After tipping the innkeeper, Li Xiuyuan left the inn that day.
He planned to come over overnight to prepare some things for the shop. Although I have never opened a store, I have finally walked around Tianfeng City a few times and understood some things needed to open a store.
After taking down the original signboard on the shop and looking for two ironwood-looking long boards in the backyard, Li Xiuyuan lit a fire and put the signboard and the ironwood longboards on the fire to bake.
Although it is a new store, he wants every customer who comes to find the feeling of a century-old store.
After spending an hour to process the three wooden boards, Li Xiuyuan lit an oil lamp, sat under the lamp and began to think about how to carve a welcoming couplet on the two ironwood long boards.
After meditating for a long time, he finally picked up the inscription knife in his hand and waved it on the wooden board. Sawdust as hard as pig iron fell rustling down. Less than half an hour later, a couplet and the name of the store appeared on the small courtyard. Under the eaves.
The first couplet is: The world is a big dream, and life has several cool autumns.
The second line is: When the wine is cheap, I often worry about the lack of guests, and when the moon is bright, it is blocked by clouds.
Hengpi is the name of the store: drunken life and dream of death!
Looking at his achievements, Li Xiuyuan brewed a pot of tea, placed it on the table under the eaves and tasted it slowly.
Now that we have a store name and a signboard, what’s next for us to sell wine in our own store? Or should you hire a guy to look after the situation for you? Are you only responsible for making wine and making tea?
After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that this guy's business couldn't be rushed. He had to brew the wine first and then open the business in ten and a half days when there was wine to sell.
Selling alcohol is just to give him a legal status in Ding'an City, not his ultimate purpose here. He can't harm others.
Thinking of this, I finally made up my mind. If you can't find a suitable person, you can be both the shopkeeper and the waiter by yourself.
When you are in a good mood, open it for a while; when you are in a bad mood, close it.
I'm afraid there won't be any shopkeepers and waiters like myself in the entire Ding'an City, right?
Tomorrow, it’s time to go to the streets and inquire about the City Lord’s Mansion. While I am purchasing rice and various materials for brewing, I will inquire while purchasing.
After drinking two cups of tea, I thought that the couplets outside the gate, senior, should not be taken away in people's minds. Putting down the teacup, he simply kept his spirits up and carved a few runes on the backs of the three wooden boards.
As long as no one comes to think of finding his own sign, the runes will not take effect. Li Xiuyuan held the wooden board and nailed it at the door of the shop at night, and engraved several runes around the door.
In this way, the entire door of the winery forms a hidden magic circle. As long as it is not attacked, these magic circles will not take the initiative to fight back.
From now on, I will feel more at ease when I go out to visit friends or do errands.
After breakfast the next day, Li Xiuyuan closed the shop door and walked slowly towards the market. Since he lives far away from the city lord's palace, he is not far from the market.
Within a few steps, I found the largest market in Ding'an City.
Standing at the door of a rice shop, Li Xiuyuan selected the black beans, rice, sorghum and other items for making wine, and when it was time to pay the bill, he asked the owner of the rice shop.
"I heard that Mr. Ximen of the City Lord's Mansion is getting married early next month. Your store should sell more rice, right?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he smiled and replied: "The rice of the City Lord's Mansion has always been purchased from us. Naturally, Master Ximen's big event next month will be from us..."
Li Xiuyuan smiled while paying the bill: "The shopkeeper's business is so big that even the city lord's palace has to purchase from you."
After visiting the rice shop, Li Xiuyuan went on to shop for firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Then he came to a store selling personal items and selected good tables, chairs and benches, and also changed the bed he slept on.
"Shopkeeper, Mr. Ximen is about to get married. Didn't the City Lord's Mansion ask you to order furniture?" Li Xiuyuan asked casually.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't help but smile proudly and replied: "That's natural, ours is a century-old shop, and the products we produce are the best in Ding'an City."
"I heard that Mr. Ximen is very talented and has a high level of cultivation. I wonder if the shopkeeper has seen him?"
"This purchase was all brought by the steward of the City Lord's Mansion. How could Mr. Ximen condescend to come to our place? Sir, you really know how to joke."
"That's right. Menial work like this is just what housekeepers are busy with."
After agreeing on the delivery location and time with the shopkeeper, Li Xiuyuan waved and left. Questions like this can only be asked casually and treated as small talk. If you ask too many questions, it will easily make people suspicious.
At the end of the shopping, Li Xiuyuan found the most famous Jinyi Shop in Ding'an City. He stood in front of a row of silk and was stunned, not knowing which fabric to choose.
The shopkeeper here is a woman at noon. She looked at Li Xiuyuan who stood there for a long time and asked with a smile: "I wonder what kind of fabric the customer likes?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled: "I often have to do some physical work, so naturally I can't wear these soft fabrics. Is there anything with better durability and quality?"
Upon hearing this, the female shopkeeper in a red dress turned around and went into the counter and took out a roll of white linen.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he said: "Guest, try this ice silk and fine linen fabric. It is comfortable and elegant to wear, and the fabric is very strong. Even Mr. Ximen of the City Lord's Mansion ordered it here."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch it. The silk under his tentacles was indeed different from the silk on the counter.
"Is there any black one?" Li Xiuyuan looked at her and asked lightly, thinking that when he was making wine and going out in the middle of the night, he would wear a white shirt.
