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Li Xia sent Xia Zhi and the little black fish back to Xishi Street. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He didn't come in this time, only said that he would come to see them in two days, and then left. Summer Solstice returns to the backyard to go to the room. Aunt Xia and Pearl have returned.

Aunt Xia asked Xia Zhi first, and she was very happy to know that Xia Zhi had already told Xia Xiucai. "It just so happens that I also invite your second uncle's family to come to dinner today. ”

"Auntie, my second aunt didn't say anything, right?" Xia Zhi asked with Aunt Xia's face.

Aunt Xia's face was not bad, she smiled slightly: "I didn't say anything, what can they say." Originally, she thought that she would go to see Second Uncle Xia and Second Aunt Xia this time, but she was afraid that she would be praised and degraded by the two. But the reality was much better than she expected.

Maybe Second Uncle Xia was angry enough yesterday. Maybe it's Aunt Xia who is thinking about asking a relative to come and go. Although their attitude was a little cold at first, it gradually improved. Second Uncle Xia and Second Aunt Xia were just polite, and promised to come over as a family today.

Xia Solstice nodded. Second Uncle Xia and Second Aunt Xia have a lot of shortcomings, but they are not really ruthless or scheming characters.

After talking about Second Uncle Xia and Second Aunt Xia, Aunt Xia asked Xia Zhi about Xia Xiucai's situation. Xia Zhi said that he saw Xia Xiucai washing his clothes.

Aunt Xia sighed: "In order to save a few dollars, your father lived a very hard life. I told him to bring his clothes and I washed them, but he refused. ”

The family has been living a tight life from top to bottom, for what? If it was really for Xia Qiao and Xiao Shu'er to study for the imperial examination, Xia Zhi would have recognized it. His two brothers will be able to raise talents in the future examination, and her identity will also rise.

In this era, identity is still very important.

But it really makes no sense to fill all the money into the bottomless pit of the Tian family.

"My dad himself is embarrassed to put it. Xia Zhi vaguely brought the topic over, and then discussed it with Aunt Xia very formally, "Auntie, I plan to do some business." ”

Aunt Xia was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked Xia Zhi: "What business do you plan to do?" ”

Xia Zhi said that she planned to make zongzi and sell them. "There's a lot of business in the academy. The zongzi I sent today, Li Shanchang and several gentlemen said that they were delicious. ”

Aunt Xia smiled: "There are a lot of food sellers in the academy, and you can still make money by guarding such a big academy." Despite saying that, she still persuaded Xia Zhi, "Sixteen, you and your uncle should stay here for more aunts, and tell aunts if you lack anything." Doing a small business is tiring. ”

"I'm not afraid of getting tired. Xia Zhi immediately said, "Auntie, I want to save some private money." ”

Aunt Xia immediately understood. In fact, she didn't have to stop the summer solstice. Xia Zhi said that he wanted to save private money, this is not to hide his secrets from her, and to treat her as a close person. Moreover, the meaning of Xia Solstice should be to ask her to help keep it secret.

If the summer solstice makes money and is known to the Tian family, then the money is not the summer solstice.

"If you have to do it, then try it first. If you need anything, my aunt will do it for you. Aunt Xia said with her approval.

"Auntie, I have my own money, it's enough. Xia Zhi smiled and refused.

"That's fine. Use your own money first, and if it's not enough, tell your aunt. The aunt still has the money. "Aunt Xia thinks that Xia Zhi is doing a small business and doesn't need a lot of capital.

Xia Zhi didn't explain much, and she discussed with Aunt Xia that she wanted to borrow the kitchen in the courtyard on the back floor. "I heard Brother Changsheng say that it happened to be empty these days, I want to borrow it for a while, and I will definitely clean it up before the tenant moves in. ”

It's just borrowing the kitchen, and Aunt Xia happily agreed. She also called Changsheng over and asked Changsheng to arrange this matter. "If you have any errands back and forth, or need to come forward or something, you will find your elder brother. ”

Aunt Xia also instructed Changsheng to help Xia Zhi well.

Changsheng responded with a smile, and took Xia Zhi and the little black fish to the back. After looking at the kitchen again, Changsheng took the two of them to his small study to sit down.

"Sixteen, what are you going to arrange?" Changsheng asked Xia Zhi.

The summer solstice has already been prepared. She plans to borrow two kitchens in the courtyard on the back floor, and hire a few clean daughters-in-law to make and cook zongzi. The boiled zongzi were sent by her and Xiao Heiyuer to the gate of the academy to sell.

And that's the first step. If the zongzi sell well, she also plans to hire some people to set up stalls to sell them in places such as West Market Street and East Market Street.

If you want to hire people, instead of making zongzi and selling them yourself, it is not the small business that Aunt Xia expected. Changsheng felt that Xia Solstice was quite bold, and he was also very good at planning.

The plan is feasible, and Xia Zhi talked about the problem of raw materials again. How much rice to buy, how many zongzi leaves, how much autumn oil, how much pork belly, etc., but also to buy firewood, although the things in the kitchen over there are complete, but there are too many zongzi wraps, and the summer solstice is still worried that it is not enough.

