The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 97 Wen Bao's Worries and Hopes
Wen Bao's worries did not arise for no reason. This year's weather is bad and there is little rain. The towns near the Qinglong River are fine. The towns far away from the Qinglong River are really pitiful with little water. .

It is now February, and it should be raining continuously in spring, but this year there has not been a single spring rain.

Originally, Lord Liu said that he would build several markets in the county, so that the common people could exchange goods, and it would also be convenient for outsiders to buy goods in the markets.But this winter, because there are robbers in the county, I don't know if this matter can still be done.

Wen Bao and Song Dalang brought plum blossoms and tuantuan, and after Wen Chengquan and Wen Liushi returned home, they began packing their things and preparing to go back to Songjia Village.

"Bao'er, have you packed everything?"

As soon as Wu entered Wen Bao's yard, she saw Mei Hua and Wen Bao drying clothes and quilts in the yard.

When they first came to the town, they turned and dried the quilt, and now they were going to go back, so naturally they had to turn and dry the quilt.

As for the clothes, they are mostly in groups.

Because Wen Bao took care of Tuantuan, the clothes he had to wear every day had to be exposed to the sun before he could wear them.

"Almost mother."

As soon as Wen Bao finished speaking, Mrs. Wu saw Song Dalang walking in from outside the courtyard carrying a wooden basin full of diapers.

Seeing that Song Dalang went to wash Tuantuan's diapers again, Wu blamed Wen Bao, but in his heart he was satisfied that Song Dalang was so considerate of his daughter.

"Mother, don't talk about your daughter-in-law, I'm doing this voluntarily!"

Song Dalang saw that Wu Shi blamed Wen Bao, and immediately opened his mouth to explain, but Wen Bao and Wu Shi looked at each other and smiled at his explanation.

"Okay, okay, okay, just don't scold her for your mother." Mrs. Wu was happy in her heart, and after saying this, she said, "It's okay to go to the sun today, and we should go back to Songjia Village tomorrow morning. Go back earlier so as not to delay your affairs."

"Mother, don't worry, but mother, when we go back to Songjia Village tomorrow, shouldn't we bring some wedding candies back?"

"Extremely, extremely, I forgot it for my mother."

Wu patted her forehead annoyedly, turned around and left Wen Bao's yard without looking at everyone.

Although their family has just moved to Songjia Village, the house in Songjia Village is still their home. When they go back this time, they will have a banquet for the villagers in Songjia Village. They should prepare some wedding candies, wedding cakes, and more ingredients. , good for entertaining the villagers.

This time when Wen Chengquan got married, Songjia Village didn't send anyone to give gifts, because before coming to the town, Wen Youcai told the village that he would entertain the village when he returned to Songjia Village.

Songjia Village can be regarded as relatives of the Wen family, that is, Liquan's family and Song Wei's family.

Liquan's family is because their mother and son belong to the Liu family, and there is Zhang Lian.But their identities have already been dead for many years, so naturally they can't come to the town to reveal their identities, not to mention that Zhang Lian is about to give birth, so they can't make such a fuss.

And Song Wei's family is also related to Wen's family because of Song Dalang's relationship.

In the end, those who could be regarded as being close to the Wen family were probably those children who were studying in the Wen family academy.

It's just that most of the gifts in the town are money, and most of the gifts in the village are eggs, cloth, grain or vegetables.

Most of them are produced by themselves, and every family is like this. If the Wen family invites people from Songjia Village to the town this time, it will embarrass them.

Wen Bao knew about this, and thought that her mother had already prepared it, but who would have thought that her mother would forget about it.

"Da Lang, the brothers in the family are not at home, so go to your parents and ask if there is anything that needs help."

"That's right, I'm going right now."

Song Dalang handed the wooden basin to Wen Bao and turned around to chase Wu Shi out. Wen Bao waited until he could not see Song Dalang's back before turning around. Seeing Wen Bao turned around, Mei Hua smiled and said, "Auntie is so happy to marry a daughter-in-law. .”

"Pfft, I guess so."

Wen Bao laughed when he heard Mei Hua's words, and then continued to share the things in her yard with Mei Hua. It wasn't until Wen Chengyong's family of three came home from the shop for dinner that he found out that Mrs. Wu led Song Dalang to buy in the town this morning.

"Simply if it's not too hot today, I can keep the things I bought for two days."

Wen Chengyong originally wanted to go with him today, but the shop at home has not been taken care of these days because of Wen Chengquan's marriage, and he is also very busy these days.

"Your mother and I are really old now. I heard her nagging about this a few days ago, and I wanted to remind her, but if Bao'er didn't think about it today, I'm afraid I really forgot about it."

Wen Youcai seemed to be emotional. Listening to his words, Wen Bao, his second brother and second sister-in-law didn't look very good.

"Father, second brother, second sister-in-law, Bao'er, and sister Meihua, what are you talking about?"

When Wen Chengshuang brought Wen Xu's to buy food, he had just entered the dining room when he saw Wen Bao and the others in a gloomy atmosphere.

Wen Bao heard the third brother's voice, and immediately turned around, looking at Wen Chengshuang and Wen Xushi.

"Third brother and third sister-in-law are back, come here, hurry up and ask the kitchen to add two more dishes, and we will have dinner when mother and the others come home."

Wen Bao originally thought that Wu Shi and Song Dalang would be back soon after they went out to buy something, but who knew that it was almost noon and the two of them hadn't come back yet.

Wen Chengshuang and Wen Xu didn't understand what was going on with everyone, and after hearing Wen Bao's words, they asked, "That's right, where are your mother and brother-in-law?"

After hearing Wen Chengshuang's words, Wen Bao smiled helplessly, and then told about the fact that Mrs. Wu went to her yard this morning, and then she reminded her to buy candy.

