Huo Xi nodded towards Yu Jiang: "This year our family will celebrate the New Year at Zhuangzi."
He glanced at Master Zou and Grandma Zou: "Grandpa and Grandma are also coming with us."
Grandpa Zou pursed his lips and smiled. Grandma Zou came over to hold her hand, patted it, and said to Yu Jiang: "Her parents told us a few days ago that they would take us to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year. Our family
It's really good luck that I met the Huo family."
Otherwise, she and the old man would float in the river for who knows how many more years, and how would Sheng'er survive alone?
Now that the Huo family is taking care of the whole family, it is a good life that they never dared to imagine before. Even if they leave, with the Huo family taking care of Sheng'er, they can rest in peace.
Yu Jiang nodded in agreement and glanced at Huo Xi. If it weren't for the child in front of him, not to mention the Zou family, Yu Jiang, and the boatmen who originally parked the boat at Taoyedu, might still be floating on the water, living today.
I don’t know what tomorrow will bring.
Now Brother Erhuai has to guard his sister-in-law and distribute work to many boatmen. He is responsible for the collection and delivery of goods. Now he can earn dozens of taels of silver in an extra month. Like the Zou family, he could not think of anything in the past.
A good day that I can’t even imagine.
Maybe he still has to float alone in the rivers, while his wife and daughter still have to be frustrated by the stepmother at home.
Yu Miao hugged Huo Xi's arm tightly and pouted: "Sister Xi'er, when will you return to the city?"
"It's probably after the Lantern Festival. Does Xiao Miao'er want to go to Zhuangzi with us to celebrate the New Year?"
Yu Miao straightened her back immediately, and just as she grinned, she was slapped by Zheng, who scolded her with a smile: "You crazy girl, you don't stay at home during the Chinese New Year, but you want to go to your sister Huo's house to celebrate the Chinese New Year, is that ridiculous?
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Yu Miao tilted her head, as if she was a little embarrassed. She hunched over and leaned back on Huo Xi's shoulder.
Everyone looked at her and smiled.
Huo Xi has been very fond of this little girl since she saw her a few years ago. She feels that this child has aura and ideas.
He comforted her: "In the new year, I will ask my uncle to pick you up and go to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year together."
After saying that, he glanced at Mrs. Zheng and their youngest son and asked Yu Jiang: "You won't all go back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year, right?"
Yu Jiang shook his head: "I will take Ya'er back, and Miao'er will stay in the city with her mother and brother."
Grandma Zou nodded after hearing this: "That's how it should be. This baby has just been born, and it's freezing weather, so don't torment him."
Mrs. Zheng nodded in agreement. She had been waiting for her son for so many years, so she didn't want to trouble her son. Besides, she didn't want to go back to the countryside to see her mother-in-law's face. This year she took the opportunity to stay.
Yu Miao was very happy to hear Huo Xi's words: "Really? Then when my father and sister come back from the country, you will pick me up and go to Zhuangzi to play."
Huo Xi agreed with a smile. Yu Miao didn't care even after her parents laughed and scolded her for a few times, she was very happy.
After staying at Yu's house for a whole morning, everyone said goodbye. Huo Xi went to the shop and discussed with Shen Qianzhong the arrangements for hearing the work reports from the shopkeepers tomorrow.
The new year is approaching, and all businesses are doing their accounts, and Guangfeng Water is no exception.
The shopkeepers of each shop have arrived in the capital one after another two days ago. At this time of year, everyone gathers in the capital to take stock and report on their work.
In the first few years, Shen Qianzhong took Yang Fu to various shops to do accounts.
In the past two years, Huo Xi has fixed the dates, requiring that in the middle and end of each year, the shopkeepers of each shop must bring their accounts to the capital to take stock and report on their work.
We gather together, firstly, to report on work, secondly, to exchange feelings, and thirdly, by bringing everyone together and letting each shopkeeper check the accounts of each shop cross-wise, this is also to prevent anyone from cheating or cheating.
In this way, even if there are those who do something secretly, it will only be a small fuss.
Shen Qianzhong admired Huo Xi's decision. In this way, even if the store owners had selfish motives, they would not dare to go too far. Moreover, everyone would check the accounts cross-wise, which would save him and the two bosses a lot of trouble.
After checking the accounts, I listened to each shopkeeper’s report on this year’s work and next year’s plans.
Instead of listening to the reports of each shopkeeper individually, everyone is gathered together, and each shopkeeper listens to the reports of others to learn from the strengths of each shop. Each shopkeeper is also asked to comment on the work of others.
In this way, it is clear at a glance who is paying attention and who is perfunctory.
At the end of each year, all shopkeepers are highly nervous, fearing that their bosses will be dissatisfied with their reports.
I don’t know who the owner is, but looking at the series of actions he made, it’s no wonder that Guangfeng Water has only been open for a few years, and it has laid out and opened shops in various important cities along the canal.
Outsiders only think that Guangfeng Water has only two shops in Beijing. Who knows that from Hangzhou, the starting point of the South Canal, all the way up, there are shops in Jiaxing, Huzhou, Songjiang, Ningbo, Jingkou, Jiangning, Yangzhou, Changzhou, Huai'an, and Peiping .
Guangfengshui is as low-key as its mysterious owner.
Huo Xi was still sitting in the back as an observer, and the meeting was chaired by the shopkeeper Shen Qianzhong and the boss' spokesperson Yang Fu.
Huo Xi glanced at Li Yu. Uncle Yu had just arrived from Ningbo and opened a shop there. He had just finished his work and rushed to the capital without touching his feet.
I also have to take care of the shops in Songjiang and Kingswood. It's really hard work.
Nowadays, all the shops in Zhejiang Province are managed by Li Yu, while all the shops north of the capital are managed by Shen Qianzhong.
Now Shen Qianzhong is following Huo Xi's words and plans to lead Yang Fu in the next two years and gradually hand over the shops in the north to Yang Fu, while Shen Qianzhong will take charge of the overall situation and become the top shopkeeper in the country.
Huo Xi listened to everyone's reports, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding.
Of these shops, except for the Ningbo shop which is still losing money when it is newly opened, and the two shops in Peking which are slightly worse, the rest of the shops make a lot of profits every year. But they are still far from reaching the goal set by Huo Xi.
In addition to the two stores in Jingshi, the stores with the best business are the three stores in Huai'an, Jingkou, and Yangzhou, with more than thousands of taels of silver in revenue every month. These five stores account for the bulk of Guangfeng Water's revenue.
The two shops in Kingswood followed.
The business of these two shops is relatively simple. They mainly make silk, cotton, linen thread, silk, gauze, linen and other cloths. They do not have many varieties, but they still make a profit of 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver a year.
The annual profits of other shops are less than ten thousand taels.
Among them, the Songjiang store opened late, but Huo Xi believed that with the convenience of sea trade, the two stores in Songjiang and Ningbo would catch up in great strides.
The weakest shops are the two shops in Peiping. Shuntian Prefecture is still sparsely populated, and all the country's political, cultural and financial resources are in Jiangnan.
These two shops mainly deal in daily livelihood business such as grain and cloth. Because they opened late, they are still in the stage of building a reputation. This year, the two shops combined have a profit of less than 5,000 taels.
It actually takes a lot of manpower and material resources. It takes a long time to transport a shipment of supplies all the way to Peiping.
But now that the canal is fully dredged and the waterway in the north is running smoothly, Huo Xi believes that the shops in Beiping will take advantage of the east wind of the construction of Beiping City and their business will gradually improve.
Huo Xi circled the key points of two shops in Peiping in his notebook.