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Jiang Yanyi set up the noodle workshop, and hired a mason to clean up the noodle workshop the next day. The layout of the kitchen had to be remodeled, with a few new stoves, more than a dozen steamers, and a row of earth kiln ovens. .

The master chefs in the noodle shop didn't know what the new owner was going to do with such a big fight. They were veterans of noodles and had been in the business for decades, but they had never seen a noodle shop set up like this.

But he still doesn't understand the nature of Xindong's family, so he doesn't have the guts to say anything.

If Jiang Yan wanted to use the original people from the noodle shop, he naturally had to beat him up first.

It was the morning, and there were no customers at Antique Soup. In order to look more imposing, she brought Yang Xiu, Bing and Shao over.

The noodle shop is in the west of the city. Because the location is not very good, the yard is quite large.

The snow stopped today, and the north wind blew, making it drier and colder.

Jiang Yanyi sat on the big chair under the eaves, looking at the sales contract of the noodle shop guy, Yang Xiubingshao stood behind her on one left and one on the right.

Dry firewood crackled and burned in the brazier next to the chair, and the red-orange flames licked the chill in the air.

Jiang Yanyi is wearing a white water skirt with plum blossoms in a smoke cage, and a satin and pinched double-breasted jacket, which is plain and elegant. When she is not smiling, her eyes are like lakes covered with frost and snow. They are so clear and cold that people dare not look straight at.

The guys in the noodle shop stood in the yard against the cold wind, with their hands tucked into their sleeves from the cold, and they glanced at the hostess from time to time. Those who stood in the front dared not make mistakes, but those who stood in the back row whispered among themselves.

Jiang Yanyi flipped through the sales deed for a long time before looking up at the noodle shop guys in the yard, and said loudly, "My surname is Jiang, and I am the shopkeeper of Jiangji Antique Soup, and now I am also the new owner of the noodle shop. Master."

The noodle shop guys all silenced, waiting for Jiang Yanyi to continue.

The two guys standing in the back row saw that Jiang Yanyi was from a daughter's family, and that she was a girl in a bun, so they couldn't help but look down a little. They glanced at Jiang Yanyi, turned their heads and said something stupid with a playful smile.

Jiang Yanyi frowned.

Yang Xiu got her signal, and said heavily: "The last two, come out!"

He is eight feet tall and has a gangster look, and his roar is still very intimidating. The two guys looked at each other, put away their hippie smiles, and walked out of the queue slowly.

Jiang Yanyi could tell from the expressions of the rest of the guys that these two should have always been old fritters.

Two guys stood in front and saluted her perfunctorily: "Master."

However, her frivolous eyes kept looking at Jiang Yanyi. In the bitter cold of Xizhou, it is rare to see such a beauty.

Jiang Yanyi didn't even look at the two of them, but said: "Your former boss may be a good talker, and you have never been in control of etiquette, but I am a person who can't rub the sand in my eyes. Give me this gift again." Let's do it again."

The two of them didn't expect that the new owner seemed to be just a daughter's family who hadn't left the court, but this unmoving posture was obviously someone who had seen strong winds and waves.

The momentum couldn't help but weaken a bit, and he bowed in a proper manner: "I have seen my boss."

Jiang Yanyi picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, and said slowly, "This ceremony is still not proper."

The two guys looked angry, but when they looked up, they saw Yang Xiubing and Shaohu staring at them. How could the noodle making guys in the noodle shop compare with these people who had been on the battlefield and beheaded, and they were instantly killed. That look was startled back, and he saluted respectfully again: "I've seen my boss."

Jiang Yanyi glanced at them and asked, "What are your surnames, and what did you do?"

The man with the sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks spoke first: "The villain's name is Ma You, and he was originally in charge of the general's face."

The so-called posting is to take the fermented beard noodles out of the fermentation tank and put them on the high rack to dry. This step can be done by anyone, and there is no technical content at all.

Jiang Yanyi found out his contract of sale and looked at it: "Did you buy it from outside?"

The monkey cheek guy nodded.

Jiang Yanyi asked him again: "How many years have you worked in the noodle shop?"

"Three years."

After working for three years, I'm still just a top-swinger, which shows that I just spend my days leisurely in troubled waters.

Jiang Yanyi got a general idea and asked him to step back first.Her unfathomable attitude made all the staff in the noodle shop hang their hearts.

When the other guy answered, his attitude was obviously a lot more respectful. He was similar to the guy with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He was bought from Ren Yazi by the former owner.

Both thorns were extinguished by Jiang Yanyi, and then Jiang Yanyi basically called out a person, asked any questions, and the other party answered respectfully.

