Liu guessed it right.

Not counting the nearly one hundred taels of silver that Chen Nianguan saved to survive in a desperate situation, her entire family belongings, three thousand taels, was almost exhausted.

It cost 2,500 taels just to buy the store (the deed fee and business tax were handled properly by Manager Wang, so she didn't need to spend extra money), so only 500 taels of the 3,000 taels remained.

Among them, for the construction of the ice cellar, she gave one hundred taels of expenses to Steward Wang, asking him to find workers for digging the ice cellar, masons, and bricks and cypress brackets for construction materials;

Then, as for the renovation of the store, since it is nearing completion, the approximate cost can already be calculated. Wang De’s project was small and cost over 30 taels, while He Carpenter’s project was large. In particular, there are two unique designs and strict requirements.The refrigerated locker and the construction of two wooden carts to carry ice cubes cost about 70 taels, and the total cost was just over 100 taels.

Next, there are expenses for store operations and sales.

If there is ice in the ice cellar, you have to buy saltpeter. The fifty catties of saltpeter bought from Rich Merchant Li cost her seventy-five taels, not counting the subsequent expenses of going to Ruyi Ice Shop to buy ice cubes for seeding.

As for the sugar water shop, the unique and exquisite design of porcelain and wooden bowls, as well as the wooden barrel and porcelain bowl for storing sugar water, cost about forty taels, not mentioning the cost of hiring a clerk, let alone the custom-made work clothes for the clerkcost,

Then it was time to prepare the main products of Tangshui shop, Guiling jelly, double-skin milk, sesame paste, etc. The cost of raw materials, the Guiling jelly alone cost 122 taels, plus other drinks, a total ofIt took about two hundred and twenty taels.

Five hundred taels, counting the above items alone, it cost more than four hundred and eighty taels.

Five hundred taels and two taels left.

Opening an ice shop is another reason, because building an ice cellar is a high-investment business.

Just talking about sugar water shops, in this dynasty, sugar is expensive, medicinal materials are expensive, and auxiliary materials are hard to find. Making sugar water is really not something that just any family can afford.

After returning to Prefecture City, Chen Nianguan, who had calculated the ledger, was so distressed that he shuddered!

Ah, the thousands of taels of silver that saved up with great difficulty are gone!

This is the first time for her to make such a huge investment. If she doesn't make a profit after opening, she will suffer a big loss!

Fortunately, this time when he returned to the county seat, the Liu family received the profit distribution from the two branches of the second batch of partners, which was about one hundred and seventy taels of silver.When she returned to Prefecture City, she also immediately received a share of 480 taels from the Western Store, otherwise, the follow-up investment would definitely not be able to keep up.

When Mrs. Liu came over to ask her about it, she scowled and said, "Don't worry, Ma'am, there's nothing wrong with it. We have so much money in our hands, we can take care of it."

"real?"

Chen Nianguan nodded vigorously, almost swearing.

Mrs. Liu was dubious, and then thought that she had received a dividend when she returned to Funing County, as well as the profits from the main store and the west store.

Chen Nianguan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped off his sweat.

On the second day, everyone went to Five Willow Lane to look at the shops.

The reconstruction of the Tangshui shop is still in the final stage, but the ice cellar has already been built. Manager Wang and his staff are waiting for Chen Nianguan to check and accept, to see if there is any place that needs to be resumed after checking for leaks and filling vacancies.

Chen Nianguan led Liu Shi, Xuan Xuan and others into the ice cellar, and everyone was amazed as they walked into the ice cellar.

"Wan Wan, you dug this ice cellar so big, do you really have so much ice?"

"Don't worry, Ma'am, I said yes, there must be."

"Is this ice cellar also ours?"

"Yes, that's right Xuan Xuan, this ice cellar also belongs to our family."

Now that the ice cellar has been prepared, the next step is to store ice. After the ice is in stock, the ice shop has to be opened.

The storefront of the ice shop does not need much decoration, as long as it is convenient to carry ice cubes in and out, and there is a counter for the shopkeeper to keep accounts. In addition, it is very simple to arrange a place for the staff to rest temporarily. If there is no ice, the signboardThe "Ice Cooling Shop" can start business at the same time as it is hung up. The staff are all existing, the shopkeeper Liu Yang, and the staff who carry the ice cubes have four beasts, and they all work together.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

After playing with his son Liu Shi and Xuan Xuan for a day, Chen Nianguan started making ice.

Ice storage starts from the innermost part of the ice cellar.

