Shi'er rubbed up. I just pinched a melon seed, and sighed again: "I have been making clothes for that mouth for the past two days, and my shoulders have been weirdly sore, so it would be nice if someone rubbed them for me." ”

Chun Ying glared at her, pursed her lips, squeezed out a flattering smile, and walked over extremely gently, stretching out her hands to pinch her shoulders: "How is it?" Is it strong enough? Do you want to pinch it a little heavier? But the fingers reached out to her armpits.

Shi'er started laughing from the moment she got up and came over, and when she found out that she was going to make a mistake, she hurriedly dodged and straightened her stomach: "Don't mess with me!" I'm not alone now! ”

Chunying scolded with a smile: "Sure enough, it's not a person, you're just a narrow ghost!" Why don't you say it soon?! It's a real rush! "Change back to the normal gesture and pinch her shoulder without being heavy or light.

Shi'er was pinched so comfortably, and he didn't continue to tease Chunying anymore, and said with a smile: "If your uncle wants to go to Dongfu, he must first ask the people in Dongfu to ask for it!" Listening to my grandmother's tone, this thing is not done, but I am afraid that if he does not give up, he will come back to entangle in the future, and he will find you again. That being the case, I'll ask him for an errand! ”

Chunying was puzzled: "I just don't want to be connected with him." He refused to help him find an errand. He is such a person, and he has a gambling addiction, no matter what bad it is, sooner or later he will be kicked out, why should I be trapped in it and lose face? If he makes a bigger fuss, such as stealing something or breaking something, and the people in Dongfu remember that I recommended him to go in, and ask me to pay for it, wouldn't it be a loss to me?! What's more, I'm out of Dongfu, and I don't want to go back with one foot at all! ”

"I didn't ask you to recommend him to Dongfu!" Shi'er glanced at her with disgust, "Are you a fool for me?!" He is not from Dongfu, if you really want to recommend him in, no matter whether it is good or bad in the future, the people of Dongfu will remember it on your head. What I'm saying is, let him find an errand under the name of the Hou Mansion! ”

Chunying was even more puzzled, her uncle was obviously fired by the third young ****, where can she find a job in the Hou Mansion? She was about to refute Shi'er, but suddenly noticed that Shi'er was talking about "under the name of the Hou Mansion", and she had an idea: "You mean...... In the various shops and granges under the name of the Hou Mansion...... "Shi'er refers to Mu Chen's silk shop, right?" Thinking of this, she shook her head: "No, I know that in a place like a store, the guy who wants it must first be kao, diligent, and clean hands and feet." I'm not saying that my uncle has these ** diseases, just someone who is addicted to gambling. It's impossible to say what you'll do when you're short of money, but I'm not going to harm you. ”

Shi'er was a little discouraged: "I only said one sentence, you think so far, can you listen to me?!" ”

Did you guess wrong? Chunying hurriedly said: "Then you can say it quickly." ”

"I think, you are just worried that your uncle will come to your mother to ask for money, because your mother can't let go of your mother's family, but now your mother's family has no other income except for your aunt's monthly money, and there are sick old people at home, so whether it is morality or affection, your mother can't care, and you and your father can't turn people away. I see, Suo ** will transfer your uncle away, far away, it is better to be on an errand outside for many years, it is better to transfer your aunt and uncle as well, they can't leave the old man behind, right? Listening to what you said, in fact, your grandmother is not seriously ill, and she has always loved her son the most, no matter what your uncle says. She was probably following him. When their family leaves the capital, where will they have time to bother you? What's more, when they have an errand, they naturally don't have to worry about their livelihood anymore. If you are generous, let your mother come forward and ask him how much debt he owes, and pay it back for him, so as to stop other people's mouths, so that his family will not shout that your mother does not care about your mother's family. ”

Chunying thought about it carefully, and sure enough, there was some truth, and she had an idea: "The debt owed by gambling money is not good after all, when I repay the money, I can still ask my mother to speak in front of everyone, saying that this time I will pay it back, if someone lends him money to gamble again, she will never have another child!" After that, if there is any money dispute, it can be dragged away. Just looking for an errand for my uncle? "The farthest errand she knows is the Nanyang fleet, in this regard, the only way she can say is Wang Laoqi and the Huo family, these two lines, have not been in contact for several years, and it is unlikely that they can be used, plus his uncle's spleen**, how can the steward of the fleet look down on him?

