In the blink of an eye, on the seventeenth day of the lunar month, Shen Mingjun really came back as scheduled, and the Zhou family personally went to the Wang family to pick up the people, and finally brought the people back, and the joy on his face could be seen from afar.

"What are you looking at, I haven't seen you for a month, and you don't even recognize your father? Say hello to your father. Zhou seemed to have forgotten the curses he had for her husband on weekdays, and when she saw Shen Xi standing at the door, she greeted her from afar.

Shen Mingjun is basically the same, but his face is full of red light, and there is a smile on the corner of his mouth, it seems that he is still a little excited to see his wife and children come back after a long time.

Shen Xi obediently stepped forward and called, "Dad." ”

Shen Mingjun touched Shen Xi's little face with his hand, nodded happily, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, Xiaolang has grown taller again, go inside, I bought good things for you and Dai'er and come back." ”

Entering the courtyard, Lin Dai and Lu Xi'er were there.

Lin Dai was already very familiar with Shen Mingjun, but Lu Xi'er suddenly saw a man come in, and she was not very impressed. Since the Shen family moved over, she had only seen Shen Mingjun three or four times in total, the child had a bad memory, she was a little scared when she saw the living, she hid behind Shen Xi, poked out a little head and kept looking.

"This is my father, you should call ...... Uncle. Shen Xi explained to Lu Xi'er with a smile.

Lu Xi'er blinked her eyes wide, just hid behind Shen Xi, looked up at Shen Mingjun but didn't say anything.

Zhou smiled: "Xi'er doesn't recognize it, forget it." Han Wa'er, send Xi'er back, and tell your aunt that I won't go over to help today. ”

Shen Xi sent Lu Xi'er back to the pharmacy, and when she arrived at the store, she told Hui Niang about the situation at home, and Hui Niang was also happy for Zhou: "It's good that your father is back, otherwise I will listen to your mother's scolding all day long, and my ears will soon hear the cocoon." ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Why, aunt feels like this...... In fact, my mother chattered more at home, and scolded my father for having no conscience in front of me all day long. ”

Or if she heard the same words too much, Hui Niang couldn't help but smile.

Turning around and about to leave, Shen Xi suddenly remembered something, stopped and said, "Aunt, I heard that the Han County Commander in our county will soon go to Nanzhili to take office, and Xinzhi County will take office in the next year." ”

"Oh."

Hui Niang was a little confused, so she thought about it and said casually, "That doesn't have much to do with us, right?" ”

"How can you say it's okay? If you want to say that this Han County Order was reused because of your aunt's contribution to the prevention and control of the plague, if he is on the Yamen's side, he will naturally take care of his aunt's business, and when he leaves, some people may have the idea of a pharmacy...... If other pharmacies put pressure on the new county order together, my aunt's business will not be good. ”

Hui Niang listened to Shen Xi's words, and her brows frowned slightly.

Shen Xi's words are not unreasonable, Han Xianling has an interest relationship with Hui Niang's pharmacy, and supporting Hui Niang's pharmacy is equivalent to maintaining his political achievements, so he naturally spares no effort.

But the successor is different, the county order is a hundred miles away, and the first thing to do when taking office is to have a good relationship with the local gentry and eliminate all unstable factors. Now that Huiniang Pharmacy in Ninghua County is dominant, those competitors will definitely work hard in the new county.

"That'...... What should I do? ”

Hui Niang thought for a while, and felt that she was a woman, and she had no way to fight with those people at all, so she had to look at Shen Xi for help.

Shen Xi suggested: "Auntie, you might as well make your business bigger...... The scale of this shop is too small, and the store must be expanded to give people a high-end atmosphere and high-grade feeling. Then discuss with the owners of other pharmacies in the city to set up a chamber of commerce, and before the new county magistrate takes office, my aunt will first block the road they have made bad, only in this way can my aunt be invincible. ”

Although Hui Niang has some talent in business, she still doesn't understand Shen Xi's words.

The concept of the Chamber of Commerce, the current Ming Dynasty basically does not have, peers are enemies, there is a competitive relationship with each other, how can they unite to do business and take care of each other?

After Shen Xi explained the specific meaning clearly, Hui Niang shook her head and said, "How could they listen to me?" ”

"Not necessarily!"

