Zhuang Meiyan saw that this woman was also a little familiar, she remembered people most accurately, and suddenly remembered that it was the wife of the boss of the silk shop. She first left the village and came to the "Phoenix Nest", but the house deliberately withheld her regular money, and she has been living in embarrassment, thanks to the silk cloth in the silk shop, and barely making a living by doing embroidery work.

At that time, he worked hard day and night with Chunju for a month, and at most he only earned a few taels of money, so he was very happy, and the income from brewing is really not the same as the current winemaking.

Zhuang Meiyan saw that the lady of the Li family had a sad face, and Father Xi also sighed, knowing that something must have happened to his family. It was inconvenient for me to disturb, so I sat quietly aside.

The lady of the Li family continued to choke and said: "Our family is the most kind-hearted on weekdays, although the little woman does not eat fasting, but her heart is always to the Buddha, and every month in the Nunnery half of the offering is a lot, but why did she suffer this great misfortune." The head of the family suffered a stroke and fell ill, how can our mother and son live well? Brother Xi, you have always been good friends with our head of the family, and he has difficulty moving, so the special concubine came to ask the old brother for an idea. ”

Father Xi sighed and frowned, "What is Brother Li's idea? As long as I can help, I will never refuse." ”

The lady of the Li family said: "I asked Dr. Jiang to show the pulse of the head of the house a few times, saying that he was overworked, and this stroke needs to go back to the countryside to slowly recuperate." The child is still young, the little woman is a woman, the shop is not taken care of, if it is sold, I am afraid that there will be no vitality in the future, so I want to find a proper person to take care of the store, think about it, only Brother Xi, you are upright, entrust you with the most suitable, please do not shirk. ”

With such a clear intention, Father Xi's thick eyebrows tightened even more, and after thinking for a long time, he said abruptly: "Brother and sister, it's not that the old brother refuses to help you, it's really like a mountain, I don't know anything about silk and silk, isn't it a smashing deal to help you take care of the shop?"

The lady of the Li family was a little anxious, and said with tears: "Brother Xi, you don't understand silk and satin silk, doesn't Miss Ruolan understand, can't she help her?"

Father Xi shook his head again and said, "Ruolan, that girl you grew up with, don't you know her? Since she lost her mother at the age of seven, she has followed me, a bad old man, so she can mix hot rice, where can she do any needlework? Speaking of silk and satin silk, it is also a rolling pin blowing fire -- I don't know anything. ”

The lady of the Li family looked desperate and said, "Brother Xi, you have to help get an idea no matter what, you have a wide range of people, help find a suitable candidate." ”

Zhuang Meiyan finally understood on the side, it turned out that Boss Li of the silk shop was suffering from a sudden illness, and the shop didn't want to change hands, but just wanted people to take care of it for a few days. It's not easy, who wants to make wedding clothes for others?

The room was calm for a while, and only the low sobbing voice of the Li family lady occasionally sounded.

Zhuang Meiyan thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Daddy Xi, Aunt Li, do you think it is appropriate for Meiyan to help take care of the silk shop?"

This sentence was straightforward, and when he heard Father Xi's expression, the lady of the Li family couldn't help but show joy on her face, and then looked at Zhuang Meiyan with some disbelief.

Daddy Xi clapped his hands and said, "That's the best, Dad also thought of the girl, but he was afraid that the girl would shirk it." The girl is good at embroidery, and she is from a large family, and she is well-informed, so her eyesight is naturally much better than that of us people. Brother and sister of the Li family, do you think it is good?"

