Li Youcai was actually worried, lest Sun Liang settle accounts with him, but he didn't think he had a sorry conscience, not to mention that Wen Jin's business was not ordinarily good, he took stock every day, and he could figure out how much his commission was, and the joy of making money diluted the worries in his heart.

The days are like flying, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye, and the people at the wharf are scarce, and the merchants who purchase the goods basically stop at this time, only out and out, otherwise, after the New Year, it will be difficult to sell.

Wen Jin's restaurant was closed three days ago, she finished the account, gave Li Youcai twenty-six taels of silver, plus damaged pots and bowls, and gave him a total of thirty taels, which made Li Youcai so happy that he couldn't see his teeth and eyes, he ran it himself for a month, and twenty taels of silver were dangerous.

During the Chinese New Year, he also returned to his hometown, Wen Jin said that when she came over after the New Year, she would have a way to deal with Sun Liang and make him feel at ease.

Li Youcai couldn't tell what his psychology was, and he had a special trust in Wen Jin, a young man who was younger than his eldest son, and felt that she would definitely be able to do what she said.

Wen Jin's restaurant opened in the middle of winter, and at the end of the month, it was open for a total of forty-two days, excluding all expenses, and earned a total of five hundred and three taels of silver.

Wen Jin left a few guards behind the door, and the rest followed her home. Baoshan alone got a dividend of forty taels of silver, and he couldn't find the north of his beauty. In previous years, I sold fried fat sausages for a year, and I couldn't earn forty taels of silver. Wen Jin asked him to go home and practice knife skills with carrots, if he wanted to be a good chef, his three-legged cat kung fu was not enough.

Wen Jin gave Cen Shui the last remaining ingredients, and the Lu family bought the best Baoweizhai pastries in Minghu City, as well as two jars of good wine, as gifts.

Wen Han and Wen Jin went home together, and he had made a clear decision to give up next year's entrance exam.

Wen Jin felt that he had his own plans, so he didn't mix in and put forward his own suggestions.

During the time when Wen Han was in contact with Lu Can, he found that he only read a few books, wrote well, and wrote articles well, and wanted to mix in officialdom, which was simply whimsical. He felt that he was not only inferior to Lu Can, but even Lu Can's master was far inferior, and it just so happened that Lu Can needed a master who was in charge of official correspondence, and after Wen Han was well, he did this position.

Lu Can likes Wen Han very much, a young man who is pure and sincere, and can recognize his own catties, and is not arrogant or impetuous, so he naturally has no reservations and teaches Wen Han everything he can think of.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the official office was sealed, Wen Han instructed Lu Zhenbang to read in the first half of the day, helped Wen Jin take account in the afternoon, and went home together at the end of the year.

Since something like that, no one has been worried about letting him go on the road alone until the mastermind behind the scenes is caught. Including Wen Jin was cautious, walking in Minghu City, and there were people from Shiwei Village around him at all times.

Hurried all the way, returned home just Chinese New Year's Eve, it was almost dark, Qian Xiancheng and Wei Shi saw their son, crying with joy, the two were busy, boiled hot water, let Wen Han and Wen Jin bathe and change clothes, and then the family sat together, while eating snacks, while staying up.

First of all, Wei asked Wen Han in detail about his life in the past few months, and heard that everything was fine in Lu Mansion, and now he is the master of the cousin of the Lu family, and he is happy and worried.

"Where do you know how to be an official, don't do something wrong and cause trouble to your relatives."

"Mother, don't worry about this, Uncle Lu is just to let me learn a little, so I suggested that I start with the master, otherwise, even if I will try well next year and have fame, I can't be a good official, officialdom is really complicated, those people say yes, in fact, whether it is or not, you have to figure it out with your heart, you must not listen to the superficial meaning, I have studied for more than a month, I can understand a little bit, I was confused at first, like a fool."

Not only Wei, but Qian Xiancheng was also dumbfounded, he was originally a stupid melon, in the countryside, dealing with the most simple farmers, can make people fool, let alone socialize with the old fritters in the officialdom.

Qian Xiancheng and his wife didn't know the news of Wen Han's injury until now, so Wen Jin and Wen Han continued to hide it, but fortunately, Wen Han's external injuries were very light, leaving almost no scars, and the fracture had long since healed and could not be seen from the outside.

