What Shen Xi put forward is similar to the "war to nourish the war" in the art of war, plundering resources in the war, and then using the resources to plunder more resources in the war to expand the war.

Although Shen Xi's plan was good, Hui Niang shook her head when she heard it: "Xiaolang, now we can't be sure whether these Jiangnan merchants are willing to cooperate with us, once the matter is revealed, the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce will be damaged." ”

"Aunt, you may not know the operation mode of the group surnamed Su."

Shen Xi carefully analyzed, "The surname Su is nominally with his Jiangnan merchant friends to suppress us, but those Jiangnan merchants are not stupid, this kind of thing has nothing to do with them, why should they contribute money and efforts?" ”

"Therefore, the surname Su used a method to let these Jiangnan merchants pay the full amount in the name of cooperating with him, and sell the goods purchased back to these Jiangnan merchants at a fair price, transport them to other places for shipment, and then pick up the goods from the hands of the surnamed Su when they are sold out, and repeat the cycle, so that the surname Su has the capital to continue to fight with us."

Hui Niangdai raised her eyebrows slightly, looking very puzzled: "Xiaolang, where did you know?" ”

"I'm using it, not my ears."

Shen Xi pointed to his head, "These merchants don't care who they sell to other places, even if they know the operation mode of the surname Su, they don't dare to involve too much, no one knows when the surname Su will stop buying, and buy such a large number of useless goods, even if it is cheap, it is easy to smash it in their hands." ”

"We're different...... We bought it back and secretly sold it to the one surnamed Su, we can make a lot of money from it, even if the surname Su is no longer acquired, our Chamber of Commerce is just out of stock, and it won't take long to digest the goods to the major stores, no matter how we calculate it, we won't have a loss. ”

Hui Niang thought about it carefully, and felt that Shen Xi's proposal was very exquisite, she patted her thigh and said with a smile: "This idea is very good, I'll go and tell the people of the Chamber of Commerce in detail." Xiaolang, you really can't do it without your aunt. ”

In the past two days, Hui Niang has been worried about funds and supply channels, and listened to Shen Xi's words. Suddenly, the whole person was full of vitality and vitality, and he looked even more radiant. Obviously, she had just come back from the main hall of the Chamber of Commerce, and in a blink of an eye, Hui Niang hurried to the Chamber of Commerce again.

When Shen Xi returned to the front hall, Zhou looked in the direction of the door. muttered: "My sister just came back, why did she leave again?" ”

"Mother, should we go over and see my grandmother and father?" Shen Xi reminded.

Zhou sighed: "Just now your father came back and informed you that your grandmother and the third and fourth uncles are staying in the inn today. Your father will come over tonight to help, and tomorrow he will send them out of the city. You study hard, and you don't have to worry about family affairs. ”

Shen Xi blinked: "Mother, you seem to have something on your mind." ”

Zhou smiled bitterly: "Mother's heart, that is, you can become a talent earlier, as for other mothers, I don't dare to think about it, when you grow up and have a chance, your mother can enjoy Qingfu and vomit ......."

As he spoke, Zhou suddenly felt sick.

This made Shen Xi feel very strange.

Shen Xi thought to himself, could it be that the old lady was thinking about the Shen family. Having trouble with rest and diet these two days?

Shen Xi couldn't help but help the old lady, and by the way, he took her pulse, and just made contact, Shen Xi immediately felt that something was wrong, and quickly retracted his hand.

Zhou didn't notice Shen Xi's abnormality, rushed to the backyard to vomit, Xie Yun'er followed behind, and soon a surprised voice came: "Sister, you are slippery...... I'm glad to be there......"

Zhou couldn't cry or laugh: "No wonder I always feel wrong these days, it turns out that my stomach is doing something." ”

Xie Yun'er helped Zhou back. After carefully diagnosing and then inquiring about the situation in detail, he pursed his lips and smiled: "My sister should be almost two months pregnant and have more rest in the future." I'm going to prescribe two pills for my sister. It is best to calm down and recuperate. ”

After all, Zhou's is not the first child, he can be regarded as a "person who has come over", and many things do not need to be reminded by Xie Yun'er. When Hui Niang came back in the evening, Zhou told her about her pregnancy, and Hui Niang said happily: "Sister." This is a good thing, it seems that the Shen family is going to add Ding again...... My sister has such a good son as Xiaolang, and she will definitely be born in the future. ”

Zhou said helplessly: "I can't take care of Hanwaer, if I have another family, I am afraid that it will not be peaceful." ”

Hui Niang smiled: "Look at what my sister said, it's like my brother-in-law doesn't care about you...... Isn't there a brother-in-law, me, Ning'er, Xiu'er? Keep my sister to give birth to the child, don't worry about it sister, even the nurse goes outside to invite, and my sister just puts her heart back in her belly. ”

Because of the Shen family, the Zhou family is not very happy even if she is pregnant, and it stands to reason that her husband should be by her side at this time, but now she is comforted and taken care of by Hui Niang, and she is a little disappointed.

Xiu'er and a few maids were very excited, they respected the Zhou family on weekdays, and some even talked about why the Zhou family never gave birth to Shen Xi's younger siblings? In the end, she is a yellow flower girl, and she doesn't know much about a woman's childbirth, and after dinner in the evening, several maids got together and chattered, talking about the child in Zhou's belly.

