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Chapter 201 The Golden Abacus Worthy of the Golden Abacus

The butcher at the front door brought over the meat and vegetables that Xiuniang had bought in the morning, and the auntie of the second Wang's family watched as they took the things to the stove, grabbed a handful of green onions and a handful of garlic seedlings, and took them to the yard to pick them off.

Waiting for her to clean it up, I went back to the stove, muttering to myself, chopped the shallots in a while, scrambled them with a few eggs, and the garlic leaves were mixed with the meat...

As soon as the mother-in-law of Wang Er's family entered the stove, she saw Xiuniang in a daze, holding two egg shells in her hands, "Oh, sister Xiuniang, what are you doing?"

Xiu Niang came back to her senses, looked at Wang Er's family, looked at the egg shell in her hand, and threw it away after talking.

"Oh, I was thinking of cracking a few eggs and frying them with shallots. Are you ready for lunch?"

"Hey, my sister Xiu Niang, you don't want scrambled eggs, you are...hey..." Wang Er's family murmured and hurriedly put the onions and garlic in their hands into the basket beside them, and ran Go to the back and fetch a big soup bowl.

Xiuniang didn't understand what was going on until Wang Er's family pulled the eggs on the chopping board into the bowl, and then she realized that she had beaten four or five eggs just now, but all of them were beaten outside, and then the shells were removed. Throw it into the bowl in front of you.

Wang Er's family put the egg liquid into a bowl, picked out a few pieces of shells inside, and smiled, "Hey, fortunately, it hit the chopping board. I just scrubbed it when I came here in the morning, and it was clean... "

Xiu Niang smiled a little embarrassedly, and dumped the shell, "Hey, blame me, blame me, I was thinking about something else just now."

The Wang Er family wiped their hands on the aprons, looked at Xiuniang, "Sister Xiuniang, I don't think you're in the mood to cook right now, why don't you go and have a rest, and I'll do it for you." gone."

That's what Xiuniang thinks about, anyway, she cooks a few dishes at noon, and she cooks all the meals, and Wang Er's family can work alone, so she said a few words, untied her apron and went out.

Watching Xiuniang leave, the Wang family members sighed, shook their heads, and took out the egg shells from the meat-washing basin...

Xiu Niang walked into the yard, and the guys were busy making boards, so she went around to the main room at the back, and sat there, trying to catch a glimpse of the pavement, as long as Chu Ge came in, she would be able to see He, ask him what the second master Yang said to him.

Originally, Xiu Niang was at the shop with Chu Ge an hour ago, but Second Master Yang said he had something to talk to Chu Ge, so Xiu Niang wanted to listen by the side at that time, but Second Master Yang just kept talking to Chu Ge. To say something and nothing, the general meaning is that when men are negotiating business, women should not be present.

Xiu Niang heard what Second Master Yang said was wrong, and after thinking about it, she took Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er back to the backyard. Chu Ge didn't say anything about it. Mother herself thought that outsiders were there, to save some face for Chu Ge, and didn't want Second Master Yang to say other bad things, otherwise she wouldn't care so much.

After about a cup of tea, Xiu Niang saw Chu Ge open the door curtain and come in. She opened her mouth and wanted to call Chu Ge over, but she watched him search around the yard, waiting to see him. She left, and walked towards the main room.

Xiu Niang first poured a glass of water for Chu Ge, since Guixi came last time, she has prepared some tea in the main room, maybe someone else will come someday.

She walked around and sat on the side, handed the water to Chu Ge, looked at him and asked, "The one at the Yuanmu Branch... Oh, Chu Ge, let's call that old boy shopkeeper Yang... Did he talk to you?" What?"

Xiuniang changed her words in the middle of what she said, and called Erye Yang the shopkeeper Yang. To be honest, she thought that shopkeeper Yang took this name to take advantage of others. You have to call him 'Grandfather'.

Chu Ge didn't care about Xiu Niang's tone, he sat down and took a sip of water, looked at Xiu Niang and said, "He wants to buy our noodle shop."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang sneered, and said angrily, "Hmph, thanks to the fact that Yang is also a businessman, don't you think it's ridiculous for him to say this? Our business is doing well, how can we say that?" Just sell it... how much money will he pay?"

Chu Ge stared at Xiu Niang blankly. Xiu Niang thought that Chu Ge hadn't heard, so she asked again.

He just said dumbly, "800 taels."

Xiu Niang patted the table vigorously, "That's right, this old boy only paid 800 taels, and my shop spent more than [-] taels at the time..."

She talked for a while, and looked at Chu Ge in disbelief, "Then, that old boy, pay 800 taels to buy this, this paving workshop?"

Chugo nodded, "Yes."

Xiu Niang twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "This, this old boy is burning too much money and has no land to spend, so he just said this."

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang as if he was interested, and he said, "Xiu Niang, what do you think?"

