Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper

Qinghe Village.

Big brother Zhou Lanlan, Zhou Junyu is rarely at home and did not go to the academy.

Aunt Zhou Yuan greeted her son for a while, Zhou Junyu was at home, and the food at home was much more abundant.

Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou saw their favorite grandson at home, and they were the most promising grandsons. They cared about him and asked him about his daily life in the academy and his studies.

Their grandson will take the exam for a scholar next year, and next year their family will produce a scholar, and in the future, they will be a respectable family in Shilibaxiang.

Zhou Junyu wants money when he goes home this time. He is a popular candidate for a scholar next year, and he will have more people to socialize and make friends with. He has to spend money to participate in scholar exchange gatherings, and the money is spent like running water. He has no money on hand.

Usually, the two elders of the Zhou family would give it to their grandson every time they saw that they were short of money. This time when the grandson came back and asked for silver taels, the two elders of the Zhou family did not give it, as if money was tight.

Aunt Zhou Yuan could only give her son silver taels, and she felt very heartbroken. The family didn't have any silver taels, but no matter how tight the money was, she would still give it to her son.

The next day, Zhou Junyu returned to the academy with five taels of silver.

Zhou Lanlan: "I can marry that noble young master with as much money as the family needs."

Aunt Zhou Yuan: "That noble young master has a fiancée, so you can rest assured and wait to marry the son of the non-member in the county."

Zhou Lanlan looked disgusted, and suddenly said: "Mother, do you think Wei Cheng will lie to us? That noble young master actually doesn't have a fiancee. It's Wei Cheng and the others who refuse to help. They are afraid that I will marry that noble young master and be richer than them." , they are unwilling to help matchmaking.”

Zhou Lanlan was still unwilling to give up, seeing such an outstanding man for the first time, she was dazzled.

Aunt Zhou Yuan: "How do I know? It was your third uncle's family who said it. Your third uncle's family has made money from Wei Cheng, their son-in-law, and their family is now in trouble. But that brother Yuan doesn't know where to go." Shit luck, marrying Wei Cheng is all about it. When I asked you to marry, such a good son-in-law would be my family."

Seeing that Sanfang's life is getting better and better, my heart is even more unbalanced.

She just counted on the two old men in the family to go to the third room to bring some silver taels back to supplement the family.

Zhou Lanlan curled her lips in disgust: "I don't like Wei Cheng. He is no match for that noble young master. Next year my brother will be admitted as a scholar. We don't need their help. The noble young master sees that my brother is a scholar. He is a businessman. If you don't mind, come to the door directly to advance, what kind of fiancee, how can I compare with my talented sister."

People who are short-sighted say that this kind of person, Zhou Lanlan believes that a scholar is a family, so everyone has to curry favor.

Aunt Zhou Yuan felt that what her daughter said made sense.

Zhou Lanlan reached out her hand, and Aunt Zhou Yuan slapped her daughter's hand away: "Want money? Your brother took five taels of silver, and the family has nothing to give you."

Zhou Lanlan: "You gave my brother five taels of silver, how could you have no money?" Her mother never kept the money from her. She knew that there would be two taels of silver sent back every month, and the family's expenses would not be that much, so her mother would definitely not be able to hide it. few.

Aunt Zhou Yuan: "Your father hasn't sent any taels back for three months, where is the taels of silver?"

Zhou Lanlan: "I don't care. If I want to buy rouge and gouache, I have to dress up beautifully and take good care of it, so that noble young master will like me more."

"I'll give you five hundred wen, nothing more!"

.........

Zhou Yuan's home.

The three sisters-in-law were chatting outside the door.

On Tuesday, my sister-in-law saw that her mother-in-law was not at home, so she dared to mention it: "When I went back to my mother's house on the Mid-Autumn Festival, my brother knew about Weiji grocery store. When I went back and mentioned it, he later asked me about Weicheng grocery store. Selling goods, if you have the capital to get the goods, you can go to the grocery store to get the goods and sell them after passing the assessment process. The assessment in the county town is very strict, and it is easy to pass the goods to sell in the countryside. Many rural peddlers go to the grocery store to pick up goods. They make a lot of money.”

