Going home in the evening, there was another child in the team.
Lu Le's child, whose nickname is Abao, is one year younger than Lu Zhou. According to seniority, he is called Lu Xu and Lu Zhou's uncle. He is one of the students in the literacy class of Lujia Village.
He recognized many words from Lu Zhou, but was reluctant to buy paper and pen, so Lu Zhou gave him an old brush. Lu Le picked up a few flat stones, and after working every day, he dipped the old brush in water. When his mother saw the stone writing, she came up with the idea of sending him to study.
He is not required to take the imperial examination, as long as he has more skills and can find an easy job in Guanyang League when he is older.
She inquired that those who can write and keep accounts in the Guanyang Alliance can be promoted to shopkeepers, but if they are not shopkeepers, their wages will be higher than others.
There are no private schools in Lujia Village. If you want to study, you can either go to Yinma Town or study in the county.
When Lu Zhou returned from Xiu Mu, Lu Le's mother asked him about it, and Lu Zhou suggested that Lu Le live with him at his house and go to the county school with him to study for elementary school.
Lu Zhou also asked Yuan Manniang. They were all relatives. How could Yuan Manniang disagree with the matter of an extra pair of chopsticks?
Anyway, the courtyard rented by her family was large, and Lu Xuan and Lu Wen did not live there every day. Lu Xu went to the north to run a business again. Lu Zhou slept alone at night, and she was worried that Lu Zhou would be scared.
When enrolling in Qiu County School, Lu Zhou applied for Lu Le.
Lu Le's family is in a good position in Lujia Village. He has been able to work since his grandfather's generation, and his parents and uncles are also diligent. Lu Le went to school in the county, and his parents carried a bag of white flour to Lu Xu's house on the day they sent him off. Calculate Lu Le’s room and board expenses for one month.
Lu Lexiumu went home with Lu Zhou and the others, dancing and talking about the meat and cakes he had eaten at Lu's house. He also said that Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou would help him study after school, and even spread paper and ink for him before returning to the county. At that time, his father carried a bag of white rice to Lu Xu's house.
The village pays attention to human relations, and the same applies to relatives. Yuan Manniang did not refuse the Lu Le family's food. When the weather got cold, she made Lu Le two sets of clothes.
Now Lu Le's child has adapted to the life of the Lu family. Every morning when Lu Zhou and Yan Junqi go out, he goes to the academy early to preview and review his books, hoping to catch up with Lu Zhou as soon as possible and take the boy student examination with him in two years.
They went to a clothing store or dessert shop to eat together at noon, helped clean and pack things in the two stores, went to school together in the afternoon, went home to do homework together in the evening, helped with housework before and after meals, and stayed with Lu Rui and La Yue before going to bed. , Wen Zhen plays for a while.
The addition of Lu Le made both La Yue and Wen Zhen a little nervous. In the past, both of them were interested in reading and writing. Now seeing how serious Lu Le is in learning, they both also take it seriously. They have to recite a small poem every evening to compete with each other to see who can recite it. Faster.
They memorize it every day, so much that they can even remember Lu Wen, and sometimes they can even correct a certain line of their poem casually.
Lu Xu was nervous.
He really didn't expect that after a trip, all the children at home would love reading!
He also took a good look at Lu Rui during the meal and found no academic aura in Lu Rui, so he felt relieved.
What if he is the only scumbag in the whole family?
When going to bed at night, Lu Xu also asked Yan Junqi: "Do you think I should also read some books?"
Yan Junqi couldn't help laughing: "If you want to learn, I'll teach you."
Lu Xu looked at the bookcases and piles of books in Yan Junqi's room, and his vision went dark. He spread his arms, spread his limbs flat, and lay like a salted fish on the bed, "Forget it, I have you anyway."
Yan Junqi smiled and flipped through the booklet he brought back.
He didn't expect Lu Xu to memorize so many things, filling the entire volume.
Lu Wen was here tonight, and Lu Xu didn't let Lu Le sleep in the front yard. They were all in the backyard, and he didn't feel at ease even if Lu Le and Lu Wen went to the front yard.
Lu Xu took some clothes and didn't even bring any bedding, so she ran over and squeezed in with Yan Jun.
While he was paralyzed, he talked to Yan Junqi about what he had seen and experienced along the way. After holding Lu Rui for a long time, he was exhausted.
Yan Junqi read Lu Xu's booklet while listening, and asked Lu Xu if he didn't understand. When he heard that Lu Xu still couldn't figure it out or had doubts, he helped Lu Xu analyze it together.
