Wei Nian had never seen anyone as ruthless as Chen Xuan.
Wei Nian was so shocked that he couldn't say a word. Seeing Chen Xuan concentrating on reading, Wei Nian couldn't help but read with Chen Xuan. When the two of them were resting at night, Wei Nian said to Chen Xuan, "Don't be like this. You hit yourself so hard with your hands. I see it's swollen. Apply a hot towel on it. Go to the Chinese medicine clinic tomorrow to get some medicine to reduce the swelling."
"It's okay, I'll be fine tomorrow." Chen Xuan lay there unwilling to move. Wei Nian went to get some water and put a hot towel on her face, while defending his behavior, "If people see this, they'll misunderstand me. I don't want people to misunderstand me, not because I feel sorry for you."
"I know, I know. If someone asks me, I will say it was you, Brother Nian, who hit me." Chen Xuan covered her face with a hot towel, feeling warm and comfortable. Because she did not delay her studies at night, Chen Xuan felt that the two slaps were worth it and she could even make a joke.
"Don't ruin my reputation." Wei Nian approached her and asked, "Does it hurt?" He touched Chen Xuan's head, "Why are you so stupid?"
"Brother Anian, if I stop studying just because of this little progress, what future can I have? Of course it's good to make money. I make money so that I can study abroad in the future. My goal is not to make a lot of money. I want to be a first-class professor in the future." Chen Xuan wiped her face with a towel and said, "Money has its advantages. I can't just think about nothing and ignore everything just because of money." After handing the towel to Wei Nian, Chen Xuan lay down again and murmured, "I'm so lucky today. I actually got to have Brother Anian serve me."
Wei Nian threw the towel into the basin and asked Chen Xuan, "Do you want a better service?"
"Not serious." Chen Xuan was extremely tired. She muttered something, turned over, wrapped herself in the quilt, and fell asleep in a moment.
Hearing that Chen Xuan was sleeping soundly, Wei Nian quietly walked around the small table on the kang, leaned over, and kissed Chen Xuan on the lips.
The next day, Chen Xuan got up early as usual to make breakfast. After eating, she looked at the strawberries. After sending Wei Nian's rickshaw back, Chen Xuan put on a thick woolen coat, wrapped a thick scarf around her neck, and took the rickshaw back to the old house. The shop was losing money, and Chen Xuan was anxious. Now that the shop can be self-sufficient, there are also worries. That is, sweaters, aprons, gloves, this series of self-produced and self-sold items, including the coat made by Wei Yin, are in short supply.
Even Mrs. Wei was busy now, helping Li with cooking and other things, so that Li could free up her hands to knit. She also assigned some work to her neighbor, Mrs. Xu, but Mrs. Xu and her aunts were all novices and were a little slow. Sun Yan was young and learned to knit very quickly. And Miss Qin, in addition to being good at knitting, could also help think of various patterns. Chen Xuan asked Wei Yin to write down the part where Miss Qin participated in designing the styles and patterns, which would be settled separately for Miss Qin.
As soon as Chen Xuan came over, Wei Jin gave her the woven ones and asked her to take them to the store to sell. Wei Yin discussed with Chen Xuan, "Sister-in-law, the materials at home are almost the same. I thought, let's go to our store to look for other materials."
Chen Xuan was holding a bundle of goods. After hearing what Wei Yin said, Chen Xuan's heart moved and she said to Wei Yin, "Just go ahead. Our hat shop can handle any kind of fabric or clothes. When you go to look at the fabrics, just buy whatever you like. Then ask the clerk to take note of it and ask them to go to the store to find Shopkeeper Li to record it. Just take a look around. Just make whatever clothes you like. Send them to me when they are done. I will hang them up so they can be sold."
Wei Yin agreed happily.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Chen Xuan took the big bag and left.
The shop was busy, and Wei Jin had to go back to her husband's house to prepare for the New Year. She had no time to weave when she returned. Even the Wei family had to buy New Year's goods for the New Year. But when it came time to make money, no one wanted to waste time at this time. Mrs. Wei said, "Just weave, I have a way."
Li Chenxuan thought that Old Lady Wei was going to take over the New Year's work for the family, "We can't let you get tired, Old Lady. We'd rather not weave and celebrate the New Year earlier."
Old Mrs. Wei was not of such a nature. She sighed, "I can't do anything. People are useless when they get old." Then, Old Mrs. Wei thought of a very good idea. She asked Chen Xuan to pay for it. She spent two dollars to hire Sun Yan's mother to help with the shopping and cooking for the next year. Because the women at home were busy, she added another dollar and even asked Mrs. Sun to cook lunch.
Mrs. Sun was also very willing.
In this way, they were busy until the twenty-fifth day of the lunar year. Chen Xuan and Wei Yin called the shopkeeper Xiao Li to pay all the money that was due. In addition, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin discussed in advance that the shopkeeper Xiao Li was very dedicated in the shop, so in addition to giving Xiao Li two pork elbows, he also received ten yuan in cash for the New Year.
In addition, Chen Xuan and Wei Yin paid for the dinner and did not invite anyone else, just Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Li, Wei Jin, Miss Qin, Sun Yan, and Mrs. Sun, who went to Donglaishun to eat hotpot together.
Wei Jin was invited by Chen Xuan and Wei Yin in person. Although Mrs. Zhao was mean to her daughter-in-law, she still had to give her some face at home. Besides, she heard that Chen Xuan and Wei Yin's shop was doing very well, so she was especially polite to them. Wei Jin originally wanted to take her two sons with her, but Wei Yin said to her, "Sister, come with us, and let Feng and Yu stay with the old lady to show their filial piety. I also have some gifts for the old lady, so you can bring them back."
