章 103: Chapter 101: Shop location selection

After watching Ye Ansong's farce, it was almost noon.

　　Jiang Zhu tied the cow under the old locust tree and planned to let it go in the afternoon.

　　The two went home to prepare for lunch.

　　The weather has cooled down in autumn. Ye Annian rolled up his sleeves and sat at the stone table in the courtyard, washing rice.

　　Suddenly there was a rustling sound outside the courtyard door.

　　Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of "woof" and "woof" sounds.

　　Ye Annian immediately got up and opened the door. Sure enough, it was Fuzai and Ding Qiu who came back with the copper coins.

　　In the past few days, when the imitation Rubik's Cube happened, he hardly paid attention to these two children.

　　Now that things were settled, he discovered that both children seemed to be beaming and very happy.

　　"Where are you going crazy again? You are having so much fun that you don't want to miss Shu. You haven't seen anyone all morning."

　　As soon as the fence door opened, Fu Zai got in like a small fish and said with a smile: "Go cut the grass with Brother Qiu and Brother Shitou."

　　Because Xue Duanzi carried the little rabbit, they no longer carried the two little rabbits out. They just cut fresh grass and came back every day for them to eat.

　　But what makes them happy is that the lion's injury has healed. Today, Ding Qiu removed its straps and splints. The little guy happily ran around the big tree several times, and then kicked off his hind legs into the mountain. Went in.

　　Ye Annian didn't know what the two children were happy about, so he greeted them: "Come in and wash your hands. It's time to eat later."

　　"Okay!" Fu Zai ran quickly and rushed into the courtyard like a rabbit.

　　Ye Anyian held Ding Qiu's hand, and the two slowly entered the yard.

　　"Brother Ye, are there guests at home today?" Ding Qiu suddenly asked.

　　"Yes." Ye Anyian didn't hide it from him, "How do you know?"

　　"The smell." Ding Qiu moved his nose and said, "The house smells like a stranger."

　　"Your little nose is really smart." Ye Annian smiled, "You are from the Wen family in this town."

　　"Is there a big carriage coming? It turns out that he is really coming to our house!"

　　Fu Zai ran over and held Ye Anyian's other hand: "When we came back, many people in the village were talking about it."

　　"What did you say?" Jiang Zhu walked out of the main room, holding a plate of golden shredded sweet potatoes in his hand.

　　"Say..." Fu Zai was attracted by the sweet smell, and his mouth was drooling.

　　Seeing his greedy look, Jiang Zhu picked up a piece of sweet potato covered in sugar with his chopsticks and brought it to him.

　　Fu Zai's eyes lit up, and just when he was about to open his mouth to take it, Jiang Zhu's chopsticks turned a corner and put them into the mouth of Ye Anyian who was standing next to him.

　　Fu Zai:...

　　Xiaotuanzi opened his mouth half-open, blinked his clear eyes, pulled Ye Anyian's sleeve and complained: "Brother, Brother Jiang bullied me!"

　　However, Ye Anyian was still chewing sweet potatoes in his mouth, unable to speak, and could only frown his beautiful eyebrows.

　　Jiang Zhu's peach blossom eyes were so amused that he smiled.

　　When he had laughed enough, Ye Anian finally finished the sweet potatoes in his mouth. Just when he was about to talk to him, Jiang Zhu had already picked up two more pieces of sweet potatoes with chopsticks and fed them to the two children's mouths.

　　Both of them had their mouths blocked, so no one complained.

　　Jiang Zhu's lips curled up: "Everyone come in and eat!"

　　The news about the arrival of a luxurious carriage in Yueya Village has indeed spread in the village.

　　The carriage stopped under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village before entering the village, which aroused more speculation among everyone.

　　Some people said that he should be going to Jiang Zhu's house, while others said that he might just be passing by the village.

　　There are even more outrageous ones, saying that a scholar is about to appear in the village. Someone from the county government must have come to recognize him in advance, so that he can report the good news to that family on the day when the results are released.

　　However, Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu were not interested in these rumors and did not want to explain.

