"Sister Xin, this girl's temper needs to be tempered."
After Mr. Shi learned from Mrs. Shi that Shi Fuxin's store was encountering difficulties, he pondered for a long time and said this out of the blue.
Mrs. Shi looked over. She understood what her husband meant. After thinking about it for a moment, she said, "I think it's not a bad thing if the girl's family is stronger."
Mr. Shi showed his disapproval: "It's okay to be strong-tempered, but what high-ranking family would want a daughter-in-law who refuses to be disciplined?"
"It's not like you don't know the situation in the back house in the capital. Tell yourself, what mother-in-law wants a disobedient daughter-in-law?"
"Sister Xin is not only strong, but her ideas are too right."
"Take the matter of her opening a shop this time. She didn't ask for the government's consent beforehand. She only informed the government after the matter was settled. Does she take us elders seriously?"
Mrs. Shi remained silent and did not speak.
Mr. Shi continued: "In the past, when the fourth child and his family just returned home, Sister Xin acted as she pleased, and we didn't care about her."
"But now she is no longer a wild girl from the northwest border. She is the daughter of the uncle's family. She must be educated and follow the rules she should know."
"Things like talking back to elders must not happen again. If this gets out, it will make people laugh."
"I can't get involved in the matter of disciplining my granddaughter, but you have to pay attention to it. Haven't you noticed that in the eyes of Sister Xin, we elders actually have no prestige?"
Mrs. Shi sighed, how could she not feel that Sister Xin pretended to be well-behaved on the surface, but deep down she really lacked awe towards them.
"I don't know what you're talking about, but that girl has confidence."
"Whether she was admitted to the National Women's Prison or opened a shop, the government did not do anything. She has no need of the government, so naturally she does not need to care about the opinions of the people in the government."
She now knows why Sister Xin refused help from the government before opening the store.
She just doesn't want the government to dictate what she does.
"Sometimes when I think about it, I really don't know what to do with that girl."
"Like other grandchildren, they all rely on the uncle's house to some extent. They don't dare not listen to our words, but Sister Xin... we don't seem to be able to provide her with any help."
Mr. Shi disagreed: "When she returned to the uncle's house, she suddenly became the daughter of the uncle's house. Isn't this a help? With this status, when she marries in the future, the match will be many times higher than hers in Xixi?"
Mrs. Shi immediately retorted: "If you want to put it this way, the Fourth Brother and his family have brought a lot of glory to the house after they returned to the house. Sister Xin, brother and sister, have brought a lot of glory to the house."
Mr. Shi was choked and couldn't find the words to retort. He was silent for a while and said, "Didn't something happen to Sister Xin's shop? Tomorrow I will ask Manager Shi to go find out. Let's take this matter to break up with that girl."
Pull, pull, pull."
Seeing that the old wife wanted to say something else, he quickly said, "I'm not doing this to forcefully change that girl's temper. I just want to teach her that she must respect her elders and not do anything according to her own temper.
I won’t notify the government.”
Mrs. Shi didn't agree very much: "If you want to use the store's affairs to influence Sister Xin, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating in the end."
Mr. Shi said with a speechless expression: "Afraid? We, as elders, are actually afraid of our own granddaughter. If outsiders heard what you said, it would probably make everyone in the capital laugh."
Mrs. Shi said calmly: "In this capital, not all elders are dignified. In some families where the children and grandchildren are promising, the younger generation has the final say in many matters at home."
Mr. Shi snorted: "This is a minority. You don't want to be the elder who is ridden by the younger generation, do you?"
Mrs. Shi did not continue to argue about this topic, but just asked: "What do you want to do?"
Mr. Shi said: "Hongyanxiao's business is so good. I don't believe that girl really wants to close the store. She just doesn't want to take the initiative to ask the government."
"Let's just fight her and see who can outshine the other in the end? When she can't hold on any longer,
Naturally, he will ask for help."
Mrs. Shi was a little worried. She doubted whether this approach would really allow her sixth granddaughter to compromise first.
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Mrs. Shi Da and Mrs. Shi Wu have been waiting for news from Mrs. Shi. Without the approval of their mother-in-law, they cannot directly provide help to Shi Fuxin.
