worry, I will do my best! I won't let my cousin down! I won't bring shame to our family!"

Chen Jiakang waited anxiously at home for three days, and even asked his aunt Chen to make him a refined long gown.

Until today, he, who has always been lively, wore a long gown and sat properly behind the counter of Zhouji Bistro.

In front of him were two brand new account books and an abacus.

Chen Jiakang touched the abacus beads with great care, with a gleam in his eyes.

From now on, my cousin is his mentor!

In the future, he will definitely settle accounts with his cousin and help her expand her business!

Become the richest man in the world!

The fourteen-year-old boy is full of passion and has made great wishes in his heart, waiting for them to bloom into brilliant flowers in the future.

"Second cousin, please settle the bill for Aunt Li."

Mentor Zhou Lingling slapped the table, awakening Chen Jiakang, whose mind was full of wild imagination.

Yes, even the richest man in the Yuan Dynasty had to start from the trivialities of a small tavern...

Chen Jiakang picked up the abacus with a serious face.

"One hundred and twenty catties of mountain products, cost one thousand two hundred coins, with an additional purchase fee of two hundred forty coins. Forty-five catties of fresh vegetables, cost twenty-two and a half coins, with an additional purchase fee of five coins..."

"Write it all down in this column, cousin, am I right?" After finishing the calculation, he looked at Zhou Lingling.

This way of accounting was taught to him by Zhou Lingling in the past two days, because those ancient account books... well, she found it difficult to understand, as they did not distinguish between debits and credits, nor were they divided into categories.

So she prepared a set of account books that she could understand, recording income and expenditure separately. Income would be recorded separately for wine and beverages, braised food and stir-fries, while expenditure included food, firewood, rice, oil, salt, fixed costs, etc.

The current expenditure book already records all their expenses for renovating the tavern, as well as the fixed cost of four hundred taels for purchasing the tavern.

After a brief surprise, Chen Jiakang quickly accepted it.

Chen Jiakang took note of the bamboo chopsticks and other items that Uncle Daqin had sent him, as well as the pots, pans, and utensils that he had bought. Seeing that nothing had gone wrong, Zhou Lingling felt very relieved about him.

"That's right, you should settle the bill for Aunt Li."

Zhou Lingling waited until Aunt Li excitedly accepted the 245 coins before saying:

"Auntie, wait a moment, I have something else to discuss with you..."