Half an hour later.
The carriage stopped at the door of Shen Mansion.
Looking at the deep courtyard in front of him, Song Che took a deep breath. The two parasol trees that left the front door were still lush and leafy. When they returned, they had lost their flowers and fruits, and the leaves had fallen in the autumn wind.
Wenjun, I'm back.
Song Che couldn't wait, and there was wind at his feet.
"Da da da……"
Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves.
A donkey cart slowly drove towards Shen's Mansion, carrying four large baskets. The driver was a servant of Shen's Mansion. I remember his name was "Akun".
"Huh!"
A Kun took a closer look and recognized Song Che, and quickly got out of the car to greet him: "Uncle! You, you, you are back!"
Song Che nodded, pointed to the basket on the car and asked, "What are these big frames?"
Akun took off the lid of the basket one by one and said, "These are dates, these are peanuts, these are longans, and these are melon seeds."
Dates, peanuts, longans, melon seeds...
Give birth to a baby early?
"Is anyone in our family getting married?" Song Che wondered.
A Kun said: "No, the lady said that if you eat these things, even if you are pregnant with a daughter, you can become a son."
"What!"
Song Che suddenly felt like a bolt from the blue. He didn't know whether he was surprised or happy: "Pregnant... pregnant?"
Akun nodded: "Yes, I'm pregnant!"
Isn't this too sudden?
"How many months has it been?" Song Che asked again.
A Kun thought for a while: "It should be almost two months."
Two months!
etc!
He left home three months ago, why is he two months pregnant?
Dayu controlled floods, but failed to enter his house three times. He did not return home for thirteen years, but his child was eight years old? Who the hell is she going to talk to to reason with? Who should I talk to to reason with you?
Song Che only felt a flash of green light above his head.
"Are you really pregnant? Are you sure!" Song Che grabbed A Kun's collar and asked.
"That's what the doctor said..."
"Where's the lady! He's at home!"
"Miss, she went to the workshop early in the morning..."
Song Che pushed A Kun away and rushed to Yunshuifang in a hurry.
Before leaving home, he had given him a letter of divorce. Could it be that Shen Wenjun was too late to come back and married someone else?
impossible! This is absolutely impossible!
With a confused mood, Song Che ran all the way to Yunshuifang.
As soon as I rushed into the shop, more than a dozen pairs of eyes flashed with great surprise.
"Uncle!"
"Uncle is back!"
"Miss! My uncle...my uncle is back!"
After a few shouts, everyone from the shopkeeper, the receptionist, the dyeing shop, the weaving shop, and the embroidery shop rushed out.
The most excited person was the young lady from the Shen family. She wanted to jump down from the third floor.
Shen Wenjun was stunned at the entrance of the stairs. The moment he saw Song Che, he bit his lips and tears filled his eyes.
With a straight face, Song Che walked through the crowd and went upstairs, pulling Shen Wenjun towards the study: "Come with me, I have something to ask you."
Shen Wenjun was stunned, "What...what happened?"
After closing the door, Song Che asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, whose child is it?"
Shen Wenjun was stunned again, looking a little embarrassed. She held Song Che's hand: "Listen to my explanation."
The reason for the explanation was that it had become a fact. Song Che almost didn't raise his voice. He felt cruel and shook off Shen Wenjun's hand: "What other explanation is there for doing such a thing! I was working hard outside. I have worked so hard to make money, not all for you and the Shen family, but you... you..."
"I know you feel bad, but there's nothing I can do about it. When Mom told me this, the first thing I thought about was your feelings," Shen Wenjun said with tears in his eyes, holding Song Che's hand again. Sincerely said:
"If the Shen family didn't have you, it would have been ruined long ago. Everything that Yunshuifang is today is all thanks to you. I have already discussed it with my parents. No matter whether I add a younger brother or a younger sister in the future, half of the family property will be yours!"
"hold head high?"
Song Che's eyes were startled, "Brother and sister?"
Shen Wenjun wiped away tears, "When I first heard that mother was pregnant, I was more shocked than you. But isn't it a good thing to have a child and be blessed?"
After working on it for a long time, it turned out that it was the mother-in-law who was pregnant. This... Isn't this too incredible?
Shen Wenjun leaned close to Song Che's chest, "I have thought about a lot of things during these days apart from you. If we can't stay together forever, day and night, what if we have money?"
Song Che hugged his wife tightly, feeling extremely ashamed. How could he dare to have any doubt about such a true relationship?
It is a good thing for the mother-in-law to be pregnant. It would be better if she could give birth to a boy, so that he can legitimately start his own business and get rid of the title of son-in-law. In the future, his son can also have the surname Song.
Beautiful, beautiful.
…
Winter is approaching, the weather is cold, silk sericulture has also entered the off-season, and the passenger flow of Yunshuifang has decreased significantly.
Song Che checked the bills and found that since late autumn, his private income had been relatively stable, but his cloth business had plummeted.
"I have an idea. My sister-in-law also runs a leather business in Chang'an. How about we cooperate with her and bring a batch of leather to Suzhou for sale?"
Shen Wenjun proposed enthusiastically, but Song Che refused outright:
"Absolutely not! You can do any business, but you can't do leather... If there is no business, there will be no killing. Protecting wild animals starts with me!"
Shen Wenjun held his face in his hands, looking forward to his man: "It's incredible, it's incredible..."
"The so-called 'spring grows, summer grows, autumn harvests and winter stores', I think this winter, people should be like bears, eating fat and hoarding fat to survive the winter."
Since the transformation of Dayunshifang, every monthly target has been exceeded. Even if it has been losing money for several months, it does not matter.
Song Che added: "Besides, I have a big plan for this winter."
"how?"
"open a branch."
"Almost all cloth merchants in Suzhou City have joined Yunshuifang, where can you open your branch?" Shen Wenjun didn't understand.
Song Che only uttered two words: "Yangzhou."
To bring down the Yang family, the safest and best way he could think of was business.
Shang is the "knife" he wants to sharpen when he returns to Suzhou this time.
Shen Wenjun didn't ask much about the reason. She trusted her husband completely.
In the afternoon, Song Che gathered all the Yunshuifang store staff together:
"Big deal, big deal, big deal!"
Say important things three times!
The clerks pricked up their ears.
Song Che cleared his throat:
"After in-depth discussions with your boss lady, I decided to expand our private business and will enter the Yangzhou market next month and open four branches!
If you have a branch, you must have a shopkeeper, right? Therefore, we will select eight shopkeepers from among you, one for each branch, and one for each, to coordinate management! "
As soon as this statement came out, all the store clerks started talking about it and all showed eager eyes.
Song Che continued:
"Of course, becoming a shopkeeper is not easy. You must pass a strict assessment. The assessment is divided into three parts: 'written examination', 'practical operation' and 'interview'——
First, basic knowledge of textiles;
Second, sales skills;
Third, management skills;
The basic knowledge of textiles will be compiled by the shopkeeper Qin and the landlady. You can copy and memorize it by yourself. I will issue the test papers in a month and conduct a unified written test;
Those who pass the written test will enter the next round of simulated sales;
Those who meet the sales performance standards will enter the final round of interviews;
In order to ensure fairness, this selection will adopt a 'comprehensive evaluation', and you will not be selected just because of your outstanding abilities;
If you are lucky enough to be selected as a shopkeeper, you will not only have wages, but you will also receive a proportional share of the profits of the store you manage;
This assessment is open to both men and women. All Yunshuifang employees can sign up to participate. If you are interested, please leave your name at the counter! "
"Our uncle is still so delicate."
Who wants to work for a lifetime? Who doesn’t want to be the boss?
Shopkeepers flocked to the store.
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