It's a pity that it took so long to wait.
"Sister-in-law, what do you mean by father and mother? Sister Xin's shop is so prosperous. If she can't get the goods to sell, she will really close the shop. This problem must be solved quickly, so father and mother don't care about it.
Aren’t you in a hurry?”
Looking at Mrs. Shi Wu who looked anxious and worried, Mrs. Shi Da said calmly: "Isn't this obvious enough?"
"When my fourth brother joined the Military and Horse Division, he didn't inform the government in advance. A few days after joining the army, the people in the government knew about it."
"Later, Sister Yin, Sister Xin, and Jiulang applied for the Imperial Women's Prison and the Imperial Academy, but they did not inform the government in advance. Only a few days before the exam, the four siblings informed everyone."
"This time, Sister Xin opened a store without consulting the government."
"Father is not happy after being ignored again and again."
Mrs. Shiwu looked astonished: "Sister-in-law, you said that, it's really like this. The fourth brother's family doesn't know how to ask for permission from the government when doing things. What they have done may be known to outsiders, but our own family is still kept secret.
In my mind, I have no sense of family at all."
As he spoke, he paused.
"Sister Xin, that girl is in trouble. She doesn't know how to ask the government, but she wants the government to take the initiative to provide help. I get very angry when I talk about this."
"Father, do you want to set some rules for Sister Xin?"
Seeing Mrs. Shi frowning, Mrs. Shi Wu was surprised and said, "Sister-in-law, do you not agree with your father's actions?"
Mrs. Shi Da glanced sideways at Mrs. Shi Wu: "How can the father train his granddaughter? I can't tell her?"
Mrs. Shiwu: "Then why do you look unhappy?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Mrs. Shi didn't want to talk to Mrs. Shi Wu anymore, but she was worried that she would talk nonsense and cause misunderstandings between her parents-in-law, so she explained: "I'm not unhappy, I'm just worried.
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Mrs. Shiwu was puzzled: "What are you worried about?"
Mrs. Shi looked at her: "What kind of temperament does Sister Xin have? Can't you see it in the past two years? She is stubborn and strong. I'm afraid the final result will not be as we imagined."
Mrs. Shi Wu smiled: "Sister Xin is just a thirteen-year-old girl. The people who open the store are all temporary hires. For such a person to receive the nobles who want to spend money with their beautiful faces, I have to give her a thumbs up."
Khan, so far nothing has happened, I haven’t offended anyone, it’s just a blessing.”
"Loyal and capable servants cannot be trained in a day or two. Take our mansion as an example. Those who can be assigned to serve the master must go through rounds of screening, and then be trained by grandma.
It will take two months to work as a maid in the courtyard."
"The shop comes into contact with all kinds of customers, and the waiters and maids working there are only more demanding, let alone the stewards and accountants."
"After all, Sister Xin is young and has no experience in opening a store. She naively thought that she could hire useful people with a little money."
"Are those people available? Those people just doing odd jobs."
"To open a shop and do business, the waiters and maids must be well-spoken and well-rounded. Such people cannot be hired just by spending money on the street."
"This is just a matter of employing people. When we do business and open stores, the channels for purchasing goods and sales channels are all accumulated over many years. We recognize all the familiar faces, and not everyone can come in and help."
"It's really not an easy task for Sister Xin to find a source of material supply. She simply can't solve it on her own."
"If she still wants to keep smiling, she has to keep her head down."
"Sister-in-law, don't tell me. I hope my father can control Sister Xin well this time. Fourth brother's four children, Wu Lang and Jiu Lang are not as big-minded as her, let alone the other children in the house."
As he said that, he looked at Mrs. Shi,
He said with a flattering smile: "That's Dingrong. As the eldest grandson of the uncle's house, don't you always report to the house whenever you do something? He has never made any decisions in private. This is the example of the Shi family."
Mrs. Shi didn't answer these words.
Her heart is actually very complicated. She is a little uncomfortable with Sister Xin doing whatever she wants, regardless of what everyone in the house thinks, but at the same time, she is also a little envious.
This kind of indomitable energy is what she really wants to see in her two sons.
It's a pity that the eldest son is too well-behaved and the younger son is too literary and popular.
