Youranju moves quickly.
As soon as he finished talking about continuing the cooperation, the second brother drove the carriage to the workshop to transport sausages.
Seeing Xiao Jiang Sheng who was not far away, he kindly asked, "Would you like me to give you a ride?"
Jiang Sheng waved her hands and refused. Taking a carriage would save effort, but it was rare for her to sneak out and wanted to sneak a bite before going back.
What to eat secretly?
Of course, it’s the candied haws with bright colors and sultry figure.
I can’t go to Jiuzhenfang to eat because I will be discovered by my brothers.
Jiang Sheng couldn't understand why her brothers still wouldn't let her eat two more bites of candied haws, even though her teeth had passed, and her white teeth were dense and straight.
It must be because they don't understand the deliciousness of candied haws.
The outside is wrapped in sweet and crunchy sugar skin, and the inside is sweet and sour hawthorn. Even though Fengjing's candied haws were sold for fifteen cents each, Jiang Sheng was still cruel, stamped his feet, and gritted his teeth to buy it.
It’s so expensive, but it also smells really good.
The little girl turned her back to the vendor. As soon as she got it, she couldn't wait to open her mouth. She took half a piece in her mouth, and the light in front of her eyes was blocked.
She raised her head blankly and saw a familiar person, as if she had seen him somewhere.
"You are... you are..." The man scratched his head and thought, "I remembered that you are Brother Xu's sister. I saw you at the gate of Jiuzhenfang."
Jiang Sheng also remembered that this was his eldest brother's friend, a descendant of the Zhao family who had bought fifty packs of pastries on the opening day of Jiuzhenfang.
She was a little worried that this person would reveal the news to her elder brother and expose her stealing food outside.
Zhao Yuan laughed heartlessly and asked, "Why are you eating candied haws alone outside? Could it be that you are eating it secretly?"
Jiang Sheng's expression suddenly darkened, and his eyes were filled with anger.
"It can't be true, then I have to tell Brother Xu that you won't give it to him if you eat the candied haws secretly." Zhao Yuan's face was full of narrow-mindedness, "You have to be careful."
As he said this, he turned around and ran away.
Jiang Sheng couldn't catch up and knew that this man was teasing him, so he could only spit out two hawthorn seeds angrily at his back.
Turning around, she ate the candied haws at a faster pace, as if she was destroying evidence.
At the same time, I also accelerated my pace home.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Jiang Sheng always felt like someone was looking at him from behind, but when he looked back carefully, there was nothing there.
In fact, somewhere she didn't know, the silver-haired Mrs. Jiang stood in the elegant room on the third floor of Youran Residence, carefully watching the child's every move.
It wasn't until her figure disappeared that she sighed softly, "This child really has nothing to do with our ladies. If it is true... I will have to teach him a lot in the future."
at the same time.
Jiang Sheng finally got rid of the feeling of being followed. She ate the last bite of candied haws, threw the wooden stick in the corner, and hurried home.
The door to the small courtyard was still the same as when she left, ajar.
Through the crack in the door, you can see four brothers busying themselves.
The eldest brother's worries were completely resolved, and he regained his composure. He was writing furiously in the yard, preparing for the exam.
The second brother was holding a piece of paper, writing and drawing, and was still talking casually, as if he was going to a distant place again.
The fourth brother held a stone and carefully scraped the powder off it, not even daring to breathe out.
The fifth brother was quite leisurely, holding a miscellany in his hand and laughing from time to time.
Jiang Sheng took a closer look and saw that the miscellaneous collection was not her own. There were comments written by her herself on it. The emotions were very accurate, but the handwriting was a bit ugly.
My eldest brother once said that her handwriting was like a snake dipped in ink.
The second brother also said that her calligraphy was somewhat similar to the shit that the black dog at the entrance of the village pooped while walking.
Unexpectedly, even fifth brother started to laugh at her today.
The more Jiang Sheng thought about it, the more embarrassed he became. He pushed open the half-open door and yelled, "Don't read it, don't read it. That's a book written by a little girl. How can you read it?"
She reached out to grab it and hid it behind her back with difficulty.
"Oh, our little girl is back." Chang Yan chuckled and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Where has the little girl gone? She has been gone for a full hour."
The eldest brother is still writing, the second brother is still painting, and the fourth brother's eyes have not left the stone, but they all invariably raised their ears and waited for the answer.
"I'm going to Youranju." The little girl thought of her feat and was so proud that she even forgot about her shyness. "After my efforts to turn the tide and persuade in every possible way, the owner of Youranju agreed to continue cooperating with us."
Zheng Ruqian put down his brush strangely and said nothing.
Chang Yan suppressed his laughter, "Just going to Youranju?"
"Of course...of course." Jiang Sheng would never admit that he even secretly ate a candied haws.
As if he understood what she was thinking, Chang Yan asked slowly, "Didn't you sneak something to eat?"
Jiang Sheng almost jumped up when he said this.
She tried to remember that at the speed just now, Zhao Yuan could not have arrived before her, and her four brothers had not left home, so it was impossible for them to know about her secretly eating candied haws.
"Yes, yes, I didn't eat it secretly." After weighing it repeatedly, she chose to be tough.
This time even Wen Zhiyun, who was concentrating on it, couldn't help it. He stood up with a smile and washed his hands.
Xu Mo and Zheng Ruqian all laughed together.
Jiang Sheng was laughing so much that she panicked.
"You guys, why are you laughing?" She muttered, hesitating whether to tell the truth.
Wen Zhiyun walked up to her at some point, took out a white handkerchief, and wiped the corners of her mouth gently and carefully.
When the handkerchief with sugar residue was spread out in front of her, Jiang Sheng realized that she had forgotten to wipe her mouth after eating the candied haws.
No wonder the brothers were all chuckling.
No wonder Fifth Brother is so sure.
Jiang Sheng's shyness that had just subsided came back, and his round little face almost turned pink. He didn't even care about the miscellaneous items that fell on the floor, and fled back to the room with his tail between his legs.
Until it gets dark.
Zhang Xianglian finished selling today's pastries, brought back Jiuzhenfang's accounts, and went to prepare dinner before Jiang Sheng appeared coyly in the main hall.
The brothers have already sat down at the dinner table, either closing their eyes and relaxing, or studying carefully.
What Zheng Ruqian was holding in his hand was the accounts of Jiuzhenfang for the entire three months since its opening.
At the beginning of the business, it was full of gifts, and the accounts were pretty good. Later, when the original price was restored, the revenue was less. When the full gifts were re-established, the business could only be considered acceptable.
It wasn't until the tenth day of the New Year that Jiuzhenfang's profits boomed by adopting the small-profit-but-quick-turnover route and adding the hot sugar-roasted chestnuts.
Jiang San cleverly brought up the abacus.
Zheng Ruqian was doing the accounting and fiddling with the abacus, and his fingers were dazzlingly flexible.
When Jiang Sheng arrived, he happened to calculate the net profit for the past three months.
"After deducting the monthly silver for the two aunts, the rental fee, and the cost of raw materials, the net profit for three months is no more or less, just enough, 1,300 taels of silver."
