Changxing ran over and hugged her feet. "Aunt, my sister said you were caught by bad guys. She said if I behaved well, you would come back. I have been very good these days, and if you really come back, then I will behave well in the future, and the bad guys will not catch you again."
Chun Xiao pinched his little face and said, "I was wondering why I defeated the bad guys all of a sudden. So this is the reason."
Changxing chuckled. Yan Dahe came over and picked him up. "You didn't even call out when Daddy came back. You have no conscience."
Changxing began to call people one by one.
Only when everyone entered the yard did they see Songzhi and Ximei looking at them in the yard. They looked like they had just come out of the kitchen.
Xiaohua ran over and hugged the two of them, "Look, I brought the lady back." The three of them hugged each other and started crying.
After crying, Xiaohua wiped her tears with her sleeves and said, "The young ladies haven't eaten yet. Let's cook together."
"Oh, my rice is cooked. I need to cook another pot."
"Just something to fill her stomach. Chunxiao must be tired after riding in the carriage all day. You should accompany her back early." Zhou said to them, "Home is so comfortable. I feel at ease everywhere when I'm home."
Haitang poured each of them a cup of hot tea and said, "Grandma, how about I give you a massage?"
Zhou took her hand and asked her to sit down. "You've worked hard these days, running all the way here and there and looking after the house alone. Now that your aunt is back, this kind of thing will never happen again."
"Grandma, please don't say that. I'm not tired, but you are. Fortunately, my aunt is back. I heard that something big happened in the county. I'm very curious. I'll let Shuwen tell me about it later."
"My brother doesn't know how to tell stories! It's okay, Xiaoxue and I will tell you one after dinner. It will be more interesting if you listen to us."
"Aren't you tired after sitting in the car like this?" Tian thought her daughter was quite amazing. She was fine while pregnant. People said that the baby in the belly is the most tiring for the mother, but for her, it was not a problem at all.
"After dinner, go back and have a rest. Don't get involved in your brother and sister-in-law's affairs."
"I'm fine. I'm not tired. I just want to stay here with you for a while."
"After dinner today, go back and rest early. Come back early tomorrow morning. Chunxiao has something to tell you."
"What can't be said now?"
"It's about our cotton business. It's hard to explain it in a few words. We'll have plenty of time tomorrow morning to discuss it in detail."
After everyone had finished their meal, Xiaohua, Songzhi and the others helped Chunxiao get on the carriage and go back.
On the morning of the second day, the whole family gathered in the yard to discuss the cotton trading plan.
"I think we should spread the word that we have cotton for sale here. I'm sure someone will come to ask about it."
“Of course there are people asking, but the price-cutting is just as fierce.”
"Shuwen, Huaitian, have you ever asked around about the price of cotton this year?"
"Aunt, we actually asked about this. The new cotton in the shop is about 130 wen per catty this year, and the purchase price is 90 to 100 wen."
This was about the same price she had originally estimated. "The carriage and horse shop in the county town is currently empty. I want to take some of the cotton to the carriage and horse shop in the county town to sell it. The price is 100 wen. What do you think?"
"But we have over 100,000 kilograms of cotton. Can we sell it all in one county?"
"How about we just sell the cotton in Tongzhou as before?"
"Brother, I'm afraid it won't work. Tongzhou and Fangzhou used to be short of cotton. It was in short supply due to the cold weather, so the price of cotton was outrageous. But in the past two years, we have invested in several large farms, and our own cotton has saturated part of the market. It is inevitable that the price will drop. If we buy it there now, plus the shipping cost, it will probably be not much more expensive than here, so it may not be cost-effective."
"I don't understand what you're saying. So, we've invested too much in the bank and ended up doing more harm than good."
"That's not the case. This is just an inevitable trend. The price of cotton has always been high, and it's still high now. I think we can take the cotton to the county town and sell it. We can get as much as we can. Not to mention ordinary people retailing, there are also foreign merchants. As long as the price is reasonable, they will definitely buy. But we have to arrange the manpower. Second brother, are you going back to Pengzhou?"
Yan Dahe hesitated for a moment and looked at them. "I was in a hurry when I left, so I only briefly explained some important matters. I'm afraid I still have to go there to see how the business is going over there."
"Okay, then you won't be counted. Shuwen Huaitian and the others will definitely leave too. Braised meat is an important business in winter. Now that everything is fine at home, you can leave if you want."
"Then teach me." Yan Dashan took over.
"It's definitely not enough to do it alone. Someone needs to guard the shop and arrange the freight. You take care of the freight, big brother. I'll transfer Brother Daying and Brother Shanqiu to help you."
Seeing that there weren't enough people, Zhou asked, "How about I, I go and look after the shop?"
"Mom, you don't know how to do the accounting, so why do you want to run the shop?" Chunxiao was amused by Zhou.
"I'll go." Shuduo stood up. "Aunt, I'll go. I can do the accounting. My sister is not feeling well now. Xiaoxue wants to take care of her. I'm suitable. I want to give it a try." Everyone in the family is involved in the business, but she and Duoer have been staying at home. Now they finally have the chance.
"I'll go too. I can do math and can help my sister." Pan'er also stood up.
Zhang looked at her two daughters and felt very relieved. Since she followed Yan Dahe to Pengdong, she has been able to go out. She does not feel ashamed that a woman can do business, but rather feels proud. Now that her daughter can stand up, she feels that her children have really grown up.
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