Ahem, this is just a metaphor. Lao Li’s family does not need to buy pigs during the Chinese New Year.

It is good for Sanlang to be an official. It is said that the emperor will also send New Year gifts to civil and military officials during the New Year, which means to make everyone have a happier New Year.

What are chicken, duck, fish and meat? Fang Qingqing was thinking about whether there would be beef and mutton, so she would have something different to eat.

Old Man Li repeatedly reminded his son that the emperor is so kind to you, food, accommodation and money, and you must do your business for him.

Why does this sound weird?

Li Xiuping and Fang Qingqing looked at each other, but after a little thought, there was nothing wrong with it.

It can only be said that the wisdom of the people is infinite.

In the next time, Li Dalang and the others will not be able to continue to sell Spring Festival couplets. The food shop will continue to open the door to do business.

According to the family’s ideas, at least it will not be closed until after the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, and will reopen after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the New Year.

Before, I was mainly in the capital and was not familiar with the environment here, and they were from outside and were afraid of being bullied.

So Li Dalang and Li Erlang's family worked together to manage the food shop. In fact, the shop was small and did not require so many people.

The key is that even if you don’t pay for a monthly payment, it’s not worth it, and you’ll be delayed in the store.

In fact, the business is not full of people every day, especially Damao Ermao has not studied and works as an accountant in the shop. Li Xiaomei Niu Niu helps in the kitchen.

In addition to his eldest brother and sister-in-law, there are seven people from the Zhou family in the food shop, as well as parents, third brothers and three and four-mao who occasionally go to the shop to help.

Li Erlang also considered that after the food shop business was ready, the kitchen needed to help the kitchen.

However, except for the eldest sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law, the cooking skills of others are not up to standard in the family, and the third wife is still very busy when she goes to the pharmacy every day.

Li Erlang's personality is suitable for running outside, not for guarding in the shop.

So the whole family sat together for a meeting and studied it. They still needed to hire a chef, otherwise Mrs. Li would be busy alone.

In addition, two more helpers will be invited to free Li Erlang and let him study what he wants to do.

So now, Li Erlang plans to continue selling Spring Festival couplets and travel to several villages around the capital.

It is also to examine the living conditions of the people in the villages around the capital. For example, when you go out to work for others, the price you have to give in the capital is definitely much more expensive than those in these villages.

Moreover, Li Erlang himself came to Beijing from another place, and knew very well that there were differences in items between different regions, which was one of the reasons why there were caravans and could make a lot of money.

The things from the south to the north are different. For example, the materials purchased in the south are brought to the north to sell, and the price is definitely much higher.

As for how much higher, the expenses and division of labor required between the south and the north, how much money can be left if all of these are deducted?

This is the question Li Erlang is currently thinking about.

Originally, he could have asked the third brother and the third wife directly, but his younger brother and sister were right. If he really planned to come to the south and the north to go to business.

In the future, I will definitely encounter a situation where someone is outside. Could it be that I have to write a letter to Saburo to help calculate?

Therefore, these are what Li Erlang should learn.

Even if it is more difficult at the beginning, you can always learn it with the determination to learn it.

As the Chinese New Year is getting closer, Li Xiaomei basically doesn't go out much, and stays at home to help her parents work together.

Regardless of whether the New Year supplies are abundant or not, it is very important to be clean and tidy at home.

For example, |beds, single quilts, curtains, etc. must be removed and cleaned. Every corner inside and outside the house must be cleaned. The family members of the family will also give some New Year’s goods during the New Year. They will also distribute some during the New Year.

But my family also needs to prepare some.

Anyway, Li Erlang is running outside every day these days, so Shi simply asked him to take care of it and buy some New Year's goods for his family.

As a result, on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Shi took out another purse, which was filled with bulging inside.

A large handful of copper coins and even scattered silver, which adds up to five taels of silver.

Li Xiuping was shocked and didn't know what his mother was going to do.

"This is not the New Year, it's time to make new clothes for the children. Forget about cotton coats, it's not long since they've been made, but I still need to buy a pair of cotton shoes."

It was supposed to be done by themselves, but after they came here, some things were not complete.

Besides, everyone at home is busy now and doesn’t have that leisure time.

Qingqing also said that the clothes, shoes and socks made in the ready-to-wear shop here are all sold.

Anyway, the things in the capital are definitely better than their countryside, so it is better to spend money to buy ready-made ones.

Shi also carefully instructed the second child that those boys would just buy black and colored cotton shoes, but Niu Niu wanted to buy her flowers and colored ones.

In fact, according to the past rules in the countryside, around the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, the married eldest and young wife must return to their parents' home with a festive ceremony.

This year is definitely not possible. Since Old Man Li never thought about going back to celebrate the New Year, the three daughters-in-law of the Lao Li family are all in Anshun County and it is impossible for him to go back deliberately.

So last time, when they asked the caravan to send New Year's goods back to their hometown, they naturally brought back all the holiday gifts that their three daughters-in-law wanted to give to their parents' home.

In the past, when the Chinese New Year was about to be celebrated in my hometown in the countryside, even if the material was not so abundant, I would have prepared a lot of various things.

I worked hard in the fields for a whole year, and I could have a leisurely rest in the first month.

Not only should you sleep well, but you should eat well.

But, Shi Shi looked at the neighbors around him, but she didn't prepare anything for the New Year with great fanfare. She also asked Mrs. Jin.

This place is not as good as in the village, so there are not so many people paying New Year’s greetings. It’s almost the same as preparing some good dishes and buying some candy and snacks at home.

But in this case, it will be the New Year at least, so will it seem too deserted?

Seeing that her mother-in-law was hesitant for a long time about this issue, Fang Qingqing smiled and said directly:

"Mom, let's follow the rules of our hometown."

"But that's all the customs in the countryside. Now we are in the capital. Will the habit of retaining it in the countryside embarrass Saburo?" Shi frowned.

She rarely goes out on weekdays, just because she is worried that an old country woman who knows nothing will drag her down on her youngest son who will become a high-ranking official in the future.

Fang Qingqing was very free and easy, and told her mother-in-law very naturally: "Mom, we are from the countryside, and Brother Sanlang never avoids this when he is outside. Do whatever he wants, why lose his original intention?"

When the third wife said this, Shi suddenly realized.

Yes, from beginning to end, the third brother never boasted about his origin outside. It is said that even the Emperor knew that he was originally a country man.

And she has been a country old woman for the rest of her life, but now she is shy.
Chapter completed!