The reason why Yang Haiyan and Qin Fang chose to go today instead of yesterday was because Lu Dawei's private school was closed today. When they arrived, Lu Dawei and Lu Xiaowei were playing in the yard. Seeing Yang Haiyan coming, Lu Dawei happily shouted, "Aunt, you are here." The Lu brothers liked Yang Haiyan very much because the snacks made by this aunt were delicious and she also gave them goat milk to drink. Although this happened before moving, they all remembered it.
Mrs. Lu heard the voice and came out: "I was planning to go over there to find you. There will be a market in the town starting tomorrow, and I thought you would definitely go to join in the fun."
Yang Haiyan said, "Of course I will go." Then she introduced Qin Shoucheng and Qin Siya, and said to Lu Dawei, "Dawei, this is my younger brother. He will go to the private school you are in. He just went there and is not familiar with the school. Please take good care of him."
Eight-year-old Lu Dawei patted his chest and assured: "Auntie, don't worry, I will take care of Uncle Shoucheng."
Morinari who was called uncle...
Yang Haiyan was stunned when she heard the address, but then she couldn't help laughing. It's not uncle, right? Shoucheng is Qin Fang's younger brother, and he is of the same generation as Lu Baifu.
After saying hello to Lu Dawei, Yang Haiyan and her family went shopping. It should be said that Qin Fang took Qin Shoucheng to report to the private school, and Yang Haiyan took Qin Si Ya to go shopping.
There was nothing to see in the town, so Yang Haiyan took Si Ya to the dim sum shop. Aunt Hong was the only one in the dim sum shop, and she was watching the shop while looking after the children. Her son was already one year old, and after drinking goat milk for more than half a year, the little baby was growing well, with a chubby face and very cute.
Seeing Yang Haiyan and Qin Si Ya coming, Aunt Hong hurriedly greeted them: "Madam is here, Miss Si Ya is here."
Yang Haiyan: "How is the business in the shop?"
Aunt Hong said, "The daily quota can be sold out."
Yang Haiyan nodded: "That's good." Anyway, her snacks were fixed in quantity, and if they were sold out every day, her gross profit would be 10,000 taels of silver at the end of the month.
Qin Siya asked curiously: "Sister-in-law, is this your shop?"
Yang Haiyan said, "Yes, are you tired? You can sit on the bench over there and take a rest." The bench was originally provided for customers who drank goat milk, but now the shop no longer supplies goat milk, so the bench is useless. After thinking about it, Yang Haiyan decided to change this place into a vegetable area after the vegetable harvest in the field, and put vegetables, eggs, and duck eggs.
Qin Siya sat on the stool, looking around curiously. Speaking of which, when she was in her hometown, she had to cut grass for pigs and feed chickens, but here she didn't have to do anything, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
After a while, Qin Fang came to the shop: "I have registered, and I can go to school tomorrow."
Studying in a private school is different from becoming a disciple. Becoming a disciple requires a gift of apprenticeship, but studying in this private school is different. It is like a school accepting several students. For someone like Qin Shoucheng, it is not becoming a disciple, but it is equivalent to finding a school to study in, so there is no need to prepare any gift of apprenticeship.
Yang Haiyan: "That's good, go prepare some things you need for studying."
Then, the family went to the study. Yang Haiyan bought all the pens, ink, paper and other things needed for studying for Qin Shoucheng. Speaking of which, Qin Shoucheng had studied for a year, but he had never really touched pens, ink and paper. He was a student in his hometown before, and his family only wanted him to learn a few words, but never thought about letting him really study, so they didn't prepare these things.
Now, Yang Haiyan has given him all these, and he is deeply touched. He holds the pen, reluctant to let it go, and chokes up with gratitude: "Thank you, sister-in-law, thank you, brother, I will study hard."
Yang Haiyan patted his shoulder and said, "I believe you can do it. Come on."
Qin Shoucheng: "Yeah."
