If you have a shop, you have to hire a shopkeeper and a job.

The Wei family only got up this year, and the family background is far inferior to other tired families, and the guys in the family, plus Hu Chunlai, are only eight, and three of them are newly added in Yu County. Now Wei Minwen has six shops on hand. He is also ready to continue to expand, and the grain brought by the ship this time is the third or fourth escort of the previous year, and not counting the things brought back by Wei Minwurang. The shop he had on hand couldn't afford to eat up to that much stock.

If the grain is aged for a year, the price will be greatly reduced. He was reluctant to give things to other families, after all, he bought it with his life.

Therefore, there is only one way to continue to grow bigger.

Uncle Fu was also in favor.

It's just that now Zhang Xing's family affairs are imminent, and the expansion of the shop will have to be postponed. Let's put Zhang Xing's dowry neat first.

Zhang Xing got married, and the shop had to bring two rooms, and the manpower had to be added first. Although the shopkeeper can hire people from outside, he is far less reliable than his own people. This year's annual schedule is not good, not to mention the poor harvest in the fields, and the taxes at the end of the year still have to be paid, many families can't survive, and there are people selling their sons and daughters everywhere. Uncle Fu invited Liu Yapo from the town to come over and picked more than a dozen people, and the girl and the mother-in-law had all of them. Wei Minwen picked a girl, a mother-in-law, two clever boys, and a family of three.

The Wei family first released the rumor that if they wanted to pick the shopkeeper on the counter, they needed to sign a dead wedge. Most of the people who signed the death and sold themselves were some young children, and few people in the prime of life signed this. After all, after signing, this life and death are all the owner's people. But Wei Jiaxu's benefits are too great. The person who signed it was to be the second shopkeeper, and he could also drag his children and daughters.

There are too many people who can't survive these years. It is not possible to survive with the whole family. It's better to give it a go. The Wei family's prospects are now thriving. The family follows his family to make a living, and this life can only get better and better. So not long after the Wei family released the news, many people who had stood at the counter came to recommend and inquire.

Wei Minwen took a lot of effort to pick this family - the man's surname in this family is Du, his name is obscure, he is a native of Liuhe Town, Yu'an, and he used to be a second shopkeeper, this time Yu'an Dashui. The proprietor's shop was flooded. After the water receded, the proprietor's livelihood was difficult, and he could no longer afford to hire anyone. The Du family suddenly lost their livelihood, the family's few acres of thin fields were unproductive, and the mother-in-law fell ill again. I really can't live. Du Huiming listened to the rumors from the Wei family, went to his shop a few more times, and knew that his way to life was coming. squatted at the door of Fujia's rice shop for many days before he was able to enter Wei Minwen's eyes.

Wei Minwen also sent someone to the Liuhe River to inquire, although this Du Huiming is shrewd, he is very real. Just because he didn't leave his mother-in-law in the predicament. I know that this man's character is not bad.

The Du family of three all signed a dead wedge. After Wei Minwen bought the person, he threw it to Yu County. There are shops and houses over there. Du Huiming still works as his second shopkeeper when he goes to the shop, while his mother-in-law and children help take care of the house. Wei Minwen is going to polish this family of three for a while and then give it to Zhang Xing.

Before everything was straightened out, news came from Anyang that Wei Minwu would be back soon. Wei Minwen, Fu Xianglian, and Uncle Fu went to the dock early to wait. The wharf on this side of the Zhanghe River is still a little far from the town. They went in a wagon.

Arrived at the pier, the boat had not yet arrived. Wei Minwen asked Fu Xianglian, who had held the child, to the carriage, and the cold wind by the Layue River in the cold winter was unbearable even for an adult.

But the little brother refused to be quiet, and finally left the house, how could he obediently stay in the carriage and not come out? He wanted to go out. Uncle Fu loved his grandson, pointed to a teahouse not far from the dock and said, "Min Wen, it's still early, let Xianglian take the little brother to the teahouse, where you can see it clearly from the second floor." ”

Wei Minwen took Fu Xianglian over, and when he arrived at the door of the teahouse, before he could enter, he saw Xiao Er drop a few burdens and come out, shouting and saying, "Hurry up! Hurry up! We are not a good hall here." As soon as the stretcher was lifted, the woman's crying and pleading rang out.

The little second covered his mouth, looked impatient, and said, "Shopkeeper Zhao, it's useless for you to tell me this." This is about to celebrate the New Year, and Zhao Da's shopkeeper is in such a situation, if someone dies here, who will dare to go to our teahouse to drink tea in the future?"

The man surnamed Zhao was still pleading. Wei Minwen was a little suspicious at first, but when he saw the face of the man who only had one breath left on the stretcher, he was taken aback, walked over quickly, grabbed the man, and said, "Is it Brother Zhao?"

That person looked back, wasn't it Zhao Zixing who went to Heyuan to sell rice with Wei Minwen last year?

Wei Minwen had only met Zhao Zixing in Jingkou a few months earlier. At that time, his family was in a state of change, and he was going to sell the shop and house in Jingkou to raise money. It was Wei Minwen who took over the Zhao family's shop and house.

Wei Minwen looked at Zhao Zixing and was surprised in his heart. But I haven't seen each other for a few months, and the Zhao family is actually on the point of being driven away?!