The three of them went out, and Wei Jin said, "Aren't we going to Donglaishun for dinner? I'll take Brother Feng and Brother Yu with me, and ask them to have a good meal too."
"You should take a day off today." Wei Yin pushed Wei Jin to sit on the cart. It was a bit crowded for the two sisters to sit in one cart, but Wei Yin had something to say to her elder sister, so they sat together. Chen Xuan sat in another cart, and Wei Yin said to Wei Jin, "I heard that Feng and Yu did not do well in the exams this year. Sister, you should take care of their studies when you have time. This is the right thing to do."
"How can I manage it? I am not very literate, and your brother-in-law doesn't really understand what the children are learning now." Wei Jin said, "Anyway, they will go to the shop to learn business in two years. I think it is important for them to learn foreign literature well."
"I think the two children's English is average."
"Yes, I thought, let Ajie and Aming teach them during the New Year."
"That's fine too."
When they arrived at Donglaishun, Wei Jin was the first to go. Of course, when everyone was present, and seeing Miss Qin, Sun Yan, and Mrs. Sun, Wei Jin was also very good at helping to entertain the guests. Everyone was very happy with the meal. After dinner, Chen Xuan called two cars. After all, she had just eaten mutton hotpot, and if she took a rickshaw and was exposed to the wind, she was afraid that she would have indigestion. Chen Xuan herself was not very frugal, but she was willing to spend money on this. In Wei Nian's words, this was the style of being the host.
When sending everyone home, Chen Xuan distributed the New Year gifts that she had deposited with Donglaishun'er in advance, a pair of pork elbows per person, which was extremely affordable.
Wei Jin also got two, but Wei's old lady Li didn't want them, as they had already been bought at home, so she sold them in cash. Wei Jin also wanted to sell the two pigs in cash, but Wei Yin stopped him. Wei Yin said, "I told you that this is a gift for your old lady to celebrate the New Year. You can take it back, big sister. Your old lady will be happy to see it, right?"
Wei Jin curled his lips and said to Wei Yin, "You silly and generous man, I can't even eat a single bite of these two big pork elbows. Your eldest brother-in-law and your nephews may be able to have a bite, but the gang from the second house are a pack of wolves! Don't be a good person in the future. If this happens again, just give me the money. This is three or four dollars."
Before the New Year, Chen Xuan had dealt with all the things in the shop, such as Xu's family, Mr. Jiao's family, Mr. Wen's family, Smith's family, and Cheng Su's family. Chen Xuan discussed with Wei Nian and carefully prepared New Year gifts. However, this year there were a few more families, one was Professor Wu, who had a lot of business dealings with Wei Nian, one was Professor Ouyang, who Wei Nian had been getting along well with recently, and the other was a foreigner named Henry.
As for Mr. Rong's New Year gift, Mr. Rong did not come to Beijing before the New Year this year, so Chen Xuan was very fashionable for once. Mr. Rong gave her a business card with Mr. Rong's address on it. She cut a set of window paper-cuts as usual, put them in a large envelope, and mailed them to Mr. Rong a month in advance, and bought airmail stamps, which cost a dollar.
As soon as the twelfth lunar month began, the strawberries planted on the kang in the north room began to bloom. Although cave goods are not rare now, this strawberry itself is a rare thing, not to mention that it is now considered a cave strawberry. Old Master Wei came to take a look, and then he discussed with Wei Nian that they should go home to have a New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve. Throughout the winter, Wei Nian and Chen Xuan lived in the yard here. The house at home had not been lived in for half a year. It was too cold. Besides, someone had to watch over the strawberries, and the third uncle was the only one who was worried. In addition, the cave goods had to be released on time. The third uncle did not understand these things. Chen Xuan was also crossing the river by feeling the stones. Therefore, even though the strawberries had not yet borne fruit, Chen Xuan could not be separated for the time being. Therefore, Old Master Wei did not let the two move back home for the New Year. Instead, he asked Old Lady Wei to share some New Year's food and let the two move in to celebrate the New Year.
The new year is busy with all kinds of things.
A small shop like Chen Xuan and Wei Yin's is so busy, let alone Old Master Wei's shop, where the three members of the Wei family are all busy. It was not until the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month that they invited the shopkeeper and his clerks to dinner and were able to take a break.
As a result, on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day for slaughtering chickens and going to the big market, Wei Nian took Chen Xuan to the Longfu Temple to visit the temple fair. The two of them went out for a day, had mutton noodles at a nearby ramen shop at noon, and bought a lot of things for the New Year. As soon as they got home happily, before they had a rest, they heard a loud roar in the yard, and it was Chen Xuan's name, "Chen, get out of here!"
The third uncle went out to take a look and saw a woman in a bright red silk jacket and a shiny bun standing in the yard with her hands on her hips, yelling and cursing. He couldn't help but ask, "Madam, what do you want?"
Wei Nian and Chen Xuan both heard the angry shouting and went out to see. As soon as Chen Xuan pushed the door open, the woman in the silk jacket cried out and rushed over. Wei Nian pushed Chen Xuan behind him, took a step forward, grabbed the woman's arm tightly with both hands, and asked, "What are you doing!"
"You, Chen, you're going to die a miserable death! You already have a man! Why are you still trying to seduce someone else's man?"
Chen Xuan was stunned. Fortunately, Cheng Su arrived on a bicycle and threw the bicycle to the door. He didn't care that the bicycle fell to the ground with a thud. Cheng Su hurried in and took the woman from Wei Nian with shame. He said angrily, "What are you doing? It's not enough to embarrass yourself!"
Cheng Su was obviously furious. He was tall and big, so he shook his hands and messed up the woman's hair. The woman howled again, sat on the ground, slapped her thighs, and started crying and singing with her hair disheveled.
Now, without anyone introducing her, Chen Xuan knew who this "sitting cannon" was.
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