After buying the things, the family went back home. As soon as they got home, Aunt Lian came and said, "Madam, the Kunshi family came to see you just now."
Yang Haiyan was puzzled: "From the Kunshi family? Did they say anything?"
Aunt Lian nodded and said, "I said that we are planning to buy some snacks and sell them in the county town."
Yang Haiyan was stunned, then chuckled: "She is smart, this should be Kun Shi who told her. Sister Dahua ordered snacks to sell in the shop before, and the business is pretty good." She should earn one or two taels of silver every month. Yang Haiyan didn't know the details, because she didn't know how Yang Dahua sold snacks in the county town. But although she made money, it was also hard work. She got up early every morning to go to the county town, and then came back.
Aunt Lian was curious: "Then do you want to order some snacks for her?"
Yang Haiyan asked back: "Why not?"
Aunt Lian: "What about Mrs. Han?"
Yang Haiyan chuckled: "Sister Dahua buys snacks and sells them in the county town, and I make money. Kunshi's family buys snacks and sells them wherever they go, and I make money. How can this person be so picky about money?"
Aunt Lian asked, "What if the Kunshi family takes away Mrs. Han's business?"
Yang Haiyan shook her head: "This is not a question that a nanny should ask."
Nanny Lian smiled and said, "I'm just curious." Because she usually saw that the mistress was very caring towards Mrs. Han.
Yang Haiyan didn't care about it, it was just casual chat anyway: "I have a good relationship with Sister Dahua, but this has nothing to do with my business with others. First of all, Sister Dahua is pregnant now, and there is nothing wrong with someone else taking over this business. Secondly, even if Sister Dahua is not pregnant, no one else can do this business. The county town is so big, and two people doing this business, no one will hinder anyone else. Finally, to put it bluntly, it is a hindrance to anyone, and it is none of my business. This should be something they discuss and talk about with each other. After all, whoever sells things to others, does it have to be responsible for dealing with other people's business, or whether it will be snatched away by others?" This is not a brand agency or buyout.
Of course, she wouldn't agree to anyone's ordering of her desserts. If it was someone she didn't know, she would have to think about it.
Nanny Lian felt that she still couldn't see through her master, but it didn't matter. She just had to be loyal and serve her master well.
Yang Haiyan: "Okay, Mammy, go call the Kunshi family."
Aunt Lian: “Yes.”
After a while, Kun Zhang came.
Kun Zhang: "I meet the Madam."
Yang Haiyan said kindly, "No need to be polite, sit down."
Kun Zhang: "Thank you, Madam." She is a calm person. She came all the way from Jintian County with Yang Haiyan, so she knows Yang Haiyan well. Madam is a very kind person and is quite generous. However, she does not act recklessly or test the bottom line of others because of this. She has a clear understanding of her position.
Yang Haiyan asked, "Just now Aunt Lian told me that you want to order dim sum to do business?"
Kun Zhang said nervously, "Yes, I wonder if Madam can allow me some snacks?"
Yang Haiyan said: "I have two conditions for ordering dim sum. The first is that you are not allowed to do business in the town after ordering dim sum. The town is so small. If you do business in the town, you will steal customers from my shop."
Kun Zhang heard from Kun Shi that Mrs. Han used to do business in the county town. She thought that this might be the reason. Kun Zhang nodded and said, "Don't worry, Madam, she won't do business in the town."
Yang Haiyan nodded and said, "The second condition is that once the snacks are sold, they are not allowed to be returned, no matter if you have sold them or not. After all, no one can guarantee that the returned snacks are clean after being passed through other people's hands. Even if it weren't for this reason, no shop would do such a deal."
Kun Zhang said: "Yes, this woman understands." This is common sense. If it were her, she would not allow the snacks she had approved to be returned.
Yang Haiyan nodded, and after telling her the price, she asked, "How much do you want in bulk? When do you want it?"
