It's noon, when everyone in the village can take a break.
Li Zheng took the opportunity to call everyone for a meeting, and they still gathered under the big locust tree. The whole village, old and young, gathered with their rice bowls in hand. The formation was quite huge.
"In order not to delay everyone's rest, I will keep the story short." Li Zheng shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone has also seen that the market that our village raised money to build has been repaired, so now, the market can start making money. After discussing it with Dashan Niang, I unanimously decided that all the shops on the second floor should be used as inns, and the village would hire people to manage them. There are a total of 20 shops on the first floor, all of which can be rented out. Both villagers and outsiders can rent them. However, People in our village have a discount on renting a shop. Originally, the rent was 500 cash per month. If people from Dahe Village come to rent, it only costs 200 cash for the first two months. With 200 cash, you can rent a shop for business. This is a good thing. It’s hard to find even with a lantern, there are only twenty shops, first come, first served!”
The people in the village listened while eating, and after finishing eating, they all looked at each other.
They have a house in the village, so why would they rent a shop? Two hundred cents a month is quite expensive. Wouldn't it be delicious to buy a few kilograms of meat with this money?
Besides, they don't know how to do business.
Just when everyone was confused, Old Man Zhao squeezed out of the crowd and said loudly: "I'll rent one!"
The people in the village were immediately shocked. They knew that Lao Zhao's family was selling food, and there were quite a few people buying food every day. However, the food included meat and eggs, and the cost was quite high. They always felt that they could not make much profit, and they did not want to get a share of the pie. , but now, the old Zhao family directly spends money to rent a shop, which shows that they must have made a lot of money selling food during this period, otherwise they would not be so heroic.
As soon as Mr. Zhao finished speaking, Mrs. Zhu squeezed out and said, "Li Zheng, we can also rent one."
Their preserved eggs are mainly sold through the Dahe Yan Restaurant. Originally, the recipe was given by Dashan Niang, and the preserved eggs are sold through Dashan Niang’s restaurant, which makes Mrs. Zhu very unhappy. She rents a shop in the village to sell preserved eggs and Those who want to buy salted duck eggs can come to the village by themselves, which can save Dashan Niang a lot of trouble.
Lu Yingxue raised her hand: "I also rent a room at home."
She tried brewing some rice wine in the past two days and gave it to the officials for free to try. The officials liked it quite a lot, so she would start with the simplest rice wine and slowly open up the market. She believed that she could always make it in Dahe Village. A world of her own.
Li Zheng happily touched his beard and said: "Okay, very good, everyone is very aware."
"cough!"
A majestic cough sounded.
Li Zheng raised his head and looked to the outside of the crowd. At some point, Mr. Wu also came to attend the village meeting.
During this period of time, Mr. Wu's presence was very low and he rarely appeared in front of the villagers. Li Zheng almost forgot that there was such a big shot in the village.
He quickly got down from the big rock, walked over and saluted: "I have met Mr. Wu."
"I heard that the market can be rented out?" Mr. Wu said with a warm smile, "I wonder if I can rent a room?"
"Of course you can." Li Zhenghu asked, "I wonder if you rent a shop?"
"A piece of open land has been opened on the east side of the coal mountain to make briquettes. Many people will come to Dahe Village to order." Mr. Wu said, "The interior of the coal mountain is too complicated and not safe. Businessmen who come to order briquettes Just register with the villagers at the market."
Cheng Wanwan understood that this was equivalent to an external office of Meishan. Master Wu was also a practical person. While mining Meishan, he also made full use of the conditions to generate income for Meishan.
However, Coal Mountain has been a place prone to accidents since ancient times. Even in modern times, we still see news of coal mountain landslides and gas explosions from time to time.
She was about to remind him that an official nearby reported something, but Mr. Wu frowned and left.
She pursed her lips. It seemed that she had to find an opportunity to go to Meishan to take a look and see the structure inside. If possible, improve it. Otherwise, if an accident occurs, Dahe Village will be the most unlucky, because most of the workers are from Dahe Village. people, followed by Wangjiadun, Guihua Village, Lijiagou, etc.
The meeting ended after less than half an hour. A total of five shops were rented out. Although it was not many, Li Zheng was very happy. He believed that more and more people would rent shops in the future. After the flow of people increased, Only when the shop rent increases will their market really start to make a profit, and this day will not come very late.
As soon as the meeting ended, the people from the old Zhao family chose a shop in the middle. Although this shop was one room, it was very wide and could accommodate three tables spread out in a row. Adding up the front and back, the total space could be at least There are eighteen tables, and the eaves at the entrance are also very spacious, and two tables can be placed outside, for a total of twenty wooden tables, which can accommodate up to eighty people at the same time.
Of course, there won’t be so many tables at first, and we will wait until the number of customers increases in the future.
Cheng Wanwan was called in to help plan the layout. She suggested temporarily placing eight tables, installing a wooden divider at the back third, and making two windows at the same time, one for the staple food and the other. It is meat and vegetable dishes, just like a formal canteen. This way, customers can queue up consciously and not be in a hurry.
"It can also save manpower." Cheng Wanwan said in an orderly manner, "One is responsible for cooking, and the other is responsible for serving vegetables. Customers can just serve the soup themselves. But I think it is better to prepare more rice bowls and soup bowls, and we can't always give them away. Everyone, bring your own dishes and chopsticks."
Mrs. Zhao said distressedly: "I have also thought about this matter, and also went to the city to ask. The most common big bowl costs twelve cents a piece, and a smaller soup bowl costs five cents. You have to match it." If you buy a hundred sets of spoons and spoons, you have to spend two to three taels of silver, which is too expensive."
Cheng Wanwan knew that the old man cared about money, but the money had to be spent. In this era, the price of buying bowls was a bit high, but the bowls and chopsticks in her mall were cheap. She said, "I saw the shopkeeper when I went back to the city last time. I bought a batch of defective bowls and sold them at half price. I can buy a hundred sets for about one tael of silver. If Mom wants them, I will tell the shopkeeper."
Mrs. Zhao asked: "How big is the flaw?"
"Maybe it's just uneven coloring, but it won't be a big problem." Cheng Wan said, "It's similar to the bowl I used to sell ice powder."
Mrs. Zhao was so impressed by the white porcelain printed bowl, it was so beautiful that she bought a hundred sets for just one tael of silver. It was a great deal!
She nodded immediately: "Boss, wife, I'll trouble you for this matter."
With that said, he immediately took out a bucket of money and stuffed it into Cheng Wanwan's hand.
The shop next door was also in order. Mrs. Zhu was moving the preserved eggs, all packed in bamboo baskets, and placed them at the door of the shop. She put a sign with the price on it and asked Dashu to guard it in the shop.
Dashu is Widow Zhang's eldest son. After losing his mother's protection, he became more and more silent and sensible, helping Mrs. Zhu with all her work.
Zhu Huzi went to the next village to collect duck eggs. He basically ran outside every day. The twelve-year-old child was already as courageous as an adult.
The next door is Lu Yingxue's shop.
She hurriedly pulled Cheng Wanwan over: "Sister Wanwan, please help me quickly, how should I decorate this shop to make it look better?"
Cheng Wanwan had no experience in running a wine shop, but she still made some decoration suggestions out of her own heart.
