When she got home in the evening, Ziqing said to Lin Kangping: "Fortunately, our family doesn't have a daughter yet, if we marry a little farther away from home, I can't be a father and mother every day, look at my mother's tears in the past few days, it has not been broken." [.]”

"Yes, you look at this, it's better for the two of us not to have children, Hengzhu already has four sons, I don't want you to work too hard, how many sins you have to suffer every time you get pregnant and give birth, although I feel distressed, I can't do it for you." Lin Kangping took the opportunity to persuade.

Ziqing listened to it and thought about it before saying: "I promise you to have another child, whether it is a man or a woman, I will admit it, and I will definitely not have another child." ”

"Okay, I will rely on you for whatever you say, and you will not regret it then." After Lin Kangping finished speaking, he picked up Ziqing, "Let's go, give birth to a daughter, it seems that I have to work hard as a husband." ”

The day after Ziyu returned home, Ziqing invited her new aunt and her mother's family to have a meal and got together for a long time.

It's a few days to the New Year, Ziqing is very busy these days, and she didn't go back to her parents' house for half a day as usual, there are a lot of things to do at home, fortunately, sausages, hams and vermicelli, down jackets, sweaters and hundreds of thousands of pounds of oranges were directly pulled away by the Wen family at the end of last month.

Lin Kangping is also busy, because during the Chinese New Year, the Anzhou Mansion bought a large number of things from Kangzhuang as a welfare and sent them to everyone, rice, flour, oil and grain, pork, mutton, fish, chickens and eggs, etc., but solved most of the production of Kangzhuang, chickens, sheep, rabbits and eggs in Orange Garden, lotus roots, fish, ducks, geese and so on in Qingyuan. There are also New Year's gifts from the Fu family and several families in the government to be taken care of.

A variety of pastries. What peanut candy, sesame candy, orchid root, magnolia slices, twist flowers and other snacks Shiziqing were handed over to Kangzhuang to do. A large portion should also be prepared in the horizontal and vertical villages. [~] After seven or eight days of busyness, I can finally take a breath.

"Sister, I finally saw you stop, and I came back so easily. I haven't seen you come to accompany me, and every time I come to see you, it's either this or that. I didn't see you stop and sit for a while, so every time I wanted to talk to you, I was interrupted, didn't you buy so many people, why can't you be idle? Zixi asked.

"There are more people in the family, and there are naturally more chores, although you don't have to do it yourself. But the food and clothing of a large family, there are really a lot of things to worry about, besides, at the end of the year, it must be busy. It's good to be busy for a few days, and it's not usually like this. This will be free, I will take you to the Smelling Fragrance Pavilion to enjoy the plum blossoms, let's sit down and gossip. After Ziqing finished speaking, she instructed Xiao Lu to arrange it.

A quarter of an hour later, Ziqing and Zixi sat in the pavilion and drank tea, although it was the first sunny day after the snow, the sun in the south shone on their bodies, and there was still a sense of warmth. "Say, there will be no one here, just say whatever you want." Ziqing said.

"Sister, how do you know I have something to say?"

"You have something written on your face, I have something to say. are such big people, looking at people who have been officials for more than half a year. I can't hold things in my heart, and I have to pay off your current place, otherwise, wouldn't it be easier for your political enemies to get hold of you? Learn more from your big brother. ”

"Sister, to be honest, I don't really want to be an official, the officialdom is too complicated, and our family's background is not thick, so I don't think I can go far. Looking at our family's life in the village is good, even in the town is not bad, but when we get to the capital, our family is nothing, neither money nor power, in the officialdom, we are other people's stepping stones, maybe when we will become other people's pawns or discards, so, sister, I want to make money, make a lot of money, but I don't want to specialize in business, although since the previous dynasty, the status of businessmen has improved, not as lowly as the Song Dynasty, but after all, so many years of traditional customs are there, I really want to abandon the people to go into business, My father and mother are still so sad that they might break my legs. Besides, I don't have the courage to do it myself, I'm afraid that I will regret it in the future, so I'm very distressed and don't know what to do? ”

After thinking about it for half a year, Zixi knew that his gap was still very big, and in Anzhou Mansion, the Zeng family may have a little status, because there is the Fu family and Zifu, but in the rich circle of the capital, not to mention the Zeng family, the Fu family is not on the list, and it has to be a big family like the Wen family, so Zixi is depressed.

