Otoharu

Chapter 114 Reading is not as good as learning crafts?
Jiang Shanqing successfully made handmade soap, and Jiang's plan to open a store was officially put on the agenda. She first took the handmade soap and talked to her husband about it.

Li Yan tried the handmade soap himself, and felt that the business was worth doing, so he fully supported his wife.

Mrs. Jiang knew that her husband could not support the opening of the shop, and she had to nod and agree with Mrs. Li. Although she opened the shop with her own money, Mrs. Li was in charge of all the big and small things in the family. Opening a shop is such a big deal. The son must inform her old man.

Mrs. Jiang then discussed with Li Yan gently, "We still need to inform our mother about opening a shop. I still have a few pieces of handmade soap made by Shanqing here. Let's honor our mother together."

Li Yan also had the same idea, so he went to Mrs. Li's place with Mrs. Jiang.

But when the two of them arrived at Mrs. Li's place, they saw their daughter sitting on the twig and eating snacks, or the fresh flower cakes from Guanweiju, which cost a pack of [-] yuan.

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Jiang was very surprised. She has been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Mrs. Li for so many years, and she knows her mother-in-law's stinginess best. She never thought that her daughter has this ability to make her mother-in-law buy such expensive snacks for her to eat.

Li Meier was also very happy to see her parents coming, so she put down her snacks and ran towards them.

"Run slower, like a monkey, never stopping for a moment." Mrs. Li said angrily from behind.

Li Meier threw herself into Li Yan's arms, turned around and made a face at Mrs. Li.

"Young girl, there's no such thing as a girl." Mrs. Li gave another lesson in dissatisfaction, and asked Mrs. Lin to quickly put away the snacks.

"Mother, you bought some snacks for Mei Meier again, don't spoil her." Mrs. Jiang was always good at talking, so she secretly praised Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li pretended not to care, snorted softly and said: "Young girl, she eats and drinks all day long, and keeps saying that I don't love her, and if I don't love her, I can buy her this expensive snack."

"I know, grandma loves me the most." Li Meier behaved in a timely manner.

Mrs. Li snorted again, but her expression was ironic. She looked at Li Yan and Jiang and asked, "You two came here together, what's the matter?"

Mrs. Jiang glanced at Li Yan, and Li Yan immediately said, "It's like this, mother, Yingying made a handmade soap a few days ago, and it's very good for us to use. I thought about sending it over for you to have a try.”

When Mrs. Li heard this, she snorted again, and said in a bad mood: "When you bring it over, the day lily will be cold, and the girl's film has already been given to me. It is really good for me, and it is better than that soap. .”

The most important thing is that this stuff is cheap. I made it at home using some lime ash or something. The most expensive thing is the lard. Next time I replace it with my in-laws’ soybean oil, it will be the same as if it came for nothing.

It was only now that Mrs. Jiang suddenly realized, no wonder Mrs. Li was so generous to buy snacks for her daughter, so she got some benefits from her, this ghost girl is clever, she thought of her ahead of her.

"Mei Meier is still filial, thinking of your grandmother in everything good." Li Yan patted his daughter's head and praised her.

Mrs. Jiang said even while the iron was hot: "Mother, I plan to use my private house to open a shop, just to sell this handmade soap, what do you think?"

Mrs. Li was a little surprised when she heard that her daughter-in-law was going to open a shop, but she had to be strong when she thought about her temperament. There was only Mei Meier in the past, but now she has another son, and there will be more places to spend money in the future. It's normal for her to want to make a living with more money.

"Since you use your own private house, then I have no objection. Anyway, if you make money or lose money, it's your own." Mrs. Li naturally has no objection. This daughter-in-law married into their Li family, which is the Li family. Even though she used her private house to open a shop, the money she earned was not spent on her son and grandson. No matter what, their old Li family would not pay.

Before Mrs. Jiang came, she had guessed that Mrs. Li would not have any objections. Although Mrs. Li was stingy, her character was really good. She would not be mean to her daughter-in-law, nor would she covet her dowry.

Seeing that Mrs. Li was in a good mood today, Mrs. Jiang thought of mentioning Jiang Shanqing's study at the ethnology school.

"Mother, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you. Shan Qing is already five years old and has reached the age for studying. I wonder if I can let him study in our ethnology school so that he can have a good relationship with Brother Qi." a companion."

As soon as Mrs. Li heard that Jiang Shanqing was going to study in the ethnology school, her old face immediately pulled down, and she said bluntly: "Ms. Meimei, I am not talking about you. You also know that studying is expensive. It costs 20 yuan a month just to buy pens, inks and paper, which is still included in the savings. Our clan has ethnology, and Ayan’s monthly repairs are saved. Inevitably, this Shanqing is not from our Li family. If he wants to study at the ethnology school, he will have to pay one tael of silver per month. His money is only 50 taels, and it’s enough for our family to provide him with food and clothing, and there is no spare money for him to study.”

"Mother, of course our family does not need to pay for Shanqing's study, Meimei's uncle has already prepared it." Jiang Shi was afraid that Mrs. Li would misunderstand, so she quickly explained.

Mrs. Li still disagreed, and said in a lecturing tone: "Her uncle has to take the Chunwei exam himself. Where did he get so much spare money? According to what I said, when Shanqing grows older, his uncle will pay for him. Learning a craft doesn’t matter what you want to learn, as long as you can make money, Shan Qing is a smart kid, maybe he can even do business and make a lot of money, it’s not as beneficial as studying.”

Mrs. Jiang was a little helpless. If Jiang Shanqing wasn't so smart, she might not let him take the road of studying in the imperial examination, but he is obviously a seed of studying. It would be a pity not to let him study.

"Mother, Shanqing has excellent qualifications. How can he not study to learn crafts? Since he is willing to help him, you can help him. I think Shanqing will be promising in the future. Maybe he will be better than his father." I want to be successful." Li Yan also helped Jiang to persuade Mrs. Li, but he was also very optimistic about Jiang Shanqing, this child can calm down and study at a young age, and his future is limitless.

Hearing her son say the same thing, Mrs. Li was a little shaken, and asked suspiciously: "Do you really have such a good qualification?"

"Grandmother, brother Shanqing is a child prodigy. He is only five years old this year. He has already learned the Analects by himself, and he is even better than brother Qi." Li Meier also spared no effort to help Jiang Shanqing speak. She knows how much brother Shanqing likes to study. , where can I learn a craft like my grandmother said.

(End of this chapter)