A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 117 1 Don’t bother 2 Lords

Along the way, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun bought bedding and pillows, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, flour, rice, chopping boards, knives, oil lamps, and some vegetables and pork.

Zhang Yunyue bought vegetables and pork so that she wouldn't have to eat out at night and could just cook in the kitchen.

When Zhang Yunyue passed by a bookstore, he bought some pens, ink, paper and inkstone. After the shop was bought, some things required Zhang Yunyue to draw the blueprints himself and find someone to make them. Some of the places that needed to be renovated also required blueprints.

Seeing that they had bought almost everything, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun stopped buying anything and went straight back to the store with Zhang Cheng, driving the carriage.

The three men did not take the things off the carriage first, but simply unloaded the carriage from the horses and led the horses to the stable in the backyard and locked them up.

Then the three of them began to clean the kitchen. After the kitchen was clean, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun moved the things in the carriage down one by one.

Things belonging to the kitchen were moved there, bedding and pillows were moved to the room, and then the bedding was spread directly on the clean bed.

After the bedding was laid out in the room, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun took their respective bags back to the room and put them away.

After the three of them had tidied up their rooms, they began to put the things they had bought for the kitchen in order one by one, put all the pots and pans aside, and then fetched water to clean them.

Fortunately, they bought pork when they came back at noon. At this time, Zhang Yunyue asked Zhang Xingyun to light the stove in the kitchen and prepare to heat the pot, kitchen knife, spatula and other things with lard to ensure that they will not rust after use.

After everything in the kitchen was cleaned up and it was already the You hour, the three of them stopped cleaning.

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun were preparing meals in the kitchen, while Zhang Cheng was washing the tables, chairs and benches that had just been carried out from the rooms in the backyard. At least after they were dried in the yard, they could be moved back to the room to put things on or sit on.

After the meals in the kitchen were ready, Zhang Cheng cleaned the tables, chairs and benches in the several rooms and placed them in the yard to dry.

After dinner, the three of them lit an oil lamp in the backyard to discuss what to do next.

Zhang Yunyue took out the pen, ink and paper, ground some ink, and prepared to write down what he needed to do in the next few days.

"Uncle, tomorrow we will go find a carpenter and a cement worker to start decorating the two shops. In addition, I plan to go to the dental clinic to see if there are any chefs who have signed a contract for death, or even if they are not chefs, it will be fine if they have good cooking skills.

I need at least two here and one at the food store. I'll find a chef for the food store and send him to the food store in town to learn from A Niang and the others for a while, and then he'll be able to do it."

"There are no tables, chairs or stools in the front yard of the two shops, so we have to buy a batch of tables, chairs and stools. But for the hot pot shop, I want to design the tables, chairs and stools myself, and then I can directly find a carpenter to make them. The requirements for the food shop are not so many."

"The hot pot shop needs to make a custom pot specifically for hot pot, which requires a blacksmith shop. Customization takes time, so I will draw the blueprint of the hot pot in a while and find a blacksmith shop to make it in the next two days."

"The hot pot shop needs to hire a manager, and it's better to hire one for the food shop, otherwise the family will be too busy to take care of it. And if we want to hire a waiter, we have to post a notice in advance."

"The rest is that both stores need to buy a large number of bowls and chopsticks, and find regular vegetable and meat vendors to deliver vegetables."

"That's all I can think of. Uncle, brother, do you have anything else to add?"

Zhang Yunyue wrote down everything he had just said on a piece of paper, then blew the ink dry and handed the paper to Zhang Cheng to read.

Zhang Cheng took a look at it and handed the paper to Zhang Xingyun.

After Zhang Xingyun finished reading, he put the paper on the table.

Zhang Cheng said, "Yueyue, you have written down all the important matters. Let's follow them first. If something unexpected happens, we can solve it temporarily."

"Yeah, I agree with what Second Uncle said. I can't think of anything else to add. We'll talk about it when the time comes."

"Okay, let's do this first."

"Okay, let's all go back to our rooms and rest. Go to bed early. We still have a lot to do next."

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun nodded, and Zhang Yunyue took the written paper and went back to the room.

Just as she was about to put down the paper and go to sleep, Zhang Yunyue remembered that she still had to draw the drawings of the tables and pots in the hot pot shop.

He then took out paper and pen and started drawing, marking the size and length next to the paper.

In this way, the carpenter and the blacksmith will be able to see it clearly at a glance.

By the time he finished drawing the blueprint, it was already very late. Zhang Yunyue didn't think about anything else. He put down his paper and pen and went straight to bed.

The next day.

After having breakfast early, the three of them went to the street to look for a carpenter's shop. Since most carpenter's shops would have bricklayers who would work together with them, the three of them decided to go directly to the carpenter's shop.

Finally, the three of them found a carpenter's shop in an alley called Qingyang Lane on South Street. There were also blacksmith shops, bamboo weaving shops, etc. in this alley. It was an alley with skilled craftsmen.

Zhang Yunyue talked to the owner of the carpenter shop about the shop decoration requirements and the layout of the shop that needed to be changed. They agreed that if there were any familiar bricklayers in the carpenter shop, they could be brought in to do the work, and the wages would be the same as the market price.

During the conversation, Zhang Yunyue learned from the carpenter shop owner that they could provide the wood as well, and the same could be said for the bricklayers.

Zhang Yunyue thought that he was not very familiar with other carpentry shops in his county, and now he had to rush the work since they already had the wood and bricks.

Then the carpenter's shop and the bricklayer's own shop can provide it, and Zhang Yunyue will be responsible for the settlement, which can also save some energy and time.

Because the table needed to be custom-made, Zhang Yunyue thought it would be best not to bother two people, so she asked the carpentry shop to do it as well.

Zhang Yunyue gave the drawings to the owner of the carpenter shop.

Because there is a special hole in the middle of the special table, it is used to place charcoal basins and pots when the time comes.

So Zhang Yunyue repeated the dimensions on the drawing to the carpenter boss.

Make sure your boss hears and understands it before you tell him how much you want and when you want it.

He also negotiated with the owners of the two shops about the prices of the tables, chairs and benches that the two shops needed, and finally made an appointment to wait for the carpenters and bricklayers to arrive at the shop near East Street after noon.

Make appointments with carpenters and bricklayers for renovation.

Zhang Yunyue thought that she was already in this alley, and it was still a bit early.

He discussed with Zhang Cheng and decided to go to the blacksmith shop to order the special pot needed for hot pot.

After the three men came out of the carpenter's shop, they wandered around the alley, looking for the blacksmith's shop.

After walking in the alley for about a quarter of an hour, I finally found a blacksmith shop at the end of the alley.

Zhang Yunyue found the owner of the blacksmith shop, gave him the drawing in his hand, and told him the shape and size of the pot.