Chapter 50 Games Promote Unity

Sheng Hong did not respond. He was still thinking about whether this so-called game was necessary. Mingxi guessed his concerns, "Does the master think that merchants are only interested in profit? Are you afraid that the children in the mansion will learn the behavior of merchants in pursuit of profit? The master thinks this is an "unjust" act..."

Before Mingxi could continue, Sheng Hong interrupted her, "I never think there is anything wrong with merchants pursuing profit. Merchants pursue profit and have a hundred tricks. "If the children can really learn something from it, that's a good thing. Since we have nothing to do on the boat, it doesn't hurt to experience it together."

At 3 p.m., Rulan was playing with her fingers in the lady's room. The lady was checking the luggage list and saw that she was bored. She said to her, "If you are bored staying in the house, go outside, take a walk, get some fresh air, and see the scenery on both sides of the river."

"I won't go! There's nothing to see outside except water. What's there to see?" Rulan complained while pulling her sleeves.

"Then go find Ming girl to play!"

"Minglan always likes to play with Zhenzhen. Zhenzhen is so young. She can't do anything except eat, drink and cry. She's not fun at all. I don't know how she can play with him every day without getting bored!" Rulan didn't understand the enthusiasm of a sister for her brother.

The eldest lady was about to say something else when a servant came to pass on a message. Aunt Liu heard it and relayed it, "The master wants everyone to gather in the hall. He said there is a fun game for everyone to play."

Rulan jumped out, "Daddy, what's fun in there? It's just some poetry and word guessing games. It's not fun at all!"

The eldest lady was very disappointed. "I usually ask you to read well, but you always make excuses. You are either thirsty or your eyes are sore. I ask you to read books, flowers and grass, but you can be absorbed in reading even on a bare sky, but you just don't want to read. You only regret not having enough books when you need them, but when you need them, you have no food in your stomach!" The eldest lady became more and more angry as she spoke, and she tapped Rulan's head with her finger to feel relieved.

Seeing Rulan's reluctance and being afraid that the eldest lady would always blame her for hurting the girl's self-esteem, Mother Liu hurried to mediate, "Young lady, you have nothing to do in the room anyway. The master usually doesn't suggest playing any games. Since he has come specially to invite everyone to play together today, maybe there is something new. You can go and take a look. If you don't like it, you don't have to play." The

eldest lady also felt that it was a bit dazzling to read the words on the list on the boat, so she put down the list in her hand, washed her hands, and asked Rulan to go to the front hall to take a look.

By the time the eldest lady and Rulan arrived in the hall, everyone was seated, even the old lady came out, saying that Sheng Hong had specially invited her, saying that the old lady would not participate in the game, but could be a witness for everyone. Rulan looked at Zhenzhen in the arms of the wet nurse, and thought: Can this little baby also play games? Seeing Minglan still huddled next to Zhenzhen, she wanted to roll her eyes, why is she always sticking to this little baby and coming to play with her! Seeing that

everyone was there, Sheng Hong stood up, cleared his throat, and said: "Today I have found a fun game, and I thought that everyone would be bored on this boat, so I invited everyone to join in. It's like this..." Sheng Hong repeated the rules of the game to everyone. The old lady had heard him talk before and felt that Sheng Hong had a rare childlike nature. Since she had nothing to do, she played with them. The old lady was speechless. How old is he? Could it be that he was crazy and wanted to play house? Isn't this just playing house? He even simulated opening a shop. She had many shops under her. She was really running them, not simulating.

Different from the adults' attitude, the child found it interesting. In addition to Changbai, he had a book to read today and didn't want to play any boring games. Reading was the most interesting thing for him at the moment. Hualan didn't mind. As long as she could be with her family, Hualan felt that everything was fine. Among them, Changfeng, Rulan and Minglan were the most interested. The little guys nodded their heads desperately to show that they were willing to play this. Even Molan's eyes sparkled. Apart from poetry, singing, chess, calligraphy and painting, Molan had never played anything else. She thought it was not bad to play this business simulation game.

Seeing that everyone's reaction was quite positive, Sheng Hong continued, "Here is one hundred taels of silver. Each of us contributes ten taels, which is the capital. In the end it will depend on who has the best business acumen and makes the most money. The person who wins first will get a prize from the old lady, a top-quality white jade peacock pendant. You all have to think carefully about what kind of shop to open and how to run it!"

"Father, mother, eldest sister, second brother, me, Minglan, Minglan's aunt, third brother, Molan, I've counted them several times, and there are only nine people. Doesn't everyone have ten taels? How come there are a hundred taels?" Rulan muttered to herself in her seat, turning her head left and right to count, and counting on her fingers.

Sheng Hong saw this and thought this silly girl was funny, "We are also one of them." Rulan was puzzled and looked up and said, "Is Zhenzhen a child prodigy? Can she make money and do accounts without being able to speak?" Mingxi was also amused by Rulan's cute look. She thought that Rulan might really be wondering whether Zhenzhen was a child prodigy.

"Fifth Miss is wrong. Zhenzhen can't speak yet and is not a child prodigy, let alone do accounting. But he can really make money. It's said that he is so soft and cute that people like him. Whoever is willing to play with our Zhenzhen can give gifts to our Zhenzhen, and then Zhenzhen can make money! Fifth Miss can too. I think Fifth Miss is so cute. I feel happy just looking

at her. Whatever Fifth Miss likes, I can give it to her with the money I make." Rulan looked at Aunt Wei, who had no sense of existence before. For the first time, she looked at her seriously and thought that it was no wonder that she could give Minglan and Zhenzhen's beautiful faces. She was just a very beautiful person. The most important thing was that she was the first person who said that she felt happy just looking at herself. Rulan decided that she would like Aunt Wei from today on.

"Okay! Then tell me what kind of business you want to open. Let me start by throwing out some ideas! I will open an academy and be a teacher. If you have any questions to ask me, you have to pay me a tuition fee!" As

soon as he said this, the first person to look at him was Changbai. Changbai really had questions to ask his father. After hearing Sheng Hong's words, Changbai frowned. He didn't want to get involved, but he wanted to make money to ask his father questions. Mingxi originally wanted to say that this was not a win-win. Who would pay to ask him questions? It would be much cheaper to save money and wait until Tokyo to ask together. But she saw Changbai's expression. The expression on his face was too rich, so Mingxi understood it at once. She felt that he was worthy of being the person evaluated by the eldest lady as "a son who looks like his father."