Half a month after the heavy snow is the winter solstice, and after the winter solstice is the wax moon, and then the wax moon will be the New Year.

Ordinary people are not like this, day after day, year after year, and in a blink of an eye, a lifetime has passed.

Kang Tai, the owner of Kang's tofu workshop, is not young, he has been tired for most of his life, and his body has not been as good as a year in the past few years, and his energy is not as good as when he was young.

But as the two sons grew up and now have a family with the next generation, Kang Tai is also relieved of his descendants.

Although the eldest son, Kang Youfu, is not good at making tofu, he is quite business-minded.

As for the second child, the craftsmanship of tofu has surpassed himself, in the past two years, the work of grinding tofu and making tofu in the workshop has been basically handed over to the second child, the boss is in front of the business, the two brothers cooperate very well, and their Kangjia tofu workshop is also thriving.

has a good family and a full house of children and grandchildren, where is there such a happy thing in the world for Kang Tai? Seeing that the year was about to pass again, Kang Tai began to think about handing over this ancestral tofu workshop to his two sons.

I've worked hard all my life, and it's time to rest. When the son is older, he has to be in charge, but whether this family member should let the eldest or the second child take care of it, Kang Tai has been hesitant about this matter.

It stands to reason that it is justified for the boss to be in charge, after all, the boss is the eldest son, and he has a flexible mind and can do business, and it is absolutely impossible to hand over the tofu workshop to the boss with his ability. But the boss's tofu is really not very good, if you want to say that you have to talk about making tofu, you have to talk about the second, from this point of view, it seems that the second child should be in charge.

But if the tofu workshop is handed over to the second child, it is unfair to the boss. Because the outside business is taken care of by the boss, the second child is just a good skill in making tofu.

From this point of view, it is not appropriate to give it directly to the eldest or directly to the second child, Kang Tai has lived for most of his life, and he knows very well that although both the eldest and the second child can support this tofu workshop, but if you really want to pass on the ancestral business well, the most important thing is that the brothers work together.

It is also because of this that Kang Tai is still hesitating about the next arrangement, and now he is still alive is not a big problem, once he is gone that day, it is a difficult problem who will leave this family business, although Kang Tai said that the two brothers will not be separated, but there is no problem with their own life, and they will not be there in the future, can they ensure that the Kang brothers will continue to be together with the same brothers, friends and brothers as they are now?

Everyone has everyone's troubles, and small families also have small family indecisions.

These days, Kang Tai has been hesitating about this matter and has not made a final decision, and it is also because of this.

After today's busy work, the two brothers cleaned up in the front workshop, Kang Tai went to the back of the residence to rest, scalded a pot of wine, a pot of sauerkraut boiled tofu and two side dishes, this is his dinner.

When he was young, Kang Tai got up early and went to bed late every day for the tofu workshop at home, and it was very hard to make tofu. At this age, coupled with this weather, Kang Tai will drink a little wine every day to warm up his muscles and bones.

Kang Tai sat cross-legged on the kang and drank a little wine, his wife Sun was doing needlework at the other end, and the old couple chatted without a word.

"The second family's life is counted, and they will be born after the New Year." Sun said as he did needlework.

Kang Tai nodded, Sun is talking about his second daughter-in-law, Kang Youlu's wife who married last year was pregnant in about half a year, and now her belly is not small.

According to the calculation of days, he will be born after the New Year, and this life is the third grandchild of the Lao Kang family. The eldest has both children and daughters, and now that the second child has it, Kang Tai is happy when he thinks of this.

Picking up the wine cup and taking a sip, Kang Tai said to the old woman: "The family still has the money, right?" When the time comes, leave some out, when the eldest daughter-in-law gave birth to a grandson and did wine, the second child also needs a bowl of water to be leveled, you can remember this matter, don't chill the second daughter-in-law's heart at that time, the family is not happy. ”

"Do you still have to say that? If I don't remember, I won't mention it to you. Sun glanced at his old man, this is all the meat that fell from his body, whether it is the eldest or the second, they are their own sons, aren't their daughters-in-law all their grandchildren?

Since it was done for the old family, then the second family can't be left behind. This year, the business of the tofu workshop is not bad, the family is a little wealthy, and she has already set aside the money for running errands.

