Lucky husband

When spending money, Li Chengzhi was a little apprehensive. The business has not started yet, and he has spent a few taels of silver to go out. What if the rice noodle business is not as good as they thought?

Old man Li seldom came out to take care of family affairs. Li Chengzhi was now the pillar of the old Li family. He thought that since he had decided to go out and do business, he couldn't show his timidity and let his family members worry about it.

On the way home, Li Chengzhi slowly adjusted his mentality. After arriving home, he and Bai Xiuhe went to Jiang Zhiyun to talk about the split.

When Jiang Zhiyun came up with this idea, she never thought about sharing the money earned by her eldest brother and sister-in-law. When she heard that she was going to share it with them, she quickly refused: "Brother and sister-in-law, I didn't do anything but just talked about it. After starting the business of broth rice noodles, I get up early and work late every day, how can I have the nerve to share your hard-earned money.”

Before Li Chengzhi and the others approached Jiang Zhiyun, they discussed it with Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li agreed with their arrangement.

Now that the Li family has separated, the brothers are no longer a family. Although the two brothers have a good relationship, matters related to interests and money must be clearly distinguished. The third daughter-in-law has an idea. Since there is money, Mrs. Li thinks that it is enough to give her an idea fee, but Dafang has no money now, so she must give dividends, so that the brotherhood can last forever.

Through this incident, Mrs. Li taught Li Chengzhi and his wife how to behave in the world.

Jiang Zhiyun didn't accept it, so Li Chengzhi quoted old lady Li's words, saying that they gave the members the same as Li Chengshi gave Jiang Zhiyun and Li Mingjin to continue to eat with Dafang after they separated, and they gave the five hundred cash for food.

It's not that Jiang Zhiyun and Li Mingjin really eat [-] Wen a month in addition to food, but brothers have to settle accounts clearly, and they can't ignore things other than money. It takes a lot of effort to come up with ideas, not everyone You can think of one at random.

Old Madam Li's words made sense, but Jiang Zhiyun still felt that she was talking too much, and it was too much to take her share of the money without doing anything else.

Jiang Zhiyun thought for a while, then went into the room and took out ten taels of silver: "Brother, sister-in-law, how about this, I will take another ten taels of silver to buy and sell high soup rice noodles."

The money invested is equivalent to the capital of this soup rice noodle, so that Jiang Zhiyun will not feel particularly sorry for the dividends given by her elder brother and sister-in-law in the future.

After doing some calculations, Li Chengzhi pushed back a silver ingot of five taels: "Third siblings, ten taels of silver is too much, five taels is enough."

Seeing that Jiang Zhiyun seemed to think that five liang of silver was short, Li Chengzhi continued: "Third siblings, listen to me first, since our two families are going to do business together, we must settle the accounts."

"Today I went to the county seat and ordered a casserole, a wooden cart, a wooden table, and a wooden bench. It will cost four taels of silver in total. Later, I will go to Fucheng to buy rice noodles and pork bones to make soup. I will pay the stall fee in the county seat. , Setting up a stall in the county requires money for water, and I guess it costs a few taels of silver for these odds and ends, we just set up a stall to sell soup rice noodles, we don’t rent a shop, the cost is not high, five taels of silver is enough for the family.”

"Also, your sister-in-law and I will set up a stall in the county in the future, and the third brother will be indispensable to take care of you. You give ideas and money, and the two parts are too small. I think it should be adjusted..."

Before Li Chengzhi finished speaking, Jiang Zhiyun hurriedly interrupted him: "Brother, I'm already taking advantage of you by taking two shares. Think about it, when the rice noodle business starts in the future, I don't have to do anything. You and sister-in-law are all responsible for selling soup and rice noodles, so I don’t have the guts to take more of it.”

This time Jiang Zhiyun was very firm. She thought of this idea at the beginning just to hope that the big house would have an extra income. In the future, the two brothers Mingde and Mingli could earn money for their studies at home. Sitting at home and collecting cash.

No matter what Li Chengzhi said, Jiang Zhiyun did not agree to increase the share of the third room.

In the end, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe did not accept the five taels of silver, saying that they had to wait until Li Chengshi returned home, and they would sign a contract before accepting Jiang Zhiyun's silver.

The contract does not need to be stamped with the red seal of the government, it is kept by the family, and there is only a certificate for each other.

This is what the old lady Li taught them. As long as money and interests are involved, no matter how big or small, they must settle accounts clearly.

Jiang Zhiyun had no objection to signing the contract, and the two parties finally reached an agreement, and Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe left together.

Five days passed in a flash. During this period, Li Chengzhi took the time to go to Fucheng, and used the remaining three taels of silver to carry a hundred catties of dry rice noodles back.

The day before Muxiu, Li Chengshi, Li Mingde, and Li Mingli came back from the county together, and the courtyard of Li's family suddenly became lively.

During this period of time, there were many stalls selling New Year's goods in the county. Li Chengshi bought a small tea brick for old man Li this time.

I bought a wood-carved pendant for Mrs. Li and Jiang Zhiyun for Jiang Zhiyun. The material is cheap but the style is beautiful and the workmanship is fine. It looks good on the body.

He also brought new candies to Li Mingjin. Li Mingjin took the new candies and thanked his father sweetly. After Jiang Zhiyun agreed, he went to share with Li Mingxia and Li Qiusheng.

