"What, you were messing around with your brothers in the backyard just now? Didn't I tell you? When your brothers are in the study, you are not allowed to go over and make noise. As she walked, Banniang pulled the little girl on her head and scolded softly.

Xiao Shi pursed his lips, and was a little proud: "How can I have it?" The second brother said that he told me to study with the ninth brother and Jue'er Gong'er in the future. ”

"Really?" Speaking of this, Banniang was a little jealous, she didn't have this treatment at that time. It can be seen that Xiao Shi's intelligence is that even his father and second brother have to look sideways and pay attention to it.

"This is still false, the second brother said, I don't know the book, how to get a gift? Women should study more so that they can better manage their families in the future. I will be as capable as the eighth sister in the future. When I grew up, I also went out with the eighth sister to increase my knowledge. ”

Talking proudly about the days when Banniang was away, she taught July, September and May every night to recognize words, Banniang smiled and praised: "How are you doing this little gentleman?" I'll test them in July, and if it's really good, my sister will reward you, what reward do you think you want? ”

"Whatever I want?" Xiao Shi Niang said happily.

Banniang shook her head: "Only reasonable ones can be." ”

Xiao Shi Niang hesitated for a moment before she said: "I want to ask Bo Pi Qiu to Mr. Chen, I went to see my sisters-in-law tidying up the warehouse in the afternoon, and I saw a piece of gray mink, and the sisters-in-law said okay, can my sister make a piece of leather felt for Mr. Chen?" ”

The mink fur was specially found by Banniang this time, and it took more than 100 times, it was to see that my father was old, although Nanfeng had a short winter, and it was not cold, but my father stayed in the study all day long, and there was little time to move, if there was a jacket made of mink, it would always be warmer.

But Xiao Shi Niang's request is not easy to refuse directly, and although Mr. Chen has been a gentleman in his own family for more than three years, he is just a hired person, and he doesn't care about giving such a valuable thing all at once, which is not a good thing for Mr. Chen. It is to give something to someone, but it also depends on the degree of acceptance of others, if the gift is inappropriate, not only may not be able to fall in love, but also feel embarrassed by each other.

Only these words and the seven-year-old Xiao Shi Niang can't be said clearly after all, no matter how smart she is, most people? In terms of human sophistication, he is also naïve and pure.

Banniang said: "How did the tenth sister think of giving Mr. Chen a felt?" ”

Xiao Shixiao sighed in general: "Mr. has been a little sore in his legs and feet recently, saying that it was a problem that fell in the past, and when it comes to cold weather, it will be a little uncomfortable. I thought that if my husband had a warm felt coat, when it was cold in winter, he would not have to endure the pain in his legs and feet because of the cold weather when he taught the students every day. ”

It turned out that it was because of this.

Unexpectedly, this little girl has a small heart and is pure and kind. Because Xiao Shi is getting closer to Mr. Chen, and since she can remember, Mr. Chen has been teaching at home, this year, every day to send food to Mr. Chen, but also Xiao Shi and the maid go more, in her heart, Mr. Chen is like her own family.

Banniang didn't want to disappoint Xiao Shi, so she smiled: "But no matter how warm the felt clothes are, when Mr. is in class, it is not easy to wear them all the time, and it is not convenient to write." That mink is for our father to prepare a jacket, you see this is good, I asked my sister-in-law to find another good piece of skin, for Mr. Chen to make another. When the weather is cold, let's put more carbon fire, so that Mr. Chen will not be frozen, wouldn't this be better than making a piece of felt alone? ”

Xiao Shi didn't expect the charcoal fire to come up, after listening to Banniang's words, thinking that there was a charcoal fire in the house, it was indeed much stronger than wearing a felt coat, and the eighth sister also said that she would make another leather jacket for Mr., and she was happy: "Well, this is better, I'll talk to Mr. when I go back." ”

Banniang rubbed her head: "Let's not tell Mr. first, when my sister-in-law points to my mother-in-law and makes the jacket, can you give it to Mr." When the time comes, it will be said that you have taught the maids to read and write these days, and your sister has rewarded you, and you have asked your sister-in-law to make it to honor Mr., and Mr. will be happy. ”

If he had said it earlier, with Chen Lanyu's character, he would definitely not accept it.

Xiao Shi clapped his hands and said, "That's it, maybe as soon as Mr. is happy, his legs and feet won't hurt." When the time came, I asked Xiuniang's sister to help my husband do it. The clothes made by Sister Xiuniang are the best. ”

Xiuniang is Xu Shisan's daughter-in-law, and the two became close at the beginning of the year, if they live in a few rooms behind the schoolhouse.

