The Landlord And His Wife

Shicheng nodded: "Why not? That shop rents for fifty or two a month. If you rent it, you don't need to hire a buddy at all, just willow and willow. Except for the rent and tax, you don't have any other major items. The cost, roughly five to five and a half taels a month, is enough. Let’s count six taels, seventy-two taels a year. Last year, the shop made a total of more than 230 bucks, and that doesn’t include your counter… Do the math for yourself, you can always earn one hundred taels a year."

Shi Cheng nodded and pondered: "This is also true... We buy goods because the jewelry store will go to Suzhou every quarter to buy these goods together. In my profit, the cost on the way to buy the goods is naturally eliminated. , it's all bookkeeping at the jewelry store..."

Liu Xuer counted with her fingers: "The cost on the way to purchase the goods, the things you bought, you said more than 200, minus the money for the purchase?"

"Of course I didn't remove it. If the net profit is calculated, the account is calculated to be more than seventy." Shicheng calculated: "The purchase price, rent, and tax are my three major expenses. These three expenditures have almost netted more than 70 hangs."

Liu Xuer was also thinking about it, and said: "I found that you don't do handicraft, all the goods are bought from Suzhou, and the profit is far worse than mine. Our family has been two years old. , the cost of feeding materials is not much, and it is all manual work.”

Shicheng nodded clearly: "That's it."

"The net income is 70 hangs, but I haven't removed the toll, but if I do it, I must count my own counter. The manual money is not counted, but it can be improved a little... It should be Is it about the same? That is, about fifty to seventy a year." Liu Xuer looked at Shicheng and said, "I earned forty hangs from just one counter last year, and I earned thirty hairs after removing the money for the raw materials. "

Shicheng scratched his head after hearing this: "This is really not as good... , there is less of a change in the middle, and this money is earned by myself."

Liu Xuer gave him another look: "How much do you need?! There is only one counter in my house, and it was better last year. The year before last, it was empty for a few months and couldn't supply goods." Although he said this, his heart was moved, so... it's really okay, if you don't have to go all the way to those places in Suzhou Jiangnan to buy goods, it's like running a shop like this counter...

Seeing the ever-changing expression on her face, Shi Cheng already knew that she had thought about it, and said with a smile: "But don't worry, you still have a year to think about it... I also think about it, delay it for a year. , I work in this shop for one more year, and your income will be more. Besides, if I hold back, my mother will not immediately think about Hanzhongfu or Xianyang. If my father asks me to follow the family business, I will explain This year, the shop will be reorganized this year."

Liu Xuer thought about it and nodded, Shicheng is a mature person, the exercises that Shicheng's father thinks are really useless to him, it is better to follow his own thoughts . So agreed.

Shi Cheng nibbled on the apple and left, Liu Xuer came to the main house and saw Aunt Wu and her daughter Xiao Tian sitting in the room next door, chatting with her mother. She smiled and called 'Aunt Wu' and was about to come out, but Aunt Wu was very polite, got down from the edge of the kang, and smiled and pulled her to look up and down: "Xu'er has really grown up a lot in the past two years, You are also taller, how delicate and watery?! You are still so capable, second daughter-in-law Liu, you are really lucky!"

Mrs. He sat by the kang, smiled and glanced at Liu Xuer: "It's also disobedient."

"Oh, don't say that, Xu'er is not obedient, then there is no obedient child!" Aunt Wu smiled and sat back again: "You children, I see them all He's an obedient good boy, it's rare for you two to have good tutoring!"

Liu Xuer’s voice was wrong when she heard her mother’s words. There are people in the family. As long as she talks about herself, Mrs. He has always been very proud. Could it be... Looking at Mr. He again, his eyes are a bit wrong.

Liu Xuer understood a little in her heart, she pursed her lips and smiled, it is not good to leave right away, so she went to sit next to Xiao Tian and whispered, "Sister Xiao Tian, ​​what you took is What?"

Xiao Tian was still holding an insole in her hand, blushing and looking a little bit twisted, she handed it to her: "My embroidered insole."

Liu Xuer asked casually, but who knew that Aunt Wu suddenly came over from the kang and smiled attentively: "Xuer, you are doing this, you can take a look, What is your craftsmanship, Miss Sweet? Can you compare it to what you do?"

Sachets... I can't make ten..."

Aunt Wu’s face was embarrassed, Liu Xuer had already taken the insole, she smiled and understood something in her heart: “It’s pretty good, in my opinion, embroidered insoles are better than embroidered insoles. The handkerchief is still difficult, the insoles are so thick," she said.

