Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

After handling the funeral for Old Man Shen, Chu Chen made another villain.

King Wei.

The culprit who caused Old Man Shen's death was King Wei. He was temporarily unable to avenge Old Man Shen, but it was okay to make a villain and curse him day and night.

It was also a reminder for himself not to forget this grudge.

Chu Chen had an advantage, he was broad-minded and never held grudges.

In order to remind himself not to forget his enemies, he made a villain and wrote the names of his enemies.

It made sense, right?

Up to now, Chu Chen had made four villains, each of which cursed a hundred times, and it took a lot of time to complete the curse each time.

So, Chu Chen abandoned the villain of Emperor Jingzheng and wrote the names of Emperor Jingzheng and the Queen together.

These two people were originally husband and wife, and they had no direct hatred with Chu Chen. Cursing the two was just to relieve the depression in his heart. Writing them together would not be a problem.

There was another thing, Chu Chen moved into Yulou Pharmacy.

There were two reasons.

First, it was to mourn for Old Man Shen.

Secondly, it is to make rational use of resources. Chu Chen plans to reopen the pawnshop based on the Yulou Pharmacy. He will eat and live in one place, so he won't have to run back and forth for cultivation in the future.

Moreover, the secret room is under the pawnshop.

Once something happens in the imperial capital, Chu Chen can hide directly in the secret room under the pawnshop, which is more convenient.

The original pawnshop was closed by Chu Chen, who planned to rent it out to increase his income.

According to the current market conditions in the imperial capital, if this house is rented out, it can earn an extra 20 taels of silver per month.

However, the process of renting the house was not smooth. The people in the pawnshop posted the rental information for two months, but no one came to ask the price.

Chu Chen had expected this.

Nowadays, the world is in chaos and the price of grain is soaring. Ordinary people are lucky to be alive. They don't have any extra money, let alone renting a house and doing business.

Rich businessmen and dignitaries also look down on a small pawnshop.

Therefore, this house has been shelved.

Chu Chen was not in a hurry. It would be best if this house could be rented out. If not, he would make other plans.

Two months later, after Chu Chen's unremitting efforts, he mastered the Suifeng Body Skill and Dianxing Sword Skill.

At this time, Chu Chen was truly capable of fighting in the Leather Refining Realm. Although he was below average among the Leather Refining Realm warriors because he had no actual combat experience, he was much stronger than ordinary people.

It was no problem to knock down four or five ordinary people holding big knives.

After thinking for a while, Chu Chen finally did not choose to celebrate at Manchun Courtyard.

As the situation outside became more and more turbulent, it was better to save money if possible. Some unnecessary expenses should be temporarily eliminated.

Miss of Manchun Courtyard, when I have money, I will come to you to talk about life.

...

On the night of the breakthrough, Chu Chen did not go out to celebrate, but Li Xiaoer came to him with wine.

"Brother Chen, why do you think the boss chose Zhao Yong, that dog thing, as the shopkeeper of the new store?"

Li Xiaoer blushed, his eyes full of unwillingness.

The new store of Zuixianlou opened today, but the shopkeeper of the new store is not Li Xiaoer, but another waiter in Zuixianlou.

This is a blow to Li Xiaoer.

A few days ago, everyone was congratulating him, as if the position of the shopkeeper of the new store must belong to him.

But after the candidate for the shopkeeper of the new store was announced, he instantly became a joke among everyone.

Lost face!

"Zhao Yong, that bastard, likes to be sneaky and cunning. He can't even do a little thing on weekdays. What qualifications does he have to be the shopkeeper of the new store?"

Li Xiaoer was very aggrieved and very unconvinced.

"A month ago, Zhao Yong's sister married the second son of Zhenbei Mansion as a concubine."

Chu Chen took a sip of Zuixian wine and said only one sentence.

Zhenbei Mansion is the boss behind Zuixianlou. With the support of Zhenbei Mansion, Zuixianlou can stand firm in the imperial capital and grow bigger and bigger.

The second son of the Duke of Zhenbei wanted to designate someone as the shopkeeper of the new Zuixianlou store, and it was just a matter of a word.

"I..."

Li Xiaoer was like a defeated rooster, and he was dejected all of a sudden.

He drank one cup after another.

In the past two years, he got up early and went to bed late every day, busying around for Zuixianlou, just to become the shopkeeper of the new Zuixianlou store. In the end, just a word from the second son of the Duke of Zhenbei made all his efforts go to waste.

"It's okay, this is just an ups and downs in your life, don't worry too much.

You will understand in the future that life is like this, ups and downs."

Chu Chen patted Li Xiaoer on the shoulder and comforted him.

Remember the last life.

It took him thirty years to understand this truth. Now that he told Li Xiaoer this truth in advance, it should make Li Xiaoer feel better.

Li Xiaoer: "???"

"Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. What are your plans for the future?"

Chu Chen put down the wine glass and said seriously.

"I have lost all my face in Zuixianlou. It would be a joke to stay there. I can only leave Zuixianlou and find a new place to start over."

Li Xiaoer laughed bitterly and drank another glass of wine.

"Start over, or start as a waiter?"

Chu Chen raised his eyebrows.

"Besides being a waiter, what else can I do?"

Li Xiaoer looked bitter.

"Don't you want to open a store and be the shopkeeper yourself?"

Chu Chen asked.

"I don't have money, I don't have a store, it doesn't matter, how can I..."

Li Xiaoer said, and suddenly realized: "Brother Chen, do you want to open a new store? Or a pawnshop?"

"Not a pawnshop, but selling offal soup."

As Chu Chen said, he handed Li Xiaoer a piece of paper with ingredients written on it.

"Pig offal, cow offal, sheep offal?"

Li Xiaoer glanced at the paper and asked doubtfully: "Can this business succeed?"

"Offal is cheap, and it's not worth much to buy in large quantities. As long as it is paired with my exclusive secret recipe and stewed together, it can make people's appetites whet. This business has great potential."

Chu Chen was very confident. He said offal soup, but in fact it was the spicy hot pot in his previous life.

It's not that he hadn't thought about doing other businesses that make money quickly, such as making salt, making ice, opening a casino, etc.

But in his current situation, if he dared to interfere in these businesses, he might be stabbed eight times the next day and commit suicide.

There is no such worry in the offal soup business, it will not affect the interests of others, it does not require too much start-up capital, and as long as there is an exclusive recipe, there is no worry about sales.

In his previous life, Chu Chen had seen many spicy hot pot recipes on a certain audio platform. Just picking one out at random would be a dimensionality reduction attack in this era.

"Are you willing to be the shopkeeper of this miscellaneous soup shop?"

Chu Chen looked at Li Xiaoer.

Opening a miscellaneous soup shop was not a sudden idea of ​​Chu Chen, but a well-thought-out decision.

Practicing the Soul-stealing Body-building Sutra requires a large amount of medicinal materials. The income from the pawnshop alone is a bit stretched, and he must increase his income, so he thought of doing a miscellaneous soup business.

The room where the pawnshop was originally located could not be rented out, so it happened to be a storefront for a miscellaneous soup shop.

As for inviting Li Xiaoer to be the shopkeeper of the miscellaneous soup shop, it was just a coincidence.

Without Li Xiaoer, there would be Wang Xiaoer and Song Xiaoer.

After spending so much time with Li Xiaoer, he had a certain understanding of him. He was a down-to-earth and capable person, so he simply invited Li Xiaoer to be the shopkeeper of the miscellaneous soup shop.