ebookland Chapter 120 Those people are coming, where are they arranged?
Chapter 120 Those people are coming, where are they arranged?
"It's a rare occasion that Lord Cao doesn't have to be on duty, so call your friends to my restaurant to have a drink, and all expenses will be charged to my account." Yang Biao was in a good mood. The government office was closed on New Year's Eve, so he asked Cao Tongpan to have a meal with his colleagues to keep in touch with them.
Cao Tongpan was a man worth making friends with. He would also teach him that the world is unpredictable and that it is best not to show off one's wealth. Every time he came to him to pay rent, he would avoid the people around him and not let others know. He also asked him to talk to the shop owners about the business situation in the back room where no one was.
The result of doing this was that even Jiang Sheng, who had been following him, didn't know that he had bought so many shops.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Judge Cao wanted to invite people to dinner quickly, but then he backed off, "Which restaurant of yours?" Yang Biao had six restaurants, and he didn't know which one was convenient for him and his colleagues to have dinner together.
"Let's go to Ruyi Restaurant and wish Lord Cao all the best in the coming year!" Yang Biao thought about it and decided to let them go for a meal as they would not be there often.
"This is fine." Judge Cao's mouth was almost stretched to his ears. He had heard that the dishes at Ruyi Restaurant were quite expensive, but tasted good, and he had long wanted to try it.
"Sir, will our cloth shop be closed for the New Year?" Yang Biao went to inspect the cloth shop, and Dongpi asked him if he would be closed for the New Year. In the past, Boss Wang did not have a holiday during the New Year. Many people in Wenchang County liked to buy cloth, make clothes and visit relatives in the first month of the year.
"Well, the two cloth shops will be closed on the afternoon of New Year's Eve and will reopen on the eighth day of the first lunar month." He owns three barbecue shops and four cake shops. These shops will not be closed during the Chinese New Year, but all the other shops will be closed.
"Wow, why are there so many people?" When he arrived at the cake shop, Jiang Sheng was shocked by the long queue in front of the door. My goodness, how many cakes and milk teas would have to be made?
Yang Biao disagrees. In modern times, the best business period for barbecue and cakes is during the Chinese New Year. People who study or work away from home will choose to get together with their old classmates for a barbecue meal when they return to their hometown.
"Hey, Jiang Sheng is here just in time. Come on, help deliver twelve cups of milk tea, twelve egg tarts, and a big cake to No. 171 Lutu Road." The people in charge of delivering the takeaway had not come back yet. Xuan Duoqing, who was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, saw Jiang Sheng. His eyes lit up as if he saw a savior. He hurriedly handed him the packed box and attached a note with his address.
Take-out food was also available in ancient times, but it was not invented by Yang Biao. People would say that the ancients were very smart. The porcelain take-out plate had two layers, with an empty space in the middle. If the food was cold, hot water could be poured into the middle of the plate, which was very convenient.
"Let's go, help with the work first, so that the queues can be as short as possible." Yang Biao took Guandong and the others to the operation room to help.
"Ah, my... hands... are... so... sore." After finishing this batch of people in the queue, Guandong and the others pressed their sore arms one by one, and rubbing the pearl meatballs felt more tiring and difficult than practicing martial arts every day.
"Master, when is the next peak queue period at the cake shop?" Guandong asked. Knowing this, he could avoid it before the next peak period comes.
"It depends on where the shop is located. Ours is a commercial street. If there is a long queue next time, it should be around 15:15." Yang Biao saw that there were still some people sitting on the first floor of the shop eating French fries. The tables and seats were arranged in a modern way: as long as you stand up, you can see other tables. When you sit down, there are screens blocking the view, which can effectively avoid the embarrassment of strangers watching each other eat. If the customers have other needs, they can also let the store staff know in time.
The second and third floors are basically places where officials, ladies and wives from wealthy families gather to eat cakes and drink milk tea.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I have been here for almost half a year. In modern times, as long as the mobile phone has power, there is money in the card, and the children are around, a sense of security is that simple.
In this ancient time, I still have a lot of things to do. Now that my debts have been paid off, I will completely calm down after the New Year and prepare for the college entrance examination in August.
"Master, there is someone doing barbecue business like us." As soon as Yang Biao entered the barbecue shop, Chi Liang came forward to inform them that a competitor had appeared.
"Oh, that's normal." It's abnormal if no one wants to do good business. "Don't worry about them, just do your own thing."
"The next few days will be the most challenging time for the barbecue shop. Everyone cheer up. The shop business is good. On the Lantern Festival, I will let you reunite with your family at Ruyi Restaurant." In order to boost morale, Yang Biao closed Ruyi Restaurant for a day so that these former officials and guards, now demoted to official slaves, could meet and have dinner with their families.
"Wow, thank you, master!" The group of people were ecstatic. They hadn't seen their families for a long time and missed them very much.
"That..." Chi Liang and Bi Xufeng were pushing each other. They wanted to go forward and say something to Yang Biao, but they seemed embarrassed.
"You two, say what you want to say quickly." The two men were dithering, they didn't look like soldiers who had been in battle and killed the enemy.
"Master, my family is not in the city, and I want to bring them over. I wonder..." Is it possible? Chi Liang lowered his head. He joined the army with the purpose of making a name for himself, but he didn't expect to become a government slave now.
"Okay, go ask for their address later, register it as soon as possible and hand it over to me, and get the pass to pick them up before the government leaves." You should have told me earlier, he had just separated from Judge Cao not long ago.
"Thank you, master, thank you, master!" The two were very happy. They hadn't seen their family for several years.
"Master, if those people come, where should we arrange them?" Xuanyunqing frowned. Many people's families are not in the capital, and accommodation will be a problem when they are brought here.
"Don't worry about that. All the family members working in the cake shop will be arranged to live in houses near Chuangjing Road." It is a house with five courtyards, which is enough for eight family members to live in even if one of them works for you.
Those who work in the barbecue shop are arranged to live in Minghe Road, which is also a house with five courtyards; the family members who work in the silk shop live in Qianshui Street, which is also a house with five courtyards; the house with nine courtyards on Ruitu Road is for people working in the restaurant, as it is closer to those restaurants; the house with eleven courtyards in Baihua Lane can only be used by people working in the dyeing workshop. For reasons of confidentiality, outsiders are not allowed to move in, not even family members; the cloth shop and the shops are all occupied by buyers, and they all live in the backyard of the shop.
"Master, all the registration has been completed." When Yang Biao was still thinking about how to arrange accommodation for these Guan Ge guards, Chi Liang came over with the registration list.
"Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll go get the pass." He mounted his horse and rushed to the government office, fearing that he would be late and would have to trouble Judge Cao again.