Chapter 371 You are so nice to me
Wen Zhenyi handed her his own and said, "This is what I gave you. I'm a very common person, so I'll give you some extra silver. Keep it for your own self-defense."
Meng Caidie was stunned when she saw the 1,000 taels in the box: "I've never had so much money before."
"Don't use this carelessly. I don't know the housing prices or shop prices over there. If there's a suitable shop, you might as well buy one. The rent can be a steady income."
Meng Caidie protected Wen Zhenyi: "Yiyi, you are so good to me."
"The same goes for what I gave Yingying. If you can't buy a shop, you can buy a few acres of land nearby and collect rent. Don't spend money recklessly."
"I know, I won't waste money." She took out a box of her own and said, "Look, this is what my mother and others prepared for me."
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the things in the box. There were also house deeds and land deeds. They should all be near her husband's family. "That's good. I have to learn how to manage the household in the future and spend the money on myself and the children."
Meng Caidie listened to her words one by one and nodded vigorously: "Yi Yi, I feel that you are more thoughtful than my mother."
Wen Zhenyi smiled bitterly. She just hoped that the three friends she had only known for a short time would live a good life in the future.
When she left Meng's house, she felt the melancholy of separation. Perhaps it was just as Meng Caidie said, they didn't know when they would meet again.
But soon her melancholy was replaced by other things.
The surrounding counties and towns were too far away, so they all wanted to come and learn the recipes from her shop, either to buy or to become her apprentice.
Wen Zhenyi looked at the people who came to him for help and hesitated whether to sell the shop or the recipe.
"Please give me a few days to think about it."
"Okay, we'll stay at the inn in town. If Miss Wen has made up her mind, please feel free to send someone to find us."
"Please, bosses, please leave me your name and the name of the town where you want to open a store."
"Okay." These people wrote their names on the paper, as well as the towns they came from, and even wrote down how many stores they had and where they were located.
After Wen Zhenyi and the others left, he looked at the contents on the paper and felt that it looked more like someone was here to submit a resume.
Lin Jie is now her chief steward: "Miss, is there any use for you letting them keep these things?"
"I want you to go to Master Song, Master Cheng, Grandpa Wang, and Uncle Biaozi to inquire about these people, especially their character and credibility."
Lin Jie put away the letters and said, "I'll go now."
Old Lady Wen watched Lin Jie leave and said, "Yi Yi, are you worried?"
"Grandma, it's easy to sell the recipe, but the emperor is far away. We have to be careful. If something goes wrong in the future, it will all be blamed on us."
"You're right. It's better to be cautious." Old Lady Wen remembered something and asked, "Your mother said you don't plan to sell the pork leg."
"You mean the ones drying in the room?"
"Yeah, they kill pigs every day, and a lot of them have died."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and said, "It's not the right time yet."
"Is there a time?"
"At least three years."
"So long?"
“The longer it lasts, the better it smells.”
"We don't understand what you're making, but I think there are a lot of people who like to eat it."
Wen Zhenyi didn't explain much. After all, they might not understand even if he explained it to them. It would be better to let them see it directly when the time comes.
Mrs. Wen thought for a moment and said, "Yiyi, it's almost the end of the year, why is there no news from your brother and the others?"
"Grandma, they're coming to Beijing by boat this time, it's not as easy as traveling by land to send us messages."
"You're right. It's been such a long time, and there's been no news at all. I always feel uneasy."
Wen Zhenyi knew that she was worried, and she was worried too, but she had no better solution now.
She didn't want to hear the old lady worrying, so she changed the subject: "Grandma, it's almost the end of the year, shouldn't we prepare New Year's goods? There are quite a lot of New Year's goods to prepare this year."
"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it. I should prepare it in advance, otherwise I won't have anywhere to buy it when I want to."
"We have quite a few people in this workshop. Do you think we should give you dividends or give them New Year's goods?"
Mrs. Wen thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense, there are quite a lot of people."
"That's right. It's Chinese New Year and the private school has to give the children a holiday."
"Should we prepare some New Year gifts for the teachers?"
“That’s what should be done.”
"I need to think about what to buy. I'll make a list, otherwise I'll forget it when I get old." After saying this, Mrs. Wen walked towards her yard.
Wen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her leave.
When the Ma family came to send Xiao Taozi off for marriage, Wen Zhenyi also invited them to the village to celebrate the New Year, but by that time it was unknown whether Qian Xiu'gu had given birth or not.
Even if she gave birth, the child would be too young for her to come.
Wen Zhenyi hasn't heard from them recently, and it should be around the Chinese New Year.
Aunt You’s youngest son can walk now, though he still can’t pronounce words clearly. However, every time he sees her, he hugs her legs with a smile on his face.
A few days later, Lin Jie told Wen Zhenyi what he had learned: "Miss, the Li family in Fancheng is the family that Miss Song was originally engaged to."
Wen Zhen raised an eyebrow: "Aren't they wealthy and powerful? Why are they still interested in my small business?"
"Perhaps the Song family has taken away a lot of their business in the north. After asking around, they found out the reason and came to their door with such a thick face."
"Does their family have business in the north?"
"The restaurant was always suppressing the Song family before they started the hot pot business, so they looked down on the Song family when they got engaged."
Wen Zhenyi curled his lips and smiled: "It is really the will of heaven, no one can escape it."
"But the one who came this time is not from our family."
"Not from this family?"
"Well, this is the second branch of the Li family. I heard they separated from the first branch a few years ago and have been bullied everywhere by the first branch. This time, they had to ask around before they found this place."
Wen Zhen tapped the table with his fingers: "This is interesting."
"What is their purpose?"
"That's unknown." Lin Jie told the truth.
"Please help me make an appointment with the Li family. I want to see what they are up to."
Lin Jie nodded and placed a booklet in front of her desk: "This is the information of other people." After that, he went out to find people from the Li family.
Wen Zhenyi picked up the information on the table and started to look through it. She rejected all those who had bad character and bad credibility.
She has circled out some people with good integrity and reputation.
These people are not necessarily big bosses, relatively speaking they are probably just small vendors.
After reading the information, she had some ideas in mind.
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