Wealth and glory seek stability

Jian Xi wanted to tease the little guy, "What about you?"

Qi Shizhao's clothes were washed white, and he said with a serious face, "Look, I'm helping my aunt cut grass for the pigs. My aunt said that if I cut grass for her family to feed the pigs every day, she can give me five cents a month, so that my brother won't have to work so hard."

Jian Xi reached out her hand and tried to touch Qi Shizhao's head, but he dodged it. "What are you doing? My brother said that men and women should not be intimate with each other. You can't touch my head. Only my future wife can touch my head."

Shen Nanxing hugged Qi Shizhao and said, "You are so young, and yet you already know about wives? This is for you." He took out a handful of dried fruits that Jian Xi had specially prepared for him from his pocket.

Qi Shizhao took it carefully and put it in his pocket without intending to eat it.

"Why don't you eat?"

"I'm going to save it for my brother to come back and eat together."

"Xi'er, since Leizi is not here, shall we go?"

"Cough, cough, cough, Zhao'er, who is outside the door?" A coughing sound was heard from the room.

Qi Shizhao rushed into the house.

"Dad! My brother's friends came to look for him. I told them that my brother was not here."

"Since he is your brother's friend, it won't be too late to let him stay at home for lunch before leaving."

"But when mom left, she left three taro on the stove for us. If we give them food, there won't be enough for dad and me."

"You, cough cough cough..."

"Dad, don't worry, I'll get you a glass of water."

The small house was not soundproof. Jian Xi and Shen Nanxing looked at each other in surprise. They thought the situation at Lei Zi's house would be a little worse, but they didn't expect it to be so bad.

Qi Shizhao trotted out of the room to get some water.

"Zhao'er, come here."

Jian Xi took out all the silver she had from her bosom, which was about five taels.

"This is your brother's wages. When he comes back, tell him to go to Brother Shen's house in the city early tomorrow morning. He knows the place, so we won't bother him."

Qi Shizhao was in a hurry to pour some water, so he responded hastily and went to work.

By the time I reacted, Jian Xi and Shen Nanxing had already left.

He took out the purse that Jian Xi had stuffed into his arms. It was a beautiful blue color.

"Dad, this is the money the two people who just came gave to my brother. They said it was his wages. They also asked me to tell my brother to go to Brother Shen's house in the city early tomorrow morning."

Father Qi took the purse and poured out the silver inside. "This is a lot of silver. Go and call your brother's friend in. Don't make sure he gave it to the wrong person."

Qi Shizhao walked out of the door obediently. There was no one outside the house. "Dad, they are all gone."

"That's fine. Wait until your brother comes back and talk to him."

In the evening, Lei Zi returned home from the dock.

"Dad, I'm back."

Father Qi was lying on the bed, his voice hoarse, "Lei'er, come in."

"it is good!"

Qi's father told Lei Zi what happened today.

Lei Zi knew immediately that it was Shen Nanxing and his sister who had come. As for the silver, it should have been given by Jian Xi.

"Dad, I understand. They are all my friends. Take this money. Ask mom to go to town to buy some rice tomorrow. The rice jar at home is already empty. I will go to the city to look for my friends tomorrow."

I thought that since Jian Xi hadn't contacted him for so long, she had forgotten about opening the rice shop.

Lei Zi did not forget. During these days, he visited all the rice shops and grain stores in the capital and recorded the prices and quality of rice in each shop.

Jian Xi did not disappoint him.

Thinking of this, Lei Zi was full of confidence. He firmly believed that he would achieve something!

He took out one or two taels of silver from the silver given by Jian Xi.

"Zhao'er, go to the grocery store at the entrance of the village, get a bottle of oil and a piece of bacon. Today we're having meat at home!"

"Okay!"

Lei Zi is the one who has the final say at home, and Qi's father did not stop him, but just told Lei Zi to take care of himself.

"Dad, I understand. Don't worry, I will definitely achieve something in the future and earn money to help you and my mother recover. My mother will no longer have to go out to help others wash clothes."

"We are a burden to you." Qi's father was very sad. He knew his son's abilities best. He was smart since he was young and could always earn more money than others when he went out to work.

For a poor family, as long as there is a sick person at home, it is like a bottomless pit that can never be filled.

"Dad, I don't allow you to talk like that. Family members don't talk about being a burden or not."

......

Moxiang Pavilion.

"so much?!"

Jian Xi stared in amazement at the box in front of her, which was bigger than the previous two times.

The shopkeeper twisted his goat beard and said proudly, "Of course, don't you see what I do? In this capital, our Moxiang Pavilion has the most connections."

Jian Xi picked up the stacks of silver notes in the box. If each note was worth 100 taels, there would be at least 10,000 taels. "How much is this in total?"

"A total of 23,000 taels, not a penny less. This is the total profit from the two books. According to the rules of our Moxiang Pavilion, if the sales of a book exceed 100,000 taels, it will no longer be printed and sold."

"Why is that?" Jian Xi was puzzled. Shouldn't the higher the sales volume, the greater the printing effort would be?

The shopkeeper looked disgusted and kindly explained to Jian Xi, "Doing business is not like fighting a war. In a war, you need to root out the trouble. In business, you need to maintain harmony. We made the first wave of money, and the rest of the money should be used by the small bookstores behind us. This is the principle of long-term development."

"Wouldn't it be a loss if I didn't make money?" Jian Xi looked at the thick stack of banknotes in her hand, and her defenses were shaken.

This is more than 20,000 taels of silver!

If converted into cash, it would at least amount to a mountain of silver.

Is it possible that there are people in this world who are not tempted by money?

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and said, "You think you're the only one who's smart? We don't print it here, but it's still available on the black market, right? And the price of a copy on the black market is several times higher than ours."

Oh!

Jian Xi suddenly understood, "You mean, after you stop selling it, you can sell it on the black market. Scarcity makes things valuable. If you make more money, other small bookstores that print this book will also remember your kindness. It's like killing two birds with one stone. How great!"

It turns out that capitalists are only getting darker and darker, and there is no darkest.

She actually thought that the shopkeeper was being kind and doing good deeds.

He had a good reputation on the surface, and also made a lot of money behind the scenes.

If it were her, she wouldn't have thought of it so thoughtfully.

Jian Xi thought about her plan to open a rice shop and couldn't help wanting to know the shopkeeper's opinion. "Shopkeeper, if I open a rice shop in the capital, is there anything I should pay attention to?"

The shopkeeper held the purple clay teapot in his hand, took a sip of tea, and blurted out business tips, "Rice shop is a good business! White salt and red rice are bland, cloth socks and shoes are rough, but ordinary people cannot live without rice. In the rice shop business, honesty is the most important thing. Just remember this, and nothing else matters."