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"..." Mrs. Qi was stopped by Shunniang's question, her heart fluttered for a moment, her face turned red, and after a while she stammered, "I... I don't know what Liang Erniang is thinking. "

Seeing her sister-in-law's embarrassed look, Shunniang softened her voice and said: "Perhaps her old lady and she feel that our family has moved away, and they also need someone to talk to, so they want to come to the city. The idea of ​​going to the city is originally It's not wrong, it's just that she lacks consideration in some aspects. If she really wants to come to the city to do business, she has to think about a lot of details. In this way, you go back and ask her what I just asked you. If she can figure out a solution The method is to think clearly about the risks that you need to take when you come to the city, then it is not impossible for me to help her when she comes to the city."

Mrs. Qi believed that Shunniang had a good heart, so after hearing Shunniang's words, she said that she would go back and tell Liang Erniang what Shunniang said, to see if she had any solution.

Shunniang said again: "Anyway, my mother left them to play in the city for a few days. You told her when you went back and told her to think about it, but she wouldn't be here for a few days. After thinking about it, let her come and talk to me in person. .”

Mrs. Qi said hello, then stood up, said goodbye to Shunniang and Xie Erniang, and went back to the house.

After she left, Xie Erniang whispered to Shunniang: "Could it be that you really want to help Liang Erniang sell her tofu to the shop where you send raw seeds and charcoal, even though Liang Erniang didn't ask you to help in vain, But I just don't want you to help her."

Shunniang turned to look at her, and asked her why she didn't want to help Liang Erniang herself. After all, it would be a matter of little effort for her to help her.

Xie Erniang said: "Liang Erniang is fine, but why don't you think about it, if Liang Erniang really wants to move into Bianliang City to be our neighbors, her brother Liang Sanlang and sister-in-law Xinghua will also follow. These two people , but we don’t deal with it. You helped Liang Erniang get rich, didn’t the two of them enjoy it together? Also, Xinghua is pregnant. If she enters the city, she will come to our house with Mrs. Ke and Liang Erniang every now and then Didn't you poke my eyeball when you came to visit me? Besides, you and I are going to adopt a child in the future. Although our family knows that we are adopting a child, outsiders don't know it. I have to pretend that I am pregnant It looks like a child will be born in October, so that my parents and the neighbors in Yangliu Town can believe it. You said, the Liang family entered the city and got close to our family. If they are not careful, they will be looked down upon. Come out, or leak the news, how good is that?"

Shunniang kept nodding at Xie Erniang's words, and finally had to admit that her wife was right and thought far ahead.

She is a kind-hearted person, and she is willing to help the neighbor of the Liang family. However, the adoption of the child mentioned by Xie Erniang made the Yue family and other families in Yangliu Town think that the child adopted by herself and Xie Erniang was their own. Another purpose after living in the city.If she helped Liang Erniang, she would encounter the bad things the lady said, and she would also feel a headache, especially because she felt sorry for Xie Erniang.

"You're right. If I want to help her, I have to wait a few years until we raise two children. Now, my own affairs are too complicated, so I can't take care of others. Also, just now What I mentioned to my sister-in-law, Liang Erniang will also make a careful calculation after hearing it. When she moves to the city, can the money in her hands spread the stalls and earn money to support the family? Maybe, she has thought it through. I also understand that it's better not to move for a while, and then I will give up my idea of ​​going to the city?"

"I hope that's the case, but I'm worried that Liang Erniang is eager to make a fortune, and she will move into the city regardless. If she doesn't follow the path of Xi's family, she will start a business by herself..."

"If she really doesn't follow our family's path and start the tofu business by herself, we can't control it."

"If that's the case, I hope that mother and sister-in-law don't get so close to them."

Shunniang saw that Xie Erniang's eyebrows were frowning, so she couldn't help but reach out to stroke her eyebrows, and said, "Don't worry, the soldiers will cover up the water and the earth, if the Liang family moves into the city regardless and becomes our neighbor, I will also have trouble." Ways to let you raise your child without any worries."

