The imperial court issued a conscription order, and fortunately they all moved to the town to live, which saved a lot of trouble. He is now very conspicuous in the village, otherwise when the poor people in the village come to borrow money, it is not right to borrow. I have a little money on hand. I can't lend you money to all the poor people in the village. No one's money comes from the wind, and it is not so easy to borrow money from everyone.
His eldest brother and second brother have been separated from the courtyard, and there is only one man in the family who is not subject to conscription. The rest are his father and the fifth brother who still live together. When he left, he left money for his father, so it is not a problem to take out thirty taels of silver. Therefore, when he knew about the imperial court's conscription, Cao Xiangnan did not have to worry about the courtyard.
After living in the town, there were no more people from the compound who came to cause trouble, and he felt much better. It was not that he disliked the people in the compound, but that they were not likable.
The people who usually walked close to him had some money saved, so it was not a problem for him to take out thirty taels of silver. No one had come to him yet, so Cao Xiangnan was happy and relaxed, doing what he had to do every day.
When the imperial court issued the conscription order, the business of the businesses in the town slowed down a lot.
People outside were talking about the imperial court going to war. When the imperial court went to war, it would have to conscript soldiers. I was afraid that many men would be dragged into the army, otherwise how could the people from the imperial court go to fight against Zinu?
"The court is going to war, and the business in the store is gone." During dinner, Qi Wanfeng talked about the business in the store today, and he was very emotional.
The business in the store is usually good, but today there are not many people coming to buy things. In the afternoon, there are still a lot of things left. Even if they sell them at a low price later, they can't sell much. Today's business is a loss. The things in their store are made and sold on the same day. Later, he had to give some to the store employees and took some back home to feed the children.
"Business is not good now. We don't know how long this war will last. We can make less food in the store. If it's not possible, we can only make steamed buns in the morning. Steamed buns have been selling well. We just need to maintain the business of the store. As long as we don't lose money, it's fine." Cao Xiangnan comforted people. He came back from Nanyang and knew that many things would be affected by the war, and the business of this store would naturally be affected.
In this small place, people who have a little money in their pockets are willing to spend a few copper coins to buy something fresh and delicious. Now that they need money, they are naturally reluctant to spend it.
"Okay." Qi Wanfeng followed her husband's advice and felt that what her husband said made sense.
"If there really is no business, just close the store first, and then reopen it for business after this is over. I'm worried about you and the kids being outside right now, and I'm here to support you." Their family is not short of money now, and Cao Xiangnan knows that Qi Wanfeng also likes to find something he likes to do, and he has always supported it.
But the situation is different now, it doesn't matter whether Wanfeng's store does business or not.
Qi Wanfeng is thinking about the employees in the store. If he closes the store, the two brothers working in the store will have nothing to do. He thought about it and shook his head, thinking that the store can be opened first, and whatever profit can be made.
The two discussed this matter, and Cao Xiangnan also agreed with his wife's opinion.
In the past, Caojia Village was the poorest in the surrounding area. Now everyone knows that Caojia Village has become better, so naturally they have some money. Many people from other villages come to Caojia Village to borrow money from their relatives. People from several nearby villages marry into other villages, and people from other villages marry into this village. In theory, everyone is a relative.
"No, no, we can't even take out the money, how can we lend you money? Go ask someone else." It's really not that easy to borrow money from someone you don't know well. I'm not your only relative, so I can't lend money to every relative.
Chen Hong's brothers came to him. His two elder brothers still lived with his father and had not separated from the family. Two or three of the boys in the family were over 16 years old. His elder brothers and father were also in the conscription conditions, so there were still a few who were eligible for conscription. This would require hundreds of taels of silver. His father and elder brothers came to him for help.
He was troubled when he heard about so much silver, but he couldn't lend out all the silver in the family. It would probably be difficult to get it back in the future if he lent so much silver to his mother's family. He also had a husband and children, and he had to make a living, so Chen Hong had to tell her husband about this.
"Wife, I will listen to you. If you want to give, then give. If you don't want to..." Cao Dapeng is a man who listens to his wife. His wife makes the decisions at home, and he gives his wife the money he earns every month.
His brothers also came to borrow money, but he didn't give in. The money was managed by his wife. It was agreed that the money was decided by his wife, so he listened to her. Chen Hong also knew that his uncle and his family came to borrow money. If he wanted to give, both sides would borrow money. He sighed.
Sometimes, even brothers are brothers. After they get married and have their own families, their feelings are not that close anymore, and everyone has selfish thoughts.
Everyone was running around for a while. Those who were able to borrow money were naturally happy, and those who were unable to borrow money were in all kinds of situations. The ugliness of people's hearts was fully revealed at this time. They would do anything for money
. There were fewer people walking on the street, and the business in the store was getting worse day by day. After discussing with Aning, Qi Wanfeng decided to close the store for a few days and let the employees go back first. In this way, they would lose money every day and the business could not continue.
