He is also a scholar himself, but he has never disliked his daughter.
Even more disdainful of this practice of selling a daughter to raise a son.
Yes, in his opinion, using the daughter's bride price as a gift to his son is selling his daughter.
Shen Shuangshuang nodded.
He thought: This is in line with the behavior of those in the Li family.
"Okay. As long as they don't act like monsters and cause trouble for the workshop."
"Continue to pay attention to the Li family and report anything in time."
"yes!"
In the next ten days, Mr. Shen was very busy.
The batch of medicinal materials sent by Yin Song had to be processed into finished medicines as soon as possible. Shen set out from home in the morning and was busy every day until it was almost dark before returning home.
Shen Shuangshuang also went to Huichun Hall to help for a few days.
Mainly checking accounts and sorting out some pharmacy store management matters.
After discovering that shopkeeper Wang was running Huichun Hall well, Shen Shuangshuang sorted out the situation and left it alone.
She is also a little busy.
Cheng Lei and Su Yuyan's maocai restaurants opened one after another, and the business was very good.
The delivery of soup base, ingredients and ingredients on her side has to keep up.
In addition, An's Maocai shop is about to open, and she has to go and have a look occasionally.
Also, the output of the Dahe Village workshop has increased again, and the town's workshop must also add people.
In addition to these three things, she is planning to find shops to open tofu shops in two large markets in the south and north of the city.
The shop has been rented now, and we just need to wait for the interior to be properly decorated and to hire people to see the shop before it can be opened.
The first day of March.
Early in the morning, Cheng Lei suddenly came to the door.
Aunt Zheng invited people to the main room and ordered the servants to serve tea before going to invite Shen Shuangshuang.
"Why did Mr. Cheng come to the door in person? But the store received a big order again?" Shen Shuangshuang walked in and asked Cheng Lei with a smile.
Cheng Lei stood up and saluted Shen Shuangshuang.
"It's not about the store."
"Oh?" Shen Shuangshuang had some suspicions in his mind and walked in and asked Cheng Lei to sit down.
Cheng Lei did not sit down.
Shen Shuangshuang didn't force himself and walked to the chair to sit down.
"Why is that?" Chong Cheng Lei asked.
Cheng Lei looked struggling.
Then, he saluted Shen Shuang again.
"I want to discuss a business deal with Madam Shen."
Shen Shuang's eyes were slightly startled.
"what business?"
Cheng Lei looked up.
"It's about the Maocai franchise store." Still maintaining a half-bowed posture.
Shen Shuangshuang looked puzzled.
"Ms. Shen provides the skills, and I provide the connections and management. If we make money, we will split it 40-60%. You get 60%," Cheng Lei said.
Shen Shuangshuang was startled.
Cheng Lei didn't wait for Shen Shuangshuang to reply, and looked up at Shen Shuangshuang again.
"I have connections. As long as the news spreads, it's easy to open twenty franchise stores in Yong County immediately."
Shen Shuangshuang finally put away his stunned expression.
"But I'm not ready to continue recruiting franchisees for the time being." He said.
Collecting the franchise fee is easy, but the main store has to deliver soup base, dishes and seasonings, which all require manual preparation.
Right now, she couldn't spare her hands to do this.
In addition, Maocai is a small restaurant after all. Even if the store's business is good, the profit will not be much high.
She wants to open a hotpot restaurant more than opening a maocai restaurant.
Hot pot restaurants not only make more money, but also allow people to join.
If the scale is larger, the franchise fee will be much higher.
"Then think about it now."
"I'll do the work, just sit back and wait to receive the money. You should think about it carefully!" Cheng Lei said anxiously.
Shen Shuangshuang glanced at Cheng Lei.
After a moment, he still shook his head.
"I don't have any plans for the moment."
Seeing that the anxiety in Cheng Lei's eyes was about to turn into reality, Shen Shuangshuang asked: "Why do you suddenly think of looking for me to cooperate in a franchise store?"
Cheng Lei looked at Shen Shuangshuang, and after a moment, sighed.
"I have dropped out of Nanshan Academy. I will not take the imperial examination in the future. I want to go into business."
Shen Shuangshuang was a little surprised.
However, thinking that Cheng Lei had no talent for reading and that he himself did not like reading, Shen Shuangshuang nodded in understanding.
"Besides-" Cheng Lei paused.
"Yesterday, my father took me to Su's house. I proposed marriage to Mrs. Su."
Shen Shuangshuang looked at Cheng Lei sharply.
How did she just know such breaking news? !
"Don't look at me like that."
"Over the past few days, I don't believe you can't tell that Yuyan and I like each other."
If Yuyan hadn't told him that her family was looking after her, he wouldn't have been so anxious.
After returning home, he first looked for his mother, and then asked his mother to come forward to look for his father.
His father refused, so he resorted to a bitter trick, even kneeling outside his father's study for a whole day, before he got his father to relent and agree to take him to Su's house.
Shen Shuangshuang chatted.
She did notice it, but she never got involved in it.
"Uh, what did the Su family say?" Shen Shuangshuang asked. His expression was somewhat sympathetic.
Cheng Lei glanced at Shen Shuangshuang and didn't care.
"Everyone in the Su family disagrees."
"But it can't stop Yuyan from falling in love with me. Yuyan's third sister-in-law came forward to help me."
"Finally, Mr. Su spoke——"
Shen Shuangshuang looked at Cheng Lei curiously and waited for Cheng Lei to proceed.
Cheng Lei glanced at Shen Shuangshuang.
"Lao Su asked me to give the Su family a betrothal gift of 10,000 taels of silver. I must also promise that I will only marry Yu Yan in the future, and will not take concubines or marry each other. If I break my promise and divorce, all the family property will belong to Yu Yan. "
Shen Shuang's eyes widened and he mentally gave everyone in the Su family a thumbs up.
"Brother Su said that when he asked to marry his wife, he made the same promise to An Guogong and his wife."
"I - I can only agree." Cheng Lei said with a frustrated look.
Shen Shuangshuang showed sympathy.
"Now I believe that you are sincere to Yu Yan." He said.
Ten thousand taels of silver, and he also promised not to take concubines or have sex with each other wholeheartedly. If he breaks the rules, he will purify himself and leave the house when he leaves.
Tsk tsk, that Mr. Su and this one are so cruel to me!
Who said that men in ancient times were unlucky and disliked the old?
The feats of these two men are much greater than those of many men before and after the end of the 21st century.
"It was sincere." Cheng Lei looked at Shen Shuangshuang sadly.
Shen Shuangshuang shook the non-existent goosebumps.
"So you are looking for me because you want me to help you earn enough ten thousand taels?"
She didn't believe that Cheng Lei had ten thousand taels.
I almost couldn't get out the five hundred taels of silver I spent before joining the Maocai restaurant.
As for his father, well, the Cheng family should have some money.
But taking out 10,000 taels is probably still not enough.
"Why do you want you to help me earn ten thousand taels? We are making money together as a partnership." Cheng Lei said.
"The Su family gave me one year to earn the bride price by myself."
"He also said that if I can't come up with the gift of 10,000 taels by then, I will find someone else for Yuyan."
Shen Shuangshuang didn't care if Cheng Lei refuted him.
"Your father didn't promise to subsidize you?"
Cheng Lei looked frustrated.
"He said that our family's total wealth is less than 10,000 taels. He also said that I am not worthy of Yu Yan in the first place. The Su family is deliberately creating difficulties and wants me to retreat."
"He said he would not get involved in this matter and let me handle it myself."
