The three Xia Jiang brothers were naturally happy that they were not going to be beaten, but they were also quite puzzled.
"What's wrong with our father? If it were in the past, he would have slapped us in the face instead of asking us what's wrong." Xia Hai thought for a while but still couldn't figure it out.
Xia He also shook his head, "I don't know."
"I don't know either!" Xia Jiang said.
Xia Hai sighed, "I know I can't count on you two, but my sister is really amazing, I have to take her with me to fight next time."
"Nonsense! If we get hurt, grandma and dad will skin us alive!" Xia Jiang said.
"That's right. If there are too many people and we can't take care of my sister, what if she gets hurt?" Xia He shook his head, thinking that his brother's idea was a bad one.
But Xia Hai naturally had his own ideas, and lowered his voice and said, "Big brother, second brother, have you forgotten that it was our sister who helped us today? Otherwise, how could the three of us beat seven or eight people? In the past, it was always the three of us who got beaten!"
"Ahem... that's true!" Xia Jiang stole a glance at his sister, "If Zhiliao hadn't reminded me to twist Erniu's arm, I would have been hit by his punch."
"Me too, my sister said to kick Yang Lin's legs, but I can't beat him!"
Xia Hai nodded, "So, our sister is very powerful. Next time we fight, take her with us. We have to be as majestic as this time. The key is... if we get scolded, just say that we protected our sister. Didn't you see how happy grandma and dad are?"
Xia Zhiliao found that her three brothers were looking at her with strange eyes. When she looked over, the three brothers actually smiled, and seemed a little guilty.
Xia Jinxiu's four-happiness meatballs were delicious and received unanimous praise from the whole family. Everyone felt that Xia Jinxiu had a talent for cooking. After all, she had hardly ever cooked before and only knew how to cook, but the number of times she had actually cooked herself was very few.
"Sister, I'm not saying that your cooking skills are much better than Xingshenglou's now."
Xia Jinxiu smiled and asked back, "Fourth brother, you sound like you've been to Xingsheng Building."
Xingshenglou is the best restaurant in Shijing Town. Any meal here would cost a poor family a month or even several months' worth of food.
"I haven't been there, but I'll take you there later."
Old Madam Xia rolled her eyes at him, "You don't know who you are after making a little money? You're a spendthrift. You have such delicious food at home, but you still go out!"
Xia Jinheng smiled and said, "Mom, didn't I just want to show you the world?"
"Forget it. If you don't make me angry, you are honoring me. I don't know how long this business can last, so you'd better save money."
"Mom, even if this business doesn't last long, I have other businesses."
Old Lady Xia glanced at him and said, "What? You're always restless, and you're messing around with the money you have."
"Mother, look at what you said. I am your son and a big businessman. How can I be so abusive?"
[I'm so anxious. What on earth are you doing, Uncle? Tell me about it.]
Xia Zhiliao looked at Xia Jinheng eagerly.
Xia Jinheng chuckled and said, "I'll tell you something in secret. I know a few salt dealers. This business requires little capital but has huge profits..."
[Smuggling salt? No, no, that's a capital crime.]
Xia Zhiliao didn't want to die like this. She had never thought of doing something big, but she didn't want to end her life like this. Isn't it unfair!
After hearing this, the Xia family members were all extremely afraid of death.
Xia Jinjun wanted to become an official after graduating from high school, but he couldn't let his younger brother have a stain on his reputation.
Xia Jinxiu still wanted to be a royal concubine. If she died before she even met the emperor, it would be a great loss.
After being reminded of this by Xia Jinheng, Xia Zhiliao vaguely remembered some contents of the novel.
It seems that Xia Jinheng made his first fortune from smuggling salt. Although he later laundered the money, his competitors dug out the news. Then, he was thrown into prison. Because of Xia Jinxiu's relationship, although he did not die, he was severely tortured in prison. When he came out, he was already crazy.
Xia Zhiliao absolutely could not let his fourth uncle do such a thing, it was too dangerous.
"No, fourth brother, I don't care how you make money, but you can't do anything illegal." Xia Jinjun refused with a straight face.
"That's right, Fourth Brother, isn't your popcorn selling well? If it really doesn't work out, then just do as you said before and open a restaurant. I'll work with you as long as you don't do anything illegal."
Xia Jinxiu really didn't want her path to becoming a royal concubine to be blocked.
[Fourth Uncle, if you do something illegal, you will end up in jail. You can earn money but not spend it!]
Xia Jinheng was a little reluctant. After all, this was a way to make money quickly and it would be easy to turn his life around. However, his family members tried to stop him, so he hesitated.
Xia Zhiliao lay down on the stool, then walked to Xia Jinheng and rubbed his arm with his head.
[Fourth Uncle, I still want to live, and I don't want anything to happen to you. At worst, I can help you think of other ways to make money. Let's not do anything dangerous. Are you willing to let such a lovely person like me suffer with you? ]
"Look, even a kid as young as Zhiliao knows that those things cannot be done. What else do you want? You are not allowed to go!" Old Mrs. Xia was also afraid that something might happen to her son. She felt sorry for anyone who was not doing well.
Xia Jinheng looked around and found that no one in the family supported him, especially Zhiliao. He sighed and said, "Okay, then I won't go. I just want to make more money so that we can live a good life!"
"You really scared me to death!" Xia Jinxiu patted her chest, "Let me make it clear first, if I really want to open a restaurant, I can't be surrounded by smoke all the time. My face has been damaged by smoke. Ointments and rouge are expensive. A box of good ones costs a lot of money!"
Xia Jinheng sneered, "You women are so easy to make money from... Wait!"
Xia Zhiliao was also inspired.
[It’s easy to make money from women, and it’s not against the law. Fourth uncle can start a rouge and perfume business. I can help with that! ]
Xia Jinheng pounded his elbow excitedly. He thought so too, but he didn't know how his niece could help.
"What are you doing?" Old Lady Xia rolled her eyes at him. "You spilled all the soup."
"Mom, I've decided to start a rouge and perfume business. It's easy to make money from women, so let's make money from women." Xia Jinheng glanced at Xia Jinxiu.
Xia Jinxiu was stunned for a moment, "Why are you looking at me? You can do it just by saying it, I don't have time, I have to prepare the banquet for my third brother's wedding."
"I think this is feasible. Even when our family was poor, you were still conceited. If a family was rich, wouldn't they be even more conceited?"
"You're the conceited one!" Xia Jinxiu glared at him. "That's fine, you can do whatever you want, and I won't have to cook for you."
"No, Jinxiu, I think it would be a waste if you don't open a restaurant with your cooking skills."
Xia Jinxiu cleared her throat and said, "The restaurant will open as soon as we say so."
She needed money. The set of headwear she liked today cost twenty taels of silver. She couldn't even think about it. But if she had money, it would be different.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
