Chapter 268 Opening (Part 2)

  Liu Sihe took a closer look, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes: "These...are you drawing them yourself?"

   "Yes." Su Xiaoxiao.

  Liu Sihe praised repeatedly: "It's a very novel design. I heard that you are going to open a medical clinic. What do you plan to write on the plaque?"

  Su Xiaoxiao: "The first hall in the world."

  Liu Sihe: Girl, you are very arrogant.

  Liu Sihe has a straightforward temperament, and he never flattered himself or made any unnecessary greetings.

  The conversation between the two sides lasted less than a quarter of an hour.

   "I have written down what you said, is there any other request?"

   "No more." Su Xiaoxiao said, "How many days will it take to finish?"

   "Seven days."

   "Just seven days?"

   This is a lot of things.

  Liu Sihe laughed and said, "After seven days, if I don't finish the work, I won't charge you! Go get busy!"

  Su Xiaoxiao doesn't like talking nonsense, she just loves dealing with people who don't talk nonsense.

  In addition, Liu Sihe's price was far lower than her budget, which saved her a lot of expenses.

  After leaving Liu's house, she went to the house at the intersection of Xitou and Zhuangyuan Street.

  The Grandpa Zhang mentioned by Dahukou is a sturdy blacksmith named Zhang Erzhu. He looks a few years older than Papa Su, and he is a bit serious.

  The weather was so cold, he only wore a linen crotch, and his thick arms were exposed to the air.

  Su Xiaoxiao's first reaction was: Are all the blacksmiths so strong with this body of tendons?

  When Su Xiaoxiao explained his reason for coming, Zhang Erzhu was not surprised.

  Because Dumb also came to say hello to him.

"I want to make some knives." Su Xiaoxiao handed him the blueprints, "I heard that Capital City has strict controls on iron tools. I made a lot of these knives. Do I have to report to the government?"

   "No need." Zhang Erzhu said lightly, "I have never made these types of knives before, so I have to make a new mold, and you can pick it up in ten days."

  Su Xiaoxiao asked: "How much deposit do I need to pay first?"

   "There is no need to pay a deposit." Zhang Erzhu was also very straightforward, "As for the exact amount, I will know after the completion, but it should not exceed five taels."

  Five taels?

  You know, apart from salt, the imperial court has been controlling iron, which was very expensive in ancient times.

"you sure?"

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's shocked face, Zhang Erzhu thought for a while and said, "That's two liang."

  Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

   This is cutting your own price, making others priceless...

  The last thing Su Xiaoxiao went to was Grandma Zhou's house.

  She is right next door to her house, and the reason why put her last is because this business may last the longest.

   "Is it Dahu's mother?" Grandma Zhou invited Su Xiaoxiao into the main room with a smile on her face, and poured a cup of hot tea.

  Su Xiaoxiao suddenly felt that she was famous in the alley...

  Grandma Zhou is a bit old, and the neighbors in the alley seem to call her Grandma Zhou regardless of her seniority.

   "How many do you want to pick? What kind of work?" Grandma Zhou asked with a smile.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "I want a coachman, four drug boys, preferably two female drug boys, it doesn't matter if they understand medical theory, we can teach them, and also need a cook and a long-term sweeper."

  Grandma Zhou said: "It's easy to say anything else, it's the girl drug girl..."

  In Dazhou, there were very few women who practiced medicine, and most of the girls who went out to work were maids and embroiderers...

  She said: "Let me try, you come to my house tomorrow morning to have a look."

  The next day, Su Xiaoxiao came to Grandma Zhou's house early in the morning.

  According to Grandma Zhou's tone yesterday, she was just trying, and she might not be able to find everything. However, when Su Xiaoxiao looked at the yard full of men, women and children, she suddenly wondered whether Grandma Zhou had misunderstood "try".

  Among this group, Grandma Zhou recommended a coachman, Ah Zhong, who was in his twenties and looked upright.

  Grandma Zhou said: "Don't look at him as young, he is very experienced in doing things, and he is very familiar with the streets and alleys of Capital City."

  Su Xiaoxiao asked Ah Zhong a few questions. The young man was neither arrogant nor impatient, he spoke clearly, and his body was strong enough.

   When it comes to Grandma Zhou, the price is not cheap.

  One driver is five taels, which is the introduction fee paid to Grandma Zhou. As for the driver’s wages, Su Xiaoxiao has to settle with the driver separately.

  Su Xiaoxiao squeezed her purse, it really hurts.

  Yaotong is a clever young man named Xiao Wei, seventeen. He used to work as a clerk in another drugstore, so he knows a few herbs.

  Grandma Zhou said: "Brother Wei, you will follow Madam from now on."

  Hearing this "Brother Wei", Su Xiaoxiao almost choked on the tea.

  Su Xiaoxiao didn't pick another satisfied male drug boy, but two little girls caught her eyes.

  A twelve-year-old named Yinger, with a small round face, a small canine tooth on the left and right sides when she smiles, and a little freckles on her cheeks. She is a girl full of aura.

  The other is Du Juan, who is two years older than Yinger, with a melon-seeded face, delicate features, and literate.

  Grandma Zhou said: "It used to be a lady from the official family. Something happened in the family, and she was bought to Jiaosifang. She is young, and Jiaosifang is taking care of her."

  The implication is that in a year or two, she will have to sell herself to receive customers.

  Su Xiaoxiao came to her, and asked lightly: "You used to be a lady of the official family. I bought you. Can you bear the hardship of a servant?"

Du Juan knelt down and kowtowed: "Returning to Madam, this servant is a concubine, and she is not favored at home. As long as I don't let this servant be reduced to prostitution, this servant is willing to be an ox or a horse for Madam!"

  Su Xiaoxiao asked the price of Wei Geer, Yinger and Dujuan.

  Grandma Zhou stretched out her finger.

  Su Xiaoxiao: "Ten taels?"

  Grandma Zhou: "One hundred taels."

  Grandma, you are a bit dark...

  But soon, Su Xiaoxiao understood why their price was more expensive than Ah Zhong.

  They are slaves, and they signed a death contract when they bought them back. If they want to leave in the future, they must redeem themselves from Su Xiaoxiao.

   And their wages are lower than the rest, or even not paid.

  The cook and the long-term worker of the sweeper are a middle-aged couple, each of whom is twelve.

  The twelve taels were purchased for their three-year construction period, the same as Ah Zhong.

  The next few days were calm, and Su Xiaoxiao went to school while doing the dim sum business of Guozijian.

  Seven days later, Liu Sihe's side was finished.

  Su Xiaoxiao went to look at the plaque he made. The gold lettering on the black background is solemn and domineering, and it is more perfect than Su Xiaoxiao imagined.

   It just seems a bit heavy, and don't know what kind of wood it is made of.

   Liu Sihe saw the little girl looking left and right at the plaque, only thinking that she was worried about the quality of the plaque.

  He patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, the wind and the sun will keep you safe for a hundred years!"

  Su Xiaoxiao: What kind of wood will not rot for a hundred years... It will never be golden nanmu...

  Thinking too much, how could a little carpenter in the neighborhood own such precious wood?

   Liu Sihe called a few brothers and moved the furniture and boards to the medical hall, where they should be placed and what should be installed. In one afternoon, the shop changed drastically.

  The plaque was not hung until the opening day, and Su Xiaoxiao put it in the accounting room first.

   Two days later, Zhang Erzhu also made the knife, and he really only accepted Su Xiaoxiao Erliang.

  Fu Langzhong asked someone to calculate an auspicious day for the zodiac—the eighteenth of this month, it is advisable to open.

  However, on the night before the opening, something went wrong in the first class.