"There's nothing wrong with this. We've been here for more than half a year," Xiu Niang paused with a smile, looked outside, and whispered, "We've been here for less than half a year, except for some trivial expenses, and there is also some money for the buddy. The wages they pay are about one hundred and eighty taels, which is about 80 taels a year. If we sell the workshop to him, won’t we get 200 taels for nothing.”

Chu Ge nodded, "Well, I think it's good too, but we sold the shop, what shall we do next?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Hey, don't we still have 800 taels of silver, plus a portion of the money from Tairen Pharmacy, hehe, I don't think there will be any worries for five or six years."

Chu Ge watched Xiu Niang chattering non-stop, and seemed to be quite happy, but he himself was calm, and with a single sentence, Xiu Niang was brought back.

"Then five or six years from now, will we be living on a fraction of the money from Tairen Pharmacy?"

Xiu Niang paused and blinked, "Then, can we do something else then?"

Chu Ge said lightly, "Well, what are you going to change? Don't tell me the old saying, you can eat as much as you do. Our workshop has not been open for a long time, and we changed it to something else. Can there be any later? ?”

Xiu Niang had nothing to say this time, she frowned, and looked at Chu Ge with a stern face, "I'll let you talk about everything, I'm the only one who has opened my eyes to Qian."

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang as if she was angry, he paused, and said dumbly, "Actually, I thought the same thing when I first heard what Shopkeeper Yang said."

"Then do you have a promise to sell the paving workshop to him?" Xiu Niang said angrily, wouldn't this fool think of soft words to coax others.

Chu Ge shook his head, "No," Xiu Niang asked why, and Chu Ge said again, "I'm not stupid, why should I give him the workshop business?"

Xiu Niang's face became ugly, "Then you're saying I'm stupid."

Chu Ge opened his mouth and looked at Xiu Niang, his eyes seemed to be asking, can I say yes.

Xiu Niang frowned, the tacit understanding between the two of them sometimes really made people angry, "No!"

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang's aggrieved look, smiled secretly, and replied in a low voice, "Oh."

Xiu Niang listened, muttered and sighed, suddenly felt very helpless, in the end, was she just angry at a piece of wood?

She pursed her lips and said, "Then tell me, why can't you sell the workshop to him? After all, there will be 800 taels for buying and selling a workshop. There is no one else except that old boy."

Chu Ge said, "Yes, Xiu Niang, you also said that the only person who would buy and sell our workshop at this price is Shopkeeper Yang. Do you think our workshop is worth this price?"

"Of course it's worth it." Xiu Niang smiled, looked at Chu Ge, and expressed her thoughts.

At first she bought this workshop for only five or sixty taels, but after more than half a year, her workshop was full of workers, and the guy worked for a long time, and the carpentry work was very good. This workshop took over It can start work, and her workshop is the first to make washboards. Most people who come from other places to make washboards know that she is like this, so if you calculate it this way, the paving workshop in her family is also worth the price. .

Hearing what Xiu Niang said, it made sense for Chu Ge to think about it. He thought about it and expressed his own thoughts. The reason why Second Master Yang wanted to buy his workshop was partly what Xiu Niang said. That way, on the other hand, Chu Ge thought that Second Master Yang came here for the business in the palace.

Because if there is only one other board maker left in this town, the people in the palace still have to pick and choose, and just give it to Yuanmu, after all, this Yuanmu is also somewhat famous.

So, this Erye Yang is not a fool. He spent 800 taels of silver, not only in exchange for a workshop with good sales, but also got the list from the palace. It's about [-] people wanting it.

"The golden abacus is worthy of being a golden abacus, and the calculations are precise."

After listening to what Chu Ge said, Xiu Niang couldn't help but praise Second Master Yang.

Chu Ge also nodded, "Yes."

Xiu Niang laughed suddenly, she brought out her dimples, and looked at Chu Ge, "But it's okay, Chu Ge, you rejected that old boy, or else, at this critical moment, you can still Do you have to rely on you old men?"

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang's big watery eyes, which fluttered and only scratched Ren's heart, he froze all over, and moved his body uncomfortably, "Xiu Niang, actually, just now , I almost let the shopkeeper Yang persuade me."

Xiu Niang paused, "Ah, why, you didn't say it, the list in the palace..."

Chu Ge frowned, "Isn't it the wood? Even if we finally receive an order from the palace, it's useless without wood..."

After hearing what Chu Ge said, Xiu Niang didn't speak much.

Chu Ge looked at her, "Xiu Niang, you said that someone would come to deliver wood to us, but if it hasn't arrived in these two days, we have to stop work again."

Xiuniang also knew that Erye Yang had rounded up all the wood in this town, and the lumberyard in the mountain to the north heard that the quantity they wanted for their workshop was small and they would not give it away.

Chu Ge also looked very depressed, Xiu Niang smiled thoughtfully, and told Chu Ge to rest assured that this wood will be delivered tomorrow or the day after tomorrow... probably.

So, in response to what Xiuniang said, the batch of wood that Xiuniang wanted was brought to the town three days before the people from the palace came...

(End of this chapter)