"Is there someone wandering around here? How can you two brothers be sure that they are coming to my house?"
It's not that Chu Yi is suspicious by nature, it's just that there are many shops doing business around here, so there will naturally be more thieves setting foot in this area year after year.
Furthermore, I have been cleaning and tidying up my house in the past few days, and I haven’t found anything unusual at home.
The two brothers made a living on the streets, and their days together were probably not short. Although they were very young and pitiful, they had to be more cautious. After all, they never mentioned who they were that day.
The young man didn't seem to hear the doubt in Chu Yi's words, and just kept to himself and told everything he knew.
It turned out that the two brothers did not know the identity of the young couple at first. It was after Chu Yi and the others left the bun shop that day that they heard the boss Zhou from the bun shop chatting with his mother-in-law and found out that they had bought buns for themselves. The person who gave me the money again was the owner of the paper money shop at the corner of the street.
The two brothers are different from the gangs of beggars in this county. They don't want to do things like fighting over territory and fighting in groups. They just want to survive in this county.
Fortunately, they were all young and never caused trouble, so the beggar gang didn't pay much attention to them.
The two brothers were very grateful to Chu Yi for his help that day, but they had no repayment. They wanted to come to visit their benefactor on their thirtieth day to wish their benefactor a happy new year. However, when they arrived, they discovered that the shop had already been locked. .
It was also that day that they discovered that they were not the only ones who came to the shop looking for someone.
Two young men dressed as attendants were ahead of them in front of the Chu family's shop. They peered through the crack in the door and looked inside. They heard footsteps behind them and ran straight to the intersection without even looking back.
The two brothers followed him for some reason, and saw the two men dressed as followers, one holding the other, lying on the wall of the east courtyard of the Chu family, looking into the courtyard.
The two brothers did not dare to show their heads. In the end, the elder brother was smarter and threw a stone, scaring them away.
The benefactor's family seemed to be noticed, and the two little brothers felt uneasy. After that, they would come around here when they had nothing to do. Sure enough, they would meet those two people eight times out of ten. They did not appear again until after the Lantern Festival. .
After that, the brothers didn't come so frequently. They only came every few days to see if anyone was back so they could tell Chu Yi about it.
It wasn't until today that I discovered that the big lock on the door of the shop had disappeared, so I tried to enter the shop.
After hearing this, Chu Yi nodded and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Xue Changfeng, and my brother's name is Xue Changlin. We are from good families, and we are different from those people."
Xue Changfeng emphasized as if he was afraid that Chu Yi would not believe him.
Chu Yi patted his shoulder and said solemnly: "Changfeng, Changlin, thank you."
The young couple originally took the money to give to the two brothers, but Xue Changfeng looked at it, hesitated for a while, then withdrew his extended hand, and shook his head: "The boss still gave him the money last time. We can't afford this money." want."
As soon as these words came out, the young couple also felt that this move seemed a bit inappropriate. Their intentions were good, but now they were afraid that the young man misunderstood them as being here to ask for money, so they behaved like this.
Shen Luzhu no longer insisted, and instead said: "There are some details that we want to talk to you about again. It's almost noon now. Why don't you two stay at home and have a light meal together, and help us by the way?" us."
This time, the two brothers did not refuse directly, but seemed a little embarrassed. In the end, they nodded and agreed.
Lunch was eaten in the main room in the backyard. Shen Luzhu cooked a few special dishes, and Chu Yi ordered two labor-intensive meat dishes from a nearby restaurant, braised pork elbows with soy sauce and baked chicken with salt.
While eating, the young couple asked a few more symbolic questions about the details of the two people who were spying on their house.
After the meal, Shen Luzhu saw that their clothes were a little thin, so he took two old jackets from Chu Li and gave them to the two brothers before sending them out of his yard.
Regarding the two people snooping on their house, the young couple had no idea what to do. Taking advantage of the lack of business in the afternoon, they went to the left and right streets again.
Fang Na asked around, but no one had any impression of it.
The young couple had no choice but to give up. After all, they had not suffered any losses and there was no evidence. They could not just go to the government to report the crime.
In the end, I could only tell my family to pay more attention when going in and out. Fortunately, it was said that those two people had not appeared again since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so there was no need to worry too much now.
A few days later, nothing new happened in the shop in the east courtyard of the county town, except that the waiter from Lin Ji Funeral was ordered to come.
It was the first time for Brother Lin to visit Chu's shop in the county town. He looked around and entered the house. After seeing the people at the counter, he quickly stepped forward with a smile: "Boss Chu, boss lady, business is booming!"
"Brother Lin, why are you here today when you are free? But what's the matter with Boss Lin?"
Brother Lin took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Chu Yi: "My boss carefully studied the paper bundle that Boss Chu asked someone to bring over and said that you and your wife are really ingenious. This is what my boss asked me to bring to you. Please keep your reply."
Chu Yi took the envelope with both hands and did not open it immediately. Instead, he asked about the other party's return date: "When does Brother Lin plan to return to town?"
"It's not urgent. I have to do some other things for my boss. I guess it will take two to three days to return. Does Boss Chu have something to tell me?"
