This is a patriarchal society, and the general public has this consensus: women should stay at home and teach their husbands and children, and it is a man's business to work hard to support the family burden and even become famous.

There are a lot of discussions about her in Tianqing County, but she is low-key and rarely comes forward to talk about business in person, and she is married to Su Heting, with Su Heting's prestige, even people who have a lot of criticism about her only muttered behind her back, and no one dared to publicize it.

After the business at hand was done, Yuan Ning wanted to take a break, and when he left the studio, he found that it was time for lunch. The schoolchildren are also out of school.

The weather is hot, the dining table is placed under the grape trellis in the courtyard, and the eyes look at the grape leaves swaying slightly in the wind, and look at the weeping grape fruits, and the mood is a little cooler.

Su Heting was busy trying the case and didn't go back to the inner house, so this meal was eaten by Yuan Ning with Zhong Ling and Ji Xiu.

After eating, Ji Xiu closed her eyes in a daze, and Aunt Zhang carefully carried her back to the room to sleep.

Yuan Ning looked at Zhong Ling, "Come to me at night before you go to bed, I have something to say to you." ”

Zhong Ling smiled slightly, "Sister, let's talk about it now, in fact, I don't like to take a nap, and I just lie there with my eyes closed every day." But I didn't doze off in the afternoon. ”

Two years have passed.

Yuan Ning raised his hand and touched Zhong Ling's head: "You are also eight years old this year, right?" ”

Zhong Ling nodded, "I will be ten years old in the New Year." ”

"Sister knows that you are very diligent," Yuan Ning persuaded, "but the house is not built in a day, you should rest or need to rest." ”

"Sister," Zhong Ling came over and hugged Yuan Ning's arm, "I'm not lying, I'm really not sleepy." I just study during the day and go to bed early at night. Our family is not the same as before, I know what to do and what not to do. ”

"I know you're sensible," Yuan Ning gently stroked her cheek, "Your eldest brother and you have the same idea, and he wants to grow up early and help me share the burden." But you see, our family is eating and drinking now, and I don't have any worries that you need to share.

"Sister is looking forward to the future when you have your own life and live your own wonderful life."

"Sister," Zhong Ling was half-lying in Yuan Ning's arms, "I'll follow Shopkeeper Qin to do business in the future, okay?" I know, you don't want to go out and deal with people, but I think it's a lot of fun to do business.

"Our business can be bigger and better, why not let it go?

"The eldest brother is the material for reading, Shuyu and Ji Xiu are still young, I just happened to help my sister.

"It's best to control our own business in our own hands. Although Shopkeeper Qin is honest and reliable now, Shopkeeper Qin is old, and it is impossible to rely on him alone in the future.

"If there are too many people, it is easy to be disorganized, there is no one who can speak, and there are people with weight to press, I am afraid that it will be bad.

"It's like, when we were in Xiaozhangzhuang, didn't the old Zhu family work together when they were young? But later, there were more people in the clan, who didn't take care of their small family first?

"There are even those who are selfish, just like Zhu Jiugu, who takes advantage of people everywhere, and even children like us don't let go......"

Although it had been a long time since the incident, Zhong Ling still couldn't hide the anger in his eyes when he mentioned it.

Yuan Ning smiled and reassured: "As long as we are strong enough, those people are just ants in our eyes." ”

"The problem is," Zhong Ling looked up at her, "we're not strong enough right now!" ”

If you are strong enough, you will not encounter danger and keep your door closed. Although she is young, she also has her own judgment.

Yuan Ning was silent for a moment, "Your thoughts, sister, know, but it's too early to make many decisions, you should learn first." I meant to tell you not to think too much about it, and to wait at least a few years for you to make a decision. ”

"Wait until I'm twelve?" Zhong Ling asked.

Yuan Ning was puzzled, "Why wait until you are twelve?" ”

"Sister, you forgot," Zhong Ling said quietly, "the year your father died, you were only twelve years old, oh no, to be exact, not twelve years old.

"At that time, you can support a family. Can't I decide my future life at the age of twelve? ”

How can that be the same!

Although Yuan Ning's body was only twelve years old at that time, his mental age was already more than twice his physical age.

But she couldn't say this kind of thing, so she had to say with a smile: "Let's talk about it then, if you don't change your original intention by then, my sister will test you with a few problems, and if you pass the test, then in the future, our family's business will be all handed over to you to take care of!" ”

Zhong Ling's eyes lit up suddenly, and he hugged Yuan Ning tightly, "Really? That's great! ”

"The premise is that you have to work harder now," Yuan Ning scratched her nose lightly, "You know, there is no end to learning, don't think that what you have learned now is enough." ”

"I know," Zhong Ling smiled, "no matter what time it is, be humble and humble." ”

The two sisters then talked about some more relaxed topics, Yuan Ning looked carefully, Zhong Ling was indeed not the slightest bit sleepy, and there was no redness in his eyes, so he put his mind at ease and asked her to prepare for class in advance, and she needed to close her eyes for a while when she went back.

She also developed the habit of taking a nap, even if she couldn't sleep, lying with her eyes closed for a while would make her feel more energetic in the afternoon, otherwise she would always feel that she couldn't open her eyes in the afternoon.

But when he returned to the room, he found that Su Heting was also there.

He had changed into civilian clothes and was sitting at the kang table drinking tea.

"You're done with your business?" Yuan Ning sat down across from him, "I thought that you wouldn't be able to come back until dark, and these things wouldn't be so easy to triage, right?" Don't need to spend any more time? ”

"Look down on me so much?" Su Heting raised his eyebrows, "A little thing will take a lot of energy, what should I do when I encounter a big thing?" ”

Yuan Ning didn't know if to laugh, "These are all trivial things?" ”

But after thinking about it, the preliminary work is well prepared, and it's just the end, and it really doesn't take a lot of time, "Okay, I'm underestimating you." ”

Su Heting also poured her a cup of tea, "Thirsty, right?" What do you say to Zhong Ling for so long? ”

Yuan Ning drank tea, pulled a soft pillow and leaned on his back, leaned lazily against the wall, and half-closed his eyes, "Just talk about what she wants to do in the future." This little girl is not big, her ambition is not small, and she wants to help me take care of my business in the future! ”

Su Heting also felt the same way: "Your younger brothers and sisters are very sensible, which is extremely rare. ”

As he spoke, he looked up and saw Yuan Ning with his eyes closed, breathing steadily, and seemed to have fallen asleep. He couldn't help but hook his lips slightly, waited a little, and estimated that the person was already asleep, so he pushed away the kang table, walked over lightly, helped the person to lie down slowly, put a pillow under his head, and put a thin quilt on his stomach.