In order to welcome Zhang Rui, Lu Lin asked Yunniang to make Dongpo pork.
Dongpo pork is half-fat and half-lean pork, which is cut into squares and added with rice wine, rock sugar, and soy sauce... Dongpo meat is bright red, the color is like agate, soft but not rotten, fat but not greasy , People can't stop eating with chopsticks.
Since Chen Chun'er, a little sister, was very worried about his son's lack of food after he came over, Lu Lin felt that he had to calm down Chen Chun'er's heart.
Zhang Rui's father is a butcher. The Zhang family is not like ordinary villagers who don't see meat several times a year. However, the taste of Dongpo meat still fascinates Zhang Rui. Zhang Rui has never eaten such delicious meat. So much so that he ate three bowls of rice in one go.
Chen Maimai was very curious about this new cousin, and clapped his hands as he watched him eat three big bowls of rice in one go.
"Cousin, you are really good. You eat so much, Brother Lin is so picky, you don't even eat fat." Chen Maitake glanced at Lu Lin, blinking his eyes and said.
Lu Lin twitched his lips, and thought to himself: Xiao Mai actually thinks he is picky. If he hadn't been picky, how could these guys eat so well.
Zhang Rui couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw Chen Maimai clapping his hands.
Zhang Rui scratched his head in embarrassment. If someone else said that, he would probably suspect that the other party was being sarcastic, but this was said by Mai Mai. Zhang Rui knew that Mai Mai had no bad intentions, but envied him for being able to eat it.
Lu Lin picked up a large piece of meat for Zhang Rui, and said with a smile, "It's a blessing to be able to eat, eat more."
Zhang Rui said with some embarrassment: "Brother Lin, I never knew that meat can be so delicious."
Lu Lin smiled, and thought to himself: It's just Dongpo meat! There are too many delicious things in the previous life.
"Eat more if it tastes good, don't worry, there is enough food here."
Before, when Lin Chuner came over, he specifically said hello that Zhang Rui could eat, and he still wanted to make sure that Zhang Rui nodded solemnly. There are many, although he didn't say it clearly, but in private, there is a lot of talk about him being a fool
Zhang Rui thought to himself: If he works here, he can eat this kind of meat from time to time, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't need wages.
Although Zhang Rui tried his best to restrain himself, he still couldn't control his hands. In the end, he mixed all the gravy into the rice and ate it. If Lu Lin didn't stop him, Zhang Rui wanted to lick the bottom of the bowl again.
Zhang Rui was full of excitement after eating a meal, and even began to give up his heart for Huaxia Commercial Bank.
Children like to hang out with older children. As soon as Zhang Rui came, he was entangled by Chen Xiaomai.
Zhang Changrui has a good impression of this little cousin who is ill-fated, and sometimes he can share a little snack with him, and the two get along pretty well.
"Cousin, do you have a sweetheart?" Chen Xiaomai moved a small bench and asked Zhang Rui who was paddling.
Zhang Rui smiled awkwardly and said, "Not yet."
Zhang Rui scratched his head. He didn't think it was necessary to get married too early. However, his father and mother seemed to be very anxious. Before, he had met two of them. However, the other party heard that his father was a butcher, and his legs were weak from fright. It ended without a problem.
Chen Maimai shook his legs, and said proudly, "Cousin, do you know? Second brother, I have a marriage partner."
Your second brother is amazing! Zhang Rui complimented him casually.
About Chen Xiaocai, Zhang Rui heard her mother mention it. It seems that Chen Xiaolai often gets together with a little girl, and there are some bad rumors. It's settled.
Chen Maimai nodded, and said with some pride: "Yes, the second brother is very powerful, and the second brother's abacus is slipping."
Zhang Rui asked with some doubts: "Your second brother, where did you go!" Zhang Rui has been here for many days, but he didn't even see Chen Xiaocai.
"Going to do business elsewhere, Lin Ge said, Second Brother went to make money." Chen Mai said.
"Can you make money?" Zhang Rui asked curiously.
Chen Maimai said as a matter of course: "I can make a lot of money! Brother Lin said that the second brother can make a lot of money, and his future is limitless. Every time the second brother comes back, he will bring me something to eat."
A bit of envy flashed in Zhang Rui's heart. It's because individuals always have a dream of getting rich. Zhang Rui went out with a caravan a few months ago, but the goods he brought out were detained by the government halfway. He didn’t make any money, and he even lost a fortune. The villagers found out about it, and he was even laughed at.
Hearing Chen Xiaomai's words, Zhang Rui had a little more admiration for this cousin Chen Xiaocai who hadn't had much contact with him.
As the weather got hotter, the dolls in the store began to sell poorly.
When the weather is cold, holding a doll is a great enjoyment, but when the weather gets hotter, furry toys become cumbersome.
Seeing that the toys could not be sold, Lu Lin thought about whether to sell some other things.
Chen Xiaomi tapped on the abacus and said, "The recent credits are a bit low."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "I see."