Mrs. Zhou scolded: "They are all white-eyed wolves. They don't care about their natal family after they get married. They are all cheap to outsiders."

On Wednesday, my sister-in-law quietly rolled her eyes. Our natal family is not Yuan Geer’s natal family. We take our families to work at the grocery store, what else can we do."

On Tuesday, sister-in-law looked around, leaned over and whispered: "There is a way."

"What method?!"

The two leaned over.

"My brother said that we should take people to the grocery store to find Brother Yuan directly without telling our husband's family. If everyone takes them there, Brother Yuan can still drive us back. No matter what we say, it's his sister-in-law. Go to find him, he If you can still put on a show and see us, it won’t work, and when you see Brother Yuan, it’s best to raise it in public, so that he can’t drive his relatives away, otherwise people will dislike poor relatives without saying that he is prosperous.”

This is a good idea.

It's someone who went to find Brother Yuan.

Sister-in-law on Wednesday: "My family can't do it. If my younger brother directly arranges a job for him, it's fine. Let him go to see the job. How can he have this ability."

Tuesday's sister-in-law: "Don't let me go either, I don't know how to speak well, and I can't hold back a few words even if I go."

"I'll go—" Mrs. Zhou said.

Going back to her natal home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, her natal family also asked her to find a way to get her elder brother and younger brother into the workshop. If the workshop couldn't get in, she would ask her elder brother to be a peddler.

She is Brother Yuan's sister-in-law, and the elder sister-in-law is like a mother, Brother Yuan still can't drive her away.

If the mother-in-law refuses to agree, she will go there without telling others and implement the work, so the mother-in-law cannot object.

Sister-in-law on Tuesday and sister-in-law on Wednesday looked at each other, and it was done!

—

Zhou Yuan didn't know that his three sister-in-laws were scheming at home.

Zhou Muzi's matter was settled, so he felt relieved.

He is now in the grocery store every day except reading the book and reading the account book.

When Yun Chengfeng came back from Fucheng, he wanted to go to Taifulou with Wei Cheng to talk about things. It should take a long time. Wei Cheng was afraid that he would be bored, so he let him stay in the grocery store.

"After lunch, take a nap obediently."

"I'm not a child, you know."

Wei Cheng told his daughter-in-law, so he told Xiao Liu, "Serve the lord well, and let Wei Hu go to Taifulou to find me if there is something to do."

"Yes." Xiaoliu replied with her knees bent.

Wei Cheng went out.

After lunch, Zhou Yuan, who was used to taking a nap, felt tired by the time, so he went back to the yard to take a nap.

After he fell asleep, Xiao Liu lit the aromatherapy. The aromatherapy was a new product from the workshop. The faint fragrance in the room was soothing to the mind. Seeing that the master fell asleep, Xiao Liu quietly exited.

Zhou Yuan fell asleep for more than a quarter of an hour, and Xiao Liu came to wake him up.

Xiao Liu originally didn't want to wake up the master, but no one was arguing in the grocery store, especially the man, who spoke loudly and harshly. She asked Wei Hu to chase him away, and the sister-in-law who claimed to be the master would be rude.

The three uncles and young masters of the Zhou family went to the county town to sell goods again, not in the grocery store.

Ever since the merchandise was displayed at the entrance of the grocery store and sold to business travelers passing by on the official road, many smart hawkers and women who sell vegetables have set up stalls on the road opposite the grocery store. Some even set up simple tea shops and noodle shops. too much.

People were arguing in the grocery store, and ran to the door to shout after a few quarrels.

Steward Mao accompanied his master to Taifulou, and only the master could be in charge of the grocery store, so Xiao Liu had no choice but to ask for instructions.

Zhou Yuan woke up with a sleepy look.

Xiao Liu twisted the handkerchief and handed it over, Zhou Yuan wiped his face to refresh himself, he couldn't figure out why the sister-in-law would come to the grocery store to make trouble.

Zhou Yuan pondered: "Xiao Liu, let's go out and have a look."

"Yes, my lord."

When Zhou Yuan came out, he saw his sister-in-law sitting at the door of the grocery store, not inside the grocery store. Standing beside the sister-in-law was a man in his thirties. Greed is the elder sister-in-law and her elder brother.

