"Oh? What kind of shop is it? ”

"It's selling pen, ink, paper, and other things. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info mother also has a restaurant, which is the restaurant where we watched the dragon lantern that day. ”

"Oh, how's business?"

"The business of selling pen, ink and paper is okay, and there is a private school nearby on Tianshe Street in the south of the city, so the business is good. The business of this restaurant is not very good, and I think that if it weren't for my father's relationship, this restaurant would not have been able to open. ”

"Why do you think about going to the shop?"

"Didn't I see you doing a good job? And I wasn't interested in reading, and my parents didn't force me to read, so as soon as I said I wanted to go to the shop, my mother agreed to let me see it, but only allowed me to read it. ”

"I remember that you are not from Huaiyang County, right?"

"Yes, we came with my father."

"And how many years have you been here?"

"It's been three or four years."

"And how did your mother come up with the idea of setting up a shop here?"

"If our family had relied on my father's little money, we would have starved to death."

It seems that this Chen Chong is not all simple, he still knows something about the world.

"What if your father is promoted or transferred?"

"Listening to what my father said, I'm afraid that there is no hope for promotion in the near future, and there is no way to transfer now, and the shop will naturally be taken care of by someone at that time."

Xu Lan felt that Chen's ability to be a county commander should be more than just a county order.

"Is your father a candidate or a junior sergeant?"

"Naturally, he was a Zhongjin Shi, and I heard that he was also in Jinling in his early years, but later he was young and vigorous, and he did something wrong, so he was delegated."

"Hey, Chen Chong, aren't you stupid?"

"Who said I was stupid, my mother always said that I was very smart, but I didn't use it for studying." Chen Chong was actually a little angry and blushed.

Xu Lan snorted, how could she even say what was in her heart.

"yes, I'll just say you're still quite smart, and some people will talk nonsense, ignore him."

"Then do you want to get started with the shop?"

"My mother said that now I just want to watch it, and I have to get started and wait until next year." Chen Chong said a little frustrated.

It seems that this lady is afraid that he is too young.

"It's okay, if you don't get started, it doesn't mean you can't come up with ideas." Xu Landao.

When Chen Chong heard this, he patted his head, isn't that it, if you don't get started, it's always okay to put forward opinions.

As he spoke, he asked Xu Lan to give him an idea.

"I haven't even been to see it, how do you know? You can't get this idea out of the blue. ”

"When are you free? Are you free this afternoon? ”

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Xu Lan thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow, today is a little rushed, early tomorrow morning, you come to find me, and we will go over together."

Chen Chong said yes again and again.

It was almost lunch, so Xu Lan left him to eat lunch in the shop before letting him go back.

After lunch, Xu Lan rested first and took a nap.

In the afternoon, Sister Li came to look for her.

After meeting and saluting, Xu Lan asked her to sit down and said. Sister Li still sat on half a chair.

"Yesterday I had dinner, I said that there was something at home and said something to Sister Chen and went out of the city gate, and the eldest and the second child said, the eldest agreed to learn art at that time, the second child only came to talk to me this morning, he said that he does not go private, but also wants to learn art. In fact, in fact, he has already given up, and our family's situation simply can't support a scholar. Sister Li said gloomily.

Xu Lan nodded, in fact, she felt that this was a road that was in line with the actual situation of their family, in her opinion, studying and taking a career is certainly a road, but other roads are also a road. It's just that she gave him hope and let him choose by himself, if he chooses to study, it must be to pull the whole family back, even if the family is willing, but whether he can repay them is not certain. To gamble on this uncertain road with the whole family, he must have this courage, but also have this certainty of victory, if not, then it is a reasonable choice to fill his stomach first.

"Okay, then, I'll go out of town with you to meet them in two days." Xu Lan thought that there would be something tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Mama Li heard her say this and withdrew.

Xu Lan settled the accounts in the office area for a while.

Fu remembered what Sister Chen told her about the hair-combing lady some time ago.

"I don't know how many people are combing their hair in the city, but she knows more than a dozen people."

"They all comb the hair of the medium-class girls, and the first-class girls are like the ladies of the family, and they are served by special personnel, but the low-class girls are basically taken care of by themselves."

"It's not all about buying rouge in their hands, it's just that the girl will buy it when it's inconvenient for her to go out, and it's not convenient to find someone to bring it."

"Sometimes they can sell their goods as soon as they come in, and sometimes they don't buy a box for days. It's a matter of luck. ”

"Our shop is a little far from the west of their city, and she happened to be passing by that day, so she came in to have a look, and saw that the price you gave was not bad, so she brought some. I also introduced two peers to buy it together. ”

Xu Lan has some ideas, but she is afraid that the water is too deep, and when the time comes, it will be unclear and disgrace. Just give up, not all money can be earned.

Just thinking about something, I heard a message from the door: "Steward Xu." ”

Xu Lan turned around, isn't this Feng's? Oh, it's almost time to deliver the veil.

Xu Lan hurriedly called her in and went through the delivery procedures with her.

Feng Shi looked at Xu Song, who was immature but sophisticated, and beat a drum in his heart, but he didn't know whether to say it or not.

Feng gritted his teeth and knelt down!

Xu Lan was taken aback, quickly stood up, and helped her up to speak.

Feng resolutely refused to get up, saying that Xu Song would listen to her words.

Xu Lan said resolutely: "If you have anything to say, you get up and say it, if you don't get up, I won't listen." ”

Feng Shi looked at his determined face and finally hesitated.

Xu Lan pointed to a chair and asked her to sit down, but Feng refused to sit again.

Xu Lan didn't force it, so she motioned for her to come.

"Actually, in fact, the other embroidery lady Lin Wan is my young lady, no, now she is the aunt of Pan Yuanwai's family."

"I want to ask Xu Gongzi to save our young lady!" Saying that Feng was about to kneel down again, Xu Lan stopped her.

Xu Lan was a little puzzled when she heard this.

"Our young lady is so pitiful, I, I'm worried that our young lady will die if she continues like this." Feng pleaded.

"I just heard you say that she is already an aunt, won't Pan Yuanwai protect her?" Xu Lan asked.

"Pan can be Miss's father outside the family, but it's just that she is a plaything. Miss has no children by her side, and Mrs. Pan is a ruthless character, and Miss has not had a good life since she went in. "Feng Shi is a little confused, Xu Song is just a minor young master, can he understand this?

"Then why did your young lady want to marry?"

"It's not that the young lady wants to marry, she was sold by his brother!" Feng's eyes were red and he was about to cry.

Xu Lan sighed, the current rules are like this, follow the father at home, marry the husband, and follow the son when the husband dies. If you don't have the love and support of your family, you won't be able to live a good life.

"But you also know that I am also an outsider, she is married, and she has an older brother at home. How can I help? Xu Lan asked rhetorically.