"Mingyue? Moon? ”

"Huh?" Ming Xu shouted for two months before she came back to her senses, she looked up at her eldest brother, "Isn't there enough to eat?" There's a lot of it in the pot. ”

Ming Xu was speechless, "I wanted to ask you what you were thinking so distractedly." ”

"Oh, I'm thinking about our soy product workshop." Mingyue took a sip of soup and pulled out something to deal with Mingxu's inquiry.

Mingxu was worried, "Is there anything wrong with the soy products workshop?" ”

"No problem, I just want to open the same workshop in the county." Mingyue put down the bowl and told Ming Xu her new idea on the way to the county seat, "If any of you are admitted to Xiucai this fall, then our family can go and buy some servants who have signed the death contract, so that we can leave our hands and go to the workshop." ”

Mingxu suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier, and he nodded to Mingyue, "We will do our best." ”

Mingyue smiled slightly, "That's it, if any of the four of you passes the exam, I will let our master reward him with fifty taels of silver." On the other hand, I can also double the monthly money for you. ”

"Seriously?" Erlang jumped three feet high, "Can you be our master?" ”

Mingyue squinted at him, "What do you say?" ”

Erlang rubbed his hands with joy, "Then it's decided, I'll go to study now!" ”

Now it is clear that the monthly money of the four of them is one or two silver a month, and this two silver is limited to their occasional meal with their classmates, an outing, and a poetry meeting, otherwise they can buy some small things by themselves, as for three meals a day, clothes for the four seasons, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, the Ming family will help them prepare all the things.

In the colleges they attended, this number of monthly cases belonged to the category of more than the upper and more than the lower.

Those rich sons who have money spend two taels, five taels, ten taels, and even twenty taels, fifty taels, and one hundred taels a month.

And those children from poor families, let alone taking monthly money from their families, they even have to supplement their families with the income from copying books.

Ming Xu, Erlang, San Lang and Jiayan all came out of the hard days, so none of the four of them spent money lavishly.

Especially Ming Xu and Jiayan, as long as they have free time, they will help the academy copy books, and basically rely on their diligence to earn hundreds or even thousands of dollars every month.

Except for the occasional use of the money, it was basically handed back to Zheng Caixia, while Yu Jiayan, Erlang, and Sanlang took all the rest of the money in their hands to Mingyue.

Of course, they didn't give the money to Mingyue, but asked her to help expand their small treasury.

After getting familiar with the county, Mingyue disguised herself as a man and started a small business of buying and selling, and after she made money twice, Erlang and they took the initiative to take out the little private house in their hands.

Although Mingyue was a little surprised, she finally agreed to make money with them - anyway, for her, one sheep is to drive, and two sheep are also herded.

"I heard that there are people from our grandmother's house who also come to work in our house?" Several people agreed on the doubling of bonuses and monthly money, and asked about the family's business again.

"Sister-in-law told you that?"

Ming Xu's face was slightly red, "Hmm." She said that our cousin was very capable, and she was honest and knew what to do. ”

Mingyue nodded, "Their mother and daughter are now living in our family's old house, and I plan to hire them as long-term workers in the future, and if they do well, I will slowly promote them to be stewards." ”

Ming Xu was surprised, "Didn't you say you don't need relatives?" ”

Mingyue smiled slightly, "What I'm talking about is that you don't need relatives to do chores at home, but the workshop is fine." ”

Ming Xu was speechless.

The cousin is too cunning, and he says that he is a little stressed.

"By the way, at noon the day after tomorrow, I want to invite two classmates to come to the house for dinner, and they should bring their wives and children over." Ming Xu said and looked at Mingyue who was listening to him carefully with a smile, "Can you help me entertain the ladies of the two families at that time?" ”

Mingyue nodded, "Where are these two from?" How many people are in the family? Do you have any favorite flavors for eating? ”

Ming Xu tried hard to recall it before saying to Mingyue: "The two families are from our county, and there should be seven people together." As for the preferred taste... One of them loves spicy food, and the other eats everything and is not picky. ”

Mingyue nodded, "I see." Would you like to have a little wine then? ”

Ming Xu scratched his head, "Be prepared, it depends on the situation whether you drink or not." ”

Mingyue gestured to him OK, "Then I'll clean the two rooms in the West Chamber, if they get drunk, you can leave them to sober up before leaving." ”

The house they live in now, the shop and the first courtyard connected to the shop, Mingyue has entrusted Sun Yaren to help rent it to a middle-aged couple to open a grocery store, and she and Ming Xu, Erlang, San Lang, and Jiayan now live in the second courtyard of this house.

One of the east wings of the second courtyard was arranged as a study, and the other lived in Ming Xu, Erlang, San Lang and Yu Jiayan.

If someone else comes to the house, then the main landlord's house and the two rooms in the west wing of the house will be temporarily requisitioned.

***

Two days later, at noon, Mingyue commanded the young man from the county town Jufu Restaurant to send the two tables to the east and west houses of his main house respectively.

The only difference is that the table in the East House is mainly based on various dishes and drinks because it entertains male guests, and the small snacks are only slightly prepared, while the table in the West House is half of the dishes and snacks because of the reception of women and children, and only three dishes are put in chili peppers, and the taste is slightly heavier.

Ming Xu, Erlang, San Lang, and Jia Yan accompanied their two classmates to drink and chat in the main landlord's house, while Mingyue herself stayed in the main house and the west house to entertain the wives and children of their two classmates.

Their two classmates, Gu Hanqing, are tall and thin, with a slightly dark complexion, and they are not easy to get close to because of their serious expressions and unsmiling expressions.

He married his wife Li, and the two had a son and a daughter, the son was just one year old this year and had been held in Li's arms, but the daughter was more than seven years old, and she was a lively girl with red cheeks and a delicate appearance.

The same Chi Zhen was slightly shorter than Gu Hanqing, and his body was a little more rounded than Gu Hanqing, and his white and fat face always had a slight smile.

He married his wife Qin, and the two have been married for six years, and currently only have a four-and-a-half-year-old daughter under his knees.

"I heard that my sister and the Yu brothers are an unmarried couple?" Qin's temperament is lively, and she can't help but gossip halfway through the meal.

Moon:... Who the hell has such a fast mouth? If Yu Jiayan's classmates knew that he had a marriage contract, how could he marry another beautiful girl in the future?

"Hmm." She was calm on her face, but she was quite speechless in her heart, "Sister-in-law eats vegetables." ”