After hearing Wen Bao's words, Wen Chengshuang heard what Wen Chengyong said about how his mother took his brother-in-law to shop in the town this morning, and then he understood what was going on.

Especially Wen Youcai was still lamenting that his husband and wife were getting old, and it was easy to forget things afterwards.

The town of Suoxing is only this big, Wu and Song Dalang finally came back at noon, when they got home, they were welcomed into the dining room, everyone drank half a bowl of soup first, and then everyone started to eat.

Wen Chengquan took Wen Liushi back to the house and left early in the morning. He sat in the Wu family's carriage and arrived in the county before noon. In order to get back to the town before sunset, Wen Chengquan took Wen Liushi only in The Liu family had a meal.

Before returning home, Master Liu not only asked Mrs. Liu to send a return gift, but also took out a letter and handed it to Wen Chengquan, asking him to take it back to Wen's house.

All of Wen Bao's worries disappeared after Wen Chengquan brought back the letter in the evening. Master Liu not only wanted to open a market in the county this year, he also did two major things to benefit the people.

"The Yue family is such a good official!"

Wen Youcai finally made such an evaluation, but the whole family nodded in agreement.

Wen Bao felt that if she hadn't met Master Liu before, she would have thought that Master Liu was a time traveler.

In the ancients' conception, the phenomenon of "scholars, farmers, businessmen" is too popular, but Mr. Liu encouraged the people of Nanning County to do business.

In Wen Bao's view, the four aspects of 'scholars, farmers, businessmen' are very important. There are more scholars than managers, and agriculture is the foundation. If there are no farmers to cultivate land, what will people eat in this world?The utensils they use in their lives are made by workers, so why should they be inferior.As for the last Shang, Wen Bao feels that if there is no Shang in this world, then the development will definitely regress.

People in the south use goods from the north, and people in the north buy goods from the south. Don't they all rely on merchants?
Why do merchants have to be last?
Because the Wen family has Wen Youcai who has a unique idea, he doesn't think businessmen are inferior, so when he married a businesswoman after gaining fame, he was laughed at by his relatives and friends.

Therefore, there are not many people who are really close to the Wen family.

Because of the influence of Wen Youcai, the children of Wen's family don't think businessmen are cheap, let alone have an uncle who has been in business for generations.

Wen Bao was also thankful that the family he traveled through was such a family, otherwise he would be reprimanded by his natal family if he followed her to make wine and do business.

"Since our county is about to encourage business, should our family buy a few more shops before the news is announced?"

Wen Bao still has a lot of money in her hand, and most of the money in her hand now comes from secret income. No one else knows how much the wine is worth.

Wu Houye would not tell others, and although Wen's family had just separated, each family still had a lot of money in their hands.

"My sister is right. My father and mother bought me two small shops on the edge of the county a few years ago. I have inquired about them, and one of them is only a hundred taels of silver."

What Wen Liushi was talking about was the dowry that the Liu family prepared for her. The Wen family didn't care. What they cared about was the one hundred and twelve shop that Wen Liushi said.

"Fourth daughter-in-law, tell me about this shop in detail, how big is it, and what street is it on?"

After all, Mrs. Wu is a daughter of the Wu family, so when she heard Wen Liu's words, she asked them in detail.

"Yes, mother."

After Wen Liushi knew that she was going to marry into the Wen family, she got to know the Wen family well, and when she learned that the Wen family did not reject doing business, she was very happy.

It was she who took the initiative to mention these two shops with Master Liu and his wife.

Wen Liu's two shops are both in the county town, but they are not in the best part of the county town.

"My two shops are on the outskirts of the city, close to our town, and it takes half an hour to drive a donkey cart from our town to the shop.

Most of the people living there are craftsmen or people who cannot afford to buy or rent a house in the urban area.

I have two shops, one is slightly larger, I rented it out to a couple from the countryside, the man has carpentry skills, they opened a carpentry shop, this shop has a backyard, only three rooms, 100 taels of silver You can buy it right away.

The other shop is smaller, 80 taels of silver.I rented it to a widowed woman with two sons. Her husband was originally a police officer of the government office, but died of illness.

She is good at mixing perfume, making rouge, and embroidering. The store sells rouge and spices, and also collects some embroidery by the way, and sends them to big stores in the city.

The eldest of her two sons just went to the government office this year, and the younger one stayed with her to guard the store. By the way, she also helped me collect the rent of another store. I went to collect it once every three months. "

Wen Liu didn't hide her clumsiness, as soon as she said these words, Wu's eyes sparkled when she looked at her.

Wen Bao also felt that she had found a confidant. Her fourth sister-in-law was really not easy.

No wonder everyone said, 'It is better to marry a maidservant than a daughter-in-law', she, the fourth sister-in-law, is really not easy.

"Father, brother, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, there are many small shops near the shop I bought, and the prices are not high. There are also shops closer to the city, which are not bad. Although the price is higher, it is possible to do There is a lot of business, and the rental price must be high.”

"Very good, very good."

Mrs. Wu looked at Wen Liushi with indescribable satisfaction. Mrs. Wen and Li originally loved reading, and because of the early death of her parents at home, she was inactive and unsuitable for business.

Mrs. Wen and Chen are in business at home, and later Mrs. Wu gave her some pointers, so this is how to support the business at home.

Don't say anything about Wen Xu, it might be okay to let her fight, but it's not suitable for her to open a shop and do business.

This Wen Liu family is the most satisfying to Wu family. He can study with the fourth child and understand the way of doing business.

Wen Bao knew what his mother was thinking when he looked at the expression of the fourth sister-in-law, but there were two other sister-in-laws here.

Just as Wen Bao wanted to speak, he heard Wen Liu's words...

(End of this chapter)