Xie Erniang was overjoyed when she heard the words, and immediately grabbed Shunniang's hand and asked, "What is the method, tell me."

Shunniang smiled: "Go and get water, let's wash up and go upstairs, I'll talk to you slowly later."

Although Xie Erniang complained that Shunniang had lost her appetite, she happily agreed, got up and went to the kitchen to boil water.

While Xie Erniang was boiling water in the kitchen, in the east wing, inside Qi's room, under the lamp, Qi was talking to Liang Erniang about Shunniang's question, and then told Liang Erniang what Shunniang had said to him in detail up.

After Liang Erniang heard this, she couldn't help frowning, and pursed her lips in thought.

Indeed, she did not think of the specific problems that Shunniang raised. Before, she only thought of the general direction, but she did not think through the specific details.

For example, the last question, even if the goods are sent out, those goods still need someone to deliver them, and it is impossible to take Xijia’s delivery car to deliver them, so the money for hiring a car and the wages for hiring people to deliver them are also the same. expenditure.And tofu is probably more troublesome to deliver than raw seeds, especially in summer, if it is delayed for an hour or two on the road, it will be rotten when it is delivered.Things like tofu are destined not to be produced on a large scale and transported in bumps.If you want to say something that has a longer shelf life and will not be damaged during transportation, it is dried tofu and tofu balls.But the sales of dried tofu is not as good as that of tofu, unless she makes her own special dried tofu for retail or wholesale...

In short, through Qi's mouth, Shunniang's questions made Liang Erniang understand that tofu cannot be sold in large quantities. First, this kind of product has a short shelf life, and second, the shape and quality of tofu will be damaged after being transported bumpily. .With the previous two restrictions, plus the labor cost of production and transportation to increase sales, it is actually unfeasible to send tofu to those foot stores like the seeds sent by Shun Niang.

Thinking of this, Liang Erniang was a little frustrated. She admitted that she had taken it for granted and hadn't thought through many issues. It seems that going to the city to do soy products business requires careful consideration, thinking through every step, and calculating profits and expenses clearly. , and what kind of problems you will encounter and the solutions to these problems, try your best to think carefully in order to gain a firm foothold after entering the city and do a good job in business.

Seeing Erniang Liang's dejected look, Mrs. Qi hurriedly advised her not to worry, and to think about it after returning home. After thinking clearly, it would not be too late to come to the city to ask Shunniang for help.

Liang Erniang nodded: "I want to go back and settle the accounts and think about it carefully. After your uncle reminded me, I know that this tofu can't be delivered to those hotels like the seeds she gave. Send dried tofu, but the sales of dried tofu are not as good as tofu. If you want to gain a foothold in Bianliang City and make money, you have to think of other ways. Since sending tofu is not feasible, the rest is to make people I came here to buy tofu by myself..."

Seeing her thoughtful look, Mrs. Qi asked her if she could think of any good way to get people to come to buy her tofu.

Liang Erniang said that she only thought of such a direction, and she had to think about how to do it.

The Qi family said in a harmonious voice: "Don't think about it for these two days. Now that you have entered the city, you can have fun for two days. In the past, in Yangliu Town, you had to get up early every day and it was hard work. It was rare to come to the city, so you should evacuate for a few days. That's it. That's right... just now my uncle asked me something, I was so scared that my heart almost jumped out of my chest, and I managed to cover it up."

Erniang Liang said "Oh" and asked what she was talking about.

Qi's: "My uncle said...why did the Xi family move into Bianliang City, and the Liang family will follow?"

As soon as these words came out, Liang Erniang was a little nervous, she asked Qi: "Is it possible that your second uncle saw that we two..."

Qi lowered her eyes and shook her head, and said in a low voice that she couldn't guarantee it, because she thought Shun Niang was very smart.

"..." Liang Erniang bit her lip and remained silent for a long while, saying that if Shunniang found out about her relationship with the Qi family, Shunniang would definitely not help her, and might even prevent herself from coming to the city to see the Qi family.

After hearing the words, Mrs. Qi comforted her, saying that it might not be so bad, because her second uncle was kind.

