"What did my father-in-law tell me?" Xu Tianyi asked respectfully.
Facing Xu Tianyi's question, Zhou Yaoniang was still a little confused.
She felt that no one wanted to become a merchant. Xu Tianyi was also a scholar himself, and his goal was to obtain fame. Most likely he would not be willing to become a merchant, so Zhou Yaoniang hesitated for a moment before whispering, "My father wants you to There is a suggestion, of course, this is just a suggestion, he hopes you can give up writing and go into business."
After hearing Zhou Yaoniang's suggestion, Xu Tianyi was silent for a long time, but Zhou Yaoniang did not see any unhappiness on his face.
After a moment of silence, Xu Tianyi seemed to quickly accept the proposal, "I have no objection to going into business, and I even want to try it myself."
When she heard that Xu Tianyi accepted her father's arrangement so naturally, Zhou Yaoniang felt happy, "As long as you don't object, I was originally worried that you wouldn't agree. What my father said was actually because he wanted to give it to you." A piece of advice: studying hard for ten years may not bring you fame. Even if you do, the court is full of changes and fame. Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. No one can have the last laugh. What our father only wants from us is a safe life. well."
Hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi only whispered, "What my father-in-law said is true, but although my father-in-law has this intention, what does my mother-in-law think? I remember that she still hopes that I will obtain a meritorious degree. If the two of them disagree, , will our behavior of choosing one of them hurt my mother-in-law's heart?"
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zhou Yaoniang only said, "Yes, I have forgotten my mother. Alas, but I am her daughter, and this is my father's wish. I think my mother will agree to this."
Hearing this, Xu Tianyi didn't quite agree. He whispered, "I think my mother-in-law may not agree to this matter for a while. It's best for us to hide it for a while."
Zhou Yaoniang obviously didn't understand what the other party meant, so she just whispered, "But I don't think my mother is such a person!"
Xu Tianyi just chuckled when he heard this, "That's just what you think. Are you sure that you must know your mother very well? Yaoniang, just listen to me. It's not that we won't tell her, but I think it's best for us." I want to make some achievements first to make her feel at ease."
Seeing that Xu Tianyi insisted on talking to her like this, Zhou Yaoniang seemed to agree with Xu Tianyi's words.
"Okay, since you said so, let me follow you."
Hearing that Zhou Yaoniang agreed to his proposal, Xu Tianyi immediately smiled and said to Zhou Yaoniang, "Yaoniang, you are so kind."
Then he immediately whispered, "Did your father-in-law only tell you this? Did he have any other explanations?"
Facing Xu Tianyi's question, Zhou Yaoniang nodded, "Of course I have other explanations!"
Xu Tianyi immediately asked, "Anything else to explain?"
Zhou Yaoniang only whispered, "Father said he wanted you to take my mother over to live with you in a while. My mother is the only daughter of mine. Now my father has been exiled to Yunzhou again. He doesn't worry about my mother living alone, and My father’s property can also be integrated together. We don’t have to live separately!”
Hearing this, Xu Tianyi hesitated to speak. Seeing this, Zhou Yaoniang couldn't help but said to Xu Tianyi, "Husband, why don't you speak? Don't you agree with my arrangement?"
After hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi immediately said, "What opinions can I have? After all, the life I have now is all because of your family's help. Naturally, I have no opinions at all about coming to take over my mother-in-law's life." . My only worry is that living with my mother-in-law, she will know that I am not studying, but doing business."
Zhou Yaoniang listened to Xu Tianyi's words, and then she just whispered, "In that case, what should we do now?"
Seeing that Zhou Yaoniang looked very dependent on him, Xu Tianyi just smiled and said, "It's actually quite simple to do this, but it depends on whether you are willing to believe me or not!"
Zhou Yaoniang immediately whispered, "Of course I believe you!"
Hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi whispered, "This business always requires capital. I can't do this business without capital."
When Zhou Yaoniang heard Xu Tianyi's words, she naturally nodded in agreement, which she quite agreed with.
"You don't have to worry about the principal. In fact, I have already prepared the principal for you."
After she finished speaking, Zhou Yaoniang only took out a stack of paper deeds from her makeup box. This was the most valuable thing in their family. A few days ago, her mother was worried that these uncles who came from afar were trying to steal her family's property. She had an idea, so she just transferred the land deed to herself early.
In addition, most of the valuable things in the home were probably moved on their way here.
So now almost all of the Zhou family's property is in their new home.
Although my father and mother had carefully explained this to me before. Before the time was right, they only told themselves not to tell anyone the details of their family.
