Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business

Chapter 31 Lost

"Sell? How much?"

Gao Zhang was straightforward, and asked the price directly, thinking that if the small house was cheap, he would find a way to raise some money and help Tang Zhong buy it first.

"For the sake of your acquaintances, the price is 80 taels of silver."

"What? Our house is much bigger than this. It's only 65 taels. Old Sun, your price is almost as high as Xicheng!"

Gao Zhang speaks frankly, and never likes to beat around the bush. He just says what he thinks in his heart, regardless of whether it will offend others.

Right now, Cook Sun was choked up in public, obviously impatient.

"You said it lightly, and you didn't look at the market! Your house was bought before the People's Square was built. Of course it was cheap. Nowadays, the prices of houses in Dongcheng City are more expensive the closer they are to the square. My yard is just across from the square. It's a lot cheaper to sell 80 taels in an alley!"

Cook Sun spoke enthusiastically, took a breath, and continued: "What's the point of catching up with Xicheng, what's so good about Xicheng? Is there a square? Is there any fitness equipment and things for children to climb? In a few days, it would cost a hundred taels of money just to ask the men of Yangjia Village who built the square to build one or two pieces of fitness equipment in their backyard. My house can enjoy the ready-made convenience in the square, and 80 taels of silver is quite a deal! "

Unexpectedly, the People's Square, which he presided over to build, hadn't been properly used for its due purpose, but he stumbled over the housing price first.Tang Zhong shook his head and had to smile wryly twice.

Gao Zhang originally estimated that the price would be more than 40 taels of silver at most. The two father and son of his family made up the money first, and then asked acquaintances to borrow some, and they should be able to work together.

Coupled with Tang Zhong's own savings, it shouldn't be difficult to buy this small house, so he asked the price directly.

But he didn't want to, Cook Sun blocked his thoughts with a stick when he came up.Most of his family's wealth was spent when buying a house, and there was not much left, a total of 80 taels, which really made him helpless for a while.

"Since that's the case, it's inconvenient to bother you anymore, Brother Gao, let's go and look elsewhere!"

Tang Zhong bid farewell to Cook Sun, and Tang Laosan behind him took his younger sister and saluted.

"Cut, do you want to buy it or not!" Cook Sun muttered in his heart, his house is a rare commodity to live in, if you don't buy it now, you will regret it!

He has seen a lot of bargaining routines in buying and selling. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to answer, with the current price, the two brothers of the Tang family will definitely turn around and come back within ten steps out of the yard.

Cook Sun snorted, slowly locked the doors and windows, then pinned the key to his waist, and looked at the few people outside the courtyard, but he couldn't even find the corner of his clothes.

And... really gone!

It was too late to close the courtyard door, so Cook Sun hurriedly chased him out.

"Hey, I really didn't ask for prices indiscriminately! If you don't believe me, go out and inquire casually. Most of the houses near People's Square are more than one hundred taels. My place is really cheap!"

When Cook Sun caught up, they had already reached the entrance of Qingshi Lane.

Tang Zhongchao Sun cook politely refused: "You are right, but let's go and look elsewhere first."

Cook Sun stared at Tang Zhong dryly, he didn't expect his attitude to be so rigid at such a young age.

Either way!

Cook Sun rushed forward in twos and twos, blocking their way.

"My father-in-law's home is near Fengguan Town, and we are half fellow villagers. I'll hurry up, 75 taels of silver, nothing less!"

After finishing speaking, Cook Sun didn't forget to rub his chest, and put on a distressed look as if he was reluctant to sell the meat at a low price.

He only thought that Tang Zhong was bargaining with his appetite, but he didn't know that the other party really had no money.

"I still don't buy it, please come back."

Tang Zhong squeezed out a smiling face, made a gesture of invitation to Cook Sun, and signaled Gao Zhang beside him to look for it in the alley ahead.

Cook Sun became anxious now, seeing that Tang Zhong was monolithic, he simply went over and pulled Gao Zhang to him.

"How much money are you willing to buy, you should give me the bottom line!"

There are acquaintances on the left and right, and Gao Zhang doesn't bother to hide anything, so he speaks directly.

"Brother Tang doesn't have that much money, so he can't afford to buy a house. I've always heard that you're going to rent out the small house, so I brought them here to have a look. Who knows, you suddenly changed your mind and said you're going to sell it!"

Inside and outside the words, it was obvious that they all complained about his dishonesty.

Cook Sun rubbed his forehead, and then looked at Gao Zhang's cold face, the business has failed, how could it be his fault!

He was so angry that he slapped his thigh. He is not a greedy and untrustworthy person. Whether the business will be successful or not is another matter. Now it is related to his reputation, so it must be clarified!

"Oh! It's not that there is no money to make trouble! The family has not had any income for several days. I thought, instead of collecting one hundred and eighty Wen a month, which is not enough to feed the whole family, I should sell the small house and keep it. With a lot of money, it will last until I find a suitable new owner."

