So the mother and daughter burned this piece of fat pork belly and sent it to half of the Huayu family, and the other half was left to eat slowly.

In the spring, the sun rises earlier and earlier, and Tang Mian went up the mountain to chop firewood on the fourth watchday, she thought that she couldn't continue like this, she had little strength, and she cut enough firewood to sell it in the county, not to mention that she had to save it for ten days and a half night, once the store opened, she would definitely not be able to take care of it.

At noon, she was so tired that she threw away the sickle and sat down.

"Cotton, what have you been in trouble with lately?" Seeing that she was worried, Huayu asked with some concern.

Tang Mian turned his head to look at her, "Huayu, I found a way to make money, but my mother doesn't want me to show up, what do you think I should do?" ”

"What a money-making business! Can it really make money? Take me with you! "The focus of Huayu is not at all in the focus, his father did not receive a job throughout the winter, and now he can sow seeds directly after plowing the soil in the spring, and there is nothing to do after that, if he can really earn some money to supplement the family.

"Huayu, I can take you to do business together, but you have to help me think of a way to persuade my mother, you also know that my father is also a petty official, even if he doesn't want us anymore, my mother doesn't want me to show up all day long and lose the face of the Tang family."

I don't like to listen to this flowery language, the two of them grew up together, she knows a little about her family, just a man like her father, he abandons his wife and daughter after he gets rich, this kind of scumbag doesn't want it.

Her eyes rolled around a few times, and she suddenly thought of a brilliant solution.

"That cotton! Listen to my father, a few days ago, Aunt Bai asked him about the unmarried man's family in the neighboring village, and your mother must be worried about your marriage, you-"

"What the hell did you come up with Huayu, you probably want me to marry a businessman who does business in the county! Not to mention that they will never choose a peasant girl, even if I really have the fate to marry in the past, I may not be able to do business! "When you see cotton, you will be mistaken.

Hua Yu also jumped up nervously, "Cotton, I didn't mean that, have you forgotten what happened to Qingxiu's family half a year ago." ”

When she mentioned this, Tang Mian's memory was withdrawn to a long time ago.

Qingxiu's family is a well-known poor family in the village, and the family of six barely survives by relying on various alms from the villagers.

Qingxiu is the eldest child in the family, she was nearly 22 years old last year, because of the poverty of the family and the scarlet birthmark on the right side of her face, which looks very scary, no man in the family wants to marry.

Even the lame old man who died at the entrance of the village and his wife dispelled the idea of continuing when he saw her appearance.

But life is impermanent, what many people didn't expect was that just half a year ago, Qingxiu's father, who went to the next county to work for a short time, inadvertently saved the little young master of Feng Ge's hometown, and got a reward of 100 years of silver. Qingxiu's father saw that Feng Ge's hometown was buying Chen Mi on a large scale, and he also bought the amount of fifty taels of silver, and then sold it again, earning no less than twice as much silver.

After returning to the village to pay off the money owed as soon as possible, he bought a house and land, and invited a matchmaker from Huaning County to be a matchmaker at a high price, saying that as long as a man is willing to marry his daughter, he will give the man's family 20 acres of land.

As soon as the news spread, unmarried men from ten miles and eight villages flocked to it.

In the end, Qingxiu chose a poor scholar to marry.

Tang Mian recalled this, and still sighed that Qingxiu's life was good, and her previous life was so hard that she couldn't do it, but because her father suddenly got a little money, he found such a good husband.

She remembered that Shen Guangbo and Qingxiu's husband were Xiucai and Jinshi in the same year.

He seems to be called Yu Lin, after he entered the court as an official, because he had an ugly wife at home, he was ridiculed by many people, but he didn't care, and refused the kindness of all parties, and favored Qingxiu alone, which was passed on as a good story for a while.