"I have a good heart, and I can't tolerate us having two girls together. It seems that we should be more careful in the future, or I am too impatient. It should be a year or so before I tell you about going to the city." Liang Erniang frowned and said.

Qi said to himself, if you knew that my uncle was a woman and she married a woman, you wouldn't say that.

However, Shun Niang is a woman's matter, and she also knows that it is of great importance, and she cannot reveal a word, let alone that she is not with Liang Erniang now, even if she is together, she will not mention it to Liang Erniang.Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Liu, had told Shunniang when she disguised herself as a man for the first time and went to the mountain to cut firewood to earn a living. But Cheng and Hui'er couldn't reveal a word in front of them, because they were afraid that the children would speak freely, and if they were not careful, they would slip up.

When Xi's family first moved to Yangliu Town, the two children were still very young, and they had no memory of Shunniang's sudden transformation from aunt to uncle. Well, he never said anything in front of them.

To her two children, the Qi family did not reveal Shunniang's identity as a woman, let alone Liang Erniang.

The Qi family understands that the Xi family is able to have what it is today because of Shun Niang's daughter-in-law disguised as a man to support the family. This day is getting better and better, and her two children can grow up carefree.

In her heart, she has always regarded Shunniang, mother-in-law, and two children as the real Xi family. Even if Xie Erniang married in and took care of the family, she never regarded Xie Erniang as a family, and she did not feel that her two children What does Xie Erniang have to do with being able to grow up safely and healthily.

She has always been grateful to Shunniang alone. Shunniang's safety is her top priority, and she will not be ambiguous about it.

"Then take it easy, go back and think about it, think it through, don't think about it anymore, I'll bring some hot water to wash you, and you can take Xiu'er to sleep in my room."

"What about you? How about we sleep together, I still want to talk to you."

Mrs. Qi raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Qi who was looking at her burning under the lamp, blushed slightly, shook her head and said, "No, I'd better take Huier over there to sleep with Kecheng. If you want to talk, tomorrow It can be said, it can also be said in the future, not at this moment..."

Although the suggestion of sleeping together moved Qi's heart, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt horrified. She felt that even though she had kissed Liang Erniang, logically speaking, she should belong to her.It's just that she hasn't thought about or longed for further contact, such as skin-to-skin contact.

Maybe Liang Erniang just appeared by chance in her lonely and empty life, and the person who brought her comfort could not make her fall in love like a moth to a flame, and want to be with her desperately.

Don't know what the future holds, but that's how it is now.

In addition, the Qi family does not have much confidence in the fact that the two women will stay together and live together. Liang Erniang once promised her that she would give it a try when the two children grow up, get married and establish a career. Quan regards it as Liang Erniang's reward for waiting for her for so many years.

After all, she understands that she and Liang Erniang are not alone, there are old and young, there are other family members, and it is impossible to be together without encountering various ties and obstacles.

Therefore, the only thing we can do is to hold a tender heart, treat Liang Erniang better when we see her, take everything step by step, and let nature take its course.

After speaking, Mrs. Qi turned around and left. Erniang Liang called her from behind, but she didn't stop, and went straight away, leaving Erniang Liang looking at the oil lamp on the table with a wry smile.

Silent all night.

When I woke up the next day, it was the day when Shunniang's charcoal retail shop opened for business.

Shunniang got up early as usual, and arranged for Qu Dalang and Hei Wa to take the buddies Tong Sanlang and Gao Dalang hired yesterday to pick bean sprouts and load them into a truck to deliver the bean sprouts.

After breakfast, I took Shitou and Shitou Dad together to the charcoal retail shop. When the time came, I started to set off firecrackers, and at the same time picked up the shop sign that I had made, and wrote the words "Xijia Charcoal".

The firecrackers that Shunniang asked Shitou's father to buy were thunder cannons, and the sound made Zaoshu Street tremble, and all the neighbors on the street came to congratulate Shunniang on the opening of her charcoal shop.

Those who are rich brought gift boxes to congratulate, and those who have no money also came up to congratulate.