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's elder brother saw Zhou Yuan coming out, and pulled the servants, "Sister, Brother Yuan has come out." Then he smiled greasyly at Zhou Yuan, "Brother Yuan, I am your brother-in-law Brother Yuan's outfit is really rich, and he will take care of me as a relative in the future."

People still want to get close to the past to make a relationship, and the two brothers Wei Jin and Wei Shi stand in front of them.

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's elder brother made a sound of dissatisfaction, and winked at her sister.

Sister-in-law Zhou Li said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, my sister-in-law is here to ask you for help today. You know that my sister-in-law's family is poor, my elder brother and third brother have no business, and the grocery store is recruiting people. Look, my sister-in-law brought my elder brother here." Seeing workers, they are all relatives, so you can give my sister-in-law face and invite my elder brother to work in the workshop."

Although the sister-in-law Zhou Lishi is impulsive, she is here to ask for help, so she will definitely not offend anyone, and she wants to please.

Zhou Yuan didn't say he agreed, but instead asked: "Sister-in-law is looking for me, does elder brother know?"

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's eyes flickered, and her face was pulled.

It seems that his sister-in-law came to him on her own initiative.

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's eldest brother tugged at the corner of the girl's clothes, and made her speak quickly with a wink. Why did Brother Yuan just say a word, and people were speechless. If Brother Yuan was not blocking people in front of him, he would order Brother Yuan Yes, this brother Yuan grows aura when he is rich. If he is so rich, he can lie down and squander...

Sister-in-law Zhou Li smiled: "Brother Yuan, it was my sister-in-law who did something wrong in the past. My sister-in-law apologized to you. We are all one family. You just don't remember the villain's mistakes. Don't get angry with your sister-in-law. She will treat you well in the future." You are like a brother."

Zhou Yuan said lightly: "Sister-in-law, the matter is over." He didn't care because he thought it was unnecessary, he would respectfully call her sister-in-law, and the rest would be impossible.

"Oh, I knew Brother Yuan was sensible, sister-in-law can rest assured." Sister-in-law Zhou Li said happily, "Then Brother Yuan let my elder brother enter the workshop for the sake of sister-in-law. My elder brother will definitely do a good job, sister-in-law I’m here to thank Brother Yuan, when I go home another day, my sister-in-law will cook something delicious for you.”

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's heart fluttered, thinking that Brother Yuan didn't care, she was still his sister-in-law, and as a sister-in-law, Brother Yuan must listen to her, and he was very happy, and he would definitely be able to enter the workshop with his third brother tomorrow.

"Yes, yes, I must be good at doing things. I am the most diligent person."

Zhou Yuan said indifferently: "Sister-in-law, I didn't agree with people entering the workshop. My sister-in-law and I have family affairs. If my sister-in-law wants to let people enter the workshop, I should discuss with my elder brother and then meet the workers according to the procedure. If you pass the qualification, you can enter the workshop. .”

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's smile froze on her face, and she was used to instigating others. Seeing Zhou Yuan's objection, she wanted to get angry. Her elder brother grabbed her clothes to let her see the situation clearly. If she couldn't enter the workshop, it was because of something else. She was a ninja Angry, he squeezed out a smiling face: "...Don't go into the workshop, let's get the goods from the head office. We brought silver taels to get the goods. My eldest brother will go back to the village to sell them. Brother Yuan, you will agree to this."

How much can you earn by selling in the countryside?

The two Zhou Li brothers and sisters had already thought about the next step before they came, and proposed to go back to the countryside to sell, so that it would be easier to get the goods. After getting the goods, they could sell them as they wanted.

Zhou Yuan: "Sister-in-law, I won't agree, please go back."

He wouldn't agree, he knew very well the character of his sister-in-law's family, and he wouldn't cause trouble for her husband if she wasn't so peaceful.

"what-"

Having said so much, she actually disagreed. The impulsive temper of sister-in-law Zhou Li made her angry soar, and she begged in a low voice, and she still embarrassed her like this.

"Brother Yuan, I'll just leave it at this. If you treat me as your sister-in-law, you agree to let my elder brother sell the goods. If you don't treat me as your sister-in-law, then don't go back to your mother's house. My family doesn't welcome you, a white-eyed wolf." .”