After talking about Wen Han, Wei asked about Wen Jin again, Wen Han has also seen the grand occasion of Wen Jin's hotel, and Wen Jin complements each other, his current eloquence is not good, the words are humorous, and from time to time he exaggerates two sentences, and the two adults can fall off their eyes.

"Earned five hundred taels of silver in a month and a half?"

"Hmm!" Although he didn't like Wen Jin to be in business, Wei didn't think that the money was bad, and after being surprised, he actually smiled with satisfaction, "If your father comes back, he will definitely be happy to see you so capable." ”

Qian Xiancheng didn't say anything, he only had a scholar in his eyes, but his younger brother Qian Xiancong was very open-minded, and he would definitely not drill the horns.

Wen Han Zhongju, or the first time to go home, the first day of the new year, the people of Shanwo Village, almost all came, the simple country people, did not think of anything to stain the light, they all came to see the strange, their village, there was a lifter, now, but also to the county master as a master, is a very big official, so, I feel that I can say a word to Wen Han, or stand quietly in the general for a while, have a proud expression.

Wen Han was naturally prepared, took out the candy cubes he bought, and distributed them one by one, one handful per person, not to.

Wen Jin stood aside and laughed, no wonder her brother bought candy and used a cloth bag for rice, she thought she wanted her second uncle to open a grocery store, and she used to wonder why she only needed sugar to buy goods.

Fortunately, Shanwo Village has a small population, otherwise, Wenhanla would not have enough to send a car.

Seeing Wen Jin laughing and groaning on the side, Wang Chen patted her arm with a little envy: "Your brother is a master, in the future, when people in our village see you, they will have to call her "second master".

Wen Jin laughed: "Auntie, no matter what my brother's identity is, I will always call you aunt when I see you." ”

One sentence ironed what Wang Chen said in his heart, and he couldn't see his eyes with a smile: "This kid, I know that you are both good." ”

Taking advantage of the leisure of the New Year, Wen Jin sorted out the personnel around her, Jiang Chunshan fruit affairs, kiwi orchard, will be handed over to him to take care of in the future, Liu Sanjing and eldest son Liu Zhaocai, honest and hardworking, follow their side, ready to make up for the loopholes at any time, and let them be responsible for rebuilding the hotel house for the New Year. On the chef's side, Wang Baoshan is just a temporary cameo, and when he has capital, he will definitely open a store by himself, but with the character of the Wang family, if he wants to open a store, he will choose a city like Pingling that is close to his home, and he will not fight with himself, and Pomegranate is also a temporary worker, but the three apprentices who are now studying with them, Liu Zhaobao, Wang Miaoxuan and Zhang Lan, are all good seedlings that can be created.

Zhang Lan was a child picked up by Wen Jin on the dock, and she was almost hungry at the time, so Wen Jin asked people to carry her back and feed her a bowl of porridge, so she had this life. At first, he begged to work in the restaurant, but later found out that those people were Wen Jin's minions, so he simply sold himself and started a trot.

Wen Jin found that he had a keen sense of smell and let him into the kitchen, which is currently the best one he has learned, and his fried fat sausages are better than those made by Wen Jin. In the past few days, in the kitchen of Shanwo, he is in charge of the spoon, and the pomegranate is the guide, Wen Jin is finally liberated, and he doesn't have to be busy with that.

Sun Dongping is sensitive, steady, especially endurance, good at interacting with people, and will hand over the hotel to him in the future.

Sun Yanping is not yet an adult, but his performance is more sensitive than that of an adult, and after the New Year, he took advantage of Cen Shui's recommendation to go to several large households to walk around, so as to do business for Wen Jin in the future and be a good pioneer.

Sun Xiaoping is younger, some time ago, Wen Jin asked him to follow Wen Han, on the one hand, serving tea and pouring water, on the other hand, learning some communication methods and etiquette, as well as reading and literacy, and waiting for Wen Jin to become bigger in the future, and then arrange his place, if nothing else, it will be Wen Jin's future manager of the outer courtyard.

After the fifth day of the first lunar month, Wen Jin went to Shiwei Village, first visited Shi Damiang Hou's family, and sent a gift he brought - a poplin material with a blue and purple background and lily pattern, to make her a gown, and a piece of floral silk cloth with a red background, which was for Shi Zhenzong's little sister.

