Happy Farmer's Life

The newcomers were very hardworking, rushing to wash the dishes after dinner, and Renping finally got the job.Du Weiming was quite satisfied seeing this situation, who doesn't like hardworking people?Xichun and Lianqiu are rushing to make quilts and clothes. The quilts at home are barely enough, and it is still winter, so cotton clothes have to be made quickly.

Du Weiming asked them to rest early, and Zhou Wen went to the room to discuss things together.The small table came in handy again. Du Weiming brewed a pot of mint tea, and the family sat down to plan the snack shop.In the future, the main business of the store and the distribution of personnel must be arranged one by one.

"Let's take a look at how to arrange the manpower, who goes to the shops in the town, and who stays in the village."

"Renkang will definitely be brought to the town. He can cook. Xichun and Lianqiu will also be brought there, so I don't feel at ease staying in the village."

"I think it is enough to keep two people in the village, and the rest will go to the shop to help out, and we will talk about it when the shop is stable."

"It's going to be spring plowing soon, how can two people plant so much land?"

"Why don't you keep a few people in the village first, just as the shop needs to be redecorated, and when it's done, the spring plowing is almost done, so just keep two people in the village."

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After some discussion, it was finally decided that the day after tomorrow Du Weiming would go to the town with the doll, Zhou Wen and Renkang first, and the rest of the people would stay in the village and do the field work, and then go to the town after the shop was refurbished.Everything in the town is expensive, so it doesn't make sense for so many people to go there now.

There are two effects of having so many people in the family. The first is that Du Weiming doesn’t do much work at home now. He started to do Renkang as soon as he was ready to cook. Everything has been prepared for you. Du Weiming has really decided that he is the young master. He doesn't need to do any of these tasks. To be honest, he is really not used to it.The second is that the food reserves at home have dropped sharply.There are 5 more people in the family, and when they are all growing up, the appetite is more amazing than the other. A big pot of porridge is not enough to drink, and a big pot of cooking rice is sure to be clean.Du Weiming wouldn't let them have enough to eat, so he asked Renkang to cook more.It seems that we need to open a shop, otherwise we really can't afford to support so many people.

On the morning of the third day, Du Weiming and his party set off for the town.Shu Xiu has already been sent to a private school, and has gone to study in the past two days.I went to the shop today to hand over everything to the original shop owner.Wang Wu drove them there in an ox cart, and brought some vegetables and bacon from home by the way.I can't finish the cabbage, radish, and potatoes at home, and I have to buy them when I get to town.Of course, there is also a can of olive oil. Now that I am used to olive oil, Du Weiming is really not used to eating lard-fried dishes. I heard from the shopkeeper that the town also sells ingot oil. Du Weiming went to check it out. Ingot oil is rapeseed oil. , I heard that it came from the state of Wu, and the price is also very expensive.If olives can be harvested in large quantities, there should be a business in olive oil.Why is there no soybean oil here? If it is soybean oil, it should be very cheap.Forget it, let's talk when we have time.

Du Weiming was thinking about it alone, while Zhou Wen was playing with the doll.Wawa was actually reluctant to leave his uncle, but his brother said that if he wanted to be successful in the future, he must study, and if he had no knowledge or culture, he could only farm for the rest of his life.This seems to be the traditional concept of the Chinese people for thousands of years, that everything is inferior and only reading is high.In fact, Du Weiming didn't want the baby to study too many books, but if you haven't even learned the most basic knowledge, it will be difficult to make great achievements in the future.Du Weiming didn't even think about official career or anything, at least study for a few years, it would be best if he had a reputation.In this era, if there is a scholar or something, he is several times better than ordinary people.Du Weiming himself really didn't have the intention to study. He was already partial to science. He always liked science, but not liberal arts. He finally finished his university studies. Now he would not be able to study in a private school. He had already read it. enough.

Wang Wu sent them to the shop and then returned to the village. He made an appointment to pick them up in five days.Lin Yaqi took Du Weiming to the shop. The original shopkeeper had already packed up all the furniture, pots and bowls. Du Weiming only needed to carry the clothes and the quilt could live there.That's good, it saves you trouble.Du Weiming entrusted Lin Yake to find a few craftsmen, and the renovation of the shop will start tomorrow. Lin Yake is still very interested in this long-term business, and accompanied Du Weiming to the shop early this morning to do business.

The original shop had two floors, and each floor was about fifty or sixty square meters.It turns out that the downstairs sells general groceries, dried fruits and so on, while the upstairs sells some relatively high-end fur and dry goods.Du Weiming plans to turn it into an ordinary seat, and the upstairs is similar to a private seat.The shops here are usually open until the afternoon and close at night.There are two kitchens, one is downstairs, Du Weiming made the kitchen 10 square meters apart, and the other is in the yard.The one in the yard is relatively large, and if you are busy, you can use both kitchens together.

