After Geng came in, she glared at Miao Wan. Miao Wan then realized what she had said and reflected for a second.

Anyway, the East-West theory can't convince Taotao.

For Tao, who is four years old, all the things belong to her. Her mother said that they are gifts given to her in this life.

At this time, even Geng couldn't help but sigh in her heart. It was obvious that the child was born by her daughter-in-law, so she would not give up an inch of her own interests.

Although Taotao's language hasn't evolved to the point where she can speak fluently, she still manages to express her meaning clearly with her limited language.

Mine, whether it is something or not, it is all mine. Holding one in a formation is a basic operation. She may not want it, but I cannot not give it to her.

Unless, add money.

If it wasn't for educating the child, Miao Wan and Geng almost laughed out loud.

I guess Taotao turned on some money-making addiction switch today. He didn't collect enough money in the commercial street square, so he continued to be a money-maker.

Looking at her big, rolling black eyes and the hidden pride in her expression, you can tell that Taotao actually knows that it is impossible for her to take her brother away.

But mother agreed. Qiao Aqian is making a living every minute now. Why shouldn't she take advantage of her mother if she can?

Miao Wan didn't think it was a bad thing for the child to be so smart. She glanced at her mother-in-law and saw that she didn't think it was inappropriate, so she fulfilled Taotao's wish.

"Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

Without waiting for Taotao to speak, Miao Wan took her hand and counted on her fingers, "You have to think clearly. As a sister, it's your duty to love and care for your brothers. From now on, you will have two more relatives in the world who will love you unconditionally, so you have to love them too. Things like using your brothers to make money..."

Miao Wan originally wanted to say no, but she felt it was unfair to Taotao.

She paused briefly and changed her words, "As long as you all have no objection, Mom has no objection. But if you use them to make money now, you might be cheated by your brothers in the future. You can't be angry with each other because of this."

"Think about this carefully, and then think about how much to add."

Taotao subconsciously retorted, "Impossible, I'm the older sister, I'm smart!"

Miao Wan pinched her little face and said coldly, "I'm still your mother. I'm smart too, but didn't you still get tricked by our clever little Taotao?"

Taotao: “…” Damn, that makes so much sense. Smart Taotao couldn’t refute it.

A trace of reluctance flashed across her face, and she pouted her tender pink lips, "Okay, then... six taels of silver paper."

Miao Wan bargained without thinking, "I'll give you six copper coins."

Taotao widened his eyes and subconsciously looked at his grandmother. There was no such way to bargain for a broken bone!

Geng lowered her head for fear of bursting out laughing. Her mother was about to start tricking her daughter again.

Taotao hasn't discovered it yet, or has never discovered it.

She just pouted and shook Miao Wan's arm, and acted coquettishly, "Mom is playing tricks, wuwu or... three or two is easy to mess with."

Miao Wan shook her head slowly, "Then it's three copper coins."

Taotao was almost crying after being haggled by his mother, "Why..."

"If you bargain any more, it will be two copper coins." Miao Wan looked at her daughter with a smile, intending to teach her a lesson.

"Think about it, my brothers need milk every two hours. You can hold them while they sleep, but you have to comfort them when they cry, and you have to spend money to pay someone to feed them. After feeding them, they will wet the bed and poop, so you have to bathe them and coax them to sleep..."

Taotao was dumbfounded when she heard this, "Why?" Couldn't she just throw a bone to him like she did when raising a black eagle cub?

Miao Wan kissed Taotao, "Because that's how Mom raised you. Our Taotao is so beautiful, smart, and can make money now. It's all because of the hard work of our grandparents, as well as our parents. They care about you even more than they do about your younger brothers."

Even though she had a son, Miao Wan still couldn't get enough of her daughter. She hugged Taotao, who was sitting on the kang, and said, "We love you very much and are willing to spend money on you. You have to support your brothers too, because you love them too, right?"

Taotao nodded, vaguely feeling the weight of life. Was she so wasteful?