Aunt Wu's eyes lit up: "Do you still see it?"

Before Liu Xu'er could speak, Xiao Tian blushed and took the insole over and said, "Mother! Xu'er is polite, you really..." She got a little angry, got up and said: "Xu'er, Second Aunt Liu, I'll go back first."

He hurriedly smiled and nodded, and Xiao Tian left.

Aunt Wu was just here, chatting absentmindedly and blushing.

Liu Xuer and Mrs He sent them away, and when they returned to the house, they asked Mrs He, "Mother, does Aunt Wu also want to ask Little Sweet to do embroidery work and sell them at our counter?"

Liu Xuer's family is doing business in the city. Over the past year, the villagers have also learned about it, and some people have come to look for them and want them to be drawn.

But Mr. He didn't agree, of course he couldn't agree! The counter is rented, not free. If you ask for a rental fee, it seems that you can't say it, and if you don't share it, what is it? Relief? There are so many people in the village. If they all come to sell their embroidery work on the counter, will they be able to provide relief?

Therefore, Mr. He did not agree to all the people he had called before, only saying that the counter was too small to fit. Liu Xuer also knew about these things, but she didn't expect Aunt Wu next door to ask about it.

He sighed and said: "Yes, your little sweet sister is fourteen, it's time to say kiss, but your aunt Wu's family is still the same, and the people who say kiss are poor families, Wu I still don't like it... Anyway, I came here in the morning and said a lot, and I heard it at the time, and I didn't dare to agree, so I pretended to be stupid and didn't answer." He sighed again when he said this: "But I listened to my heart. It's uncomfortable. When I first moved in, Aunt Wu helped a lot. Xuer, do you remember the time when your father and I fell? Humanity can't be forgotten!"

Liu Xuer said: "Why don't you remember? I still remember what happened that night! Aunt Wu and Sister Sweetie came to accompany us, Aunt Wu also told Uncle Wu to hurry up and find someone or something. ...The villagers helped us a lot that night, not just Aunt Wu."

He sighed and nodded, then felt that her daughter's words seemed a little wrong, looked at her and said: "What do you want to say?"

Liu Xuer asked with a smile: "Mother, haven't you finished yet? Aunt Wu wants to put Little Sweet's embroidery work in the shop? Wouldn't it be an insole?"

He nodded: "It's the insole! It is said to be embroidered a lot, and I keep it at home. I want to ask if I can help you to sell it on the counter." She paused and said: "That's right Speaking of which, if you want to pay the rent at the counter, you can also pay it, and after you earn the money, you will pay it from the earned money.”

Liu Xuer laughs, in fact, she understands Aunt Wu's thoughts very well, because if it was put on three years ago, when her family was in the situation, if there was a business person in the city, she would I'm afraid I can also think about Aunt Wu's idea. Of course, it's not certain if I don't say it in the end.

After pondering for a while, she said: "Mother, wait for Aunt Wu to come again, you call me, I told her... It's better to have Miss Sweet."

He was taken aback: "Why? Do you really want to pull? This hole can't be opened casually. When this hole is opened, our villagers will know immediately, and they will be found at that time. There are not one or two people!"

Liu Xuer smiled and said: "I know, of course, I have to talk to Aunt Wu and Sister Xiaotian at the beginning, and I can't spread it out... I know, this matter in the village can't be hidden, but as long as it is first this year If you don’t spread it out, we’ll see what’s going on in the second half of the year. Aunt Wu and the others must have some knowledge. If they made money, they might have leaked it out, but if they didn’t make money, it wasn’t shameful enough, so of course they would keep their mouths shut. already."

He seemed to have something to say when she heard her words, and asked after a long time, "What do you think?"

Liu Xuer smiled and said in a low voice: "Mother, I told you, you should think about it first, this matter is not yet... Not yet! It's just my thoughts."

"Ang, tell me what you think."

Liu Xuer said: "I said before, I want to move to the city... Don't worry," she interrupted He who was in a hurry with a smile, and hurriedly said: "Live It’s not about looking good in the city, or comparing with others. Don’t say that we rural people should live in the country. If we say that our family has been farming, then we should live in the country, but now our family’s business Speaking of it, it’s not too small. This business cat is in the country. It’s inconvenient to buy materials and look at the shop, especially if the money is sold to take it home. Although there is nothing wrong with the delivery, think about it. Carrying a few danglings of money from the city to the countryside, people don't know it, and if you know it, it will be troublesome to be watched!"

Sure enough, when he said these words, Mr. He had forgotten what he was anxious to say, and pondered deeply.