Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 69 Zhang Ji Grocery Store

Chapter 68 Zhang Kee Grocery Store

Seeing such a situation, Liang Yuzhong and the others frowned.They even looked like they wanted to retreat, but they had already reached the door, how could Jin Xi let them turn back like this?
Jin Xi strode forward and walked into the shop first, followed by Sun Erhu.The moment she crossed the threshold, Jin Xi felt a gust of wind blowing past her ears, she thought it was unlucky to catch up with Songluo on the wooden plaque, but when she looked up, there was a big hand on top of her head, but it was Sun Erhu who hung his big palm in the air Standing on top of Jin Xi's head.

Jin Xi looked at Sun Erhu who was half a step away, her pink lips curled into a smile, grateful for such a small act of concern.

Under the young man's thick eyebrows, his big eyes were full of concern, because Jin Xi suddenly turned his head and smiled, which made his dark face feel hot instantly.Fortunately, after Jin Xi smiled at him, she turned her face away and stepped into the shop. Sun Erhu heaved a sigh of relief and strode in after her.

The light inside the shop was dim, and Jin Xi stood there for a while before her eyes got used to the suddenly darkening light.

The area inside this shop is not small, it is as big as two steamed stuffed bun shops, and the painted wooden cabinets are scattered all over the place. On the shelves, the few daily necessities for sale are also covered with dust and cobwebs. Spider silk can be seen everywhere.

An old black cat was sleeping on the counter. It was awakened by Jin Xi's intrusion. Xi the attic above their heads.

Everywhere you look, there is a strong old and dilapidated atmosphere, and you can't imagine that it was here a year ago, and there were customers coming to the door!

"My God, is this still a grocery store? It's all ruined like this! These things are not taken care of, even if they are sold at a low price, no one will buy them!" Sun Yubao looked around and couldn't help muttering .Liang Yuzhong and Sun Erhu didn't say a word, but they both agreed with each other.

Jin Xi squinted her eyes, a gleam of light flashed across her eyes, she looked around the shop, but found no one there, except for the black cat just now.

"Excuse me, is the shopkeeper here?" She raised her head and shouted towards the attic door leading to the wooden stairs.

"Stop yelling, people are here!" A hoarse and slightly lazy voice came from behind the messy cabinet, and with the sound of chairs being pulled away, a man in half-worn dark clothes with gray temples The old man stood up with the support of the cabinet, with a messy gray beard and a thin body, rubbing his sleepy eyes and looking at the person coming.

Jin Xi glanced at the back of the cabinet, there were several chairs put together, the man dozed off on it just now, the room was too dark and things were messed up, Jin Xi and the others didn't have time to notice his existence.

Jin Xi and the others looked over in surprise, and saw the old man squeezed out from behind the counter, the clothes on his body were covered in dust, his whole body was unkempt, his eyelids drooped, and he looked like he would never get enough sleep.
"This old man, is Zhang Ji's shopkeeper?" Liang Yuzhong cupped his hands at the man and stepped forward to ask.

"Exactly, what are you doing?" The shopkeeper Zhang yawned and asked, glanced at the scattered daily necessities in the shop, all covered in thick dust, laughed at himself, and said: "If you come here When shopping, just look at it casually, all the belongings in my shop are stored there, don't ask me if I have anything!"

Shopkeeper Zhang's attitude stunned Liang Yuzhong and the others. They didn't expect the shopkeeper to treat the customers with such an arrogant attitude. Could it be because they were dressed in typical mountain people's clothes?Sun Erhu was a little angry immediately.

Jin Xi pursed her lips. She didn't think that the shopkeeper's arrogance came from looking down on the people in the mountains. On the contrary, she noticed the bitterness and self-deprecating expression on the shopkeeper's expression when he said these words, which was a kind of depression and self-abandonment.Therefore, Jin Xi opened her mouth before the two tigers got angry.

"Shopkeeper Zhang was joking, we came to your shop to inquire about other matters, about the rental of Shopkeeper Zhang's shop." Jin Xi said.

Shopkeeper Zhang yawned halfway, and when Jin Xi said that he wanted to set up a shop, the sleepiness on his face was half gone.Liang Yuzhong and the others were also obviously shocked by Jin Xi's words.

"Xi'er, at worst, let's spend more time looking at the shop. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. What can I expect from this shop?" Sun Yubao pulled Jin Xi to the door, and asked in a low voice, puzzled.

"Uncle, I am somewhat optimistic about this shop. Whether it will succeed or not depends on the price!"

"Even if the price is low, this place is too out of the way. There are ghosts in the alley!" Sun Yubao said.

"We are a grocery store, and we sell small commodities for living at home. Although this place is a bit out of the way, there are all residents' alleys nearby. I am very optimistic about this area. Besides, the business of this record was not booming before. Is it? It went downhill later, there is a reason." Jin Xi said, who would not want to open the shop to a busy area with a lot of traffic from the beginning, but everyone cares about fat meat, Jin Xi and the others have no money and power now, or Keep a low profile!

