CH 50.2

Zhang Fangyuan pulled the reins, looked at the man who lost in thought, and couldn't help saying: "If I saved more money earlier and didn't spend it carelessly, I won't let you down so much today."

Xu He came back to his senses and said quickly: " I'm not disappointed, you've done a good job. If we don't have enough money, let's save more. Looking around the village, how many families can save as much money as you do in two or three months."

He was a little anxious, and he spoke quickly and said a lot, but when he closed his mouth, he didn't know what he said. But he really didn't want Zhang Fangyuan to feel that he was incapable of running the shop, and he could only blame himself for thinking about it.

Zhang Fangyuan's eyes softened, he responded, and said again: "I'll take you somewhere."

The two walked along the official road all the way, and didn’t go to the branch road to Jijiu Village, and followed the official road to continue to go to the opposite direction, and after about touching a stick of incense, Zhang Fangyuan reined the horse and parked the carriage under a big banyan tree.

Xu He seldom left the boundary of Jijiu Village. When he came out, he went straight to the city, and almost never went in the opposite direction. When he came here, he found a large open space with old banyan trees covering the sky. the place under the banyan trees was shaded and cool when the sun was very strong at noon.

He jumped out of the carriage and walked back and forth. Except for the main official road, there were also bifurcated roads on the left and right. Xu He couldn't recognize what was written on the road sign, so he said: "I'm afraid that during the day when the sun was bright, there were many passers-by would rest here in the shade."

"Yes, there is a Guanyin Temple twenty miles away from here, our village is to the east, and Zaojiao village is to the west. The most important thing is that it takes more than two hours to go from the official road to the east by carriage, and the west leads to Suzhou, which is far away, a two-day journey. "

[观音 Guān yīn: the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)]

Xu He looked at the road, and he knew the lower realm, but he was not stupid enough to think that Zhang Fangyuan brought him here to know the way.."

Xu He looked at the road, and he was not stupid enough to think that Zhang Fangyuan brought him here to show the road.

"I have been here many times before, and I often see people enjoying the cool air here. If you see that this place is nice, you can also consider building a tea shed. At that time, passers-by will be the flow of customers, and there is nothing wrong with eating and drinking tea here.”

Zhang Fangyuan leaned on the cart: "Of course, this place is not as bustling and crowded as in the city. It’s definitely not as interesting as opening a restaurant in the city, but there are many choices."

Xu He's eyes lit up, if he opened a tea shed here, it could also receive some guests. Although there were not as many guests as in the city, there were few competitors here.

Furthermore, the tea shed could be built by themself, it didn’t need to be very good, enough to keep out the wind and rain, and it could be used frequently after it was built, and there was no need to pay the rent. The ingredients and vegetables could be picked directly from the village on the same day, and the left and right were not far away.

Once Xu He made the calculations, it could really save a lot of money.

"Why is there no one here to do business?"

Zhang Fangyuan said: "Yes, some villagers don't want to go to the city during the market, so they set up a small stall here to barter things. When it’s busy time for temple fair, some people come here to set up stalls to sell porridge and rice for a day. It's just they don't come here to make a living every day. The ordinary villagers have no skills and money, and the landlords don't like small profits, so they are vacant. "

He remembered that the government would build an inn here, but that was a few years later. If they built a shed here, and the government came to tear it down, they would have to pay some money, and there would be no loss. And it may not necessarily be demolished, because there were tea sheds and small restaurants next to some post stations.

If you didn't want to go to the city wholeheartedly, this place was a very good choice, but it mainly depended on Xu He's wishes, and he would follow him.

After all, Master Xu could manage a restaurant.

"Okay, I think it's great! If there is such a place, you didn't have to spend an afternoon looking for the shops in the city."

Xu He was happy again. There were no post stations and tea sheds around them, and they only heard it mentioned by the shopkeepers traveling around in the village.

Seeing him happy, Zhang Fangyuan couldn't help laughing: "In that case, when I get back from the stall, I'll go up the mountain and cut down trees to build a tea shed. At that time, I will spend some money, and I can find two strong people in the village casually. It can be built."

Xu He nodded in agreement, already thinking about which shop in the city would be more cost-effective to buy pots and pans.

After returning home, he allocated 3,000 copper coins, one for buying kitchen utensils, and the other for Zhang Fangyuan to ask someone to help to build the tea shed. It was not expensive to hire people in the village, sixty copper coins could get someone to work for a whole day.

Zhang Fangyuan called Chen Si and his brother, three people were more than enough.

The tea shed only needed to be able to shelter from the wind and rain. It was not as troublesome as a self-occupied house, which was divided into a room and a bedroom. The tea shed only needed to separate the kitchen from the dining area.

Zhang Fangyuan's shed only took up a quarter of the resting place here, and the rest of the place was still reserved for the people who used to rest and set up stalls. If all the land was occupied, some people would feel dissatisfied and make trouble.

Seeing Zhang Fangyuan dragging firewood out of the village early in the morning, the villagers wondered, "Go to the woodyard to sell the wood? Don't you set up a stall for business?"