Because she became close to Xu Shisan, it just so happened that the Zeng family also needed manpower, and the Zeng family gave a very good salary, so Xiuniang simply helped in the Zeng family, and she was ingenious and very thoughtful, she was in charge of the family since she was a child, she was very capable, but she was very able to help her sister-in-law. Banniang also thought that when there were more people in the family, she would ask Xiuniang to be a housekeeper in the future, so that the sister-in-law would take care of the housework of the family, and there would be someone who could really help.

While the two sisters were talking, they went into the backyard and went to Zengzi's house together, and saw Zeng Zigu writing a letter.

Banniang stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile: "Second brother is looking for me? ”

Zeng Zigu sent Xiao Shi out to play with Jue'er, and then said, "It's nothing, it's just that Master Cai has a letter to you." ”

As he spoke, he took a letter from his desk and handed it to Banniang.

Banniang opened it and saw that there was nothing special in the letter, only that the wine she sent over was excellent, and asked him to send him some more before the Spring Festival, and asked him how the business was, saying that he was waiting for Banniang to do the business in the capital, and his father-in-law did not forget Banniang's promise to give him a little chef.

At the end of the letter, it was vaguely mentioned that the court intended to set up a city division in Quanzhou.

Banniang looked at the letter and was distracted.

"What, what did Lord Cai say in the letter?"

"It's nothing, it's just ordinary, but I think the meaning of the righteous father seems to be that the court may set up a righteous city in Quanzhou."

"In this way, the port of Quanzhou has to be built, which is a great thing for Quanzhou."

Zeng Zigu said with a smile.

Banniang is also excited.

If Quanzhou really set up a city shipping division, then it will increase half of the merchants in Quanzhou, such as if the Great Song Dynasty is said to be the second richest country, no country dares to say the first. Just looking at the prosperity of Quanzhou today, you can imagine how much capital and opportunities it will bring to Quanzhou after the establishment of the city.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. If you can make all preparations in advance before this, you will seize the opportunity, which is an important opportunity for the development of your business?

Banniang even has the urge to go to Quanzhou to fight the world.

Taking the city as an opportunity, it is necessary to save at least half of the effort to gain a foothold in Quanzhou than the usual time, and the real thing is twice the result.

Unfortunately, she doesn't have enough money or people to help her.

With such a fat meat, I can only sigh with admiration.

Of course, if she is not determined to do a good job in woodwork, her biggest dream is to build a furniture kingdom of her own. If making furniture is just for her to make money, what kind of business is not to make money? She may not give up such an opportunity that is hard to come by.

However, the stepfather knew that she didn't have such strength for the time being, so why did he reveal this news to her?

Seeing Banniang pondering, Zeng Zigu said: "Eighth sister, you don't want to go to Quanzhou to develop, right?" Although it is indeed a rare opportunity for the court to really plan to set up a city office in Quanzhou, it may not be the most certain time for you. If you want me to say, you might as well use this news to seek some other benefits for yourself, which is more secure. ”

Zeng Zigu woke up the dreamer with a word.

Banniang looked at Zeng Zigu and said with a smile: "Second brother, thank you for reminding me." Now that my sister has the money, it is indeed impossible to go to Quanzhou for a big meal, but we can't eat a big meal, and there is always no problem with a cup of soup. ”

Zeng Zigu was amused by him, and shook his head a little helplessly, the idea that this girl sometimes shows is really funny and angry. It's just very likable. I really don't know how a typical scholarly disciple in my family raised such a calculating girl. Let's say that she values money, she is more generous than anyone else, and she has always been willing to spend money on her family. But as soon as there is an opportunity to make money, those eyes are like stars in the night sky, bright and scary.

The Zeng family has several rooms and is not separated, and all the property is shared. Banniang is another girl, and now no matter how hard she works to make money, she is just making a wedding dress for her family. When the time comes, the money will be regarded as the Zeng family's money, and each room will have a share. But she didn't know that the money she earned, in addition to being kept for business turnover, was also handed over to her sister-in-law to manage, and what was spent on herself was just a few dresses in a year. I haven't even seen her buy any decent jewelry for herself.

