Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 226

After Manager Zhou finished the work in his hand, he went to ask Gu Yin about the expansion of the restaurant.

Previously, the store next door said that it would not rent after the expiration of the late spring, but after the spring, the court changed, and the family did not withdraw the rent first, waiting to see the form of the new dynasty. Later, the decree of the new dynasty was promulgated, and the tax became an acceptable level for everyone, so the business was started again.

They couldn’t directly buy the store next door. If they wanted to expand the scale, one was to relocate, and the other was to choose a larger place to open a branch.

The decree of the new dynasty encouraged business, and Manager Zhou also heard that the imperial court had confiscated a large number of properties that were previously under the control of corrupt officials. Many of those properties had no longer found their old owners and were being sold or rented at very fair prices, which was a great opportunity.

In the past, Gu Yin was more active about expansion than anyone else. But when Manager Zhou was talking to her that day, she was a little distracted and her eyes fell on the door. He didn’t get angry, he just said, “Boss is still… Let’s not wait for that one.”

“Who said I was waiting for him?” Gu Yin retracted her thoughts and smiled, “I’m actually still thinking about what you said. After all, location selection is a big deal. Both the prefecture and the capital are good choices, but we know very little about both places.”

Manager Zhou couldn’t help but think that he didn’t say who the person was, but his boss answered directly. 

But he was also afraid that it would be annoying to say too much, so he didn’t mention it again, but said, “I think the capital is better

After all, I am from the capital. I’m a bit ashamed to say that I have been away from my hometown for all these years, and at this age, I’m already a little concerned.”

Beijing? Gu Yin lowered her eyes.

In fact, she also felt that the capital was better. At the foot of the Emperor, the center of a country, no matter what dynasty or generation, she had never heard that the people of the capital would suffer when there was turmoil. In the past, she thought that Hanshan Town was very good, but she realized how passive the remote town was in that age when the news was not well-informed.

But if they went to the capital, wouldn’t she be in the same place with that person?

Gu Yin didn’t know what she was struggling with. In mid-June, she heard that the rebels had already won a big victory, and the teacher returned to the court. That person passed by Hanshan Town nearby. Maybe he had military affairs at the time, so it was inconvenient to go to see her. But more than half a month had passed. Even if he returned to Beijing to report his work, he could spare some time.

She didn’t want to have anything to do with him. She just felt that the relationship between the two was somewhat different, and it was necessary to report peace.

Was it because she was unilaterally self-indulgent, or just as Old Master Wen said, that person already had a family, so…

Coincidentally, they just mentioned the capital and the next day, Old Master Wen sent someone to pick up Gu Yin, and they were talking about going to the capital.

Although Old Master Wen was a minister of the old dynasty, that time he helped the rebels, which meant he accepted the other party’s olive branch invisibly.

And he had figured it out that he wanted to be a courtier and not a servant. No matter who the new Emperor was, he would never be worse than Emperor Longqing who was worse than the pigs and dogs. He was old, but there were two generations in his family, and it was a good opportunity to recover.

Old Master Wen was about to go to Beijing after August 15th and asked Gu Yin if she wanted to accompany him. But Gu Yin said, “It’s a coincidence that Manager Zhou also talked to me about going to the capital.”

Second Master Wen, who was standing beside her, laughed first.

The old man didn’t like to pay attention to him in the past, but since they came back, he felt that although he was crooked, he was not bad at all.

But in that area, Old Master Wen was also angry with him.

Second Master Wen was busy and often asked him about the old and new dynasties. Old Master Wen thought that he was suddenly enlightened after a major event. But when he asked carefully, he found out that his son was actually compiling a storybook to give it to the storyteller to tell the story and make money.

That way, he could earn a few hundred cents a day, only twenty or thirty taels of silver in a month, and 30% of it to Gu Yin, but because it was a business without capital, it made Second Master Wen very happy.

Twenty or thirty taels was not a big sum to Gu Yin, let alone to the Wen family, a small amount of money that was not worth mentioning.

Second Master Wen was already forty. If it was not for the men of the Wen family who all got married late, he should have been a grandfather.

Hearing him laugh, Old Master Wen angrily asked him why he was laughing.

Second Master Wen immediately stopped laughing, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop rising, “Why can’t I laugh? I just think that what dad said is right,” and said to Gu Yin, “Miss Gu, don’t hesitate, the capital is a good place! You are so good at craftsmanship, so how can you only stick to this small town? You should go to a place like the capital to shine!”

The words were good words, but when combined with the mouse-stealing smile of Second Master Wen, it seemed very wrong.

Gu Yin said helplessly, “Even if I really go to the capital, ‘Food of Heaven’ will not go out of business now.”

Hanshan Town was the first place that gave her warmth after she transmigrated. No matter where she did her business in the future, that would be her hometown.

And when resting at home and she had nothing to do, she and Manager Zhou took Chef Xu and his two young apprentices to practice basic skills. So the three of them could handle it alone, even after they leave. They could prop up the business of cheap fast food in the store.