Ye Shu originally wanted to act pitiful to make her father feel guilty about her, but she didn't expect that her punch hit cotton. Ye Congwen just went with the flow and continued talking, and every word he said was for her consideration.
Ye Shu was a little confused for a moment, with a feeling of anger stuck in her chest and she didn't know how to vent it.
"Father, I don't blame you. I don't want a son-in-law. I just want to be with you. What happened today was my fault. I will never do that again. Can you please give me another chance to correct my mistakes?"
She doesn't want to marry those ordinary students who are unknown to the public. Are they worthy of her?
Let’s dissuade my father from this idea first.
Ye Congwen knew she would say that. He knew her too well and had already thought of the wording:
"My child, I know what you are thinking. When a girl reaches the age of falling in love, she will always be attracted to someone who is too stunning. This is normal. But Xiao Hechuan is already married. The couple is deeply in love and they are in harmony with each other. They can't tolerate anyone else in their eyes. Why are you so persistent?
You said it yourself, if you get married, you will definitely be wronged and bullied in your husband's family. How can your father bear to see you suffer? Naturally, I want to keep you at home and take care of you every day, but you have seen Xiao Hechuan's temper. He thinks highly of himself and is far-sighted. Even if he doesn't have a wife, he won't be willing to marry into our Ye family, right?
Think about it carefully. Even if you force him to come, he will rise to the top in the future and enter the official career. He will be promoted to a higher position and have a higher status. Will he tolerate his wife being a disabled person? I am afraid that by then, there will be hundreds of flowers blooming in his backyard, and each of them will be proud of their poetry and books. In comparison, you will have no place to stay and no good days for you. By then, the mountains are high and the road is long, and your father will not be able to help you at all! "
Anyway, he was just beating her up, but if she had any self-awareness she wouldn't be so persistent.
Ye Shu felt extremely ashamed when her father pointed out her true feelings so directly, and her defense was actually broken again.
Because what her father said was the truth, a very realistic truth.
It was all wishful thinking on her part, and she had no self-awareness at all.
But what's wrong with her yearning for beautiful people?
If Xiao Hechuan's wife was a talented, beautiful, intelligent, well-educated lady, she would naturally not be comparable. But she just couldn't accept it. On what basis could a country girl like that receive all the favor of Xiao Hechuan? On what basis did she have?
"Father, I don't want to get married. I understand what you said, but that's not a reason for you to find someone for me to marry!" Ye Shu's expression was a little gloomy.
No matter how useless I am, it is not my turn to be defiled by those vulgar things.
"Since ancient times, marriages have been arranged by parents and matchmakers. You have no choice but to accept it. It's settled. If you can't choose, your father will choose for you. I can't say that you will be very satisfied, but at least you won't suffer any loss!"
Ye Congwen was afraid of her. She was here to collect debts, so he quickly arranged the marriage for her to avoid any trouble!
He can only be tough a few times in his life. He is the father and she is the daughter. Can't he control her?
Anyway, no matter what Ye Shu said, Ye Congwen's attitude this time was very tough.
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Looking at Luo Ming, as soon as he returned home, his family once again dismissed a group of slaves. There were only a few servants left in the huge mansion. Even the maids in his yard were sent away, leaving only a servant to serve him closely.
Recently, the Luo family's business suffered a severe blow. A batch of goods was shipped to Dazhou by water, but their merchant ship had problems. The plywood leaked halfway, causing the entire ship's cargo to be destroyed. They failed to deliver the goods on time and had to pay a huge penalty for breach of contract. They also lost a large number of goods. The workers were waiting to be paid, and most importantly, the shipwreck also caused many deaths. The people on the ship and the goods were buried in the water. They spent a lot of money to suppress the matter.
The Luo family is now in the most difficult time. They are in urgent need of money to turn over the season, otherwise the family's ceramic business will come to an end in their generation, which can be said to be a shame to their ancestors.
Luo's father had always hoped that Luo Ming could get in touch with those classmates in the academy who had wealthy families, build good relationships with them, and seize opportunities to respond to emergencies.
But Luo Ming was a person who looked down on others. He had been very popular in Baiyun Academy before, and he had a high opinion of himself. He looked down on everyone and thought that he would be able to rise to a high position in the future. But now, looking at the situation of his family, if it really collapsed, he was afraid that he would not even be able to pay the tuition fee for the academy next year.
Luo's father already had the intention to sell the house to make ends meet. They didn't even have the money to purchase raw materials, and the shipwreck incident also affected their family's reputation. Now, even if there were new orders, they wouldn't be able to take them.
Now Luo Ming looked back at himself and realized that he had not made many true friends in the academy for several years. Otherwise, he would not be in the situation where he could not find anyone to borrow money from.
Now, if even his family collapsed, he would really be nothing in Baiyun Academy and have nothing.
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Before they knew it, the dog days of summer had arrived and the scorching heat of June was approaching. In the blink of an eye, it was almost Jiang Sui's sixteenth birthday, and the Xiao family was quietly preparing to give her a surprise.
The North Street shop had been open for less than a month and its total turnover had reached seventy taels, because leek and pork pies were now on sale, priced at four cents each, with lots of fillings, large sizes, and very filling and delicious. Every day many people came to buy pies and dumplings to take away, which increased the turnover significantly.
The kitchen was obviously overwhelmed. There were only three people in the kitchen of both stores, and they also had to take care of the counter outside. It was really like they had the will but not the ability.
Jiang Sui began to wonder whether he should train someone he could trust to help manage the kitchen. In this way, he would only need to take care of the counter.
However, in the kitchen, there are many recipes and methods of making secret ingredients, and ordinary people hired would definitely not be trusted, but if you hire people, the cost would be too high.
She did have an idea. She wanted to set up a small stall beside the entrances of the two shops, specializing in selling pies and fried dumplings, just like the dessert stand of a modern McDonald's. People who didn't need noodles could just buy them directly from the stall and take them away.
Moreover, they do not occupy public space. Instead, they hire two people to be responsible for making pancakes and frying dumplings at the door of their own store. If you want to dine in, you can just say hello and bring the food in when it is ready. This reduces the pressure on the kitchen to prepare food.
Frying and pan-frying are not something that cannot be disclosed. As long as you know how to control the heat and have good hands, you can do it. The key is that the recipe of the filling cannot be disclosed.
Now, after the fried dumplings and pies are wrapped in the workshop every day, Uncle He and Uncle Wang will deliver them to us in fixed quantities, twice in the morning and afternoon. The quantity is limited and they will be sold out first, and they are all the freshest.
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