Chu Yi waved his hand and said: "I don't dare to ask, I just thought that if Brother Lin is not in a hurry to go back, can you help me bring back the reply to Boss Lin?"
"There's nothing wrong with this. I'm happy to receive Boss Chu's reply earlier."
Chu Yi bowed his hands and expressed his gratitude: "Then there will be more Brother Lin."
"Don't be polite, Boss Chu. You should do what you want. By the way, there is another thing. My boss asked me to bring a message to Boss Chu. The carriage thing I told you about last time can be solved in the past few days. It’s done, and next time Brother Jiang comes to deliver the goods, he should be able to deliver them together.”
After hearing the news, the young couple was very happy. With the carriage, it would be much more convenient for the family to travel and do errands.
Brother Lin was going to do something for Lin Ting. After passing the message, he left Chu's shop first, and then the young couple opened Lin Ting's letter.
In the letter, Lin Ting first expressed concern for everyone in the Chu family, and then expressed his amazement at the paper tie. Then he said that after reading Chu Yi's explanation of the paper tie in the letter, he was very excited about the future prospects of the paper tie business. I am optimistic and feel that it is only a matter of time before trading is booming.
Then he once again expressed his intention to cooperate with the young couple to open a workshop in the county, and asked the young couple about the results of their discussion.
He also said that if he felt that there were no other problems with the young couple, he could then slowly find a place to open a workshop. Although this paper-making workshop was not urgent for a while, if he could prepare everything in advance, Then you can save some effort and energy and focus on making paper ties.
Finally, he hoped that Chu Yi could reply to him as soon as possible.
The young couple was not vague at all. After reading, they found paper and pen and began to reply.
The young couple naturally agreed to cooperate with Lin Ting in setting up a paper-making workshop, but they had some different opinions on funding and distribution.
The plan proposed by Lin Ting was that he would provide all the funds, and the Chu family would provide the technology, and the subsequent profits would be split 50-50, which is equivalent to each holding half of the ownership of the workshop.
Although this distribution is the simplest and fairest, if the workshop wants to develop long-term and stable in the future, it will inevitably bring many hidden dangers.
For example, the Chu family's paper-making technology is basically a one-time output. It is common for the apprentices to starve to death. If the Lin family completely masters the paper-making method in the future, Chu will be able to use it at that time. The Chu family, who had never contributed any funds, found it difficult to prove their exclusive rights to the paper-making method, and their interests could not be guaranteed.
For another example, this paper-making workshop, just like the workshop in the backyard of the Chu family's old house, is bound to gradually expand as the business booms in the future. It would be inappropriate to ask Lin to allocate all the funds.
The young couple always likes to be a villain first and then a gentleman. Instead of keeping it secret now and causing unhappiness between the two families in the future due to interests, it is better to be honest from the beginning.
It’s good to explain everything clearly.
Two days later, Lin Ji's waiter came to the door again and took away Chu Yi's reply.
Lin Ting was also cheerful. Unexpectedly, he personally went to Chu Ji's funeral in the county town the next day, specifically to discuss matters related to the paper-making workshop with the young couple.
The two parties discussed the capital contribution and distribution of the workshop for a long time, and also stated their respective considerations and concerns one by one. After bargaining for a long time, they finally settled on a capital contribution and sharing plan that satisfied both parties, and directly signed the contract.
The two parties agreed to establish a paper-making workshop after the paper-making business was on track. The Chu family would provide the technology and 20% of the capital, and Lin Ji would provide the remaining 80% of the capital.
The profit is divided into ten parts and settled every month. The Chu family gets five percent, Lin Ji gets three percent, and the remaining 20 percent is reserved as capital for the continued operation of the workshop.
After finally deciding on a cooperation plan, the young couple acted as hosts and invited Lin Ting back to a restaurant in the county town. The two parties treated each other like brothers, and their relationship became closer for a while.
Later, when Jiang Quan came to the county town again to deliver goods, he brought the carriage that Chu Yi had asked Lin Ting to buy for him.
This is a tall and strong bay horse, with sinews all over, long and solid limbs, shiny coat and a deep and broad chest. Even if someone doesn't wait for a horse to take a look at it, they will definitely know that it is a good horse.
It is equipped with a wooden four-wheeled carriage, with a shaft seat in the front for the driver to sit on when driving. The carriage is tall and spacious, and the rear is also equipped with an eaves for storing luggage and tools.
Inside the carriage, there are seats for people to sit on three sides along the walls, and the windows and curtains are all available.
Chu Yi found a place in the backyard of the west courtyard and built a stable. The bay horse was kept in it on weekdays, and the carriage was also parked in the west courtyard.
Although this "new member" of the Chu family is very muscular, he has a docile personality. He has become a real new playmate within a few days of his arrival.
It seems that he has recognized Lihua as his "big brother" and allowed him to dominate his own territory and body.
In the stable in the west courtyard of the Chu family, you can not only see Cihua drinking from the bay horse's watering trough, but you can even see it using the trough to clean its paws.
The young couple even saw with their own eyes that Li Hua was lying on the back of a maroon horse like a queen, condescendingly, as if inspecting the territory.
And often at times like this, Zhengzheng would be jumping up and down below, wanting to jump up and join Cihua.
