Zhou Xueren's salt shop officially opened the next day after the plaque was made. The firecrackers alone set off ten thousand sounds. Li Shengfang bought one hanging for five thousand sounds because she was calculating the economy. She thought it was enough to stir up a festive atmosphere.
Zhou Xueren looked at the firecrackers his wife had bought and felt that the sound was not enough to lift the Zhou family's momentum. He needed at least 10,000 sounds to be satisfied, indicating that the Zhou family's business would be booming forever.
If he could earn a lot of money just by setting off firecrackers, Zhou Xueren would have set off firecrackers every day. Even when he was sleeping, he had to continue making noise. He and his wife, Li Shengfang, could have been divided into two shifts, day shift and night shift. They could have made a lot of money by making loud noises 24 hours a day.
Therefore, he thought of his wife's inability to understand the mystery behind the 10,000-sound firecrackers. He could not help but curse Li Shengfang in his heart for pretending. She boasted that she had been in a private school for several years, but she could not even understand the meaning of different numbers of firecrackers. She was simply hypocritical.
Feeling angry, he immediately expressed his impatience. He put on the attitude of a parent and loudly scolded Li Shengfang. Why didn't she buy 10,000 tunes? Could it be that he felt sorry for the Zhou family's lack of money?
Speaking of the emotional part, Zhou Xueren not only spat on Li Shengfang's face, but also raised his palm a few times. He wished he could fly over and slap her face heavily, making her put away her previous arrogance and stay by his side as a servant girl.
Li Shengfang felt wronged when she saw her husband lose his temper. He was sincere in saving money for the Zhou family, but he was humiliated. She couldn't help but feel sour and almost squeezed out tears. Fortunately, she held back and didn't let Zhou Xueren continue to make use of this topic to say that she was spoiled and unworthy of being the master of the family. She took the opportunity to take control of the family.
However, she did not dare to confront her husband. She knew that the arrogant Zhou Xueren could not bear to see the weak rebel. He was afraid that he would be angry and really dare to attack her.
Therefore, Li Shengfang allowed her husband to ramble on and on and quickly smiled and said that she was not. She also vowed to go out and buy a few more firecrackers to make up for the 10,000 sounds.
As Li Shengfang spoke, she ran out of the Zhou family's residence and went to the shop on the middle street to buy firecrackers. She bought another 5,000 firecrackers, making up 10,000 firecrackers. Finally, Zhou Xueren's temper was appeased.
Zhou Xueren just wanted to use the firecracker incident to dampen his wife's prestige, so that she wouldn't gradually grow up and not put him in her eyes. She would become the real Wu Zetian of the Zhou family and hinder his unrestrained life of fun.
He didn't want to take away the management of family affairs from his wife, which would cause him to be trapped in tedious family matters and affect his fun time and interest.
Seeing his wife's docile attitude, Zhou Xueren secretly laughed in his heart. He thought that he had subdued Li Shengfang and was too lazy to ask for anything further. He just wanted to throw all the things that he had to worry about and work hard on Li Shengfang. As long as he did not waste the family's money and food, everything was up to her.
Although Zhou Xue Ren was very concerned about the opening of the salt shop, he did not show up at the opening ceremony of the salt shop. He was afraid that outsiders would associate him with the salt shop. He only let Li Shengfang attend the opening ceremony in the name of Jiang Siqian's wife and relative. It was considered a representative of the Zhou family.
However, in private, Zhou Xueren was angry that Li Shengfang went to the salt shop alone and enjoyed the limelight under the envious eyes of the villagers. He turned to hate the Manchu bastards of the Qing Dynasty. Why did they monopolize the salt business? It made him invest in the salt business like a thief. He was on tenterhooks all day, afraid that the imperial court would turn hostile and lose his head, destroying the lifeline of his family.
Jiang Siqian had spent a lot of effort to open the salt shop. At home, he had never put in so much effort.
