Chapter 312: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 312: Wu Shi Jumps into the River, Xiao Ruiyuan Comes Searching (7)
Xin'er also felt extremely relieved. If something really happened to Aunt, their cousins would be pitiful, and that old woman would definitely come to trouble her sister. Thank goodness, thank goodness!
"Oh right, are Old Mo and eldest uncle not dealing with this matter?" Mo Yan asked in confusion. These two men might be foolish, but they wouldn't let Hong Shi strip her daughter-in-law's clothes, right?
Xin'er shrugged, "eldest uncle and second uncle went into the city to find work. We don't know where they are now! Grandpa also went somewhere and isn't at home, so who else can stop that crazy woman?"
Mo Yan furrowed her brow. This matter probably wasn't over yet. She wanted to go and see Wu Shi, but at this critical moment, Hong Shi might say something unpleasant. It's better to wait a bit longer!
In the evening, Li Zhong and his granddaughter returned home. Learning that business was much worse than the previous few days, Mo Yan was not surprised. After all, the price was 20% higher than other shops', and it was a new shop. If the sales were still good, she would be surprised.
"We sold nearly eight taels of silver, which is really good. I thought three or four taels would be good enough!"
After tallying up the accounts during dinner, they found out they had sold seven or eight taels of silver, which surprised Mo Yan.
Li Zhong, however, was not satisfied. "Compared to the first three days, it's much worse. If it continues like this, we won't earn much silver in a month."
Mo Yan looked at the number of grains sold in the account book and smiled, "Grandpa Li, you are too impatient! There are plenty of wealthy people in the East Market. As long as we establish the reputation of our Mo family's fragrant rice, we won't worry about not having customers. Grandpa Li, just wait and see."
Li Zhong felt a little embarrassed. He wanted to manage the shop well and didn't want Mo Yan to be disappointed. Indeed, he was a bit too eager. A grain shop's business takes time to build up.
Seeing him relax, Mo Yan mentioned asking two new help at the shop again, and briefly mentioned Wu Shi's incident of almost jumping into the river.
"If something like this happens, I don't know if my cousin will go tomorrow. If he doesn't, Grandpa Li, you can take there aunt Cai's son first and let him get familiar with it."
Li Zhong nodded in agreement.
The two worried things did not happen. The next day, Li Zhong opened the courtyard gate and found Tie Tou standing in the corner, not knowing how long he had been standing there, his face frozen blue from the cold.
Knowing that he was Tie Tou, Li Zhong quickly pulled him in, "You silly child, why didn't you knock on the door? What if you caught a cold?"
Tie Tou sniffed and smiled foolishly but didn't say anything.
Li Zhong had heard Mo Yan mention his temperament before, so he didn't blame him. He pulled him into the kitchen and let him sit in front of the stove to warm up.
Seeing that he was wearing thin clothes, and the outermost clothes were patched up, Li Zhong thought for a moment, went back to his room, and took out a new cotton jacket and a new coat that he hadn't worn yet and gave one to him.
"These are still new. If you don't mind the old style, just make do with them."
Tie Tou stood up hastily, wanting to give them back, and stammered, "I-I can't accept them." They were brand new clothes, how could he accept them!
"If I ask you to wear them, you will wear them. If you dislike them, you might as well throw them into the stove and burn them." Li Zhong pretended to be impatient and left, closing the kitchen door behind him as he left.
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