But Zhou Yaoniang thought that Xu Tianyi was married to her now, and she was really good to her. She had already recognized Xu Tianyi in her heart yesterday, so she thought this was the right time.
"Here is my family's land deed. In addition to several hundred acres of land, there are only about twenty shops in the capital."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianyi was also surprised, and then he joked in a low voice, "Our family is really rich!"
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zhou Yaoniang only said softly, "This is nothing. If my father hadn't done this, our family's wealth would have been even greater."
While she was talking, Zhou Yaoniang was still selecting a few shop contracts. Then she took out a few contracts and said, "There are no store reservations for these contracts yet. We can take them out to do business. I just don't know what you want to do." what business?"
Xu Tianyi whispered, "If you want to do business, you must do the most profitable business."
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zhou Yaoniang asked in a low voice, "What is the most profitable business?"
Hearing this, Xu Tianyi just whispered, "The most profitable thing is of course rice iron salt!"
Upon hearing Xu Tianyi's words, Zhou Yaoniang couldn't help but sigh and said, "In the iron-making business, private mining and production are not allowed. As for the salt-making business, it cannot be done without government permission. Even if we get the permission, The connections there are also very deep. If you don’t have any foundation, you can only lose your money if you do this kind of business. If my father was still employed, we might still be able to get along with each other. However, now that my father is exiled, he has left. Tea cool, this business can’t be done.”
Xu Tianyi was not discouraged. He just whispered, "Then let's become grain merchants and open a rice shop! Rice is everyone's basic demand. If we open a grain shop, we won't have to worry about running out of business, and this business will be easy to succeed!" What do you think of this?"
Hearing Xu Tianyi's enthusiastic suggestion, Zhou Yaoniang only whispered that there was no shortage of grain shops in the capital, and there were at least two or three rice shops on the streets with our few shops. This thing cannot be sold at a high price, although it is indispensable. But it can't be a big deal. "
Upon hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi also became a little frustrated, "Then what kind of business do you think we should do?"
When Zhou Yaoniang was asked this question by Xu Tianyi, her heart tightened.
In fact, although she has heard about these things, she is not sophisticated.
So she just whispered, "We are not in a position to do profitable business. It would be best if we could be a salt merchant, but salt merchants are obviously not easy to do, so we might as well open a rice shop to test the waters now." .”
Hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi nodded.
Afterwards, the two parties finally reached an agreement. Zhou Yaoniang only took out a suitable shop contract and handed it to Xu Tianyi, "Take this. As for the money and people to run the rice and grain shop, you can discuss it with the housekeeper. The housekeeper will help you with money and people."
Hearing Zhou Yaoniang's words, Xu Tianyi didn't even look away from Zhou Yaoniang's box.
But Zhou Yaoniang obviously didn't realize this.
After restraining his box, Xu Tianyi's gaze shifted and he said softly, "Since the things inside are so valuable, you have to hide them well."
After hearing Xu Tianyi's reminder, Zhou Yaoniang immediately smiled sweetly and said, "Don't worry, husband, I will definitely hide it."
As for the land deeds, I always hide them in my dressing box. The box is locked and no one usually steals it. "
"And the maids and slaves brought here are all old people who are honest and knowledgeable, so my husband is not worried that they will behave like guards and thefts."
Hearing what Zhou Yaoniang said, Xu Tianyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Since Madam has said this, I feel more relieved."
After saying this, Xu Tianyi only said, "Madam, if there is nothing else, I will go to the housekeeper to discuss opening a rice shop."
Zhou Yaoniang nodded, "Okay."
After that, Xu Tianyi strode away.
Seeing Xu Tianyi walking away, Zhou Yaoniang was ready to pack up the box and go back to the room.
But Xinghua beside her couldn't help but say to Zhou Yaoniang after the uncle walked away, "Madam, he left so fast. He left you alone on the first day of the wedding. Why do I feel that he is right?" You don’t seem to have any affection at all?”
Hearing Xinghua's words, Zhou Yaoniang couldn't help but reprimanded her, "Xinghua, what are you talking about? My husband did this for the good of the family. A good man has ambitions in all directions, how can he stick to petty love affairs?" Love, besides, my husband is a very nice person. He was worried that I didn’t eat last night, but he personally cooked a bowl of noodles for me. It was the best noodles I have ever eaten in my life. Xinghua, you have misunderstood him."
When Xinghua heard that Zhou Yaoniang was so protective of Xu Tianyi, she naturally couldn't say anything else, but she still felt that her young lady should be more considerate.
So she only reminded Zhou Yaoniang, "Miss, don't blame me for talking too much. I think it's best for you not to reveal so much about your family's property to your uncle."
