Chapter 65: What is a Merchant?
Jiang Shi was entangled for a while and said, "Xiaoxue, do you really want to learn to read and draw with Miss Liu." ”
Rui Xue was stunned for a moment, she didn't understand why her mother said this, didn't she already promise to learn from Liu Liu, why did she ask such a thing now, it sounded like she didn't want her to go.
I want to think so, but Rui Xue can't ask this directly, after all, how can she think so deeply at such a young age, so she looked at Jiang with a serious expression of a little girl and said: "Mother, yes, I want to learn to read and draw, so that I can earn more money for my family in the future, so that my father and brother can live a good life." ”
The Jiang family was even more entangled when they heard this, although she was very moved by what her daughter said, but this behavior was an idea only had by businessmen, no one in their family had ever had such an idea before, and they didn't know who Xiaoxue listened to.
After all, their previous ideas were that if they wanted to get ahead, they had to study and take the exam to become a big official, or learn a craft to become a craftsman, and no matter how bad it was, they could farm honestly. But as businessmen, they never had this idea, and that's what only the lowest people do.
Jiang thought about it and looked at his daughter's serious face, I don't know if she understands it when she explains it to her, but don't say it, her daughter's thinking is not good, now they know it, if outsiders know, and she is still a woman, it is not good for her daughter's reputation.
After thinking about it, I tried to explain to my daughter in words that children could understand, if she just wanted to read and draw, it was nothing, and it was her daughter's hobby. But if she wants to learn to read and draw to earn money, it's not good.
Rui Xue was dumbfounded after listening to her mother's words, although she knew about the ancient hierarchy, but she didn't know that it would be so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she was speechless when she misinterpreted it, she could also sell an embroidery sample and have a relationship with the businessman, so usually the family raised pigs and sold them is not considered to be business, that is not to say that every household is in business.
If she said that she wanted to read and write, in order to open a shop in the future, would her father and mother directly grounded her?
"Mother, your idea is not right, usually I see that the chickens at home lay eggs, don't you be reluctant to eat them and sell them, and the pigs, when it comes to the New Year, you also kill and sell, is this also a business." Rui Xue pretended to be very surprised and looked at Jiang and asked rhetorically, as for the question of the status of the businessman, she did not comment for the time being, after all, she was still young now, and she had no convincing power to overturn people's long-established thoughts.
"Uh..." Jiang choked, yes, what her daughter said seems to be right, their farmer usually doesn't want to eat at home is sold to save money, if this is also said to be a business, there is almost no one who is not a businessman.
It's just that now they are not buying something that they are reluctant to eat, but an embroidery that a daughter dreamed of, why can't they be sold?
Jiang patted his head when he thought of this, "Xiaoxue, it's really true that you said that, it's my mother's idea." "Jiang is embarrassed, he and the head of the house are not as thorough as a child.
However, I don't want to talk about selling embroidery samples in advance, but the matter of my daughter learning to read and write with Miss Liu still needs to be discussed.
"I didn't mention this in advance, it's just that my father and I think that there is only Miss Liu and her mother in the Liu family, and there is no man in the Liu family, and if you go and meet no one to do anything, we don't worry." Jiang said euphemistically, she was embarrassed to tell her daughter directly that the other party was a widow, and there were many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and she didn't want her daughter to participate in these rights and wrongs.