Chapter 224: The Source Is Revealed

Old man Zeng came over from the backyard to report, "Girl, Uncle Chen and I will be back in the afternoon. The rapeseed is growing well, and it will be harvested in more than half a month. It seems that our one hundred acres of land, except From the rent and taxes paid to the tenants, I can earn about sixty taels of silver."

Chen Afu smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Go back to the house and have a good rest." He quickly asked someone to invite Wang and Chen Ming to come over for dinner.

Chen Afu asked someone to tidy up the room. Yang Chao was injured and had to be slept with by his wet nurse, Mama Li. They stayed in the east wing guest room. The two little girls followed him to the bedroom, and Chen Dabao slept on the Arhat bed in the living room.

After cleaning up, he took the three children, three birds, and two dogs to the east of Fuyuan to pick up Dabao and Alu.

The children of Tangyuan servants all know that this is the time when Aunt Chen from Fuyuan comes to pick up Dabao with her young master. They will also come here to play at random, and even Luo Mingcheng comes here. This is the busiest time of the day.

Chen Afu likes children and hopes that Chu Hanyan can have more contact with children. Every time I see them coming, I will take out a few pieces of candy from my purse and give them to them.

When Dabao and Alu came back, they saw Yang Chao and Yang Qian coming, and the Animal House was also back. They were extremely happy and expressed sympathy for the injured Yang Chao.

Chen Afu took Dabao and Alu for on-site education. They should not play too crazy with their peers. If they were injured like Yang Chao, they would not be able to go to school. In particular, he told the older Alu to take good care of Dabao.

A Lu said, "Don't worry, eldest sister, Mr. Jiang values ​​Dabao more than anyone else. No one of his classmates in the private school dares to offend him."

Seeing his envious look, Chen Afu smiled and poked his little head and said, "Then as a little uncle, you should take good care of your little nephew and don't let him be bullied by those who are unhappy with him."

Alu nodded in agreement.

After returning home, not only Chen Ming and Wang came, but also Mrs. Chen came with Dahu.

Chen Ming was very happy and drank a lot of wine. Although the output from this one hundred acres of land is not much, it excites him more than any other income.

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Look at how happy you are, the output is much lower than your income at Xinglong Restaurant."

Chen Ming smiled and said, "You can't calculate it like that. Although Ah Fu paid me filial piety for these fields, I also contributed. As for the restaurant, I neither contributed any money nor contributed any effort. No matter how much I earned, I still had nothing to gain from the fields." It makes me happy." He turned to ask Chen Afu, who was eating with the children at another table, "Afu, isn't your shop short of money? When dad gets the money at the end of the month, you can use it first."

Chen Afu smiled and said, "Thank you, dad. Tangyuan gave me another six hundred taels of silver to join the gang. That's enough."

Mrs. Chen was stunned. She didn't even hear about this. However, he was smart enough not to ask immediately.

After the meal, Chen Afu and Wang took the children to play in the backyard, while Mrs. Chen and Chen Ming returned to Luyuan.

Mrs. Chen whispered enviously, "Afu is so capable. He has opened another shop. Is it in a town or a county?"

Chen Ming said, "In Dingzhou Mansion."

Mrs. Chen clicked her tongue twice and asked, "How many percent of the shares does your family hold?"

Chen Ming frowned and said, "Mom, it's impossible for Afu's son to be involved in every business. I won't take even a tenth of it."

Old Mrs. Chen glanced at him disapprovingly and said angrily, "You are stupid. You raised her like your own daughter, so you deserve to have a few shares of her."

Chen Ming was a little unhappy. He raised his voice and said, "What did you say? I have hands and feet. Ah Fu has given me so much. Why do you want to ask for everything?" He softened his tone and said, "I My bones have healed and I have capital, so I can earn money on my own in the future. I had previously thought about opening a shop in the town, which is close and easy to take care of. Ah Fu said it would be better to drive to the county town, where the purchasing power is much stronger and it is not far from home. , I will sell grains and watermelons in the future. In the future, Fuyunlai Trading Company will sell them to me if they find a suitable shopkeeper."

