C76 (1/2)

Ever since he received Ye Shuo's letter in the capital two days ago, in the past few days, Xu Shiqiu had been worrying that there would be an urgent letter coming from the capital, and something had happened that he did not want to see.

Fortunately, the heavens still pitied him, and even after half a month, there were no bad letters from the capital.

Due to his unsettled state of mind these past few days, Xu Shiqiu's efficiency in doing things everyday had been greatly reduced. After confirming that there would be no incidents in the capital temporarily, he started to look through the accounts that he had not seen before.

After he finished looking through the accounts, Xu Shiqiu called Xu Feng, Xu Jie and Dong Lei over.

”Next is the busiest month of the year. We must prepare enough goods in the shop, and we must pay attention to the quality of the goods as well. We can't let something like that happen just because it's the end of the year.” Xu Shiqiu said this towards Xu Feng, because the things that the shop that Xu Feng was selling were things that the people of the previous year liked to buy.

Especially in these shops, there were also Xu Yanzhu's.

After looking at Xu Feng and nodding his head, Xu Shiqiu then looked at Xu Jie and said: ”You must keep an eye on the matters of the Tian Village. It's already the end of the year, arrange for the slaughter of the pigs, and send some to every tenant. Saying that, Xu Shiqiu subconsciously looked at Dong Shu who was beside him with a big belly.

Seeing Dong Shu sitting at the side, Xu Shiqiu's expression couldn't help but soften a bit.

Being stared at by Xu Shiqiu, Dong Shu blushed and raised her head to look at Xu Shiqiu, then said: ”Master, important is business.” After saying this, she hurriedly lowered her head to eat the dried fruit in her hands.

The Old Madame Xu had specially bought these fruits from the city for her to pass her time. Dong Shu would pack some of them into her bag everyday, and would take them out to eat when she was bored.

It was also because Doctor Du said that eating dried fruits was good for her and the child in his womb. That was why Dong Shu insisted on eating these fruits everyday;

Hearing Dong Shu's words, Xu Shiqiu had yet to speak, but Xu Jie, who was seated below, looked at him sourly and said: ”At that time of autumn, you said that as long as I did well in these few months, you would find me a wife. Is it possible that I have fulfilled your wish?”

Just as Xu Jie finished speaking, Xu Feng glared at him and said: ”Don't speak nonsense, Father has already entrusted the matter of your marriage to Aunt.”

He had already replied to the letter Old Madame Xu wrote to Xu Er long ago.

After the old man learned that the Old Madame Xu was going to represent the late General Xu and his Lian Lian Clan, he happily stayed at home for two or three days. In the end, it was Zhangsun who returned home.

Now that Xu Er and Old General Xu were related, and had become the younger brother of Old General Xu, it was not wrong for Xu Feng to call Old Madame Xu ”Aunt”.

Hearing his second brother's words, Xu Jie looked at him somewhat unwillingly, then looked towards Xu Shiqiu and said: ”Shiqiu, I was being rash just now.”

Seeing Xu Jie's unhappy expression, Xu Shiqiu laughed, then looked at Xu Jie and said: ”Mother indeed has something to consider for you, but for a girl of a suitable age, even Mother doesn't fancy her. She wants to wait and see. If Fourth Brother is in a hurry, I will go and tell Mother about it later. Can I find any one of them at Xiahe Village for you? ”

”Aiya, no, no, I was just playing around. I'll have aunty slowly search for him, I still have to wait for another two years.” After saying this, Xu Jie seemed to be afraid that Xu Shiqiu wouldn't believe him, and hurriedly pointed at Dong Lei who was beside him: ”It just so happens that Dong Lei also doesn't have a wife yet. I can wait another two years, wait for him.”

Dong Lei didn't expect that when he sat at the side without saying anything, he would be pulled over by Xu Jie. He raised his head and glanced at Xu Jie, and although he really wanted to say that he was several years younger than him, in the end, Dong Lei still didn't say anything.

Xu Shiqiu had been paying attention to Dong Lei from the corner of his eyes. Seeing that did not speak for so long and did not speak up in the end, he could not help but nod his head in his heart.

”Since Fourth Brother is not in a hurry, let's continue with our business.” After saying that, Xu Shiqiu continued to speak, and explained his arrangements for the farm and the shops once again.

After he finished speaking, Xu Shiqiu looked at the three people in front of him and said: ”I'll go to the capital next year after my wife has finished giving birth to Yue Zi. I plan to leave Second Brother and Cousin here, Fourth Brother will follow me to the capital.”

Although Xu Shiqiu did not say why he was going to the capital, Xu Feng and the other two nodded at him quickly, saying that they understood.

Seeing that the three of them were not surprised, Xu Shiqiu was satisfied, but at the same time, he did not forget to explain, ”Next month, everyone will be working hard.

The moment Xu Shiqiu opened his mouth, Xu Feng and the other two were extremely happy.

These few months, they had helped Xu Shiqiu with some work and earned quite a bit from him just by being on a monthly basis. Now that they heard that Xu Shiqiu still had to give them dividends, they were naturally very happy.

After all, the three of them had been living a miserable life before.

Seeing them being so happy, Xu Shiqiu was very happy too.

Although he hadn't earned as much as those merchants in the past few months, he had earned quite a bit of silver.

At least if he wanted to buy something for his wife now, he wouldn't think about it anymore.