Chapter 102
When Gu Xinxin was 36 years old, she finally opened a snack shop in Beijing.
All of her snack workshops would provide supplies to snack shops. For the same price, you could buy a little more in the snack shops. But even with this little bit, many people would be willing to come in - after all, if you buy a lot, the extra money would be much more.
Furthermore, there were only five or six items on the snack cart outside, but there were so many in the snack shop. Looking around, the entire big room was full of snacks, which was simply shocking.
Even Gu Xinxin herself couldn't help but push a small cart to pick out snacks.
I buy a bunch and keep them in front of me, and open a couple of bottles in my free time. Although there are no preservatives, if they are sealed, they can be kept for half a month. Moreover, without preservatives, I feel more at ease when eating them.
Sometimes I feel regretful that there is no happy water among the drinks, but it doesn’t matter, milk tea can be used as a substitute.
She has been looking forward to days like this, when she has to open two bags of snacks and then a bottle of drink, for many years.
Now, the thing that I have been looking forward to since I traveled through time has finally come true.
Because Gu Xinxin always chooses women first when selecting workers for her snack workshop, making money is not just for men, women can do it too, and even do it better.
She also instigated Cheng Shansong to submit a memorial, so after Gu Xinxin had been struggling for more than 30 years, the matter of establishing a female household was finally accomplished when she was almost 50 years old.
Although the court's requirements for establishing a female household are still somewhat strict, a widow or a divorced woman must have a child before she can be established as a female household, but it doesn't matter. It's finally a small step forward, isn't it?
The next step is to abolish the policy that requires people to pay taxes if they don't get married when they reach a certain age. Compared with the policy of establishing a household for women, this is a relatively easier thing to achieve.
Because the court was wealthy and the common people had enough food and clothing, they would naturally be willing to have children. If there were too many children, the court would no longer be able to support them, and would naturally cancel these policies.
The emperor is not young anymore. He was determined to be a wise ruler as soon as he ascended the throne. Now, the country is peaceful, the court is prosperous, and the population is growing. Naturally, the emperor does not need to urge the people to have children.
It can be said that Gu Xinxin has no regrets in her life.
Gu Xiangrong also got married, and married his teacher's daughter. After he passed the examination to become a scholar, he became a disciple of the teacher, who was a teacher at the provincial school. Of course, becoming a disciple is different from becoming a student. If you become a student, the teacher will treat everyone equally, and Gu Xiangrong is no different from others.
But after becoming the master, Gu Xiangrong became the master's direct disciple. After finishing classes in the academy, he still had to go to the master to receive instruction.
This gentleman had passed the imperial examination before, but he missed the palace examination due to mourning. Later, he simply didn't take the exam. It was nice to be a leisurely gentleman in this familiar place like the provincial capital.
Gu Xinxin really liked this attitude towards life. If she had no worries about food and clothing, she wouldn't be so determined to open a workshop.
The gentleman's daughter was of the same age as Gu Xiangrong. After they got married, they lived with Gu Xiangrong in the provincial capital - a small house that Gu Xiangrong bought himself. He had the change given by Gu Xinxin and the dividends from his family's workshop, so he could still afford the small house.
Later, he followed Gu Xiangrong to Beijing and became a sixth-rank official. His life was not particularly luxurious, but it was pretty good.
Gu Daniu died when Gu Xinxin was 28 years old. It was because he ate too much oil and salt, which caused the three highs. But ancient people didn't know about the three highs and only said it was blood congestion. Anyway, he didn't die very comfortably.
After all, it is not easy to suffer from chronic diseases.
After Gu Daniu died, Gu Chen lived with Gu Wenshu.
But because she always gave money to support her parents' family, and because Gu Xinxin instigated discord between Gu Wenshu and Gu Qiuhe when they were young, and Gu Chenshi really...did not do her job well, there was some rift between mother and son.
Gu Chen always tried to control Gu Wenshu's wife, but she wasn't a weakling who would be bullied. The two of them were constantly fighting, and Gu Wenshu was always partial to his wife, so Gu Chen's life was really not easy.
Old Mrs. Gu died before Gu Daniu. She passed away after Gu Xinxin gave birth to her first son. Since the family was no longer short of money, she was not restrained in eating. Unlike Gu Daniu who was out and about doing things all day, she just ate and slept, and gained fifty kilograms in a year.
If the body can't bear it, the person naturally can't hold on either.
Gu Qiuhe married the grandson of accountant Li and opened a small snack shop. She wrote a letter to tell Gu Xinxin, who did not object. She just stipulated the commission and let her do as she pleased.
She didn't deliberately seek revenge on Gu Qiuhe and Gu Wenshu, but Gu Qiuhe and Gu Wenshu stayed in Dafeng Town and never went to the capital in their entire lives.
Oh, at most, he would go to the capital to visit Gu Xiangrong, but after Gu Xiangrong passed the imperial examination, they almost lost contact. After all, the time and money spent on the journey from Dafeng Town to the capital were not something that ordinary people could afford.
After the Cheng family split up, Cheng Shansong's grandparents lived with his uncle.
Cheng Shansong originally wanted to take Dean Cheng and his wife to accompany him to take up his new post, but Dean Cheng was reluctant to leave the academy, so he did not go with them. Fortunately, Cheng Shansong's younger brother was still very young and could serve Dean Cheng for a few years, so Cheng Shansong was not too worried.
However, when Dean Cheng grew old, he still brought the couple to the capital.
When a couple loves each other, their lives are ordinary and peaceful, because there are absolutely no unnecessary misunderstandings or arguments. Even if they occasionally argue, they will quickly make up, so their lives seem very ordinary, but ordinary is also a kind of blessing.
So when Gu Xinxin looked back on her life in her later years, she was still very satisfied.
Cheng Shansong was also very satisfied. He held Gu Xinxin's hand and left with regret - after all, the person who left first was lucky, and the person behind would always be left sad.
Gu Xinxin was a little sad, but there was nothing else to worry about. The children had grown up, and those who were supposed to get married had gotten married, and those who were supposed to have children had children.
The money she left behind was enough for them to live a rich life.
There was nothing left for her to worry about at the Gu family, and Gu Xiangrong had his own life and family, so two days after Cheng Shansong passed away, she followed suit.
All that remains are the legends of a snack workshop and a snack shop, oh, and a beverage shop.
Whenever someone eats these snacks or drinks these drinks in the future, they will always mention the founder of these shops and workshops - Gu Xinxin.
Gu Xinxin has left her name in this world in a very novel way.
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