Ziqing listened to Zixi's words, pondered for a while, and asked, "Then can you manage your own industry while being an official?" What's the matter with most of the other people's officials? Tell me about it. ”

"To tell the truth, there are only a few people who really come out of the poor people's cold windows to study, and how many poor people can afford those bundles, otherwise, the Holy One can't just give our mother's grace to the seal. For example, the eldest brother borrowed the light of the Wen family this time, and the shallow foundation is most likely to be the place where the mountains and rivers are poor, so I am not afraid, I am afraid that there will be something responsible, and I have no money in my hands, so I can only swallow my anger. My eldest brother and I are not the kind of people who can blindly accumulate money regardless of the lives of the people, if you really want to do that, not to mention whether your conscience can get by, some are staring at it, and something will definitely happen. ”

"Wait, what did you just say, what happened when the eldest brother borrowed the Wen family's light?" Ziqingleng said.

"It's nothing, Third Young Master Wen is in the Ministry of Officials, and he knows the performance of his eldest brother, so he naturally takes advantage of it during the assessment, which is not a big deal."

"Oh, then you go on." Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

"So most people will ask their families to come forward to buy some property, or shops or Zhuangzi, I think the two thousand taels of silver I have on hand is not enough for anything, although she has a little dowry, it is only a few thousand taels of silver. I mean, why don't we do something together, but I don't know what we can do? Sister, I know you've always had an idea, why don't you tell me what you can do? ”

"What you said reminded me that my mother has always been worried that your third brother has nothing to make a living, and wants him to buy some land. I originally had a plan, but I didn't have a suitable opportunity, and I had a lot of things at hand, and the life at home was passable, and your brother-in-law was always busy, so he kept delaying. Since you have said this, I will tell you the truth, I have a recipe for making glass and cement, and you will tell the outside world that your brother-in-law bought the recipe from the Westerners, and never say anything else. Let's open a glass cement factory in a big partnership, the cost of this thing is not high, let's reduce the price, and the business will definitely be good. I've thought about it, let's just produce, and leave the matter of selling glass to the Wen family, their family has a big business, and those who want to cause trouble can't afford to mess with it. ”

"Sister, I know the glass, but what is cement?"

Ziqing explained the use of cement to Zixi in detail, Zixi understood it as soon as he heard it, and also felt that it was better to do this, mainly because the raw materials were easy to find, cheap, and the whole investment did not need too much.

"Sister, since the cost of this glass is not high, why are they selling it so expensive? Is the mold expensive? I've heard that glass is not easy to cut and will break when you scratch it, so it's very troublesome to have different molds for different sizes of the glass, which is why it's expensive. ”

"It doesn't matter, sister has a way, you can use diamond to scratch, when your technology is mature, you can also add something else, make different colors, and make all kinds of wine glasses, rich people drink wine with glasses are the most suitable, these will be said later, you first discuss with the eldest brother, and then the family sits down to discuss the details, the most important thing is to buy land, build a house, how many people to hire, who is responsible and other specific matters written on paper, this is called the plan, your brother-in-law will get it, he knows the outside market better than me, you can talk to him first. After you have prepared the plan, you will know how much money you will invest, how much money you will earn each year, and how long it will take to recover the money you have invested, so that you can have an explanation to everyone and others can rest assured that the money will be handed over to you. ”

"Okay, I'll go home and talk to my eldest brother first, and come to my brother-in-law in the evening. You asked your brother-in-law to leave me free time in the evening. Also, it's the first time I'm doing something, and there are a lot of things I don't understand, I'll take my eldest brother to discuss, and you have to make ideas on the side, I know that you know more than your brother-in-law, so you must teach me on the side. I've learned that I don't always come to bother you. After Zixi finished speaking, he ran out.

As soon as Zixi left, Ziqing was still sitting in the pavilion, Ziqing was in trouble, how could she explain these things to Lin Kangping? There is also Zifu, the last thresher aroused their suspicions, although the glass is not the first, but after all, she is a country woman who does not go out of the door, where do you know this?

Ziqing was immersed in her own world, and she didn't know that Lin Kangping had observed her by the pontoon for several minutes, until Lin Kangping walked up to her, bent down, reached out to smooth her frowning eyebrows, and asked her: "What makes my Qing'er so embarrassed, can you say it, I'll solve it for you." ”

"Zixi just came, saying that he wanted everyone to do a little bit of work to make money, the family foundation is too thin, and the junior can't find a suitable livelihood, I asked him to open a glass factory, he will come over with his eldest brother tonight, find you to make a plan, you help him, buy land, build a house and hire people or something, you are better than me."

"This thing is worth sitting here for half a day, it's a good thing, Xiao Si can do it if he wants to, but then again, how does he know how to make glass? Got the master, please? ”

"No, I told him that you bought the recipe from a foreigner, don't miss it, I'll go back and teach you."

Ziqing saw Lin Kangping raising his eyebrows and the question on his face, he panicked, lowered his head and pondered for a while. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )