She couldn't care about the little awkwardness in her heart these days, and asked, "Shopkeeper, are you really not going to teach Mengxue?" ”

"I'm not going." Zhao Fengnian pulled through an account book and looked through it, his voice was flat, and he didn't raise his eyelids, it was obvious that the actions of the clan elders a few days ago made him completely discouraged, and he no longer had the idea of selfless dedication and burning himself silently.

Rui Xue thought of Da Zhuang and Heizi in the past few days, and looked at Zhao Fengnian's eyes as if they were full of longing, if they knew that they would drop out of school in the future, they would be very disappointed, so they opened their mouths to persuade, "It's all the fault of adults, but it has nothing to do with the children, don't talk about other children, if Da Zhuang and Heizi drop out of school, it's really a pity..."

Zhao Fengnian raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, and suddenly smiled, "I don't go to Mengxue to be a gentleman, but I didn't say that I don't open a private school." ”

"Private school?" Ruixue blinked, her mind spinning, and she immediately understood the key to this.

Teaching Mengxue is employed by the village, and is subject to the constraints of the clan elders and Lizheng, while the private school is different, it is completely up to oneself, how many bundles to receive, how many days off, and no one can point fingers.

"That's a great idea. However, since you are going to open a private school and take over the tofu business, will you be too tired? ”

Zhao Fengnian shook his head, the Zhao family has ninety-eight shops under his name, he has been taking care of them for five years, and he has not made any mistakes. The most important thing is that if he wants to live now, if he wants her to stop being bullied, and if he wants to become trustworthy in her eyes, he has to show some skills and let her see...

Rui Xue is actually still worried about Zhao Fengnian's body, after all, Old Man Tian's diagnosis of his two-year longevity is definitely not untargeted, it can be seen that he is so persistent, and he will be relieved when he thinks about it, maybe he feels bored reading and practicing calligraphy at home all day long, and it is not bad to find something to do, there are shops left and right, even if the tofu is sold badly, it will not be impossible to open the pot, not to mention, she still has an oil extraction business that has not been done, compared with this profitable business, everything else is a trivial matter.

"I knew that you were going to take over the tofu business, so I won't arrange those things today, and in the future, you will increase your salary, and you will be able to collect people's hearts." Rui Xue opened the pair of small kang cabinets that had just settled in Kang Zi'er, turned out the previous tofu book, and handed it to Zhao Fengnian together.

Zhao Fengnian took it, didn't look at it, put it directly on the table, and said with a smile, "The Qian family is a difficult time, you don't have to bother to put it away, Qian Heitan will also work diligently, the Zhang family and the Gao family have followed you from the beginning, you have put so much effort into it, and naturally you will not easily have any crooked hearts." But there's one thing you've been overlooking. ”

"What's the matter?" Rui Xue quickly combed through the things she had done in the past few months, and didn't find any loopholes, so she asked, "What did I forget?" ”

Zhao Fengnian lay down again and asked, "What's the name of our village?" ”

"Yunjia Village, shopkeeper, you won't be... Hmm..."Rui Xue was wondering why he had forgotten the name of the village, and his heart suddenly jumped, and he suddenly said, "The shopkeeper said that I neglected to win over the person surnamed Yun in the matter of employing people?" ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, motioned for her to blow out the lamp and lie down, and then gently shook her hand, "Yunjia Village, named after the surname Yun, although there have been many people with foreign surnames in recent years, but the Yun family has the deepest roots, if you want to really gain a foothold in the village, the first thing to win over is the Yun family." ”

Rui Xue twisted her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "I understand, the shopkeeper can rest assured, within two days, I promise to find you a Yun family." ”

Zhao Fengnian turned his head and saw that her smiling face was so bright even in the dark night, and he couldn't help but laugh along...

The next day, Sister-in-law Zhang came over to say hello before going to the dock, Rui Xue pulled her and instructed her carefully, Sister-in-law Zhang smiled, "Don't worry, I know the seriousness of this matter, and I won't mess it up with my sister." ”

Rui Xue sent her off with a smile, but she went straight to her yard out of the courtyard gate, pulled Zhang Dahe, who was sweeping the yard, and said in a low voice, "My sister and Mr. have already decided who will do the work, so don't go and talk about our second child." To tell the truth, the second man is too lazy, he is here to work with you, maybe he will have to take the salary for nothing and not do things, when the time comes, we will have to make a shame in front of Mr. Zhao and his sister, if he doesn't come, we will also worry. ”

Zhang Dahe listened to it and sighed, originally he still thought that the fertilizer and water would not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the Zhao family would give a good salary, so he would find an opportunity to talk about his second child and let him come to work, after all, his family also has three children, and his life is not easy. Unexpectedly, the Zhao family already had a plan, so naturally this matter could not be mentioned again, so I didn't tell the second child first.

"In the future, our family will have a better life, so let's help the second family more."

Sister-in-law Zhang really didn't like the second uncle's family, and she didn't want to make Zhang Dahe angry, so she said, "Okay, I'll talk about it then, I'll go to the dock first, and my sister-in-law also entrusted me to do something." ”

"Be careful on the road." The husband and wife told each other two sentences and dispersed.

Sister-in-law Zhang went all the way to the dock, took the bolt to wipe the tables and chairs, wash the dishes, and was busy for most of the hour before resting.