It turns out that her mother... loves her so much. Although it hurts a little, Taotao is very happy.

Miao Wan felt her daughter had been successfully fooled, so she added a coda, "So you see, raising your brother costs you so much money and effort, and I just want to share the burden with you, but you still want to ask me for money. I give you a penny because I love you, and you still bargain with me and increase the price. My heart aches..."

Seeing Miao Wan covering her chest, Tao Tao became anxious and pulled Miao Wan's voice with a choked sob, "Woo woo, Mommy, it doesn't hurt, huhu, it hurts so much..."

Miao Wan was moved and kissed Taotao. "Mom doesn't want to feel sad either. I even took great pains to make a rainbow car for Taotao. Taotao didn't even say he loved me. I'm so sad. I want you to stop feeling sad..."

She blinked her eyes, which were as big as Taotao's, and said, "Unless you pay more."

Taotao: “…”

Geng: “…”

"Too cunning!" Boss Zhou was shaking with anger after coming out of the National Challenge. "This Boss Qiao is truly too cunning!"

Of course, whether it was out of anger or pain is still debatable.

In short, he was helped out by the soldiers of the Gubei Army who were on field duty.

When I got to the restaurant, my arms and legs felt like they weren't my own and were in pain all over.

Afraid that the other two owners didn't know what he had experienced, Boss Zhou took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the kang, and took off his socks as soon as he entered the door.

The kang room that was once used in the Jufu Restaurant in Xining Town has now become popular in the northwest, and many restaurants and hotels in the three northwestern counties have followed suit.

His behavior stunned the other two people. Just talk if you want to talk, don't take off your shoes when you disagree with something.

The two of them felt that they were not so similar.

As a result, Boss Zhou not only took off his shoes, but also held his feet and looked at them like a child, almost biting them.

"Eh? My feet were all covered in marks just now."

Boss Yang, the father of General Zhou's concubine Yang, hesitated and continued, "Maybe... you came back too late?"

If you hurry up, maybe there will be some traces left.

Boss Chen, the brother of another concubine Chen, almost laughed out loud. In short, he was not injured. There was not even any trace left after recovering for such a short time.

Boss Zhou's face was a little embarrassed. "You'll know if you try it. That Boss Qiao... Ugh! It's Madam Qiao. She's just playing tricks on women. She made some cosmetics and carved all kinds of wooden thorns out of wood and made people step on them. It's just like the old women in the backyard stabbing people with needles. Although you can't see any marks, it's more painful than ordinary punishments."

Ju Fu Supermarket has said all the nice things, such as that twelve gold badges can win a fortune. But the problem is that even iron badges are not that easy to get, let alone gold badges.

Boss Yang and Boss Chen didn't want to try it. They were both old and couldn't stand the hard work. Boss Zhou was no show-off either. When he said it was uncomfortable, the two believed him.

"What should we do? We can't miss out on the benefits of the logistics center." Boss Yang asked thoughtfully.

They are better informed than ordinary merchants, after all, they have General Zhou's support behind them.

Miao Wan made a lot of money from the Xining Town Commercial Street.

Xiping County has now become her world. If they just sit and watch, within two years, they will only be able to watch Miao Wan become the richest person in the northwest, and it will be difficult for them to get a piece of her meat in the future.

Only if they curbed Miao Wan's development momentum at the beginning and found a way to get a piece of the pie, no matter how big Miao Wan's business became in the future, at least they would not lose money.

This is why they didn't want to break up the relationship, but only wanted to discredit the National Challenge.

As the local tyrant, if they really want to attack her, Miao Wan will definitely have to leave Anyong County in disgrace, after all, she has been in power for so many years.

But in this way, General Zhou’s good days in the Gubei Army came to an end.

Originally, Cheng Shao wanted to take down General Zhou's power. What they did was undoubtedly giving Cheng Shao a handle, so that the soldiers under General Zhou would no longer have the surname Zhou.

Therefore, it was certain that they would make things difficult for Miao Wan. No matter what, they had to take a piece of the pie from Miao Wan's business.