Hou was also very kind to Wen Jin, and asked about the experience of going to the provincial capital in winter, and finally sighed: "Look at your young age, you can come out of it." ”

"No matter how good it is, it will only make two stinky money, where can it compare to Brother Zhenzong, and he has made war exploits again." Wen Jin and Hou joked.

Shi Yaozong was on the side, and his eyes widened in surprise when he heard this: "How do you know?" With that, he ran to the wing, took Shi Zhenzong's letter, and showed it to Wen Jin.

The war on the Western Front, to the winter success, first a beautiful ambush battle, wiped out tens of thousands of Tartars, and then there was a blitzkrieg, so that the Tartars had to move the battle line back two hundred miles, the emperor Dayue, not long ago sent a lot of rewards to the Western Xinjiang, Shi Zhenzong was brave, transferred to the pioneer battalion, is already the deputy of the squadron, and the official has also been promoted two grades - from the original nine grades, to the current eight grades.

Shi Zhenzong had a sentence that was vague, but Wen Jin tasted it differently: "Our pioneer battalion is directly under the marshal's tent, although my mother can rest assured, there are acquaintances to cover it, and no one dares to bully children." ”

Who are his acquaintances? In his first letter, he mentioned Qian Jun and said that as soon as he arrived in Western Xinjiang, he entered the marshal's account.

Wen Jin couldn't help but feel agitated, his eyes were fixed on the letter, and his mind was full of thoughts.

"My brother is better than my father, and my father is only the sixth grade now." Shi Yaozong's words sobered Wen Jin, and she returned the letter.

When Shi Yaozong was five or six years old, his father left, and his feelings for his father were far less close than those of his eldest brother Shi Zhenzong, and when he spoke, he always showed it intentionally or unintentionally.

Hou was a little sad and proud.

Wen Jin went to Shi Qiwang and Shi Lan's house again, thanked them for protecting him all winter, and gave each of them a blue silk dress.

Shi Qiwang was very surprised, thinking that Wen Jin had already given the moon salary, but he didn't expect that there were still gifts to take, and when Wen Jin left, he had to give her a basket of persimmons that he had dried.

Wen Jin turned around and returned to his house, the outer courtyard was guarded by the Zhai family with his two daughters, and the Huang family followed Wen Jin to the provincial capital to take care of the lives of Sun Dongping's brothers, and now, help her guard the things in the provincial capital.

The yard was cleaned inside and out, and when she saw Wen Jin coming back, Chengguo hurriedly helped her dry the bedding outside, and burned the kang again. At this time, Zhai boiled water in the kitchen, and this family is always very diligent, which makes people feel very peaceful when they see them.

During the first month, even if it was his own servant, he couldn't use people in vain, Wen Jin rewarded their mother and daughter with a small silver coin of one and a half and two weights, Zhai was stunned, the three of them were one or two halves, and this master was also generous and overdone.

"You have been with me for a year, you are diligent and courteous, this is a reward for you, in the future, as long as you work hard, I will not be disadvantaged."

Zhai led his two daughters and saluted Wen Jin: "Thank you, son!" I wish Gongzi a new year, all the best, and a wide range of financial resources. "They used to be called Young Master Wen Jin, but later they thought it was too rural, and now they have changed their names to Gongzi, and Wen Jin doesn't care, horizontal and vertical is a title.

"Excuse me, get up."

Zhai's mother and daughter got up happily, made the bed for Wen Jin, and then cooked for Wen Jin in the kitchen.

Orange fruit followed the pomegranate, learned some dishes, and also knew Wen Jin's taste, Zhai wanted to listen to his daughter, but this family is very simple, there are no twists and turns in their hearts, they just want to do things well, Wen Jin thought about it, if she lives in the provincial capital in the future, she will also take this family with her, with them by her side, peace of mind.

It turned out that the outer courtyard was guarded by the Huang family, Wen Jin just didn't want to arrange for a man to live in the outer courtyard, and he didn't want the Zhai family and Liu Sanjing to separate, in the future, a man like Liu Sanjing would be nothing if he lived in the outer courtyard, he would definitely be polite and would not do anything to hurt himself.

Wen Han still went to the county seat to give gifts to Yang Guanghui, the magistrate, and then to teach the lord.

When Yang Guanghui saw the jar of kiwi sauce, he suddenly remembered what happened last year, so he seriously left Wen Han to speak.