The two of them were so engrossed in their conversation that they heard Lu Wen, Lu Zhou and Lu Le talking noisily next door. It seemed that Lu Le was helping Lu Zhou to refute Lu Wen, but together they were not enough to fight against Lu Wen alone.
Lu Xu heard Lu Wen shout, "Listen to me!"
Immediately afterwards, Lu Le shouted, "Uncle, what you said is wrong!"
Lu Xuxiao said, "I'm afraid that our Lu Zhou is too introverted and has no friends. Isn't this quite popular?"
Yan Junqi: "Many people in the academy like Lu Zhou very much. After getting along with him for a long time, everyone will discover his advantages."
As he spoke, Yan Junqi laughed, "Han Lu is probably afraid that he will have no friends, so she gives him snacks every day and asks him to take them to the academy to give points to his classmates."
Moreover, whenever Lu Zhou takes his classmates and husband to the store, Han Lu and Xiao Xia will give each other discounts and small gifts. Now they both know Lu Zhou's entire elementary school classmates.
After Lu Xu left, even Lu Wen asked Lu Zhou from time to time if anyone bullied him at the academy. Lu Xuan also visited clothing stores and dessert shops every day, and often picked Lu Zhou up from school.
With such a brother and sister, what if Lu Zhou had no friends?
Lu Xu snorted after hearing this, "Our Lu Zhou is just too stupid. He is such a silly boy, and the whole family has to worry about him."
Yan Junqi chuckled, thinking that Lu Zhou was worried about his elder brother. He had been thinking about his brother every day these past few months.
As the night got darker, Lu Xu went over to show off his power as Big Brother Tong and urged the three brats to sleep. Instead, he went to the kitchen to find two apples and came back to share them with Yan Jun. They lay down comfortably on the bed and nibbled on the apples.
After Yan Junqi flipped through his booklet, he also took out the accounts he had recorded for Lu Xu in the past few months, and told Lu Xu one by one what happened in Guanyang during his absence for more than three months.
He did not expand the scale, but consolidated the foundation for Lu Xu's rapid progress.
He helped Lu Xuan evaluate the manpower previously selected by Lu Xuan. All three shops have acting shopkeepers, and Lu Xuan is responsible for the overall scheduling and supervision.
He arranged the cargo ships and passenger ships for Lu Xu and found the responsible personnel. He only needed to pick up a dozen people every morning to understand all the big and small things on the river.
He also re-adjusted the persons in charge of grocery stores in each village and town, sorted out the duplications and ambiguities, and finally selected ten persons in charge, and also selected two managers from among the ten people. If there were no special circumstances, he would just Asking these two people can also clarify the situation.
He transferred Lu Yong out of the food shop, and together with Lu Xuan, he was responsible for the purchasing work of the entire Guanyang Alliance stores. Occasionally, he and Lu Wen would help negotiate prices with the supplying cargo ships.
Yan Junqi recognized Lu Yong's talent in this area.
He and Lu Hui also divided the fields into districts in the village. Each district hired a long-term worker and several short-term workers. The corresponding fields were given to the long-term workers. The third uncle was responsible for helping the long-term workers, coordinating the plowing of cattle, deciding what to plant, and paying the short-term workers. etc.
Lu Hui was arranged by him to raise cattle and sheep.
They had no experience raising sheep before, so they gathered the sheep and chickens together, and soon the grass was gnawed away. Seeing that this was not going to work, Lu Hui expanded the area where sheep were raised, and the three mountains were raised in rotation.
Nowadays, there are people in the three mountains every day, and the wild animals in the mountains will not come down easily. Before the autumn harvest, Lu Hui and the others organized hunters and young adults from the three villages to drive wild animals from the bottom to the top of the mountains. Except for wild boars, they did not find anything very ferocious. animal.
Because of herding sheep, Lu Hui also took over two mountains that did not raise chickens.
The fourth uncle who was originally in charge of three mountains is now in charge of only one. In addition to helping the fourth aunt take care of the chickens and ducks, he also takes care of various projects on the mountain - digging ponds for raising ducks, building pig pens, building mountain roads, etc.
The mountain road has not yet been repaired, but it has been smoothed out before the autumn harvest. Now they push carts from the mountain road to the county town every day to deliver eggs, walnuts, chestnuts, persimmons, hawthorns, etc.
Yan Junqi: "There are a lot of wild fruits on the mountain, but they don't grow well. My fourth uncle has led people to mark them. When you have time, go and see if you want to transplant them together, or leave the old trees and plant new seedlings. "
"The chickens on the mountain started to lay eggs a while ago. The fourth aunt said that they are not laying many eggs now. In a few days, there will be more eggs when the chicks grow up. Xiaoxia and Hanlu's shop won't need many. It just so happens that you are back, why not Thinking of some dishes that use eggs?"
