Husband and Father Youwei

Chapter 54 Strong and Healed

    "By the way, there is another thing. Fucheng is expensive, and I don't know how much it will cost for Zhuang Zhuang's medical expenses. I am afraid that the money they bring is not enough. I plan to send them some food tomorrow. , and another thirty taels of silver, what do you think?" Tu Lin said.

The silver was originally sold from the gold and silver jewelry brought by Tu Lin, and it was used to treat the child. Naturally, Ruan Tang would not disagree, and even if Tu Lin didn't say it, he would say it, but the thirty taels The origin of the silver is hard to explain to Tu Xinmei.

Thirty taels of silver is not a small amount, and Tu Xinmei is very clear about their family's wealth. The one hundred taels of silver lent to Qiu Lanfu's family before has only passed in just over a month, and they naturally haven't repaid it. Then Tu Lin built a charcoal workshop and spent a lot of money on it. , plus the daily expenses of their family of three, in Tu Xinmei's opinion, they probably don't have so much spare money anymore.

Tu Lin was also scruples about this, so when he was still in Fucheng, he didn't directly take out the silver in the space and leave it to Tu Xinmei and the others. But at this time, he had already figured out a suitable reason, that is, he had paid the money for the future charcoal from the Zhou family in advance, and because it was for the treatment of the child, Steward Wang could understand and agreed immediately. granted his request.

After sitting and talking for a while, it was getting late after a while, so Tu Lin went out to pick up Tu An in the county, while Ruan Tang prepared dinner at home. It's cold and early in the winter, and I've been tired all day, and I don't have much energy to do other things, so after dinner, the family went to bed early.

The next day was a sunny day. After breakfast, Tu Lin went to the workshop to help Ruan Tang with some matters. After halfway through the day, when the sun was getting higher and the weather was getting warmer, he took thirty taels of silver with him and Mrs. Zhao. , Zhao Xiuxiu packed clothes and food for Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping, and went to Fucheng again.

After another day and night, Tu Lin returned the next afternoon and brought good news to Ruan Tang and Zhao Xiuxiu.

That Dr. Wei really has some skills. After two days of treatment, Zhuang Zhuang has already improved greatly, and he is estimated to be fully recovered in a short time. Hearing this news, Ruan Tang and Zhao Xiuxiu were naturally very happy.

And it was indeed as Tu Lin said, five days later, before Tu Lin could pick him up, Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping directly hired a carriage and returned from Fucheng with Zhuang Zhuang who had fully recovered Zhuxi Village.

After resting at home for a while, the two came to Tu Lin's house, first to let Tu Lin and the others know that they were back, so they don't have to worry about it anymore, and second, to return the money that Tu Lin lent them.

When Tu Xinmei and the others took Zhuang Zhuang to the county town to find a doctor, they brought most of the family's money. Later, Tu Lin went to give them clothes, and Zhao's mother brought them the rest of the family's savings. It wasn't much, but it was barely enough. The thirty taels left by Tu Lin were useless, so they sent all of them back to Tu Lin at this time.

Tu Lin wasn't too polite, and when Tu Xinmei came to return it, he took it, otherwise he would be offended, and then gave it to Ruan Tang casually. The thirty taels of silver is not too much for them now, and it is not worth storing in the space. It is kept at home, and it is convenient for Ruan Tang to take it at any time. After paying back the money, Tu Xinmei and the others

didn't get up to leave. After saying a few more words, they suddenly asked Tu Lin an unexpected question.

This is a small restaurant, you often go to the county town to see a lot of people, and you can help us as a staff member, what should we sell?"

"Open a restaurant?" Tu Lin was a little surprised, but he still remembered that when he first moved to Zhuxi Village, he He once mentioned at the meeting that with Tu Xinmei's craftsmanship, he could open a restaurant in the county, but at that time Tu Xinmei didn't think much of it, so he didn't say anything more. He didn't want to think that Tu Xinmei was actually Suddenly changed his mind.

Tu Lin didn't ask much about the reason, but after thinking about it for a while, he already guessed some of it.

Now the Zhao family has a total of ten acres of land, and the annual harvest is thrown away to pay taxes and eat for the family. The rest is only three or five taels. He will be in charge of some weddings and ceremonies, and the next thing is to take Zhao Xiuxiu and several sisters to weave and do some needlework at home.

In this way, although it seems that the income is quite a lot, and some family assets have been saved over the years, but this time Zhuang Zhuang fell ill, it really cost a lot, and although the Zhao family has a simple population, there are also old and young, and Zhao Xiuxiu has already died. At the age of marriage, the dowry should be prepared, and there are two younger sisters following closely behind, so the expenses will only increase.

Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping are very frugal and simple people, so it is not easy to save money, so they can only increase income, but Zhao Changping is just an ordinary country guy, simple and reliable, but without any special skills, only Tu Xinmei cooks It's not bad, and Tu Lin's compliment from before made this question to Tu Lin today.

But Tu Lin didn't answer Tu Xinmei immediately, but thought for a moment before he said: "If you want to talk about what to sell, naturally you should sell the best ones, but you can't make it too much trouble. It should be delicious and easy to make. The best one."