The ice cellar is also divided into several areas to facilitate the storage of different ice cubes in the future: the old ice area and the new ice area.

Chen Nianguan first called Liu Yang and the four beasts over, and told them the difference between old ice and new ice, as well as the rules and precautions for ice cellar storage.

Old ice and new ice?As the name suggests, old ice is ice cubes that have been stored for a period of time. For example, in winter, they are stored in the ice cellar, and those ice cubes that are sold in this season are veritable old ice.

Old ice has high hardness and slow melting, so it is most suitable for cooling down in the room.

New ice is naturally ice that has not been frozen for so long, like the ice she is about to make with saltpeter, it is called new ice. The hardness of new ice is not as good as that of old ice, and it melts faster, so it is more suitable for freezing and ready-to-usethings or for covering objects.

Although ordinary customers in this dynasty are not aware of this difference, they probably think that the temperature problem causes the ice cubes to be consumed too quickly when using ice, but as a conscientious owner, Chen Nianguan still has a guilty conscience.

Think about it, it costs the same money, the same ice cubes, the ice cubes bought at Ruyi Ice Shop can stay cold for four hours before melting, while the ice cubes bought at her cold ice shop can only stay cold for two hoursIt melted away, and if people knew about it, they thought that the ice bought in the cold ice shop was of poor quality, so it was more of a signboard.

Therefore, Chen Nianguan went to Ruyi Ice Shop to buy their ice and make ice seeds.

As for the ice made by borrowing these types of ice, when selling it, in addition to discounting the selling price, there are several principles that must be paid attention to when it comes out of the warehouse., FIFO principle.

Warehouse people generally know this most basic principle, FIFO, first in first out, which is applicable in many ways.

In fact, it is also very simple. When Chen Nianguan taught his uncle and his family how to manage the refined oyster sauce, he asked them to follow this rule and put the oyster sauce in the cellar to refrigerate. The same is true for other sauces.

It seems very pro. (very professional) to say it. To put it bluntly, there will always be products that are stored in the warehouse first. When receiving an order, these products that are stored in the warehouse first will be shipped first.

It is based on the production date of the product, taking into account the expiration date!

The products that enter the warehouse first are naturally produced first, and these products with earlier production dates should be consumed first when they are shipped, so even those that are advanced to the warehouse should be shipped out first.

It's like buying a bunch of food at home, and putting it in the refrigerator before you finish it, and then you buy another pile and put it in the refrigerator.

In principle, it is natural to consume the pile of food that has not been eaten before and put it in the refrigerator, and then deal with the rest of the pile, so it is also first in first out!

Therefore, next time, if the food you bought earlier is about to expire in the freezer, and you find that you have run out of the same food you bought later, you can frown and say: "Hey, don't you have first in first out?"what?"

It will appear that you are also very pro.

So, will it also appear that she is very pro.?

Well, let's get down to business.

Chen Nianguan considers that the ice they make is too new, and they are afraid that customers will find that the quality is not good enough after they buy it back. Therefore, the new ice made first has to be put on hold for a period of time. During this period, they will naturally continue to make new ice.When you come to buy ice, the ice that is shipped must be the ice that has been made and put aside for a few days first, not the ice that was made later, which naturally conforms to the first-in, first-out rule.

Of course, the ice shop can only do this this year, and when they store ice in the future winter, they won't have such scruples!

What Chen Nianguan said was simple and clear. Liu Yang and the four beasts nodded to express their understanding, so they split up. Liu Yang looked at the shop. The two beasts were responsible for carrying water from the river with wooden barrels. The more the better, the best for the ice cellar.It was stored in it and was ready to be frozen, while the other two beasts followed Chen Nianguan to the Ruyi shop to buy ice.

According to Chen Nianguan's plan, to buy ice twice, she bought it once, and asked Liu Feng to help buy it once, a total of 200 pieces of ice, costing 400 taels of silver, probably enough for them to keep freezing in the ice cellar.

Just when Chen Nianguan finished the initial training for Liu Yang and others and was about to split up, Jiang Yu came.

Hearing from Steward Wang that the ice cellar had been completed, he came over to have a look. After all, this was the first time he had participated in the business with his own money, so he had to be concerned.

"Miss Chen!"

Jiang Yu saw the empty ice cellar, but there was no ice, flicked his sleeves, looked back at Chen Nianguan, shaken.

"Where's the ice? Where's yours?"

There is no ice in the ice shop, how can sell it?

"Master Jiang, don't worry, it will be there soon!"

Oh, it's coming soon?

