Chapter 141
Jiang Xiyue naturally wouldn't blame Mr. Jiang, she had also met Zhang Cheng before she got married, and she had met several times, and she was willing to do so at that time. She herself couldn't see Zhang Cheng's wolf ambition, so how could she blame Mr. Jiang for not knowing people clearly?
And she really thinks that how Zhang Cheng looked at it back then and how honest she was, she can only say that people's hearts are fickle.
"Don't mention the past, my niece feels that her life is good now, and the second uncle doesn't need to feel guilty about it all the time." Jiang Xiyue said with a smile.
Mr. Jiang sighed and said, "I heard that you are now giving lessons to Jiang Ershan's two daughters?" ”
Jiang Xiyue nodded and said, "Sister He asked me to go, and I didn't want to stay at home all the time to make trouble, so I followed." The treatment given to me by the Gu family is very good, and the three girls are also very obedient, so I am not dissatisfied. ”
"So you can make a living, right? It's just that the youngest girl in their family is now eleven years old, and you will stay in her house for five years at most, what are your plans after that? ”
"My second uncle has heard it before, although it sounds a little unbelievable, but I don't plan to give up yet." Jiang Xiyue said with a smile, "I'm planning to start a girls' school, but now I don't have enough money, so I'll stay in the Gu family and save money in the past few years." ”
"With a reward of five taels of silver a month?" Mr. Jiang said helplessly, "To be honest, this reward is high, but even if you save five taels of silver for five years, how much can you save?" Five years later, Hui'er will be ten years old, and it's time to save for a dowry. ”
"I will prepare Hui'er's dowry, and the female school is something I plan to plan for the rest of my life, and I will not stop whether it succeeds or not. But what I wanted to talk to the third uncle about today is not this matter. Jiang Xiyue said and took out a few pieces of paper, one was the design drawings of the bookstore, and the other two were about the planning of the bookstore, "Second uncle take a look at this, this is a bookstore that Sister He is going to open, and the name is Bafang Bookstore." ”
"Octagon Bookstore? The name sounds good, but now that there are many bookstores in the county, she may not be able to do this business. Mr. Jiang took those things and looked at them, and shouted on the spot, but soon regretted again, "But I don't think this bookstore may be able to make money, Sister He is a businessman after all, and I'm afraid this bookstore won't be able to do it for long." ”
Jiang Xiyue said with a smile: "Sister He said that she didn't plan to use this bookstore to make money, mainly because it is convenient for others. She said that her other shops are all profitable, and it is nothing to use them to supplement the bookstore. Just like there are many businessmen who will give some money to give soup to people. ”
"That's what she thinks?" Mr. Jiang couldn't believe it, "If it can continue for a long time, it will be a righteous act." ”
"I believe in Sister He, she is a good girl who does things in an orderly manner. Now that her husband has just taken the Xiucai exam, she is afraid that her business will drag down her husband in terms of reputation, so she wants to rely on this bookstore to save some fame. ”
Mr. Jiang couldn't help laughing: "Although I am a little selfish, I have done good things in the end." ”
"Isn't it? It's just that she didn't buy a lot of books, so I came over and asked my second uncle for some transcripts. Jiang Xiyue said with a smile, "Sister He said, if I can ask for it, even if I become a shareholder, I will write my name in the bookstore in the future." If there is no profit, she is helpless, and if there is a profit, she will divide me into 30%. ”
"Willing to give you 30% of these books alone?"
"That's not it, I put two hundred taels of silver into it before, and asked her to give me a share of the cost according to the proportion of two hundred taels. If it is calculated according to two hundred taels, in fact, it will not be accounted for by one percent. But if you count these books, she's willing to give me three percent. Jiang Xiyue said with a smile.
Mr. Jiang said with a smile: "This price is also fair." ”
"Isn't it? Sister He has always been kind. ”
"You've been praising her, and you can see that you've been really comfortable lately." Speaking of which, Mr. Jiang was helpless for a while.
Originally, he thought that his niece had been wronged in her husband's house, and she should always live a few days of comfort after leaving home, but who knew that his eldest brother and sister-in-law and several nephews wanted to make their niece comfortable, but his nieces and daughters-in-law didn't want to do it at all. But if there is anything unpleasant outside, they can learn a copy and come back, and then do it again to their niece, so that his niece doesn't even want to stay at her mother's house.
Speaking of which, it is understandable that her niece wants to run a girls' school, and her sisters-in-law will not do this kind of thing that makes the family uncomfortable and makes the enemy see jokes if they read more books. This matter is obviously unkind to the Zhang family, but several nephews and daughters-in-law in the family think that a woman must marry and follow her husband from the beginning, and it is all the woman's fault if she can't give birth to a son, which is really stupid!
Originally, he didn't approve of his niece going to the merchant to teach people to study, but now that his niece was happy, and seeing that Jiang Xuehe acted in a disciplined manner, he went with her.
"You circled these, right? I do have them all here, I'll help you pick out a few good ones later, and you can bring them with you. As for what you didn't circle, although I don't have all of them here, I have a few copies, but I am reluctant to borrow someone to copy them, for fear of being damaged by those hairy boys. ”
Jiang Xiyue was a little moved: "Then I ......"
