After returning home, Hua Rujin began to concentrate on renovating the shop.
Thinking that she would inevitably have to travel around to litigate for others in the future, she never thought about expanding her shop to a large scale from the beginning. In fact, she just wanted to find a living for Cai Baiwei.
Now that Hua Junnian has taken a job in the county government, he can get a salary of eighty or ninety taels of silver per year, which is enough to support his family. There is no need for Cai Baiwei to spend too much time on it. She only needs to let her take care of the business slowly.
Hua Rujin informed Cai Baiwei of the business ideas and ingredients of snail noodles one by one, and helped her develop the first snail noodles.
At first, the whole family was resistant to this thing, but after the bold attempts of Mr. Wei and his elegant cousin, they all fell in love with this smelly delicacy, and the more they ate, the more addicted they became.
Especially Mr. Wei, who clamored for her to cook a bowl of snail noodles before going to bed every day. This undoubtedly strengthened Hua Rujin's confidence.
It's just that Cai Baiwei has never been exposed to this kind of thing, and she feels a little unsure.
With Hua Rujin's repeated encouragement, the shop finally opened in early October.
But for several days in a row, the store was deserted and there were not many diners. Occasionally, passers-by who could not find an inn would come to stay at the inn at night.
Seeing the deserted business, Cai Baiwei began to worry about losing money.
Early that morning, while waiting to finish arranging the two clerks in the store, the mother and daughter were sitting on the first floor of the inn. Cai Baiwei discussed with her worriedly: "Rujin, I'm afraid that my mother is not suitable for this kind of business.
, why don’t we send off the two guys we invited first?”
After a pause, she explained: "I can keep busy by myself now."
"Well, grandma, you don't have to worry about this."
Hua Rujin smiled and said: "After all, the guest rooms on the second floor need to be taken care of every day. With Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu helping to take care of it, it will always be easier. Auntie doesn't have to worry about money."
Although she has never been in the catering business, she also knows that this kind of thing requires patience and she needs to wait quietly for an opportunity.
Especially this kind of alternative food.
Moreover, this shop only cost a few dozen taels of silver in total, so it didn't put much pressure on her.
Even if all the hundreds of taels of silver earned by Hua Junnian were put into it, at least this would be an interesting attempt.
After pouring a bowl of tea for Cai Baiwei, Hua Rujin continued to persuade patiently: "Mom, you have to be more patient. Anyway, you only have to stay in the shop every day. It will be much more practical than before when you go all the way in the opposite direction and go through risks to transport food."
Cai Baiwei thought the same thing when she heard it. After all, the worst thing she could do was lose some money and not risk her life.
After taking a sip of tea, she gradually dispelled her worries and said with a smile: "Then I will listen to you. I will guard this shop honestly."
After hearing this, Aunt Fu Bo Fu, who had been quietly eavesdropping at the counter for a long time, relaxed her nervousness.
After all, I finally found a job, but I had to be fired after not working for a month. Not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
Hua Rujin looked at the old couple inadvertently, seeing that they both looked worried. She probably guessed the couple's concerns, and then comforted her and said: "Uncle Fu, you don't need to worry, our shop is great."
No, even if the snail noodles are not easy to sell, the money earned from the rooms upstairs is enough to maintain the operation of the store."
"Yes, yes, we all listen to Miss."
The couple got her promise, worked harder, and started to check where there was anything that was not clean.
There was no business in the store, so Cai Baiwei couldn't help but think of Ye Chengwei when she had some free time.
Sighing silently, she raised her eyes to look at her daughter and asked casually: "Rujin, I heard that you visited Ye's house a few days ago. Do you have any news about Mr. Ye?"
"It shouldn't be anything serious."
Hua Rujin didn't want her to know Qin Wanrou's attitude towards her.
"I'm afraid her old lady is still jealous of what happened back then."
Cai Baiwei sighed with regret: "It would be good for you to go take a look at this time, but you are afraid of wronging yourself."
"I didn't feel any grievance at all."
Hua Rujin smiled slightly and said: "It's all over now, I don't have to worry about this anymore."
The mother and daughter had just finished talking in the store when they saw Yan Huaqing covering his nose with one hand and holding a bunch of official documents in the other. He walked in slowly. As he walked, he said with disdain: "Maybe I came to the wrong place. In this house
It stinks as much as a latrine."
"It's not such an exaggeration."
After not seeing each other for many days, Hua Rujin saw this guy again, and her good mood suddenly lost.
Cai Baiwei was much more polite to him. She led him to sit down, was busy pouring tea, and came over to greet him very attentively.
Yan Huaqing also bowed his hands respectfully to Cai Baiwei, then sat down, put the arranged grid on the table, and said with an arrogant look: "Well, don't say I'm unloyal.
After sorting it out for many days, I have compiled for you all the copywriting samples from every state and government that can be seen in the entire Daye Dynasty."
"Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Yan."
Cai Baiwei didn't know why her daughter and Mr. Yan acted like enemies when they met, so she had to thank her first to avoid neglecting her.
Then he pointed to the sample of snail noodles placed in front of the counter and said with a smile: "The snack I developed does smell a bit smelly, but it tastes very delicious. If Mr. Yan doesn't give up, I will
I’ll go and cook a bowl for you myself.”
"I appreciate my aunt's kindness."
Yan Huaqing shook the folding fan vigorously. He just wanted to escape from this place quickly. He took Hua Rujin and ran out: "I won't eat today. I have a case that I want to hand over to Miss Hua, and I am rushing to the master's house."
When she heard about the case, Hua Rujin stopped arguing with him and followed him out the door.
But she was a little worried about the case this guy was taking on. As soon as she got into the carriage with him, she asked: "Master Yan is the leading litigator in Jiangling City, why do you let me handle this case with you?"
"
"Because...you are beautiful."
Yan Huaqing smiled evilly and winked at her.
His words and deeds showed frivolity.
Hua Rujin rolled her eyes angrily: "Talk like a human being."
"Well, I can take care of this matter, but I'm really too lazy to think of something for him."
Seeing the displeasure on her face, Yan Huaqing became more serious: "This happened just outside the city at the mouth of Yangming Lake. A male body was found at the mouth of the lake this morning. The deceased was the father of Tang Ling, the bully in Dusi Town.
, some villagers discovered the body in the morning and went to report it to the land security. I just went to check and found that there was no trace of injury on Father Tang’s body. I am afraid that he fell into the water and died."
"Since Mr. Yan can be sure that he fell into the water and died, then just ask the land security to report it to the government to close the case. Why did you call me to come?"
Hua Rujin was confused when she heard this.
Yan Huaqing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "How to report it to the government is a problem. After all, the body was found on the edge of Yangming Lake. Tang Ling has always been unruly. If he wanted to accuse someone of deliberate murder, I'm afraid the entire village nearby would have to follow.
Disaster."
This is really a headache.
Many things are simple at first, but become more and more complicated once they get bigger.