"Xi'er, are you really optimistic about this place?" Sun Yubao asked again.

Jin Xi nodded affirmatively: "Uncle, trust me once in a while, okay?"

Seeing Jinxi's insistence, Sun Yubao didn't say anything more.

Jin Xi looked around at the alleys in front and back, no matter in which era, basic necessities of life are the most important things for ordinary people.I opened my shop in an alley where the common people gather, so I don't worry about no business coming to my door.As long as she has a complete set of things here, which can well meet the needs of the people's lives, and spread it to ten, ten to hundreds, she is not afraid that the business will not be prosperous.It is not difficult to seek better road sections and pavement when it is booming and has capital and contacts.

Over there, shopkeeper Zhang dismantled the small bed he was lying on just now, dragged out a few chairs, and invited Liang Yuzhong and the others to sit down.

"Shopkeeper Zhang looks familiar, I seem to have met you somewhere before!" Liang Yuzhong said.

Shopkeeper Zhang smiled: "I used to be a shopkeeper, and I have been to most of the villages below! Which village are you from?"

Liang Yuzhong slapped his head: "I remember, that's right, it was you, I remember that moment, I was only about the age of these children, you carried the load to our village, once my second brother stole two How about exchanging an egg for sugar with yours! Oh, I’m from Jinjishan Village.”

"Jinjishan Village? Then I know, it's a big village. I was a shopkeeper at the time, and I would go to your village every three days to sip. Hahaha, life flies so fast!"

"I think you look familiar, brother, do you recognize the old Liangtou of your Jinjishan village?"

Liang Yuzhong laughed: "That's my father, I'm the third child in the family."

"Oh, so it's the third son of Brother Liang's family? Hahaha, I know your father, and I even smoked pipes with him."

Shopkeeper Zhang chatted with Liang Yuzhong about the past, and the distance between them unknowingly shortened a lot.

When Jin Xi and Sun Yubao returned to the shop, they happened to hear Liang Yuzhong asking shopkeeper Zhang about the reason for the downfall of the shop.

"To tell you the truth, this shop has been my painstaking effort for most of my life. I started as a shopkeeper, and later I earned some money to buy these two houses in Qingqiao Alley and open this grocery store."

Sitting there, Jin Xi listened carefully to shopkeeper Zhang talking about his entrepreneurial history, and learned that shopkeeper Zhang was not from Wanghai County, but came here from the famine in the north.He started as a shopkeeper and set up Zhangji grocery store.

Married a local woman as his wife. His wife passed away early and left him a son. After finally raising the son, he married his daughter-in-law. Two years ago, when the daughter-in-law gave birth to a grandson, the son was on the way to buy goods from other places , An accident happened and died in a foreign land.

In the past two years, bad luck, the business in the shop went from bad to worse, his son died in a foreign land, and no one could avenge him, and the people at the Yamen also detained the shopkeeper Zhang for questioning, saying that the origin of the goods was unknown.

Shopkeeper Zhang was imprisoned in the county government prison for two days, and the shop was also sealed up for two days. His son died, and his daughter-in-law took her grandson back to her mother's house. The business of the shop went from bad to worse.

"Everyone has a hard-to-read scripture, Brother Zhang, you have to read some more!" Liang Yuzhong was the worst at consoling words, Zhang shopkeeper nodded, looked at his shop again, and said, "I'll do it." I have been in business all my life, and I have put all my heart and soul here. My family is like this, and I have no intention of revitalizing this shop. Let it be like this, it will be closed when it closes, and it will close when it closes. At this age, I don’t have the drive to make a comeback. Grandson I'm too young, and I'm powerless. I plan to sell off the backlog of stocks in this shop, and give all the money from the shop to my little grandson, and I will have nothing to worry about in my life!"

"If you find this shop right, I'll sell it to you for 100 taels of silver, including counter shelves in the shop, backlog of inventory, two rooms in the attic upstairs, and simple furniture. Seat."

I've seen someone who is depressed, but I haven't seen someone who is so depressed.However, judging from the information disclosed in Xiang Zhang's words, shopkeeper Zhang is indeed very talented in business.Many of the business ideas he mentioned are very similar to those of Shen Wansan back then.

This kind of management talent has rich experience, but it's a pity that fate can't get along with him.Jin Xi does not want to miss such a talent.

Jin Xi squeezed her fingers alternately, thought for a while, and finally said: "Master Zhang, do you think this will work? We will pay you 80 taels of silver to buy everything here, so don't go anywhere else. Live here, and take your little grandson by your side! We hire you to be the shopkeeper of the new shop, and your salary for a year will be [-]% from the pure money earned in the shop for the time being. It's big, let's add more, how about?
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The terms Jin Xi offered were very generous, and shopkeeper Zhang said he had given up, but deep down, he was still unwilling. His son was gone, and his grandson was his only concern.The grandson is so young, and it takes a lot of money to support him. Now that Jin Xi has such a sincere invitation, how can shopkeeper Zhang not be tempted?

(End of this chapter)