Kun Zhang said, "Madam, can I ask how much Mrs. Han approved when she first started? I want to do business in the county town, but I don't know the situation there, so I want to know about Mrs. Han's initial business situation."
Yang Haiyan did not refuse, and said very straightforwardly: "The first time, the small cakes and small cookies were two kilograms each. I don't know what happened afterwards. After that, Aunt Fan was in charge of her ordering snacks. If you want to order snacks, you have to ask Aunt Fan, because the snacks are made by Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong."
Kun Zhang said gratefully, "Thank you, Madam, for your reminder."
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "No need to be so polite. Captain Kun is my husband's subordinate, so we are considered a family. I am happy if you are all well and have a good life. By the way, Mrs. Han also went to the county town to do business with dim sum. If you want to do business in the county town, it is best to discuss the price with her. Otherwise, if you sell at different prices, it may attract comparisons, which is not good."
Kun Zhang didn't think of it for a moment. She thought it would be fine if the two of them didn't do business together. Now it was Yang Haiyan who reminded her. She stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Madam, for reminding me."
Yang Haiyan said: "No need to be polite, Mrs. Han lives in the 5th or 6th house of Baifu District, you can ask her about the situation in the county town."
Kun Zhang: "Hey."
Yang Haiyan remembered something: "By the way, what arrangements do you have for Daying?"
Kun Zhang was stunned: "Please give me some advice, Madam."
Yang Haiyan said, "I can't give you any guidance. Our Cheng will go to a private school starting tomorrow. He will study in the morning and practice martial arts in the afternoon. I think he is still young. Even if he doesn't take the civil or martial arts exams, it's always good for him to learn more. If Daying is free, he can go with Cheng to practice martial arts to strengthen his body."
After hearing this, Kun Zhang's eyes lit up: "Thank you, madam."
Yang Haiyan: "You're welcome. It's okay. Go and do your work."
Kun Zhang: "Yes." She walked out the door and suddenly came back in, "Excuse me, Madam, how much money does it cost to go to a private school?"
Yang Haiyan's eyes flashed with admiration: "Two taels of silver a year, everything you need for study is provided by yourself. Since you are not becoming a disciple, there is no need for a gift. The private school recruits students every year, and it just started this year, so it is not too late to enroll now. If you wait for a while, you will have to wait until next year."
When Kun Zhang heard this, she said, "Thank you, Madam."
Kun Zhang returned to the servants' courtyard and saw her husband and son playing. Seeing her return, Kun Shi also asked with some concern, "How is it?"
Kun Zhang said, "Let's talk about it in front of you." After all, everyone's courtyard is connected. If she talks outside, what if someone hears her? Although she can buy snacks to go to the county town to do business, others can also buy snacks to go to the county town to do business. However, she can't rush to tell others.
Kunshi nodded: "Yeah."
When the couple entered the house, Kun Zhang told them all about the snacks and her son's education: "What do you think? Madam said two taels of silver a year as a dowry. I think we can afford it, so let Da Ying go."
Kun Shi naturally hoped that his son would have a promising future. He said, "Okay, let Daying and Cheng Ge'er go to the private school together in the morning, and let them practice martial arts together in the afternoon. Cheng Ge'er is your biological brother, and it would be good for Daying to be his playmate. If Daying is promising in studying, I will continue to support him. If not, let him learn martial arts well, and when you have a son in the future, it would be good for Daying to be his bodyguard."
Qin Fang had no idea that Kun Shi had thought about it so late and had even thought about his son.
Kun Zhang smiled and said, "You have made all the arrangements for your son's future."
Kun Shi said, "You are only twenty-one years old, but you are already a seventh-rank captain. There is no such young captain in our military camp. You have a bright future ahead of you. You and I will naturally think about our son."
Kun Zhang always listened to her husband, so when he said this, she naturally listened.
Main Courtyard
While eating, Qin Siya couldn't help but ask: "Sister-in-law, my third brother will go to a private school tomorrow, what about me?" She remembered that if she remembered a word, she would be rewarded.