Du Weiming's plan is to sell breakfast food in the morning, and two kinds of lunch box and fried rice at noon.This is borrowing modern ideas. Du Weiming has been to Tianxianglou for dinner. If it is noon, some dishes will have to wait for a long time. If you are in a hurry, you will not have time to eat.Du Weiming is going to put some cooked meals in the kitchen downstairs, and let the diners choose what they need.In this way, you can eat directly after picking and paying, without having to wait any longer.If you eat small fried food upstairs, of course it is cooked to order. If you are not in a hurry for time and money, the private seats upstairs are of course a better choice.The original owner introduced everything here one by one, and left the key to Du Weiming, then left for Kyoto.Lin Yayu said that he would bring craftsmen to do the work tomorrow, but he also said goodbye and left.

Du Weiming took the doll to buy some of the Four Treasures of the Study. He will go to a private school tomorrow, so of course these things must be prepared.

"Baby, be careful when you go to study tomorrow."

"I know, brother, don't worry."

Pens and inks are really expensive. Du Weiming spent 300 Wen on ordinary ones, and rice paper was even more expensive. Du Weiming spent a tael of silver when he came out of the shop, but they were all ordinary ones.

He bought some snacks he liked for the baby, and the two hurried back.There are a lot of things, and I have to go back and deal with them quickly.

Another reason why Du Weiming chose this shop is that the backyard is large enough, with 6 rooms, two storage rooms and a small kitchen.The design of his yard is somewhat similar to a courtyard house, with a shop on the front, rooms around it, a yard in the middle, and some vegetables.Although the size of the rooms is not large, each is only more than ten square meters, which is incomparable with the ones in the village, but it is still quite well done.The original owner only used 4 of the rooms, and only 4 of the houses are furnished.The other two rooms are also stacked for him.This time only Du Weiming, Zhou Wen, Wawa and Renkang came, and the room was enough.Wait until there are more people to buy some furniture or ask carpenter Zhang to make some furniture.

Du Weiming originally wanted the doll to have a room alone, but the doll refused, so Du Weiming didn't force it.Zhou Wen and Renkang share a room, if there are too many people, they will share a room in the future.Du Weiming lived in the original owner's room, which was considered the best, with a bed, cabinet, table, and cabinet, and the room was also the largest among several rooms.Zhou Wen and Renkang only had the simplest bed, cabinet, and two chairs.Let's do it when we have time.Arrange what you brought.Renkang has already started making dinner. Everyone eats two pancakes for lunch, so dinner is about to be cooked.

Du Weiming sent the baby to a private school. The private school was very close to the shop, but on the first day of school, Du Weiming still sent him there.

"Baby, be obedient. Brother will bring you your favorite red bean cake in the afternoon. If you don't behave well, you won't have it."

"Brother, don't worry." Seeing the doll jumping into the private school, Du Weiming also went back to the shop, the artisan will come soon.Lin Yaqi brought a total of three craftsmen here this time. Du Weiming explained what he meant in detail, and finally agreed that the materials plus labor cost a total of 12 yuan, and Du Weiming would pack a lunch.He gave Lin Yayu another 100 Wen, and Lin Yayu left with a smile, saying that he can just ask him for anything in the future.

Because the shop as a whole is okay, but it just needs to be refurbished. The private room upstairs will take a little time. After a month and a half, the shop has been refurbished.During the period, Wang Wu came here every 5 days at first, and then once every 10 days. Considering the restaurant at home, Du Weiming set aside 3 acres of land to grow vegetables this time. I am self-sufficient, and I have already found pork and so on.

Du Weiming visited almost all the restaurants and snack shops in the town these days, and found that their breakfasts were really monotonous, porridge, pancakes, and steamed buns.There is almost nothing new. Du Weiming, Zhou Wen, and Renkang have researched a lot of fresh food together, most of which are Du Weiming's modern breakfast.Soy milk, bean curd, porridge, buns, steamed buns, wontons, spring rolls.I bought a stone mill and made soy milk by myself.You can also make some tofu or something.

A bowl of soy milk and bean curd costs 3 renminbi, a bowl of porridge 2 renminbi, meat buns 5 renminbi, vegetable buns 3 renminbi each, small steamed buns cost 15 renminbi a basket, 8 per basket, and 4 spring rolls per serving , It costs 10 Wen, and a bowl of small wontons costs 5 Wen.8% discount on opening day.

Except for Lian Dahe Renping who stayed in the village, the rest came to the shop to help.

For lunch, a bowl of brown rice with one meat and two vegetables is priced at 10 renminbi, and a bowl of brown rice is 1 renminbi.There are also noodles, wontons, etc., just look at the menu for small stir-fries.On the first day of opening, there were not many people. There were not many people ordering the small cages, and the price was relatively high. However, many people ordered soy milk, bean curd and small wontons, and steamed buns.Everyone wants to try new tricks, and there are free samples on the opening day. Du Weiming prepared some steamed buns and spring rolls for everyone to try. Many people came here for this.

It will be a month later when everything is on track. Du Weiming feels that he is going to be exhausted. Every day he gets up before dawn to get ready, and Renkang wakes up even earlier.Have to be busy until noon to rest.But tiredness still has its price. In the first month, excluding various income and expenses, Du Weiming made a total of 5 pennies, which was better than expected.Du Weiming immediately decided to celebrate at night.The baby is also used to the study and life of the private school. Du Weiming immediately decided to celebrate the one day off every month.