The mother of the second aunt and the mother of the eldest uncle sat at a dinner table, and the old lady of the Fan family looked at the old lady of the Zhu family who had been happy, and asked, "Old sister-in-law! Is it okay to do business early? ”

The old lady of the Zhu family smiled and said, "Let the business be done by my daughter-in-law and son early!" The old man and I are old, our eyes are glazed and we can't see clearly, and the children hate our old man and old lady for not being clean and don't eat what we make. ”

Mrs. Fan couldn't be happy: "Now this kid is so picky?" In the past, who was not black with a pair of hands, caught food and stuffed it into his mouth. After a few years of studying, I will pay attention to it! ”

Mrs. Zhu also laughed hehehe: "It's not!" I sprinkled the pancakes with coriander foam, and they didn't say there were bugs in them. Big sister, tell me, how can there be coriander and insects? Later, the old man of my family discussed with me: just let my son and daughter-in-law come over and do it! These kids must be disgusted with the two of us who are old and unsophisticated. We'll give our son and daughter-in-law a hand now, and we don't care about the rest. ”

"Your son and daughter-in-law are here, what about the fields at home?"

"The fields at home are all planted by the children's uncle! We can now earn a few taels of silver a month, not as much as the yield in the field, as long as we give our family a year's food. However, the children's uncle and his wife are quite particular, and last year they also gave us ten salted ducks, two salted geese, ten live fish, fifty annual baba, and a pig's rump. The old man of my family was very happy, and said that his brother really gave him face. ”

Mrs. Fan said with a smile: "Now that life is better, every family has a balance." Otherwise, you can't give it if you want to. The old sister-in-law said: Isn't it?! ”

Mrs. Zhu didn't agree with this: "Big sister! It still depends on the good or bad heart of each person. Do you know that Xiaohu's daughter-in-law has arranged for an old lady to sell roasted sweet potatoes here? ”

As soon as Mrs. Fan heard this, she had a story, and she was immediately shocked. The mysterious probe asked, "Old sister-in-law! What's the story of this old lady? ”

Mrs. Zhu sighed and shook her head: "Let's talk about this mother-in-law!" It's really hard to do. This old lady was too powerful to her two daughters-in-law when she was young, and the two daughters-in-law held grudges! Now that she is old and can't work, her two daughters-in-law are unwilling to support her. Their family is not having a bad time, besides, how much can an old woman eat? But her two daughters-in-law would rather be scolded by someone than raise their mother-in-law. This old lady is also very strong, and she is very hungry and does not go to relatives or her family to ask for food. In the middle of the night, he took his trouser belt and ran to hang himself from the big tree at the entrance of the village. Fortunately, her eldest nephew in the next room came back from the field in the middle of the night and saw it, otherwise he would have died. ”

Mrs. Fan was not a good-natured person, so she immediately asked angrily, "Then why didn't she go to the patriarch?" Let the patriarch discipline this unfilial descendant well. Why do you want to die? ”

"Found! It's useless, her two daughters-in-law are very good in front of them, and they won't give the old lady food after the people. The patriarch can't just keep an eye on her family every day, and it's always the same thing every day. Anyone can be annoyed. No?! Her grandchildren are all older, and she can't divorce their mother. This old lady is afraid that she also knows that there is no end to this matter, so she thinks about seeking death, and she is gone. ”

"Then why didn't Xiaohu's daughter-in-law directly arrange her to be in the town with those lonely old people, how could she arrange to sell sweet potatoes here? How much money can such a few students make? ”

"This old lady is strong! She said that she had two sons and had to be supported by others like those who had no children and no daughters, and that it was better to let her die. It just so happened that she had a niece and granddaughter who married in this Wangjiazhuang, and then Xiaohu's daughter-in-law asked her to sell sweet potatoes at the entrance of the school. Eat and live at her niece's house, sweet potatoes and firewood are all cooked by her niece. She just sat there and watched the fire, and didn't burn it. If someone buys it, they will receive a fee. But she doesn't have to do any hard work, and she can earn hundreds of dollars a day. This is not! At the end of last year, her two daughters-in-law heard that she had made money, and they came over to take the old lady back. I also saw her two daughters-in-law, and at first glance they were bad-hearted people. said that her mother-in-law treated them badly before, so she was unwilling to support her mother-in-law, I think it is just making excuses. No matter how bad it is, I haven't seen them beaten to death or forced to die, and they are still very strong, but they don't look like people who have been treated badly. ”

Mrs. Fan was very angry about this kind of thing of not supporting the elderly, but she also knew that this was someone else's business, and they couldn't care about it, so they could only discuss and discuss behind their backs, and scolded them without pain.

Mrs. Zhu talked about the flood last year: "Your land boundary is high, and the flood last year didn't affect it, right?" ”

"The boundaries of our homes are high, but there are many fields that are also very low. My family was flooded with seedlings from three acres of fields, but fortunately, the seedlings were replenished in time, but the harvest was not affected. A small vegetable garden was opened next to the rice field, and the cowpeas, side vegetables, and cucumbers in it were all washed away by the water, and none of them were returned. Hello to you, do this business, drought and flood to ensure harvest! ”

Mrs. Zhu replied with a smile: "Hey! It is much stronger than farming, and it is also light-hearted. Eat well and dress well, and you can save a hundred taels of silver every year. My wife, I can still live such a life without worrying about food and clothing, and I am satisfied! ”

