At that time, Wang Can divided another three hundred taels from Li Yuan and returned to the room of Ma's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had already washed themselves and were lying on the heated kang that no longer needed firewood, and were about to go to bed, they said: "Third aunt, my sister and I have discussed that our noodle stall will be made for you and my uncle starting tomorrow. , we will follow what we said before, and you will treat us as going to Fucheng."
Because the weather is getting warmer, now apart from making the soup one day in advance, I have to get up early the next morning to make the rest.
Ma's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were tired all day and were lying on the kang, feeling a little drowsy.
Suddenly hearing Wang Can's words, the two of them sat up and became energetic.
Ma asked with confusion in his eyes: "If you do it for us, what about you and Yuanniang? Didn't you say before that I would give it to you after you go to Fucheng? Now Junzi and Zhengzi have just finished the second exam, and there are Several days. Besides, you said you were going to the Su Mansion to see your aunt, but didn't you say before that she went to the capital? In this case, wouldn't you need to go to the capital?"
Wang Can didn't want to hide anything from her, so he said: "Third aunt, my sister and I are not very short of money right now. When my sister came back this time, she brought some money and said it was given by the aunt in the Hou Mansion. And my cousin came here today and felt that We are living a difficult life, and we have to stuff some money, and we are not happy with it. My sister said that the money she has now is enough to buy a second-term hospital in Beijing, and then she thought that you are short of money now, so she discussed it with me. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to make this noodle for you."
"As for the dividends and wages promised to you before, they will be paid to you when they are free in a few days."
Ma himself works at a noodle stall and knows everything he should know, so he can naturally calculate the daily profit of such a popular noodle stall.
Their wages are not that small in Liuyun County, but there is no way to compare with their own business.
At this time, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other. Even though they didn't know how much benefit Li Yuan had received from her aunt, they also understood that she was taking care of them.
Otherwise, if the noodle stall is small and the net profit is one tael a day, and at least thirty taels a month, who would think the money is hard to come by and hand over the business to others?
Thinking of this, Ma said: "Canniang, you see, we haven't prepared rice, flour, oil, salt, etc. In this way, if you don't have time for tomorrow's business, just keep busy. I will still give you the money I earn. Then I took some time during the day to buy some noodles and various seasonings, and talked about it with your uncle. I think so, there is no need to give us this month’s wages and rewards, and then we can calculate it with Yuan Niang. After all, this stall still has money for tables and chairs..."
"Third Aunt, I said before that you can just use the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks without paying for them. As for the stalls, this brother has settled the accounts. How much was rented from the Yamen before, you can just pay the money."
"this……"
Ma was speechless. It was obvious that they were taking advantage.
She knew how much Yuan Niang had spent on these tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks.
As a result, she is now not only running a noodle stall, but also using the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks.
But the eldest niece is so kind, if she accepts it shamelessly, she will feel a little guilty.
But she knew it too well, and she was afraid that her eldest niece would think she was being accommodating.
Wang Can saw her embarrassment and said, "Third aunt, don't think too much. Let's go to bed early. You have to get up early tomorrow morning and work. I will accompany my cousin and the others back to Lijia'ao, so I won't follow them to set up a stall." ."
"Well! Can Niang, I thought about it, the money I will earn tomorrow and the day after tomorrow should still belong to you. If I have free time these two days, I will take some time to visit the house and buy some rice, flour, oil, salt and other things. Wait for me Once things are done here, we can officially take over, do you think this will work?"
"Third Aunt, you really don't need to be so outspoken. Tell me that your business will start from tomorrow, that is, from tomorrow. You can also use rice, flour, oil and salt, but you can just convert the money and give it to sister when the time comes. But starting from the day after tomorrow, you will Stock up on rice and noodles, because even if you are not doing business, you still need to buy more."
Ma nodded. After the oil lamp went out for a while, she couldn't help but ask: "Canniang, are you asleep? Are you going to Fucheng?"
Wang Can was not asleep yet. Hearing this, he turned sideways, facing the direction of Ma's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and replied: "I'm not going! My aunt hasn't come back yet, so there's no point in going to Fucheng. If brother Junzi can pass the county examination, brother-in-law Here, it is useless for us to go to Fucheng by ourselves. My sister and I have discussed it and plan to continue growing vegetables and use the potion prepared by my brother-in-law to grow them. My sister said that she can also have some free time and spend more time with her two children. By the way, I’ll make a set of clothes for my aunt and sister-in-law.”
When Ma heard that she was growing vegetables for sale, she hesitated and said: "Can Niang, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and there are more and more vegetables now. If you grow vegetables for sale, there will be more noodles set up where there are stalls. Otherwise, It’s still the same as now, we will continue to help you with work, and you will just take it as what we said tonight, didn’t you say anything?”
"No! It doesn't matter if you don't make money by growing vegetables. You can make dried vegetables or pickled vegetables later and eat them later. Third aunt, you really don't have to worry about me and my sister. We won't mess around."
When Ma heard what she said, she said nothing!
*
Because he had to take Zhou Caijing back to Lijia'ao the next day, and the county school's second round of results was published, Li Jun decided to go back with him.
He was confident in his second game and took his sister's family of four, as well as Zhou Caijing's master and servant, back to Lijia'ao without waiting for the results to come out.
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he met Li Qinghua who asked the tribesmen to open up land.
"Junzi, aren't you taking the county exam these days? If you don't just stay in the county and read, what are you doing here? By the way, today is the second round of results. Did you make the list? How many places did you get?"
"Uncle Hua, I have a distinguished guest at home today, so I came back without checking the list."
When Li Qinghua heard this, he subconsciously looked at the unusually wide carriage behind him.
Thinking of the true identity of "Li Wanrou" and hearing that there were sisters from her mother's family who had married into the Hou Mansion, he asked: "Then are you coming back today?"
"The person in the carriage is my cousin, a girl from the Hou Mansion. She is here to pay homage to my mother this time. Uncle Hua, I'm going back first. I'll talk later."
When Li Qinghua heard that she was indeed a girl from the Hou Mansion, she wanted to know Li Jun's ranking, so she said, "You go ahead and I'll send someone to the county to check the ranking."
If cousins Li Jun and Li Zheng could pass the county examination, then their Li family'ao would also benefit from it.
Zhou Caijing grew up in the Hou Mansion. Because of her aunt, she lived a good life even though she was a concubine.
She has never traveled far alone, and the ability to travel all the way from the capital to Xinyang Mansion is almost at her limit.
As for Xinyang Mansion to Liuyun County, she could still accept the gap.
But when she arrived at Lijia'ao from the county town, she looked at the dirt road and then at the houses, large and small, tall and short, and she fell silent for a moment.