When Li Yaohong went to the shop to make tea and cook for him, she saw that he was busy inside and outside. He was far more active and self-conscious than working at home. She was angry and even shouted at Jiang Siqian. She almost scolded her husband for being a traitor.
She felt that there was no need to give her heart and soul to work for a rich man. He made a lot of money and could not bear to see the poor. He thought that only those who were not capable were poor. No matter how much the poor contributed, it was always a matter of course in the eyes of the rich man.
Moreover, Zhou Xueren relied on trickery to obtain his wealth. He was originally a person who had no conscience and was not worth contributing. Even if a thief stole his family's wealth, it was also a good deed on behalf of the heavens.
Jiang Siqian didn't have the same feelings as his wife. He was knowledgeable and knew that women were generally practical and shouldn't be able to see the unlimited wealth opportunities behind the salt shop business.
Of course, he was glad that he didn't tell his wife the story behind the salt shop business. He was afraid that she would spread it out without restraint. If Zhou Xueren heard about it, he would definitely fire him. The dream of the family to rely on the salt shop business to make a comeback would be shattered. He would still have to work hard and it would be difficult to find such a dream opportunity again.
Therefore, Jiang Siqian was not angry at his wife's accusation, but smiled and teased her. He was used to giving and was willing to live a good image to convince the villagers.
Li Yaohong pursed her lips and asked her husband if he could be Confucius at home in the future. Everything had to follow the rules and be equal.
Li Yaohong emphasized the word 'equality'. She reminded her husband that Confucius had always supported his wife's independence and respected her thoughts. Since he had learned from Confucius, his husband should be consistent at home and outside. In the future, he should help her with the housework.
She was worried that Jiang Siqian did not understand, so she took his selfless work spirit in the salt shop as an example. As long as her husband brought home the work attitude of the salt shop, she would say that her husband was a real Confucius.
Jiang Siqian comforted his wife that he would take the initiative to do housework at home in the future, so that she had enough leisure time.
He was worried that his wife would lose her temper and make a fuss in the salt shop. She would not be able to hide her face in front of the villagers. He was most afraid that Li Shengfang would see it and misunderstand that the two of them were fighting because of her private affairs. Under shame and anger, she might just say goodbye to him. Even the salt shop business would be far away from the Jiang family. Jiang Siqian's life lost its motivation. He really dared to jump into the river and commit suicide in despair.
After Jiang Siqian finished speaking, he busied himself with the salt shop business. He greeted the customers who came to the door and promoted the salt in the wooden open box in front of him.
Xikou Village originally did not have a salt store. Everyone needed to buy salt from the official salt monopoly in Fenghua City. It was a long journey. When time was tight, many families had to borrow from each other. Those who had good relationships did not need to spend a penny. They were purely helping each other. Those who lacked relationships also borrowed salt from their neighbors when they ran out of salt. They were also allowed to buy salt in their spare time and return it double.
Therefore, after Jiang Siqian's salt shop opened, most of the people in Xikou Village liked to buy salt from the salt shop, making Zhou Xueren earn a lot of money.
Zhou Xueren, through his wife, Li Shengfang, and Jiang Siqian, agreed on the time of settlement. They would settle the accounts every three days and take stock once a quarter.
Zhou Xueren was worried that Jiang Siqian would secretly sell his salt, so he agreed with Li Shengfang to make an inventory check every month. After Li Shengfang passed the message to Jiang Siqian, he hid Zhou Xueren's worries and only said that he could make money by calculating the accounts.
However, Jiang Siqian was still angry. He felt that Zhou Xueren was taking stock too frequently, so he had no time to take care of the salt shop business. He asked Li Shengfang to pass a message to the rich master that the inventory should be taken once a quarter, otherwise! Exhaustion would definitely affect business.
Li Shengfang felt that it made sense. Coupled with the strong relationship between the two of them, she did not want to see Jiang Siqian too tired. After agreeing with her lover in the store to do a quarter inventory check, she would go home and work as a snowman.
