Nongmen scholar

Chapter 40 A Bowl of Interviews Shows You Two Pounds

Shangguan Shijin looked at Gu Xiaobei with more doubts in his eyes but didn't ask any questions, while Bai Qingli's eyes were more proud and determined to win besides shock.

Soon, Shangguan Shijin had something to deal with, so he left the store key to Gu Xiaobei and the others before leaving.

After drawing the picture, Gu Xiaobei, Bai Qingli, and Gu Sanlin respectively went to the best carpenter's shop, porcelain kiln, and printing workshop in the city to customize the things they needed.

The ancient carpentry technology and porcelain firing have been relatively advanced, and basically can still produce the effect Gu Xiaobei wants, but the printing is more difficult. In addition to only printing black and white characters, the printing cost is also very high. It is because the printing technique is backward and only in the hands of a few people, so the printing cost is very high. A sheet of paper with the size of a book is worth ten cents, and two thousand sheets cost 20 taels of silver.

Although the printing cost is high, Gu Xiaobei does not intend to give up the method of leaflets, because she is well aware of the importance of publicity to business, but Gu Xiaobei decided to print a third less, and the third can be copied by hand, so Save some money too.

They went to find some craftsmen and agreed to come to help decorate the shop tomorrow, and after posting a recruitment notice in front of the shop, the three got on the carriage and rushed back to Nanmen Village.

It was sunset when we returned to Nanmen Village, Gu Xiaobei and Bai Qingli got off the car at the entrance of the village to go to Bai's house, while Gu Sanlin drove the carriage back first.

In the Bai family's kitchen, Shagu had already prepared the meal but did not cook it, because in the morning Bai Qingli ordered Gu Xiaobei to cook the evening dishes.

Even so, the silly girl is very happy. She has learned to cook some dishes from Gu Xiaobei before. Although the effect is not as good as Gu Xiaobei's cooking, it is much better than Bai Qiaoer's. Qing Li didn't object to recognizing her as her older sister, and even asked her to live in Bai's house when it was too late to go back.

After dinner yesterday, Bai Qingli asked her to live in Bai's house from now on to help cook breakfast and lunch, and gave her a lot of money, but Sha Gu didn't care about the money at all, as long as she could take care of Bai Qingli more She is very happy with her younger brother.

With the assistance of Sha Gu, Gu Xiaobei quickly prepared several dishes.

Bai Qiaoer brought the food to Bai Baikuo, and Bai Qingli brought the food himself.

In the past three months, Tian Kuo occasionally went out for a walk, but insisted on eating in his own room when eating, and Bai Qingli, apart from Bai Qiaoer and Sha Gu who gathered in the yard to eat together, occasionally brought food back to his room. .

"Come with me." Bai Qingli picked up the food and called to Gu Xiaobei who was about to leave.

"What are you doing?" Gu Xiaobei was a little impatient, she was so exhausted, she just wanted to go back and have an early rest.

Seeing this, the silly girl hurriedly pushed Gu Xiaobei: "Sisters and sisters, go quickly, don't be shy, I'll help you go home and tell me." After speaking, she secretly winked at Bai Qingli as if asking for credit, but ran away like a whirlwind Go out and go to Gu's house.

How shy is she!Gu Xiaobei was speechless, why did this idiot say something stupid again?
Gu Xiaobei nodded to Bai Qingli, and followed him. It would be a waste of time to struggle anyway, so let's go with him to find out what's going on.

"Sit down and eat." Bai Qingli went to the room, put the tray on the table, put a pair of empty bowls and chopsticks into Gu Xiaobei's hands, and greeted her to eat with a smile.

Gu Xiaobei was taken aback: "Isn't this for your mother? Do you want me to take your mother's place?"

"You have a good idea!" Bai Qingli gave her a sideways glance, picked up some food for her himself, and sighed speciously: "Last night, my mother came to me in a dream and told me that I have found someone who can eat with me for a lifetime." No, she won't have to accompany me in the future."

"Just talk nonsense." Gu Xiaobei snorted, then sat down and ate unceremoniously, she is starving now, and she fried this dish herself, she has nothing to be ashamed of.

Bai Qingli smiled slightly, did not refute her words, lowered his head to eat, and suddenly said after a long while: "When will you be old?"

"Next year in June, why are you asking this?" Gu Xiaobei burped and put down the bowl and chopsticks.

Bai Qingli's eyes flickered, and he smiled slightly, "I'll give you a big gift then."

Who knows what will happen next?Gu Xiaobei said noncommittally: "Then thank you in advance."

"Then I'll go back first." Gu Xiaobei said without waiting for Bai Qingli to finish eating.

Bai Qingli nodded, and said again: "I'll help you write the paper for distribution. Anyway, your handwriting is not good-looking."

"How do you know I'm going to write it myself?" Gu Xiaobei asked suspiciously, she remembered that she didn't tell him about printing!

Bai Qingli Shi Shiran said: "Printing is very expensive, you must not spend so much money to print it, and you bought so much white paper just now, so I don't need to guess."

Gu Xiaobei suddenly felt warm in his heart. Although Bai Qingli was not forgiving, he could still observe such an inconspicuous thing.

"What? Are you moved? Do you want to make a promise with your body?" Bai Qingli smiled and shook her hand in front of her.

Gu Xiaobei gritted her teeth, how could she be moved just now?It must be a brain twitch!
In the next few days, Gu Xiaobei, Gu Erye, and Gu Sanlin went to Ziyuan County early every day to work on the early stage of opening a store. Gu Datian was worried that Tiandi didn't follow him, but took care of Tiandi and Xiaobao at home.

Although Shangguan Shijin didn't show up, he sent two servants to Gu Xiaobei.

The store was neat and clean, the decoration was relatively simple, and the materials used did not contain toxic substances such as formaldehyde in the 21st century, so Gu Xiaobei wanted to finish the preliminary work within five days as much as possible and start opening on the sixth day.

Gu Sanlin was quick-witted, and led Gu Erye and Shangguan Shijin's two servants to work in a hurry, and Gu Xiaobei didn't need to worry about many things.

However, Gu Xiaobei can let her brothers do everything, but she must personally check the matter of recruiting the waiters and chefs. People can make dead things into various effects they want, but the thinking of living people It's very complicated, if you don't recognize it clearly, it will bring serious consequences to the restaurant.

The older brothers are ordinary peasants who don't understand the complexity and changeability of human nature, so she will check it out!
Although Gu Xiaobei is proficient in cooking and has recipes, it is impossible to cook all the dishes by himself in such a large restaurant.

Originally, Gu Sanlin and Gu Erye also learned some cooking skills from Gu Xiaobei, but I don’t know if it’s because they have no talent or what, the results of the two of them can’t meet Gu Xiaobei’s requirements, so Gu Xiaobei decided to recruit two assistants. In addition, two more chefs were recruited, and the chefs would teach themselves the dishes in the formula by herself, and they would help cook with her in the future.

Many people applied for the job as assistants, and on the first day there were more than a dozen applicants. After numerous tests, Gu Xiaobei selected two honest and hard-working employees.These two fellows were brothers, only fifteen or sixteen years old, and because they came from a very poor rural area, one was called Nian Nuo, whose nickname was Brother Nuomi, and the other was called Nian Zong, whose nickname was Brother Zongzi.

(End of this chapter)