Seeing that it was getting late, Du Zhongxiao got up and prepared to leave. The basket of sheep's hooves were placed in the Han store, and he could calculate the money at night. Before it was dark, he wanted to go home and bring a few more baskets out and put them in several other foot shops.

In addition to these familiar foot shops, Du Zhongxiao also had to sell along the street with a basket. In this way, he calculated the rented house money, and took out the capital to eat and drink from himself and his mother, so that he could have a little leftover.

This business is small and has little profits, and it is easy to do, but the profit is really not high, so I can only make some hard money. Linying County is too small and there is not much business to do.

The reason for braised sheep's hooves is that in this era, lamb was the most eaten meat and had sufficient supply.

People in the Song Dynasty liked to eat mutton, not because of luxury, but in the agricultural society, mutton was the cheapest source of meat among the few large animals. Raising pigs requires a lot of feed. In the era when the food was insufficient, the cost of pork was much higher than that of mutton. Du Zhongxiao's previous life was much cheaper than mutton, which was a matter after entering the industrial society, and the variety was improved. If the traditional method was used to raise local pigs, the price of pork was actually higher than that of mutton. It was just an illusion for people in the industrial society. When they really entered the agricultural society, they would find that it was not like that. Not only pigs and sheep, but also poultry. The cheapest chicken in the previous life was expensive at this time, with delicious meat and difficult to raise.

There were many such illusions in the ancient times, which made future generations ignore what the real ancient times looked like. This is what Du Zhongxiao felt powerless. Many things felt easy, but only after doing it, they realized that reality was difficult.

In his previous life, Du Zhongxiao was a engineer. Most of the ways to make money were related to industry. With his current family background, how could he have something to do with industry? He has a lot of knowledge, but it is useless.

After opening the door, Du Zhongxiao collided with the people coming in outside.

The two young men came in, both of whom were about twenty years old, wearing blue shirts, and looked like scholars.

A slightly taller young man in front glared at Du Zhongxiao, too lazy to pay attention to him, and went straight into the store. The slightly shorter and fat young man behind refused to support him, pushed Du Zhongxiao and said, "What's going on? Don't you have eyes?"

This is the Han family's store. Du Zhongxiao didn't want to cause trouble for Han Yue Nong, so he had to say, "This door is narrow and small, but who else can you blame when you hit it? Even if you have eyes, you can see through the portal."

The young man who entered the store found a pair of heads and sat down, and shouted: "The weather is cold, and the owner brought a stick of wine, and it was hot. We ate it and got the cold air! If you have any food to eat, come together!"

Han Yueniang agreed and immediately brought a corner of wine on the table. She said, "There is cooked mutton in the store. Do you want to cut two pounds of it? - By the way, there are braised mutton here, which is very plump."

The young man said: "Okay, cut a pound of mutton and five more sheep's hooves."

Han Yueniang agreed and asked her father to cut meat while getting the sheep's hooves brought by Du Zhongxiao.

The young man confronted Du Zhongxiao looked at Han Yueniang's departure back and said, "What a beautiful little lady! I'm familiar with Linying City. I have never seen such a beautiful woman before!"

After saying that, he ignored Du Zhongxiao, stared at Han Yueniang's departure back and entered the store.

Du Zhongxiao originally wanted to leave, but seeing that the young man looked like he was not a road, he thought about it and returned to the store.

Han Yueniang took the sheep's hooves and saw Du Zhongxiao Chong in the shop again. She smiled and said, "Brother wants to have a glass of wine before leaving?"

"Not bad, the weather is cold, I also eat a cup of hot wine to get rid of the cold."

After hearing this, Han Yueniang agreed crisply, put down the sheep's hooves and helped Du Zhongxiao get the wine.

After helping Du Zhongxiao to drink, Han Yueniang was about to go back to the cabinet, but was stopped by the fat young man on the table next to her.

The man bowed and said, "Xiao Ke Wu Kejiu is the second son of Wu Yuanwai's family in the county. This one is my uncle's cousin, from Fujian, and his name is Cao Jucheng. I don't know my sister's name?"

Seeing this person looking frivolous, Han Yueniang said unhappily: "We have never met each other. You ask someone else's name like this. You are a customer in the store. Just order wine and food. Some of them in the store will come for you."

Cao Jucheng saw that his cousin was interested in the little lady selling wine, and smiled and said, "Cousin, asking for the name is one of the six rituals, so why do you ask casually? You are still a scholar, why don't you know etiquette? If you want to ask the little lady's name, just go home and ask your aunt to come, not only ask the name, but also ask the birth date and horoscope, which is better."

"Brother is right, but he is right." Wu Kejiu sat down again after hearing this. "It has been three years since I got married, but I have no children yet. The elders in the family are very dissatisfied. As the saying goes, there are three unfilial things, and no descendants are the best, but it is not a solution. I see that this young lady is extremely diligent and fair-looking, so it would be great if she takes her home as a concubine."