"Huh." Kang Tai laughed, he and his wife have been together for decades, and neither of them knows who. Taking another sip of wine, he glanced outside, and saw that there was no one outside, the eldest and second were still ahead, and the daughters-in-law of the two families were also in their respective rooms.

"Old woman, these days I've been thinking about whether to let the eldest or the second be in charge in the future."

"What's the matter? Haven't figured this out yet? How many times have you wondered? Sun looked up at her husband and asked.

Kang Tai sighed, shook his head and said, "This matter has been entangled, the eldest is too lively, and the second is too simple." If you want to do business, you have to be the boss, but if you want to make tofu, you have to be the second. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and now I am still there, and the eldest and second can hold it down, but after all, this family still has to be handed over to them one day. ”

"I gave it to the boss, and I wronged the second. gave the second child and wronged the boss, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and my head is ...... big for this. ”

Hearing what her husband said, Sun also sighed, the old couple had discussed this matter several times, but they had never come up with a feasible solution. It's been dragged on like this, but it's not a thing to drag it all the time. The old man is right, the two of them are still not a big problem, but when people get old, they will die one day, and when they are gone, who will leave this family business to?

"Why don't you give it to the second child, our family's tofu workshop has been in business for three generations, and the second child's craftsmanship has nothing to say, this craftsmanship is enough to set up the family business."

"And what about the boss?"

"The old brain is alive, so if he can't do it, he will divide the floating wealth of the family and let him go out and break into ...... by himself."

"No!" Kang Tai frowned and shook his head: "This is not fair to the boss, after these years the boss has helped the family, in the end, the family business has been divided into some floating wealth, what is this?" Besides, it's not like there is no business at home, let him go out? What if you don't break out? ”

"This workshop is left by the ancestors, the eldest and the second are their own children, and I want their brothers to pass on the family business together. But the question is that it is okay now, and in the future, we will be gone, and there will be some things that who would have predicted? In case the brothers turn against each other for the sake of the family business, it will be more than worth the loss. ”

"These days, I have been thinking that even if I don't separate the family, I have to become a family, so that at least I can avoid a lot of trouble. I pondered and pondered, but I still felt that I was ....... ”

Just as Kang Tai said this, before he could say who he wanted to hand over the family business to in the end, there was a faint noise in front of him.

"What's going on up front?" Kang Tai asked with a frown.

"Why is it so noisy? I'll take a look. Sun put down the needle and thread in his hand and survived the kang and went to the front, Kang Tai didn't think so, and continued to drink his own wine.

But before he could finish a cup, Sun hurriedly ran back, and as soon as he entered the house, he said, "Old man, hurry! Let's go ahead and see, something is wrong! ”

"Something's wrong? What's wrong? Kang Tai was stunned and hurriedly asked.

"I can't figure it out as a woman, anyway, I see that something happened, and the eldest and second are arguing with people in front."

"Noisy? With whom? Kang Tai hurriedly got off the kang and put on his shoes, and listened to Sun Shi say in his ears: "The eldest Liu Qi is here, and the eldest and second are arguing with him." ”

"Liu Qi? What is he doing here? Kang Tai suddenly frowned, this Liu Qi is the chief of their side of the fang, the so-called chief comes from the armor protection system, this system has a considerable history, since the Spring and Autumn Period. This system has been continued in all dynasties, and it was the same in the Ming Dynasty, but it was a slight change from the system of the previous dynasty.

The governor was not an official, but some officials had jurisdiction over some of the rights of the residents of the village. In other words, the chief is about the same as the director of the neighborhood committee, and this Liu Qi is the chief of this piece, Liu Qi is not a good person, he is a gangster when he is idle, if it weren't for his surname Liu Liu, he can get in touch with Liu Shancheng and Master Liu, and he has a few brothers, otherwise he would not be the chief of the village.

For a long time, there has been no conflict between the Kang family and Liu Qi, although Liu Qi is the chief, the Kang family supplies the Liu family with tofu all the year round, and the money that should be given on weekdays is also given in accordance with the rules, and Liu Qi has never embarrassed the Kang family for the sake of face. But what's going on today? Hearing the old woman say that the eldest and second child quarreled with Liu Qi in front, thinking of this Kang Tai, he hurriedly walked forward, for fear that something would happen.