Seeing that Xiang Nan was willing to accept Sai Diaochan and Xiaocui, the Lou magistrate was also very pleased.

In fact, he didn't want to betray the two of them, nor did he want to push them into a pit of fire.

After all, Diao Chan and Xiao Cui are good-looking and are most likely to be bought by a brothel at a high price. And once a woman enters a brothel, her life will be worse than death.

"Good nephew, I'm really happy that you can be lenient and accept them both." Lou Zhixian stroked his beard and then told Diaochan and Xiaocui, "You two must behave according to the rules in the future.

, don’t make any more mistakes. Otherwise, I will never forgive you.”

"Yes." Both Sai Diaochan and Xiao Cui nodded.

Subsequently, the two signed a contract of sale and officially became Xiang Nan's domestic slaves.

Xiang Nan also said goodbye to Lou Magistrate County and returned home with Sai Diaochan and Xiaocui.

When Yang Huilan saw the two of them, she couldn't help but be a little curious, "Isn't this the shopkeeper Sai from Yihong Building? What's wrong?"

Xiang Nan told the whole story of the future.

After hearing this, Yang Huilan found it strange and unbelievable.

The dignified owner of Yihong Mansion actually only took half a day to transform himself from the boss into a slave. What a wonderful encounter in life.

"You are really bad. You actually dare to falsely accuse my husband. See if I don't teach you a lesson." She immediately raised her eyebrows and picked up the feather duster to hit him.

"Madam, please forgive me, madam, please forgive me." When Xiao Cui saw Diao Chan, she quickly begged for mercy.

They knew that Yang Huilan was good at martial arts. If they were beaten by her, they would not survive.

"Hey, don't fight, don't fight. They have already suffered retribution." Seeing this, Xiang Nan quickly stopped, "Besides, if we break them, we still have to keep them. Aren't we even more at a loss?"

Yang Huilan listened and just nodded, "Okay, if you don't want to be beaten, I won't beat them. I will torture them again in the future."

Hearing what she said, both Sai Diaochan and Xiao Cui shivered.

Xiang Nan didn't stop him this time.

Although he wanted to use Diao Chan, he also wanted to temper her temperament first, at least let her adapt to his identity.

Otherwise, if I immediately arrange for her to be the shopkeeper and receive preferential treatment, she will not only not be grateful, but will also be prone to resentment.

…

Xiang Nan then returned to Tongfu Inn.

When they heard that Sai Diaochan's master and servant had been sold to Xiang Nan by the government as slaves in exchange for a fine of 2,500 taels of silver, everyone in Tongfu Inn also sighed.

"Shopkeeper Sai is really unlucky. He has such an unreliable manager and he is bankrupt."

"She is rewarded for her evil deeds. If she hadn't gone to Fucheng to falsely accuse Magistrate Lou and Big Mouth, the manager wouldn't have been left unchecked and yelled randomly."

"You have to be kind in the future. If Shopkeeper Sai had done business in a down-to-earth manner and not engaged in vicious competition, he wouldn't be where he is today." Everyone said with emotion.

Without the vicious competition of Yihong Tower, Tongfu Inn would be overwhelmed with guests at night.

There was a long queue of people at the door, and the inn was packed with seats.

Lao Bai, Xiao Guo, and Xiucai were so busy that they greeted guests, took orders, served dishes, collected bills, and even the shopkeeper cleaned up the tables and chairs.

The busiest person is Xiang Nan. He has to cook hundreds of dishes by himself. His hands and feet are really busy and he wishes he could grow three heads and six arms.

Because of this, after traveling abroad, everyone was exhausted and physically and mentally exhausted.

"Shopkeeper, I have to say that our restaurant must hire more people." Xiang Nan said, "With so many guests, I, as a chef, am really busy. It only takes me one minute to cook a dish. Three

Hundreds of dishes take five hours."

"Yes, Da Zui has to choose vegetables, wash vegetables, cut vegetables, and cook vegetables. It's really too busy for one person." Xiao Guo nodded, "Based on our attendance rate, at least two people have to be hired.

One cook and five helpers."

"We have to hire a few more waiters and busboys," Lao Bai said. "Otherwise there will be too many guests, and Xiao Guo and I will really not be able to greet them."

"It's best to have another accountant. I'm a little busy on my own." Lu Xiucai also said.

Tong Xiangyu thumped his waist, looked at the account book, and nodded, "We can recruit everyone."

Tonight, their net profit was as much as fourteen taels. If you include the morning and afternoon markets, it would have been as much as twenty or thirty taels. With such a huge profit, they should hire more assistants.

…

The next day, Tongfu Inn posted a recruitment notice, and soon applicants came to the door.

When everyone saw it, they were all not outsiders. They were all chefs, assistant cooks, artists and accountants from Yihong Building opposite.

It turns out that Yihong Building was robbed yesterday, and they couldn't stop it, so they could only run away on their own. Today they dared to come back to pick up their luggage, but they saw that all their luggage and belongings had been taken away.

For a moment, I didn't know where to go.

Because none of them, the chefs, entertainers, and accountants are locals, they were all hired by Sai Diaochan from other places. Now that their luggage and belongings have been robbed, they don’t even have travel expenses to go home.

Just now I saw that Tongfu Inn was recruiting, and they all came in a swarm.

When Tong Xiangyu saw this, he immediately accepted them all.

On the one hand, she is kind-hearted and does not want to see others suffer. If these chefs, artists, and bookkeepers did not take her in, they would have to go home begging for food or die on the road.

On the one hand, these are also rare talents. The four chefs are all master chefs of Yangzhou Zixianlou, two of them are Red Gum and White Gum, and their cooking skills are first-class.

Four Nan Opera artists can sing the complete version of "The Romance of the West Chamber", "Moon Worship Pavilion", "The White Rabbit" and other small plays; and the accountant is also proficient in abacus and knows the multiplication table by heart.

These talents are all carefully selected by Sai Diaochan from all over. It is difficult to recruit them in Qixia Town. Now they are all at their own advantage.

It's a pity that those maids were all snatched away yesterday, otherwise it would be good to stay and serve the food.

Fortunately, waiters and busboys are not considered technical jobs and are relatively easy to recruit, so we quickly recruited three more waiters and three busboys.

As a result, the number of employees in Tongfu Inn reached twenty-three.

In terms of monthly payment: three taels for the cook, one tael for the accountant, eight taels for the artist, five taels for the cook, four taels for the waiter, and four taels for the handyman.

Xiang Nan took the initiative to reduce his salary to thirty-two taels, while the salaries of other old employees remained unchanged. In this way, the monthly salary was thirty-two taels of silver. It was about the same as one day's income of Tongfu Inn, so it was worth it.

After recruiting troops and horses, Tongfu Inn truly gained the momentum of a grand restaurant. It was considered the largest restaurant within a hundred miles.

The so-called name of a person and the shadow of a tree have naturally attracted the favor of more and more people, making Tongfu Inn more and more prosperous.

…

However, although Tongfu Inn has many employees, the core members are still Tong Xiangyu, Bai Zhantang, Guo Furong, Lu Qinghou, Xiang Nan and Mo Xiaobei.
Chapter completed!