Blessed

Understanding Meta in Chapter 13
Yuzhu'er was born as a lonely star in her previous life, how terrible it is, just look at her daring to speak in this life, she has only gradually come out of the shadows for three years.In her previous life, she didn't have any relatives or friends, so she had to rely on herself for everything. Since high school, she earned her tuition and living expenses by herself, and took various part-time jobs. After graduating from high school, she saved a few thousand dollars and used them as a start-up fund. , Set up a street stall in the night market around the school.

After a summer vacation, she earned enough tuition and living expenses for one year of university. She saved 10,000+ from street stalls as funds to open a store in the past few years, and later became a top [-] company in the real estate and entertainment industry. Except for luck, the most important thing is The most important thing is vision. Without a unique and sharp vision, her company would not be able to become a Fortune [-] company.

This can be regarded as her strong point, seeing business opportunities in various things.

This is slightly different in ancient times and modern times. Due to the influence of the geographical environment, making money is either difficult or easy.

Yuzhu'er's idea was similar to this one, it was nothing more than bringing the goods back from other places to sell, as for what to sell.Food, clothing, housing and transportation are things that no one can do without. Among them, money is the best money for a woman, and all she can think of is jewelry. As for why it is jewelry, it has something to do with the eldest sister.

The eldest sister loved to tinker with these things when she was young, and she had to be taught by a nanny to make jewelry. She never thought about letting her make jewelry, but the styles designed by her are very beautiful.

Her idea is to transport all kinds of jade from Qizhou, and then workers make jewelry to sell, so as to minimize the cost and make a very large profit.

Just like Qingzhou is rich in porcelain, Qizhou is rich in various rare jades in the mountains. Jade and white jade are definitely unaffordable, but you don’t have to have all kinds of jade to make jewelry. Stones are also fine. In the same family, there are also various ambers, malachite, turquoise, bloodstone, olivine, obsidian, lapis lazuli, barite, rhodochrosite, all of which are not considered jade, and the cost is hundreds of times lower than jade.

The jewelry made is equally exquisite and unique, but the profit is huge.

Of course, this kind of business is not the most profitable. In this era, the most profitable are salt and iron, but these two are managed by the government.The rest is the maritime trade and the Silk Road. She only knows that navigation in this era is somewhat in its infancy, but she doesn't know how far it has gone.

The Silk Road is to transport the silk of this era from the land to Asia, Europe, Africa and other exotic countries, and the route is extremely remote and dangerous.The way of sailing is to trade spices, porcelain, tea and other things with foreign countries. These can bring incomparably huge wealth, but it is not something that can be imagined at this stage. At present, the Mu family can only and must be managed well. shop.

Yuzhu'er is only three years old now, so naturally she can't tell everyone in too much detail, the only thing to do is to give them a hint.

Mrs. Mu still laughed, "Jiao Jiao'er knows beauty at such a young age."

Yuzhu'er tugged at the pearl flower, "Big sister gave it to me, it's beautiful, mother, sell this."

Mrs. Lin thought for a while and said, "Third brothers and sisters, don't say it, this business can be done well. I have seen that the business of several jewelry shops is very good."

Mrs. Mu took it into his heart, thoughtful.

Yuning suddenly said, "Mother, third uncle, I will show you something in Zao'er's room." Then she said to Zao'er beside her, "Zao'er, go get the book in the wooden box next to my bed." Bring the brochure."

Zao'er said yes, and went out of the main hall to the yard to get the booklet.

In a short moment, Zhong Zao'er came with a stack of thick booklets, and she handed the booklets to Yuning, who got up holding Yuzhu'er and gave the booklets to Mrs Mu, "Third Aunt, you also know that I am obsessed with jewelry. The book contains all the jewelry samples I have drawn over the years. My mother forbids me to make jewelry, so it is useless for me to hold these samples. If the third aunt really wants to make a living out of jewelry, such drafts are still very useful. If the aunt really wants to make a living In the future, when I enter the palace, I can draw some brochures, and let the palace servants leave the palace or when my mother visits me in the palace, take out the brochures and give them to my aunt."

Holding the brochure, Mrs. Mu hurriedly said, "Yuning, you can't do this. This is your painstaking effort since childhood, how could you just give it to your aunt like this."

"Brothers and sisters, just take it." Lin pursed her lips and smiled, "Needless to say the value of the string of Buddhist beads that Yuzhu gave to Yuning, how can this booklet be comparable, you just take this booklet, it's considered a treasure." A little thought from Yuning."