"Now we can farm here or go to the factory, basically everyone can have no worries about food and clothing. Last year, I heard that many of the rice seedlings in the flood were flooded, and then there were no extra seedlings to make up, and during the autumn harvest, I heard that there were many families who had only harvested half of them. However, until now, I have not heard of anyone lacking food and drink, and I have not seen anyone clamoring for less when the tax is paid. ”

Mrs. Zhu remembered something and guessed: "I heard that the imperial court is going to overhaul rivers in various places this year, but I'm afraid that it will increase taxes?!" "Mrs. Zhu lives with her daughter and son-in-law, because the mayor of the town is in this village, and some news from the government got it earlier. And Mrs. Fan didn't know that there was such a thing, and she asked in surprise: "Do you want to repair rivers everywhere?" Our family's labor force is basically working in Xiaohu's house, but we can't find anyone to work, what can we do? ”

"I don't have anyone in my family, we have already planned to pay for it when the time comes, but if it doesn't work, we will find someone else to come back and work on it."

When Mrs. Fan heard this good idea, she no longer panicked. Her family now has a lot of silver. Her family can afford to work on behalf of the silver. If the silver can't withstand the work, learn from the Zhu family and go to a distant place to spend money to hire someone to come back to work. Now there is money. Conscription is not as alarming as it used to be.

They were still chatting, and the guests from afar also arrived one after another. Shopkeeper Chen is too old to move around, and he can't even come over in person on such a good cement road, a section that can't be used for an hour. It was the eldest son of Chen who came over with his daughter, and after the little girl and her mother went into the inner room to see Erya, they ran around to find Wen Chao to play. The lady of the Chen family and the second girl smiled at each other. Neither of the two mothers said anything, which meant that it was up to the child to deal with it, and it really had to be dealt with. Neither will object.

Chunlintang Zhao shopkeeper himself did not come, after the Spring Festival in the second, third and fourth months, the number of patients for various reasons always increased a lot, generally this time is the busiest time for pharmacies. On behalf of Chunlintang, it was his eldest daughter-in-law who came. I met and made friends when Er Ya asked them to sell lavender essential oil and rose essential oil. At that time, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhao family knew many rich ladies and wives. I helped Erya sell lavender essential oil and rose essential oil to those women, selling them expensive and fast, and Erya wanted to give her a commission, she didn't want to live or die. Erya is a sincere person, so naturally she will not help in vain, so she designed a complete set of pearl series and gave it to her according to the jewelry style in her memory. I didn't expect that she would bring this set of jewelry today, the golden base is dotted with white pearls, and there is a coldness in the luxury. It's eye-catching. Unfortunately, such jewelry is not suitable for wearing in an occasion where the majority of commoners like the Wang family are commoners. Of course, Erya understands. Coming to her house as a guest, Tete wore the gift she gave, which was a gesture of goodwill on the surface.

The prefect of Qin was repeatedly promoted, and now he has entered the capital and has become one of the three officials in the capital. The eldest prince of Qin was placed in Luzhou Mansion and became the master of money and grain in Luzhou Mansion. Today, his wife also came over with her little daughter, and when she saw that Erya had given birth to another son, she said with envy: "Look! You want a daughter but you always give birth to a son, I want a son but I always give birth to a daughter, what's going on! ”

In fact, Mrs. Qin has one son, but she feels that one son is too thin, so she wants to have two more, but the latter few are all daughters, so she can't help but be a little anxious.

Erya could only purse her lips and smile, and she couldn't say anything comforting. In this case, it's not good to say anything, just like people often say, standing and talking doesn't hurt your back! When sons don't have daughters, that's why they think daughters are also very good. If it catches up with all daughters and no sons, who dares to say that no sons are not bad? You think you're comforting people, but it sounds like you're full of malice!

Some stewards in the nearby county towns and prefectures have basically come over. The original Boss Li, and now the Chief Steward Li actually came in person. He didn't go into the inner room to meet Erya, but he talked a lot about Xiaohu outside.

In the places where Erya opened many hot pot cities and barbecue restaurants, almost all of them will have Steward Li's branch there. On the one hand, Erya wants to rely on the relationship of Steward Li to reduce trouble, and on the other hand, it is also to consume raw materials together with Steward Li's catering shop. In this way, the production of the small farms purchased locally can be sold at a high price without the problem of surplus.

And Steward Li will come over today, but not because of a few hot pot restaurants in partnership with Xiaohu's family, but because of the five big boats they picked up last year.

He didn't have much ambition to take over the emperor's industry, he just wanted to do a good job in the emperor's existing business and not lose profits. When the original shopkeepers saw him like this, they thought that he had no business skills, and they looked down on him. Although they did not dare to embezzle the emperor's money, they did not cooperate at all with the chief steward appointed by the emperor. Even the audit will give him a bad look in person, and he has never cooperated well. This forced him to come out with ambitions, open up the new frontier of the emperor's industry, and train new management talents.

He really wants to be like Xiaohu's family, and also get a few departments, and also a place for training talents. But these require a lot of money to operate, and the emperor will not give him money, only rely on him to go to various shops to recover it, or earn it back by himself. The combination of these reasons made him think of the ocean-going business that made the fastest money, the most profitable, but also the most risky.

Since I heard at the end of last year that Xiaohu's family got five big boats back, I began to think about it. He wants to cooperate with Xiaohu to run a maritime business in his own name, or use Xiaohu's two boats to organize people to run a maritime business. Now that he has finally made up his mind, he will take advantage of this day to come over, at least not let Xiaohu and his family feel that he is so abrupt. (To be continued.) )