Little wealth

The courtyard of the Zhao family is very large, and it takes a hundred meters to walk from the oil workshop outside the door to the courtyard inside. When they saw such a large courtyard, they all sighed in their hearts, if such a large courtyard belonged to their family Enough!

It's a pity that such a large yard belongs to someone else's family, and they can only look at it with envy.

When they entered the Zhao family compound, they saw a brother sitting there, but he was the husband of Zhao He's family, Qiao Xuqiao.

We were all in the same village, so they naturally knew each other before.

Back when Zhao He married Brother Qiao, they still thought that Zhao He had some shit luck to marry the most beautiful brother in their village.But they all knew that Qiao Ge'er liked a scholar in the village, but Huang Guihua's stepmother was greedy for money, so she married Qiao Ge'er to Zhao Carpenter for six taels of silver.At that time, they were still discussing behind their backs that Zhao He married such a beautiful brother, and it would not be long before Brother Qiao would cuckold Zhao Carpenter. They didn't expect Lu Xiucai to turn around and marry a lady from Yuan Chen's family. The Chen family went to be a son-in-law, and the whole family moved to live in the town, and no one even went back to their village.

Of course, they have heard all the gossip and gossip in the village.

Later, after Brother Qiao'er married Zhao Carpenter, he went on and on all day long, making the house restless, and they all heard about it.Back then they were still discussing behind their backs, luckily it wasn't such a restless brother they married.It's just that every time they saw Brother Qiaoer, they thought in their hearts that if they married such a beautiful brother back home, they would definitely treat him like a baby.

But then I don’t know when, the relationship between Josh and Zhao He seems to be getting better and better. Earlier, they went to the town’s wharf to work together, and they often met Zhao He and his husband. When they went to the town to sell things, the couple went in and out together, and they also met them selling things at a stall in the town a few times.

Not long after that, the Zhao family opened two shops in the town, bought land to build a house, and opened an oil workshop. The business was so prosperous that they all came to Zhao's oil workshop to work. people.

But the brother they saw in front of them still looked the same, but it gave them a completely different feeling. The brother in front of them seemed to be a completely different person.

When the other party looked at them with a smile on his face, Liu Changhong put away the contemptuous thoughts in his heart, and met the other party's eyes, as if his inner thoughts were known by the other party, which made his I was a little apprehensive.

"You all sit down." Josh didn't know how others viewed him in their hearts, or how they viewed him in the past.The current one is the boss of his Zhaojia Oil Factory, and these are the people who come to work for him. What he wants now is to find a group of people who can help him run the business. He hopes that these people in front of him will not let him down.

Ah Qiu went to help pour tea, and then stood behind their master.

After a few people sat down, Qiao Xu asked: "I heard from Aqiu that you went to Lucheng this time, can you tell me about the situation there? And you went to Lucheng this time, yes How did you sell the oil?"

Several men glanced at each other, and finally Liu Changhong said: "Lucheng is bigger than our Anyang here, and there are more restaurants and restaurants on the street than ours... When we first arrived in Lucheng, we divided into two people in the street. When selling oil, I took oil and Dazhu to some small restaurants and asked them if they wanted to buy oil. After I showed them and tried ours, some restaurants took oil from us and ran away. After a few trips, we sold out all the oil."

"Oh, why don't you go to the small restaurants and ask the big ones?" Josh asked a question, "Do you think our oil can't be sold in the big restaurants? Or are you too timid? Dare to go to the big restaurant to ask someone?"

"This..." Liu Changhong paused, thinking that there were two possibilities. At the beginning, he chose a small restaurant to ask, thinking that the oil sold in small places is better.

From the expression on the other party's face, Josh could see what the other party was thinking, and suggested with a smile: "Next time you go to a big restaurant to try, our oil is good and the price is cheap, as long as you compare our oil, then People who look at other people's oil will choose to get oil from us." In this regard, he is quite confident in ordering their oil.