Lin Dai's face was not very good, and when no one was paying attention, she came over and sat next to Shen Xi, with an innocent and studious look: "Hey, why do my father and mother get pregnant when they sleep together, but we don't?" ”

Shen Xi glanced at her and said angrily: "Because you are still young." ”

Lin Dai chirped: "Bah, you are younger than me, and you lied to me before...... Said that if you kissed, you would get pregnant, hmph, you must know but didn't tell me, and then secretly let me get pregnant......"

Shen Xi thought to himself, I am weak now, when I am a few years older, I don't need you to remind me, I will make you have a big belly and be a happy woman.

On the other side, Lu Xi'er also ran over, she was more direct than Lin Dai, and sat on Shen Xi's lap: "Brother Shen Xi, why don't I have younger brothers and sisters?" ”

Shen Xi was really hard to explain, and Lin Dai made a grimace next to him: "Because you don't have a father." ”

I thought Lu Xi'er would mind, but I didn't expect Lu Xi'er to make a grimace after learning from Lin Dai's appearance, and then stuck out her tongue: "Sister Dai'er, you don't have a father." ”

The two little Loli stick together every day and know each other very well. It's also strange to say that the two were obviously full of hostility at first, but now, although they often quarrel, they rarely quarrel, let alone fight, even if there is a slight contradiction, they will turn into hostility and play hand in hand after one night. Lin Dai did not bully Lu Xi'er for her young age, and Lu Xi'er would not show the attitude of the eldest lady to Ning'er's maids, and the pair of little sisters were like glue.

Zhou spent the night in Hui Niang's room that night, and Shen Xi stayed on the second floor of the pharmacy and slept on Lu Xi'er's bed with Lin Dai.

This year, the temperature drops down quickly after autumn, and the frost begins to fall in September. Although Lin Dai slept in the same bed with Shen Xi, she always slept with her back to Shen Xi, Lu Xi'er didn't know what it meant to be reserved, so when she got into bed, she desperately drilled into Shen Xi's arms, and her body was like a cicada chrysalis, turning over and twisting it.

"Hey, it's still noisy, can't you sleep?" In the back, Lin Dai was furious, turned over and looked at the "dog man and woman" who was stealing in front of her eldest woman with a resentful face.

Lu Xi'er smiled and said, "Sister Dai'er, Brother Shen Xi hasn't told the story today, why are you in a hurry to sleep, hehe, Brother Shen Xi's arms are so warm, warmer than my mother's." ”

Lu Xi'er pulled the quilt like a rage, Lu Xi'er was half exposed when she boarded, and Lu Xi'er was coquettish in Shen Xi's arms: "Brother Shen Xi, look at Sister Dai'er, she bullied me." ”

"Alright, alright."

Shen Xi could only hurriedly say peace, "They are all good sisters, they play together on weekdays, why are you angry?" If you feel dissatisfied, Dai'er, my arms are open for you at any time, and you can lean in. ”

Lin Dai scolded: "Who rarely sleeps in your arms? Hum. His face looked angry, but the corners of his mouth had been loosened.

Because Lu Xi'er fell asleep at night and danced with her teeth and claws, Shen Xi didn't sleep well all night.

When Shen Xi and Lin Dai returned to their yard with their mother, Shen Mingjun had already returned, and when they asked, they found out that Shen Mingjun did not spend the night at the inn last night, so they settled the old lady and her brother and came back in the first half of the night after helping to keep watch. When Shen Mingjun arrived home, it was already four o'clock, and when he found out that his wife was not at home, he knew that his wife had gone to sleep in the pharmacy again, and he didn't go to look for it.

"Mother and eldest brother, they will leave after noon, and I will send them off when the time comes." Shen Mingjun was not in good spirits, he kept vigil at the inn last night, afraid that Shen Mingwen would run away from home again and not rest well.

Zhou nodded and asked her husband to enter the house with her, in addition to giving her husband some entanglement to send Li back to Ninghua, and also to tell her about her pregnancy.

When the husband and wife came out, the haze on Shen Mingjun's face was swept away, and he smiled honestly, and Zhou's face finally had a little more happy look of a little woman.

When Shen Mingjun hurriedly cleaned up the inn, Zhou took Shen Xi's hand and asked, "Xiaolang, my mother wants to give you a younger brother and sister, do you like it?" ”

Shen Xi thought for a while and said, "I like it, I don't like it." ”

Zhou's face was on a board: "Han Wa'er, what do you say?" What do you like and don't like? ”

"I don't like it, it's because my mother gave birth to younger brothers and sisters in the future, and she loves me less, and she won't remember me only when there is good food, drink and fun, and I'm so jealous. But in the future, I have more than one younger brother and sister, and I have someone to bully, so ...... There are pros and cons, haha. ”

Zhou slapped Shen Xi on the head: "Bastard boy, if the old lady gives you a younger brother, you dare to bully him, see how the old lady cleans you up!" ”

Shen Xi drooped his head and muttered, "How does my mother know that it must be a younger brother?" ”

In these years, the deep-rooted ideology of patriarchy, giving birth to a son is the hero of the family, and there is an extra labor force in the family. With Zhou's current net worth, how can he train this second son to become a scholar, he will have more hope in the future, and he doesn't have to pin all his hopes on Shen Xi alone.

But if a daughter is born, this child is equivalent to being born in vain, anyway, the daughter will marry out in the future, which is a "money loss".

Giving birth to a son can make the Zhou family's status in the Shen family higher, and giving birth to a daughter, the Zhou family's status in the Shen family will not change in the slightest.

Shen Xi sighed, it's not that the old lady is patriarchal, she can only blame the backward productivity in this era, women can't be self-reliant and self-reliant, it seems that the future has a long way to go! (To be continued.) )