The Zheng family's shop is not large, probably only about fifty square meters. The stores on the street are all similar, basically with a front shop and a back shop, and a front shop and a warehouse behind. This is the first shop for the leader. The whole street is winding and stretching, with no end in sight. The shops on both sides of the street are stacked in an orderly manner. They are all brick and wood structures with white walls and black tiles.
There were still many unsold underworld objects in the store. Liang Chuan asked: "Miss Zheng, what do you do with the remaining goods? Do you think you want to use the old counters, tables, benches, etc. left in the house?" Move back, or not? It’s hard for me to open my business if I leave it like this!"
"What do you think you should do with these things? I've asked my father. There's no place to put these things when I move them back. It's unlucky to put them at home. If you think there's a way, help me get rid of them." Zheng Ruoying was actually thinking. I am also quite afraid of coming into contact with these objects. After all, it makes me feel uncomfortable to have anything to do with ghosts and gods.
"Then if you don't deal with it, I will move it to a place where there is no one and burn it on fire."
"You can do whatever you want. If you really don't have any place to dispose of these paper figurine ingots, just burn them."
There were too many gold, silver, paper money, boys and girls, paper bridges, cows and horses in the shop. It was so noisy when burned that I thought someone in the Liangchuan family had died. Besides, these things were 'special' in nature, so they were not suitable for burning randomly.
Liang Chuan said: "I will decide how to deal with it myself."
"Liang Chuan, what are you planning to sell in this store?" Zheng Yuzhi asked carelessly.
"I really haven't thought about it yet, but then I should sell whatever I can to make money. Opening this store is one thing for business, and it also needs to be a place to live. After all, Helu is too far away. If you have something important to do on weekdays, come here You can just find me in this store, no need to go all the way to Helu."
Zheng Yuzhi didn't dare to touch the objects in the store. Although she was brave, she was dealing with living people. These paper shrouds looked more eerie. She, a girl, didn't dare to touch them. She moved around the store quietly and said : "Isn't it a waste of money to rent a shop before you have decided on a business?"
This little girl comes from a wealthy family and acts without considering other people's feelings. She actually knows how to care about money. Liang Chuan smiled and said: "The house is rented, but we can't open the door for business right away. No matter what you sell, you can't contact the source of the goods first? There will be space only after the goods arrive. Let it go, we can’t transport it to Helu anymore. Besides, this house used to sell Mingyi, and the style in the store was decorated according to the style of Mingyi shop. This is not what I want, and it needs to be renovated. one time."
"Renovation? What does that mean?"
"It means decoration. For example, if you open a clothing store, you are not allowed to install hangers to store clothes, and if you open a tavern, you are not allowed to put a few tables and stools? It means that you have to decorate the facade according to the business you want to do."
"This must be the saying in your hometown. Have you never heard of others talking about decoration?" Zheng Ruoying said.
Ye Xiaochai followed Liang Chuan quietly, listening to the little girls bickering with Liang Chuan with a smile on his face, and found it quite interesting. Zheng Ruoying suddenly noticed Ye Xiaochai's expression and thought that the elder sister was laughing at her. She stopped laughing and put away her expression and became serious.
"Yes, you guessed it right again. Now we can write the contract."
"Why are you so anxious? The shop won't run away. This shop used to be in the shroud business. Now you have no intention of renting this shop. It's just you. Do you still remember what you promised to my uncle on the first day of junior high school?"
"What's going on?" Liang Chuan thought to himself, no wonder this girl was so attentive today, there must be nothing good going on.
"Have you forgotten? Didn't you promise my uncle to go to the Lantern Festival in Xinghua with him?"
"This matter, I thought it was a big deal and I forgot about it. It scared me. What, what do you want to do?"
Zheng Yuzhi rushed to answer: "The lantern festival is very lively. It is held once a year. At the meeting, young talents from the county compete in writing and ink. It is an unprecedented event! The county magistrate only invites some prominent officials, and there are also people in the yamen We, ordinary people, have no way to go in and admire the beauty. I begged my father several times, but he just refused. Can you take us there too..." Zheng Yuzhi has a fun-loving nature, so when she meets this Not being able to go to this fun place was the same as killing her. She begged Liang Chuan in a low voice, her voice was like a mosquito buzzing, but Liang Chuan couldn't understand what it meant.
Zheng Ruoying also nodded her head, looking impatient. She was curious about whether any talented people would show off their talents on the day of the Lantern Festival. She was quite obsessed with the pursuit of literature and would not give up such a grand event.
Liang Chuan looked embarrassed, "Aren't you trying to embarrass me? Of course Zheng Daguan has his own reasons for not taking you. Besides, I was invited to the lantern festival, so I don't know if I can take someone with me. That kind of place is normal." Dragons and snakes are mixed together, if something goes wrong, I will be the one to blame for death, no!"
Liang Chuan refused without giving these two little girls a thought. If it works, it works, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. It is much better to express your attitude decisively than to be ambiguous.