But this cannot be a desperate approach, we still have to take a long-term view.

Boss Chen was the one with the most ideas. While the other two were sullen, he suddenly suggested, "How about we work with our customers? Some things are difficult for us to do, but convenient for our customers, because the logistics center has cost them a lot of money."

Boss Zhou is in the most profitable medicinal materials business, Boss Yang is in the timber business, and Boss Chen's younger sister has only been in General Zhou's mansion for a short time, so it is not easy for her to compete with the two for profit. In the past, the company mostly did business with merchants.

In fact, the Chen family has the greatest influence on the logistics center. Most merchants who want to find connections will go to Boss Chen.

Boss Chen asked people to guard the restaurant and not allow anyone to approach.

"I've asked around, and it's said that Madam Qiao is about to give birth, which is why some new goods have been delayed. I guess there will be new moves after she finishes giving birth and recuperating.

The goods from her Qiao family are indeed good, we can't compare, so we just do a little bit of work for a while, and when she comes up with new goods, all our efforts will be in vain."

Boss Zhou crossed his legs and asked, "So what do you think?"

"It's troublesome, we will definitely look for it, but there is no need for us to do it ourselves. Please, General, spare some trouble with that useless field work. The Qiao family should understand that it is not feasible to eat alone." Boss Chen said in a low voice.

"As long as Xining Town and Xiping County are busy with their own affairs and the Qiao family is unable to produce new products, isn't that our opportunity?"

Boss Zhou and Boss Yang looked at each other and understood what Boss Chen had not said.

What else could keep these two places busy?

Of course it was the Xiban people who came to attack.

Merchants from Northern Mongolia and the Western Regions have long been dissatisfied with Miao Wan's seizure of their interests.

As long as they can provide some convenience to the other party and discuss with General Zhou to prevent the Xiban people from really invading the northwest, Miao Wan will not be able to deliver new goods in time, giving them time to negotiate with the Qiao family, which will be enough.

This convenience does not mean treason. As people from the northwest, the three of them would not seek money from the Western people even if they wanted to. That would be courting death.

But they "didn't know" what the merchants were going to do, so they had to be on guard so that they wouldn't actually be burned, killed, or looted by the Xiban people.

They only need to give merchants household registration documents to enter and exit certain places to facilitate their business.

But there are some things that can be done but not said, so the three of them stopped talking.

Miao Wan received the news sent by Adun and learned that everything was going well in Anyong County, so she was not surprised.

With the Cheng family's secret guards watching her, she wouldn't be afraid if something went wrong. Cheng Shao couldn't take so much money from her for nothing, so he would definitely help solve it.

On the day of the third day of the baby's birth, Miao Wancai said to Gu Shuyao, "If you have enough people, lend us two."

Even if Gu Shuyao was short of people, the two of them would still be available. "What are you doing?"

"Help me support Aqiu and Achang. They are not as capable as Aya and Awei, and they are still a little lacking in experience. So Achang will be in charge of the Jufu Supermarket in Lin'an County, and Aya will be in charge of the big challenge over there. Let Aqiu gain experience in Xiping County first." Miao Wan explained.

"Aya is a girl, and going to such a far place like Lin'an County, she must be accompanied by two guards, otherwise Yaozu will be worried."

Lin'an County has not officially started yet. Miao Wan has thought about opening a chain of supermarkets at the same time, but there are not enough people available. Now Zhang Sanzhuang is helping to manage it, and he can only come back after Boss Liu goes there.

It's not that Miao Wan doesn't believe in Boss Liu's ability, but she believes in it too much. She is worried about Boss Liu being with the two newbies over there. Aya is the most capable and can make Boss Liu afraid.

Let Aya come back after Achang can get the hang of it and Aqiu can adapt to the working mode of the National Challenge and Jufu Supermarket.

Now that Aya is Sun Ada's future daughter-in-law, Miao Wan is worried about her going alone. She must have two guards and a small assistant to accompany her and help Aya do things within her ability.

