Upon hearing this, Li Mantian's first thought was, "This is really unreliable."
Ye Shuang thought to herself, "This kid needs to be taught a lesson again."
Li felt that the idea was good, but the timing of its presentation was not right.
So Li Wenyi could only watch helplessly as the atmosphere grew increasingly strange, and it seemed that everything was heading in a direction that was not good for him.
However, Li Mantian still asked Ye Shuang, "Does Shuang'er want to go to school?"
Ye Shuang shook her head firmly: "I want to open a shop with my parents."
Li Mantian agreed. In these difficult times, no one knows what will happen tomorrow. The school is not home. Li Wenyi can still survive if he is lost. If Shuang'er is lost, will she be lucky enough to find a family like theirs?
He didn't want to rely on luck, so Li Mantian made a decision on the spot: "There's no need to go to school. It's enough that you, who is already an official, can teach your sister. Why ask others for help? Or can't you even spare the time to teach your own sister?"
This accusation is quite serious. Li Wenyi quickly replied, "Of course I have the time, but I can't be strict with Shuang'er and I'm afraid I won't be able to teach her well."
"But I'm not going to become the top scholar," Ye Shuang said cutely from the side. "I can read and understand books, isn't that enough? Does brother want to turn me into a bookworm?"
That's absolutely right. Madam Li also looked at Li Wenyi and said, "Shuang'er is a girl, and she doesn't need to have a deep understanding of the world. The purpose of starting her education is just to help her recognize characters. As for the more advanced topics, she can learn them on her own by reading books."
Li Wenyi had probably guessed that this would be the outcome, so he could only accept the task and had to appear willing, otherwise he was afraid he would be scolded again.
Now that the matter of opening a shop had been decided, Li Mantian and Li Shi went out to look at potential locations. Li Shi planned to open a food stall.
Firstly, they already had the materials at home, and secondly, if they made food from the grains and sold it, it wouldn't attract any attention.
Secondly, she believed that her skills were quite good, especially in the area of noodles. She had sold noodles a few times when she had a stall in the county town before, and each time she sold out completely. However, the atmosphere in the county town was not good at that time, and the money she earned was basically exploited.
Now that his son is the county magistrate, life in the county town is getting easier every day. Even if war breaks out, the impact here will likely be greatly reduced.
Even with this in mind, I still only rented a storefront facing the street, so that if anything happened, I wouldn't regret only paying the rent.
The contract documents went smoothly. These documents all needed to be filed with the government office. The people at the office knew Li Mantian, so they were quicker in handling the matter. In the end, they even saw him off warmly.
The landlord was filled with regret, thinking that if he had known the other party was such a high-status person, he should have lowered the rent.
After the formalities were completed, Li took Ye Shuang inside for a look around. This shop used to be a noodle business, but the original noodle shop owner liked to play some tricks. Even if customers liked the noodles, they didn't want to eat there anymore when they saw the portions getting smaller and smaller. Gradually, the shop went out of business.
The owner mentioned this when he learned they were also planning to open a noodle shop; it was a suggestion, I suppose.
After looking inside the shop, Ye Shuang looked outside. The feng shui of the shop was not bad. She could just put some lucky charms in there and there wouldn't be any major problems.
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