When Zheng Yuzhi saw that Liang Chuan's oral report was so tough, she burst into tears. Feeling aggrieved, Xin hugged Zheng Ruoying and started crying, "Cousin, you said that Liang Chuan is easy to talk to. I know this person." If you don’t have the kindness to help us, you won’t even allow us to watch a lantern festival.”
"I said no, I just can't. There's no point in crying. If crying could solve the problem, the world would have been peaceful a long time ago." Liang Chuan said rudely.
Ye Xiaochai couldn't help but shake his head after seeing the temperament of the two cautious children. Alas, these two girls didn't know the sufferings of the world, and they lived a really innocent and romantic life. In comparison, my state of mind is much worse. My heart is dead and I can no longer be romantic.
Zheng Ruoying was very reluctant, but there was nothing she could do. She asked Lao Cai to bring the deed paper bought from the government. Just like the last time Liang Chuan and He Baozheng went to Xinghua County Government to buy land, these deed papers were all printed and sold by the government. In order to ensure the collection of deed taxes, the feudal state took measures to sell the official seal deed papers. In addition to paper, pen and ink workers, In addition to fees, interest money will be collected to support students.
Liang Chuan took the paper deed and saw neatly written on it: shop address information, area size, rental scope, shop owner's name, tenant and other identity information. The rent is eight hundred cents per month. After renting, the tenant will obey the management of the property. If there are any objections from outsiders or others, the property will still belong to Zheng Yiqian and can only be used, not purchased. The rest of the list of Lao Cai's requirements was listed one by one. Finally, at the end of the deed, he wrote, "I am afraid that people will not have faith, so I will establish this sale deed as evidence."
Liang Chuan originally thought that in ancient times, after the deed paper was written, he would often write a big character on the back of the deed paper, then break it in the middle and divide it into two parts. The paper merges into one, and the perfect fit of the words means accuracy. But what Lao Cai and the others did was like one person holding a contract, signing and depositing their signatures on the contract, and the contract was established.
Now that the contract was concluded, Liang Chuan immediately paid the rent to Lao Cai, paying him five months' rent and giving Lao Cai four dollars.
The funeral items in the store should also be cleaned up. Liang Chuan asked Ye Xiaochai to bring a piece of red paper and pen and ink. He read in his mouth and asked Ye Xiaochai to write according to what he read: "This store is on clearance. You can take whatever you want." Although Ye Xiaochai's writing is not grand, it is neat and clear, and the black characters on the red paper are clearly written. After I finished writing, I took it to the shop door and stuck it on it.
There happened to be several families in Fengshan where elderly people had passed away in the past few days, so they happened to come to Mingyi Shop to buy these funeral supplies. When I arrived at the store, I didn’t see Mr. Xu, the shopkeeper. I only met a few young people, Liang Chuan and three beautiful girls. I thought that Liang Chuan and his group were just buying things for free, so I asked, “Why isn’t Mr. Xu in the shop?” .”
Lao Cai replied: "Shopkeeper Xu from the Zheng family has retired and no longer runs the Ming Yi Shop. Now the shopkeeper is this man. If you want to buy white clothes, go to him."
Liang Chuan said: "Yes, I am the boss now, but you don't need to look for me. Take a look. No matter what the things in the store are, as long as you can move them and don't demolish my store, you can move everything back. Won’t you take your money?”
The person who bought the free thing was overjoyed and asked anxiously: "What you said is true. Don't wait until I turn around and burn it to my father. If you want to go back again, then you have to go find my father."
Liang Chuan said with a smile: "It's absolutely true. We don't charge any money. I won't even blink an eye when everything is moved away. Isn't there a red paper stuck at the door? It's all cleared out and it's free of charge!"
A few people didn't believe it, so they went to the door and took a look. The literate people recognized that it was written on the red paper and took things casually. They felt like a pot was exploding. They hurriedly asked people to go home and asked people to come over and help move things. Suddenly, it happened. The big cake thing has come up, and it’s not all empty for him!
It has been the same for hundreds of years. As long as something is free, no matter whether it is useful or not, Chinese people like to take advantage and take it home. In the final analysis, if you can save a little, just save a little, it is still a result of poverty. If someone doesn't die, these items can be used. This thing looks quite scary, but when you think about it being free of charge, it's different, and it instantly becomes pleasing to the eye.
The news that the Mingyi shop at the intersection of Fengshan Township was giving away free goods spread quickly, causing the entire Fengshan people to be alarmed. People flocked in like picking up money. When they arrived at the store, they picked up anything they could carry. So a strange scene appeared in Fengshan during the first month of the year. Many people on the street were either holding a paper boy or a paper horse. These objects looked like they were used by the deceased at home, but their faces The face seemed to be filled with a smile like finding money. . Everyone who looked at it sighed, "Oh, how happy is it that someone in the family is dead?"