Buddha beads?Yuning was stunned. Could it be that the string of Buddhist beads that her mother was talking about was master Guangji's, which Jiaojiao gave her to add makeup?She looked down at Yu Zhu'er who was quiet and obedient in her arms who seemed to be dozing off, with mixed feelings in her heart, she lowered her head and kissed Yu Zhu'er's forehead, and hugged her even tighter, "Thank you, Jiao Jiao."

Yuzhu was indeed a little sleepy. She could only mention this little about what this shop does for a living.It was not too early, and she was still too full to eat, so she couldn't help but start to feel sleepy and dozed off in Yuning's arms.

The old lady also said, "For the third family, you can take the brochure."

Hearing these words, Mrs. Mu couldn't refuse anymore, put away the brochure and said, "If you really want to make a living, you must make a careful calculation. I know that Qizhou is rich in jade, high-quality emerald jade, blood jade, Raw stones like suet white jade and tourmaline are definitely not affordable, but the prices of other rough stones like malachite, turquoise, peridot, obsidian, lapis lazuli, barite, and rhodochrosite are very low. , maybe you can bring some back and sell them as jewelry, sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, what do you think?"

She has been in the ceramics business, so she knows that this is the most cost-effective, and the profit is also huge, and a lot of jewelry can be made with a fist of various jade rough stones, so there is no need to transport too many jade stones back, just two or three Baskets are enough, and because I don't have much money on me, I can only bring these back first.Such a small amount of goods will not occupy a lot of space on the cargo ship, and the freight will not be very expensive.

Mrs. Mu knew that he only had more than 100 taels of silver on his body, so he could barely make up more than 300 taels if he pawned the jewelry he bought earlier.And Yuning also took out the sample draft of this booklet, and the Mu family also knows that the mansion is now down, and the old lady in the big house and the second room don't have much money in the house, so you might as well do this business together, if you really let yourself eat alone, even if The couple get along well now, and when she earns money in the future, the other couples will watch over them, no matter how good the relationship is, gaps will arise.

After earning money, each house can do whatever it takes to make a living, and it doesn't have to be tied together.

Mrs. Mu pondered for a while, then said, "Eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, I thought about it, and since I have decided to make a living, I am afraid that I don't have enough money. If you and your mother have extra money, you might as well do it together."

Lin Shi, Tao Shi and the old lady were a little bit moved. The Bo family is really down and out. They don't want to make money and enjoy themselves. In fact, if they don't look for a living, and don't earn some money, the Bo house is afraid that they will not be able to survive. Maybe even this old house will be sold.

The old lady hesitated, "The old three's family, this, this may not work, after all, it is your shop, and you want to make a living."

Mrs. Mu smiled and said, "Mother, just listen to me, the silver taels on my body are definitely not enough to support the current business, why don't you all contribute the silver taels together, and the monthly silver taels earned by the shop will be shared with you according to the invested silver taels. Of course, I will take care of this shop, and I will just share it with you.” Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, and there is no need for two shops to manage one shop. In this way, there will be no fights for the various profit sharing of the store in the future.

The old lady felt that this method was feasible, and seeing both Lin and Tao nodding, she said, "Then according to the old three's family, how much money we can pay, the specific matters are even more important, and we will make a specific decision tomorrow. I'm tired, let's go back and rest."

"Wait." Aunt Hong suddenly said, she bit her lip and looked at Mrs Mu, "Second wife, concubine, can I also enter the shop together?"

Mrs. Mu smiled softly, "If Aunt Hong can give out two taels of silver, it will be fine." She didn't know the situation of the second wife, let alone ten taels, it would be good if Aunt Hong could give five taels of silver.

Aunt Hong's face was a bit embarrassed, where does she have silver taels?In the case of the second room, she was taken in by the second wife's maidservant as an aunt, and she didn't even know where her family was. When she was a wife and maid, she still had special money, but when she became a concubine, she was under the care of the old lady. In order to save money, the wife even gives very little money every month, and eats and drinks in the mansion. The expenses of Yulan and brother are all provided by Dow, that is, some clothes for the four seasons, pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Where can she save money.

Even if you sell all the jewelry on your body, it is impossible to scrape together a few taels of silver.

Aunt Hong remained silent, and the old lady said, "It's done, let's go."