Chen Nianguan gave the four beasts a look. The four beasts understood, those who fetched water went to find buckets, and those who bought ice went to get donkey carts.

"And Liu Yang, you go to the kitchen and start the stove, and use a big pot to boil water. The pot and the things that hold the water must be clean."

Chen Nianguan almost forgot to prepare some edible ice for the sugar water shop.

Can use crushed ice to make sorbet sweet bowls, sorbet sorbet?What if you don't plan to eat ice!

The ice cellar is divided into seven areas, and one area must be allocated to store edible ice.

Jiang Yu saw that Liu Yang responded and went to work, and when he saw Chen Nianguan get into the donkey cart, he also kicked it on the donkey cart.

He wanted to see how Chen Nianguan conjured ice out of nothing.

As a result, the donkey cart drove all the way to the Chenjia Hor Noodle shop, watching Chen Nianguan jump off the donkey cart, Jiang Yu stood outside for a long time.

Is there ice in the pho shop?I haven't heard of it!

Chen Nianguan entered the pho shop, greeted his little uncle with a smile, and then went to Liu Feng.

"cousin!"

The sudden appearance of Liu Feng almost didn't frighten Chen Nianguan.

But Liu Feng, who is not particularly outstanding in his usual appearance, but can be regarded as a handsome young man, now has no hair on his head, and has become a smooth bald goose. In the bright air, it is like being electrified.Dazzling eyes.

If it wasn't for someone he knew, he would have thought he had met a little monk.

"Cousin, Xiaofeng, you, don't be too hard on yourself."

Is it because of the experience in the cesspit that he was hit, so he broke his cans and wanted to become a monk?

"What are you talking about?" As soon as Chen Nianguan opened his mouth, Liu Feng knew that she had misunderstood. He reached out and touched the top of his bare head, complaining: "It's my mother who said that my hair is very bad, so I cut it with a scissor."

Isn't that right, all of them are contaminated with that.

"It's too short, and I think it's too troublesome, so I just shaved it all off." Liu Feng said, cheering up again, "Don't tell me, cousin, although I look ugly like this, but today, I shaved off all my hair.", cool down."

The hair is gone, of course it's cooler.

"Xiaofeng is not ugly, really, not ugly at all." Chen Nianguan comforted.

Liu Feng chuckled, "Cousin, you have something to do with me."

"That's right." Chen Nianguan, who asked him to buy ice at Ruyi Ice Shop, told him, and Liu Feng agreed, and then went to lead the donkey cart.

Following behind and hearing that they were going to buy ice at Ruyi's shop, Jiang Yu frowned deeply.

"The ice shop you sell doesn't have any ice, so you have to go to Ruyi Ice Shop to buy ice?" Jiang Yu thought he heard it wrong.

"That's right!" Chen Nianguan replied.

Jiang Yu closed his eyes and was speechless. He decided not to mess around with the girl from the Chen family anymore, and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Tsk!

Chen Nianguan scorned for a moment.

Let's go, let's go, so as not to stay in the way, and worry that he has learned the ice-making skills.

So, the group went straight to Ruyi Ice Shop, bought two cars of ice one after another, and sent them to the ice shop on Five Willow Lane.

The other two beasts went to the river to carry water but did not come back. Liu Yang also boiled two pots of water to cool down.

Seeing that Chen Nianguan came back from buying ice, he helped unload the ice, put it on the ice truck, and pushed it into the ice cellar.

The two ice storage areas in the innermost part of the ice cellar were piled up to form a semi-sealed space. Two trucks of ice were moved into these two ice-sealed spaces respectively.Turn into ice water, so that it can be frozen into ice more efficiently, while asking Liu Yang to bring over the saltpeter he brought back.

Liu Yang and the others didn't know that the thing Chen Nianwan used to make ice was saltpeter.

Back in Funing County, she asked Si Ya to crush all fifty catties of saltpeter.

Si Ya is strong enough to do this kind of thing.

So the saltpeter that Liu Yang and the four beasts saw was powder.

Chen Nianguan told them that it was something to make ice, and when asked what it was, Chen Nianguan smiled and said it was fairy powder.

A good thing that can make ice, no wonder it is called fairy powder.

Liu Yang brought over fifty catties of fairy powder as ordered, and watched Chen Nianguan teach the four beasts how to turn a bucket of ice water into ice, and was shocked at the moment.

Wow, it's really fairy powder!

Master Chen is so good that he actually made ice!

Where did she find the fairy powder?

Too magical, right?