　　After lunch, Jiang Zhu drove the cattle to Wangyue Mountain, while Ye Anyian stayed at home and continued to make orders for Feng Mingxu. When Zhao Le and Yang Chi arrived, he taught them to continue making mud and screaming.

　　The birds and kittens he pinched before have been dried. Ye Annian brought out the paint today and taught them how to mix and apply colors.

　　In the next few days, almost all the cats in the family of four were at home.

　　Ye Annian took the banknote but was not in a hurry to go to the town to choose a shop and purchase a buyer.

　　After completing the order for Feng Mingxu, he took Zhao Nan, Yang Chi and Xu Yan to make mud and scream together.

　　The three novices are very savvy, and they are becoming more and more skilled in kneading mud. In the past three or four days, they have kneaded more than 400 pieces, picked out some defective products that were not ready, and finally left More than three hundred and ninety.

　　Zhao Nan looked at the cracked holes, the paint that was not painted properly, and the whistles that made no sound, and felt very pity.

　　Moreover, most of the broken ones were made by the three novices. Ye Anyian only had one or two broken ones, and they were all cracked because they were not dried properly.

　　"There are so many things we can't have. Brother Nian, we still need to practice our skills." Zhao Nan said.

　　"You are already very good. The four of us can do it together much faster than myself."

　　Ye Anian was not harsh on them. If he had done it himself, he would have been able to do about fifty if he just squeezed mud and screamed all day long, and only over two hundred in four days.

　　With the help of three people, the efficiency has doubled, and it will definitely become faster and faster in the future.

　　In the past few days, Jiang Zhu also rested at home with him. From time to time, he would go to herd cattle and cut grass, and build a shed during his spare time. If there were sick people in and outside the village who came to invite him, he would go there.

　　On the contrary, Ding Qiu and Fu Zai no longer ran out every day like before.

After the lion king's injury was completely healed, he ran and hunted much faster than before. In addition, it was wild and untamed, so as soon as the injury healed, it plunged into the mountains and would not show up until three or two days later.

　　And every time he showed up, he would bring something to Fu Zai and the others.

　　Seeing that it was so energetic, the three children felt relieved and no longer waited for it in the secret treasure place every day.

　　It wasn't until the day before the college exam results were released that Ye Anyian packed up his wooden cart.

　　The four of them put the mud they had kneaded in the past few days, dozens of colorful windmills that he had made on the fly, and some small pieces of wood into the car.

　　The dozens of Rubik's cubes made for Feng Mingxu were also packed and brought with them.

　　Jiang Zhu packed up his medicine box, took the disguise, and the two of them drove the bullock cart to the town.

　　After the two arrived in Tianshui Town, they first went to Hongfu Academy and handed the Rubik's Cube to Feng Mingxu.

　　Ye Anyian told Feng Mingxu that he was going to open a shop and launch an intermediate and high-level Rubik's Cube. He also said that he would announce the solution to the low-level Rubik's Cube to everyone.

　　Feng Mingxu naturally supported it and asked him to leave part of the intermediate and high-level Rubik's Cube to their academy.

　　After Wen Heng's previous imitation of the Rubik's Cube, he became much more honest than before. He came to the academy on time these days.

　　When he saw Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu coming to the academy, he secretly hid and watched. It wasn't until Feng Mingxu finished chatting with them that he dared to come over.

　　"Mr. Jiang, Brother Ye, why are you here? Do you want to discuss opening a shop?"

　　Ye Anyian nodded: "I don't know enough about the situation in this town, so I want to ask you about the location of the store."

　　"That's easy to say." Wen Heng said, "I grew up in Tianshui Town, and I know the situation in the town very well."

　　"Then where do you think it is better for me to open this shop?"

　　"It must be a lively and crowded place," Wen Heng touched his chin and looked like he was thinking seriously, "I think Fengyue Street is good. I see that all the shops there are doing booming business."

　　Ye Annian felt that the street name was not very reliable when he heard it. Just when he was about to ask in detail, Jiang Zhu smiled and said: "Second Young Master Wen, I'm afraid Fengyue Street is not suitable?"