Amidst the noise, Shunniang thanked her neighbors for coming to congratulate her on the opening of her charcoal shop, and she also gave away five catties of charcoal to those who came to congratulate her, and each family took five catties of charcoal back for use.From the second day to the seventh day of opening, it is buy one get one free, but the quantity is limited, no more than [-] catties per family.

The neighbors of Zaoshu Street who came to congratulate heard it, and they were all happy.

So, there was a long queue in front of Shunniang's charcoal shop, and the two thousand catties of charcoal that Shunniang had piled up in the shop were all gone by noon.

There was no goods in the charcoal store in the afternoon, and some people later did not get free charcoal. They had to wait until the next day to buy charcoal, and then they could get a discount of buy one get one free.

Fortunately, before Shunniang moved into the house on Zaoshu Street in Bianliang City, she had long planned to open a retail charcoal shop. While doing so, she built an open-air coal yard and transported more than 2 coal. Jins of charcoal are piled inside.This charcoal store opened, and there was enough charcoal for retail sale on the second to seventh days when the offer of buy one get one free was implemented.

At that time, most of the people in Bianliang City knew that there was something like charcoal for cooking, but it was not yet popularized. If they were asked to spend money to buy it, they might have to hesitate. If it was given away for free They use it, of course they want to use it.

There are more than 60 families in Zaoshu Street in Bianliang City. Except for the rich Zhuo family and Dai family, there are not many people who burn charcoal in their kitchens. Most citizens only heard that charcoal is good for use, but they have never used it. .Shunniang gave them five catties of charcoal, which would be enough to cook two meals. Once they used it up, they felt that the charcoal was resistant to burning and the fire was strong, so they planned to use it in the future.Shunniang also gave a discount of buy one get one free the next day, and most of the citizens who have used it will come to buy it cheap.If they used charcoal for seven consecutive days, most of them would give up using firewood. Although charcoal is twice as expensive as firewood, it is more resistant to fire and has greater firepower.Especially in autumn, when the weather is getting colder every day, it is obviously more cost-effective to use charcoal than firewood.

Shun Niang believes that as long as people who have used charcoal, most of them will choose to cook with charcoal, the firepower is large, saving a person who burns the fire, it is convenient and fast...

Xijia’s charcoal store opened, Liang Erniang and others also went to congratulate her, and bought a gift box to give away. Seeing the long line of people in front of the store to receive charcoal, Liang Erniang couldn’t help but secretly praised Shunniang for being a businessman, Take some small money in your eyes, and send out thousands of Wen on the day of opening.In the next few days, buying one and getting one free is not profitable, but in the long run, the people in Zaoshu Street are used to Shunniang's charcoal, and they all use Shunniang's charcoal for cooking and roasting. This is within seven days of opening. The money spent will still be earned back.As long as the people on Zaoshu Street used the charcoal sold by Shun Niang, the people in the neighboring streets would also be influenced to buy the charcoal for use when they saw it.

She doesn't know about other streets, at least on Zaoshu Street, only Xi's family sells charcoal now.

The coal business is also the same business that creates rich people in later generations, not to mention that in the Song Dynasty, this kind of mineral deposits have just been excavated and initially started to be used.

Therefore, in this coal business, Xijia has taken the lead.

Seeing Xishun surrounded by many people with a flushed face, Liang Erniang suddenly felt that besides admiration, there was also a trace of jealousy in her heart.

She felt that she was a time traveler, not as good as a local aborigine. When Xi's family first arrived in Yangliu Town, they just relied on Xishun to chop firewood for a living. Who would have thought that after just over a year, Xi's family would move After entering the city, Xishun rented a big house on January [-]th. Not only did Xishun do a good job in the seed business, he also started a charcoal business and opened a shop to sell charcoal.If things continue like this, maybe after more than a year, Xi's family will be in a good place again.

As for myself, I have to go back to Yangliu Town and continue to do the tofu business that can only support my family, but it is impossible to make a fortune.

In fact, the peaceful little life in Yangliu Town is quite good. Although the money earned is less, the victory lies in the stability.

