The fact that the Su family opened a dim sum shop in Luohe Prefecture was naturally hidden from the villagers in Wuliqiao, but most people were just jealous of the Su family's situation. .
But there is always someone who dares.
Ever since Chen Laosan got a few taels of silver from the hands of the foreign workers, he really lived happily for a while. But that Chen Laosan is a qualified scoundrel. He has everything to eat, drink, prostitute, and gamble. The few taels of silver in other people's homes may be enough for the whole family to chew on for a whole year. Before it was over, it was already spent.
The days without money in hand are too hard, Chen Laosan and his friends and pigs summed it up, and then hit the Su family on the west side of the river: "The Su family is all old and weak, women and children, so they just There are a few dogs watching the house, so let's get some rat medicine and give the dogs first, then it's not just about money, money, and shops!" After a pause, he said, "Then the Su family will not say anything else. Yes, the dim sum shop opened in Luohe Prefecture alone can earn more than a dozen taels a day!"
As soon as Chen Laosan said this, the other people were all red-eyed, earning more than ten taels of silver a day! What is this concept? These people have never had more than ten taels of silver in their lives! "Success! Third brother, what do you say about this, all the brothers will listen to you!"
So on the day when the Su family all went to Luohe Prefecture to celebrate the Lantern Festival, Chen Laosan and others had already tried it once, but unfortunately they were discovered by the dog who guarded the house and rushed over to the fence. Going under the wall, he barked wildly at Chen Laosan and others.
Looking at the big dog with fangs that was already half a person tall, Chen Laosan was so frightened that his legs and necks were softened, his hands couldn't stop beans, and he took out a few pieces of rat medicine from the bag prepared in advance. The meat bones were thrown down: "Good dog, good dog, eat some meat bones!"
But the Su family's dogs were carefully trained by Young Jin, where would they eat the bones thrown by Chen Laosan? Without even looking at the flesh and bones that fell to the ground, they all just jumped up and threw themselves on Chen Laosan and several others.
"Third brother, what's going on here?" The few people who were sitting on the wall were so frightened that their legs were weak. Looking at the big dog below, they only felt chills on their backs: "If you yell like this for a while, you should put people down. It's recruited!" The Su family is only a few hundred meters away from the river workers' dormitory, and if it really gets into trouble, it's not impossible for someone over there to find out.
Chen Laosan, who was in a dilemma, looked very ugly, and spat fiercely: "It's bad luck today, come back next time!" After saying that, he led a few people over the fence and went back to the east of the river quietly in the night. The Su family The matter of being nearly robbed was turned over so silently.
It was only the early morning of the second day that Young Jin saw a few pieces of meat and bones on the wall, and a dead mouse foaming at the mouth on the wall, but he felt a little strange, and when he asked Su Shi, he said that it was not the family's drug mouse, and suddenly he was heartbroken. Feeling suspicious, he led Xiao Hei to the outside of the yard, and sure enough, he found a few footprints the size of an adult man at the base of the wall behind the west wing.
You Jin's heart sank, and now, without any brains, she knew that You Xiao Xiao wanted to steal into the house last night. However, Young Jin didn't tell Su Shi and others about this, but just called the Han Li brothers back to the east wing of the Su family to live in the lower room. From then on, Han Li added another night watch every night.
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However, after Chen Laosan and others went through this incident, they didn't make a comeback so quickly. He had to restrain the Su family's dog like a good way to get in. Otherwise, he didn't steal the money and even risked his life. Trading can be a big loss.
Although everything was calm, after this time, Young Jin also began to think about how to better protect the family. After she was finally busy with Houjiawan's affairs, when the Su family's new home was completed, she spent another sum of money to go out and buy people.
This young gold spends money like running water, but fortunately, the business of the dim sum shop is getting better and better. On a whim, Young Zhu and a few others have tossed out a simple oven with fire.
At the suggestion of Youjin, it was changed to burning coal to better control the temperature, and the coal-burning oven was officially put into use. Now Su Jiaxiang’s dim sum shop has begun to sell baked dim sum, which is unique in Luohe Prefecture. Of course, business is needless to say.
This time, Youjin found Chen Yaren again, and helped to carefully select a family of five and four other women who could do rough work in the population market, and brought back nine people at once.
The Su family's new house is large. According to Youjin's request, the two acres of wasteland are all included in the scope of the new house.
The house has two entrances and two exits. The first and second entrances are spacious and bright main halls and main rooms. There are three east and west wing rooms. The second entrance is slightly larger. Inside the courtyard are two bright and two dark rooms.
The whole house is paved with flat bluestone slabs, even if it rains, it is not afraid of the slightest mud. Several rooms are also made of glazed windows that cost a lot of money. Although they are more expensive, the light is obviously much better.
