Chapter 519 A Dream of Youth 51
This time, Xie Qi wasn't attracted by the food; his gaze was entirely fixed on the slightly curved short blade that could cut through iron like mud—a blade that Chen Yunsheng had specially reserved for him!
"Cousin Yun Sheng, you're so good to me!"
After Xie Qi and Chen Yunbai started playing together, Xie Qi secretly read some martial arts novels and mentioned that he also wanted the kind of curved swords found in those novels.
I didn't expect Chen Yunsheng to still remember him!
"Study hard, and just tell me what you want in the future." Chen Yunsheng handed another longsword to Chen Yunbai.
"We encountered a gang of robbers on the road, fought back and killed them, and that's how we got all that stuff." Then he vividly recounted how they encountered the robbers and how they fought back.
On the other side, Chen Yin was asking Xie Wangzhi about the refugees. He wanted to recruit people, not servants for the mansion, but tenants and some workers. Of course, contracts would be signed.
Tenants were fine, but workers were a different story. He needed male workers, but most of the migrants had families with them, which was a burden.
He chose people from the refugees because they were cheap, but he didn't expect that he would end up paying more.
Xie Wangzhi hadn't expected that right after he finished his exams and wrote about measures to resettle refugees, which also involved the issue of wealthy gentry robbing people, his brother-in-law would be doing the same thing. He felt a bit emotional.
But this is also the norm.
Xie Ning listened for a moment, then paused slightly in his work. "Uncle, women can do work too. Aunt manages the restaurant, doesn't she?"
Chen Yin was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Bao'er is still young, it's normal that she doesn't understand these things. Even if her uncle is willing to take them in, he doesn't have any work to assign them."
Not to mention whether those women are even willing to come out and work.
"Is it because your maternal uncle is a man?"
ah?
Xie Ning wiped her mouth and continued, "Father said that there are differences between men and women. If it were my aunt and mother instead, would those women be more willing to come out and work? After all, they can earn money!"
Madam Chen tapped Xie Ning's head with a hint of annoyance, "You clever little devil, you've even managed to get on the good side of your aunt and mother. Tell me, what kind of work can we give them? Are we going to invite them back to cook for you, you little glutton?"
“Weaving cloth and making clothes! Mother knows how to weave cloth and make clothes. Didn’t you say that most women know how to spin thread, weave cloth and make clothes?”
Xie Ning guided them step by step with childlike words. Now she had chosen "medicine," and the benefits of this were long-term. She couldn't do much while she was still too young.
But she can guide the adults around her.
Fortunately, neither the Xie family nor the Chen family objected to women going out to do business. Xie Wangzhi was influenced by his grandmother, while Chen had also been a small merchant in the past.
As for Aunt Huo, she used to work as a镖师 (bodyguard/escort).
Huo's connection with Chen Yin also stemmed from their work as镖师 (bodyguards/escorts). At the time, Chen Yin was just an insignificant leader of a small caravan in a large merchant caravan, essentially freeloading. When they encountered bandits, Chen Yin was rescued by Huo and fell in love with her.
He shamelessly insisted on having Huo's escort agency escort him on every business trip, which gradually won Huo's favor.
“I think this is good too!” said Chen Yunsheng. Although he was young, he was more open-minded than Chen Yin.
"Father, didn't you say before that you would open a cloth shop in the future? If we go around to collect cloth, the cost will be higher. Why don't we hire people to weave cloth ourselves..." The more Chen Yunsheng spoke, the brighter his eyes became. He seemed to see piles of silver money falling on him.
"But..." Mrs. Huo cleared her throat somewhat awkwardly, "I don't think all women know how to weave."
She doesn't know any of those things. She can't weave or embroider. All she knows is how to wield knives and spears, and well, she's good at chopping wood too.
"Then learn it."
Xie Ning blinked and smiled very sweetly, "Just like how I can't read, it was my father who taught me, and I can't write, it was also my father who taught me."
Mother can teach those women needlework just like Father taught me, and then she'll teach one after another! Mother will be a teacher too.
Chen's heart pounded as Xie Ning spoke. After getting married, she revolved around her husband and son, and was a virtuous wife and loving mother in the strictest sense. At most, she knew a few characters and could read books and storybooks. She was not restricted when going out shopping.
She thought it was already perfect, but now, thinking about the scenario Xie Ning described, she couldn't deny that she was somewhat tempted.
She couldn't help but look at Xie Wangzhi, her eyes filled with anticipation.
Chen Yin laughed heartily, and was about to say that Xie Ning was just dreaming when Xie Wangzhi put down his wine glass and nodded affirmatively.
"I think this method is excellent."
He vaguely sensed something, but the flash of inspiration in his mind was so fleeting that it was impossible to grasp.
Xie Wangzhi met Chen's gaze, placed his large palm on the back of her hand, and said, "Wan Niang will be a good teacher."
Chen's face flushed red with embarrassment, and her eyes felt hot.
Caught between the two, Xie Ning felt dizzy, as if she was being overwhelmed by pink bubbles.
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