flstandardbreds Chapter 213 Family Business 3
Chapter 213 Family Business 3
The air in early autumn was clear and the sun was bright, shining directly on the father and his two sons. The father picked up his youngest son, the younger brother sat obediently in his father's arms and listened to his teachings, and the older brother stood beside his father with his hands behind his back...
The autumn wind blew gently, and my father, wearing a lake blue scholar's robe, the corners of the robe fluttered in the breeze, and the silk sparkled in the sun.
His father is now a successful juren, and his cloth robe has been changed into a silk robe. The glittering and fluttering hem of his robe makes Wang Jinyi inexplicably in a good mood. He quietly feels the perfection of his family standing in front of him, and his heart is filled with family love.
In the sunlight, her father waved at her, but Wang Jinyi was still immersed in her own self-intoxication. Wang Wendong came over, took her sister's sleeve, and followed his father into the main room.
Naturally, there was some greetings when entering the door. The little brother Wang Wenxin stared at him with his big eyes.
Wang Jinyi didn't understand why this little guy had always been resentful towards him, so he squatted down and wanted to hold his hand and communicate with him, but the little guy backed away, hid his hands behind his back, pursed his lips, and hid behind his father's legs.
As if he was still a little reluctant, he stuck half of his head out from behind his father's legs, revealing one eye and staring at him.
Wang Jinyi looked at her mother in confusion and asked:
"Mother, what happened to him?"
The mother smiled and shook her head:
"He heard people say you're a freak at studying, so he thinks you're a freak!"
Wang Jinyi just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart, but she didn't know that the people who called her a monster were actually those around Ouyang Wenche. This name would soon become famous as Ouyang Wenche came to Beijing.
Ever since Wang Wenxin secretly overheard other people's discussions about his sister, he remembered that his sister was a monster! Because he couldn't understand what the word "wenyao" meant, he firmly believed that his sister was the monster in "Journey to the West"!
Wang Jinyi naturally didn't know all this. Her mother guessed it but couldn't bring up Ouyang Wenche, so she had to interrupt. The family still sat around drinking tea and eating snacks as before.
Wang Jinyi tried hard to ignore the frightened look of his little brother. The little brother hid behind his father, only one eye was exposed and stared at him. His brother patted his head, took his hand and said to him:
"This is your sister. She made all your toys. Why are you still afraid of her?"
Wang Jinyi did not force it, but just smiled at the little one without any ulterior motives. His father drank tea and said:
"Jin'er, I heard from your grandfather that you are planning to build a library, and that the clan will send someone to discuss the matter. During this ten-day holiday, you will take the whole family to select a site, and you have asked everyone to make time for it.
Jin'er, this is our first day back and we are still unclear about many things. How can you have such a big idea? What stage have we reached now? "
As soon as his father finished speaking, Wang Jinyi said soothingly:
"Father, you just came back. You must have had a hard journey. Take a rest first. Grandfather will host a reception for both families in the evening. Take a good rest today and we will talk in detail tomorrow."
The mother pulled her husband under the table, and the father understood what his wife meant. The parents sent the children to see their own rooms.
The parents still lived in the main house, Wang Wenxin lived next door to her brother, and her brother's study was moved to the back. Wang Jinyi still lived in the west wing.
Wang Wendong accompanied his brother into the east wing. Two maids had already tidied the room and were waiting for the young master at the door. Wang Jinyi stood outside the door, watching Qingmei and the housekeeper Nanny Wang follow in, then she took her mother's hand and followed her father to the door of the main room.
"Dad and Mom, take a good rest. Home is the same as before. After you have rested, we can talk again when we have time. I'm going back to the room."
The parents turned around and looked at their 9-year-old daughter, who was arranging every detail like an adult. After Wang Jinyi bowed to her parents, she returned to her west wing.
After entering the study, Wang Jinyi glanced at the clepsydra. It was already past noon, and the time for practicing calligraphy had arrived as scheduled. He sat down at the desk, spread out the rice paper, and flattened both sides of the paper with a ruler.
The maid Mo Yu carefully ground the ink for the young lady. Wang Jinyi first used cursive script to quickly record her guess about Ouyang she saw today, and then the regular script that she must practice every day. Half an hour later, she copied the Three Character Classic written by the patriarch hanging on the desk.
Wang Jinyi used time to reverse the evaluation of "not being too bad". Last Spring Festival, Wang Jinyi wrote "Happy New Year" in four fonts and gave a banner to her grandparents as a New Year gift.
Although the grandparents did not say any words of praise, their appreciative eyes still made Wang Jinyi happy for half a year.
There was a gentle knock on the study door. Mo Yu put down the ink stick, went out quietly, and came back in with two notes in his hand.
Wang Jinyi put down the brush and unfolded the notes. One of them was written by Wang Luanhe, the manager of the outer courtyard.
He reported on the progress of the opening of the last two Tai Sheng rice shops in Xunyang Prefecture, as well as the recruitment of various personnel, with a list of recruited personnel attached at the end.
Wang Jinyi opened the list and saw that there were 10 people in total, 5 of whom were carpenters, and the rest had various specialties. But after each person it was noted that they had not been tested, but were just the talents they described when they registered.
It seemed that Wang Luanhe was unsure whether these people should be recruited or not, and could only listen to the young lady's instructions. Wang Jinyi wrote under Wang Luanhe's note: Assessment, demonstration, on-site production, and continued recruitment.
Below was a very short note written by Zhu Yu: Miss, tomorrow is the day for the clan to reconcile accounts and send money, and we can’t put the cash in.
Wang Jinyi looked at the short words "There's no room for cash" and smiled happily.
In this era, most people keep their cash in large wooden boxes, but Wang Jinyi still prefers iron safes, the heavy cast iron ones.
Wang Jinyi smiled and wrote on the note: Looking for mother.
Now that my parents are back, I can finally have some free time. The money I earn should be used for the family eventually. Letting my mother get hold of this money as soon as possible will obviously help improve the living conditions of the entire family.
After Wang Jinyi checked his annotations, he handed them to Mo Yu, and Mo Yu went out again.
Wang Jinyi sat alone in the study, thinking about how she had changed over the past six years.
First, the grandparents watched Wang Jinyi reconcile accounts with the clan members. Since there was no decent place, they simply set up a special room for Wang Jinyi in the west wing of the front yard to reconcile accounts with the other families and transfer money.
External cooperation and dividend projects are all handed over here. The handover involves both Wang Jinyi's finances led by Qingyu and the accountant in the mansion. This is mainly because half of every penny earned by Wang Jinyi is shared by the public, which is an inherent rule of a large family that does not divide the family.
There is no need to feel that it is inappropriate to give the money to the public middle school. In fact, if Wang Jinyi wants to invest in building a school or a library, the public middle school will definitely pay for it, and the clan will also provide money and manpower to help. This is the advantage of a big family!
Because you have someone to rely on, it is easier for you to accomplish what you want to do!