Beloved Concubine

Chapter 37 is back

Chen Xiao and Chunhong were talking when a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy entered the store.

"Excuse me, is Shi Jingliang there?" the boy asked.

Shi Jingliang is Xiao Shitou's name, but few people call him by his name.

"Little Shitou, someone is looking for you!" Chen Xiao shouted towards the backyard.

Xiaoshishi was washing things in the backyard and came out after wiping his hands.

"Zhang Shun! When did you come back?" Little Stone was very surprised to see the boy.

Hearing Zhang Shun, Chen Xiao looked at the boy.He was wearing a Gebu blouse, and he looked refined, with a slightly immature face of fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was taller than Xiao Shitou.

Is he Zhang Shun, the son of Zhang Lizheng?Look carefully, the father and son look alike.

I heard from Zhang Lizheng before that his son followed the shopkeeper to Beining County, where Sheng'an has an iron mine.

"I came back yesterday. I heard from my father that you are here, so I came to see you today." Zhang Shun has a pretty smile, he is a handsome young man.

"By the way, I brought a snake, I heard..." Zhang Shun looked at Chen Xiao: "Are you Mr. Chen's family?"

"Yes." Chen Xiao smiled at him.

"I heard my father talk about you last night. He said that you like to eat snake meat. It happened that our family caught some snakes and sent you one."

As he spoke, he lifted the sack in his hand.

Chunhong was admiring this handsome young man, but when he heard him say snake, her expression changed.He lifted the sack again, and Chunhong took three steps back in fright.

"Thank you so much! Thank you dad for me."

Some time ago, Chen Xiao went to Nangou Village. The peppers have been planted for more than a month and are growing well.She had a meal at Zhang Lizheng's house, and casually talked about how she met Xiao Shitou. Zhang Lizheng knew that she liked to eat snakes, and said that after May, snakes would often be seen in the fields, and he would catch one for her.

Xiao Shitou and Zhang Shun met through snake hunting.Before Zhang Shun went to work at Sheng'an Company, the two of them often made an appointment to go out to catch snakes together.

"Come and sit in the backyard." Chen Xiao greeted.

"Thank you, I have to go to the store later." Zhang Shun said to Xiao Shitou, "I heard that you cut noodles very well, can you cut a bowl of noodles for me?"

Two teenagers who are very familiar with each other, it is not polite to talk to each other.

"Okay, I'll take the snake to the back first."

Little Stone took the sack and sent it to the backyard.

In the backyard, Fang Yu was lying on the rocking chair, closing his eyes and meditating.

Others look at him very leisurely, but in fact, he is practicing.

It's not good to always practice behind closed doors in the room, so he bought a rocking chair and put it in the yard.The way he closed his eyes and shook it looked like an old man.

"Brother Fang, there's a snake here, I'll put it in the earthen jar."

Little Stone said hello in advance.Don't be surprised like Wenxiu's sister-in-law was last time.

Fang Yu didn't answer.His body is cultivating, and his spiritual consciousness is very clear.He heard clearly what they said earlier.

The little stone turned the sack upside down and put the snake into the vat.

After regaining freedom, the snake wanted to crawl out, but as soon as its head reached the mouth of the tank, it retracted in an instant, lying obediently on the bottom of the tank.

Xiao Shi put the snake away and went to the front shop to cut the noodles.

Chen Xiao chatted with Zhang Shun for a while.In fact, his father had already introduced Zhang Shun's situation.

He is 16 years old this year and has been in Sheng'an for two years. Because of his literacy, hard work, and cleverness, the shopkeeper took him by his side to practice.He often ran around with the shopkeeper, sometimes only for a month or two.

About Chen Xiao, Zhang Lizheng also told his son.She entrusted him to grow chili peppers, and she bought all the chili peppers that she planted for three pennies a catty.According to her, it is conservatively estimated that one mu of land weighs six to seven hundred catties.In short, growing peppers is more cost-effective than growing rice, so he will try to plant ten acres first.

The two chatted for a few words, and the little stone came.Chen Xiao said hello and went back to the backyard.

Looking at the little stone cutting the noodles, Zhang Shun said:
"I was thinking of getting you into the firm before, but I didn't expect you to settle here. How is it? It's okay here."

The shop assistants are required to be over 14 years old, and Xiao Shitou was under 14 years old before.

The little stone said while cutting the noodles:

"I don't want to enter the Sheng'an."

"The Sheng'an is not limited to one place in An County. You can go to Beining, Nanzhong, and Jinghe."

"No matter where you go, the shopkeeper will go."

His mother is not badly treated by Gao Can, the big shopkeeper of Sheng'an Company.

Gao Can is from Xiling, and was sent to Nanyue as the big treasurer.He has a wife and children in Xiling, and two concubines in Nanyue Kingdom.

Xiao Shitou's mother did not say that she was a concubine at the time of the pianing, but she was actually a concubine when she gave birth to a son.

Gao Can's other two concubines were also from South Vietnam.Xiao Shitou heard that the two felt sorry for his mother, and after Gao Can found out, they beat him up, and the two became honest from then on.

Speaking of which, Gao Can was actually very kind to his mother.Gao Can would give his mother money, and his mother would give him the money.In the past, when Xiaoshi couldn't make money, he took it. Later, when he could make money, he didn't ask for it again.

"How much silver do you have a month here?" Zhang Shun asked.

Hearing this, Xiao Shitou chuckled: "Guess."

"Three or two?"

Little Stone shook his head.

"Four taels?"

Little Stone wanted to nod, but he still shook his head.

"It can't be five taels!"

Zhang Shun is an account clerk, and he is very clear about the wages of different grades.Generally, the two or three twos in the waiting hall, Xiaoshi can cut noodles with a knife, and the wages may be more, but this is just a small restaurant, and the wages will not be much higher.

"My salary is not fixed. When she and I add up, the salary is [-]% of the net profit." He said and pointed to Chunhong.

Zhang Shun was taken aback for a while, and there is such a salary?

"Now our business has just started, and we only pay three or four taels a month. When the business improves in the future, the wages will be more."

Zhang Shun calculated according to the general small restaurants he knew, if the business here reaches a certain scale...

He said: "If the business gets better, I'm afraid we have to hire more people! At that time, if the salary is still [-]%..."

Xiao Shitou waved his hand: "It doesn't matter! The most important thing is to be happy. I am very happy here."

In fact, he knew that Sister Chen had a business and hadn't started it yet. For example, she asked Zhang Shun's father to grow peppers and raise chickens, and she made it clear that she would have other businesses in the future.

Xiao Shitou looked indifferent, but Chunhong's face changed when he heard it.

Why hasn't she thought about this question.

Last month, [-]% of the net profit was nine taels of silver, and she and Xiaoshitou each got four taels and eight.If another person is hired, the two will remain the same, then she will only be three or two.

Zhang Shun smiled and said, "It's as long as you are happy."

He left after eating the sliced ​​noodles.As long as he doesn't go on long-term business trips to other places, he is in the county almost every day, and the two of them can meet at any time, so there is no need to chat much at this time.Besides, he still has things to do.

After Zhang Shun left, Chunhong fell into deep thought.

Originally, she thought that with this momentum, she would be able to pay off the 20 taels of silver in four to five months.

but,

If you hire more people...

(End of this chapter)