Chen Xiaomi sighed, and said, "Business is really hard!" Things that sold well before, but now they seem a little outdated. This person still likes freshness. Once the freshness wears off, he doesn't like it anymore. Really Difficult to serve.
Don't worry, you can clear the rice grain in the cellar.
In autumn, there is a good harvest of grain in the field, and the price of grain is relatively low. In spring, when the grain is not harvested, the price goes up.
Lu Lin dug a large cellar near the house. In autumn, he bought a lot of grain and stored it. In spring, he sold it one after another, earning about ten taels of silver. Although ten taels of silver is not much, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. This amount of silver is also a year's income for some farmers.
Lu Lin discovered that after he had money, it was easy to earn money.
Chen Xiaocai also encountered the problem of unsalable dolls encountered by Lu Lin.
Chen Xiaocai in Liu Town tilted his head and said, "Recently, dolls don't seem to be selling well."
Shen Chi nodded, and said: "This, there's no other way, and it's impossible for anything to sell well all the time."
Just like farming, it is impossible to have a good harvest every year. In case of drought or flood, it is already very good if you can recover your capital.
This doll has also started to sell counterfeit goods recently, and they come out in batches. Although other stores sell them cheaper than theirs, their store has already made a brand. The dolls are selling well, and it seems to be an overall slump recently.
The counterfeit Huaxia store that robbed them of the store they rented at a high price recently seems to be unable to open.
The shop owner may be eager for quick success, and the dolls he makes are a bit ugly. There are many cheap dolls here, and the counterfeit ones don't have much advantage. I heard that they have been losing money recently, and they are almost out of business.
"Although things are not easy to sell, there is still an income of fifty or sixty taels a month." When Chen Xiaocai first took over the shop, he was terrified with more than a dozen taels of silver in his hand. However, Chen Xiaocai has experienced it recently. Holding a hundred taels of silver in his hand, he can be flattered or humiliated.
Shen Chi hugged the doll, and said: "It's summer, as expected, fans should still be sold."
Chen Xiaocai shook his head, the overstocked fans in the store have already been taken out, because they are old models from last year, Chen Xiaocai sold them at half price according to Lu Lin, but even so, not many people bought them, Maybe as Lu Lin said, it has reached a saturation state, and everyone who should buy it has bought it.
Although the business is a bit worse, the book can still be recovered.
Chen Xiaocai puffed her cheeks and said, "Brother Lin came over last time and said that there are always profits and losses in business, so you should treat it with a normal heart."
Shen Chi blinked and said, "Brother Lin is really open-minded!"
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "Maybe."
Chen Xiaocai thought to himself: Maybe Lu Lin is not open-minded. Lu Lin earned enough in the early stage, so it doesn't matter. If nothing else, just a few treasures of the town store, the money sold is enough for a long time.
Chen Xiaomai was wearing a beautiful dress, sitting in the shop and watching the shop.
It is said to be looking at the store, which is to sit in the store and act as a mascot.
Lu Lin also didn't expect Maimai to be alone like Chen Xiaocai, but he still hoped that Chen Maimai could do what he could.
The family business is getting bigger and bigger, and Lu Lin feels that it is not a good thing to always keep Chen Xiaomai out of it.
Staying in the shop, Chen Mai could learn a lot, such as the prices of various items, Chen Mai could almost quote them, although when customers bought too many things, Chen Mai could not even tell the prices, but the customers needed to know the prices. Chen Xiaomai can find out something very quickly.
Chen Maimai is still very cute. When there are female customers in the store, they will occasionally tease Chen Maimai when they see her.
"Are you going to the countryside?" Chen Xiaomi asked.
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Yes." Chen Maimai was looking at the store two days ago, and met Wang Zhang Dahu, a child from the village. Zhang Dahu said that the wild berries on the mountain had grown well, and there were a lot of them. Yes, it's delicious. I asked Maimai if he wanted to go to the mountains to play, and asked Maimai to ask Lu Lin if he wanted to buy wild berries.
Lu Lin reckoned that Zhang Dahu asked Chen Maimai if he was going to play in the mountains. It was fake, and it was true that he asked Maimai to ask him if he wanted to buy wild berries.
Back then, Lu Lin gathered many children in the village to pick wild berries, and it was Zhang Dahu who picked the most and earned the most copper coins.
Chen Xiaomi couldn't help but shook his head when he heard Lu Lin tell the cause and effect, Xiaomai really didn't have the strength to think about going to the village as soon as he was fooled by a brat.
"Children, they are always playful. Speaking of which, they haven't been back to the village for a long time." Lu Lin said.
"Otherwise, you can go with Mai Mai."
"He's good." Lu Lin thought about it. The business in the store has been sluggish recently. Maybe he can make some jam and sell it. If there is a small shop, the problem of keeping fresh can be solved.
Chen Xiaomi sighed and said, "Unfortunately, the house is sold."
Lu Lin was a little embarrassed, "Grandma Shen gave me the key to her house, and I can use her house directly." Lu Lin guessed that if he went to the countryside to collect things, many people would be willing to help.
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Okay."