The temperaments of the two sons were destined to be fruitful.
But what can be harvested from the uncle's house now?
If we don't want Dafang's future to be too sad, no, it shouldn't be Dafang, but the entire Shi family. If the Shi family wants to have a place in the capital in the future, they have to look to the fourth brother's family.
Wulang is the imperial guard, and Jiulang also serves as an errand beside the emperor. The two of them are the Shi family's greatest hope.
Sister Yin is a stable and sensible person, so she doesn't need to worry about anything.
As for Sister Xin, she was a bit noisy, but the things she did were mostly adding glory to the uncle's house.
They are doing very well like this, they can't be greedy anymore, that's it.
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Shi Fuxin waited for a day, but when Mrs. Shi didn't talk to her, she went to explore the tomb area in the western suburbs that night, and found a winding secret passage under the rocky mountain area where the arrow in the cigarette bag was.
Following the secret passage, through spiritual exploration, I discovered that underground in the northern and eastern parts of the tomb area were all criss-crossing secret passages.
These secret passages form a network of secret passages similar to a spider web. If someone does not lead the way, outsiders will definitely be trapped inside if they enter below.
Shi Fuxin could "see" many dark passages filled with bones.
Under the network of secret passages, there is a large and empty prison...
Shi Fuxin used her mental power to scan the network of secret passages and the underground prison over and over again, but failed to find the entrance to the prison, so she had no choice but to return home.
In the next two days, Shi Fuxin came to visit twice more. After squatting for two and a half nights, she finally "saw" a stone slab removed from the center of the dark tunnel network, and two men in black walked out of it. One of them was Le Wu.
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The man in black sent Le Wu out of the underground passage and turned back.
When Shi Fuxin saw it, she ignored Yue Wu and quietly followed the man in black. Following behind him, she wrote down the entrance to the prison and how to open it, and then left quietly.
The next day, a maid from a wealthy family came to Yandang Mansion.
Cigarette Bag looked at Xiaofang in front of him: "Is that you?"
Xiaofang said like an endorsement: "The girl said that as soon as I show up, you can find out who I am and ask me not to talk nonsense to you."
"Listen up, these are my girl's exact words."
After saying that, he coughed twice, cleared his throat, and imitated Shi Fuxin and said, "Who is the person you want to save? Write down the voice and appearance. Don't make a mistake. If you save the wrong person,
I'm not responsible."
Upon hearing this, Ciudadang immediately understood who the visitor was and said excitedly: "Master, can you really help me rescue my adoptive father?"
Xiaofang looked at him displeased: "Don't question my girl's words."
Cigarette Bag nodded quickly, and quickly asked someone to bring him pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote out the information about his adoptive father in detail.
Xiaofang carefully put away the paper with the information about the adoptive father of the cigarette bag, and then looked at him: "Girl, I have something to tell you."
Cigarette bag: "You say."
Xiaofang: "My girl wants to find a supplier of powder raw materials. Please help her find it. Remember, the speed must be fast."
As soon as these words came out, Yandang's eyes suddenly widened.
No one else, because he already knew who the girl Xiaofang was talking about.
It was just because I knew that I was shocked.
The sixth girl of the Shi family, the boss with a pretty smile, is only thirteen years old this year...
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"Sister Xin, that girl is quite calm."
After waiting for a few days, Mr. Shi saw that Shi Fuxin had not spoken to the house. He looked a little embarrassed when his wife looked at her like "she knew it would be like this".
Mr. Shi frowned: "Is it possible that that girl really wants to close the shop with a smile on her face?"
Mrs. Shi said: "I definitely don't want to close the store, but that girl doesn't want to be manipulated."
Mr. Shi said: "We are her grandparents. If we ask her to lower her head, does it count as teasing her?"
Mrs. Shi was silent for a moment: "Leave this matter to me. I will ask the eldest daughter-in-law and the fifth daughter-in-law to come over later."
Mr. Shi frowned: "Is there any need to be in such a hurry?"
Mrs. Shi didn't answer.
Is it useful?
She thought it was really useful.
Based on her understanding of Sister Xin, it was already very difficult for the girl to tell them that she was in trouble. If she didn't take the initiative to help this time, they might not have a chance to help next time.