Some shops on the street still insisted on opening, while others closed their doors because of no business.
"That's good, I'll support you." Cao Xiangnan knew that his wife had closed the door of the store, and smiled and went over to kiss his wife and husband. Even if his wife did nothing, he would never let her go hungry.
He has been going to the village every day recently, and more or less he has heard some things in the village. Fortunately, they came to the town, and no one could find him after closing the door.
The sharp-eyed little Baoer saw his father kissing his mother, and ran over with his short legs and stretched out his hands to ask his father to hug him. After his father hugged him, he leaned his little face towards his father, and the meaning was simple and clear, he also wanted a kiss.
"Kiss..." Seeing that his father didn't kiss him, the little guy got anxious.
"Look at you!" Qi Wanfeng patted her husband, but she didn't want to use force with her hands. She had taught Baoer something. Cao Xiangnan laughed, kissed Baoer, and took advantage of his wife's inattention to flirt with her again, causing his wife to stare at him helplessly.
On the last day of the conscription deadline, someone came to his door. They were relatives he had almost no contact with on weekdays, people from his mother's family. The old grandmother came with people early in the morning and sat on the doorstep and cried.
Look at how his mother is, and his grandmother is the same.
When housekeeper Wu saw the old grandmother sitting there crying at the door, he knew about the conscription and thought it was their grandfather's grandmother who came, so he hurried into the house to ask the grandfather. Fortunately, Cao Xiangnan hadn't left the house at this time. After hearing what the housekeeper said, he thought it was his grandmother who came. He felt strange in his heart. Didn't he leave money for his father? Why would his mother come?
When he went out of the door, he was still confused when he saw the grandmother sitting on the ground crying.
"Sun, I'm your grandma, don't you remember your grandma?" The crying grandma on the ground rushed up at a speed that was definitely not suitable for a man of his age, and grabbed him.
Cao Xiangnan was confused at the time. His grandma, his mother's mother?
If he remembered correctly, he hadn't seen his grandma for 800 years. He still had some impression of this grandma. What kind of person his mother was, this grandma was the same kind of person.
In the past, his family was relatively poor, and his brothers were all young. His father relied on farming to feed several mouths. At that time, life was not bad at his maternal grandmother's house. He remembered that his maternal grandfather had some skills and would make some things for the villagers to earn some extra money, so life was not bad.
In his mind, little Xiangnan followed his aunt to his maternal grandmother's house, and there was not even a bench to sit on. They walked such a long way and didn't even drink a sip of water. His maternal grandmother let his aunt take them away.
So it's no wonder that his aunt didn't like his mother's family later. Both sides were selfish. You were afraid that I would take advantage of you, and I was afraid that you would take advantage of me. If you had money, you would hold it tightly to avoid being snatched away by others.
Cao Xiangnan didn't have much impression of this maternal grandmother. The only impression was from his childhood, because he had no impression of the man who followed him and said he was his uncle. This person is here. Should he be let in or not? He looked at the passers-by standing at the door and watching the bustling crowd.
At this time, everyone has a troublesome relative. Everyone is used to it. Cao Xiangnan just didn't expect that he had such a bunch of troublesome relatives besides the courtyard. Should he let this person in? He did
n't welcome them in his heart, but he had to let him in.
"Sun, the courtyard in this town is not cheap." The old grandmother looked around as soon as she entered the courtyard. She didn't look like she was crying on the ground just now. As soon as the old grandmother said this, several people followed her and said one sentence after another. Cao Xiangnan just listened and smiled without saying a word.
Fortunately, his current courtyard is divided into the front hall, the middle hall and the inner courtyard. He took the people to the living room in the front hall.
"Go and serve some tea." He ordered the young man who followed behind him.
Cao Xiangnan sat in the main seat, took a sip of the tea, and responded to his questions one by one, waiting for them to ask when to borrow money.
He didn't have to wait, the old grandmother took the tea and drank it in one gulp, moistened her throat, and began to talk about how her family was, how the court recruited soldiers and the family had no money to go out, and she cried and complained, tears and snot came out.
It was like watching people act, this was better than professional acting.
"..." Cao Xiangnan.
Qi Wanfeng, who was in the house, heard what Xiao Nuer said, and after thinking about it, he decided not to go out, and let his husband deal with these things. He took care of the two boys here, talked to Aning who came home, and didn't care about those things.
Aning heard that someone was coming, and looked at Qi Wanfeng, meaning to ask him if he wanted to go over. He was fine here, "I'll take care of Baoer for you."
"No, I'll stay here." Qi Wanfeng said.
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