Time travel is not a slave

Chapter 7 Shop
"Our shop can be counted among the entire Southeast Street. It has a wide frontage and a complete range of goods. When your grandfather was there in the early years, every winter, the carriages that bought goods had to line up to get goods, even if they couldn't take their turn. To get the goods, those small merchants have to squeeze in to see our goods, and go elsewhere to find the same ones."

Shen Shiyi followed behind his father, listening to his father reminiscing about the prosperity of the past, with a smile on his face.
She also recalled that every winter, her grandmother had to work overtime to check the store's inventory, buy and sell, and although her grandmother didn't go to the store, she was not free at home.

"The second floor is where Xiuniang is. You haven't joined Xiuniang's family yet, so you can't go up. Baozhu, you take your younger sister to the second floor to wait for Master Su, remember to be diligent. I'm here with your second sister on the first floor. Wait for a while."

Shen Baozhu glanced at Shen Shiyi, then took Third Sister upstairs.Third sister Shen's younger brother Zhaodi winked playfully at Shen Shiyi, followed behind the eldest sister, and went to the second floor.

Nowadays craftsmen are very particular about accepting apprentices.The upstairs is where Master Su teaches his apprentices, and Shen Shiyi offended Master Su by rushing up to the second floor.

Therefore, Shen Shiyi followed his father to the back room, where the entire yard was purchased by the Shen family, with a shop at the door, a few rooms in the back, which can be used as warehouses, and two temporary living rooms for buying and selling goods If you don't have time to go back, you can stay here.

And there is also a small yard here. There is a big locust tree in the yard. There are wooden tables and chairs under the tree. When you are free, you can make a small stove and drink tea and eat under the tree. It is also a sneak in very comfortable.

But for Shen Zhaokun, this desk and chair is the place where he stays most often, because he is rarely busy, the two guys in front are busy enough.

Shen Zhaokun sat in the yard familiarly, and greeted Shen Shiyi, "Come and sit, our silk and satin factory, the fabric is the most afraid of fire, so this is the only yard with this small stove. Come here and warm your hands, it will save you a while." When the master tests you, your hands are too stiff to pass."

Shen Shiyi followed his father's call and sat down, and stretched out by the stove to feel the slight heat.

Shen Shiyi's hands are very good, otherwise grandma wouldn't always hold her hand and sigh.At this moment, Shen Zhaokun suddenly saw Shen Shiyi's hand, was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head to look at Shen Shiyi, and for some reason, blurted out something, "You should be a boy."

After being stunned for a moment, Shen Zhaokun continued.

"Your hands are different from those of your sisters. They are also slender. Your sisters and sisters all have slender fingers, flesh and bones. That is the hand that holds the needle. Your hand has distinct joints, so it should be a man's." Hands are not suitable for holding needles, but only for holding pens. Master Su has always been strict, so I am afraid that Master Su will not accept your hand."

Saying that, Shen Zhaokun sighed, "At first I wanted to let you learn casually, mainly because I wanted you to stay in the shop and use your horoscope to bring some fortune. I didn't expect to get a bad start, and I'm also to blame. I didn't realize it before. Your hands look like this. How can this be?"

Shen Zhaokun frowned, seemingly distressed.

Shen Shiyi's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he said tentatively, "Father, isn't the business in the shop very good recently?"

Shen Zhaokun grew up in his early thirties under the shadow of his parents, and he was the most heartless, unable to hide things in his heart.Now when my daughter asked about the business, I told the current situation of the shop without any cover, "It's not just bad, it's time for life and death. I don't know what happened to the goods I bought in the past few years. I just can’t sell it. I’m obviously following others, buying the hottest designs and fabrics nowadays, but when I put them in our shop, no one cares about them. We in Tianjin are doing big business. In the past, our shop’s As soon as the goods arrived at the wharf, they were snapped up by shops all over the country. Now, I can only do some retail business to make ends meet. Now it’s time to buy winter goods, but the money we sell in the shop is only enough to eat and drink. If you want to buy , You have to use your old capital again. The money left by your grandparents is almost bottomed out, if the goods purchased with the money from the family can’t be sold this time, our shop will not be able to continue.”

As Shen Zhaokun said, his brows were tightly frowned, and he was rarely worried.Is their shop going to be closed in his hands?After that, how can we have the face to meet our ancestors and face our parents when we worship our ancestors?These days, it was the first time in his life that he couldn't sleep well. He was afraid that he would dream of his parents when he fell asleep, and he would have no face to face their disappointed eyes.

When Shen Shiyi heard this, he frowned unconsciously. He didn't expect that the situation in the shop had reached such a state.

"Father, I want to look around in the shop."

Shen Zhaokun was immersed in guilt, and waved his hands casually, letting Shen Shiyi do whatever he wanted.

Shen Shiyi heard what his father said just now, so he went to the house first to check the inventory.

Shen Shiyi opened the door, and leaned her head at ninety degrees. In front of her, there was a pile of fabrics that almost reached the roof. This height was not a pile, but a whole room.Swallowing, Shen Shiyi closed the door, went to another room, took a deep breath, and solemnly opened the door. Sure enough, the purpose of entering was piled up to the roof again. The luster has become somewhat dull due to being dusty for a long time.

As Shen Shiyi opened room by room like this, the shock of the inventory had changed from shock at the beginning to numbness later.After looking around, Shen Shiyi returned to the stove, stretched his hand to the stove again, and warmed his cold fingers.

I just heard my father say that the family's business is difficult, but in fact Zhong Chun didn't feel much in his heart.Because in her memory, she was by her grandmother's side since she was a child. To put it bluntly, the grandma's extravagance was something that Shen Shiyi didn't understand before, but Shen Shiyi now understands.Not to mention other times, but every winter, Shen Shiyi has seen countless boxes of ivory gems, real gold and silver.

In the winter of the year my grandmother passed away, my grandmother seemed to have a sense of it. She never took Shen Shiyi out before, but that time she brought Shen Shiyi and these treasure boxes to the pier uncharacteristically.

Seeing boxes of precious stones and real gold being loaded onto the ship, Shen Shiyi looked at his grandmother, and looked at his granddaughter's puzzled eyes. His grandmother's warm hand touched Shen Shiyi's head, "Grandma is getting old, isn't your father?" Someone who can support the family, and the daughter is too young, if there is an emergency, this can be regarded as a way out."

Shen Shiyi didn't understand the meaning of his grandmother's words, and his grandmother didn't mean to explain. She just sighed and took Shen Shiyi home.

This matter was ordered to be kept secret by her grandmother, and Shen Shiyi did not tell anyone about it, but in her memory, the Shen family was rich and rich, and her own family would eat and drink for several lifetimes, which would never be exhausted.

However, Shen Shiyi cast his cold eyes on his father, not afraid that the second generation is not capable of dawdling around, but that the second generation wants to work hard and make a career.

The Shen family's money, if they live an honest life and do business, they can't be spent in several lifetimes, but Shen Zhaokun has no ability but wants to do big business, and unceremoniously exchanged the family's gold and silver mountains for the fabrics of the few houses in front of him Moreover, he is about to move around in front of his eyes, trying to exchange the only cash left at home into cloth again.

At this moment, Shen Shiyi only felt that his hands were itchy, and he tried hard to control it, so he restrained his urge to smash something.

(End of this chapter)