Shen Xi smiled faintly, pointed at the country and said: "At present, the general trend is in the hands of my aunt, the news that Han County's order is going to leave is only circulating in a small area, and if they want to survive, they must listen to their aunt." Aunt made a move at this time, and it was not difficult to integrate the pharmacy. When the integration is completed, even if the new county order comes, they can't say anything, the business will be done, and the aunt will still have weight in her words in the future. If anyone who doesn't know each other and goes to the new county order to stir up trouble, the aunt has a status and connections, and the county order can only give the aunt face in order to maintain local stability, but will punish those who make bad things. ”

After careful consideration, Hui Niang still did not let go.

Although what Shen Xi said was complicated, it was not difficult to understand.

Now although Hui Niang has the title of "goddess doctor", but in the end she is just a woman, in this era of male superiority and inferiority, as long as the new county order takes office, Hui Niang's business may be ruined.

But if Hui Niang takes the initiative to integrate the shops in the city that do medicinal material business and become the big boss of the "Chamber of Commerce", then she is the helmsman of all the pharmacies in the city.

At present, the business of other pharmacies in the city is not good, and all pharmacies have to look at Hui Niang's face, which is a good time to integrate pharmacies and establish a chamber of commerce.

With the integration of the pharmacy, it is not suitable for Hui Niang to do business with the current small face, and the scale of the store must be expanded.

Hui Niang thought for a long time and said: "Not long after the plague ended, there were many empty shops in the city, and it was not difficult to rent, but we didn't have manpower." How can I handle it with me and your mother? If we hire people, we orphans and widows are not suitable, alas...... Who hath made my life miserable? ”

Hui Niang was saddened, the current problem is to expand the business, then more people are needed to help. Originally, it was not difficult for the pharmacy to invite a few people, but Hui Niang was a widow, and it was definitely not possible to invite a man.

Zhou, as a shareholder of the pharmacy, doesn't care about these things, and other women don't have the courage to come out, otherwise they will definitely be poked in the backbone behind their backs.

In this regard, Shen Xi has nothing to do. He and Lin Dai are still children, and they can't help, he can come up with ideas, but he is a little tired of dealing with some small details.

Back at home, Zhou's meal had been prepared, and the family of four sat around the table of eight immortals and happily ate a reunion dinner.

After lunch, Zhou drove the two little ones out, and it was not until the sun was about to go down that Shen Mingjun returned to Wang's house in a hurry, and Zhou also went to the pharmacy to help with a red face.

Hui Niang still told the Zhou family about Shen Xi's proposal in the end.

Zhou nodded again and again after hearing this: "What Han Wa'er said is quite reasonable, who knows who the new county commander is?" If we were greedy for money, we wouldn't be able to do business at all! In fact, it is very easy to do without a few people, the big deal is that we buy a few maids back, and in the future, not only will the shop be taken care of, but a few small ones will also be taken care of, right? ”

When Hui Niang heard this, her eyes lit up. Now that you can't hire someone, you can't hire it at all, but use the most direct method...... Buy people.

But after thinking about it carefully, Hui Niang was a little embarrassed: "This person ...... Where can I buy it? ”

Zhou looked at the door and thoughtfully: "It shouldn't be difficult!" Let's ask first, see where there are tooth women in the city, I heard that the plague in the south is serious, many families are desperate, selling children and daughters, let's buy people back can be regarded as giving them a way to live, and when they grow up in the future, they will marry people, isn't it good? ”

Shen Xi felt a little strange in his heart when he heard this.

Ya Po is a woman who made a profit from the introduction of human trafficking in ancient times, and is one of the traditional female occupations of the three aunts and six women. Usually if anyone wants to sell their children or daughters, they will find a way out of Ya Po.

After the passage of the plague, almost the entire village of the Lingnan generation died in some places, and those orphans and orphans who had no father or mother usually ended up miserable after taking refuge with their relatives, and most of them were sold by their mothers.

It's a pity that both Zhou and Hui Niang have no experience in buying and selling human beings, so they can only find their own way.

As a result, less than a day later, Zhou and Hui Niang contacted two Ya Po who went to Ninghua County to find a buyer, both from the south, and heard that Tingzhou Mansion had escaped the plague, and some families needed to buy maids so they came to try their luck.

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