Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui opened a shop in the westernmost part of Gulou Street, and the shop was still owned by Chen Xueyao.

Originally, Chen Xueyao saw that his father and uncle had no business experience, so he installed a bookkeeper to control it. Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui used the next means to force Mr. Bookkeeper away, Chen Xueyao couldn't get out of the house, and she was pregnant, so the whole store was controlled by Chen Zichang.

Chen Zichang relied on his daughter to be pregnant with Uncle Dingfu's flesh and blood, so it was not himself, every time he drank a little wine, he went around giving himself a long face, saying that his daughter was the concubine of Uncle Dingfu, and when he gave birth to a son, he was raised to a flat wife.

Those who know the inside story, where don't they look at his jokes.

His shop changed several rounds, first selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and later rouge head oil, all of which were discounted.

I heard that the dry goods in the north and south are the best to sell, and during the New Year's Festival, whether it is a large family or a small household, the family will prepare more than a dozen kinds of melon seeds and fruits, and this kind of business can only make money and not lose money.

Chen Zichang dragged his acquaintances, folded the original rouge head oil and sold it half and gave it away, turned out Zhao's furniture from the house, and even the bracelet on the hairpin on Chen Xuemiao's head was also lost, and he made up a hundred taels of silver, and followed the merchants to sell a batch of dry goods from the north and south, but he didn't expect that all of them were sold out in the first month, and he made a net profit of one hundred taels of silver after removing the capital.

Chen Zichang trembled again when he had the money in his hand, and went out to call the name of Ding's father-in-law louder and louder.

One day, Chen Zichang took the principal and was going to sell dry goods from the north and south, and when he arrived in Yangzhou, he met a merchant. He only thought that the merchant was a chick and didn't understand anything.

The merchant inadvertently revealed that he had a batch of dry goods in his hand. Because his father was seriously ill at home, he was anxious to get rid of the goods, so he sold it for money to return to his hometown.

Chen Zichang had a plan in his heart. He wanted to take advantage of this and deliberately keep the price low, and the merchant gritted his teeth and agreed.

I took Chen Zichang to see the goods, jujube from Xinjiang, pear from Yunnan, and fungus from Northeast China. Chen Zichang was happy, and when he saw that the price was so low, he bought them all. The contract was made in black and white, and it can no longer be reversed.

The merchant was grateful to Chen Zichang, and treated him with a table of wine and invited him to eat.

The banquet kept persuading, and it was not easy for Chen Zichang to speak when his tongue was bigger. So he asked the two servants to drive him to the inn to live. Chen Zichang was in a daze. When he saw a bag of things on the bed, he opened it and saw that it was all white flowers, picked one up and bit it into his mouth, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he kicked it in his arms and wanted to come out of the inn.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the inn door, he was caught by the merchant with the official.

entered the official mansion. Chen Zichang woke up most of the time and was examined. The silver in his arms was fake, and the merchant said that he had just sold dry goods and got a bag of two hundred taels of silver and put it in the inn, and in a blink of an eye, Chen Zichang dropped the bag and took it away.

Chen Zichangjiu has not fully woken up, he was beaten with 20 boards, he has been pampered since he was a child, and he has never even planted the land, where can he eat this beating, he admitted it immediately.

When I woke up, I realized that I had been jumped by an immortal, and not only did I not earn any silver, but I lost two hundred taels of silver, and even the dry goods shop was almost lost.

The merchant had already run away and disappeared, and when Chen Zichang was ransomed from the prison by the people sent by Chen Xueyao, the inn was already empty. Chen Zichang went to look for a merchant, but was pointed at by the shopkeeper in the inn and told him to settle the money for the sake and accommodation.

Where is Chen Zichang willing to settle the bill, he doesn't have a word on his body, he was grabbed by the collar by a few shop guys and wanted to see the official, the injury on his buttocks was not healed, and he was so frightened that he posted a dozen taels of silver out.

He can only pinch his nose and admit it, Xuzhou Mansion is not far from Baitu Town, and some people know that it is delicious and does not go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles, not to mention that the New Year Festival is approaching, Baitu Town includes Maoshan Village, many people come to Xuzhou Mansion to buy New Year's goods, come and go, people in the town and village who go to Xuzhou Mansion know that Chen Zichang was deceived and has no return.

Chen Xuejiao's family naturally heard about this, but they didn't expect that when they arrived in Xuzhou Mansion, Chen Zichang would have the face to find his home.

Chen Xuejiao guessed that when Chen Zichang encountered the immortal jump, someone must have been unaccustomed to his behavior, and deliberately dug a pit, just waiting for him to jump into it.

This was really guessed correctly by Chen Xuejiao, the person who dug the pit for Chen Zichang was not someone else, but it was the maiden brother of Mrs. Dingfu. Mrs. Ding Fu insisted on marrying Uncle Ding Fu despite the opposition of her family, and her life has not been satisfactory over the years, but she has never sought support from her mother's family, and her mother's family should not have this girl.