Chen Nianguan retired amidst the worship of the crowd, leaving them to continue messing around and walked out of the ice cellar.

Liu Feng, who was watching ice making for the first time, also stared straight away. Seeing that his cousin was about to leave, he was still reluctant to let go. After watching for a while, he ran to catch up, "Cousin, cousin, what should I do if the fairy powder is used up?"?”

Chen Nianguan smiled mysteriously, looking like an outsider.

When the saltpeter is used up, it can be recycled!

In addition, relying on more and more ice cubes, the ice water can also be directly cooled and solidified into ice. As long as there is enough time, it is not afraid that enough ice will not be produced to fill the ice cellar.

"Cousin!"

"Little wind!"

Chen Nianguan saw Liu Feng smiling flatteringly at himself, knowing that he had something to say to him.

Sure enough, with a lot of chatter, Liu Feng asked when the Tangshui shop would open, and if there was a final contract signed.

Oh, Chen Nianguan understands, this clever kid Liu Feng wants to take a stake in Tangshui Shop!

Before opened an ice shop, everyone in the rice noodle shop also wanted to get involved, but heard that the son of the Jiang family bought 20% of the dry shares for two thousand taels, and one share cost one thousand taels, darling, it’s too much.

Even if you buy half of the shares, it will cost nearly five hundred taels.

They had a little money on hand, but they didn't have enough money to save up, so they couldn't participate, they couldn't participate, and they immediately died down.

Later, I heard that Chen Nianguan opened a sugar water shop. Well, when I heard the word "sugar", I knew it was as expensive as "ice". Poor people like them couldn't imagine it, so it was very interesting that no one took the initiative to raise the matter of buying shares!

Now Liu Feng actually has the courage to mention it?It's a pity that it's too late, she has already confirmed the partner of the Tangshui shop, and even signed the contract.

"Oh!" Liu Feng was quite melancholy!

"What's the matter? Don't you already have the dry stocks of two pho shops?"

"Cousin, you don't understand." Liu Feng looked depressed like you don't know how miserable I am.

Liu Feng's shares in both the main store and the west store are only 50%.

When the cousins of the Liu family were discussing how much shares they would own, they considered that Liu Chi and Liu Feng were brothers in the second house, so if they hadn't voluntarily reduced their shares, then Liu Shan and Liu He had the priority to consider the share first.

Especially Liu He, because the third uncle and aunt are gone, and as the owner of the third bedroom, he has the greatest power to speak out.

And every time Chen Nianguan only leaves 30% for them, doesn't that mean that someone will take up less shares every time?

Therefore, Liu Feng, who is one of the people in the second bedroom and the youngest, can only get half of it every time.

Liu Feng didn't dare to have an opinion, but his heart was bitter!

Why is it always him who suffers?Is it because of other people's small talk?

Liu Feng was melancholy again.

Bingpu dry stocks are too expensive to afford, but Tangshui Shop is not necessarily so, so want to ask secretly, how did Tangshui Shop get its shares?If he could afford it, he gritted his teeth and lent money to buy half of it.

"Xiaofeng, if you think about it this way, even if you have a small share in the two stores, you still have a lot of money!"

"Cousin, who thinks that money is too much?"

"You are young, what are you doing earning so much money?"

"Daughter-in-law!" As soon as he mentioned this, Liu Feng managed to cheer up, "We want to marry a daughter-in-law who looks like a fairy, and has a gentle temper, not like our?????Carrying sticks, screaming to be beaten and killed."

"Oh!" Chen Nianguan pursed his lips, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

It can't be seen that the innocent and pure little cousin also has pursuits in his heart.

"We heard that the ladies of the celestial beings are very good at spending money, and the amount of money is not enough to make the celestial celestial lady prodigal, so I have to save more in advance, otherwise the celestial lady will definitely look down on me in the future."

"So, the money you saved is to marry a fairy lady in the future, and lose to her?" Chen Nianguan was speechless.

"Ah!" Liu Feng didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all, and looked at Chen Nianguan with a smile: "Cousin, who am I?"

"Who are you? My cousin, Liu Feng!" Chen Nianguan thought Liu Feng was confused.

"Then, then I am..." Liu Feng winked at Chen Nianguan with a bald head on his head.

Chen Nianguan understands.

"Xiaofeng, he is the Liu family's best cousin to me."

"That's it, I'm the best for you, cousin." Liu Fengshun climbed up the pole and said, "So in the future you will open any shop and say anything for the sake of my best for you, give it to me well.I'll keep the other shares, don't let our brothers decide on their own, okay?"

