There were two people in the family, and it suddenly became much more lively.

Lu'er and Hong'er are from Ninghua, whether it is the accent or living habits are the same as Hui Niang, Zhou, etc., and quickly adapted to the new identity of the maid, although they are illiterate, a lot of things to learn slowly, but the most important thing is that they can share part of the work of the pharmacy, so that Zhou and Hui Niang, the two shopkeepers, save a lot.

Among the women, only Hui Niang and Xiaoyu are literate.

Hui Niang is the big shopkeeper of the pharmacy, and many times she is not there, and Xiaoyu's position among the five maids has become prominent. However, Xiaoyu is not very good at talking on weekdays, and she doesn't like to call others, seeing this situation, Ning'er took the initiative to stand up, and she took everything to do, as if she had become the foreman among the maids.

Soon August is coming, the midsummer is gradually passing and the weather is gradually getting cooler. Although it has been a year since he entered school, Shen Xi's schoolwork has not become heavy, and he has a lot of free time every day to complete the original drawings of the comic strips, and he can also conduct some strange experiments.

The old lady Li took over and let Shen Xi's second uncle Shen Mingyou's tea shop run by Shen Mingyou is now unable to make ends meet and is on the verge of bankruptcy, even the night storytelling that could be relied on before is no longer bought by the people in the back, there are storytellers everywhere in the city, and even night games have been added to start competition.

On the fourth day of the eighth month, the old lady took Shen Mingyou to Shenxi Courtyard, and because he had greeted him in advance, Shen Mingjun got off work and went home early, and even Zhou was called back from the pharmacy. Bai Du billion hey, Yan, brother free of charge without bullet window to watch the next chapter

“…… Your second brother is not very good at business, which is why he is in this situation, but ask yourself, have you taken the initiative to share and help? Now that your eldest brother is renting an inn outside, and he has to spend money every day, can't the eldest and his daughter-in-law help share some of it? ”

Shen Xi took Lin Dai's little hand and hid outside the courtyard gate, listening to the old lady counting the father and mother.

When the business was good, the Li family felt that this was a family business, and she should be allowed to take over the head of the family and hand it over to her "capable" second son Shen Mingyou to run it, so that Shen Mingjun, the founder of the tea shop, could concentrate on working in the Wang family and earn five or six hundred yuan a month to supplement the family.

Now that the business is yellow, the old lady finally admitted that her second son "is not very good at business", but she pushed the matter on Shen Mingjun and his wife.

It's not that the Li family favors one over the other, the old lady's heart is like a mirror, and the decrease in the money she earned in the first month can be said to be caused by investment, but in the next two or three months, the money handed over to her is getting less and less, so she asked the people on the other side of the big house to help check the accounts. When she found out that her second son was so indulgent and mischievolent that she had embezzled the money on the books, she immediately regretted it in her heart.

But because of the face of the head of the family, she was unwilling to admit defeat, and in the end, her plan to revive the family business was pinned on the tea shop. Since then, the Li family has increased the supervision of Shen Mingyou, and sometimes even went to the tea shop in person, but as time went by, the business was still worse day by day, and now it can no longer be sustained.

Li was afraid that Shen Mingjun and his wife would use this matter to question her original decision, so when they came over, they first blocked the mouths of their youngest son and his wife.

It was also the Li family who thought things too complicated, Shen Mingjun was filial to the old lady to the point of obedience, and he didn't even squeak when the right to operate the tea shop was taken away, not to mention that he was dissatisfied with the Li family now, while the Zhou family completely focused on how to manage the pharmacy well, and occasionally paid attention to the printing workshop, and his mind was very open.

Shen Mingjun listened to Li's words, and said with a bitter face: "Mother, the wages that my mother and I earn every month from the Wang family and the pharmacy have all been handed over to you, and there is really no extra money to help the tea shop and the eldest brother's family." ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Li Shi immediately lost his temper: "Then what do you mean...... Mother embarrassed you? ”

Zhou hurriedly said and said: "Mother, don't get me wrong, he didn't contradict your old man's meaning, in fact, ...... How much money does the daughter-in-law and father-in-law earn every month, the mother should be clear, and there should be no more requirements for us. ”

Shen Mingjun and Zhou's pleaded a few sentences, wanting the Li family to let their family go, but these words were very useless after the old lady's ears.

