Chapter 235: A Self-Taught Genius

"Yes, I have thought about it." Fourth Brother Tang said, "My brother met Master Lin that day, and Master Lin expressed this idea. I was thinking about it at that time. I have been thinking about it for several days and have thought it through clearly. I am very sorry."

"No need to apologize," Lin Qiuren waved his hand and said, "Do I know why?"

Fourth Brother Tang said, "My brothers have their own strengths and careers, so they may not be able to stay with their parents. My younger siblings are still young. Although I like doing business, it is also because of this that it is a flexible thing. I can have the best of both worlds and stay with my parents to do business, so I don't want to go with Master Lin."

Lin Qiuren said sternly, "Do you know that the people you meet and the knowledge you gain from running a small restaurant or a small shop are very different from those from joining a wealthy family? You may never see the world in your life if you stay in this small county, but you can see it several times a day in a wealthy family... Have you really thought about it?"

"I've made up my mind," Fourth Brother Tang slowly raised his head and looked at him, his eyes clear. "If what I want is to be rich enough to rival a country, then of course I will seize this opportunity and follow Master Lin, but what I want is for my family to be healthy and happy, and to have enough food and clothing... So I am much happier here, even if I can't even open a small restaurant or shop, than leaving my family and making tens of millions."

Lin Qiuren listened quietly for a long while before he sighed, "Okay, everyone has their own aspirations, and I can't force them."

He stood up: "Then I'll take my leave."

Fourth Brother Tang escorted him out, while bowing to him: "Master Lin, although I cannot go, I am very grateful to Master Lin for coming here... Because Master Lin's coming here will make me feel that I am not completely useless."

Lin Qiuren was amused by his joke: "Of course you are not completely useless. In my opinion, the only thing you lack is your young age."

He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, I look forward to discussing business with you in the future."

Fourth Brother Tang bowed deeply and saw him off.

When he came back in, he found Brother Tang waiting for him at the door. He said, "Silang, you..."

"Brother." Tang Si Ge didn't wait for him to say anything, and said directly: "Even if you don't join the army, I won't go with him. I just used this argument to convince him. In fact, the real reason is that I like doing business, but I don't like being managed by others. I find ways to make money by myself, even if I sell one penny, it is more comfortable than working for others and earning a hundred taels."

He looked at him quietly: "Brother, don't you believe that I can do business with him in the future on my own?"

Brother Tang looked at him quietly, and then he said, "I believe it."

Because of his lame leg, the fourth brother has always been a little timid and not very confident. Now his leg has not yet been treated, but because of selling flowers in the past few days, he has gradually changed his timidity. He couldn't help but pat him on the back: "Of course I believe you, I believe you will be more powerful than him in the future! Let's have an imperial merchant too!!"

Fourth Brother Tang smiled shyly again: "Then you and Second Brother should also work hard so that you can support me in the future!"

Brother Tang smiled and patted him again, and the two brothers went back slowly.

This time, he stayed at the Shen family for several more days to sell flowers. Xinbao was thinking that it was time to harvest the saffron at home. After harvesting it, he could use it to make medicine for his fourth brother, so he urged his fourth brother to go home.

Over there, Fourth Brother Tang and Huo Yuntao had divided the bill.

In fact, if we only talk about the cheap flowers, we couldn't make much money from three thousand pots. But later on, the sales went smoothly, and even the expensive ones were sold. Excluding the flower pots, sheds and so on, after counting the money, we actually made a net profit of more than four hundred taels.

In the end, including the wages of Brother Tang and several others, Fourth Brother Tang got more than 240 taels of silver. He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Then he said, "Let's go, I'll treat you this time, let's go eat chrysanthemum hotpot!!"

So a few people went to the Chrysanthemum Hotpot Restaurant again. Yes, now this restaurant has been directly renamed Chrysanthemum Hotpot Restaurant and it is very popular.

Yan Shenjue and Shen Zhuoli also went. It must be said that the second brother's risking his life to accompany the gentleman was not in vain. Yan Shenjue seemed arrogant because he was cold, while Shen Zhuoli was the kind of person who was clumsy and scheming, and wanted to please people but didn't know how.

Both of them were the type who were not easy to make friends with, but when you really got to know them, you would find that they were nice people, so the two of them were actually quite comfortable sitting among the shouting warriors.

Except for Huo Yuntao, they were all a group of half-grown children. They secretly drank a few sips of wine while the adults were away and were quite happy drinking it.

After the round of noise was over, everyone was talking to their loved ones. Xinbao had finished eating long ago and was placed on the table at the back by Yan Shenjue. He was eating the cake while shaking his little feet and was not sleepy yet.

Fourth Brother Tang discussed with First Brother Tang: "Let's go shopping before we go home tomorrow. I want to buy something for my parents."

"Yes," said Brother Tang, "Why don't we buy a hairpin for Mom? She hasn't worn a hairpin for a long time. Let's buy some small flowers for Xinbao..."

Shen Zhuoli chuckled and interrupted, "Uncle Fan, you'd better not buy flowers for little aunt. Uncle Jue bought a whole set of flowers, from shoes to flowers. You may only spend a few coins to buy two flowers, but Uncle Jue will have to match these flowers with countless clothes to be satisfied. Isn't it a waste?"

Brother Tang: “…”

He laughed and said, "Really? How come I don't have to worry about my sister's clothes at all these days?"

Yan Shenjue's lips curled up: "I like to help Xinbao buy these."

Xinbao suddenly exclaimed.

Several people looked at her, Xinbao reached into his sleeve pocket and asked, "Where's my money?"

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She turned to look at Yan Shenjue: "Brother Xiaoxian, I remember... I clearly remember that a long time ago, Brother Yuntao sold hot pot and gave Xinbao two bills. Xinbao clearly put them in this pocket, why is it gone?"

Yan Shenjue: “…”

My dear, it’s been such a long time. I’ve changed my clothes not to mention ten, but twenty sets. And you finally remembered this!

The silver bills and licorice that day were discovered by Madam Lin. Tang Qingshan kept the silver bills and threw away the licorice. He then placed his small sugar bottle next to her pillow.

When Tuanzi started to turn over, he looked next to the pillow and found that the sugar bottle was gone.

He knew what Tuanzi was thinking without even thinking. She must have thought that he had dropped it there accidentally, so she picked it up secretly and made a fortune in silence.

The most important thing was that when Yu Ru changed her clothes and gave her a bath at night, the small sugar bottle...which he usually used to fill her mouth with sugar that could last her several days, was gone.

When it comes to stealing candies, Tuanzi can be said to be a self-taught genius.

Yan Shenjue said calmly: "Didn't you use that silver to buy my candy?"

Xinbao was stunned.

She looked at him with a thousand words, but Yan Shenjue remained unmoved. Finally, Xinbao thought it through and nodded: "Okay, then next time I make money, no matter how much Xinbao wants to eat candy, you don't sell it to me. Xinbao also wants to buy things for his parents."

Fourth Brother Tang smiled and said, "Xinbao, the money I got includes wages for Xinbao, Big Brother, and Brother Xiaoxian. Why don't I give Xinbao's share to you so that you can buy something smaller first?"

Xinbao thought about it and said, "How much money did Xinbao get?"

(End of this chapter)