Chapter 346 Chapter 345 Return to the Capital 3
The first stop of the shop inspection is Su Ji’s first shop.
Su Ruojin and Su Xiaomei stood at the door and looked at the old sign. "This store is older than you."
Su Xiaomei rolled her eyes at her elder sister and said, "I am only a few years old, there are so many things older than me."
Su Ruojin was sighing, wondering why this kid was ruining the mood, so she reached out and patted her on the head, "Little bastard, go in."
"I'm not a mean person." Su Xiaomei denied again, "You are the one that everyone recognizes as a mean person."
Su Ruojin: ...She shouldn't have come here.
Sensing that the elder sister was angry, the little girl immediately came up to her and hugged her arm, "Sister, didn't you hear me? I was praising you."
Su Ruojin glared at her and said, "Thank you!"
The two sisters entered the store like a pair of bickering lovers.
After several years of development, this alley has grown from just one shop owned by Su Ji to several shops, forming a residential street that has facilitated people's lives. Three of the shops belong to Su Ji.
Su Ji has changed from a shop serving three meals a day to a shop specializing in breakfast and dinner, a shop serving lunch, another shop serving groceries and a shop serving barbecue in the evening. The shopkeepers are all from the original Su Ji's family, one is the Feng brothers, each of whom owns a shop. Xianggui and Shi Xiaoliu run the grocery store and the barbecue, and their business has been good over the years. They have not opened any branches and concentrate on running one shop.
It's good to be content with a small fortune. In an era of slow production development, living a slow-paced life, the happiness index is actually very high. Su Ruojin also likes this kind of life.
After having lunch in the shop, Su Ruojin was about to go back, but Xianggui called the young hostess, "Second Madam..." Rubbing her hands, she was a little embarrassed to speak.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Aunt Gui, what's the matter?"
Xianggui saw that the young master was in a good mood, so she mustered up her courage and said, "I want my son to be an apprentice in the shop that the young master and the young prince have partnered with."
Like Xianggui and the others, Su Ruojin was also content with a small fortune, but she would make a fuss wherever she went, whether it was the vegetable fields in Weizhou or the mulberry silkworms and cotton in Songjiang Prefecture. She had built up a business, but had no one to use, so she had to cooperate with Zhao Lan. She provided the goods and Zhao Lan was responsible for selling them in the capital.
The shop managers and clerks in his shops were all specially trained and had a sound management model just like modern enterprises.
Xianggui was right to send her son there to study.
She nodded. "Okay, I'll talk to Manager Santai first, and I'll come and let you know when everything is arranged there."
"Thank you, young master." Xianggui wanted to kneel down to express her gratitude, but Su Ruojin stopped her, "Auntie Gui, it's okay. It's just a piece of cake."
Xiang Gui said happily and sincerely: "We can live a good life because of the young master. It may be a small thing for you, but for people like us, it will benefit us for a lifetime and is a great favor."
The reason why Su Ruojin likes to always get along with the Feng brothers, Xianggui and others is probably because they are content and know how to be grateful!
When I got home, Su Yanli was back.
In the evening, the heat from the day was still there, and people were sweating all over. Su Ruojin found his father sitting under the grape trellis playing chess with his eldest brother. After a game, he asked while they were collecting the chess pieces, "Dad, how about reporting to the Ministry of Personnel?"
"fine."
He looked like he didn't want to say more.
Su Ruojin looked at his father thoughtfully. He had rarely seen his father playing chess in recent years. He would either play chess during his day off or when he encountered something and needed to think quietly.
It looks like the job report is not going smoothly.
Could it be that Zhao Lin had taken some action and had already handed the matter of Songjiang Prefecture to the Ministry of Personnel?
After a brief thought, he asked, "Dad, have you paid a visit to Minister Fan?"
Su Yanli nodded, "I went there two days ago."
"What does Master Fan say?"
"He said..." Su Yanli realized that he had said it too smoothly, and raised his head and smiled, "Ajin, you are trying to trick me again."
Su Ruojin pretended not to understand and laughed, "Dad, don't worry. Even if we don't say that we have devoted our lives to the people of Songjiang Prefecture, we have done our best."
Su Yanli sighed, "That's what I said. I have nothing to fear if I'm upright, but if someone wants to find fault with me, I can't guard against him."
Su Ruojin thought for a moment, "Dad, Zhao Lin must find fault. That is, we took unexpected measures when we took over the mess in Songjiang in the first year. If this is also accused, then we might as well go back to Pingjiang Prefecture to farm."
Su Yanli went to report on his work and was deliberately made difficult for others. Although his mentor, Mr. Fan, had reminded him in advance, he still felt disappointed. Although his qualifications and abilities could not be compared with those of capable officials, he was still hardworking. He did not expect that he would be made difficult for others by someone with ulterior motives. He felt really frustrated. Now, after hearing what his daughter said, yes, as long as he had a clear conscience, it was no big deal. At most he could go home and farm.
His mood improved a lot. Su Yanli smiled and said, "You are sweating all over. Go wash up quickly."
"Okay." Su Ruojin smiled and returned to the courtyard, "After dinner, I will also play a game of chess with Dad."
The daughter happily jumped back into the yard. Su Yanli shook his head and put down a black piece. "Anzhi, take another day off tomorrow, and go back to Lishui to take up your post the day after tomorrow. Come back after your sister's wedding."
Su Anzhi nodded, "Yes, Dad."
"No matter what others say, we will serve the court and do our best to help His Majesty."
Su Anzhi stood up and listened respectfully to his father's teachings.
Originally, Su Ruojin was planning to inspect the shops at Dongshan Academy, but his elder brother Su Anzhi had to return to Lishui to take up his new post. After seeing him off, he stayed at home for another day before going to Dongshan Academy.
Su Sanlang did not go with them. He was preparing for the military examination, and he had to study literature and practice martial arts every day, so he was very busy.
Su Silang was sent to the Imperial College and began a nine-to-five study life.
Su Ruojin smiled at her younger sister and said, "It still depends on the two of us sisters."
"Who says it's not?"
Su Ruojin: ...He is undoubtedly a villain.
Zhao Lan was worried, so he arranged the work in the Imperial City Office and sent Su Ruojin to Dongshan Academy. There was a carriage following behind, with Fan Yanjia and Ning Banniang sitting in it.
Su Ruojin was surprised, "Ningning is pregnant, why did she come out?"
Ning Ning shouted, "From Songjiang Prefecture to the capital, it's fine to travel by land or water. Now we can go to the suburbs after leaving the capital, so what's there to be afraid of?"
Awesome! As expected of a military family, he has excellent physical fitness.
Su Ruojin had no choice but to go with him.
Two hours later, everyone arrived at Wenshan Street.
Wenshan Street is particularly busy today, and the traffic jam is so severe that horse-drawn carriages can hardly pass through.
Su Ruojin felt stuffy in the carriage and jumped out, "Brother Jin, let's walk around."
Zhao Lan came out to accompany the young lady. He smiled brightly and got off the carriage. "What do you want to eat?"
Su Ruojin was just about to find a mountain spring drink when she heard voices in front of her: "Good...good..." She curiously gathered around and saw the young lady performing in the circle. She widened her eyes and shouted in surprise, "Arong——"
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