Li Shi darkened his face: "Yes, I know that you two have the ability, the tea shop is in your hands, even if you manage it less, you can make a lot of money every day, and now hand it over to your second brother, you will lose every day, and you will have to use money to fill it." Originally, I thought that the business was only a temporary difficulty, but now that I have to support those guys and pay rent, I can't make ends meet, so I think it is better to close the business directly. ”

Shen Mingyi was anxious when he heard this: "Mother, you just closed the shop like this, didn't you cut off our family's hope?" ”

Shen Xi thought to himself that the second uncle, who was lazy, was definitely not for the sake of the family, but was afraid that he would have to go back to the countryside to farm after the shop closed, and from then on he would live that life facing the loess and facing the sky.

"How about it?" Li Shi lost his temper with Shen Mingyou, "Tell me, why did the tea shop get worse when it came to you, and the business went from bad to worse?" ”

Shen Ming was speechless for a moment.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because there are more storytellers in the city, competition has intensified, and with the printing of storytellers and comic books, the people have more ways to entertain, and they no longer have to go to the tea shop to listen to books to pass the boring time.

But Shen Mingyou has never done market research at all, and with his ability and insight, he only blames the gentry in the city for being shrewd, and refuses to go to him to book a VIP table.

"Daughter-in-law, aren't you doing quite well in the pharmacy now? In the end, this is someone else's livelihood, and working too hard is not good for your own family, so it is better for you to take the time to go to the tea shop more...... Let's hold on for a while longer and see if we can get through it. ”

Li's words were a little soft, but he actually wanted Zhou to go to the tea shop to see if he could clean up the business.

Now even Shen Mingyou didn't speak, the old lady has always been strict in governing the family, and he behaved very badly in running the tea shop this time, and he has long lost the right to speak.

However, as long as the tea shop exists for a day, he does not have to go back to the countryside, even if it is much better to be a man than to go back to the village.

Zhou's heart was not happy when he heard it, when the tea shop made money like flowing water, the old lady insisted on taking the shop away when she entered the city, and now she can't continue to operate at a loss, and she wants her to go back to take care of it. Is it her mismanagement?

Zhou now manages a pharmacy and secretly participates in the operation of a printing workshop, which is already very busy.

"Mother, my daughter-in-law is doing a good job in the pharmacy now, and the money handed over to the family every month is not young or old, I don't want to ask more about the tea shop, I think it's better to let the second uncle continue to take care of it." Zhou said tentatively.

Li Shi was very angry when he heard this, stood up and shouted: "Okay, okay, you have all grown up, one and two wings are stiff, and you don't obey what your mother says." I'd rather do things for outsiders, help others take care of the shop, than help the family, then what's the use of raising you at home? ”

The old lady stood up angrily and slammed the door, and Shen Mingjun hurriedly chased after her to explain. Shen Mingyou glanced at Zhou, snorted, and left.

Zhou was very aggrieved, and when Li left, she was still wiping her tears in the yard.

Shen Xi and Lin Dai hid behind the door, and saw the backs of the two brothers Li, Shen Mingjun and Shen Mingyou disappearing at the entrance of the alley, so they walked out and stepped into the courtyard gate. Seeing that it was two little guys, Zhou cleaned up his mood a little and said, "Your father won't come back for the night today, and we will go to your aunt's house to sleep tonight." ”

In the past, if Zhou had any grievances, she would tell her husband, after all, her husband was a family with her, and she regarded Shen Mingjun as her only support.

But after the Li family took away the shop and her husband didn't help her speak, she began to have a dislike for Shen Mingjun, so she didn't mention it to her husband about running a printing workshop.

Now she has privately deposited two thousand taels of silver in Hui Niang, although these money are not enough to restore the Shen family to its former glory, but at least she can buy a big house in the county seat, and she can also buy more than 100 acres of land outside the city, so as to live the life of a landlord.

It's a pity that the old lady and her husband broke her heart again and again, so she lost interest in taking out the money and decided to continue to keep it a secret.

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