Since the Nanyang fleet is not successful, what about Zhuangzi? The Zhuangzi under the name of the Hou Mansion is the farthest from the capital, and she doesn't know anything about it, so forget it, followed by the Zhuangzi of the Hejian Mansion who is in charge of the wood steward. There is also the Xishan Zhuangzi that the Lu family used to be in charge of. Chunying hesitated for a moment between asking Aunt Lu for help and asking the wood steward to help, and then asked cautiously: "Shi'er, your father-in-law's Zhuangzi ...... Is there still a shortage of people? ”

Shi'er smiled: "Fortunately, you guessed, I thought you were stupid now!" It's easier said than done. The Zhuangzi in Hejian Mansion, because the place is large, there are not many people sent by the Hou Mansion, and when it comes to the busy farming season, there are some people who are short of manpower. Although the time for sowing has passed, the next planting of melons, fruits and flowers still needs to be supervised by manpower. My parents-in-law now send people back to see me every three or five days and bring me things, and I just tell him by the way. It's just to see if people are lazy in farming, who wouldn't do it? It is far away from the city, and the people on the village know their roots, even if they gamble one or two in their spare time, it is just a pastime, a matter of two or three dollars. Your uncle is gone, and no matter how much you gamble, you can't get a flower. If it really doesn't look like it, my father-in-law is in charge of the whole village, and he has always said the same, as soon as he speaks, what else can your uncle do?! ”

The more Chunying listened, the happier she became, and hurriedly said, "Is it really possible?!" I'm worried I'm going to trouble your father-in-law! After all, my uncle is an uneasy one. What if he messes with the village? Even the errand of the Dongfu tea house, his family is still insufficient, and the supervisor of the village ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to get into his eyes. ”

"What's so scary about that?" Shi'er smiled, "He dislikes the work of Dongfu, he doesn't want to ask for it, but the work of Houfu, since he finds him, he still dares to push it?!" Don't worry, although I have entrusted my father-in-law, I will not embarrass his old man. Your uncle is not good, and he still has to be taught a lesson. His old man will never be soft! ”

Chunying was overjoyed, and suddenly remembered that her brother-in-law was **** good with Mu Jiafu, and she could also go to ask for a trust, so she hurriedly said: "Then I'll go and say hello to my brother-in-law and ask him to make it clear to the woodcutter, so that the woodcutter will not have scruples." In fact, as long as my uncle and aunt don't come to our family to trouble, I don't want to treat him too badly, after all, it's my mother's own brother. Now in the Hou Mansion, it is difficult for him to find an errand, since I found one for him, he naturally doesn't like anything, isn't it? ”

Shi'er smiled secretly and nodded: "You said very well, it is indeed a filial nephew." Chunying squeezed her eyes, and the two laughed.

After lunch, Chunying said goodbye to Shi'er and got into the carriage and went home. When she arrived at the door of the house, she settled the car money first, and she entered the house in a hurry and told her father about the business in Dongfu.

Lu Yougui immediately stood up and said: "It just so happened that I met a Suzhou businessman who was familiar with me yesterday, and sold a lot of high-quality silk to sell in the capital, all of which were new flowers that came out last winter and this spring, and the face ** is also bright, but the price is more expensive, the cheapest one is three taels of silver, and the most expensive two red brocades, each of which costs more than twenty taels!" However, the ** noodles of Edong Mansion can still afford to use such materials. I'll go to the merchant and see if he's gone, and if so, I'll take them all!" ”

After saying that, he hurriedly changed his clothes and went out, Chunying called him even again, but he didn't look back. She had no choice but to sigh and suppress the fact that Dongfu might hire an external shopkeeper. I'll talk about it when he comes back in the evening.

Lu Yougui was busy until dark before coming back, and as soon as he got home, he excitedly shouted: "It's done!" Luck! If it was a step later, the materials would have been bought, and when I went out to call a car to transport the materials, two shops came in a row to see the goods! The things have been transported to Dongfu, and Mr. Xu has collected them, and even if he gives me the money, he still praises me for being fast! Now there are still one hundred and fifty horses of material left, and I will find someone tomorrow. After that, he carefully took out a cloth bag from his bosom, and took out five silver tickets and a few silver horns from it: "Look, a total of five hundred and sixty-seven twenty-eight dollars and three cents of silver!" There are also ten taels of silver rewarded by my wife, excluding the money for buying material advances, I have made a total of more than fifty taels! That's more than we can pay in a year! ”

Chun Ying was also very happy when she heard this, and said while setting up the meal: "If the remaining one hundred and fifty horses are also rounded, we will earn even more!" This part should be more ordinary material, right? One, two, two, one horse, it's about the same, and it only costs seven or eight hundred taels to buy the material that used to cost at least one thousand taels to buy before and after Dongfu, but they earned it instead. We can also get a few pocket money, which is better than those who buy cheaply! “

Lu Yougui ate a few bites of food quickly, and felt that the hunger in his stomach was less, so he slowed down, and said with a smile while eating: "Manager Xu also said that I am a kind person, in fact, I didn't deduct much from the original purchase, after all, the second wife is still very strict, but I directly got the material from the owner of the goods, and then transferred it to Dongfu, which is much cheaper than them buying from the store." When people's silk shops change hands, they have to take at least two points of profit! I originally thought that the price was too low, for fear of blocking the way for others to get rich, but then I thought that we are not in that house anymore, as long as the second master and the second wife think that I am honest and kao, and the benefits will be more in the future, so I lowered the price a little. ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "Today in Dongfu, Aunt Xu just mentioned to me that the second wife may want to set up a silk shop, if the father does the errand, maybe he will be hired back to be the shopkeeper!" What does Daddy mean? ”

