The two arrived at the graves of Xiao Lei's mother and grandparents. The graves and snow blended together. Xiao Lei took a broom and swept the snow off the graves.
Zhao Xiaoyu then took out the things she had brought and carefully placed them in front of the tomb.
After shoveling the snow, Xiao Lei squatted down next to Zhao Xiaoyu and started chatting with his parents. He told them about his experiences in the prefectural city over the past year and said that he could bring the child to visit them next time.
After nagging for a while, I poured some wine for my grandfather and father, burned all the paper money I had brought up the mountain, and then got up.
"Let's go, let's continue up the mountain."
Go and see if there's anything you can catch.
Zhao Xiaoyu grabbed him, "Don't go. I don't care about those things. I'm just doing it for fun. Since we don't have anything now, let's talk about it later."
"You're really not going?"
"I'm not going. My son is almost old enough to drink milk, and he doesn't like being fed with a bowl."
Ever since she gave birth to her son, my wife has lost her freedom.
"The child is still young and it's inconvenient for me to go anywhere, so I can't be with you often. I feel guilty, my wife."
"If you feel guilty, then be nicer to us. Alright, hurry up and get down the mountain. Stay home and make dumplings tomorrow; the day after tomorrow is the winter solstice."
“Okay, Xiaoyu, I want to form a caravan.”
"You want to start a business?"
"It's not really a business. I just want to form a caravan to go to the border. I heard that they have all kinds of furs, lots of meat, and it's cheap there."
I want to exchange things with them. What they consider worthless might be very valuable to us, like fur.
Youfu doesn't have any plans to expand his business to the south right now, but I want to do it first. I've thought about it; we can just take a boat directly south, and we won't need to make frequent trips. We can charter a large ship, and maybe we'll only need to make one trip every six months or a year.
"However, they need to arrange some people over there to help us sell our goods. What do you think?"
Zhao Xiaoyu never expected him to have the idea of starting a business.
"Why are you thinking of going into business? I thought scholars were all out of touch with the realities of life."
"I'm not a scholar, I'm just an ordinary person. I feel bad about living off my wife and kids all this time, so I have to find a way to support them, right?"
"I can't leave everything at home to you all. It seems a bit excessive for me to use my studies as an excuse to neglect everything."
Some people don't think that way. They wish they could do nothing and think they're so great. If you don't do something to their liking, they'll throw a tantrum.
"What do you think? Is it feasible?"
"I think it's feasible, and we might even make a lot of money."
She had been wondering why Qian Youfu was taking so long to act, but later she learned that he wanted to take it slow and proceed step by step.
Since he's not doing it now, there's nothing wrong with them starting it up first.
"Right? If you also think it's okay, I'll start making arrangements once we get to the prefectural city."
"become!"
Xiao Lei took Zhao Xiaoyu's hand and said, "Wife, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
"What?"
"Um... um, I don't have any money."
"Are you planning to get something for nothing?"
Xiao Lei felt awkward. It seemed like he had really gotten something for nothing. He had just mentioned his idea, and then... then he reached out to his wife for money.
The key issue is that he really has no money.
His face turned slightly red. He said that while he was talking about earning money to support his wife, it seemed like his wife was the one supporting herself.
"I'll lend you some money after the New Year. You can handle it yourself; I won't interfere. Once you've made some money, I'll just collect the money. Is that okay?"
"Of course. If we make money, I'll only keep the money I need for working capital, and give you the rest."
Xiao Lei thought about the possibility of losing money and then worried, "What if we lose money?"
“We’ll accept the loss; there’s no such thing as a sure thing in business. But I think you’re capable of doing this. You’ve seen it yourself; in the winter, just running back and forth between the prefectural and county towns, Youfu has made a lot of money.”
"We're going to travel that far to resell these; we're sure to make money."
There aren't many black marketeers these days, so she felt there was potential in it. If it weren't for her pregnancy and childbirth, she would have started her own business.
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