The lady of the Li family heard Father Xi's mixed feelings, and said with concern: "Which lady is this? ”

Father Xi laughed and said, "Brother and sister, why don't you recognize it?" This third girl has also dealt with your shopkeeper before, and the silk embroidered by her skillful hand was once the signboard of your store, and many people rushed to ask for it. ”

The lady of the Li family suddenly realized and said, "It turned out to be the third girl." The three girls' skillful hands naturally didn't say, and the owners said that they had never seen such beautiful embroidery, and now there are still people looking for it in the store. It's a pity that the girl's hands don't do embroidery. ”

Father Xi hurriedly said: "The third girl is smart and skillful, she doesn't do embroidery, and she doesn't make any wine, and the neighbors praise the third girl as a 'female wine fairy'." ”

The lady of the Li family showed a rare smile and said, "Brother Xi is afraid that we won't be able to rob you." ”

Zhuang Meiyan couldn't help but be embarrassed by the praise of one sentence on their left, so she said: "Don't dare to be." ”

The lady of the Li family thought for a while and said, "In this case, the little woman will go back and discuss this matter with the master, okay?"

Father Xi and Zhuang Meiyan said: "That's nature. ”

The lady of the Li family got up to say goodbye, and Father Xi left Zhuang Meiyan alone and led him to his room. Zhuang Meiyan saw that Daddy Xi's expression was solemn, and she knew that there was something important.

I saw Daddy Xi take out a small box from a big box in the bed, put it on the kang table very solemnly, carefully removed a large bunch of keys from his waist, picked out the smallest one, and opened the box, which contained many neatly arranged silver ingots. Zhuang Meiyan was taken aback, and she didn't know what Daddy Xi's intention was when he took out the silver.

Father Xi calmly said to Zhuang Meiyan: "Three girls, these are a total of three hundred taels of silver, and this silver ticket is five hundred taels, you can click on it." ”

Zhuang Meiyan was even more confused, Daddy Xi lit a dry cigarette, seemed to have a sense of relief, took a breath and said: "Third girl, don't worry, you can rest assured that all this silver is earned by you, and it is very clean." ”

Zhuang Meiyan saw that Daddy Xi had mentioned the silver again, and was about to shirk it, but was stopped by Daddy Xi and said sharply: "Third girl, you listen to Daddy first." Daddy's shop can only be held up by your wine, and you should have taken a double portion, but you only took the smallest share, and I, a bad old man, took the lion's share. I have long been reluctant to go, you see that the wine in the shop we said is divided into five or five, half of which belongs to me, forty percent to you, and another one percent to Han Niu'er. But these three hundred taels are the commission of the 600 jars of wine from the comprador in the capital, plus the commission of the wine asked for by the restaurant, and my father will not dare to ask for these silver. ”

"In fact, Dad knows in his heart that the third girl's wine-making skills are also instructed by masters, and it is by no means the work of our Xi family's wine koji, so in the future, except for the harvest obtained from the wine shop's wine, Dad will never dare to ask for it. These 500 taels are a deposit sent by the former daycare of the comprador, saying that he will order wine all year round in the future. The third girl should not be busy shirking, the matter of the silver is so decided, otherwise, the father will never dare to ask for the third girl's wine again. ”

Daddy Xi said it categorically, and there was no room for reversal. The old man is not a greedy person, and abides by his business duties, which makes Zhuang Meiyan secretly admire in his heart.

There was no point in arguing like this, Zhuang Meiyan had to accept the silver, and thought that he would definitely help Daddy Xi in other things in the future.

Seeing Zhuang Meiyan take the silver, Father Xi showed a kind smile and said, "It's really good to say thank you to the third girl, otherwise our grandfather will have to roll up and go back to his hometown in the countryside, this is already a lot of silver for nothing, enough for our father and daughter's expenses." Three girls, you have the heart to take over the silk shop, you also need capital, if it is not enough, Dad still has it here, just come and get it. ”

Zhuang Meiyan was a little apprehensive in her heart, not knowing if she could do a good job in silk trading, but she was quite encouraged to hear the support of Daddy Xi.

"The charm doesn't know the height of the sky, so I take it over rashly, and I don't know if I can do it?"

Father Xi told her a lot of business experiences, and also told her what she needed, and the two talked for a long time.