Jiang Yanyi, a few master craftsmen in charge of wire rod and coiling, asked a lot of questions, and they had a general understanding of their own craftsmanship and basic family conditions.

Asking about the noodle-making process is to find out how much they have, and whether they can take on the big responsibility at that time, and knowing the family situation is to consider the availability and stability of this person.

There used to be more than forty people in the noodle shop. After the closure, all the short-term and long-term workers found other jobs. Those who had spare money also redeemed their contracts of prostitution and did not want to stay any longer.

Among the dozen or so people left now, one group couldn't leave without the money to redeem their deeds of sale, and the other group was brought up by the old owner of the noodle shop.

One of the master chefs, surnamed Hong, is an old man in the noodle shop. Only then did he refuse to leave. It is said that he even cried a lot when he heard that Shaodong’s family had sold the noodle shop.

Jiang Yanyi basically finished understanding the situation of the noodle shop guys, leaving those lazy and slippery guys behind and said, "I'm just getting into the noodle shop business, and I don't know how long this noodle shop business can last. If you have a craft, you might as well make a living elsewhere.”

They have noticed the downturn in the noodle shop these days, if they hadn't had the money to redeem themselves, they would have left long ago.

None of them had the intention to stay here and continue to do things. Now that Jiang Yanyi said so, they had just been beaten by Jiang Yanyi, so they really didn't have the intention to stay in the noodle shop to do things.

Jiang Yanyi asked Bing Shao to find Ren Yazi.

When Ren Yazi came to collect people, he saw that it was the guy from this noodle shop, he had a weird look on his face, and when he gave money, he was only willing to give the price of one qian per person.

Buying a servant for a hundred coins is a dream!

Jiang Yanyi almost laughed angrily. Ren Yazi had lowered the price by more than ten times. She reasoned with Ren Yazi that Ren Yazi seemed to have something hard to say, so she just said: "If the servants of this noodle shop want to sell it, they just have to sell it. If you can ask such a price, it will be the same in any dental shop you ask, and the shopkeeper Jiang will sell it if he wants to sell it."

Jiang Yanyi remembered that when she said she wanted to buy noodle shop guys, the noodle shop owner directly discounted half of the price on the premise that she would buy all the noodle shop buddies. Suppressing this noodle shop, Jiang Yan felt something unusual.

But these people staying in the noodle shop will definitely be uneasy. Jiang Yanyi doesn't want them to stab him when the time comes, and the right is to lose money to buy peace of mind. A few guys took it away.

She turned back to the yard, bought a few guys as soon as she took over the noodle shop, and the rest of them were obviously a little panicked.

Jiang Yanyi asked Yang Xiu to take out the instant noodles he brought from the store, and gave each of them three pieces of noodles and a small jar of seasoning sauce.Instant noodles are very popular in Xizhou now, and the noodle shop guys naturally recognize them.

Jiang Yanyi said: "This is a little meeting gift for everyone. From now on, our noodle shop will start making such noodle cakes."

The people below got benefits, and they couldn't help but feel happy. When Jiang Yanyi said that he wanted to make such a noodle cake, they talked about it again.

Jiang Yanyi waited for them to commotion for a while before continuing: "Your monthly money, I don't necessarily die. On the basis of the original monthly money, if you make more than the prescribed amount of bread every month, the extra For some, it will be increased at five yuan for one penny."

This can be regarded as a salary model of guaranteed basic salary plus piece-based salary. It is to motivate the noodle shop guys, and the more they do, the more monthly money they will get, so that a group of people will not fish in troubled waters.

When Jiang Yanyi was in Xizhou Daying, he learned that the monthly salary of the Huotou Army was only a little over [-] Wen, and the monthly salary of an ordinary noodle shop was only about [-] Wen.

In this day and age, a bowl of ordinary plain noodles sells for four Wen a bowl, and Jiang Yanyi's noodle cakes sell for two Wen a piece.

After all, it is made of practical flour, and a lot of manpower and material resources are spent, so it is impossible to achieve the low price of industrial production like later generations.

But because it is half cheaper than ordinary plain noodles, it is easy to carry, and the taste is slightly better than ordinary plain noodles, so the market demand is still huge.

After listening to Jiang Yanyi's words, the guys in the noodle shop, those who are poor in abacus calculations, are at a loss to understand, but good in abacus calculations, when they sum up in their hearts, they immediately show joy. Making noodle cakes for 50 yuan earned an extra [-] yuan a day, and [-] yuan a month, which was more than half of the monthly salary.The guys in the noodle shop whispered to each other, and after understanding the algorithm, they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This effect is what Jiang Yanyi is willing to see, she said: "Everyone work hard, and when the noodle shop's business improves, I will increase everyone's monthly money as appropriate."

