At ten o'clock at noon, Li Heng came with his sister.
"You guys haven't had lunch yet, right?" Zhao Ling'er asked, holding his sister's hand.
The younger sister looked at Zhao Ling'er timidly.
"Brother, I'm so hungry." My sister looked back at Li Heng.
"Little sister, come here, sister has prepared a lot of delicious food for you.
"Ah San, serve!"
Sweet and sour fish, tomato and egg soup, two bowls of beef ramen, fried pork liver and a plate of fried vegetables were quickly served on the table.
"Brother." My sister looked at Li Heng expectantly.
"Eat."
The sister couldn't wait to let her brother carry her onto the stool, picked up the chopsticks and started to devour it.
"Your sister is so cute, what's her name?" Zhao Ling'er asked.
"Ayao."
"Well, that's a good name." Zhao Ling'er nodded: "Have you thought about how to support her in the future?"
"I want to work in a steamed bun shop."
"Well, that's a good idea." Zhao Ling'er nodded: "Isn't it safe for your sister to be alone at home?"
Li Heng pondered for a while: "Can you let her follow you during the day?"
Zhao Ling'er looked at A Yao: "Yes, yes, but it's better to send her to study."
"Studying?" Li Heng suddenly laughed: "She is so old? Besides, she is still a girl. How can such a little girl go to school?"
"It's no problem for her to be literate at this age. Girls, there is no harm in reading more books."
"Why don't you go to study?" Li Heng asked.
"Me? I have read many more books than you all, otherwise how could I have made myself so fat at such a young age?" Zhao Ling'er looked at Li Heng proudly.
Li Heng stopped talking.
"Don't worry, I'll cover Ayao's tuition. You don't have to worry. You just need to support yourself first." Zhao Ling'er patted Li Heng on the shoulder.
"Where did you get so much money?"
"Haha! Money? Isn't it easy to make money?" Zhao Ling'er said easily.
"Take your sister to visit the private school teacher in the afternoon." Zhao Ling'er said and took out 10 Wen from his pocket: "You first ask how much it will cost. Come find me here at 6 p.m. and we will have dinner together."
"Travelling, how much did Li Heng's mother's burial cost in total?" Zhao Ling'er walked to the front desk.
"Not much. They are all poor. They only hired people to dig graves, bought a new set of clothes, burned paper money, some tributes, and a coffin. They spent a total of one, two, three hundred and twenty coins."
"Yes." Zhao Ling'er nodded: "Including the 60 fen that I owed you for the carriage fee last night, the total is 1, 20, 380 fen."
I just gave ten coins to Li Heng, and received 122 coins in the morning, leaving 112 coins left.
"I'll pay you back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow," Zhao Ling'er said to Zhou.
Zhou You nodded.
"By the way, I have one more thing I want to discuss with you." Zhao Ling'er looked at Zhou You.
"What's up?"
"How about you help me sell spicy soup in the morning? Just be responsible for serving the rice and washing the dishes like me. As for the accounts, you usually do the settlement anyway. How about giving you half of my income every day?"
"Really?" Zhou You immediately became interested.
"You can earn sixty-one cents in one morning. One month is one thousand eight hundred cents, and one year is twenty-one thousand six hundred cents, twenty-one taels of silver!" Zhou You said to himself as he quickly calculated with the abacus.
, getting more and more excited.
"In this case, I can marry Wan'er next year!" Zhou You stood up and shook Zhao Ling'er's shoulders: "Little girl, you are really my lucky star!"
Zhao Ling'er smiled and rolled her eyes at him. Is such a small amount of money enough? If you want to get married, I'm afraid you won't be able to get it without a hundred taels of silver!
"Since you agree, let's sign a contract. From now on, the spicy soup business of Junpeng Inn will be under your control. However, if the business gets worse, I will replace him!" Zhao Linger said
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"Don't worry! I see you busy every day, and I have already memorized your set of procedures! Hello, guest! Our spicy spicy soup is fragrant, rich, and delicious! Ours
The fried dough sticks are fluffy and soft. Do you want to try two of them? Brother, your hair is so beautiful. You haven’t eaten yet. Do you want to try our spicy soup?" Zhou You smiled and imitated Zhao Ling'er's usual reception.
The appearance of a guest.
"Haha!" Zhao Ling'er nodded with satisfaction.
I didn't sleep well last night. I need to catch up on my sleep. I have something to do in the afternoon!
"Ling'er!" Zhao Ling'er woke up from her sleep when she heard the knock on the door.
It was Lin Wan'er's voice.
I saw her holding a piece of clothing wrapped in brown paper in both hands.
"I've been waiting for you at home for a long time, but you haven't gone yet, so I thought I might as well bring it to you." Wan'er said with a smile.
"Oh, thank you! I slept so deeply that I forgot about the time!" Zhao Ling'er took the clothes.
The overall top is rose pink, with a square collar. Surrounding the square collar is a circle of soft and thick rabbit fur. The diagonal cardigan has pearl buttons. The top is also embellished with small flowers inlaid with pearls. Below
The dress is a cream-white pleated skirt.
Imagine what Mrs. Su would look like wearing it, and she would look a bit younger than her usual image!
"Well done!" Zhao Ling'er took Lin Wan'er's arm and went downstairs.
Zhou You had already told her about the spicy soup, and she was very grateful to Zhao Linger.
When I came downstairs, I saw that Li Heng and A Yao had also arrived.
Li Heng said that the private school teacher said that little girls do not have to pay any tuition fees to go to school, and there is no need to take the scholar exam anyway. All they need is a book fee.
"Yeah." Zhao Ling'er nodded.
"You want Ayao to study?" Zhou You asked in surprise.
"Yes, girl, what can you do if you don't read more books?" Zhao Ling'er blurted out, not noticing that Lin Wan'er's face turned red.
"She doesn't want to be a scholar, so why should she study? If she does, it will be in vain." Zhou You said.
"How could it be Baidu? If I were illiterate and couldn't settle accounts, I wouldn't have the Hu Hot Soup business! Besides, a woman who can't read might be sold by her husband's family without even knowing it!"
Zhao Linger retorted.
"Well, anyway, you are very special, so we won't be surprised if you do anything out of the ordinary." Zhou You shrugged.
"Okay, when everyone is full, go back and have a rest!" Zhao Ling'er stood up: "Li Heng, you and A Yao can stay here tonight!"