"Okay, I promise you."

Liu Feng was satisfied with Chen Nianguan's promise, clapped his hands together, and flattered, "You are indeed the best cousin I should treat you!"

Chen Nianguan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Not to mention the ice cellar, where Liu Yang and the four beasts are making ice day and night, just talking about the reconstruction of the Tangshui shop, Wang De first completed the project and settled the wages, and two days later, He Carpenter also completed the task, and Chen Nianguan passed the acceptance and gaveAfter paying the wages, Carpenter He did not leave with his buddy, but told Chen Nianguan an address with a smile.

"Miss Chen, this is where we live. If there is anything dissatisfied in the store that needs to be improved, just come here and find us."

"Yo, what are you? Are you planning to stay in Prefecture City?"

Carpenter He nodded.

"I can't see it, Uncle He, you are also very capable!"

Carpenter He smiled.

Speaking of which, it's thanks to Miss Chen Si.

Many people in Funing County know that he, Carpenter He, was in charge of rebuilding the shop of the Chenjia Hor Noodle Shop. The workmanship and results showed his excellent carpenter skills, and many people came to him to do the rebuilding work.

During this visit to Prefecture City, people from Prefecture City also found him a few days ago.

It is said that they saw the storefront of Chen's rice noodle shop and found out about him, so they also took the initiative to come to ask him to do work.

Since some people are interested in his carpentry work based on the results of the reconstruction of the rice noodle shop, and when Ms. Chen Si's sugar water shop opens, they will know that the remodeler is a potential customer of Carpenter He.

Carpenter He is also a carpenter with pursuit.

Orders for improved cabinets and bunk beds alone can already support the business of He Carpenter's shop in Funing County. Why don't he ask his apprentice to be in charge of the business in Funing County, and he and a few other guys will take care of FuchengThe business here is successful.

Anyway, after finishing his work in Miss Chen Si's shop, he still has to go to two other places, so he might as well find a place to rent and live there, because during the time they are working, someone will come to invite the Tangshui shop again.

Wouldn't it be possible to build up Carpenter He's reputation in the Prefecture City by doing the job after job?

Besides, the money earned from the big project of Miss Chen Si is completely enough to find a place to stay in Prefecture City.

After summing up the whole process, Carpenter He made his decision, so he gave the address to Chen Nianguan.

After Carpenter He led the people away, Chen Nianguan took Liu Shi and others to see the backyard.

The back yard is intended to be inhabited.

After all, the yard in Liuhua Lane is rented by the second aunt, so it is not convenient for so many of them to live there all the time. If the second aunt’s house has a random visitor, they will live in that place, and there is no place to receive guests.The second aunt didn't mind, and they were also embarrassed.

So Chen Nianguan planned to move his family here after the shop on Five Willow Lane was completed.

Naturally, Xiao You and Grandpa will also come here, and the Four Great Beasts and Liu Yang will also live here.

Coincidentally, during the renovation, Chen Nianguan took into account the large number of manpower needed for the two shops, and the modification of the wing room was also mainly for housing people. Although there are many people now, it is still enough.

She originally reserved a room for herself, and the side room converted from the main room next to it is naturally for Liu Shi, Xuan Xuan and Liu Ye to live in, Xiaoyu and Si Ya can live in the staff dormitory - this wing room was originally the main room, spacious,Therefore, three bunk beds and three rows of cabinets were built, which were very spacious after being put in.

The Four Great Beasts and Liu Yang lived in the east chamber.

Of the two rooms in the East Wing, one has three bunk beds, and the other has two bunk beds.

The four beasts and the two guards brought by Mrs. Liu lived in the room with three bunk beds.

Liu Yang, Xiao You, Grandpa Duan and Azhu lived in the room with two bunk beds.

Will be enough to live.

But the weather was so hot that two big beasts volunteered to live in the ice shop.

Well, the storefront of the ice shop is big enough, with a rest area for employees, a row of cabinets built against the wall, and wooden sofas.

One of the two beasts sleeps on a wooden sofa and the other sleeps on the floor, saying that it is cool and comfortable to sleep on.

Chen Nianguan said, as long as you are happy.

As for the Tangshui masters at the Tangshui Shop, Liu Yun and Sister Fang naturally followed and lived in the staff dormitory!

As a result, there are a lot of residents in the store, which is full of popularity!

After everyone settled down, Chen Nianguan took them to see the Tangshui shop that was about to be put into use.

This is the first time that Mrs. Liu saw the whole picture of the sugar water shop opened by her eldest daughter.