Mrs. Mu took the sleeping Yu Zhu'er from Yuning's arms, smiled and nodded to the female relatives, left the main hall and returned to Fuyun Courtyard.

When Yuzhu'er opened her eyes, it was already the beginning of the second day, the sky was bright, and the three servant girls helped her to wash and change her clothes. Yuzhu'er was still thinking about what happened in the shop yesterday, so she asked Licorice, "Does mother sell pearl flowers?"

Licorice laughed, "It's for sale, it's for sale, my wife said, I'm going to Qizhou to transport the rough stones and come back to sell them as jewelry."

Yuzhu'er breathed a sigh of relief, this is exactly as expected, Mu's pottery shop was good before, and she had some business acumen, so she gave a little reminder, Mu's will be able to clear it up quickly, and this business will basically not lose money. Even if the jade is not made into jewelry after being shipped back, you can earn a lot of money just by buying rough stones.

Now that the Mu family has decided to make a living, she will make all the arrangements, and there is no need for Yuzhu'er to worry about it. She will continue to be a girl who doesn't understand anything, and should eat, drink, sleep and sleep.

While Nanny Cai was teaching Yuning the rules, the three wives of the third room and the old lady were discussing how to pool the money. In the end, the old lady, the big room and the second room each pooled 150 taels. Is the old lady and the big room's money really pooled? It was a bit difficult, the big house had just bought the dowry for Yuning, and the old lady added a lot of makeup. The 150 taels almost pawned the last few jewelry that could be sold.

The Mu family managed to scrape together more than 300 taels, a total of about 800 taels. Those rough stones are not expensive, and ordinary rough stones cost a few taels of silver. These malachite, turquoise, peridot, obsidian, and lapis lazuli can be seen to be beautiful by themselves. s color.The original stone of emerald white jade blood jade is different. The outer layer is wrapped by stone skin. If you want to know whether there is jade inside, the water head and seed of jade, you need to cut the outer layer of stone skin. This is why these jades are precious. One, because dozens of rough stones may not be able to produce a piece of jade.

The original Shibo Mansion couldn't afford these jade stones, and a piece of silver cost tens of taels to hundreds of taels, and it was uncertain whether there was jade in it.

With these taels of silver, the Mu family plans to give [-]% of the profit to the old lady of the first room and the second room, and [-]% of the profit to Yuning. She will take [-]% of the profit. In order to avoid any gaps in the future, I specially wrote the document and pressed the fingerprint to take effect.

To get enough money, the only difficult thing is to go to Qizhou to transport the goods. They are all female relatives, and there is only one old slave in the third room who is a man. I can't bear such a rush, and it is impossible for the female relatives to go in person. Shi felt a little regretful, she should have found a younger and stronger family to have a child at the beginning, but now it may be too late.

Not wanting to have dinner that night, Xie Che came to see her and told her that he was going to deliver the goods this time, and Mrs. Mu agreed after a little thought.

Firstly, there is no one, and secondly, I am really relieved of Xie Che, he is different from his brothers, if he does not go to school, he will have free time.When he was in Shao'an City, Xie Che also studied with a few buddies. After a few years, he said that he didn't want to go to school anymore and wanted to study with Jiang Ansu, and Jiang Ansu also agreed.

Therefore, Xie Che never went to school again in recent years, and has been following Jiang Ansu. Jiang Ansu would teach him homework for an hour every day when he came back from the Yamen. Xie Che did not participate in this year's autumn, and planned to go after three years when he was more stable. of.

During the break, Mrs. Mu talked about this with Jiang Ansu, and Jiang Ansu also agreed. Xie Che is also 13 years old, and it is also necessary to experience it outside.

After two or three days, Xie Che found the cargo ship and set off. He never thought that the cargo ship was an old acquaintance. It happened to be the cargo ship of the Cheng family. When Cheng's father learned that it was the Jiang family who were going to Qizhou to transport jade back to Beijing, he made a special trip to pay a visit. , said that he would take good care of Mr. Xie, and Jiang Ansu also accepted his love.

On the day of Xie Che's trip, Mrs. Mu carried Yu Zhu'er to the gate of the mansion. Xie Che wore a navy blue cloth shirt for the convenience of traveling, but it also made him tall and slender, with a face like a crown jade.Yu Zhu'er thought to herself, brother Che is really good-looking, and it is uncertain how many girls will get lovesick because of him in the future.