When the female shopkeeper heard this, she smiled brightly: "Guest, you really know how to choose the time. If you had come here yesterday, you really didn't have this black fabric. It just so happened that new goods arrived today..."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he waved his hand and replied, "Well, let's make ten sets of each. Please do the math and I'll pay you first."
When the female shopkeeper heard this, she smiled even sweeter, looked at him and replied: "If you sell it by single piece, it will cost you fifteen spiritual stones. If you are a rare customer and you order twenty sets at once, I will charge you ten yuan." How about the spirit stone?"
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
What kind of world is this? I bought a lot of things and spent a long time shopping for a hundred spirit stones. Now I spent ten yuan just to make a few sets of clothes.
Is this putting a deserted man on his own body? What a waste.
He thought so in his heart, but his face showed nothing. He just took out ten spiritual stones and placed them on the counter.
Then he looked at her and asked, "I heard that Mr. Ximen is getting married soon. I guess the shopkeeper also ordered a wedding dress for the girl, right?"
Upon hearing this, the female shopkeeper couldn't help but tremble when she went to pick up the spirit stone on the counter. She looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that no one was in the store.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he whispered back: "You dare to ask this. By the way, the bride is still locked up in the prison of the city lord's palace... I also spent a lot of effort to get her to cooperate with me in measuring her body." Customized wedding dress..."
Li Xiuyuan was secretly happy, but replied calmly: "I opened a small wine shop at No. 81, Yusha Street. It will open in a few days. If the shopkeeper is free, you can come and sit down."
The female shopkeeper was startled, looked at him and smiled: "Then I really want to try it. It turns out that after the shopkeeper left, I have never had a drink that satisfied me."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said: "My wine is much more expensive than the previous shopkeeper. Shopkeeper, I'm afraid you will have to spend a lot of money."
"Expensive? How expensive can it be? Don't worry, I'm not short of money, as long as your wine can satisfy me." The shopkeeper looked at Li Xiuyuan and laughed.
Looking at the masked young man in front of her, the woman in the red dress thought to herself, can you be more powerful than that guy before?
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at her and replied: "For the sake of the discount the shopkeeper gave me today, I won't charge you for drinking on your first day."
"Just what you said, I must go and taste it. Tell me, when will you open?"
Li Xiu thought about it, Ximen Lone Star was getting married on the eighth day of the lunar month, and he would definitely rescue Chen Shanshan before then. The best time would probably be the night of the seventh day of the lunar month.
"It will open on the eighth day of next month. After the shopkeeper is busy at the City Lord's Mansion, he might as well come and sit in the shop."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the woman in front of him and replied quietly. Only by opening on that day can the suspicion that he is not in the city lord's palace be cleared away. Even the smartest people will never find out about him.
"The eighth day of next month? I told you, my guest, you really know how to choose a day. Do you know what day it is?" The shopkeeper looked at Li Xiuyuan and chuckled.
Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "Isn't it the day when Young Master Ximen of the Palace Lord's Palace gets married? By the way, you have also seen the bride, the shopkeeper. How does she look? How is her spirit? Does she look beautiful?"
The female shopkeeper glared at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "It seems that you are also a careless owner. The bride is naturally like a fairy. It is said that she was on a hunger strike a few days ago. I don't know how she figured it out later. Already eating these days.”
"When can I pick up the clothes I ordered?" Li Xiuyuan quickly changed the topic.
"Let me think about it... How about I give you one piece of each on the first day of the new year, and I can take the others with me when I go over for a drink?"
The female shopkeeper glanced at Li Xiuyuan, but she was thinking: I haven't had wine from that winery for a long time, don't let me down.
And Li Xiuyuan seemed to have read through his thoughts, and smiled lightly with him: "Just like your cloth, you will be satisfied with the wine I brew."
After saying that, he waved his hand and walked out. He didn't dare to talk anymore, for fear that he would ask something he shouldn't ask next, which would be troublesome.
The female shopkeeper didn't expect that this guy would leave immediately and turn around and leave without even saying hello. Looking at Li Xiuyuan's back, he smiled quietly and said, "A teenager can make wine? It's interesting."
Walking casually on the street, looking at the streets with people coming and going, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh while thinking about it.
Just by going out and shopping, I found out everything I wanted to know. This information is so valuable. Especially after spending ten spiritual stones on custom-made clothes, if you put them out there, even if you spend fifty spiritual stones, you won’t be able to find out.
His experiences in the wilderness and the Great Wall meant that he had already finished wearing the clothes he bought in the small town at the foot of Shuyuan Mountain. Unexpectedly, he came to Ding'an City and made clothes for himself in order to inquire about the news. It really killed two birds with one stone.
Later, he can settle down and make wine, regardless of whether the sky will fall or not, wait until the night of the seventh day of the lunar month.
As long as Chen Shanshan is rescued that night, he can sneak out of Ding'an City early the next morning. From then on, Ding'an City will be his own.
After the opening of my small wine shop, there will be countless monks coming to buy wine. In the future, my small shop will also become the center of information sources in Ding'an City.
No matter you are a thousand-year-old or a hundred-year-old newcomer, I am afraid that they are all inseparable from a good drink.
You like my wine, and I like your news.
When I think of this, I don't need to spend spiritual stones to find out the news in the future. I only need to offer a glass of wine. I'm afraid there is no news in Ding'an City that I can't find out.
Weapons shop is not available, let alone rune shop. Any monk who goes to these two places, which one is not on high alert?
Only this small wine shop can make people put down their guard the most. If one cup doesn't work, drink a few more.
Wine, water, these are the things I am most in need of.
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