Young Jin did not have much research on ancient Chinese architecture, but Zhao Er also built houses for big families, Young Jin handed over this freedom to Zhao Er and Yulan, and Young Jin was also very satisfied with the final product.
In the yard of the first entrance, only four magnolia trees were planted in one-person height, and the whole place was flat, while the second entrance was planted with several red plum trees, sweet-scented osmanthus, and two clumps of plantains, twisting cobblestones. The path circles around the courtyard with three steps and a small scene, and a pavilion is also very elegantly built in the courtyard. In the words of Yulan, it is: "Peach in spring, rain in summer, cinnamon in autumn, and snow in winter. ".
These saplings in the Su family are all ready-made, and they don't cost much money, but because the place is big enough, whether it is the flower hall or the boudoir or warehouse of the girls of the Su family, they are all big enough. After this house was built, it cost a full 140 taels of silver, plus enough new furniture, it was 200 taels in full.
"Eldest sister, our new home is so beautiful!" Today is the first time the Su family came in to see after everything in the new home has been arranged. Chatting non-stop: "Yes, yes! There is also a pavilion!"
He squatted down to wipe the sweat off Xiao Qi's face one by one, and then said with a smile, "Yeah, have you all turned around? Have you chosen a room yet?" Taking Xiaoba to live with Kang'er, the second large room on the east side of the main hall is Youjin's bedroom and personal study, and the sisters choose the next one.
"I've made a choice, and You Bao and I will live in the same courtyard!" You Zhu said with a smile, although she and You Bao always bickered, the twins had the best relationship. Youyin also made a choice: "Let me live with Xiaoqi, she is still young, she dare not live alone!" In the end, Youzhu and Youbao lived in the East Cross Hospital, and Youyin took Xiaoqi to the West. Across the hospital, Youling and Youluo lived in the two rooms on the west side of the second entrance hall.
The newly purchased family of five is a couple about forty years old with a fourteen-year-old eldest son and eleven and seven-year-old daughters. The family name is Song. The Song family was originally sold as a slave, but after the main family was defeated, they came to Luohe Prefecture, and were picked by Chen Yaren and entered the door of the Su family.
Uncle Song and Aunt Song are both housekeepers, so Young Jin handed over the river worker dormitory to Uncle Song, while Aunt Song is in charge of the head of the family. The family of five lives in several rooms next to the kitchen. inside.
In addition to the Song family, Yulan and the two rough women live in the new house, the rest are arranged to live in the original old house. Although it is an old house, Young Jin also spends money to let Zhao Er took people to tidy up, renovated the old house, and opened a door between the two houses, which is very convenient to enter and exit.
Today, the monthly income of Su Jiaxiang's dim sum shop is stable at between four and five hundred taels. Although Young Jin spent a lot more on building a new house, it is not bad, at least not to the point of being stretched.
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The Su family's conservatory wine date is set for May 19, and the main target of the invitation is the people in Wuliqiao Village who have had some contacts with the Su family in the past, adding up to only six or seven tables. In addition, You Jin also handed an invitation to Huang Erye from Luohe Prefecture, and there was no one else around.
The Su family's house was built by the villagers in Wuliqiao every day. Although the walls were built first, the high walls blocked people's prying eyes, but they couldn't stop their curiosity. It was built so high with blue bricks, and there must be no gold bricks and silver bricks there! How much does this cost
On May 19th, the people who received the invitation from the Su family all arrived at the Su family early, and they were also very curious! As for the villagers who didn't receive the invitation, they could only speculate outside, and they kept complaining that the Su family was stingy and didn't invite the whole village to eat conservatory wine.
But You Jin didn't care about this. He prepared enough food and drinks early, and he didn't need to invite anyone. Su Jiaxiang's shop was suspended for one day, and all the people in the family were enough.
The banquet was also held decently. The high-end version of the eight big bowls was enough for the villagers to eat. All the villagers were full of oil. They just wished their stomachs were bigger and could eat more.
Some people eat happily, but naturally some people don't like it. Zhao finally understands what he meant when he was in charge of the family. The Su family's orphans and widowed mothers lived in such a grand mansion for only a year. Where is it? In a few years? Now it is already beyond the reach of its own!
Mrs. Zhao felt that she had climbed high, but there were always people who were fascinated by the wealth and wealth: "Our boy is also fourteen this year. Do you want me to go to the Su family to propose a marriage?"
"You can rest your heart now! Look at the girls in the Su family, the clothes and jewelry they wear, have you ever seen such a good thing? Your son is not a son in Luohe Prefecture, Isn't that what a toad wants to eat!" The woman was choked back by another slender young woman at the same table as soon as she finished speaking.
"Maybe someone else has taken a fancy to it!" The woman was about to say something, but when she saw Young Jin smiling indifferently not far away, she thought about her eldest son, who was in trouble. Damn, although I don't want to admit it, I really feel that the Su family despise them.