Zhao Zixing saw Wei Minwen, and at first dodged a little, but when he heard the women's cries, his face turned right, and he arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be Min Wen." ”

Wei Minwen had a monstrous wave in his heart, but he also knew that people were cheeky. The Zhao family has fallen to the current situation, and Zhao Zixing may not be willing to open up for people to see. He pulled Zhao Zixing aside and asked, "Brother Zhao, what's wrong with you?

When he was in Jingkou, Zhao Zixing told Wei Minwen about the changes in his family. The Zhao family's shop in Jinyang Yu'an was flooded, and the other was robbed, and Zhao Zixing's father Zhao Deyi was implicated in the lawsuit and sent to Yunyang Prison. Zhao Zixing was busy raising money.

But no matter what, the old bottom of the Zhao family is still there! How could they be defeated in such a short time?

Zhao Zixing looked at Wei Minwen for a while, lowered his head, and said with a little choked up: "Minwen, the affairs of my family are really hard to explain......" Before he finished speaking, Yu Erhu, who was waiting for the boat at the dock with Uncle Fu, ran over, and shouted from afar: "Uncle, uncle, the second master's boat is here!"

The affairs of the Zhao family may not be clear for a while, Wei Minwen simply took out a bag of silver money from his sleeve and put it in Zhao Zixing's hand, and said, "Brother Zhao, it's my second brother who is coming back." I won't tell you more, but I'll come back to you when I pick him up. If the money is not enough, you can come to me at the Fujia rice shop in Zhanghe Town. ”

Zhao Zixing looked at the thing in his hand and was about to open his mouth to speak. Wei Minwen waved his hand, "Brother Zhao, you don't have to say anything, uncle's illness is the most important, you should hurry up and invite a Lang Zhong first." I have something to do here, I'll come back to you another day. ”

After Wei Minwen finished speaking, he took Fu Xianglian to the dock. When we arrived at the wharf, two large ships with oil sails of more than 10 zhang high were slowly approaching the dock, and such boats could only be seen at the big wharf in the area of Huaiyang and Suzhou.

There were a few people standing at the bow of the leading big boat, Uncle Fu's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen clearly that one of them was his nephew Wei Minwu, trembling slightly, waving his hand to say hello, and then ordering Erhu to call Wei Minwen.

Wei Minwen looked at the head of the boat, pointed to the little brother and said, "That's your second uncle." ”

The little brother can't speak yet, but he can watch it with relish.

The boat docked, and the rivermen on the pier immediately set up a horizontal plank. Wei Minwu got off the boat and came to Uncle Fu's side Wei Minwu, approached him, suddenly knelt down, and shouted loudly: "Uncle, I'm back." ”

Uncle Fu burst into tears for a while, wiped his eyes, and choked up and said, "Okay, good, just come back, just come back." A few steps over, he hugged Wei Minwu up.

Wei Minwu was born tall and strong when he was young, and he was not short when he stood with his brother Wei Minwen, but now he has grown up, and he is even more burly, and he is well-dressed and elegant, especially conspicuous in the crowd. After he stood up, he led a woman about eighteen or nineteen years old next to him and said, "Uncle, this is your nephew and daughter-in-law. Then he said to the woman, "This is my uncle." ”

The woman saluted respectfully and shouted after Wei Minwu. Uncle Fu smiled and couldn't close his eyes, Fu Xianglian hurriedly came over to speak. I think Wei Minwu told his daughter-in-law about the situation at home before. The woman smiled and pulled Fu Xianglian and said, "Sister-in-law, just call me Jinlan." He teased the little brother again, "This is my nephew, he was born so well." ”

The little brother immediately gave a smile. Yun Jinlan took out a longevity lock from the box in the hand of the girl next to him and hung it around the little brother's neck. Fu Xianglian saw that this lock was actually carved from jade, crystal clear, and knew that it was not an ordinary product, so she hurriedly snatched it from the little brother's hand and said, "It's windy here, let's hurry home." ”

Uncle Fu also said that there were many people, and the banquet in Juyuan Building had been prepared. Wei Minwu whispered to Wei Minwen: "Brother, there are still some things on my two boats, can you see where to put them first?"

Wei Minwen looked at the two big ships that were three or four stories tall and was stunned. Uncle Fu was also stunned, these two big ships, the things in them are even more amazing, and the newly bought yard is afraid that it is not easy to put it.

Wei Minwen thought for a while and said, "Let's unload a boat first, Min Wu, you see that there is something important over there, so let's unload the ship first." "The rest of the boat will have to wait until we find another place. He recruited Yu Erhu over again and asked him to lead the characters to the courtyard of East Street.

Wei Minwu looked left and right, and then asked, "Why didn't Xing'er come?"

Wei Minwen smiled and said, "You only sent the letter last night, and I only told her today that she was coming, and she didn't arrive so early." ”

Fu Xianglian took Yun Jinlan into the carriage, Wei Minwen, Wei Minwu, and Uncle Fu were all on horseback, and the group entered Zhanghe Town. Liu Lizheng had already received the news and was greeted at the gate of the city. Both sides were polite, and no one mentioned what happened back then, as if it hadn't happened. (To be continued......)