"You take it back and copy it, I can't trust others, can I still trust you?" Mr. Jiang waved his hand, "Remember to put your own seal on the transcript, our family is not happy to do good deeds without leaving a name." ”
Jiang Xiyue's eyes couldn't help but moisten a little, she knew that Mr. Jiang was indeed such a character, in the face of those books that he particularly liked on the market and were difficult to find, he had always been reluctant to borrow them, and now he was willing to lend them to himself out of love, and asking her to stamp the seal was also to make up for her reputation to a certain extent.
"I listen to my second uncle."
Mr. Jiang hurriedly said: "Don't listen to me, I can't trust myself now." ”
Jiang Xiyue couldn't cry or laugh, thinking that her second uncle had taught so many students over the years, and there were some wolf-hearted dogs, and there were also deep feelings and righteousness, so she couldn't serve everyone else for the sake of a rat like Zhang Cheng, right?
Jiang Xiyue was a little overwhelmed when she saw Mr. Jiang's incomprehensible look, and in the end, her second aunt asked her to go back first, saying that Mr. Jiang just missed her, and hoped that she would accompany him more, and deliberately played tricks. Jiang Xiyue couldn't help laughing, and after laughing, she felt a little sad, she really hadn't been with Mr. Jiang for a long time. After a few months, I will follow him to Fucheng, and I will have no chance to accompany him, right?
Mr. Jiang prepared several boxes of books for her, many of which were not in the book list, but Jiang Xuehe felt that since she had opened a bookstore, the more books in it, the better. Moreover, these books were given to her by Mr. Jiang, so maybe they can be used by some students.
After hearing those hard-to-find books, Mr. Jiang also gave a few copies, and Jiang Xuehe was even more overjoyed: "It seems that I have to divide you into this bookstore." ”
Jiang Xiyue hurriedly said: "Don't you, how can you let me take so much reason?" ”
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "What's this? You've helped me a lot, and this bookstore may not be profitable, so even if you share 10%, I'm afraid you won't get any money. Anyway, I'll give you forty percent first, so that I can feel at ease. ”
Jiang Xiyue was not optimistic about the profitability of the bookstore, so she didn't say anything.
"By the way, there's something I want to discuss with you, can I take two months off?" Jiang Xiyue said embarrassedly.
"Is it for copying books?" Jiang Xuehe asked.
In order to live up to the kindness of the elders, Jiang Xiyue must want to copy books well, and it is normal not to be able to take care of the studies of several girls. However, they are still young, so it doesn't matter if they delay for a month or two.
Jiang Xiyue sighed: "I also want to accompany the third uncle more, the third uncle has no children under his knees, so he treats us as his own, and today he is playing tricks on me because he hasn't seen me for a long time." I thought that I was going to go to Fucheng with you soon, and the days I could accompany him in the future will become less and less, so I will stay at his house to copy books during this time. ”
Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "Human nature, Sister Xiyue can go with peace of mind." ”
Jiang Xiyue was very grateful, thinking that although this was human nature, she was only hired by Jiang Xuehe to teach a few little girls now, and Jiang Xuehe was very merciful to let her not teach the girls for two months.
Jiang Xuehe didn't feel anything, she thought that she was going to abduct people to Fucheng, so naturally she wanted to let them see her more before leaving. She simply gave Jiangxi Yue an extra month off, so that she could go back to Jiangjia Village to accompany her parents when she was free. Although those sisters-in-law are a little annoying, she is going to Fucheng, and she may not be able to come back in a year and a half, so naturally give her more time to say goodbye. It happened that during this time, Jiang Yunlan and Gu Sixian also had to make good arrangements for the affairs of Nishang Pavilion, so Jiang Xuehe simply gave them all a holiday, and personally sent the little butterfly back to Hejia Village the next day.
Jiang Yingchun was surprised when she saw her coming: "Didn't you rest after two days?" How did I send my child back early? ”
Jiang Xuehe told Jiang Yingchun about going to Fucheng soon, and she felt embarrassed when she said it, and she also said that she would help bring the little butterfly before Jiang Yingchun gave birth to her second child.
Jiang Yingchun said with a smile: "This is a good thing, what is there to be embarrassed about?" What about Brother Ya'er and Brother Mao? How are you going to arrange it? ”
"Let them continue to live in the small courtyard behind the flower food shop, and the fifth sister will marry into the county town in a few months, and she will definitely be able to take care of them." Jiang Xuehe said with a smile, "Wulang said that he will teach Brother Mao well in the past two months, and he will definitely be admitted to Zhiwei Academy by then, and when he is admitted, he can be a companion with Brother Ya." ”
Jiang Yingchun was a little worried: "In the future, they don't have the words of the fourth brother-in-law to teach......
"Second sister, don't worry, the gentlemen of Zhiwei Academy are excellent, as long as they are willing to improve, they will definitely be able to be admitted to the children's examination in the future. Besides, isn't there still a Mr. Jiang in Zhiwei Academy? How many lifters have he taught? Isn't the second sister worried about Mr. Jiang? ”
As soon as she heard Mr. Jiang, Jiang Yingchun thought of Zhang Cheng, and her face suddenly became not very good, and Jiang Xuehe hurriedly said something else to divert her attention.