Lu Yougui was accustomed to the movements in his hands, and was silent for a while before he said, "Let's get this errand done first." In addition to the one hundred and fifty horses, there were also curtains, quilts, bed skirts, table surrounds, table covers, chair cushions, and chair covers...... and the silk flowers that the girls want to wear, etc., I took them all. Can this busy work take two or three months? After finishing this errand, the money earned is almost enough for us Shu Shu **** to live in two or three years, and before the end of the year, I will find a few more transactions, but I am afraid that the capital to open a store is enough. ”

When Chunying heard this, she was first stunned, and then surprised. Father actually enlightened! In the past, he always wanted to be safe, but finally found that opening a store and being the boss was better than working for others?!

She was excited, but Mother Lu walked out of the room at this time, frowned and said, "According to me, this shopkeeper still deserves it." At the end of the year, not only do you get paid, but you can also pay dividends. The stone shopkeeper that Chun'er recognizes, I heard that he also has seventy or eighty taels of silver a year, so there is no need to talk about dividends. Besides, it's not their own capital, even if they lose money, they won't go bankrupt, we have silver, it's better to buy some fields, or buy a few more houses to rent, with the support of the East Mansion, the second master is now the secretary of the military department, and we can stand firm in the capital! ”

Chunying sighed and said, "Mother, work for others, no matter how much money you make, it's someone else's, we can only share a little bit, and we have to wait for the orders of the boss at any time." But if we open our own store, we will make our own decisions about the affairs of this store! Dad is not a beginner, this line has been cooked for a long time, how can it be so easy to lose? As long as you don't spend all your possessions to open a store, the risk is still not great. ”

Mother Lu pouted: "Then be a shopkeeper for a few years, save money, and at the same time get along with merchants and buyers, and then open a store in a few years." At that time, the certainty was greater, and it was not easy to lose. ”

Lu Yougui directly glanced at the ** son: "We were originally born in a family, and we were released by the grace of the master, if I go to be this shopkeeper, I will come out in the future, what will others say about me?!" Grab a job with the master's family, you and my backbone are cast in copper, and I am not afraid of being poked?! ”

Mother Lu was dumbfounded, and sat down on the kang head stupidly, and sulked there.

Chunying carefully whispered into her father's ear and told her grandmother and uncle about her grandmother and uncle, and said, "My mother has been angry all afternoon, but I'm afraid that she hasn't lost her anger yet." I have already told Shi'er to say hello to the wooden shopkeeper, and asked my uncle to ask for an errand in the village between the rivers, but my mother is far away from the capital and wants me to find a closer one. ”

Lu Yougui didn't say anything, just ate with his head bored, and asked, "Where is the wine?" Pour me a drink! Chunying hurriedly went to get the wine.

Mother Lu secretly glanced at her husband, and said a little uncomfortably: "The river is too far away, even if it's Xishan?" Shall we send a letter to Purple Fish? She must be willing to help! ”

Lu Yougui took the wine handed by **er and drank it all: "The Lu family is not the head of the village now, and he may not be able to make up his mind, not to mention that since his family has been delayed, his mind is not on errands, it is better to ask Brother Mu for good." Call the ** son-in-law to say, and the face of the Wang family, is it possible that Brother Chengmu can still treat your brother badly? ! Chunying has found a good place for his uncle, are you still too short?! If it is a Zhuangzi who is close to the capital, who doesn't know your brother's reputation?! Are people willing to do it?! Don't forget, he was the third young **** who spoke out of the house in person! ”

Mother Lu gritted her teeth and reluctantly admitted: "Okay, it's just that his food, clothing, housing and transportation in the village can't be too bad!" We have lived in Zhuangzi, of course we can't let him suffer like that! ”

Chunying said with a smile: "Don't worry, mother, let's go and tell my brother-in-law, ask the wood steward to arrange a big house for my uncle, and if possible, just get a small courtyard." Then see if there is an errand that my uncle can do in the village, if so, let her go with her, so that I am not afraid that my uncle will not take care of it! I heard that there is a school on the Zhuangzi in Hejian Mansion, the place is big, there are many people, and it is very lively! And the people there are very simple, they take care of each other, and the villagers are as good as a family. Uncle, even if the whole family is gone, he will definitely live well! ”

Mother Lu was happy to hear this and nodded again and again. Only Lu Yougui heard the hint in **'er's words, took a sip of wine, raised his eyes and glanced at **'er, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth.! ~！