Three of Miao Wan's four assistants have been resigned, so she has to promote a few young ladies from below to fill the vacancies.

Speaking of which, the problem of lack of manpower has always been a headache for Miao Wan.

If she hadn't gotten pregnant and had children, there wouldn't be such a shortage of people.

The main reason is that when you are pregnant, you don’t have enough energy, and you can’t run around and take care of others.

"Next year will be better. I think Xining Town needs a vocational college," Miao Wan muttered to Gu Shuyao. "Then I'll go to the classes myself. At least we can train some people who are eloquent and good at socializing."

Gu Shuyao was silent for a moment, then looked at Miao Wan. "Do you think you..." "Good at dancing with long sleeves?" "When did you forget how to count?"

But Gu Shuyao thought about it and realized that although there were many people who hated Miao Wan, there were also many who loved her. Being able to make trouble... could be considered as being good at dancing with the sleeves.

She didn't discuss this uncomfortable topic with Miao Wan. Looking at the little cubs who were brought back after the third day of their birth, Gu Shuyao asked, "Have you named them yet?"

Miao Wan understood and smiled at Gu Shuyao.

Gu Shuyao looks cold and says that she is afraid of furries. However, there is a saying that homophobic people are closeted, and this actually applies to Gu Shuyao as well. She is a hidden furry lover.

That's why the little guys want to pester Gu Shuyao whenever they get the chance. When it comes to intuition, no one is better than the little guys.

She smiled and replied, "Father will choose the full name, but I haven't chosen a nickname yet. Do you have any good ideas?"

Gu Shuyao blurted out, "Dongdong, Ningning?"

This time it was Miao Wan's turn to remain silent.

She looked at Gu Shuyao with complicated eyes, "Actually, I originally wanted to call Taotao Taotao, you know? It means emptying out, and has nothing to do with TaoO, Odong, and Oning."

Gu Shuyao looked at her with questioning eyes, she didn't believe it.

"Commercial streets, supermarkets, logistics centers, buses, camel and horse carts, as well as sea and land transportation, why don't you try it yourself?"

Miao Wan was speechless. Oh, commercial platform, logistics, express delivery... cough cough.

She touched her nose and looked at her two sons with fondness. After they had their third bath and cried a few times, they lazily fell asleep again. "Dong... just like the east wind, it's timely. Ning... everything is going smoothly and peacefully. That's understandable, isn't it?"

After saying this, Miao Wan suddenly became a little high-spirited. "That being said, it's a good sign. Even if they all want to inherit the family business in the future, they don't have to worry. They each have their own development plans."

After all, the development history of the three platforms in later generations... anyone who is a shopaholic knows most of it, so they don’t have to take detours.

The more Miao Wan thought about it, the higher her chest puffed out. She chuckled, "If I ever have another child, it'll be a cat!"

Taotao's eyes lit up when he came in from outside. "Really? Mom, you give birth to a baby, you give birth to a baby! I want a kitten!"

Miao Wan laughed heartily, "That still requires a few years of waiting. The cat is still on its way to your father's place."

It took nine years for Taobao to have O Cat. Your father is still on the way. I can’t give birth to a child by myself. Let the cat fly for a while.

I told Taotao this because I was worried that Qiao Ruichen would be gone for too long and Taotao would forget his father.

Taotao likes cats very much, but she is still too young and there are many children in the family. She is worried that the cat will scratch the children, so she definitely cannot keep one.

She smacked her lips with a bit of regret, "When Dad comes back, will he bring the cat back with him?"

Miao Wan choked and said slowly, "Who knows?" If he dares, don't come back.

Taotao felt inexplicably cold on his neck.

Qiao Ruichen, who had already passed the Western Regions, sneezed suddenly, turned around, and looked in the distance in the direction of Xining Town.

Does his wife miss him?

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Qiao Bailao: Does my wife miss me today?

Miao Shiren: I thought about it. I thought it might be possible for us to be sisters.