Changsheng gave a lot of suggestions to Xia Zhi, such as how much firewood to use, where to buy rice and meat, which house has good autumn oil, and where to buy so many zongzi leaves. These things are like a treasure in longevity. The grocery store opened by his family has good purchase channels. And he has lived on Xishi Street since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the nearby shops.

The summer solstice is very happy. She had already seen that although Changsheng was not very old, he was very stable and careful.

"Brother Changsheng, thanks to you. Otherwise, I won't be able to figure it out for a while. "With Changsheng's help, Xia Zhi feels that many things are much easier.

Changsheng's knowledge is usually not very useful, and when he was praised by Xia Zhi like this, his face was slightly red, and he was also very happy. He is willing to help Xia Zhi.

"Sixteen, why are you still polite to me? You can call me brother. If there's anything you need to do, just tell me. Changsheng said to Xia Zhi with a smile.

Xia Zhi didn't say anything polite to Changsheng, but just told him not to delay the things in his shop and Uncle Guo explained to him.

"Don't worry, it won't be delayed. I arranged for it to open. Changsheng said.

"Brother Changsheng, I'll make you a pair of shoes. "The summer solstice said.

"That, that's not necessary. Changsheng smiled and excused himself, not very resolutely.

Xia Zhi smiled and measured the size of Changsheng's shoes, planning to make him a pair of shoes. She has always had a good impression of Changsheng. She is a character who does what she says, and the business of zongzi is time-sensitive, so after making a plan, she refuses to delay for a moment.

She took the money first, and Changsheng accompanied her to the grain store to buy rice, went to the butcher to order meat, and bought autumn oil, firewood and other raw materials and supplies that she needed.

The matter of hiring people is that Changsheng took her to find the tooth man on the street of the West Market. Xia Zhi told the tooth man her request. She hires a short-term worker, and there is no age limit, but she is required to be clean and can make zongzi.

The salary is settled every day, and the remuneration is calculated according to the number of zongzi in the package.

The summer solstice gave the tooth man a day and asked him to bring someone to try out the work tomorrow.

After everything was done, they hurried home again. At this time, the delivery people from each store have also arrived. On the summer solstice, he asked Changsheng to open the door in the back corner, watched the people bring things in, and borrowed the silver from Uncle Guo in front of him to weigh the silver for the guys in each family.

When I came back from Dongshi Street, Xia Solstice went to the Chase number and exchanged the silver ticket for some silver. At that time, she had already thought of a series of plans for the future.

After all this work, because the hired manpower will not arrive until tomorrow, Xia Zhi soaked hundreds of catties of Jiang rice by himself, and marinated the pork belly cut by the butcher.

With all the preparations done, she locked the kitchen to the front.

Changsheng had already taken out a set of the back corner door, the back kitchen, and the key on the door to Xia Zhi. In addition to this, he also opened a room for the summer solstice to be a place to rest and work.

When Xia Zhi returned to Aunt Xia's courtyard, it was already nearly evening. Second Uncle Xia's family and Xia Xiucai hadn't arrived yet, and Aunt Xia and Uncle Guo were talking in the house.

Xia Zhi, Little Black Yu'er and Changsheng entered the door, and Uncle Guo stopped talking about it. He asked Xia Zhi with a smile: "Sixteen, are you done?"

The summer solstice was busy in the courtyard on the back floor, and the burden of the delivery vehicle came in like flowing water, which could not help but alarm Uncle Guo. Uncle Guo heard from Aunt Xia that Xia Zhi was going to make zongzi and sell them, but he was still taken aback when he saw this posture.

He and Aunt Xia went to see it on purpose, and the husband and wife have been talking about it since they came back.

Uncle Guo was curious about where the capital of the summer solstice came from. Aunt Xia didn't know either, and only told Uncle Guo that it wasn't the money she gave. After that, the two talked about doing these things on the summer solstice.

Xia Zhi is very capable, even if Uncle Guo has opened a grocery store for so many years, he is old and old, and he can't find fault with the various arrangements of Xia Zhi.

However, Xia Zhi's courage is also too big, and he is such a big move as soon as he makes a move. What if I lose money? Uncle Guo said privately to Aunt Xia that he still had some suspicions that Aunt Xia gave Xia Zhi the capital.

If the summer solstice loses, then the money will not be returned. Uncle Guo was still thinking about the abacus in his heart for a long time, and he probably calculated the cost of the summer solstice, and he became more and more uncomfortable.

Now that Xia Solstice is back from busy work, Uncle Guo smiled and asked her.

"Today's business is over. Thanks to Brother Changsheng's help to me, otherwise my eyes would have been blackened, and I wouldn't have been able to do it so smoothly. Xia Zhi said with a smile, deliberately praising Changsheng in front of Uncle Guo and Aunt Xia.

"Your elder brother can't do anything else, he can do these who find someone to run errands. Sixteen, though you call him, it will be all right. Uncle Guo said.

Xia Zhi smiled, glanced at Aunt Xia and Changsheng, and then smiled and talked to Uncle Guo: "Brother Changsheng is not running errands. I do this small business, and I also want Brother Changsheng to become a shareholder, and when the time comes, I will share dividends like me. ”

Changsheng just helped Xia Zhi, but he didn't expect to share the money. And he can only help with these, and he can't help later. But before he could speak, Uncle Guo was already busy waving his hand at the summer solstice.

"No, no......"

(To be continued.) )