In the end, my brother feels sorry for my sister, and there is a loving sister in the middle. Seeing that Chen Zichang was outside and regarded himself as a foreigner in Dingfu, Wu's mother's family was of course annoyed, that is, his brother-in-law was not in good shape, and the Wu family was also a serious Yue family in Dingfu, and it was not too cold for your concubine's mother's family to mix blindly, so Wu's brother sent the powerful people around him to make this immortal jump out.

Chen Zichang still doesn't know, and he only complains about his bad fate.

"How did the second and fourth uncles find their father?" Chen Xuejiao asked Chen Qi'an.

"My father and I went to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and we met it through the second uncle's shop, and the second uncle asked us where we lived, and then when we came back after shopping, he was already waiting here." Chen Qi'an said disdainfully.

What Chen Qi'an didn't say was that Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui came to the inn, sent the shopkeeper to serve the tea, whether it was from the south or the north, and picked up the most expensive things on the table, and when Chen Xiucai's father and son came back, Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui had already finished eating and counted all the accounts on Chen Xiucai's head.

is his own brother, Chen Xiucai is not good at saying anything, he was held down by Chen Qi'an, Chen Xiucai naturally did not pay for this meal, or Chen Zichang was his own sheepskin coat with silver.

Chen Zichang and Chen Zifu cried when they saw Chen Xiucai, told them what had happened to them, scolded the merchant fiercely, and said the words of their brother several times, the purpose of which was to borrow money from Chen Xiucai.

Chen Xiucai himself refused, but reprimanded them fiercely: "You always say that others have deceived you, why don't you say that you have the idea of being cheap, I have never heard of a fly holding a seamless egg, if you don't have that kind of mind, others will not be able to deceive you with treachery." ”

Seeing that Chen Xiucai couldn't take out the silver. was so ruthless that he didn't even give money for food, so the two of them were angry and ashamed. Or the shopkeeper came up and sent the inn away.

"It is estimated that the second uncle also has no clue, so he found our head, I am really afraid that my father will soften his heart and agree to their request, but fortunately, this time my father withstood it." After that, Chen Xuejiao secretly bit Li's ear.

"That's not it, I can see it now. Your second uncle's family can't help, they are the frozen half-dead snake, and you have warmed them up. And to bite you. Li sneered.

I came to Xuzhou Mansion for two days, but I saw that it was delayed for two days, but the New Year's goods have not yet been purchased.

After a short rest, the family went out for a walk.

Arrived at Gulou Street. Chen Xiucai took Chen Qi'an and Chen Qiping to the four treasures of the study. Li took Chen Xuejiao, Chen Xueru, and Jing Hao to the Silver Building.

It's New Year, and they want to pick out a few pieces of jewelry.

Chen Xueru and Jinghao waved their hands when they saw the price of jewelry, saying that their jewelry was enough and they didn't need it.

“…… You should wear a new one for the New Year, not to mention that our family can't afford it now. Chen Xuejiao said.

Seeing that Chen Xueru and Jing Hao stood still, Chen Xuejiao made her own decisions and helped them choose.

Chen Xuejiao first selected three gilt rings, which were embroidered with lotus, peony and peony. Such flowers are festive and lively, and are suitable for their young girls. I looked into the glass-lined display case again. I compared it in my hand, and selected three pairs of plum blossom pearls to press my hair, and saw that the embroidered patterns on the silver bracelet were good-looking, and I selected three pairs of bracelets.

After picking this, I chose a pair of green jade dripping bead earrings for Li's family, Li's age is there, and wearing jade can hold it down. Of course, this jadeite is not the kind of very expensive jadeite, and now their family can't afford to buy expensive transparent jadeite, but it looks like the texture is okay, transparent and green, with the flowery clothes of the New Year. Out of the jade earrings, Chen Xuejiao also helped Li Xiang look at the bracelet, Li hesitated on a pair of gilt bracelets and silver bracelets, or Chen Xuejiao came up with the idea and chose a gilt bracelet for her.

After the selection, Chen Xuejiao paid the money and happily went to the leather shop again.

The life of Chen Xuejiao's family is getting better and better, and the food and clothing are not the same as in the past. There is an embroidery shop in Li's town, although the embroidery is a portrait, but no matter what good materials there are, they will send a copy to Maoshan Village, and the clothes at home do not have to go out to buy them in the past six months. Jing Hao and Xue Ru can tailor and embroider again, only according to the latest style, Chen Xuejiao sisters will cut new clothes every month, and now the new clothes placed in the box can not be worn all year round.

Therefore, there is no need to buy silk, Chen Xuejiao and Li discussed buying a good leather for each person in the family to make clothes.