"You may not have the opportunity to meet the owner of the big restaurant, but you should have the opportunity to meet the manager or shopkeeper in charge of purchasing. Go to them and ask them, maybe you will have the opportunity to do business with them As for how to do this process, don’t I need to teach you?”

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand." Liu Changhong understood this as soon as he heard it.

Seeing that this Liu Changhong is not a rotten tree, but a person who can understand a little bit, Josh still appreciates him in this regard.Compared with the other two sons of the Liu family, this Liu Changhong looks smarter, and seeing that the men next to him are all headed by this Liu Changhong, I think this Liu Changhong is more convincing in his life and work outside.

"You didn't encounter anything on the way to Lucheng, did you?" He had never been to Lucheng, so Josh didn't know the specific situation in Lucheng very well. Get some news from him.

"Not really." Liu Changhong replied.In fact, this trip to Lucheng to sell oil went smoother than they had imagined.

Later, Josh asked some things related to their trip to Lucheng to sell oil, and learned something about the situation in Lucheng, but he didn't immediately promise any benefits to them, or make them responsible. As for the business in Lucheng, after all, they are just new contacts, and he still wants to take the postgraduate entrance examination for a few more people.

Among these four people, except Liu Changhong who gave him a better personal impression, the other three are relatively mediocre, and they all follow Liu Changhong's pace in doing things.

Thinking of what Aqiu said just now, Qiao Xu asked, "I heard from Aqiu that you still want to go to Lucheng tomorrow?"

"Yes, we are thinking about going to Lucheng again tomorrow. I wonder if we can give us half of the credit, and we will settle the accounts with you when we come back." Liu Changhong told the other party their plan to go to Lucheng. , They sat here for so long and haven't seen anyone from Zhao He, so they knew that Josh should be the real person in charge of the Zhaojia Youfang. If they could get Josh's consent, they would like to get oil from Zhaojia Youfang in the future It's even more convenient.

Josh thought for a while, and then said: "Well, I can give you the most authority here, and you can credit up to five hundred catties at a time, but after you sell the oil and come back, you have to come here to settle the account If it is settled, I will continue to give you oil next time."

Five hundred catties of oil is about five taels of silver, which he can afford to lose. Even if the other party really runs away with their oil, they don't have to worry about the oil shop's business being unable to continue.However, the family members of several people are still in the village, so forgive them for not cheating him out of gas money. The agreement they signed clearly states that if the other party refuses to pay, they will go to the yamen to meet at that time. That's it.

Liu Changhong turned his head and glanced at the brothers, all of them had joyful expressions on their faces, "Well, we need three hundred catties of oil this time, if the business goes well this time, we will buy it next time we come back." Five hundred catties."

"Okay, you can make a note of Ah Qiu." Josh turned around and ordered Ah Qiu to give them five hundred catties of oil tomorrow.

Walking out of Zhao's courtyard, the faces of the men all had happy smiles.

After talking about the business, a man glanced left and right to make sure there was no one else around, and said in a low voice, "Sitting inside just now, I didn't dare to look up at Mr. Zhao. Do you have any questions?" Didn't realize that Mr. Zhao seems like a different person?"

"Not anymore," replied another.

Don't think that he doesn't know what they are thinking, Liu Changhong glared at them, and said: "You all put away those messy thoughts in your heart, we will still rely on the oil from Zhao's oil workshop to make money in the future! Do you want to make money, or do you want to eat meat?"

"Think!" The three men replied in unison.

Liu Changhong punched the brother standing beside him, put his hand on the brother's shoulder, and held the money he earned yesterday in his arms. They separated at the intersection and went back to their respective homes.

After the few people left, Ah Qiu felt a little strange and asked, "Master, didn't you say that you want to find someone to take charge of the oil sales in Lucheng? Then why didn't you talk to them about it just now?"