Cao Jucheng nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I'll ask for a glass of wine at that time."

When Han Yueniang heard the two of them talked unbearably, she spat and turned to the back.

Wu Kejiu ignored Han Yueniang and said to Han Lian behind the counter: "The old man selling wine, speak closer to him."

Seeing that the two of them were not good at making trouble and were not easy to provoke, Han Lian had to come to the table.

Wu Kejiu drank a glass of wine before asking Han Lian: "Dinner, let me ask you, which restaurant did the wine in your store come from credit? Look at your big scene, it should be a big restaurant for help."

Han Lian couldn't offend customers, so he had to say, "I don't care about the customer, the small shops come with wine and decorations from 'Qixiangju'. My shop has been open for many years, and 'Qixiangju' is very caring."

Wu Kejiu clapped his hands and said, "That's right! Do you know who I am?"

Han Lian shook his head: "I am sorry for being a little ugly, but I don't know the little officials."

Wu Kejiu smiled and said, "It's not your fault. I mostly study in the countryside village and rarely go around the city. I can teach you that my surname is Wu and my father Wu Yuanwai is my property!"

Han Lian hurriedly saluted: "I don't know if it's because the young master is here, so don't be guilty of neglecting it! Let's wait, and the old man Rong went to the back and cut some meat. There was also a fat chicken in the store. I cooked it and put wine for the young master."

Du Zhongxiao looked at him coldly and didn't say anything.

In the Song Dynasty, these small-foot shops cannot make wine by themselves. They all sell wine from large restaurants with brewing rights nearby. How many wine-making restaurants can there be in a small county town? In addition to all the official restaurants, there are only two, and the largest of them is the "Qixiangju" opened by the Zheng family. The Han family's foot shop is more than ten yuan, which looks quite small, but in fact there are not many assets that really belong to it. Not only are the wine from credit, but many of the shops also borrowed from "Qixiangju".

Wu Kejiu is a young official from Qixiangju, and is half the owner of the Han family, so he is so arrogant. These shops rely on Qixiangju to live. Without the support of Qixiangju, they cannot be opened at all. When they get here, they can't do whatever they want.

If it were normal, Wu Kejiu would not have come to such a small shop. Today he was strolling with his cousin Cao Jucheng. He was tired of walking on the road and came in on a whim. Unexpectedly, this inconspicuous small shop actually had a beauty like Han Yueniang.

Seeing that Han Lian was well-behaved, Wu Kejiu became even more proud and shook his head and said, "There is no need for meat. What delicious meat can you make in this small shop? It's not clean, but I ate the pickled ones. Let me ask you, who is the little lady you just now?"

"Go back to Xiao Yuanwai, it's the little girl Yue Niang."

Wu Kejiu clapped his hands: "That's good! Just serve some wine and the dishes will be sure. There is only one piece, let your daughter Yue Niang come out and have a few glasses of wine with us brothers. If you can sing a song, that's even better!"

Han Lian was startled and hurriedly said, "Don't blame me, the little girl has neglected discipline since she was a child, so she can't serve others. Girls from poor families are even more conscious of singing. My little girl wants to listen to music, and wait a moment. There is a sister Liu San next to the shop. The song is very nice. I went to invite her here, wouldn't that be nice?"

Cao Jucheng heard this and cursed with a smile: "You old man is so unaware of things, don't you hear the beauty of yours? Let your daughter come over, not to listen to her singing, my cousin just wants to drink with her beauty. You are blessed, if your cousin likes you, you will take Yue Niang back to be a concubine, and you will have a lifelong stay."

After hearing this, Han Lian was so anxious that he rubbed his hands there, and he couldn't do anything to the point in his mouth.

This kind of foot shop is said to be a businessman, but its capital comes mostly from a large restaurant, which is just a place to distribute wine. Once the big restaurant collects the capital and goes back, you will lose your livelihood. A young official like Wu Kejiu comes to his own restaurant and his feet shop outside, and everyone flatters him. If there is something that is not good, they don’t need to greet him, and they will let their daughters and sisters, and even shamelessly let their wives come out to drink with them.

In Wu Kejiu's opinion, it was a blessing for this family to fall in love with Han Yueniang. Han Lian wouldn't let his daughter come out quickly and have a few glasses of wine with him. If he was happy for a moment, it would be possible that they would be exempted from the profits of this month. This is a common thing, and everyone has become accustomed to it. Unexpectedly, Han Lian was pushing the three and four places, and Wu Kejiu's face changed immediately.

In this era, business was common, and many of them did not require much capital. For example, as a foot shop that sells wine, as long as the big restaurant can trust it, everything is on credit. Not only can wine be used for credit, but some can even go to the big restaurant to pay the profit. As long as you sell money every day, you can go to the big restaurant to pay the profit. Compared with those who carry loads of wine, the foot shop only has a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and it doesn’t have to work so hard, and money may not be able to make more money.
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