Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

Shen Miaozhu pondered for a moment: "Seventh Uncle, please ask who is willing to follow me. This year, several brothers from the same clan have entered the county town's store as apprentices, so there are enough people.

My grandfather is probably still in charge of the kitchen. It just so happens that my grandmother is coming to Beijing to help with the instructions. The family is planning to open the restaurant on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year next year.

However, you still need to support the capital city."

"That's what I mean. We have just established good relationships with the clerks in various government offices in the city and with all kinds of people. It is not appropriate to change people yet." No one dared to cause trouble in the shops in the county town because of the fifth brother, but it was not impossible in the city.

Even with the title of Captain Chen, he was just a military officer, and there were many talented people in the city.

There are also those ruffians and hangers-on who always want to take advantage.

Shen He learned the lesson from his last encounter with Prince Wang. Now he knows how to move around and be tough when necessary. He has become somewhat adept at it, and he doesn't want to change places suddenly.

Moreover, he knew that he had a reputation and that he couldn't thrive in the capital.

So he said, "It would be great if my eighth brother could be the manager of the capital."

Shen Miaozhu also had this idea, especially when they arrived in the capital and saw Master Chi greeting customers at the door of the small shop with ease, she felt that Master Chi was suitable for doing business.

Shen Lingzhu was weighing fish for someone when Lu An beside her pulled her aside and said, "Second Miss, look, there's a sister who looks a lot like you, smiling at you."

"Really?" Shen Lingzhu said as he took the customer's money. He looked up and saw his senior sister holding his cousin who was licking a candied haws.

"Second sister." When she turned around and called Grandma Lu to receive the guests, she looked back and saw that her senior sister and the two Taoist priests from the Qixing Temple had already approached.

Before she could ask, Master Chi also saw his eldest daughter. He left the guests to greet them and wanted to touch his nephew's face, but his hands were wet and fishy. "My daughter, Dad is too busy to pick you up. Where's your mother?"

"Grandma and grandpa are waiting outside Guangyi Gate. We have brought more than eighty donkeys in total. Where do you think we should keep them?" Shen Miaozhu handed her little cousin to the senior sister beside her, rolled up her sleeves and was about to help sell fish.

Shen Lingzhu stopped her, "Second sister, don't do anything else. There are only two pots left. Let Granny Lu and her grandchildren take care of them.

We'll go pick everyone up. Several restaurants are waiting for donkey meat, so we can send it to them and have them slaughter it themselves."

"Someone actually ordered it even though there's no physical product?" Shen Miaozhu readily lowered her sleeves and smiled and nodded at the grandparents of the Lu family who were stealing glances at her.

Shen Chi was very proud: "Who am I, your father? This little thing is easy for me to handle. Let's go pick him up."

It was true. He had previously taken his little girl shopping to try the signature dishes of restaurants and food shops. He didn't eat for free, but took the opportunity to get to know the shopkeeper.

Therefore, most of the fish collected this time were sold to restaurants.

Shen Miaozhu and his group also sold nearly thirty donkeys brought by them on the same day.

In the evening, the whole family and the escort had dinner and rest in Maxian Hutong.

Shen Chi hugged his wife in the room and lamented that time was tight and the donkeys he received were too few.

Huang Ruyue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Be content. It's not easy to buy more than 80 heads in two or three days.

Dazhuzi anticipated that she would bring a lot of sausages. She said that there was only half a month left before the New Year, and it would be difficult to prepare other things, but she could lead everyone to make sausages.

In addition, she also tried making fish balls at home, which were very delicious. You can collect more fish."

After a pause, she continued, "You're so brave! You sent home a thousand taels of silver. You must have quite a bit left. What was the price you borrowed it for?"

Shen Chi, however, looked around and said something else: "As expected of my daughter, Chi Er, you have a sharp mind."

Huang Ruyue saw that he was not telling the truth and twisted his waist.

Meanwhile, in the west wing guest room, grandma and grandpa were coaxing their grandson to sleep while discussing this issue. "While washing dishes, I asked Xiao Zhuzi about it. My son-in-law actually used his brother's business card to borrow 10,000 taels of silver at a loan.

If he dares to do this, he is definitely not just doing the food business.

Alas, officials are so extravagant when it comes to spending money. A donkey can only earn one ounce, and I don’t know how long it will take to pay it back.”

“The longest repayment period cannot exceed one year, otherwise the interest will be doubled.

A fifth-rank official title card cannot be worth ten thousand taels. He must have something else as collateral.

"Little Zhuzi didn't tell you that there's something going on here." Grandpa was very sure.

……

Shen Lingzhu was discussing this with her senior sister, "...I originally thought that Master Chi would borrow at most two or three thousand taels by showing his name card and a travel permit.

Unexpectedly, when Second Master Chi placed the shop deed sent by Eunuch Wang on the table, the lenter offered 10,000 taels of silver on his own initiative.

Shen Miaozhu said: "The news about business in the capital is well-informed. I think several restaurants also know that we have acquired Eunuch Wang's shop.

It seems that I need to visit Brother Xie tomorrow."

Shen Lingzhu couldn’t agree more: “Well, the reason why Mr. Chi wants to stay in Beijing to do business is that he wants to make some money as soon as possible.

When borrowing, the name card and the shop are separately guaranteed, so they can be returned separately. The most important thing is to get the shop deed back."

She sighed: "The Prime Minister's wife whispered to me at the banquet that since he is our former benefactor in the capital, we should take better care of him to show our sincerity.

Even if the shop is returned, I will probably have to keep interacting with Eunuch Wang and Eunuch Wang. On the surface, these two people don't take advantage of their status to make money, but who knows what they are really like."

"From the moment you started traveling with Brother Xie, this relationship has been inseparable.

If someone wants to use us to scheme or build bridges, there is no way to avoid it.

Actually, there's no need to return that shop." Shen Miaozhu had observed the outer city, and found that shops were hard to come by, especially in the area close to the city gate.

She said, “After we redeem the deed to this shop, we don’t have to use it ourselves, but we can sublet it.

If the place is big, we can collect rent from three or four small shops, and then send part of it back to the Wang family for Brother Xie to use."

Shen Lingzhu didn't expect this to happen: "Is it okay?"

Shen Miaozhu nodded: "Okay, we are just doing business in partnership with Eunuch Wang's nephew.

And from now on, only we and Mr. Chi can deal with the Wang family, not my uncle and brother.

Go to bed early, we will devote all our energy to business tomorrow. Mr. Chi has a good eye, as long as the fish supply is sufficient, business will be even better."

She was right. Ever since the fish balls, bacon and the braised donkey meat made by her grandfather were put on the market, business has been getting better day by day.

Due to the popularity, a lot of the mountain products were sold in the trucks.

Of course, the best-selling wine is the wine brewed by Shen Miaozhu.

Shen Chi no longer only bought fish in the villages in the western suburbs. Within thirty to fifty miles of the capital, wherever there were rivers and fish, Shen Lingzhu would go with him to collect fish.

Sometimes, they would even run one or two hundred miles to collect it.

Hard work pays off. After a busy year, he actually earned more than a thousand taels of silver. Shen Chi collected the money he had earned and the unspent money and went to the gold and silver shop to pay his debts.

When he was paying the debt, Captain Chen happened to be returning to Beijing for the New Year. When he visited him, he took the initiative to ask to accompany him.

After the father and daughter returned with the 7,000 taels, Captain Chen sent them home safely and drank with Master Chi and Grandpa.

Huang Ruyue pulled Shen Lingzhu aside and asked her quietly, "What's going on with Captain Chen and your second sister?"