Chapter 209 Serious
Chapter 209 Serious
"How can there not be much? You've been packing for the whole morning and you still haven't finished. There's still some in the city. Do you think it's a lot?" Simao took out his hand and helped Damao count how many things they had packed.
"Brother, if there are too many things, just take the important ones first. I will ask the courier team to deliver the other less important things to you later. Otherwise, if there are too many pieces of luggage, the convoy will become longer, which will affect the itinerary and safety." Xiao Caoer suggested.
"That seems to make sense. Okay, I'll pack it up again and divide it up later." Damao thought about it and made an agreeable decision. Mr. and Brother Hua Ming must have a lot of stuff and accompanying personnel. He should reduce the number of people if possible, as he will still need to buy a few more people later.
Xiao Cao'er also thought about buying a few more people, and couldn't help but suggest to Damao, "Brother, actually, you can ask the teacher or Brother Hua Ming for advice on buying a book boy. Ask whether you should buy one in the capital and bring it to the capital, or buy it after arriving in the capital. They have experience in buying people, and they can judge people more accurately than us."
After listening to Xiaocao'er's words, Damao felt that it made sense. His family had never bought anyone before, so it would be better to ask Brother Huaming and the others what they thought.
After lunch, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Da Mao and Simao continued to pack their luggage, while Xiao Caoer sat at the desk writing and drawing. When she was going up the mountain in the morning, an idea flashed through her mind. Now she wrote down the idea to see how feasible it was.
He wanted to set up an intelligence organization using Brother Qiangzi and his people, but it was extremely difficult to actually set up this organization.
In this case, let’s start with some simpler businesses to solve the employment and food and clothing problems of so many people.
Just like Xiaoxing and the others said, in a few years they will all grow up and reach the age to get married. Once they are married and have wives, they certainly won't be able to run around like they do now. But it will be different if they have a stable job. With a stable job, other things can be discussed.
Intelligence organizations can't do it, but it shouldn't be difficult to collect some gossip. The best place to collect gossip is in restaurants, teahouses and the like.
Then you can open a teahouse and find a storyteller to tell stories in it.
People in this era do not have many entertainment activities. It is such a pleasant thing to invite a few close friends to a teahouse to drink tea, eat snacks and listen to stories in their spare time.
Xiao Cao'er thought and wrote at the same time, and decided to use these two days to write out the plan. If it was feasible, she would bring Brother Qiangzi and the others to the capital.
As for the stories used by the storyteller, that is even less of a problem. As a person who owns the entire Xinhua Bookstore, I only need to copy one copy of famous works such as "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions" for him to tell.
The more Xiao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that this business was feasible.
I kept writing until it was almost time for dinner and I hadn't left the room yet. I only put down my pen when Old Mrs. Yang came over to call for help.
"Xiao Cao'er, are you busy? Why haven't you left your room all afternoon?" Old Mrs. Yang knocked on the door and pushed it open.
In the past, several elders in the family had no habit of knocking on the door, but later Xiaocaoer slowly corrected some of their bad habits.
"Grandma, why are you here? I'm not busy. I was just writing something and forgot the time." Xiao Cao'er put down the pen in his hand and walked over, taking Grandma Yang's hand and walking to the chair and sitting down.
"I think you were reading too seriously and got so engrossed that you forgot the time." Old Mrs. Yang looked at Xiaocao, who was still smiling as usual.
"Grandma, am I serious when I read? I often forget the time."
"He is really serious. Sometimes he knocks on the door several times before you can hear it. If that's not being serious, then what is he?" said Old Mrs. Yang, touching Xiaocao'er's head.
"Wow, grandma knew I was watching carefully even when she was at the door. That's awesome." Xiao Caoer gave a thumbs up to Grandma Yang.
"That's right. Just like my brothers, I can tell at a glance whether they are reading seriously in the study. Do you want to pretend to be serious and deceive me? No way." Old Mrs. Yang looked proud.
"I've heard from others that some scholars don't study seriously in private schools, and spend the money their families give them for their studies recklessly outside. They don't make any achievements after studying for several years, but the family's money is still spent." Xiao Cao'er also put his feet on the chair, rested his head on Old Lady Yang's thigh, and continued to listen to what Old Lady Yang said.
“It is not easy for an average family to support one person to go to school. In the beginning, we were able to support your three brothers to go to school only by relying on the brine business.
At that time, your brothers were still young. Even if you had a recipe for the braising sauce, there was no way for us to make it because of the small age of our family. So we gave it to your grandparents, and we couldn't help at all.
Our family's life has improved thanks to this recipe. No, I should say that both of our families' lives have improved thanks to this brine recipe.
Later, you invented other things, and our life became better and better. But your grandparents' livelihood has not increased in recent years, but the population has continued to increase. It seems that their life is good, but it is only better than that of ordinary families.
The families of their daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law are not well off, so the aunts who married out would definitely find ways to support their families.
There are many people, many mouths, and many ideas. Not everyone is of the same mind. It is understandable that they have thoughts that they shouldn't have about the brine recipe. You don't have to take it to heart. Our family doesn't need these things now."
Old Mrs. Yang stroked Xiao Cao'er's head from time to time and spoke to her softly.
"I understand, grandma. I don't take it to heart." Xiao Cao said softly. "If my grandparents don't bring it up, I will bring it up soon."
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