"Do you want to raise ducklings now or next year? It's not easy for autumn chicks to survive the winter. My fourth aunt said they can't raise them in the mountains and have to move them home. My house happens to be idle, otherwise we can use it to raise ducklings?"
"Those sheep are so good at grazing. I hired a group of children to help with the grass. I don't know if it will be enough to eat in the winter. When do you plan to start selling mutton pots? I have selected a few in the store. I will wait until these leather goods are sold. Depends on whether to buy or rent.”
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Lu Xu was still lying down and listening at first, but then he sat up as he listened.
Looking at Yan Jun's neat and clear account books and plans, I scratched my head.
ah……
So many questions...
He didn't even think about it...
Lu Xu had been away from Guanyang for a long time, and suddenly he couldn't adapt to the big stall he had created.
Does he actually have so many deals?
Lu Xu's eyes were dull, his mind was empty, and he was stunned.
Yan Junqi stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, smiling and saying, "Come here one by one, I'll help you."
"Yeah." Lu Xu lamented.
He makes money to be a salted fish, so why does he feel that he is getting further and further away from the salted fish life?
What went wrong?
Yan Junqi turned over the ledger and started with the simple ones first, "Whenever you are free, ask Lu Xuan to call the people together and see you."
Lu Xu counted on his fingers, "Tomorrow morning I will pay everyone the remaining wages. I will go to Luo's house in the afternoon. The day after tomorrow I have to go back to the village to see my grandparents, third uncle and fourth uncle. I will go to the mountain to pay homage to my father. The day after tomorrow I have to find a medicine store. For medicine, we need to talk to the merchants in the south, um... buy cloth, silk, porcelain, and sell furs and other things, and those stones..."
Lu Xunian complained that she had another headache.
There are so many things, he has to do so many things!
Yan Junqi: "Well, then you go to pay wages tomorrow, go to Luo's house in the afternoon, and go back the day after tomorrow. Take a look at the mountain and meet the long-term workers at home. Let Lu Wen help you find the drug store. Call him home in the morning. You can bring the goods with you. Go to Lu Xuan, negotiate the price and let Lu Xuan make detailed arrangements. As for the purchase, you tell me, I will make a list for you and let Lu Yong take the list and buy it."
Yan Junqi began to study ink, took out a piece of paper from the drawer, and began to write down for Lu Xu, "Silk, cloth, porcelain, what else do you want?"
Lu Xu: "Buy mules and carts and hire people. If there are enough mules, I will detain the oxen and go over there to get grain and mules."
They have a lot of arable land here, and oxen are more useful than mules.
Yan Junqi helped him write it down, "Let Lu Wen go to the livestock market tomorrow to check it out."
"Um."
Lu Xu leaned closer to the table, and then leaned closer, admiring Yan Junqi's good calligraphy while talking.
"By the way, please take the time to help me write some signs. I have opened a lot of tea sheds. I have to ask my mother to make some flags for me!" Lu Xu patted his thigh and was about to go to Yuan Man's mother to take a look. time, sat down again, "It's too late, let's talk about it tomorrow to save her from staying up late again."
Yan Junqi hadn't seen him think like this for a long time. He found it a lot of fun to watch Lu Xu's expression change suddenly. He smiled while writing.
Lu Xu didn't think of anything new for the time being. He lowered his eyes and looked at Yan Junqi writing, and suddenly said: "Jun Qi, have you grown taller?"
Yan Junqi was startled, "Well, it's higher than before."
When his mother made him clothes, she told him that he couldn't wear his previous clothes.
Lu Xu listened to the wind and asked him to stand up to compare his height. It turned out that Yan Junqi, who was more than a head behind him, had already reached the height of his ears.
Lu Xu stared at Yan Junqi's increasingly angular face and smiled, "Well, he looks like an adult now!"
Yan Junqi laughed.
The two of them had written down the five-day schedule and arrangements. Yan Junqi stopped writing and asked, "When will you leave?"
Lu Xu: "Let's do it in five days. It snows there in October. If the mountain road is blocked by snow, it will be troublesome."
Yan Junqi lowered his eyes and put the newly written paper on the table to dry, "In six days, I will take a rest on the sixth day. I want to..."
Yan Junqi thought of an excuse, what would be good?
Lu Xu said, "Okay! Go faster on the road, we won't miss that day!"
He is also tired and wants to give himself a day off!
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