Chapter 75 Where is the way out?
Shen Mingjun left before dawn the next day.
Chen Xi knew that the cheap father went to the Wang family to collect leftovers, leftover rice and water. If there was still plenty of time, he would also go to the market to find out if there were any rotten vegetables, so he had to hurry up every minute and every second.
From the beginning of getting up, Zhou was in good spirits.
The woman with her husband is not like that. Hui Niang has developed a calm and calm personality. She usually does not be happy or angry when she does things, while Zhou is moody and wants Zhou to be in a good mood. The easiest way is to let Shen Mingjun go home every day.
"Brother Chen Xi, look at these two words, I don't know."
Early in the morning, Chen Xiyi sat in the back hall and was yawning in a daze. Lu Xier held his hand and asked him with the engraved young school Qionglin.
Chen Xi was not sleeping well last night because he was a little listless at this time and saw that there was no business in the pharmacy, so he said, "Be good, my brother is so sleepy and wants to sleep. Go and ask Sister Yu if it's okay?"
"not good."
Lu Xier pouted and her eyebrows slightly frowned, which was particularly pitying.
Chen Xi had to patiently teach her the words that Lu Xier didn't understand. After finishing, he was about to close his eyes and take a nap. Zhou went into the back hall and threw the dustpan down on the table: "Sort the medicine, hurry up!"
Chen Xi complained, it was better to go to school than to study.
There is no way. If you think too much, your spirit will not be enough. He tried his best and didn't think about what kind of business to help your father to quickly gain a foothold, because his father can't do anything except strength.
Even if you go to a shop to be an apprentice these days, you have to be smart and flexible. And you don’t have any wages during your studies, so it’s not appropriate for Shen Mingjun to take care of his family.
"Mom, what's wrong with you? Didn't it look pretty good in the morning?" Chen Xiyi looked at Zhou, who looked at the angry face while sorting the medicinal materials.
"That unscrupulous person, I came back to accompany us for more than one day yesterday, but I just asked someone to send a message to me and I won't come back tonight. Hum, it seems that he really has a vixen outside!"
The more Zhou thought about it, the more suspicious things were, the more he felt, the more annoyed they were, and the more annoyed they were, the easier they were. m..comstyett; thinking randomly, the result was a bad temper.
Chen Xi knew that as long as Shen Mingjun did not return to normal in the day, Zhou would be so suspicious and jealous.
Just after Wei Shi, Zhou's business was still deserted. Xiu'er suddenly ran over from the Xinshou and said hurriedly: "Auntie, grandma asked me to come over and ask. If this side is not busy, let Ning'er go over and help there are a lot of customers there today, and she is a little too busy."
Zhou said, "Then hurry up and call Ning'er to the backyard. By the way, you can go there too. Anyway, there are stupid kids here, and someone comes with a prescription to recognize his words."
Chen Xi cried out loudly: "Mom, I have only been studying for a few days and I don't recognize many words."
"Shaozi, when Yu was not here, did you not recognize Fangzi? What are you talking about? Yu and Ning'er are over, don't let your grandma wait for a long time."
Chen Xi thought to himself, if the new shop is really busy, it would be better to ask Shen Mingjun to come and help. It would be better to hire a shopkeeper to take charge of the side, so that Hui Niang and Zhou can stay in the pharmacy to support it. Yi's family doesn't have to be very tired. Dad and mother have a harmonious relationship and the two families are harmonious. That's great!
But people's words are terrifying. Even if Shen Mingjun goes home a few times, he will easily be stabbed by others. He wants to take Hui Niang as his concubine. Toad wants to eat swan meat. If he goes to the shop to help, such words may be too unpleasant. At that time, rumors will prevail, which may affect the business of the medicine shop and will not be worth the loss.
In the era, the reputation of widows is more important than anything else, and Chen Xi finally got to know this.
In the blink of an eye, it was early February, and Chen Xi was about to resume school the next day, and Shen Mingjun finally came back in the evening.