Yang Haiyan picked up a piece of scrambled eggs with chopsticks and just put it into her mouth when she heard her say this. She swallowed the egg and said, "Starting tomorrow, you will study for half an hour in the morning, learn arithmetic for half an hour, and learn needlework for half an hour in the afternoon. The rest of the time is yours." Girls do not have to take the imperial examinations, unlike modern girls who have to take the middle school entrance examinations and the college entrance examinations. For Qin Siya, studying is just about learning to read, increasing her knowledge, and understanding more principles. Therefore, studying for half an hour, or less than an hour, a day is enough.
Qin Siya: "If I remember all the words, will there be any reward?"
After hearing this, Qin Fang couldn't help but frowning: "Your sister-in-law has to give you money for your studies?" Why does this girl think so beautifully
Qin Siya was a little afraid of her elder brother. When she heard her elder brother say this with a cold face, she shrank her neck.
Yang Haiyan said: "I promised Si Ya that if she memorized ten words every day, I would give her a penny as a reward." She wouldn't memorize many words every day, so I just taught her ten words and took her time.
Qin Fang felt upset when he saw this. Why didn't he get any reward when he was studying? His wife used to care about him the most and even liked him the most, but now it seems that Shoucheng and Si Ya are more important than him. Qin Fang felt that bringing his younger brother and sister here was a wrong choice.
Yang Haiyan didn't know her man had a problem with daydreaming. Seeing him frowning and thinking, scaring Si Ya, she used the serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat for him: "There's enough sugar in the braised pork. Don't you like sweet food?"
There is no ordinary person who doesn't like sweets, because their families are poor and they rarely have the opportunity to eat candy, so they like it. Qin Fang is naturally the same.
Seeing his wife picking up some meat for him, Qin Fang didn't know what to think and just opened his mouth.
Yang Haiyan: “…” Problem. Later she thought about it and decided to forget it. He was only 21 years old and still a big boy. As a sister who was almost 30 years old, she didn’t bother with him and put the meat to his mouth, “Don’t bite the chopsticks.”
Qin Fang: “Yeah.”
After lunch, Yang Haiyan called Qin Siya to the study room and said, "Si Ya, this is the Hundred Family Names that your elder brother read when he was in school. From tomorrow on, you will learn the characters in this book first. Now I'm giving it to you."
Qin Siya was about to take the book when Qin Fang, who came in, quickly caught it.
Yang Haiyan was surprised: "Didn't you go for a nap?"
Qin Fang put the book back to its original place and said seriously, "She needs to study, so buy her another one. This is the book you bought for me, so you can't give it to her." He was so defensive. He heard that the girl wanted to study during dinner, and he didn't see anyone buying her a book in the study this morning, so he guessed this would happen. How could this be? It couldn't be possible.
Yang Haiyan was speechless, but still took out some money and gave it to Qin Shoucheng: "Shoucheng, you and Si Ya go to the study and buy a book for Si Ya."
Qin Shoucheng: “Yes.”
After the two siblings left, Yang Haiyan rolled her eyes at Qin Fang and said, "You're trying to snatch a book from me. That's your sister."
Qin Fang said: "That is the book you gave me. How can you give something you gave to someone else and then give it to someone else?"
Yang Haiyan found that she couldn't refute it.
Qin Fang was very satisfied: "I'm going to take a nap."
Yang Haiyan had nothing to do, so she accompanied him to take a nap. Perhaps it was because of the spring sleepiness, he felt a little tired.
"Madam..." She was just about to take a nap when Aunt Fan came over, "Madam, the Kunshi family came to see me."
Yang Haiyan was a step slower: "Is it about ordering dim sum?"
Aunt Fan: "Yes, she said she wanted two kilograms of small cakes and two kilograms of small biscuits. She also went to the pastry shop to look and bought various pastries for her son to taste. She thought small cakes and small biscuits were more suitable for doing business in the county town."
