Chang Shichu opened a rice and grain shop in the center of Qing'an City, hired a shopkeeper and two boys, and also drove Wei Yu'an to work as a boy.
Wei Yu'an was educated by his father before his parents died. He could read and read. Daily reading and writing were not a problem. However, he was kicked out of the house and became a beggar. He had no way to learn and never made progress. , Chang Shichu asked him to work as a boy in a rice and grain shop during the day and go home to study with her at night.
It's not that I don't want him to go to school, but that although Qing'an City is gradually returning to normal, many of the previous schools have been bombed, new ones have not been built, and there are not enough teachers, so the children in the city have nothing to learn. At first, I often feel that I might as well teach him myself.
As the number of people in Qing'an City increased, Chang Shichu became busier and busier at work, so she hired two servants to go home to do housework, so that she could save time for important things.
On this day, she came to her rice and grain shop to check the situation and found that there were not many customers in the shop and the business was not bad, but this was normal because the rice price she set was very fair, and she took advantage of it because she was a single-person business. It’s of high quality and low price, so it’s surprising that not many people come to buy rice.
"Master! Why are you here?" Wei Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw Chang Shichu coming in from the door, and he quickly stepped forward and asked, since he came to work in the rice and grain store, he no longer calls Chang Shichu sister, but directly Shout "Master".
"I came to take a look at the situation in the store." Chang Shichu replied, "It seems that business is not bad."
"Of course it's good. I heard some customers say that the rice in our store is so cheap that they can't believe it, because some people used to get rice from outside and sell it in bulk, but they sold it very expensively and not many people could afford it. , now that we have a conscientious rice and grain shop, why don’t you hurry up and buy it?" Wei Yu'an whispered to Chang Shichu what the customers said.
When Chang Shi heard this for the first time, he smiled and said: "My shop follows the line of small profits but quick turnover. Although the price is low, you will always make a profit if you sell more. But these people in the city are different. They If you can’t buy cheap rice, you will go hungry.”
"Master, you are really kind." Wei Yu'an said with bright eyes.
"No, I'm not kind, I just have a bottom line." Chang Shichu said honestly, but Wei Yu'an looked at her with a thick filter, and when he heard this, he only thought it was her modesty, and he admired her even more .
Chang Shichu felt guilty and blushed at his admiring gaze, and quickly left him busy.
Chang Shichu blushed at his admiring gaze and quickly left him busy.
She continued to check the purchases of customers in the store, but she didn't know that other people were also looking at her.
Although she is only a teenager now, during these days she has not only managed various employees, but also been busy doing business and negotiating with people. Her aura and spirit have been tempered, and she has a refreshing and majestic aura that makes people unable to resist. Dare to look directly, and many people have seen her punish those who tried to do wrong to her before, so they are even more in awe of her.
Even so, she is still a young and beautiful girl, with red lips and white teeth, a color like spring flowers, and a graceful figure. Just standing there is a beautiful scenery. Many young men in the store peek at her with red faces.
But no one dared to go up and strike up a conversation with her. After all, they had learned from the past and everyone knew that the remaining head of the Chang family was not someone to be trifled with. If you accidentally offend her, it would really make you angry. Life is worse than death.
The flowers of Gaoling can be viewed from a distance but cannot be played with.
"That's the owner of the rice and grain shop? He looks so young..." Someone whispered, "I wonder if they are married? Which man is so lucky to marry such a powerful girl? It's really like the ancestral graves are smoking."
"Shut up now! She is already very powerful, and she is only a teenager, so why are she so anxious to get married? I don't know how many men knew about her family business before, and they wanted to take advantage of her, but she didn't expect that they would be beaten hard by her. Teach her a lesson, now those people will tremble all over when they hear her name..."
"Is she so vicious? But I see her quite kindly. I saw her buy buns for a child who fainted from hunger on the street before. Moreover, the price of the rice sold in her rice and grain shop is also very fair. Look. He is such a good person, how can he make those people tremble with fear? I don’t believe it!”
"I saw with my own eyes those who had offended her, kneeling and crying, begging her to show mercy, but she refused. Isn't this cruel? But now that she is willing to sell her conscience, it is probably a good thing."
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When Chang Changchang heard the voices talking about her behind her, she felt completely calm in her heart. She only wanted to have a clear conscience when doing things and didn't care how others judged her. After all, she was not a silver dollar, so how could everyone like her? But even if it is a silver dollar, don’t some people dislike the smell of copper and regard money as dirt?
And this is considered a good deed. Even if she doesn't make much money, she can earn merit, which is a good thing.
After she left the rice shop, she suddenly wanted to eat salt-baked chicken, so she planned to go to the vegetable market to buy two chickens. The vegetable market was also formed spontaneously by the common people recently. If they had anything to sell, they would go to that place to sell it. People who want to buy something go there and buy it.
To save time, she took a shortcut.
However, she must have been unlucky again. As soon as she turned a corner, she saw two groups of people fighting about ten meters ahead. They were fighting hard and there was blood. Some people covered their arms and screamed, while others wailed and hugged them. His legs were rolling on the ground, and the smell of blood was extremely strong.
Chang Shichu frowned and looked at the appearance of the two groups of people, and found that they were all tall, young and strong men. They all had a ruthless look on their faces and were very skilled in fighting movements.
...So soon, some dark forces started fighting for territory? Chang Shichu looked at them expressionlessly, thought about it, turned around and left.
These two parties didn't look like good people, so she stopped meddling in other people's affairs and looking for trouble. If she suddenly showed up and intervened, they might even join forces to deal with her, so why bother? Isn't it good to let them dog eat dog? This saves them the energy to disrupt social order and harm civilians.
Chang Shi left out of sight and out of mind, and took a few more detours before walking to the vegetable market and buying two chickens. When returning home, she deliberately avoided that section of the road.
Speaking of which, Qing'an City still has no officials assigned to take charge of political affairs. This is really abnormal. Chang always suspected that the people above were shirking their responsibilities and did not want their own people to come to clean up the mess in Qing'an City. No officials have come yet. After all, in these troubled times, demons are everywhere, corrupt officials are rampant, and there are very few people who really care about the people. Qing'an City can only rely on autonomy now.
