"These are rattan pears. Our neighbor went up the mountain today and picked some. He gave us some. They're still hard, but we'll be able to eat them once they soften."
Ever since Xie Jian went to college and was able to take the imperial examinations, his family members and neighbors gradually started to visit him. Everyone showed him the utmost kindness, as if the things that happened before had never happened.
The warmth and coldness of human nature are vividly reflected.
I heard Xia's daughter say, "When I left home this morning, I heard from the clansmen that Ji'er's mother took Ji'er back to the countryside. After Xie Changgen died, his family left Nanming County. I think the emperor who went to live with his family has lost his eldest son. Even his youngest son closed his shop and died with him."
Seeing her sister-in-law's angry expression and thinking of Min'er who was still lying in bed, Shen Heng sighed. Although one injury cost two lives, Min'er's life... She hoped that Min'er would not be disabled.
The relationship diagram written by Xie Jian on the table that day flashed through his mind. When Xie Changgen became the patriarch, his two sons were doing business, and the eldest son went to the imperial capital to open a shop.
"Aheng, what are you thinking about?" Xia put the dishes on the rice bowl and handed it to her son. She called her sister-in-law several times, but she didn't respond.
"Nothing, sister-in-law, I'll just go around a few shops after dinner." Shen Hengyu.
Xia nodded and said, "From today on, you don't have to do any housework at home. You can just focus on running your business."
Chen Heng smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, it's okay. You're tired too." She has to take care of Min'er, prepare three meals a day, do all kinds of housework, and raise a few poultry in the backyard. It's a lot of work.
"It's not tiring. I'm used to it." Speaking of the past, Xia said uncomfortably, "My sister-in-law used to scold you often. Don't take it to heart."
From the original owner's point of view, he has already been scolded, what else can he say?
But from Xia's perspective, the burden of the family falls on her, and she is often looked down upon and bullied. If she doesn't vent her anger while doing things, I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to endure.
Shen Heng put more emphasis on the future: "Sister-in-law, didn't you say you wouldn't mention the past?"
"No, no, never again."
After dinner, Chen Heng and Min'er played for a while before going out.
Just as the man from that city said this morning, there weren't many people around the grocery store she rented, and she was likely to lose money. Therefore, she couldn't sit in the store and wait for customers to come and buy things on their own like she did in other grocery stores.
She has neither the purchasing channels nor the source of goods. These channels are secrets to many merchants and ordinary people cannot find out.
If she had enough patience, she should have worked as a clerk in a grocery store for a few months.
Obviously, she doesn't have the patience, but she can help others sell goods and earn commissions.
Once the price is agreed, she can hire people to do the delivery and door-to-door service, and then expand the business after she becomes familiar with it.
Chen Heng came to a rice shop that she had selected. There were four rice shops on North Street, and this one was obviously no match for the other three.
In a teahouse across the street, a yamen runner in casual clothes had just reported the results of his investigation to Lu Ji'an, who was also in casual clothes, when he exclaimed, "Sir, isn't that Miss Shen? What is she doing?"
Lu Ji'an looked over and saw the young lady take a few deep breaths, then clenched her fists and walked into the rice shop in front with a proud look.
"Are you going to start a quarrel?" The bailiff looked curious.
"A bit similar." Lu Ji'an nodded.
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