Chen Xi promised Shen Mingjun not to tell Zhou about his side job outside, assuming that Shen Mingjun must come back three days, but even if he comes back, it will be a bit late. After all, Shen Mingjun has to go to the farm to feed the poultry first and settle it before he can come back.
What Chen Xi thought was that before finding a way out for his father, he would help him first, and then go to school to study, and after school, he would go to help first, so that his father would not have to run around and get tired of dealing with it.
It was already deep in the night, and there was an oil lamp on the other side of the house. This was a very strange thing for Zhou, who was saving his life.
Chen Xi was afraid that Zhou and Shen Mingjun would quarrel, but he took advantage of the fact that he went out to go to the thatched cottage and eavesdropped on the wall. There was no big noise inside.
"Dalang and Liulang cannot come to the county town for the time being. They will not come after the riots have completely subsided. I don't know when it will be delayed."
When Zhou said this, he pushed open the door and saw Chen Xi standing in the corner of the wall. She immediately raised her face, "Why are you not sleeping yet when you are so late?"
Shen Mingjun also appeared at the door, and it was obvious that the relationship between the two was quite harmonious, and they were not as red as they imagined and had a quarrel.
There were riots outside the city, and both floods and droughts were extremely dangerous. No one dared to walk from Shuangxi Town to the county town. The new Ninghua magistrate was not in place, and people were panicked. At this time, the family naturally did not dare to send two of them to the county town, so as not to be robbed by riots in the middle of the journey. Even if the person is fine and the robbers are caught, the Shen family will be finished.
Chen Xi returned to the house, thinking about the thief and the father's way out.
Suddenly, the inspiration flashed in my mind. Because there were riots in northeastern Guangdong and western Fujian, many travelers did not dare to go to Tingzhou Prefecture, which caused the prices of goods transported from other places to soar, and the prices of locally produced grain and local specialties fell extremely sharply.
There are basically no regular transportation in the city now, because these days, the goods have to be transported by the seller themselves, and there is no law to escort escort escorts. The escort agency will not appear until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
This is a good opportunity. If my father can take the opportunity to buy this industry, it will definitely be profitable. He can even make a start to make his business bigger and stronger. After all, this industry does not require any craftsmanship. The most important thing is manpower, and just hire some carriages and boats.
Even if you want to escort, Shen Mingjun doesn’t need to take action personally. He just needs to stay in Ninghua County as a shopkeeper and mobilize Yi’s subordinates on weekdays.
However, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny. It is good to plan, but there are many problems. There is no capital, no manpower, no business premises and means of transportation, that is, a carriage. Of course, carriages can be solved by hiring, and human resources can also be hired, but in fact, it is mainly because of lack of money.
It is necessary to drive a carriage or boat trip, unload goods at the post station or dock, but to open an escort agency, you still have to hire some skilled people. It is best to simply train in military training, otherwise you will suffer a lot of losses if you are robbed on the street. Moreover, you have to do escort business and have friendship with people from all over the mountains and five mountains, otherwise who will give you face?
Chen Xi thought about it carefully and felt that opening an escort agency was not reliable, but this also gave him a way of thinking, which was to do industries that others dare not think about and cannot do, and to have a leading mind and business strategy.
But it is difficult to innovate in three hundred and sixty industries. In society, what is needed has long been popular, and even if you don’t need it, there is no way out. But Chen Xi knew that there was an industry that would definitely make a fortune, that is, operating a money house, which was also an industry that gradually formed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. However, compared to running an escort agency, it seemed that the capital needed was greater.
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The emperor answered here that the protagonist would definitely embark on the road to imperial examinations, but no one has discovered that Shen Xi and his parents are still like rootless floating duckweed. As long as there is a slight wind and waves, they will fail and sink to the sand and return to their original form.
What Shen Xi is doing now is to improve the living conditions of himself and his family, and the most important thing is to have a stable opportunity to study.
Ninghua County is equivalent to a novice village. When the time is right, Chenxi will go to the prefecture, provincial capital, and capital. I believe everyone will not be tired of the latest happenings.
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Chapter completed!