After the vicious adoptive mother gave up, the scumbag children regretted it

Chapter 242 Appropriate Helpers

Mr. Zhu is a merchant himself and would not discriminate against small vendors. With the help of Shen Nanzhi, he is also good-looking, has no parents, and has no family background to burden him, so the two elders are quite satisfied.

Zhu Xiaomei said proudly: "I told you it can be done. Now that Liao Bao's family is not yet prosperous, let's quickly settle it. This is picking up a treasure.

I heard from Sister Nan Zhi that Liao Bao's business will be even bigger next year, and by then they might not like me anymore. After all, I'm so fat, and no one with a bit of financial power would be willing to marry me."

Master Zhu said distressedly: "Who are you saying you are fat? This is a blessing. A fat woman is a sign of prosperity. If you don't understand, you are just talking nonsense.

I have eaten this body of meat bite by bite, they don't know the value of it, so I will ignore them."

Zhu Xiaomei has been fooled by his father like this since he was a child. He was happy to hear it when he was little, but when he grew up and became sensible, it became difficult to coax him.

Now that she has found a husband again, Zhu Xiaomei is happy: "Father is right, I will ignore them. Sister Nanzhi said that we don't eat their rice. They are just wasting time worrying about it."

"That's right."

Now that her daughter has regained her former liveliness, Mrs. Zhu is very happy and has a better impression of Shen Nanzhi.

"How about this, let's hold a banquet at home, invite all those ladies, and invite Miss Shen, and we women can chat first?"

"That's fine, but find an opportunity for me to meet Miss Shen. I think her spicy hot pot can be sold in our restaurant, as well as sausages, and we can also make some special dishes. We can cooperate."

Mr. Zhu is indeed a businessman, he has set his eyes on Shen Nanzhi’s spicy hot pot.

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It was three days later that Shen Nanzhi received Mrs. Zhu's invitation. It was not easy to prepare a banquet in such cold weather.

It just so happened that the model of the academy town in the workshop had been made and painted. At a glance, one can imagine the layout of the town and have a three-dimensional sense in the mind, which is more intuitive than looking at a picture.

Taking advantage of this banquet, I will let the wives take a look first. If they like me, it will be much easier to persuade the rich businessmen than to fool them.

Liao Bao's spicy hot pot is extremely popular. There is a constant stream of people coming from morning to night. He has to cook five big pots a day to barely sell enough. With small profits but quick turnover, if he does the math, he can make three taels of silver a day in profit, which is already pretty good.

This is the net profit. If nothing unexpected happens, I can make one hundred taels a month. Shen Nanzhi only wants 20%, and the rest belongs to Liao Bao's family.

This profit exceeded Shen Nanzhi's expectations. After all, there are only so many rich people in a county. Even if they eat spicy hot pot every day, they can't sell so much, right?

When Liao Baojia came to get the base ingredients in the evening, Shen Nanzhi realized that some families brought their pots with them, ordered more soup and fewer vegetables, and then went home to add some coarse grain noodles, or directly cook a pot of brown rice, which was enough for the whole family to eat for a day.

After Liao Baojia finished speaking, he carefully looked at her expression. I wonder if the girl would be unhappy?

"These people are really good at taking advantage. Forget it. Just consider it as charity. In such a cold day, a pot of soup can keep us alive."

People in ancient times lived a miserable life; even Shen Nanzhi could not have imagined it would be so difficult.

Liao Baojia breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister Nanzhi is kind, I think so too. We have all been through hardships, so I will help if I can. I have also been helped by my neighbors before, otherwise I wouldn't be here today."

"You did the right thing. Do this every time in the future. I'll get you some sweet potato tails and small potatoes from the village. You can distribute them and try your best to help the poor families."

"Well, it's unbelievably cold this year. I'm worried that after the snow, life will be even more difficult."

Liao Baojia couldn't help but worry. He had suffered a lot in the cold winter. His grandfather passed away in the winter. His eyes became red just thinking about it.

Shen Nanzhi was also in a depressed mood, but there was nothing he could do: "Let's wait until it snows. This is something the county magistrate should worry about. We can't let the people starve to death, right?"

"Why not? Has anyone not starved to death when it snowed? Everyone knows that there are the fewest beggars in spring because they die of hunger and cold."

Shen Nanzhi was stunned for a moment. She really hadn't thought of this.

Shen Huai'en saw her face change and scolded her: "Liao Baojia, why are you telling the girl this? This is the incompetence of the court and the fault of those in power. The girl has tried her best to help the poor. She has done a good job."

Liao Baojia said embarrassedly: "Miss, I don't mean anything else, I just feel something in my heart. The sausages are selling well recently, and the soup cooked with them also has a meaty aroma, so I want more soup."

Shen Nanzhi said: "Of course, our sausages are all made of pork belly, which has a lot of fat. Isn't it very fragrant?

But you should also know the difference between the truly poor and those who want to take advantage. We can’t let others take advantage of us.”

Liao Baojia was very confident. "That's impossible. I'm not bragging. I can tell you roughly how many households there are in this county, how many people are in each family, and what they do for a living."

"So amazing? Keep working hard. Prepare more firewood. It would be better if you have a room dedicated to storing charcoal. Buy as much as you can. If you don't have enough money, come to me."

"Okay, girl, I'm leaving now. You guys should get some rest early. Brother Huai En, bye."

Shen Huai'en looked unhappy, nodded without saying anything.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

"No, Nanzhi, thank you very much."

"Why are you suddenly saying this? You don't seem like the kind of person who would get sad about the passing of time!"

"Thank you on behalf of the poor people."

Shen Nanzhi: "That's not necessary. I'm just doing my best to help without interfering with my own interests. It would really make me lose everything and give everything to help others. I'm not that selfless."

"You have done better than those officials. If they could care about the people as much as you do, the world would not be so miserable."

“That’s true, but the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. As ordinary people, we just need to live our own lives and help others appropriately. There’s no need to think too much.

Go to bed early. Scholars tend to think a lot. If my Huai En were an official, he would definitely be a great official. "

"Thank you for the compliment, young lady."

Shen Nanzhi was a little reluctant. Since he became an official, he could no longer be his butler. It was not easy to find such a considerate, responsible, smart and handsome butler.

"Don't worry, no matter what I do, I will always be yours."

Shen Huai'en looked at her with an ambiguous look. Seeing her lost, his heart ached. It was all his fault. He said this and made the girl upset.

Shen Nanzhi chuckled: "It's settled now. I'm so proud to have a steward who is an official.

You are an official, and I am not lost if you leave. I am not upset."

Guilt flashed in Shen Huai'en's eyes. He really felt ashamed of the girl's trust in him. He just hoped that she would not hate him in the future.