"This matter is not urgent. I will discuss it with Cao Ping later." Qiao Xu would not judge a person's character based on meeting once or twice. Cao Ping also sold oil with them for a long time. , he will ask Cao Ping to help him.

Compared with a person's ability, he values ​​a person's character more.Ability can be cultivated, but no matter how good the character is, no matter how good the ability is, he dare not use such a person.

And Cao Ping has been working with him for such a long time, he still trusts Cao Ping, so instead of blindly looking for someone to do things, it is better to learn more before making a decision.And now a few people have gone to Lucheng, at least after the other party has gone ten or eight times, it will not be too late for them to talk about other things.

Ah Qiu expressed his opinion on this Liu Changhong, "This Liu Changhong seems to be an ambitious person."

"It's not a bad thing to be ambitious, is it?" Josh still admires such people.Of course, being ambitious is not a bad thing, it depends on what kind of channels this ambitious person uses to get what he wants, but if his subordinates are too low-key, it will make people look down on them.There are many ways to succeed, and choosing a method that can be successful and acceptable to others is the embodiment of a person's character and way of doing things.

Ah Qiu thought for a while, then nodded, that was indeed the case.

After several people left, Josh went to the kitchen to see how the baked lotus root candy was doing.

In the next two days, the family has been making lotus root candies every day. The excess lotus root candies made will be stored first. They are not in a hurry if they can’t sell so much for a while. Anyway, it’s only November now, and they will wait until the twelfth lunar month to make new year’s goods. There are more people, and at that time, there is no need to worry that their things will not be sold.

***

After two days, it will be the winter solstice.

The winter solstice is an important solar term in the 24 solar terms. They have the custom of worshiping ancestors and entertaining guests during the winter solstice.

On the day before the winter solstice, Zhao He gave the three masters in the shop a holiday and took four children back to the village.The barbecue restaurant on the other side is also closed, and it will not open for business on the winter solstice day.

The oil workshop in their family was also closed that day, and people in the village were also celebrating the festival, so few people went out to do business at this time.

There are also two big pigs raised in the back of the yard, one of which is going to be killed to make sausage on the day of the winter solstice.Probably thinking about this in his heart, Josh woke up early in the morning when he heard the sound of someone getting up next to him.

Just as Zhao He got up and was still getting dressed, he heard a voice from behind, turned around and saw that Husband on the bed had also sat down.The child on the bed was still sleeping, so he lowered his voice and asked Fu Lang in a low voice, "Why are you up, did I wake you up?"

"It's still early, why don't you sleep with the child for a while longer?"

"Don't sleep anymore. I have a lot of things to do today. I'll get up and help." Josh yawned while talking. Bring the clothes in the back to him.

"We are all at home today, what do you need to do?" Hearing this, Zhao He went to fetch clothes for Fu Lang, and even helped Fu Lang put them on himself.The two were so close that he could smell the scent from Fu Lang's body. He was no stranger to this scent, and he was even very familiar with it.

"Why are there no more? There are many things I need to do, don't look down on people."

Feeling that the man was not moving, Josh turned his head, and his lips brushed against the man's cheek. The two looked at each other. When the man looked at him, his throat felt a little thirsty unconsciously.

The softness on his lips, he could feel the man kissing him.

After the kiss was over, the breathing of both of them was a little disturbed.

Looking at his son who was still sleeping next to him, Josh pushed the man and gave him a quick look.Zhao He sighed in his heart, and had no choice but to let go of the hand holding Fu Lang's waist with a bit of regret, got up, went outside and brought back a pot of hot water, and waited for Fu Lang to wash his face and rinse his mouth.

"Don't put on such a face. Others will know everything when you go out." Josh took the hot towel and wiped his face and hands. Looking at the face of this dissatisfied person, he couldn't help but smile. Pass him the towel, "You wipe your face too."

"..." Zhao He took the face towel that Fu Lang handed over, and he didn't dislike wiping his face with the face towel that Fu Lang had just used, as long as Fu Lang didn't dislike him.