Happy Little Scholar

Li Yi didn't know what words to use to describe Liu Ruyi's speed in learning Tai Chi.

He was able to master it in a short time because he had a cheating device, but Liu Ruyi could perform almost standard Tai Chi after he taught her twice and corrected a few movements.

Although there were still some flaws, she was beautiful and tall, and more importantly, she had a strong martial arts foundation. The movements she made were much better than Li Yi's.

This made Li Yi, who was standing aside, sigh in his heart. These movements were indeed different when performed by women...

Whether they were practical or not was another matter, at least they looked extremely pleasing to the eye.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, which made Li Yi unable to appreciate it so peacefully.

It didn't sound like Lao Fang, because his knocking method was much rougher than this, and it wasn't Liu Ruyi either. The second lady never had to knock on the door when she came back, and she could just fly in from outside.

Li Yi walked over, opened the door, and saw two middle-aged men standing behind the door, with smiles on their faces.

Seeing the two, Li Yi was stunned for a moment. The faces of the people were familiar. He thought he should have seen them before. After thinking carefully, he remembered that they were sent by Xiaohuan last night. They sent some eggs and mooncakes and other things, and were sent away by Liu Ruyi.

As for the identities of the two, they seemed to be uncles of Liu Ruyi and her sister, belonging to the direct lineage.

Since the Liu family settled here, several generations have passed down, and the two girls have many uncles.

To say that the old Liu family is not bad at giving birth to sons, it is said that Liu Ruyi's grandfather had five brothers, and the five of them gave birth to a bunch of sons, who are the uncles of Liu Ruyi and her sister.

However, the direct lineage only passed on Liu Ruyi's father's lineage, and the next generation only had two girls.

"Fourth uncle, seventh uncle, what's the matter?"

Although she had always been at odds with these people, as a junior, she still had the proper etiquette. Liu Ruyi came over and bowed to the two of them.

"Go in and talk, go in and talk..." Seeing that Li Yi and Liu Ruyi didn't seem to want to invite them in, the two laughed dryly and said.

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"I wonder what the Fourth Uncle and Seventh Uncle are here for this time?" A moment later, in the house, Liu Ruyi looked at the two and asked again.

Most of these uncles and uncles were not on good terms with them. Yesterday, the two of them sent things over attentively, which surprised her.

And today's visit again, it seems that there is really something going on.

The two showed hesitation on their faces, and then a trace of determination flashed in their eyes. They took out a few yellowed papers from their arms and put them on the table in front of them.

"Fourth uncle, what does this mean?" Liu Ruyi looked at the things on the table, turned to look at him, and a trace of doubt finally appeared in her beautiful eyes.

When my father was alive, the village was originally one, but when he had an accident, those uncles and aunts immediately made a fuss about dividing the family. The two sisters were still young at the time, and almost all the things that should have belonged to them were taken away. At that time, the other party showed no mercy at all. Why did they change their temper now?

The middle-aged man with a slight beard on the left said: "Ruyi, we were wrong about the previous things. These land deeds should have belonged to you and Ruyi when the family was divided. You should accept them."

"Fourth uncle, what do you want to say? Just say it." Liu Ruyi certainly didn't think that they suddenly felt guilty and wanted to return the things that were taken away before. If they could do so, they must have a bigger plan.

The middle-aged man hesitated for a while before speaking again: "Since Ruyi said so, I will speak directly... You know, the years have been bad, and life at home has been really hard. In a few days, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even have food... You see, the candied haws made by the son-in-law are doing so well, can we, can we..."

The middle-aged man's words were very clear.

Although the candied haws business is good, people only recognize the Liu's candied haws sold by Lao Fang and others, and the business of other vendors is still bleak and pitiful.

If they also want to make a fortune from candied haws, even if they get the secret recipe, without their consent and without the banner of Liu, the profit is still pitiful.

If they can get their consent and do the candied haws business, then these lands are nothing at all.

The land in the village was not good land to begin with. In a good year, the yield was enough to meet the needs of life. If there was a disaster like last year, the grain would be almost gone for the whole year. What's the use of the land...

If they had known that Ruyi would be able to snatch such a son-in-law in a few years, there would be no separation of the family. They would have tried their best to curry favor with the two sisters.

"Husband, you make the decision on this matter." Liu Ruyi did not answer them, but turned to look at Li Yi and said.

He was the one who made the decision about the candied haws from the beginning to the end, and Liu Ruyi never asked about it. Naturally, she would not make a decision for him at this time.

Li Yi actually had a general idea of ​​the intentions of Liu Ruyi's uncles and uncles last night.

Liu's candied haws, in the Qing'an Prefecture, is roughly equivalent to the "Old Beijing Candied Haws" of later generations. It is a time-honored brand with guaranteed quality. What they are trying to do is nothing more than this signboard idea.

Looking back at the two people, a smile appeared on his face, "Fourth Uncle... Seventh Uncle, right?"

"Hey..." The two knew in their hearts that whether they could succeed today depended on the scholar in front of them, and they hurriedly responded with a more friendly smile on their faces.

Li Yi hesitated and looked thoughtful, saying: "It's not impossible to let you sell candied haws under the banner of Liu's, but..."

"But what?" The two asked immediately after hearing this.

"But, you can only join in the form of franchising." Li Yi looked at them and said.

"What do you mean by... joining?"

The two looked at each other, looked at Li Yi in confusion and asked.

Even Liu Ruyi's beautiful eyes showed a trace of doubt, and it was obviously the first time she heard this word.

"The meaning of joining is very simple, that is, we can agree that you can sell candied haws under the banner of Liu's, but we will take 50% of the daily profit." Li Yi looked at them and said.

It is not so easy to spread the banner of Liu's candied haws. It is not realistic to ask them to pay a huge franchise fee first. It is also a waste of time to explain the franchise concept of the future to them. This simple and crude method can only be used.

"50%!"

The two exclaimed at the same time. This number is really a bit unbearable for them.

No one wants to be divided into half of the hard-earned money by others.

"Son-in-law, 50%, isn't it a bit too much?" Liu's fourth uncle looked at Li Yi and asked with some difficulty.

Li Yi smiled but said nothing, indicating that there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

After bullying my wife and sister-in-law for so many years, it's time to pay some interest.

"Let us consider this matter."

Li Yi smiled and watched the two people walk out of the door, waiting patiently.

After a while, the two walked in again.

After thinking for a while, the fourth uncle said, "50% is really too much. Let's go back and think about it and give you an answer tomorrow."

He was obviously very reluctant to give half of the profit to others. After the two of them just discussed, they went back and united other direct relatives to put pressure on them. If the franchise fee can be waived, it would be the best. If not, it is not impossible to reduce it to half.

After saying that, he turned and walked out the door.

"Ruyi, son-in-law, if you don't agree, I can't make 50%... 50% is 50%, I agree." The fourth uncle of Liu stepped out of the door, and the familiar voice of the seventh brother came from behind him.

Bang!

The fourth uncle of Liu tripped on the threshold, and his body flew forward half a foot away, landing heavily, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Hey, fourth master, why are you doing this?"

Not far in front of him, Lao Fang stood there, looking at the scene in front of him, and spoke with a look of astonishment.