"New owner? Aren't you working as a cook in Pinyaju?"

When Cook Sun heard the words "Pin Yaju", he spat on the ground angrily, and Tang Laosan was so frightened that he immediately picked Tang Biao up from the ground.

"I left a year ago! Damn, I get angry when I say it!"

Let's get to the point, now that this is the point, Cook Sun doesn't care to continue to expose the shortcomings, half complaining and half complaining about the reason for being kicked out, and he came down in one breath, often swearing out.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Tang Laosan immediately hugged Tang Biao away.The younger sister is just at the age of babbling, so she can't learn bad words.

It turned out that after the shopkeeper of Pinyaju paid a high price to win the advertising space in Xichengmen, the good business only lasted for a few days, and soon returned to the previous operating level.

However, with the construction of the square in front of Dongcheng Gate, people spend more and more time in front of Dongcheng Gate, and even the two advertising spaces at Dongcheng Gate frequently appear in people's sights.

The high exposure rate brings a steady stream of passengers every day.

On the other hand, at the west city gate, as the official road continued to be deserted, there were fewer and fewer people staying at the gate, and naturally fewer people paid attention to the advertisements below the gate.

Compared with the booming business of Dayimen and Fuxing Restaurant, Pinyaju, which also won the advertising space, has never seen any improvement.

The shopkeeper of Pinyaju decided not to think that it was his own mistake, and insisted on blaming his subordinates for the reason.

The first one to take the blame and be fired was Chef Sun who was in charge.

"Damn, it's obvious that the shopkeeper is following the trend, imitating others to spend a lot of money to rent advertising space, wasting money in vain. But now they say that my workmanship is not good, and I can't keep customers, which directly ruins my reputation in this industry. Bah! I have been a cook for ten years, but I still don't know how to cook!"

"Seeing that the prices of houses in Dongcheng are getting higher day by day, if it's not for the big expenses of the family, and I can't find a restaurant willing to use me for a while, who wants to sell the house at this time?"

Gao Zhang looked rather embarrassed, sighed, and patted Cook Sun on the shoulder, feeling deep sympathy for what happened to him, but there was nothing he could do to help.

On the contrary, Tang Zhong, who had always looked sluggish before, became energetic at this moment.

He immediately leaned his head over and tentatively said in a low voice: "If you lose your job, you can look for it again. Fuxing Restaurant, do you want to go?"

"Of course I want to! Who doesn't know that the best business in the city right now is Fuxing Restaurant, which can't even compare to Dayimen!"

Cook Sun said, then shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, I went to the store to ask a few days ago, and shopkeeper Liu said that he doesn't want a cook. I understand that with my current reputation, I'm afraid..."

Tang Zhong, the invisible second owner of Fuxing Restaurant, was secretly proud of himself at this time, but said with a tense face: "It's not necessarily true. If your craftsmanship is really good, I will write another letter of recommendation and go to Fuxing Restaurant. question."

The spark in Sun Cookzi's eyes was instantly ignited, and the eyes that looked at Tang Zhong were already scorching.

"That's so difficult! Go, go to my house now, and let you see my cooking skills! If you don't show your skills, you will really be underestimated!"

The sun was rising, and the number of pedestrians gradually increased on the country road leading to Qingjiang County.

Some people heard that there is an extra square in the city, and those who help the old and the young go to see the world, and some who didn't have all the New Year's goods before, and are now returning home from the city with big bags.

Among the people coming and going, there was a gray and thin figure mixed among the crowd of people in twos and threes. No one paid much attention to it, thinking it was a child who went to the city with his adults.

Tang Meng had already walked all morning, his forehead hair was clinging tightly with sweat, and two red clouds appeared on his thin face.

The two buns on the left and right hang crookedly to the ears, especially the red rope tied to the hair on the right, which is already dangling from the tip of the hair.

She was hot and tired, and the gray jacket she was wearing was half open, revealing the beige blue jacket underneath.

Although I used to run wildly all over the mountains and plains all day long, it was the first time I had walked such a long distance alone.

Seeing her two elder brothers and younger sister go out happily in the morning, she felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

Afterwards, Aunt Gu and Da Ya Er Ya also went out to work, and she stayed in the house alone, and the more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt.

After silently squeezing out two tears, Tang Meng's previous little emotions slowly dissipated, replaced by an unprecedented sense of loneliness.

He raised his eyes and looked around, feeling at a loss in his heart.At this moment, she wants to stay with her brothers and sisters.

Before he had time to think about it, Tang Meng slapped his head and decided to go to the city to find them.

I have been to Xiangxue, and I have also been to Fengguan Town, so it is not too far to come to Qingjiang County.If you walk down the crowded road, you should be able to get there, right?

However, the mountain road of more than ten miles was far beyond the imagination of this five-year-old girl.