It was nothing more than bewitching Zhou Xueren, saying that once the inventory was taken, Jiang Siqian would be busy with this matter and would neglect the salt business. Now that business was good, they could not delay making money. They must seize the opportunity to recover the investment cost until they earned a lot of money and expand the Zhou family's reputation in the vicinity.
Zhou Xueren had always been a money-grubber. When he heard his wife say that frequent stocktaking would affect the salt shop's business, he thought that it was right, so he no longer insisted on his opinion and let his wife decide to take stock of the business once a quarter.
However, under his excitement, it was mainly because of the desire for money stimulated by the hot business of the salt shop. He really wanted to simply take stock once a year. Jiang Siqian would not dare to deceive the Zhou family.
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't dare to say them out loud. He was worried that his wife would mock him and say that he was a chameleon. One moment, he was in the east, and the next moment, he was in the west. He didn't act like an adult at all.
Moreover, if he were to immediately overturn his wife's decision, it would clearly dampen his wife's enthusiasm for contributing to the Zhou family. If his wife changed her mind and acted like she was in the Zhou family but not in the Zhou family, it would be difficult to guard against it.
Therefore, Zhou Xueren quickly nodded in agreement with Li Shengfang's suggestion. He was afraid that his wife would not understand his feelings. He said three yes and three good in a row, hoping that his wife would understand his concern.
He was superstitious and liked to seek luck in everything. According to tradition, he liked the numbers six and eight, which represented success and wealth.
He said three good words in a row, which added up to six. He hoped that his salt shop would be successful. He wanted to say eight more words to get some money. He was worried about his face and was afraid that his wife would suspect that he had a mental problem, so he did not say it.
Li Shengfang didn't care about what her husband said. She only cared about his attitude. Seeing that her husband supported her idea, she couldn't help but be overjoyed. It was as if Wu Zetian had already descended to the Zhou family. She was the emperor of the Zhou family and could order anyone.
It would be best if it included her husband's parents. To be able to make her father-in-law and mother-in-law bow down to her and live under her wings was something that Li Shengfang dreamed of.
Although Zhou Xueren's parents treated Li Shengfang kindly on the surface and were intimate with her in their words, they were secretly disgusted with Li Shengfang's open personality and temperament of not caring about anything. She did not belong to the puppet-like wife and servant girl they were used to ordering around.
Li Shengfang knew that the Zhou family was worried about her. They hated her for capturing her husband and using the Zhou family to carry on the family line. She threatened Zhou Xueren to order the Zhou family's affairs, making the family filled with helpless resentment and secretly hate her. If it wasn't for Zhou Xueren's face, they would have beaten Li Shengfang back to her mother's house and made her a widow.
Although Li Shengfang was divorced by the Zhou family, with her talent and appearance, it would not be a problem for her to continue finding a good man to live with, but her moral reputation would be cast a shadow.
Even if her future husband was liberated and did not care about her past, there must be some evil people in her husband's family who would find an opportunity to add fuel to the fire and slander her so that they could take advantage of her.
If Li Shengfang met such a person, she could not blame those villains too much. The purpose of everyone's survival was to live a better life. People with spiritual pursuits would work hard to create wealth in life. Some people who liked to relax and hated to work were used to coveting other people's legal property for themselves.
Therefore, if people with spiritual pursuits were not in a position that could determine the fate of the majority, it would be impossible to change the villains who were unwilling to have spiritual pursuits. Self-conscious effects could only be produced under strong management.
Therefore, those who did not have a certain amount of power should not force themselves to change the abnormal people and things around them. If they insisted on changing them, it would be tantamount to hitting an egg against a stone, or even sacrificing everything for nothing.
Smart people who lacked power in their hands could do their best to build up their own moral standards. This was the best help to society and others. They could bend down and patiently wait for the opportunity to gain power, or they could wait for someone with a certain moral standard to appear. Then, they could get rid of the vicious dregs in all aspects of society in one go.
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