HCB Chapter 517 How Do You Know Everything?
Chapter 517 How Do You Know Everything?
"Why do I need money to buy such a small amount of things? I have money in my pocket."
"Uncle Fugui, just take it. I earn my own money. Besides, it's my aunt who's so strict with your money.
You have to go back and explain it clearly even if you spend a penny. If it doesn't match, it's not worth it to let you sleep on the floor."
Shen Fugui glared: "You know I sleep on the floor?"
At this moment, not only Dahu, but also Dabao, Shitou and Erhu were laughing.
This is not a good thing about living in a big yard. If there is a little noise when the door is closed at night, no one can hide it.
"I didn't argue with her and gave her face. It's okay. I spent the money this time and she didn't dare to say anything."
Shen Zhiqiu, who heard the voices, came out of the house and advised, "Just take it. Does my eldest son need money?"
But when it comes to rich wives, Old Shen also misses his own wife and starts to think about it.
After a few days when this batch of grain teams was sent away, he would take some time to return to the village after leaving the government office. After all, Lieyan was a fast walker.
At most it’s just a matter of starting early.
On the second day, Shen Zhiqiu and others went to work as usual, while Shen Fugui, Shen Youyou, and Erhu divided the work and cooperated with each other.
Shen Youyou and Erhu went to the store to look at the decoration.
Shen Fugui was responsible for buying things and getting everything that was missing in the house.
It can be said that he cares more about Shen Zhiqiu going to work than Shen Youyou and her daughter.
Today, he personally drove the carriage to deliver Shen Zhiqiu to the warehouse office.
When he arrived at the warehouse office, he asked the guard what time lunch would be delivered to the adults.
He knew that these officials would stay in the yamen at noon, and their meals would either be delivered to them by servants at home or bought by their subordinates.
Before he came, the third child in their family could fool Dabao and the others.
But since he has been here these few days, he has to make sure that whatever the adults in other families have, the third child must have as well.
In the words of my grandfather, "We need to let other adults know that although we are refugees from famine and our youngest son did not pass the imperial examination, our family is not worse off than yours."
Now, the grandfather has made Shen Zhiqiu's appointment as an official one of the most important matters among the nine clans.
Shen Fugui had studied hard at home.
Shen Zhiqiu's monthly salary includes monthly allowance, lunch money, tea money, charcoal money, car allowance, etc.
The lunch money is used to subsidize this meal.
So in the whole morning, Shen Fugui bought everything he could, including rice, flour, grain, oil, pots and pans, firewood, charcoal, needles and thread.
Not only did he prepare all these things, he also had time to cook lunch.
First, he brought store gifts to Shen Youyou and the others, and then went to the Warehouse Office.
So when the officials took a break at noon,
Shen Zhiqiu was just about to ask Dabao to go out and buy something when a guard came in and asked Shen Zhiqiu: "Sir Shen, your servant is here to deliver food. Can you let him in?"
This made Shen Zhiqiu stunned. When did they have a servant in their family?
However, the guard was even more confused than Shen Zhiqiu.
The servants of other families either delivered the food to them,
Or even if they bring the food in, they will go out immediately and wait outside until the adults have finished eating before coming in to collect the lunch boxes.
But the servant of Lord Shen's family, what a fellow, not only did he bring a big lunch box, he also brought two.
The key point is that after the food was served, they didn't leave, but sat down and ate with the adults.
Moreover, it is normal for adults to eat some pastries at this time.
Another option is to buy some steamed buns, or the recently popular rice with gravy. These are convenient to eat and can be used as a treatment.
But Lord Shen also lived like this before. After the servant delivered the meal today, his lunch increased sharply.
Because after he was led in by the servant, he saw the dishes on display.
Scrambled eggs with leeks, sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli, stir-fried celery with shredded pork, and a few other dishes that he didn’t see clearly what was in them, but the taste was simply amazing.
Just as Shen Zhiqiu and the others sat down to eat, Lord Wei pushed the door open and came in: "Oh, it smells so good. What delicious food are you having today, Lord Shen?"
"A few home-cooked dishes, Lord Wei, please come with us."
Lord Wei wanted to be polite, but when he smelled the food, he couldn't deceive his stomach.
"Then I won't be polite."
"That's a bit too polite. Try it. This pickled cabbage and vermicelli stew contains blood sausage from our village's meat workshop. I guarantee you'll want to try it again after trying it once."
Lord Wei thought it made sense. He couldn't approve something from the warehouse office without knowing what it tasted like.
Although luncheon meat and other foods have sounded good before, I have never tried this blood sausage myself, so who knows if it suits the soldiers' taste?
After the meal, Lord Wei left, touching his bloated belly.
At the same time, Shen Youyou was in the store.
He then directed the hired craftsmen to start work.
In fact, the stores in the four counties below are also being renovated, but they are all supervised by the other brothers.
Shen Youyou drew the design drawings and let the craftsmen work directly according to the drawings.
Look, a young apprentice of a craftsman in Shuntian Prefecture couldn't understand it, so he asked his master.
"Master, I understand you want to make floors in this house, but why do you have to make wooden boards on the roof as well? And what do you mean by requiring the whole house to be waxed?"
His master looked at the drawing in his hand and explained to his apprentice:
"Did you see those tube-like things she asked us to install yesterday? They glow by themselves. Don't you think the whole house is bright today?
I guess the reason why the wooden boards are placed on the roof and the ground is to make the light from the pipes brighter in the house. "
I have to say, this master is a master, and he guessed Shen Youyou's intention.
But the master craftsman couldn’t understand why the pipe was glowing. He had never heard of any wealthy family having such a thing before.
But he knew the material of that thing! Thinking of this, he lowered his head and looked at the sole of his shoe.
What's more, what made the master most incredible was...
What kind of store is this?
The store has more than ten rooms, but only two doors are left for entry and exit, one for entry and the other for exit.
It would be fine if they didn't allow people to enter and exit at the same time, but once you enter, you see a row of counters with a stove next to them. Are they selling food?
But if they are selling food, why is the layout of each room different after entering? In some rooms, those shelves and counters are for selling cloth.
Some of them look more like grocery stores.
There was even a large room that made them even more confused. Not only were there rows of wooden shelves as high as a person's neck, but there were also things called sofas and stools placed in the aisles. Was this for shopping, or for sitting and chatting?
Anyway, the decoration styles of these dozen or so stores are really incomprehensible to this very experienced master!
The second floor was even stranger. They were asked to follow the decoration of the theater.
What is this used for?
Not only are you not sure what you're going to sell in your store, why are you setting up a stage?