Following the villagers who entered the city on the road, her footsteps were not fast, and it was not until the afternoon that she barely reached the outskirts of the county seat.

The sound of the water in front is getting louder and louder. You should be near the river soon, right?

Tang Meng pursed her parched lips, feeling tired and thirsty, with the last remaining strength, she quickly stepped up to the small dirt bag in front of her, a gleam of joy finally appeared in her eyes.

The ever-flowing Qingjiang River is at the foot of the hillside. The little girl, regardless of the fatigue of her legs and feet, rushed down the slope with a condescending attitude, pushed aside the towering reed leaves beside the country road, walked up the river beach with deep and shallow feet, and walked towards the river. ...

On the dining table in the main room of the Sun family, six plates of dishes with different styles had been swept away.

In the middle of a jar of native chicken soup, only the big ingredients of the soup base are left, and on the side of the plate of steamed sea bass, there is only an empty fish skeleton.The other four small dishes were even wiped clean, and it was completely impossible to see what the original ingredients were.

Tang Laosan tried his best to sit up straight, tried his best to suppress the urge to hiccup, and tried his best not to lose his composure.

Tang Biao was fed a full stomach of chicken soup and deboned fish, with a pointed belly, and was dozing off in an armchair.

But Tang Zhong didn't see the outside world, he burned his knives every now and then, he only felt that the Lingtai was chaotic, and his feet were already floating.

At this moment, he and Chef Sun are clasping each other's arms, and the brother and brother have formed friendship.

"Brother Sun, don't worry, I'll let you find a job, it's Fuxing Restaurant, it's just a matter of one word!"

"Brother Tang is very interesting. Brother, I am not a cowardly person. It is just a house. Just take it to live in! We are not brothers, but brothers, and the family does not see each other!"

Seeing the two embrace each other and keep clinking glasses to pour wine, Gao Zhang shook his head helplessly, and silently took away the wine jar behind them.

……

"Second brother, wake up, it's getting late."

"Brother Tang, come, drink the hangover tea."

Opening his eyelids in a daze, Tang Zhong felt as if he had passed away.It seems that just a moment ago, I was still walking on the clouds.In a trance, the body became heavy again.

Standing up from the couch, looking around, the furnishings in the room are very strange, and there is an illusion of traveling again for a moment.

"This is……"

"This is the bedroom of the Sun family. You vomited in the main room earlier, so I helped you to the guest room of the Sun family. I didn't expect you to vomit and dirty the bed in the guest room, so I had to move you to the couch in the bedroom. sleep together."

Gao Zhang was talking, and handed over the hangover tea.

"If you keep vomiting, the Sun family won't have a suitable room for you."

It sounded quite embarrassing, but Tang Zhong laughed a few times in embarrassment, but he didn't remember it at all.

Drink off...

After a short rest, Tang Laosan came over and reminded: "Second brother, we should go back, it's almost dark."

"Huh?" Did you sleep all afternoon?

Tang Zhong turned over from the couch, put on his shoes and looked towards the bed, he stumbled suddenly, but fortunately he was supported by Tang Laosan beside him.

The sun was really going down, and it was time to go back.

"Going back to Fengshan Village now, I'm afraid it will be dark halfway. If you don't mind, you can come to my house to stay for one night."

"No, there is still a girl at home, so we have to go back sooner. Besides, we have a mule cart, so it won't take much time."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Cook Sun who was snoring loudly on the other side of the couch, "Brother Gao, please thank Brother Sun for me. It's getting late, so let's take our leave first."

Seeing Tang Zhong walking still a little wobbly, Gao Zhang was not at ease, and sent the three brothers and sisters all the way to People's Square.

Until Tang Zhong brought back the black mule cart on the open space behind the tea stand, Gao Zhang persuaded again: "Your alcohol has not completely dissipated, you should go back tomorrow morning! I am worried about the road..."

Tang Zhong waved his hand and said in a drowsy voice, "Don't worry, no one checks for drunk driving on the road here!"

High camphor?

Tang Zhong greeted Tang Laosan to get into the car with Tang Biao in his arms, then turned his head and waved confidently at Gao Zhang.

Gao Zhang had no choice but to ask Tang Laosan to keep an eye on his elder brother, drive slower on the road, and hold the reins more.

Watching Tang Zhong get on the mule cart, Gao Zhang inadvertently glanced in the direction of the city gate.

I saw a middle-aged woman dressed as a peasant woman also looking this way.After double checking, the peasant woman walked over quickly.

Gao Zhang took a few steps forward, wanting to ask her if there was something urgent.

The peasant woman didn't look at him, and walked anxiously towards the mule cart.

"God, I finally found you! Have you seen my sister?"

Tang Zhong suddenly felt uneasy, shook his head, and tried to make himself clearer.

"Aunt Gu, why are you here? Is something wrong?"

Aunt Gu was about to become extremely anxious. When she saw the faces of the three children, she almost cried, "Xiao Meng, she got lost!"