Gu Chengyu walked out of the entrance of the examination room, took Ming Mo who was waiting outside, and went straight to the teahouse to wait.
"Sir! The account books have been sent to the inn. I asked Mingmo to look at them!"
"Is the business in the shop okay?" In fact, Gu Chengyu just asked one more question. Before he arrived in Fucheng, he heard others saying that the dishes at Juxianglou were very special. They were the only ones in Fucheng, even in the capital.
There may not be.
"Of course the business is good! But thanks to Mr. Tongzhi's care, otherwise gangsters would have come to the door. Shopkeeper Niu has been very busy recently!" When Ming Mo mentioned Juxiang Tower, he couldn't close his mouth.
The food there was really delicious. When he went there at noon, the hall was already full.
"However, other restaurants have introduced similar dishes to ours, but they are not as authentic as ours. Yipinzhai's business seems to be a bit worse than before. I heard that other pastry shops are imitating it and it is cheaper than ours!
"Ming Mo brought shopkeeper Niu's worries and the original words of the shopkeeper of Yipizhai Shop to Gu Chengyu.
"Oh? Someone has already imitated that cake?" Gu Chengyu frowned. It should be impossible to imitate it in such a short period of time! Unless the ingredients in the restaurant's dishes can't be found, otherwise they will be copied over time.
It's not uncommon for them to be imitated.
Juxianglou launches a new product every month and has always been at the forefront. Even if other restaurants want to imitate, it will take time, and it will not be as delicious as Juxianglou. Besides, later on, he will destroy Dayan.
Take out the food you have eaten and be the first to eat crabs. Are you afraid that you will not make a lot of money?
"There are no cakes, but other pastries have been imitated by others. Medicinal pastries, and other shops have made other styles. However, the shopkeeper of Yipinzhai asked someone to buy them and taste them. The taste is not very good!"
"Are there many people who buy more expensive pastries?" Yipinzhai takes a boutique route, but it also sells some pastries that ordinary people can afford. These are relatively simple.
"No, it's just that the cheaper ones sold less than before!" These are all written in the ledger. As long as Gu Chengyu looks at the ledger, he can see which one sells the best!
"This is normal. Our shop uses real materials and tastes good, so the prices are naturally higher. You can't let us do all the business in the world, right? It's understandable that they would choose cheap shops to buy from. You and Shopkeeper Jiang
Tell him not to worry. After a while, just do an activity, which is what I asked him to do before. Just follow it and you won’t have to worry about running out of business!"
As long as the big family buys it, everything else is just a small profit. He can't let other pastry shops lose their way of survival, right?
The name of Yipinzhai has been announced. Gu Chengyu will not worry about running out of business. If he wants to do it, he will make high-quality products. However, he lowered his head and thought for a while. This time he came to Fucheng, so the relationship between Wang Tongzhi and Wang Tongzhi should be closer.
Only then can it be done.
"Chengyu! I knew you were enjoying it here!" Sun Xian walked in from the outside, sweating profusely, and was wiping the sweat with a handkerchief. Gu Chengyu noticed with sharp eyes that the handkerchief Sun Xian was holding was a
Zhang Yuebai's fine cotton handkerchief is also embroidered with green bamboo. Isn't the embroidery method of green bamboo the craftsmanship of his second sister?
Sun Xian noticed Gu Chengyu's gaze and hurriedly put the handkerchief back into his sleeve pocket with a bit of embarrassment.
Gu Chengyu smiled. Isn't it normal for unmarried men and women to give each other gifts? Last time he saw a hairpin on his second sister's head that was not bought by him! The silver hairpin was not made by his family at first glance, although it was not
It's expensive, but it can also be seen that it was carefully selected, and it is very suitable for her second sister's age.
"It's so hot today, why don't you come in to escape the heat? Is Senior Brother Sun confident this time?" Gu Chengyu knew that with Sun Xian's knowledge, he should be able to survive.
While the two were talking, He Shunian and Ye Zhiqiu also came in.
"This exam is really difficult. I don't know if I did the two arithmetic questions correctly. Let's check the answers! Then how many did you fill in as a result?" He Shunian frowned as soon as he entered the door.
He was already at the back of the list because he didn't do well in the last round of poetry. If he gets the arithmetic question wrong again this time, wouldn't he have to wait another three years? This is really unacceptable! This is all in the end.
One game.
"Chengyu! How much did you write?" Seeing them talking about this, Ye Zhiqiu was not sure whether his answer was correct or not.
"For the first question, I wrote eight hundred and three for pears and one hundred and ninety-seven for fruit. The answer to the second question is three. What about you?" Gu Chengyu was still a little confident about the answers to the two questions.
, he calculated it three times and got the same answer, so it should be correct.
"Ah? I wrote eight hundred and thirty-four for pears, one hundred and sixty-six for fruit, and in the second question I wrote five. We are different! What about you?" He Shunian shouted.
When I got up, I suddenly became nervous when I heard that Gu Chengyu's answer was different from his.
"Chengyu and I have the same answer." Ye Zhiqiu was relieved when he heard that Gu Chengyu and him had the same answer. Both of them had the same answer, so the probability of the pair should be higher, right? Besides, that person is
Gu Chengyu! He has great confidence in Gu Chengyu.
"My answer to the first question is the same as theirs, but I also wrote five for the second question, which seems to be wrong." Sun Xian had the same idea as Ye Zhiqiu. He believed that his second question was indeed wrong.
He Shunian's face turned a little pale now, but he still had hope in his heart. Could it be that they were wrong?
When Gu Chengyu and the others were on their way back, He Shunian seemed a little lost and his heart was heavy.
"Senior Brother He, the rankings will be released tomorrow. We haven't decided whether it's right or wrong yet. Don't think too much about it now. We won't know until the rankings are released tomorrow!" Gu Chengyu couldn't stand it, so he went up to comfort him.
"I know, I'll just come back in three years at most. I just feel like it's the last one, which is a bit of a pity!" He Shunian forced a smile.
In fact, he knew in his heart that he would definitely not pass this exam, so how could the imperial examination be so easy? His father also said that it was already amazing for him to pass the government examination at his age. But he had been following Gu Chengyu
Talented people like them were together, so their confidence was shaken.
Sun Xian was also very worried. He made a mistake on an arithmetic question, and he must not get a wrong question on the poems and poems that followed, otherwise he would also fail this time.
Sun Xian opened his mouth to ask, but when Gu Chengyu glanced at him, he suddenly woke up and realized that He Shunian's mood was already very low, and it was no longer appropriate to ask again at this moment.
Several people were not in the mood to eat in the hall anymore, so they all ordered meals and went back to the room to eat. When Gu Chengyu returned to the room, he saw Ming Inkstone and two ledgers on the table.
"Sir! This is the profit of the pastry shop and restaurant within three months. Please take a look at it." Ming Yan said to the young master who came in.
The exam had been passed and Gu Chengyu felt relaxed. He sat down at the table and then looked at the account book carefully.