Even if there is no last year's incident, he doesn't dare to treat Wen Han casually anymore, the eighteen-year-old lifter, the possibility of being admitted to the Jinshi is very high, and, it may also be a career, one more friend and one more help, he will naturally do his best to envelop the ability, Wen Han is also very cooperative, more than a month of master career, he has made great progress, know what Yang Guanghui likes to hear, therefore, this conversation, the guest and the host are happy, when Wen Han left, Mrs. Yang also prepared a return gift - a box of snacks, two pieces of silk, and a spindle of good pine smoke ink.

The four kinds of etiquette are already regarded as annual gifts between the gentlemen, and this treatment is too big compared to last year's Wen Hanguang's inaccessibility. In the same way, the king also gave a return gift and sent him to the gate.

Shen Million's people and Wen Han fought opposite, and went back to tell the master this, Shen Million sighed, with Qian Wenhan as a lifter, Qian Wenjin was even less afraid of him.

"Pack a few gifts and come with me to Shiwei Village."

"Master is going to visit Qian Wenjin?"

"Hmm." Shen Million didn't mention how depressed he was, he knew that he had treated Qian Wenjin well from the beginning, he was so condescending, people didn't give him a good face, and he also had a hard time.

Along the way, Shen Million's mind was in turmoil, and he knew everything Qian Wenjin did in the provincial capital. The shopkeeper of Wantuo and his sister-in-law are sons and daughters, therefore, the three shops for Wen Jin are the most expensive in his hands, he actually has one thousand six hundred taels of silver in his hand, only one smaller than the three thousand taels, and the house is not so good, with a patio of four or five zhang square in the back, and the location is also in the area where the rich live, clean up well, open a fresh fruit shop, it must be very suitable, he gave up the business in order to tie up Shen Million, a big customer.

Shen Million was very happy to hear it, and in order to thank him, he also sent Xie Yi fifty taels of silver, but he didn't expect that Wen Jin's next encounter in the provincial capital made Shen Million as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

Qian Wenjin happened to encounter such a good courtyard house, and hastily cleaned it up, and opened it immediately, with a flood of customers and a lot of money, and he had no achievements in a winter except for the foundation he had laid before.

Shen Million felt that since Qian Wenjin had the upper hand, the good feng shui of Shanyang County would be her turn.

has been in business for a long time, the more experienced he is, the more Shen Million believes in fate, just because, a single business, he investigated, planned, and finally succeeded, but it is not something he can master, such as Qian Wenjin, with his ability, it is really easy to pinch such a little ant to death, but Qian Wenjin's life should not be extinguished, there will be a noble person like the Lu family, Qian Wenjin can get such help, he can completely turn over and press on him Shen Million. The new year is coming, Qian Wenjin's luck is becoming more and more prosperous, but on his side, there is no progress, which makes Shen Million very frustrated, the reason why he wants to visit Qian Wenjin today is to take a step back in exchange for the right to distribute kiwifruit, since Qian Wenjin is prosperous, then he will distribute kiwifruit, and he will also follow the smooth wind and make a lot of money.

To do business, we must continue to open up new areas, in order to offset the depression of business in some aspects, so that their own financial resources, rolling in, keep successful, is absolutely not keepable, some business, has passed the season, say no, no, not a matter of business means and popularity, but the fortune.

If Shen Million said this to Qian Wenjin, Wen Jin would definitely praise it, some of them are the decline of the industry, and no one can turn the tide. Just like Kodak film and photographic paper, which have been in business for more than 100 years, with digital, no matter how much they struggle, they will never have the glory of the past.

Hearing Zhai's report that Master Shen of the Shen Mansion in the county town asked to see him, Wen Jin was still gladly invited. It is better to settle the grievance, she doesn't need to set up an opponent for herself, but she no longer gives him such favorable conditions. Calculate her behind her back, and her interests will not be damaged at all, if Qian Wenjin does this, she is looking for someone to bully. Shen Million also guessed such a result, although he was very frustrated, but he could accept it. Corresponding to the gift brought by Shen Million, Wen Jin gave a return gift of considerable value, and Shen Million saw that the other party respected him, so he only sighed. In fact, he can also introduce Wen Jin to the shopkeeper of the pomegranate trade, in exchange for Wen Jin to hand over the kiwifruit to him for distribution, but he really doesn't want to do this, Qian Wenjin is so lucky, with the support of pomegranate flowers, he is becoming more and more unstoppable, he has the operation of kiwifruit, maybe he will lose more business, and it will be even more unprofitable.

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