Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 40 Preparing to build an inn
Sister Ma Feng said sincerely while lighting the fire: "Sister-in-law Li, it would be great if you were my sister-in-law!"

Qin Liu paused while stirring the porridge pot with a long-handled wooden spoon.

On the night when Erlang fell ill and the night was cold, it was not that she didn't think about it.

But now, Ma Ang is married, and she has become brother and sister with him.

The friendship between the three of them, mother and son, who rushed to save them that day, how could it be described by the mere love between a man and a woman?
Qin Liu said slowly to Sister Ma Feng: "Sister Feng, you are still young. There are many things that adults need to consider. Your brother is like this. He has many options. Don't say such things again in the future. Say it again,"

Qin Liu smiled at the pouting Sister Ma Feng and said, "Brother Ma and I have become sworn brothers and sisters, and you and I are also sisters. If Aunt Ma doesn't mind, accept me as your goddaughter, and we will be a family!"

Qin Liu turned around and looked at Aunt Ma, who was cutting shredded cabbage at the chopping board. Aunt Ma sighed helplessly and gave Qin Liu a comforting smile.

Qin Liu felt slightly sour.

The Ma family is hard-working, down-to-earth and sincere, and they also highly recognize her.If it weren't for the help of the Ma family, she, a helpless young widow, would not have been able to establish a foothold in Shabaozi Town and buy a house and start a business so easily.

If Ma Ang hadn't rushed over that day and fought hard with the little mute to kill the enemy, she and the children would have been reunited in hell.

She and the Ma family are no longer blood relatives but blood relatives.

Although breakfast was cooked together, it was divided into two portions, one was taken to the Ma family's main house, and the other was taken to the Li family's main house.

After eating, Qin Liu handed the child to Old Man Li and Old Man Lou, put on his scarf and apron and went to the dumpling shop to get busy.

The addition of Qin Liu made Aunt Ma, Ma Yue, and Sister Ma Feng smile a lot more.

After a hard day's work, Qin Liu changed the layout design of the inn across the street.

She felt that she would sacrifice some hotel rooms and build a spacious restaurant catering to middle- and low-end customers.

It is true that the dumpling shop is small and cramped, which has also caused a lot of inconveniences and added some unnecessary workload and difficulty to Aunt Ma and the others - for example, they have to go outside in the small courtyard behind to wash dishes, and their fingers are soaked in the cold well water. It was freezing cold inside, and firewood was piled in the yard. It was easily affected by moisture and had to be retrieved many times.

Early the next morning, she took her preliminary plan to discuss with Aunt Ma and the others.

Aunt Ma and Sister Ma Feng heard that they could wash dishes under the hot tap. The kitchen was large and bright, and their eyes were bright.

Qin Liu then said to Ma Yue, who was listening with open ears: "Put your hands aside for now. When you have time, go to the inn next door and pay attention to how they run it. I want to hear how to build the inn next to it. Take your advice."

Ma Yue jumped up with excitement, laughing so hard that his mouth almost split to the back of his head: "Hey!"

Ma Yue was a smart young man. He spent a few days exploring the inn carefully. He also went to Tumubao Town not far away to pay attention to how their inn was operating.

In order to obtain the scriptures, he came back to ask Qin Liu for instructions, saying that he wanted to apply for a job as a waiter at that inn and find out thoroughly.

Qin Liu smiled and said: "It can be done. How about you take a look at the shopkeeper there? If it's good, let's see if we can recruit him then."

With the expectation of the new inn and new restaurant, the Ma family and Qin Liu were all as excited as if they had been given blood.They studied on the ground and on paper how to make the construction layout more reasonable, and repeatedly improved it.

Ma Yue invited He Yicheng to Yanzilou for a good drink and asked him about the pros and cons of inn management.

He Yichen picked up a chopstick-thin piece of mutton-shabu-shabu, dipped it in sesame sauce mixed with crushed peanuts, cooked sesame seeds, and fermented bean curd. He stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, squinting his eyes in comfort.

After a while, he said: "That's the taste! I don't know why, but the shabu-shabu made by the cooks at our inn is not as good as yours." Qin Liu agreed with a smile and said: "It's nothing, it's just meat. It’s a little thinner, and fermented bean curd is added to the sesame paste and mixed well to make it taste more fragrant.” Her Yanzilou can’t continue to open anyway, so it doesn’t matter if she passes on the secret.

He Yicheng's eyes lit up: "No wonder! You are quite clever!"

He Yicheng received Qin Liu's suggestion and did not hide it: "The management of this inn is very different from that of an inn. However, you must pay attention to the feeding and rest of the horses, especially don't let the horses have an accident in your shop. If something goes wrong, a horse will have to pay more than 40 taels of silver. Who can bear it? How can this inn continue to operate?"

Ma Yue nodded wildly with his eyes shining: "Yes, please continue."

He Yicheng imparted a lot of knowledge on raising horses, saying that the grass should be of good quality and not soaked by rain.The concentrate should be kept clean and free of impurities and mold.The stables should be cleaned every day, and some common horse injury medicines should be prepared.

Qin Liu listened for a long time with his ears perked up.

This is really as separated as a mountain. There are so many things to pay attention to just feeding the horses.She was blindly arrogant before and thought of opening an inn without knowing anything. She was really brave.

Ma Yue and others sent He Yicheng out of the house with great gratitude. Ma Yue helped He Yicheng, who was somewhat drunk, to the next door station.

Old Man Lou, who came to clear the table, waited for the Ma family to leave, shook his head with a smile and said, "Shopkeeper, why bother? You can make a lot of money quickly by selling horses, so it's the most suitable."

Qin Liu rolled his eyes in response to him.

I believe you a ghost, you bad old man is very bad!

Selling horses is about making money, but you have to have the ability to make it!

……

February passed in the blink of an eye and entered March.

Qin Liu's planning and layout design of the inn and restaurant have been basically completed, and he has entered the stage of purchasing building materials and preparing for construction.

This time, a large amount of ceramic products were used, and Qin Liu specially called the owner of the porcelain kiln to have a detailed communication.

With the three gold ingots given by Zhu Yue, Qin Liu became richer and planned to pay cash for all the ceramic products this time.

The porcelain kiln owner rubbed his hands with joy - this is a big business!

Their porcelain kiln mainly produces low-end porcelain, and sales have never been smooth, mainly covering surrounding towns.Most ordinary people use pottery, but not many people can afford porcelain.

Old Man Lou might be too busy, so he came to Qin Liu every three days: "Shopkeeper, you really should consider horse selling!"

Qin Liu gave him a dignified eye roll in return: "If you can find a group of good guys like Master Liu Liu and Master Liu Qi, I will follow you!"

Old Man Lou glared and said excitedly: "Shopkeeper, you must keep your word!"

Qin Liu realized that he had made a mistake and stopped looking at him. He waved his hand and drove him away.

While she was calculating the cost of the new inn and restaurant, she complained: "Eating my food, drinking my food, and plotting against me! Hmph!"

(End of this chapter)