Old Mrs. Chen said hurriedly, "Okay, okay, San'er is right, you earn it by yourself." Then she said, "Do you want your eldest brother to be a shareholder in your shop? Don't worry, I will ask the eldest brother to provide enough money to join the business."

Chen Ming shook his head and said, "Mom knows my sister-in-law's temperament and how much trouble she caused at Xinglong Restaurant last time. If she gets involved, no matter how much you give her, she won't think it's enough, unless you give it all to her."

Old Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and cursed, "That prodigal bitch from the Hu family was greedy and didn't know how to restrain herself. She harmed the boss and Agui. My eldest son is so pitiful." She then took Chen Ming's arm and said, "Second brother , Mom knows that because of her, you, the third child, and the eldest brother all had quarrels. However, your eldest brother suffered the most when he was young. Neither you nor the third child would have lived such a good life without the eldest brother. When it comes to money, it’s Boss Baraba’s turn.”

If it turned out to be the case, Chen Ming would definitely give 20% of the shares to Chen Ye without hesitation. But the last time Mr. Hu made trouble at Xinglong Restaurant made Chen Ming even more wary and fearful of Dafang. He had better not have any more financial ties with Dafang.

Said, "I always remember the help my eldest brother gave me. When the shop makes money, I will definitely honor my mother and thank my eldest brother. In the future, let Agui buy more land. If the eldest brother wants to open a shop, I will also lend him money." he."

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In Fuyuan, Manager Luo came to give Chen Afu a banknote of 600 taels, which was the money Tangyuan paid for buying a stake in Fuyunlai Trading Company.

Chen Afu only kept more than one hundred taels of silver on hand, and asked Zeng Shuang to use the remaining five hundred taels to open a shop. Such a small amount of money is only enough to rent a small building as a shop.

Now that she had more than 600 taels of silver, and Chen Shiying had given her a set of valuable head ornaments, she thought about selling the head ornaments and some of the gemstones and jadeite in the space. These things also had a provenance, so she said they were given by Chen Shiying. She could get more money and buy a shop, all at once.

Thinking that Chen Shiying would be upset if he knew that the head ornaments he gave her were sold by her, she couldn't help but laugh mischievously.

She said to Manager Luo, "If someone from Tangyuan goes to Dingzhou Prefecture, ask him to help find Zeng Shuang and tell him not to rent a shop yet. Ask him to see if there are any good and larger shops, preferably two-story, with a yard and wing rooms, for about 2,000 taels of silver. If there are, book them. I will take time to go to Dingzhou in a while. Lord Chen gave me some jewelry, and I took it to the silver shop to sell."

A shop selling crops does not have to be in a particularly golden port, as long as it is close to the rich mansion gathering area. The shops here are not cheap, but they are not ridiculously expensive. More than two thousand taels of silver should be able to buy a large shop. Such a shop can not only sell things, but also accommodate people and serve as a warehouse.

Manager Luo smiled hesitantly, "Miss Chen, there is some silver on the account of Tangyuan, and I have some silver myself. Otherwise, don't sell the jewelry, I will lend you some silver?"

Chen Afu refused, "No, I don't like to wear those fancy jewelry, it's a pity to keep them, it's better to sell them and cash in."

Manager Luo had to nod and said, "Okay, someone will go to Dingzhou tomorrow, let him find Zeng Shuang."

A few days ago, I saw a reader saying that children look good, but they will grow ugly when they grow up. Qingquan thinks this perception is not entirely correct. Readers with this perception must have seen that some child stars looked very cute when they were young, but they were not as good-looking as they were when they grew up. These child stars just didn't grow up or got fat, which is related to genetics, and they give people the feeling of growing ugly. If Jin Ming or Lin Miaoke grow up to 1.7 meters, no one will say they are ugly. Bei Shuai's little seven, Tom Cruise's daughter Suri, and some second-generation stars were good-looking when they were young. When they grow up, they will not be ugly unless they have gene mutation or inheritance from the previous generation. After all, the genes are there. Just like Liu Yifei, her parents and grandmother are all beautiful, so she must have been beautiful since she was a child. . .