Seeing Li Zhi accepting Li Dao, the awkward atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly eased a bit. Li Yousheng touched his beard and nodded with a smile.
Li Zhi pursed his lips and asked, "What else?"
Li Yousheng stroked his beard again and said: "There is another one. I want your clan brother Li Zhenpin to count for one."
This Li Zhenpin made Li Zhi frown.
Li Zhenpin is the grandson of Li Yousheng and the son of Li Yousheng's son. He has always been idle and engaged in production. When he was a child, his family allowed him to study for several years, but he wasted the family's money and did not study at all. When he grew up, he
He stays at home and depends entirely on his parents for support.
Li Zhi would not want such a person.
"Li Zhenpin can't do it, let's find another one!"
Seeing Li Zhi rejecting his grandson, Li Yousheng looked a little embarrassed and coughed. However, Li Zhenpin was indeed a bit ineffective, and Li Yousheng couldn't get angry. After a pause, the patriarch Li Yousheng said: "Then let Li Laosi do it!"
Li Laosi is the only grandson of Li Zhi's fourth grandfather. The fourth grandfather died early, and his only son died of lung disease a few years after getting married. Li Laosi's mother had been a widow for several years and also died of illness, leaving Li Laosi.
The fourth grandpa is such an only child. On weekdays, Li Laosi relies on one meal from his family and another from the west family. The son of the fourth grandfather has never read a book, and he has not given the child a famous name. Li Laosi usually lives on
He relied entirely on the tribe's relief, so everyone named his grandson Li Laosi according to his seniority.
This Li Laosi has been poor since he was a child and has no bad habits.
"Okay, let Fourth Li do it. The salary is the same as that of my second uncle."
Hearing Li Zhi's words, everyone in the room was overjoyed. Since they were happy that someone came to help, the soap business would be able to make more money. They were even more happy that the poor boy Li Laosi had a place to eat and make money, and the family
My burden has become much lighter since then.
Seeing that Li Zhi agreed readily, Li Yousheng felt reassured. However, Li Zhenpin was rejected, which still made Li Yousheng feel very sorry. He couldn't help but fight for his grandson. He stroked his beard and said: "Zhenpin, this kid
I know, he is a good boy at heart. When your business grows, you can consider Zhenpin."
The soap business is obviously a cornucopia, and Li Yousheng has no doubt that this business will get bigger and bigger.
Li Zhi said casually: "Let's talk about it later!"
After talking about the important matter, Li Yousheng and Li Dao felt relieved and began to eat the mutton. The family chatted and gossiped, and occasionally made a few jokes, but they became very harmonious and quickly finished the pot of mutton.
And empty.
Early the next morning, before the door opened, Li Dao and Li Laosi arrived at the door of Li Zhi's house.
Li Laosi is a little younger than Li Xing. He is a boy of fifteen or six years old. He is not tall and wears a very shabby cotton-padded jacket. The cotton-padded jacket is torn in several places and is obviously too small. It does not fit him well.
, probably made a few years ago. The young man looks quite gentle, probably because he grew up without parents and had a family meal. He has a flattering smile on his face.
Li Xing opened the courtyard door and let the two of them in to have breakfast together. When they entered the main room and saw Li Zhi, Li Laosi knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Brother Li Zhi, Mr. Li will depend on you for food from now on!"
Seeing the child's pitiful appearance, Li Zhi felt sad and quickly helped him up.
"If a family doesn't speak the same language, how can they give such a big gift? Get up! You will work with me from now on. As long as you do things honestly and carefully, you will naturally have a good life." After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "I
I work here and take care of three meals a day, and I get two taels of silver every month. Did Second Grandpa tell you?"
Li Yousheng had already told Li Laosi about the remuneration yesterday, but such a high remuneration made Li Laosi a little unconvinced. Normally, it would be great if a shop owner could pay one, two or five taels of silver to hire someone, but where else could he get a meal?
Li Zhi gave him two taels of silver and provided him with three meals a day. This treatment was so good that people couldn't believe it.
Hearing Li Zhi say it again at this time, Li Laosi believed it was true. He suddenly smiled brightly and said, "Brother Zhi, don't worry, I will work hard and be honest, and I won't cause any trouble for you."
Li Zhi then turned around and said to Li Dao: "Second uncle is here too! Let's have breakfast together!"
Being employed by Li Zhi, Li Dao didn't act like his uncle at all. He quickly agreed to Li Zhi and went into the main room with Li Zhi.
Mrs. Zheng had already laid out the vegetables on the dining table in the main room. Seeing that the soap business was making several taels of silver every day, Ms. Zheng was no longer stingy: everyone had enough porridge, a poached egg, and half a bowl of pickled mustard.
In the seven years of Chongzhen's war and chaos, this was already a rich breakfast.
Li Laosi grew up eating hundreds of meals, and sometimes he couldn't eat even one meaty meal in a year. When he sat at the table and saw a poached egg in his bowl, he couldn't help but shed tears. Use
Wiping his tears with his hands, Li Laosi choked and said, "I haven't tasted meat in three years!"
"Brother Zhi, I will work hard and won't cause any trouble to you!"
Li Zhi smiled and said lightly: "Eat quickly, you will be able to work when you are full!"
Even the second uncle Li Dao was used to eating bran rice on weekdays. At this time, he saw that there were meat dishes for breakfast, and he ate very deliciously. He chatted with everyone without saying a word. Li Dao ate this breakfast.
Very happy.
After dinner, the shop was about to open. As soon as the door panel was removed, I saw a dozen huffing women at the door, eagerly waiting for Li Zhi to start selling. The soap was sold out for two consecutive days, and the anxious customers had no choice but to go early.
Come and buy. Li Zhi smiled and greeted the guests, then asked everyone to line up and come up one by one to buy soap.
Li Zhi asked his second uncle Li Dao to be responsible for collecting money, while Li Laosi was responsible for delivering goods in the store, while he and his younger brother Li Xing made soap in the kitchen. In this way, the division of labor greatly increased labor efficiency, and Li Zhi and Li Xing could make soap in one day.
Five hundred pieces of soap. Five hundred pieces of soap, there is a profit of sixty taels a day. Calculated this way, Li Zhi can pay back the money he owes the Xiao family in less than half a month.
However, Li Zhi did not expect that bigger business was coming one after another.
Li Zhi was making soap in the kitchen with the door closed, when he saw his second uncle Li Dao coming over and asking Li Zhi to come out to do something.
"Li Zhi, go to the shop quickly, Mr. Cui is looking for you!"
Li Zhi was stunned and asked: "Which Mr. Cui? Mr. Cui in the square?"
"Yes, it is Mr. Cui from Jingbianfang. He is sitting in the shop waiting for you!"
Cui Xianggong is Cui Wending, Cui He's father. Cui Wending is a scholar with a high social status, and is respectfully called Cui Xianggong by others. Li Zhi secretly thought that Cui Wending was looking for him for nothing. Did he know that he was teasing Cui He yesterday?
Want to teach yourself a lesson?
No way? Xiao Guangwei chased Cui He all day long, but he didn’t see how Cui Wending was doing!