Yang Haiyan knew, of course, that it was cheap and long-lasting. "Just keep a record of it."
the next day
Qin Fang brought his private guards into the mountains again.
Today is the first day of the market, and Yang Haiyan plans to go "buy" some things without taking the servants. Coincidentally, today is also the first day that Qin Siya learns to read, so she entrusts Qin Siya to the literate Nanny Lian, so that it will be convenient for her to "buy" seeds.
"Haiyan..." Mrs. Lu came to Qianfu's house early in the morning to call for help.
Yang Haiyan rushed out: "Coming." She was carrying a basket.
Mrs. Lu looked behind her and asked, "Are you going alone today?"
Yang Haiyan: "Yes, I thought they might want to buy something, so I gave them a day off." That was true. Except for Aunt Lian, everyone else had a day off.
The market in the town was not as lively as Yang Haiyan imagined, because the market in the town was not big, and the people in the town were not rich. The peddlers who had good things would hide them until early April and sell them in the county market, because the county market was big and the people who went to the county market were rich, and the peddlers came to make money. The peddlers would bring things from other places to Qiguo to sell, and then exchange the things for money, buy some things from Qiguo, and take them to other places to buy. "Peddlers" is one way of saying it, and another way of saying it is "caravan".
Some caravans are a group with a special name, traveling between countries and tribes, and are quite famous. Some merchants are individuals, composed of several individual merchants, who travel for the purpose of sworn brotherhood, but everyone goes their own way to make money, and sworn brotherhood is just to strengthen themselves and have someone to look after them during the journey.
At first, Yang Haiyan was a little disappointed with the vendors. Although she prepared various seeds to "buy", she was still curious about the vendors' goods. But as she and Lu Saozi walked along, she felt that there was nothing special. It was not until she saw the vendors' stalls of a certain brigade and saw the things on them that she opened her eyes wide: "So many jades and pearls." It was crazy, so many jades and pearls.
If Yang Haiyan didn't know much about these things, she would have thought they were fake, but since she knew a little bit about them, she knew that the jade and pearls were real. At least the pieces she picked up to look at were real.
However, these caravans are very smart. In the jade, only a little bit of jade is exposed, and it is still unknown whether it is good or bad. This is the legendary gambling on stones. However, it is more tempting than gambling on stones. Laymen do not understand gambling on stones. For example, Yang Haiyan, she can never guess whether a stone contains jade. However, these jades all reveal a little bit of jade, which will attract others to buy. As long as the exposed part is good jade, there are still many gamblers.
Mrs. Lu saw Yang Haiyan stop and said, "Haiyan, do you want to buy jade?"
Yang Haiyan said: "I am not interested in jade, but I am interested in pearls."
Mrs. Lu said, "I heard that there are people out there who specialize in raising pearls. It is said that pearls are not valuable in the places where they are raised. But if they are brought to our Qi country to sell, the price of the pearls will be expensive."
Yang Haiyan thought this was normal. Isn't this the production chain sales track? She said to Sister Lu: "Sister-in-law, I want to see the pearls. Why don't you go and see what you want first, and then I'll come back to you?"
Mrs. Lu: "Okay."
Seeing Yang Haiyan staring at the pearl, the merchant enthusiastically introduced it: "Madam, do you like this pearl?"
The flower beads are light pink and look very gentle.
Yang Haiyan asked: "How much is this?"
Merchant: "The price varies according to the size. If you buy a lot, the price can be negotiated."
Yang Haiyan took a look and saw that there were several types of pearls, such as pure pink flower pearls, pure white South Sea pearls, and the queen pearls with a color like the warm sun. Of course, she didn't know how to call them in this era, these are modern names. She chose light pink flower pearls, about 8mm in size: "I want five of these." She also chose the 1cm queen pearls, "I want four of these." She also chose the 1cm South Sea white pearls, "I want five of these, please tell me the price." Women can't resist the charm of pearls.