Li Mai and Zhou Quan stayed at the Xu family's house until late afternoon before saying goodbye and leaving to return to town, taking the wheelchair with them when they left.
After they left, the Xu family was filled with excitement once again.
The two elders of the Xu family said, "Since you're going to open such a big shop in the future, you can continue to employ Xu Sheng and Xu Mao in this household. Their wages will be paid monthly. Your father and I will keep an eye on things and teach them some skills as well."
“They are, after all, members of the Xu family. Let them learn something so that they can have a skill to support their wives and children after they get married in a few years. It would be good if they could keep working for you.”
Xu Shun nodded, "Okay, I'll go tell them."
The two elders nodded.
"If you don't have enough bamboo, buy some more from your older brothers," the old man said.
Xu Shun agreed.
Xu Sheng and Xu Mao were cousins. Their family was not well-off, and they didn't have any special skills. They just farmed the family's land. When they heard that Xu Shun needed two people to help with bamboo weaving, the two brothers came over.
However, they didn't know how to make it up originally; it was Xu Shun who taught them little by little.
When they heard that Xu Shun was going to open a shop, the two were very happy and agreed to work for him for a long time.
Xu Shun also said that he would increase their wages so that they could work with peace of mind. He said that as long as they did a good job and did a lot of work, they would be paid more.
The two brothers agreed.
After finalizing things with them, Xu Shun went to his eldest and second eldest brothers and arranged for fifty bamboo stalks from each family. He told them he would give them money on the day they started cutting the bamboo.
When Xu Da and Xu Er learned that he was going to open a shop, they felt a little uneasy.
However, they simply didn't have the ability or the courage of the third brother to open a shop.
They could only make some up themselves and sell them at stalls in town.
However, because they are not good at speaking, business has not been very good for the past three months.
Fortunately, they wove the bamboo themselves, and there weren't many, so there was no unsold stock. The bamboo was also from their own farm, so even if they couldn't sell it, the loss wouldn't be significant.
This stuff won't expire, so just leave it for now.
Therefore, whenever Xu Shun came to buy bamboo, the two brothers would sell it to him readily.
They couldn't understand why Xu Shun would stockpile so much inventory. They had seen it; another warehouse was piled high with goods, and he even hired people to weave bamboo products. He could only earn a little money himself.
Now I know, it turns out they were opening a shop, no wonder they needed to store so much stuff.
After Xu Shun left, Bai said to Xu Da, "Since the third son is so capable, let's sell the ones we haven't sold to him and let him sell them. He'll definitely be able to sell them for a higher price since he owns a shop, and we can also sell them for a higher price for him."
Xu Da glanced at her indifferently, "In your heart, once you're married, your family is no longer your relatives?"
Bai Shi took a break.
Xu Dadao: "Even if we've split up, the second and third brothers are still my brothers. If you ever say anything like that again that's unfair to them, don't blame me for scolding you!"
After saying that, Xu Da went out.
The situation was better at Xu Er's house. After Zhou Quan and his second brother made the arrangements, they left. Yuan Shi was quite happy, thinking, "These fifty pills should last the third brother for several months!"
The key point is that their family has income again.
Xu Er nodded and hummed in agreement.
"Should we open a shop too?" Yuan asked Xu Er.
Xu Er shook his head. "Do we have that much stock? Or that many customers who know us? Don't even think about it, we don't have that ability."
"You know what, the third brother has had his share of success selling things at a stall in town over the past ten years. At least he's gotten to know a lot of people. When we opened our stalls, nobody bought anything."
"However, we can fabricate a story and sell it to the third brother at a low price, so that he can make more money. He'll definitely be able to sell it for a good price once he opens a shop."
After Xu Er finished speaking, Madam Yuan thought for a moment and said, "That's one way. We'll earn a little less, but with the money we have, we can live a good life for the rest of our lives."
Xu Er nodded, "Also, you should have less contact with your sister-in-law in the future. That woman is vicious. I heard her the other day that she didn't want my brother to sell bamboo for my third brother."
Yuan nodded silently. Bai had actually told her about this method, and she had agreed, but she didn't dare to say it in front of her own man.
"Then find some time to talk to the third brother and see if he'll accept the ones we've made," Yuan asked Xu Er.
"I know, I'll go ask in a bit." Xu Er walked away with a smile.
When Li Mai and Zhou Quan returned to their home in town, it was already dark.
When Yun Chang saw them return, she asked them where they had been.
Li Mai said she went to her sister-in-law's house.
Yun Chang asked where the mansion she bought was located, asked Zhou Quan to take her to see it, and also asked how much she spent.
Li Mai said that the two shops cost more than two thousand taels.
Unexpectedly, Yun Chang took out three thousand taels from her bosom and placed them in front of Li Mai.
"What are you doing?" Li Mai asked in surprise.
"Consider this a gift from your brother. We won't be able to see each other often in the future, so I bought you something as a keepsake. Also, please reserve a courtyard for me over there. If you ever move there, I can stay with you when I come," Yun Chang said with a smile.
Li Mai was speechless. "We're practically in the same courtyard now, aren't we? We can just walk through a door to get here."
Yun Chang waved her hand, "This is different. This was a gift from someone else. This courtyard of yours was also given to you at a discount by Lu Qian. It doesn't count as something I bought for you."
No matter how much Li Mai refused, Yun Chang wouldn't take it back, saying she absolutely had to give it to her younger sister.
Helpless, Li Mai could only accept it and hand it to Zhou Quan, asking him to find Lu Qian to hire people to help renovate the mansion there, just like the courtyard his brother in the capital had given them, after that family moved out.
Zhou Quan agreed.
The next day, Xu Shun drove a horse-drawn carriage with Zhou Xing to town to find Zhou Quan and Li Mai.
Zhou Quan took them to see two shops, and they chose one. Zhou Quan then took them to Manager Bai, who helped them complete the sales procedures, made a new land deed, and stamped it with the official seal at the government office. The matter was then settled.
Xu Shun and Zhou Xing were happy; they now had their own shop in town.
After discussing how to pack up, Zhou Quan took them to see Li Mai's shop.
While Li Mai was in the shop, she personally picked out two more summer outfits for her sister and brother-in-law, and two outfits each for Nan Nan and Dong Dong.
Seeing that it was noon, I decided to treat my sister and brother-in-law to lunch at the restaurant next door.
After dinner, I took them to the Li family mansion to introduce them to the local customs, so that they could rest at the Li family mansion if it got too late in town.
The two agreed.
Although they discovered that the residence was named Li Mansion instead of Zhou Mansion, the clever couple didn't ask why it was called Li Mansion and not Zhou Mansion. They stayed at Li Mansion until Shenshi (3-5 PM) before returning home.
On the way, the couple muttered to each other, but then they thought that the Zhou family's success today was all thanks to Li Mai, and all the money was earned by Li Mai. It was only natural that the mansion she bought was called Li Mansion. The couple quickly let it go and stopped worrying about the issue.
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