Whenever my mother and sister-in-law talk about it, she always has a reason: "I'm busy working outside all day, and I'm really dressed up, and I can't even walk on the road, how can I still do things?" If the mother and sister-in-law have this heart, it is better to spend more on the seventh sister and the little tenth sister. ”

Thinking of this, Zeng Zigu sighed: "Shan'er, our family is now supported by a grange, and there is always a shortage of chewing, you don't have to work so hard, not to mention the brothers in our house, even a few Zifu, and Ziche of the fifth uncle's family, they are not money-loving." It's just a good time. ”

Parents are in the hall, they can't be separated, and now that my grandmother is gone, in the future, I will connect several cousins from my uncle's side, and it is inevitable that the family will be separated from each other. If it weren't for the fact that the fourth uncle went early, he didn't have a family before he died, and he didn't leave any heirs, otherwise it would have been five rooms.

In fact, what could be divided in the past was only the ancestral houses of Nanfeng and Linchuan, as well as the Yunzhuang villa in Nancheng County. Nothing else.

But the situation is different now.

Although everyone has selfish intentions, especially the uncles have been married for many years, and most of the children have become families, it is said that there are several small families. It is impossible to be selfish.

But Banniang is not really stupid enough to have no defenses against people.

No one is perfect, uncles are their own uncles, and the style of the Zeng family is here, in the opinion of Banniang, it will never do the thing that fights for family property, even the aunts and cousins and sisters-in-law are all kind. Such a big family, although there is no guarantee that everyone is not selfish, but at least now they can get by. Now the whole family lives together, and they get along very harmoniously, and they have never had any quarrels.

The eldest sister-in-law manages the family, and the two cousins-in-law of the fifth uncle's family assist, and several people have a discussion, even if there is a difficult matter, they will also go to the three mothers-in-law to ask for advice. And An's is very prestigious, and she is in charge of the internal affairs of the Zeng family, although there are dozens of people in the family now, everything is in order.

So the family has lived in harmony until now, it is not difficult to understand, the three cousins of the third uncle's family have not yet married, brothers, friends and brothers, and now the most important family is the one, as long as there are no economic disputes, there can be no contradictions, that is, if you marry a daughter-in-law in the future, as long as the man is upright, the woman is a little careful, as long as it is not too excessive, it will not hurt. Needless to say, the two sisters-in-law and Baniang only take a picture every day, and they all look like they are knowledgeable and courteous, and there is really something to say, there are still two aunts, and it is not their turn to speak.

The third aunt An is a powerful person, but when it comes to fighting for family property, an arrogant person like her can't do it. The fifth aunt Xu Banniang really can't see anything, but if An's doesn't have the heart to fight for the family property, the fifth aunt has the heart, and she can only press it in her stomach alone.

What's more, even if the two aunts have different intentions, how can the two uncles allow it? There is no one in Mannan Fengcheng who does not know that the Zeng family's current rich life is brought by the eight mothers of the Zeng family's big house, if they really fight for the family property when they divide the family, no matter what it is, as long as the big house is not a dime, others talk about it, and there is no place where the big house is not.

So Banniang never worries about family property.

Of course, isn't her original intention to make money just to make the family live well? She won't lose anything to her aunts and cousins.

Because Zeng Zigu said this, Banniang smiled: "Our family is only three hundred acres of land now. The second brother mentioned it, and I just happened to say that now that my grandmother is gone, I will always have to divide the family in the future, although the uncles have official positions, but there are many children in any family, and the brothers have to study again, and they are also going to start a family, and if they have children in the future, they will only be able to live a good life with the uncles' little money. It's not that my sister is stingy, I can't do business without money turnover, I opened the shop, and I don't care about the money, but the shop can't be divided, and I can't use the money from turnover. But we are a family, and we don't have the truth of losing any family, otherwise I'm sorry for my grandfather and grandmother in the spirit of the sky, second brother, so I thought, it's better to call the eldest brother to watch, our family will add some fields, and when the time comes, each family will divide some, and also ask the uncle and aunt to solve the worries, and resign and return to their hometowns in the future, have a field to support the elderly, and be a farmer, isn't it beautiful? Now we can't afford to buy that much, but I think that if we put more than 20 dumps of land next spring, we will always be able to afford it. ”

One hundred acres of land, more than 20 acres of land is more than 2,000 acres of land, if it is high-quality fertile land, it will probably cost about 6,000 yuan, this money, Banniang is sure to be able to get it now.

Combined with the 300 acres of land at home today, there are nearly 3,000 acres.

Zeng Zigu felt that this was also a good idea.

I heard Banniang say again: "When the time comes, take out 800 acres as a sacrificial field, count it as a public school, and our children and grandchildren of the Zeng family will be able to use it in the future, and the rest of us, we will have four rooms, and each room will be divided into five or six hundred acres of land, which can also solve the family's expenses, what do you think?" ”