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"Sister, why are you back? You don't have class in the afternoon?"
Shi Fuxin looked at Shi Fuyin who came to Lan Yue Tower in surprise.
"During this period, you always go out early and come back late. I don't even have a chance to talk to you. It just so happened that I had something to do this afternoon, so I came back early to see what you were up to."
Shi Fuyin walked into Shi Fuxin's study, walked forward and looked at the books on the table: "Hongyanxiao branch plan?" She said and looked at Shi Fuxin in surprise.
"Didn't you tell grandma and the others a few days ago that Hongyanxiao might have to close its store? Why are you still planning to open a branch here?"
Shi Fuxin smiled: "I just said that, do you really take it seriously? I have been planning for so long, how could I close the store?"
Shi Fuyin quickly asked: "Has the matter with the raw material supplier been resolved?"
Shi Fuxin shook her head: "Not yet."
Shi Fuyin was a little speechless: "The problem of raw material suppliers has not been solved. Now even the existing stores can hardly supply the goods. How can you still think about opening a branch?"
Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "The matter will definitely be solved. There are so many merchants in the capital. I don't believe that they can all listen to the Qingguo Duke's government."
Shi Fuyin's expression condensed: "Is it the Duke of Qing who is causing trouble behind this?"
Shi Fuxin nodded, and seeing Shi Fuyin's sad face, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've already thought of a way to deal with them."
After hearing this, Shi Fuyin became even more worried: "That's the Duke's Mansion, and Duke Qing is still in the emperor's heart."
Shi Fuxin smiled: "So what? Once the fact that they are members of the Yan Party is exposed, no one can save them." Seeing that Shi Fuyin was still frowning, she had to stand up to appease her.
"Sister, I am not an impulsive person. If I really want to take action, I will choose a foolproof time."
"Okay, let's not talk about this. It won't take a day or two to overthrow a prince's government. Let's talk about something happy."
Shi Fuyin somewhat admired her sister's endurance: "There are powerful enemies like the Duke of Qing outside and worries about shop suppliers inside. With everything like this, how can you still have fun?"
Shi Fuxin smiled and said, "Why can't you have fun? It's not like the sky is falling."
Shi Fuyin also laughed, and after laughing, she looked at Shi Fuxin: "You told grandma and others that the store is in trouble, why don't you just ask the government for help?"
Hearing this, Shi Fuxin smiled faintly: "If I take the initiative to speak, I will lose the initiative. I don't want to put myself in a passive position."
Shi Fuyin nodded her sister's forehead: "You, I really don't know where you learned this from. Do you still care about this as a family?"
Shi Fuxin looked at Shi Fuyin seriously: "Sister, don't underestimate the way family members get along with each other. A place like home, if you get along well, is a safe haven, but if you don't get along, it will be a quagmire that restricts you."
Shi Fuyin understood what her sister meant and also knew that her sister did not want to be restrained by others, so she could only say helplessly: "
Now my grandparents are unwilling to take the initiative to help, what should you do?"
Shi Fuxin chuckled: "They want to take this opportunity to tame me and make me an obedient person who takes them as the leader in everything. Can I fulfill their wishes? Without the Shi family, would I still be alive?"
Shi Fuyin: "Tame? Not so much, right?"
Shi Fuxin smiled sarcastically: "My grandparents deliberately delayed mentioning this matter because they wanted to tease me. I haven't found a new supplier yet. When I find one, even if they compromise, I won't want it."
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"As for Hongyanxiao's store, I only plan to run this one on Chang'an Avenue. The other branches will be left to outsiders to manage, and I will only be responsible for supplying goods."
"I've given the opportunity to the Shi family, it's up to them whether they can seize it or not. Don't say that I don't think about my family anymore."
Shi Fuyin moved her lips, not knowing what to say.
Just then, Grandma An came over.
"Sixth Miss, the old lady invites you to go to Yixiang Hall."
Hearing this, Shi Fuyin looked at Shi Fuxin with joy on her face: "It must be about the supplier." After saying that, she leaned into Shi Fuxin's ear and said, "Grandma and the others have already compromised, you have to stop it.
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Shi Fuxin's lips curled up: "I'll go over first and see what they say."