The village chief was slightly moved: "It's not bad, but the villagers have no money, so you need to help."

     Zhang Fangyuan offered a toast to the village chief: "If I can help, I will help, we are from the same village after all. As long as you don't embarrass each other, we can talk about it, but I still have a problem."

     "Tell me."

    Zhang Fangyuan said: "I heard that the village chief is close to the village chief of Tangjia Village. Please go and have a talk with the old man so that their village can start to work with us. There are many fruit trees in Tangjia village, and there are red bayberry and watermelon, it can't be better."

    The village chief raised his eyes when he heard the words: "Hey, we haven't taken care of the affairs of our own village, so we don't need to care what other villages do. Let's take care of our own village first!"

    "That's not the case, the village chief thinks about it, if there are more people eating, drinking and being merry in the area around us, won't there be more people come to  our place on account of its reputation? The more tourists there are, the more profitable it is. If only one village does it casually, how much money can it earn. "

[吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè: to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure]

[慕名而来 mù míng ér lái: to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location]

   The village chief sipped his drink, he only answered after one gulp: "Well, I'll go back and think about it first, because it's a big matter that concerns the whole village after all."

     Zhang Fangyuan didn't urge people to agree now: "Okay, I will be waiting for the village chief to reply. Come, eat more the dishes."

    "Okay."

    The village chief stayed in Zhang Fangyuan's house for a long time before returning. The moon was already high, today after Zhang Shiyue came back, she held Ruijin and Xiao'e held Ruilin for a walk in the yard to amuse the children and exhaust the energy of the two cubs, so that they could sleep well at night.

     "Leaving?"

    Xu He went to take a bath while he was empty-handed. There was a night breeze in the yard, so he came out to wipe his hair and looked at Zhang Fangyuan came back from the gate.

    Zhang Fangyuan shook his head: "After a few drinks, the village chief became happy and very talkative, entertaining in conversation is really troublesome. I still had to help him walk and a few more steps and sent the man to his door. I watched him enter the yard before returning."

     Xu He laughed, "Is it success or not?"

    "Let's wait and see, it won't happen overnight." Zhang Fangyuan took the handkerchief from Xu He's pocket with ease, and helped him to dry his hair.

    "That's all for now. Tomorrow, I have to go to the city to deliver Boss Song's goods. He has good satin from Suzhou. I asked him to keep some for me, and bring them back tomorrow."

"Boss Song, the goods are all ready for this time, please take a closer look."

    "I can rest assured if boss Zhang is the one who handle it, if there are new products in the future, let me know as soon as possible, and I will come to pick up the goods at that time."

    Zhang Fangyuan smiled and said: "Okay."

    Song Yong beckoned, and the man brought down several large bundles of cloth from the carriage: "These are all new items in Suzhou, Boss Zhang chooses and sees."

    "I don't know much about cloth materials, and I don't even know the latest decorative design and embroidery patterns, so I should bring them back to home o choose." Zhang Fangyuan opened the bundle and fiddled the cloth inside with his fingers. Compared to ordinary cloth, silk was slippery and smooth. He only cared about the quality, as for the color of the cloth, he didn't think much about it. Since it was the new items from Suzhou, it shouldn't be bad.

    The family hadn't made much clothes in the past two years, and the whole family was frugal, but Zhang Fangyuan thought that since life was better than before, he must keep up with food, clothing, housing and transportation. It's not for showing off, but you earned money to make yourself more comfortable.

    "Dafu, Dunzi, you two take the cloths to the warehouse."

    Originally, Zhang Fangyuan had only hired one clerk named Dafu. Their shop was not big, in fact, one clerk was more than enough to keep the shop, but he still had to go  to order tooth powder, supply the goods to the store, and other things. The clerk couldn't leave the shop, so Zhang Fangyuan thought for a while and hired another clerk, who was mainly responsible for loading and delivering the goods, so the manpower in the shop was quite enough.

    His job also became much lighter, and hardly had to come to the shop. Of course, once in a while there was a big order or someone came to discuss about business, Zhang Fangyuan would come to the city to deal with it in person, and the clerk would come to the village to deliver the news.

    Song Yong didn't leave in a hurry after picking up the goods, but asked his employees to deliver the goods to the place where he stayed. After leaving Siyang this time, he didn't know when he would come back again. Even if it was soon, it would be this autumn when he delivered the cloths. The two of them could be regarded as business friends who came to talk, so they went to the tea shop to have a drink together.

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