If Qi Shi didn't show up and she didn't fall in love with Qi Shi, she would be very happy to stay in Yangliu Town, raise Xiu'er and take care of her mother.

Hey, for the sake of the Qi family, she has to work hard to start a career, Yangliu Town can't stay any longer.

It's just that, apart from making tofu, she doesn't have any special skills, so she can only make a fuss about tofu.Seeing Xishun opened a charcoal shop, she suddenly thought, can she also open a tofu shop, not only selling tofu, but also making tofu nao, stinky tofu and other snacks for customers, and after making a name for herself, open a specialty shop Tofu dish hotel, and then open franchise stores.She feels that as long as the taste is good, this road may not be impossible.

This way, although it is not as good as Xishun's coal business to make a fortune, it is still no problem to ask for a comfortable life.

Thinking of this, she became excited all of a sudden, pulled the Qi family in the crowd aside and said: "I have thought of a good idea, I will make good plans when I go back to Yangliu Town, and I will talk to your uncle when I go to the city next time." Talk, let your uncle give me some advice, maybe, after a year, I will be able to open a shop in Bianliang City!"

Mrs. Qi asked her what idea she had come up with.

Liang Erniang said that she would not tell her for the time being, and she would tell her when she went back to the city after thinking about it.

Qi said with a smile: "The slave family is waiting for your good letter."

On the opening day of Shunniang's charcoal store, Sister Song Yu also sent a manager in the store to congratulate Shunniang, and presented a congratulatory gift, as well as a letter from Sister Song Yu to Shunniang.The letter first congratulated Shunniang on the opening of her charcoal shop, and then wrote that the special dishes made by Shunniang that she ate at Xi's last time were very delicious, and said that if Shunniang was willing to teach her how to cook a few dishes Well, that way, when she wants to eat, she doesn't have to come to Shunniang's house to bother her, she can cook and eat by herself.Finally, she asked Shun Niang when she could go to her home to teach her?If you can set a date, it is best to write back.

After reading Sister Song Yu's letter, Shunniang thought that it was probably because Sister Song Yu came to eat at home last time, and her own wife and sister-in-law were very indifferent to her. Eat her specialty dishes.

Since Sister Song Yu likes to eat her own specialty dishes, and even asked me to teach her, Shunniang felt that it was impossible for her not to agree.

After thinking about it for a while, Shunniang felt that it would be more appropriate to go to Sister Song Yu to teach her today.

Because the charcoal shop only opened today, the charcoal in the store will be delivered by noon, and there is no charcoal in the shop in the afternoon, so it's okay, so it's more appropriate for her to find time to go this afternoon.Tomorrow, in the morning, she will watch Dad Shitou and Shitou doing business in the charcoal shop, and when Qu Dalang and others come back in the afternoon, she will take Shitou to meet the owners of Han's Zhengdian and Liu's Zhengdian. This is also an appointment with them On the day of their meeting, Shunniang wanted to know if they would accept her conditions and be willing to cooperate with her so that her seeds and charcoal could be sold in the small foot shops under the two main shops.

So, she said to the steward who came to congratulate her charcoal shop on the opening of the gift box, let him go back and tell Sister Song Yu that she is free in the afternoon, so she can go to Sister Song Yu's place, teach her how to make some special dishes, and then have dinner together.

The steward nodded and said he understood, then he resigned from Shun Niang and squeezed out the crowd to leave.

It just so happened that Xie Erniang came to the charcoal shop to see the bustling opening of the charcoal shop, and saw Shunniang talking to a middle-aged man who seemed to be in charge. The middle-aged man even took out a letter for Shunniang, who took it Take it apart.Shi Shi went up to pick up the middle-aged man's gift box, and when she passed by her, she glanced at it casually, and saw the inscription on the gift box, Song's Zhengdian Congratulations to Xijia Charcoal Store on its grand opening.At this moment, she immediately understood that the middle-aged man was the manager of the main shop of the Song family, and he came to congratulate the opening of Xi's charcoal shop on behalf of Sister Song Yu.What is there that can't be said clearly, and you still have to write a letter?