Tu Xinmei couldn't help but nodded when she heard that, what Tu Lin said was the same as what she and Zhao Changping discussed at home, so she immediately reported the names of several dishes to Tu Lin, and asked Tu Lin and Ruan Tang to help Staff and staff, after the decision was made, several people began to discuss the specific regulations for opening the restaurant.

During Zhuang Zhuang's treatment, Tu Lin's charcoal shop had already opened, so among other things, Tu Lin still had some experience in opening a shop.

After some discussion, seeing that it was still early, Tu Lin simply took Tu Xinmei and Zhao Changping to the county town to find a suitable shop, but he did not go to Wu Zhongren, who had introduced him to the shop before, but took Tu Xinmei and his wife directly. The two went next door to their charcoal shop.

Because just a few days ago, the neighbor of the charcoal shop suddenly closed down and moved out, so the original owner of the shop put up a notice for rent.

That shop is much more spacious than the charcoal shop of Tu Lin and the others. It can accommodate four or five sets of tables and chairs. It is not far from the main street of the county town, and the flow of people is okay. Most importantly, the original tenant of the shop is a man. Although the owner of the teahouse moved away, he left behind a lot of tables, chairs, cups and saucers, which is very suitable for opening a small restaurant now.

When Tu Xinmei heard what Tu Lin said, she felt very good, and she was next to Tu Lin's charcoal shop, and she could take care of each other in the future. When she got there, she met the landlord and talked with the landlord. It was okay for one party to rent and open a restaurant. Opinion, the other party has no objection to the rent proposed by the landlord. Even if they simply wrote the deed and signed the contract, the tables, chairs, cups and saucers left by the original tenants were discounted to Tu Xinmei and the others at a low price, which saved money. The trouble for Tu Xinmei and the others to go shopping again.

Because we are not sure how the business will be in the future, we only rent it for three months for the time being, and it will expire in February next year. If the restaurant is doing well, then Tu Xinmei and the others will rent out the family's land to others for farming, and they will concentrate on running the restaurant. If it is not doing well, they will close the shop and go home to farm.

After the shop was rented, it was time to prepare for the opening. Tu Lin took Zhao Changping and the two to buy other necessary things in the county town, while Ruan Tang stayed in the shop to help clean up.

Zhuang Zhuang's sudden illness suddenly aroused Tu Xinmei's sense of crisis, and made her very urgent to make money. On the second day of the good shop, the small restaurant opened, and it was named "Ten Miles Fragrance", hoping that the food and reputation in the restaurant will be fragrant all over the world.

To manage Shilixiang, Tu Xinmei is naturally the chef, and Zhao Changping will do the rest of the chores. Although the husband and wife seem to be busy, both of them are diligent people, but they are much more relaxed than farming. During this period, Tu Xinmei can go back to the village to nurse Xiao Shuang at any time. The left and right counties are not far from the village. It doesn't delay anything.

Because they were busy running the restaurant, Tu Lin and the others also had to take care of the workshop, so for the next half a month or so, the two families seldom saw each other again until the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month when a heavy snowfall happened unexpectedly. Finally, fluttering for three days.

When the snowflakes fell and the dark clouds dispersed, the sun once again flooded the earth. When I went out and looked at it, everything I could see seemed to be covered by a thick layer of cotton wool, which made the small village under the mountain seem more and more quiet and peaceful.

After Laba, the New Year's Day is approaching day by day, and the atmosphere of the New Year has become more and more intense. People's greetings have changed from "Have you eaten" and "Where are you going?" to "Happy Chinese New Year". There are many more stalls selling New Year's goods in the streets and alleys.

Because there are many kinds of vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood in Tulin Space, there is no need to prepare ordinary meat, eggs, vegetables and fruits, but other foods such as pastries and roasted seeds and nuts should be bought. In addition, window grilles and Spring Festival couplets Firecrackers, firecrackers, etc. are also needed, and then there are paper money, incense sticks and other things used for sacrifices and going to the grave. Finally, two new clothes are made for each of the family of three, so that the New Year's goods are almost ready.

The same is true for Tu Xinmei's family, who are all ready one by one.

In the past month or so, whether it was Tu Lin's charcoal workshop or Tu Xinmei's small restaurant, after the initial indifference, but with the advantage of high quality and low price, the business quickly got on the right track. Although it is still far from the level of making money every day, it has satisfied them very much. In this way, Tu Xinmei has become more determined to continue to open the restaurant, so that even though the deadline on the lease has not yet been reached, she The lease was extended in advance with the rent.

On Tu Lin's side, because of the cover of the charcoal workshop and shop, it is not so conspicuous for him to spend a large amount of money, so just like what Zhao Changping said at the beginning, when the land price was the cheapest years ago , spent a hundred taels of silver near Zhuxi Village, and bought ten acres of fine paddy fields.

Because they didn't plan to farm it themselves, the ten mu of land owned by Tu Lin's family and the ten mu of land owned by Tu Xinmei's family were rented out.