"Hey! What are you thinking? Can't you understand what I mean? The flower language was eager, "Silver! If you tell your mother that you want to earn some dowry for the future, she will definitely support you in business! In these days, having money does not mean that there are more choices. ”

Yes! She really lived in vain for so long, and her mother often dragged people to help her find a good family, so she wanted her to find a good man to marry.

Later, she returned home and had a showdown with Bai Yunniang about wanting to help in the store.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, she aroused her strong opposition.

If she hadn't been divorced, her daughter wouldn't have suffered with her.

Her reputation is damaged, and cotton can no longer choose a good person.

Now if you show up to work in the store again, you will definitely be disgusted by your husband's family.

As a last resort, Tang Mian used the few tricks given to her in the language of flowers, and finally poked Bai Yunniang's idea of wanting her to marry a good family, so she agreed to be a helper.

"Mother, do you really agree?" Tang Mian was a little uncertain and asked again.

Seeing her nod, she jumped up in place with joy.

"Great! Mother, don't worry, your daughter will work hard! I'll find you a good son-in-law to come back! Bai Yunniang was amused by her appearance, this girl is really similar to what Brother Hua said, she can't sit still by nature, she has a good brain, and she is a piece of business material.

As a cousin, she is also affected by the cotton, and she will have to marry sooner or later.

It's good to make her happy now.

Tang Mian didn't know what her mother was thinking.

She wrote down all the businesses she wanted to do.

"Dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato vermicelli, rabbit, chicken...... There are a lot of fruits and yellow eels in the summer......"

In the end, she couldn't decide what to do in the store.

After waking up early, she went to the entrance of the village to take an ox cart and arrived in the county.

When I entered the store, I found that everyone got up early in the morning to clean up and clean the yard.

Tang Mian didn't come to the store two days ago, but now he saw that the front yard was cleaned up by Tian Bo and a few of them, and his mood was very smooth.

"Master, you can be regarded as coming, the old slave doesn't know what layout you like, just follow your own, if you don't like anything, we will immediately-"

"Yes! Tian Bo, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, you don't need to change it, the store will be taken care of by you in the future, and you will be the shopkeeper of the store from now on! ”

Tang Mian didn't think much about it, she couldn't say that she was at ease with Tian Bo and them, but the deeds of sale of several people were all in her hands.

The laws of the Heavenly Kingdom are very clear, if a slave dares to escape, he will be shot on the spot if he finds out.

Looking at Tian Bo's elegant appearance, Tang Mian added, "Tian Bo, you should be literate, right?" ”

"Well, the old slave used to be the head of the Imperial City Youda's house, and since Lord Youda was blocked by the army, I came to Huaning County as a slave."

Tian Bo didn't plan to hide the past, he went into Youjia to be a scholar when he was a child, worked hard for half a lifetime, approaching Yijiazi, the master promised to return the deed of sale to him after his birthday, and give him a silver to enjoy his old age, but such a change happened.

He said this to persuade Tang Mian not to hand over such an important position as the shopkeeper to him.

Tang Mian had a vague impression of this Youda, and heard that he was a Qing official on the surface, but behind his back, he was secretly conspiring with foreign merchants behind everyone's back and reselling salt. He deserved to be degraded for doing something wrong, but how innocent the people in the house were.

"An-la! Tian Bo, since you have been the manager before, then work hard, don't worry, you will definitely not suffer if you follow me Tang Mian. ”

After a while, Tang Mian made a list of things to be purchased.

Focus on the acquisition of spring sweet potatoes and hares.

The purchase of sweet potatoes was already very strange to Tian Bo, and now he had to buy hares that no one ates.

You must know that if the hunter catches the rabbit, the good condition is sold to the big family to enjoy, and the injured or ordinary-looking rabbit is plucked and thrown to feed the dog.

Tang Mian didn't explain much, after all, it was only three years later that it became popular to eat rabbits.

As for dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato vermicelli, she learned them when she went to Fanbang to talk to her grandmother.

She can't keep leaning on the bowl, she has to rely on her own hands.