Everyone was sitting in the main room waiting for Li Yu to speak, even the little kid was no exception.
Li Yu saw that everyone was present and asked directly, "What do you think of the leek dumplings?"
Lin Mei answered first, "It's delicious. It's the best chive pancake I've ever had. Mom, should we make this and sell it?"
Lin Mei is worthy of her name. She showed extraordinary enthusiasm when Li Yu mentioned doing small business.
Li Yu nodded. Then he asked the three brothers, "What do you three think?"
The eldest brother, Lin Hai, spoke first: "Mom, if you want to do it, then do it. We three brothers have plenty of strength anyway. Let's go to town and buy it."
"I always listen to my mother and elder brother," is a classic statement made by an honest man, worthy of being the representative of honest people, Lin Jiang.
Lin He had a different opinion. "Mom, I think this business can be done, but we need capital in the early stages. Since we are going to the town to do this business, we must not mix black flour in it, we must use pure white flour.
But do we have that much money at home? We don't even have any eggs, and as for wood ear mushrooms, I go up the mountain every day to see if I can find any. "How much money could the family have? Although Lin He didn't know the exact amount, he knew it wouldn't be much.
Li Yu was surprised to hear this. She was right about Lin He.
Good seedlings, good seedlings. In this era, good seedlings should study, it is a waste to do business.
At this point, Li Yu couldn't help but admire the supreme leader, Emperor Wu. In other dynasties, merchants had a low status and were not eligible to take the imperial examinations.
But Emperor Wu was different. Instead, he strongly encouraged people from merchant families to take the imperial examinations and become officials.
Back to the point, Li Yu saw that everyone had spoken, except Yang. So she asked, "Yang Liu, what do you want to say? If you can do it, I plan to teach you. From now on, you'll be in charge of it, and they'll go sell it. I have other things to do."
Yang Liu was a little flattered. Although her mother-in-law was not the kind of mother-in-law who would torture her daughter-in-law, she would not look up to her more than anyone else. In the past, her mother-in-law would just decide things directly with her husband and brothers-in-law, but she had never asked for her opinion.
Li Yu saw her in a daze. He asked again, "What are you thinking about? Do you have any ideas? Tell me."
Yang Liu reacted quickly and said, "I'll listen to you, mother-in-law. I saw you making this chive box today and it didn't seem very difficult. I'm afraid that other families will learn from you, which will definitely affect our business."
Not bad, Li Yu nodded secretly. This is also very promising.
"It doesn't matter. Let them learn it. I, your mother, can do other things. We can do other things when the time comes."
Since Li Yu said so, everyone had no objections and expressed their support.
Li Yu continued, "I understand Xiaosan's concerns. We really don't have much money at home. We only have 15 copper coins left, which is definitely not enough for the initial preparations."
I saw the disappointed expressions on everyone's faces.
Li Yu pretended not to notice and continued, "The betrothal gift your father gave me was a silver bracelet, which mother planned to pawn as start-up capital."
Seeing the obvious disapproval on everyone's faces, even Lin Mei, who had always wanted to do business, hesitated and said, "Mom..."
Li Yu interrupted her directly, "Well, your father has been gone for more than ten years. Why keep him here? We can hardly afford to eat. Don't think too much about it. When you make money in the future, you can buy Mom a better one. I believe your father doesn't want to see our whole family starve to death."
After hearing what Li Yu said, no one stopped him.
Li Yu then continued, "I've been thinking about it recently. Second son, don't worry about getting a wife. I'll find you a better one later. Third son, I plan to start school in the second half of the year. He also needs to go to a major medical clinic in the city to see a doctor."
Lin He was about to speak.
Li Yu waved his hand to interrupt, "Don't say anything, just listen to me. I let the third child go to school, so don't accuse me of being partial. I didn't think of it before, and our family conditions didn't allow it.
Now I've decided to start a small business. If I can afford it, I'll send my third child to school. Needless to say, you two older brothers know how talented he is. He's a natural born student. We can't let this talent go to waste. We've already wasted so many years on him.
I plan to go into business in the future. Having a scholar in my family means no one will think we're easy targets. You should understand these principles without me having to explain them. There's no ceremonial guard behind that store in town. As for you two, figure out your business skills. Don't worry, I can arrange for everyone.
"Although you're a little late in school compared to others, I believe in you. Don't feel pressured. I'll definitely find a way to take care of you."
By this point, Lin He had already broken down in tears. They say men don't cry easily, but he couldn't help it.
Since he was a child, he has been talked about behind his back because of his physical condition, and people say that he is a burden to the whole family.
I don’t know how much self-blame a person feels behind the scenes. He often thinks that he wouldn’t be so tired if he didn’t have his mother, brothers and sister.
He loved reading and would secretly go to the village private school to eavesdrop, never daring to let his mother and brothers know.
Li Yu could understand him seeing this. The child had just been holding it in for too long and it would be good for him to cry, so he did not say anything to comfort him.
Li Yu had just finished speaking when Lin Hai spoke up, "Mom, what are you thinking? How could we possibly think you're being unfair just because our third brother is studying? Besides, A Jiang and I both know how talented he is at studying, so don't worry."
Lin Jiang also said that he would not think too much about it, and Yang and Lin Mei would not have any objections.
Finally, Li Yu said in a somewhat cheerful tone, "Then it's decided. Tomorrow, the eldest and second sons should take the bracelets to the town to pawn them. I heard that you can get more money by pawning them dead, so let's do it. When you come back, buy ten kilograms of white flour, a frying pan and a stove. As for eggs, your aunt's family should have them, so buy them from her."
Oh, and tomorrow we should bring the oxen and buy an oxcart. We can't carry things on our shoulders all the time when we're doing business. It's too far for anyone to walk. We'll just use the oxcart from now on. Now, go and rest. We can go back to the fields in the afternoon when it's not so hot."
Everyone agreed.
I don't know if it's because the original owner was in poor health. I just went up the mountain this morning and cooked a meal at noon. Now Li Yu feels uncomfortable all over. So I decided to lie down for a while, thinking that I should take good care of my body, otherwise I would die young just after crossing over. It's not worth it T^T
At this time, Yang Liu's voice was heard outside the door, "Aunt, what's the matter with you coming here at this time?"
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