Sister-in-law Zhou Li and her elder brother yelled loudly: "Everyone heard it, this means that the rich don't look down on relatives. Others come to pick up the goods, and relatives are willing to come. This is the rich who look down on poor relatives like us."

"Sister, you are a sister-in-law who doesn't respect you. You are from the Zhou family. Next time he returns to his natal family, he should be driven away and made to look down on him. If he doesn't come back to his natal family and is not bullied by his husband's family, he will know how miserable he is! "

"shut up-"

The third brother of the Zhou family was carrying the burden, standing not far away with an angry face, they were about to come back to restock after selling the goods, but they didn't expect to see people who were at home come to the grocery store to make trouble.

Zhou Yong walked over and yelled angrily: "Why did you go to the grocery store? It's not that you are not allowed to look for Brother Yuan!"

The elder sister-in-law Zhou Li looked at herself as the head of the house, shrunk her neck, and faltered and dared not speak out.

"You go back!"

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's elder brother said: "Brother-in-law, you are wrong, my sister brought me to get the goods, how can you scold people."

Zhou Yong looked at his brother-in-law and said firmly: "Brother, if you want to get the goods, follow the rules. I won't stop me. I'm telling my wife to go home, so please keep quiet."

If he could get the goods, he wouldn’t let his sister come. The elder sister-in-law Zhou Li said, “Brother-in-law, this is your fault. Just tell me the rules when you sell individual items—”

This side is talking, Wei Cheng has just returned to the grocery store.

When he received Wei Hu's report, he rushed back immediately. When he came back, he saw his brother-in-law and his wife standing at the door of the grocery store. Wei Jin, Wei Shi and Xiao Liu were guarding her. The daughter-in-law looked calm, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He walked calmly to his wife.

"Husband!" Zhou Yuan saw the man raise a smile.

"I'm back!" Wei Cheng held his daughter-in-law's hand, "Who is that man next to sister-in-law?"

Zhou Yuan: "Sister-in-law is her elder brother."

Wei Cheng: "Sister-in-law is bringing someone to the grocery store?"

Zhou Yuan: "No, I'm here to get the goods, I didn't agree."

He knew very well who his sister-in-law's family was, and they were scoundrels to put it bluntly.

Wei Cheng understood, so he didn't say anything. He and his daughter-in-law watched the uncle and the others talking, and they didn't forget to signal Wei Jin and Wei Shi to help Wei Hu and the others disperse the crowd.

The onlookers wanted to hear, and the owner of the grocery store came back, so they didn't dare to watch. If they wanted to watch, they had to stand on the official road, and they all stayed far away.

Over there, Zhou Yong disagreed. His sister-in-law Zhou Lishi and her elder brother looked gloomy, and there was nothing he could do. He thought that he was related and could get the goods, but he didn't expect to lose face at all.

Zhou Yong asked his sister-in-law Zhou Lishi to go back. She lowered her head and said nothing, thinking that she would leave, but she suddenly said angrily: "Zhou Yong, I gave birth to your eldest son, and you treat me like this, to my natal family. , if I don’t come here to get the goods and sell them, why don’t you agree!”

Then he pointed at Zhou Yuan and said, "I didn't treat Brother Yuan badly before, and I didn't treat him badly and beat him. It's a fact that he couldn't get married before. Could it be that my sister-in-law can't say something about him? I'm a sister-in-law." Now that I have come to apologize, what else do I want to do?"

Zhou Yong said with a dark face: "This is your attitude of apologizing. If you apologize, you have to ask my brother-in-law to agree to let my brother-in-law take the goods. The family doesn't agree with you coming. I didn't chase you away when you came. I just asked you to go back. Your brother-in-law wants to take the goods." Just follow the rules, and you can get the goods after the assessment."

"What rules are there? What rules do relatives want? They are clearly looking down on people—" Sister-in-law Zhou Li couldn't hold back her temper, lost her mind, pointed at Zhou Yong and scolded, "Okay, I will let Wei Cheng know who Brother Yuan is. , Brother Yuan couldn't get married at the beginning, my family went to ask Brother Yuan to marry him for the third younger brother. We said well at first, but we verbally decided that Brother Yuan was my family. Just go back on your word, turn your head and turn your face back, Brother Yuan should have been my younger brother—”

"Shut up—" Zhou Yong shouted violently.