Hearing this, the previous "downturn" was gone, and the guys were all gearing up, and someone shouted: "My boss treats us well, and we won't let my boss down."

As soon as the words were finished, someone asked again: "Boss, when will we start making such noodle pancakes?"

Jiang Yanyi said: "When the newly built stove is dry, the noodle shop will start working."

Today, it was time to beat and beat, and it was time to mobilize. After the noodle shop guys dispersed, Jiang Yanyi chatted with Master Hong from the noodle shop alone.

She originally thought that with the level of loyalty of the master's old owner of Opposite Square, he should have no good looks towards her, but when Master Hong entered the room, he knelt down and gave Jiang Yanyi a big gift: "The old slave thanked the new Master."

Jiang Yanyi was taken aback, and quickly stepped forward to help Master Hong up: "What are you doing?"

Master Hong burst into tears: "Tianji Noodle Shop is the master's lifelong painstaking effort. If you hadn't bought the noodle shop, the owner, I am afraid that the young master will have nowhere to go, so he can only transfer the noodle shop to the gambling shop. Isn't this the same as being interviewed by Xu Ji?" Fang was annexed?"

Xuji Noodle Shop is the largest noodle shop in Xizhou, so Jiang Yanyi has heard of it.

She listened to Master Hong talking about the grievances between his noodle shop and Xu Ji.

In the early years, Tian Ji Noodle Shop was the most famous noodle shop in Xizhou. Later, as soon as Xu Ji opened, he poached several old masters and most of Tian Ji's staff, and Tian Ji has been going downhill ever since.

The old owner of the noodle shop was afraid that the people in his noodle shop would be poached again, so he kept using the guys with prostitution contracts, but Tian Ji was still in the dark.After the old club passed away, Xu Ji once wanted to swallow Tian Ji, but after all, the skinny camel was bigger than a horse. Xu Ji would not be able to destroy Tian Ji for a while, but Tian Ji's young boss was a bad gambler, so Xu Ji teamed up with the gambling house Yes, Tianji Noodle Shop was once forced to a desperate situation.

Tianji Shaodong’s family wants to sell the house and sell servants, but it’s a pity that Yaxing has a close relationship with Xu Ji, and they only want to buy it at a price ten times lower. Naturally, Tianji Shaodong’s family doesn’t want to. , which found a way out.

In Master Hong's opinion, even if the noodle shop falls into the hands of others, it is better than being annexed by Xu Ji noodle shop.

After hearing this entanglement, Jiang Yanyi was also a little bit embarrassed.

When she went back, she said to Bing Shao: "I don't have many people I can use now. When the noodle shop starts working, you will come here to be the manager for a while and help me look after it."

Jiang Yan couldn't trust the hiring of a steward.

Although the manufacturing process of instant noodles cannot be concealed sooner or later, it can still be concealed for a while in the early stage. Bing Shao is down-to-earth and good at martial arts.

Yang Xiu is smarter and can help her with more things in the shop.

Bing Shao has always been facial paralyzed, and he was bored for a while when he got Jiang Yanyi's words, before he asked, "Boss, can I still come to the store for three meals a day?"

Jiang Yanyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "It's certainly possible."

When Bing Shao heard this, he said cheerfully, "Then I'll be in charge over there."

Yang Xiu gave his brother a supercilious look, and Bing Shao deliberately took a step down and stepped on Yang Xiu's shoe.

Jiang Yanyi walked ahead, not knowing anything about the secret fight between the two.

When she passed by the horse butcher's shop, the horse butcher immediately yelled: "Master Jiang, there are fresh duck necks in the shop, do you want it?"

Jiang Yanyi didn't expect that she only bought it once, and the horse butcher prepared the duck neck here, and she said, "Let's weigh it."

It just so happened that no one in the duck neck shop had enjoyed it last time.

The horse butcher likes to do business with such straightforward customers, so he quickly weighed the duck neck, "33 Wen, I'll give you the change, and I'll give you [-] Wen."

Jiang Yanyi gave the money, butcher Ma said: "If you still want to buy something, let me know and I will keep it for you."

Jiang Yan thought for a while and said, "Chicken feet."

Chickens and ducks in this era seem to be sold whole, and it is not convenient for her to buy chicken feet alone at the butcher shop.

But pickled pepper chicken feet and tiger skin chicken feet are really delicious!

The butcher horse only felt that the meat shopkeeper Jiang liked to buy were all weird. Duck necks and chicken feet were all parts with little meat. He couldn't figure out how anyone would like this.

He agreed very hesitantly: "If someone doesn't want chicken feet, I'll chop them off and leave them to you."