In the past few days, there have been more and more ships docking, and the laborers have also had a job, and the stone, as the new bookkeeper, often has to follow Xu Kuan's side, negotiate with the little stewards of each shop, and only in his spare time, he will come over to help.

In the middle of the day, everyone finished unloading, and they all gathered in the north house to drink tea, waiting for lunch, and if they had some work, they would do some work, and if they didn't have work, they would go home.

Under the pretext that there was no salt, Zhang's sister-in-law sent a bolt into the city to buy it, and then called Shanzi to help light the fire.

Shanzi is a diligent and filial person, and he often helps Aunt Yun to do some chores on weekdays, and the work of burning the fire is also easy to do.

When the meal was on the table, Sister-in-law Zhang deliberately pulled him to sit at the table in the stove and eat together, pulling the homely cooking at will while eating, "What has your mother been busy with these days, your sister-in-law is about to give birth, she should make your little nephew's quilt and clothes, right?" ”

Shanzi swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said with a smile, "No, it's all the clothes of the little nephew, I said that I would also prepare a little niece, and my mother slapped me." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang was funny, "Your mother is looking forward to her grandson, why don't you say good things to make her happy, why do you still make her angry." ”

"Even if my sister-in-law gives birth to a little niece, she is still our Yun family, can I still lose my mother if she is born." Shanzi is actually rare and reasonable, not as patriarchal as his father.

Sister-in-law Zhang added a spoonful of vegetables to him and praised, "That's right, women are not necessarily burdensome to their mother's family, don't say anything far, just say it's close, you see Zhao Niangzi, she can write and calculate, open a shop to make tofu, and now whoever mentions it in our village is not full of envy, if you can give birth to such a daughter, it will be a blessing in your last life." My maid is still young, and in two or three years she will be sensible, so I will let her follow Zhao Niangzi, and do some work on weekdays, if she can learn half of Zhao Niangzi's skills, she will come to her mother-in-law's house, not only will she not be bullied, but she may also be offered up by her mother-in-law's family. ”

Shanzi smiled and nodded, "My mother often praises Master Zhao at home, and also says that if my little nephew has six catties when he is born, at least three catties are raised by the delicious food sent by Mr. Zhao." ”

"That's a good thing, your sister Zhao is really good-hearted, every time you eat something good, I think about sending one to your sister-in-law."

"My sister-in-law said that when she enters the tofu factory to work in the future, she will definitely do the work of two people and repay Master Zhao well."

Sister-in-law Zhang drank the last mouthful of soup, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "I guess, after your sister-in-law gives birth, the tofu workshop will be opened soon, and now the tofu business is very prosperous, my father is too busy to do it, and your Zhao Shiniang said last night that she would recruit someone to help make tofu in the village." ”

"Recruitment?" Shanzi remembered what his old lady was talking about in the morning, and hurriedly asked, "Is there a candidate for Master Zhao?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head, "It seems that it has not yet been decided, so she said that she would find someone who is diligent and responsible, but as soon as this news is released, I am afraid that the people in the village will be squeezed, and it is easy to pick one like this." ”

Shanzi immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm done eating." I suddenly remembered that there was still twenty wenty money under the pillow, and I didn't give it to my mother, so I went home first, and you helped me talk to the stone. ”

"Oh, good." Sister-in-law Zhang didn't seem to care, and nodded while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, "Go, come back early, there will be a boat in the afternoon, don't miss the work." ”

Shanzi lifted the curtain and ran out of the door, trotting all the way back to the village. Aunt Yun was picking up the dishes and chopsticks, and when she saw her youngest son running profusely, she was so shocked that she hurriedly asked, "Shanzi, why are you back, what's wrong?" ”

Second Uncle Yun also asked, "Why did you run in such a hurry?" ”

Shanzi took a few breaths, poured another bowl of warm tea, and then said, "I ran all the way back from the dock, mother, didn't you say that you want your eldest brother to go to Mr. Zhao's house to do things, just now I heard the sister-in-law of the Zhang family say that Brother Zhang is too busy making tofu alone, and Master Zhao said last night that she would find a diligent and responsible person to help, and now the candidate has not been decided, and the news has not spread." Mother, go and talk about it, if it's too late, someone else will snatch it away. ”

Second Aunt Yun was also anxious when she heard this, and while washing her hands in the basin, she complained to Second Uncle Yun, "I was going to go to Mrs. Zhao to ask for mercy last night, you have to stop it, if you go, it will be a coincidence." ”

Second Uncle Yun glared rarely, "What are you still nagging about, don't go quickly, it's too late to delay." ”

When Aunt Yun heard this, she didn't wipe her hands anymore, and went out directly to Zhao's house.

Rui Xue was busy chopping dumpling fillings, planning to wrap some ingots dumplings to make snacks, and make up four gifts to send to Tianfu. As soon as she heard Aunt Yun calling her outside the courtyard gate, she laughed and secretly praised that Sister-in-law Zhang was really good at doing things.

She took Aunt Yun in, and wanted to lead her to the hall to drink tea, Aunt Yun saw that she had flour on her hands, and knew that she was cooking, so she smiled and said, "I'm not a foreigner, what is polite to me, let's go to the stove, you are busy with you, I will sit and cheer with you." ”

Ruixue smiled and agreed, moved the bench and invited her to sit by the warm stove, and then continued to chop sauerkraut while gossiping with her.