Sister-in-law Zhou Lishi was shocked by the loud shout, and instantly regained her senses. When she realized what she said, she froze—

The three brothers of the Zhou family had gloomy faces.

Zhou Yuan's face was pale, he grabbed his husband's clothes, his fingertips trembled, Wei Cheng's expression was furious, he didn't explode on the spot, the most important thing right now was his wife beside him.

"Husband, no, that's not the case..."

"Good boy, my husband won't listen."

Xiao Liu hurried into the house to pour tea, and the servants hurried in and moved chairs out for the master to sit on.

The chair was moved out, Wei Cheng pulled him to sit down, it was not easy to hug him outside to comfort him, then he took Xiaoliu's tea and carefully fed it to his daughter-in-law, comforting him.

Sister-in-law Zhou Li's elder brother saw that something was wrong, so she took the opportunity and ran away.

The three brothers of the Zhou family looked at the younger brother with a pale face, and at the younger brother-in-law with a gloomy face. The three brothers were furious, but they had to hold their breath for now. If they didn’t explain clearly, they were afraid that the brother-in-law would think that his brother was a man who hated the poor and loved the rich. Think that the younger brother is a person who has a marriage contract, and will despise the younger brother.

His younger brother suffered all kinds of gossip and rumors from the outside world in those years, and now he finally has his brother-in-law to love him, so he can't let his brother-in-law feel dissatisfied.

"Mr. Li, you dare to swear to God that what you said is true. If you slander my brother with half a sentence, your family's Li family will not end well!" Zhou Yong shouted angrily!

That voice by Li Shi was like an outsider!

"I...I...I was talking nonsense, I didn't mean to..." Sister-in-law Zhou Li was terrified!

"Okay, if you don't tell me, I will!"

Zhou Yong gritted his teeth, "My family has never agreed to any relationship between my younger brother and your third younger brother. It was your Li family who directly brought people to the door, threatened my family to disagree, and then went out to spread the word that my family agreed to the marriage of the two families. Forcing my family to agree, how could my family agree to my younger brother marrying your prostitute, drinker, idler and idler."

"My family disagrees with life and death. Your family secretly spread rumors to ruin my brother's reputation, saying that my brother is ugly and looks like a man. He has a bad temper at home and quarrels with the married sisters-in-law. Poor temper and no respect for elders...... You said your family didn't know about slandering my brother. For the sake of my son Shitou, your family came to apologize later. My family didn't care about you. You still have the face to slander My brother, ruin my brother's reputation—”

"Lee, I want to break up with you—"

"No—I was wrong, my husband, I was wrong. I just got angry and lost my mind, so I talked nonsense. I apologize to Brother Yuan—"

Zhou Yong ignored the pleading Li Shi, he turned to face his brother-in-law, just about to speak up for his brother, Wei Cheng managed to coax his wife, and said in a low voice to his brother-in-law: "Brother, don't say anything, I will marry Yuan Yuan and him It's my Wei Cheng's wife, I'm not that superficial person, even if Yuan Yuan had a marriage contract in the past, I wouldn't care, I only know that she is my wife."

Wei Cheng tightened his arms and hugged the scared daughter-in-law in his arms, "Brother, take someone back first, and then go back to work after finishing the family affairs. Fortunately, I ordered people to evacuate the crowd this time, so Yuan Yuan's reputation was not ruined." , don’t have to bear others pointing fingers, otherwise things will be difficult today.”

He knows how important a brother's reputation is, not to mention falsely accusing a brother of having a marriage contract with someone else. To repent of a marriage is to be disobedient and disobedient to women's morals. This completely destroys a person's reputation and is criticized everywhere.

Wei Cheng said viciously: "Next time, I, Wei Cheng, won't be called Wei Cheng until I put people in prison."

Li Shi was even more afraid of trembling.

Wei Hu pulled the carriage to the door of the grocery store, Wei Cheng hugged the man, got into the carriage and went back to his home in the suburbs.

The three brothers of the Zhou family brought people back!