After Li Chengshi finished distributing the things he had brought back, Jiang Zhiyun took him back to the house, and told Li Chengshi that Dafang planned to do business with them.

Li Chengshi was in favor of Jiang Zhiyun's decision. He worked in the county government office. Of course, he knew that it would cost a lot of money to take the imperial examination.

As for rice noodles, he ate rice noodles once when he went to Fucheng for business last year. The taste was really good, and the texture was different from noodles.

As for the five taels of silver that they had negotiated before, Li Chengshi had no objection. At the request of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he took a pen and wrote down this simple contract of broth rice noodles.

The next day, Li Chengzhi, who got five taels of silver, couldn't wait to go to the county seat, paid the final payment for the casserole and the carpenter's things, and took them home to prepare for business.

Bai Xiuhe stayed at home to make bone soup, soak rice noodles, and eat rice noodles while everyone was together.

One catty of rice noodles, with an extra adult man and two and a half adults, can eat everything in one meal, and everyone likes the taste of rice noodles.

As soon as she finished eating the rice noodles happily, Jiang Zhiyun suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach, and then her pants became wet. Granny Li saw that her amniotic fluid had broken.

The Li family didn't have time to clear the table. Li Chengshi picked up Jiang Zhiyun and sent her back to the delivery room that had been set up in their left wing. Get up and prepare to boil hot water.

Old Madam Li followed into the left chamber, she drove Li Chengshi out of the delivery room, and she guarded Jiang Zhiyun who was about to give birth.Old Madam Li had given birth to three children herself, and she also had the experience of watching several daughter-in-laws give birth. Even if there was no midwife, Jiang Zhiyun's birth would not be troublesome.

At this time, old man Li was in charge of taking a few children to stay in the main room and not allowing them to go to the left wing, so as not to make the scene of them running around more chaotic.

Li Chengshi was kicked out, and he looked at the delivery room in a daze. He knew that Jiang Zhiyun would give birth in the past few days, but he didn't expect to have an attack just after eating, and he was not mentally prepared.

The last time Jiang Zhiyun gave birth to Li Mingjin, Li Chengshi was not at home. He later heard that Jiang Zhiyun had a difficult delivery, which made her weak for so many years and could not conceive again. This time Jiang Zhiyun was older than before, and Li Chengshi was very worried.

The delivery room was very quiet, and the courtyard of Li's house was also quiet. There was a tense atmosphere over the whole Li's house.

Li Mingjin dreamed that Jiang Zhiyun was frightened and gave birth prematurely, so he thought he had experience. He leaned on the door frame of the main room and looked at Li Chengshi who was so nervous that he kept turning around in the yard, and called him: "Father, you go into the house and wait a while." Well, after a while, my mother gave birth to my younger brother, and you turned around and passed out, so you won't be able to see your younger brother later."

Li Chengshi looked at his son's black grape-like eyes, his heart trembled, and he became more nervous. His whole body was tense: "Brother Jin, stay with your father in the house, and father is here waiting for your mother to give birth."

Because of his nervousness, Li Chengshi once again had two words, father and mother, that Li Mingjin hadn't uttered for a long time.

Li Mingjin felt that his father looked weird, and he didn't want to stay in the house now, so he turned his head and asked old man Li: "Master, can I go in and see my mother?"

"No, the bloody smell in the delivery room, you can't go in as a child." Old man Li grabbed Li Mingjin and patted his head.

Old man Li looked calm, but in fact he was also quite nervous. He was not worried when his daughters-in-law gave birth to the first few grandsons and granddaughters. The third son will have a child, and he will be able to close his eyes in peace after a hundred years.

Li Mingde glanced at the third uncle outside, and then at the grandfather in the room. He is the eldest of the grandchildren of the Li family, and he has some impressions of the younger brothers and sisters who were born behind. Pain, his mother screamed loudly when she gave birth to her seventh sister.

In order to prevent Li Mingjin from always thinking about the delivery room and distracting the adults from worrying about them, Li Mingde signaled Li Mingli to come along, and the two brought Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue to tell them stories.

Some of the stories were what they saw in the study room of the school, and some were told by the husband in class.

Children's attention is easily distracted, the story attracted Li Mingjin's attention, he and Li Mingyue both listened to the story seriously.

After finishing the two short stories, there was movement in the delivery room on the left side, and a suppressed voice came from inside. It was not loud in front, and Li Mingjin didn't hear it. As the sound grew louder in the back, Li Mingjin turned his head and stared at the delivery room. direction, and asked Old Man Li nervously: "Master, what's wrong with my mother?"

Old man Li held Li Mingjin with his rough hand: "Brother Jin, a woman has to go through this experience when she gives birth to a child, so you stay here with me obediently, and your mother will give birth to your brother in a while." .”

Outside, Li Chengshi had heard Jiang Zhiyun's yelling a long time ago, he stood at the door of the left chamber and wished he could rush in immediately: "Mother Yun, I'm right outside, don't be afraid, do you want me to go in and accompany you?"

The midwife happened to come in at this time, and when she heard Li Chengshi's words, she slapped him away amusedly: "Women give birth at home, men should not go in and cause trouble, you wait outside, and your wife will definitely give birth to a big fat boy for you in a while. "

A few days ago, the midwife came to Li's house to see Jiang Zhiyun. At that time, she judged that Jiang Zhiyun's fetal position was correct, and the fetus was not too healthy. She expected that the delivery would not be difficult.

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