　　"As far as I know, there are either gambling houses, wine shops or brothels on that street. I'm afraid no one will go there to buy children's toys."

　　Wen Heng:...

　　"Haha," he scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, "I just said I didn't understand this."

　　Ye Annian didn't expect that he didn't understand to this extent. After thinking about it, he felt that there was something wrong with his way of asking.

　　He adjusted his approach and asked, "Do you know if there are any shops for rent near Clay Figure Lane?"

"Yes." This Wen Heng knew. "There are many shops for rent on the street at the west end of Clay Figure Lane."

　　"But that street is relatively deserted and in a remote location. There seem to be two small shops selling morning food open. Do you want to go and take a look?"

　　"Yeah." Ye Anyian nodded thoughtfully.

　　Wen Heng's heart suddenly moved, and just when he was about to say, "I'll take you there," Jiang Zhu said, "Then we won't disturb Mr. Wen's class. Let's go over and take a look."

Wen Heng was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he had just done was wrong.

　　Squeezing out a smile: "Okay, you go ahead. If you have any questions, come to me."

　　Ye Annian responded, and Jiang Zhu took his hand, and the two of them walked out of the academy side by side.

　　Wen Heng stared at the two people's retreating figures. One was handsome and free and the other was cold and elegant. They were a perfect match.

　　"well..."

　　He sighed, raised his hand and slapped himself in the face, muttering: "You are such a beast."

　　On the other side, Ye Annian and Jiang Zhu had already driven the bullock cart to the Clay Figure Alley.

　　The two of them were driving a bullock cart. It was difficult to pass through the alley, so they had to take a detour to the street.

　　The street was indeed as deserted as Wen Heng said. There was only one breakfast shop and an oil-paper umbrella seller with the door open, which formed a sharp contrast with the lively Clay Figure Lane.

　　And the name is called West Street, which is very careless.

　　The two finally stopped in front of the restaurant, tied the ox cart to the crooked willow tree opposite the store, and entered together.

　　This restaurant is really not big. There are two tables inside the restaurant and two tables on the left and right outside. It can only seat seven or eight people in total.

　　There was not a single customer in the shop at this time, only an elderly woman was busy alone.

　　Seeing the two people coming in, he greeted: "What would you like to eat?"

　　Ye Annian looked at what was cooking in her pot and said, "Let's stew two bowls of wontons."

　　"Okay, wait a minute, you two. You guys are just in time, my pot of wonton stew has just been cooked."

　　The wontons were cooked quickly, and soon the old woman brought them two bowls of wontons and put them on the table. She also turned to the back and brought them a small plate of pickled vegetables.

　　"I pickled this myself, old lady. How does it taste?"

　　The two of them thanked the old man, and Ye Anyian asked about what happened on this West Street.

　　"Old man, to tell you the truth, we actually want to rent a shop on this street. Do you know anything about the shops for rent?"

　　The old woman was obviously taken aback: "This street is so remote, what kind of shop do you want to open, and why do you have to open it here?"

　　"I want to sell some gadgets for children to play with, but I don't think this place is close to Clay Figure Lane and will attract people more easily." Ye Anyian said bluntly.

　　"Then you are looking at the wrong place." The old woman replied while cleaning the table diligently, "Look at this street, our two shops are the only ones open."

　　"This is probably the first shop I opened for decades. It's far away from where everyone lives. The only people who usually come here to eat are the vendors in the clay figurine alley. They and I also Familiar."

"And the umbrella seller has been working here for more than ten years and relies on old customers. The remaining five or six shops that are for rent have also been rented out many times during this period, but no matter what business they do, they have always maintained It didn't take long to close."

　　Jiang Zhu frowned when he heard this: "Then do you know who is renting out those shops?"

　　"It's from the Zhou family," the old woman said.

　　"Which Zhou family?" Ye Anyian asked.

　　"Who else is the Zhou family?" The old woman smiled kindly, "Of course it's the one who runs the pawn shop, Zhou is doing it."