Jiang Yan thanked him, and then took Yang Xiu, Bing and Shao back to the store.

She was warming up by the firepit, and before the stool was warmed up, people from the government came to find her.

"Shopkeeper Jiang, please come with us." The leading official said with a straight face.

Jiang Yanyi was confused: "I don't know why you want to take me to the Yamen?"

The official said: "The son of the owner of Xingshun Gambling Shop died. The owner of Xingshun Gambling Shop believed that he was the one who owed money to Mr. Tian Ji and refused to repay the murder. We found a large amount of banknotes on Mr. Tian Ji's possession. Mr. Tian Ji said The money is the money offered to you by the noodle shop, please trouble shopkeeper Jiang to go to the court to prove it."

Jiang Yanyi didn't expect that his noodle shop would be involved in a life lawsuit. It was almost noon in the shop, and the business was going well, so Jiang Yanyi asked Bing Shao to stay and help, and only took Yang Xiu to the yamen.

When she arrived at the Yamen, as a witness, she waited outside the court for a while.

Tianji Shaodong's family and the owner of the gambling shop both knelt in the courtroom. Tianji Shaodong's family was beaten up, his face was bruised and purple, and the gambling shop owner knelt beside him crying.

The people onlookers talked enthusiastically, and Jiang Yanyi heard what happened from their few words. Someone found the body of the gambling shop owner's son in the fireworks alley this morning. It happened that Tian Ji Shaodong's family had money last night. , went to prostitutes again, and fought with the son of the gambling shop owner for a flower girl. As a result, there were too many people in the gambling shop, and he was beaten into a pig's head.

The adult sitting in the courtroom, Jiang Yanyi, didn't recognize him, but he looked dignified and looked like a soldier.

After the people below reported that the witness had arrived, he glanced outside, "Xuan."

Only then did Jiang Yanyi go to court.

Song Lushi asked Jiang Yanyi: "Is the owner of Jiangji Antique Soup under the hall?"

Jiang Yan said neither humble nor overbearing: "It's the girl of the people."

Also working under Feng Shuo, Song Lushi knew that Jiang Yanyi was Chu Changping's niece, and now she was adopted under Chu Changping's name, so he didn't feel embarrassed. He just asked, "When did you meet Tian Sheng yesterday?"

"Minnv went to Tianji Noodle Shop yesterday at a quarter of a hour. After negotiating the price, she came with the government government's land transfer document. It was already noon when she returned." Jiang Yanyi replied.

Tian Ji Shaodong's family hurriedly kowtowed: "My lord, the villain was really wronged. The money was obtained by the villain from reselling the noodle shop's servants, and it definitely didn't come from Zhao Lao."

Song Lushi slapped the gavel and asked, "Where did you go after you had a big fight with Zhao Lao last night?"

Tian Ji Shaodong said with a scar on his face: "The villain got drunk."

Song Lushi then asked, "Who can testify?"

Tian Ji Shaodong's family was like a mourner: "I bought a jug of wine and drank it all the way. I don't know when I passed out under the eaves of others."

The owner of the gambling shop said with red eyes: "Why are you still sophistrying, you must be so angry that you turned around and killed my son while I was on the order!"

Tian Ji's young master's family couldn't argue: "I didn't!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Song Lushi slapped the gavel and told the official to separate them. He was about to speak, but an official rushed over and whispered something to him.

Song Lushi's complexion changed, and he drank heavily: "Leave the courtroom and try again the next day."

Tian Ji Shaodong's house was temporarily detained.

Jiang Yanyi felt that his visit to the court was just a formality.

When she was leaving, she saw an unexpected scene - the owner of the casino got into the carriage of the owner of Laifu Restaurant.

Reminiscent of the Xuji Noodle Shop mentioned by Master Hong, the owner of Laifu Restaurant happened to be named Xu, and Jiang Yanyi later realized that Xu Ji Noodle Shop might also be the property of Laifu Restaurant.

Xu Ji wanted to annex Tian Ji, so he recruited the gambling house as a helper. Now the son of the gambling shop owner is dead, and Tian Ji's young master, who had a grudge against him, has become the biggest suspect.

But what did the official tell Song Lushi in the court?He hastily decided not to interrogate today?

*

Lu Linyuan was on duty in the government office today, but he was absent-minded.He woke up early in the morning and found that Jiang Yanxi was not at home, and he couldn't find anyone everywhere. He was very anxious, but there was another murder case in Xizhou City, and he really couldn't leave.

When he was upset, he accidentally heard a colleague who was watching the autopsy say that when the murder weapon was a butterfly flower hairpin, his face changed drastically, and he couldn't sit still.