Beside Xie Che was an ordinary-looking man in his [-]s or [-]s. He was the son of the eldest son, and he was specially asked to help Xie Che because he was afraid that Xie Che would be too busy on the road alone.

Xie Che looked at Mrs. Mu and said softly, "Master, then I'm leaving."

Mrs. Mu nodded, "Be careful on the road and have a smooth journey."

Yuzhu'er followed suit, "Brother Che, be careful on the road, and have a smooth journey."

Half a month after Xie Che left, Yuning married into the palace and became the prince's side concubine. She had just entered the palace to count the dowry.Not only did this matter spread in the palace, but everyone in the capital learned that everyone in Jiang's mansion was ridiculed for a while.

Lin felt sorry for her daughter who secretly cried twice at home, and she had to smile to the outside world, so she couldn't make her sister-in-law and mother worry.

Two days later, it will be the day of Qiu Wei. Rui Geer of the eldest room is seventeen and is about to get married. He participated in Qiu Wei three years ago and did not get any results, and he does not plan to go this year.Brother Jin from the third room is only eleven, brother Xun and Brother Po are only eight years old, so they will not participate.Brother Heng, the only son of the second room, studies hard, is fifteen years old, and the conditions are just right, and he plans to participate in Qiuwei.There is also a concubine, Brother Yan, who is twelve years old and also studying. Tao originally planned to let Brother Yan participate in it in three years.

Aunt Hong was very impatient, and forced her elder brother to participate in Qiu Wei this year, so it was hard for Tao to say anything, so as not to gossip about bullying and oppressing the concubine.Because Brother Yu also decided to participate in Qiu Wei more than ten days ago, Tao Shi specially asked the kitchen to boil soup every day to replenish his body.

Woke up early this morning, the old ladies in the mansion, Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Tao, Mrs. Mu, and Aunt Hong specially sent Brother Heng and Brother Zhu out of the mansion.

The old lady said a few auspicious words with the female relatives, and told the two of them not to be impatient to take the exam. Brother Heng smiled and said, "Don't worry, grandma, I will save it, and I will definitely take the exam well. I will earn my life for grandma and come back, so that grandma will also take the exam in the future." Be an old lady in style."

Brother Heng is completely different from Master Jiang Er. He was taught very well by Tao, and he is sweet and polite.

Brother Yu has been with Aunt Hong since he was a child. He has a weird temper and doesn't like to talk. Now he doesn't say a word when he listens to the old lady's words, and stands silently by the side.

The old lady smiled from ear to ear, "Our brother Heng is the most filial, okay, grandma is waiting for you to earn a life for grandma."

Qiuwei is an imperial examination, which is divided into township examination, general examination and palace examination.The township examination is both Qiuwei, because it is held in autumn, and the middle school can participate in the general examination in the spring of the next year, so the general examination is also called Chunwei, and those who pass the Chunwei examination can participate in the palace examination.

Qiu Wei has three games in each room, each game lasts three days and nights, and the room changes twice in the middle. Therefore, it takes nine days and seven nights, which can be described as very hard work. They eat, drink, and scatter in the tribute courtyard. I heard that many candidates failed to persist in the exam until the end. fall down.

In the past few days, Tao went to the Small Buddha Hall to recite scriptures and copy scriptures, hoping that his son could get a good grade in the exam.Thinking of Tao Shi, he couldn't help feeling resentful. At this time, that man didn't know to come back to visit his son. He was so cruel. It would be better to die outside and let the mother and son live together.

Every day when Yu Zhu'er had breakfast, she murmured a few words of hope in her heart, hoping that her second and third brothers could get a good grade in the exam.She still likes her second brother very much. Every time she sees her second brother, she will bring her some gadgets, weaving grasshoppers, pen holders carved by herself, etc. He is really kind. As for the third brother, Yu Zhuer is not too fond of it. He was always gloomy, and I saw him expressionless several times, and I was a little afraid of this third brother from the bottom of my heart.

Nine days later, brother Heng and brother Hu came back, both of them lost a lot of weight, and their faces were a little yellow, which shows that the exam was very hard.

The results will be announced in a few days, so Dow didn't ask any more questions, and just asked the kitchen to stew mutton soup, which is the most nourishing in this season, and even Yu Zhuer drank it for a few days.

In a few days, the results were announced, and officials came to announce the good news, and there was a brother in the house who knew Yuan.

(End of this chapter)