"Dad is running goods outside, and his shoulder hurts in winter, so I picked a good one for my dad; My brother and Qi Ping read and sat and wrote, sometimes our hands were cold, and we needed a padded jacket; There is also a mother, who has to do work every day, and should also pay attention to keeping warm; Me, my sister, and my cousin, the three of us are young and don't go out much, so we don't need heavy leather clothes, we just need to make a leather skirt and become a ......," Chen Xuejiao said to Li Shi with her fingers.

Xu is because of the Chinese New Year, Li's interest is very high, and after listening to Chen Xuejiao's calculations, he smiled and nodded: "Okay, listen to you, we have never worn a skin, or we will make a big piece for your grandfather and grandma." ”

"Mother, I don't want to say it."

"Sister, why don't you choose a purple lamb skin for Brother Xingjian." Chen Xuejiao whispered to Xueru.

Xue Ru blushed, lowered her head, and did not say a word.

"Okay, he's walking long distances to school every day, and he's choosing a pair of buckskin boots for him." Li thought about it for a while, and immediately made a decision.

So they picked up several skins at the fur store, registered the addresses in the store, and delivered them to the inn themselves.

When I came out of the leather store, I bought all kinds of snacks, melon seeds, peanuts, and pine nut candy.

By this time it was getting late, and the lights were already on the street.

All kinds of food came up on the street, stir-fried kidney flowers, pancake fruits, tripe duck blood, shortbread dog meat, all the way is not much food in Baitu Town, Chen Xuejiao only smelled the fragrance, and the roundworms in her stomach had already come out.

Eating in Dingfu at noon is just a famine, going to a banquet like this, not acquaintances, they are just pretending, and they can't eat too much, so Chen Xuejiao only ate five or six minutes full at noon, I believe that Li and Xueru and Jinghao are the same.

Everyone didn't wait for Chen Xiucai, Qi Ping, and Qi An, so they found a clean stall and sat down, and ordered chicken wontons, purple rice sweet porridge, shortbread dog meat, and duck blood vermicelli, all of which were flavorful to eat.

A bowl of hot vermicelli soup is in the stomach, and the whole body is full of comfort.

"It's still delicious for us." Li sighed, the snacks I ate in Suzhou and Hangzhou yesterday were too sweet, I felt fresh at first, and I didn't want to eat it once I ate it. Like Li, he was raised in the countryside since he was a child, working all day long, without anything heavy to eat, and he couldn't suppress his hunger.

Chen Xuejiao is the same, she doesn't like to eat those sweet snacks, but loves to eat large pieces of meat and cakes.

Chen Xuejiao walked out of the stall after eating, and saw Chen Xiucai walking towards them with her two sons, and the stone followed behind and took a big bag.

"Have you eaten?" Li Shi touched Qi Ping's head and asked.

"Yes, we ate fried Hu cakes and duck intestines." Chen Qiping was still holding a baked cake in his hand, with dog meat in it, and he was biting a mouthful of oil flowers.

The stone walked forward, and Li realized that he was holding a thread-bound book, a pen and paper, and a red lantern in his hand.

It's getting late and late, and I can't go today, so I'm just shopping around the night view, staying for one night, and going back tomorrow.

Early in the morning of the second day, everyone got up early, packed up the things sent by Ding Fu and the New Year's goods purchased one by one, a car was not enough, and hired a big car, pulling all the way, everyone went directly back to Maoshan Village.

Back at home, the Li family took Chen Xuejiao, Chen Xueru, and Jing Hao to share the gifts of each family.

The Han family, the Wen Ying family, the Li family, and the Qingyu family, all of them, a lot, are spread out in the house.

On the second day, he hired a car and sent him all the way.

Of course, people are naturally indispensable to return gifts, especially the Han family, because the two families are engaged, and the gifts are extraordinarily heavy.

"Mother, what gift should we give grandma this year?" Chen Xuejiao asked Li.

When she came back from Xuzhou Mansion yesterday, Chen Xuejiao saw Mrs. Chen standing under the eaves of the upper house, and her eyes were wrong to see them moving things into the house.

"Ten catties of pork, five catties of mutton, four kinds of snacks, make a set of cotton clothes and a pair of shoes and socks for your father." Li thought for a moment and said.

But he didn't mention Mrs. Chen, if she put aside the past, why would she make a pair of shoes and socks for Mrs. Chen, but this year she didn't mention this stubble. Li doesn't mention it, Chen Xuejiao won't mention it, for Mrs. Chen, everyone just does their due duty, if they want to share their hearts, they can't anymore.

While the two were talking, they saw the yellow dragonfly dressed up and coming.

“…… I came today to say goodbye to my aunt, and my father planned to go home to see, so I followed, and I came back on the fifth day of the new year. (To be continued......)