During the lean years, I relied on space to pamper my husband and raise my children.

She had always known that Chen Zhongqiu was very busy. During this period, she followed the principle of not bothering Chen Zhongqiu as much as possible, and she did not even write a letter.

Chen Zhongqiu got off the carriage and looked at Shen Qianning helplessly.

"Boss Shen, you really regard the restaurant as my own restaurant! Now you don't even ask me a question?"

I'm so angry!

He originally thought that Shen Qianning would write a letter asking about the restaurant.

As a result, Shen Qianning didn't even write a letter.

He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

Shen Qianning quickly invited the resentful Chen Zhongqiu into the house.

Xiao Feiye heard Chen Zhongqiu's voice and hurriedly came out of the kitchen to say hello.

Chen Zhongqiu immediately abandoned Shen Qianning and ran towards Xiao Feiye: "I heard that I wanted to come to you for a drink when you came back. It must be very hard at the border!"

Xiao Feiye was a little overwhelmed by Chen Zhongqiu's enthusiasm.

Xiao Dongchen on the side smiled and said: "Dad, you don't know that what Uncle Chen admires most in his life is the general. He has asked you many times in front of me! I just want to know when you will come back."

Chen Zhongqiu immediately said: "Yes, yes, I admire the general very much, Feiye, we must have a few more drinks."

The two talked for a long time before Chen Zhongqiu went to the main room to find Shen Qianning.

Shen Qianning had already made hot tea and handed it to Chen Zhongqiu.

"You also know that I am very busy. It's not that I don't want to ask about the restaurant's affairs. It's because I think there will be no problem with you in the restaurant! I also believe you."

Chen Zhongqiu stared at Shen Qianning resentfully.

"Ouch" he said, "You just bully me, an old man."

Shen Qianning watched Boss Chen's performance calmly.

"What kind of old man are you? You are still young and in your prime! How is the restaurant?"

Chen Zhongqiu will no longer act.

He took out a handful of banknotes from his sleeve and placed them on the table.

Said: "I won't send you the account book today. This is the money the restaurant has earned this year. It cost some money to open the restaurant, but our money makes money. After excluding all expenses and costs this year, it will be calculated until yesterday. , I made a total of 18 taels, and I treated the extra fraction as principal."

and many more.

Shen Qianning looked at Chen Zhongqiu in disbelief.

"How much do you think we earned in total?"

a year.

Excluding costs, have you earned so much?

This is incredible.

Chen Zhongqiu knew that Shen Qianning definitely didn't know how many restaurants there were now.

He felt that it was necessary to give Shen Qianning a good explanation.

"Boss Shen! You are also a restaurant owner after all. How many restaurants do we have now?"

Shen Qianning said confidently: "Including this one in the county, there are ten in total."

Sure enough, when Chen Zhongqiu heard this, his face turned dark.

"Boss Shen, you really don't care about our restaurant. Didn't Wang Mazi, who came to pull food every time, tell you? We now have fifteen restaurants?"

Fifteen?

and many more.

Shen Qianning was even more confused: "Boss Chen, when did you open five more restaurants? When did this happen?"

Chen Zhongqiu really didn't know what to say.

He looked at Shen Qianning helplessly.

Then he let out a long sigh and said: "That's all, you and I are always arguing about what to do. This is your dividend of 9 taels of silver notes. I exchanged nine silver notes of 900 taels each for convenience. You deposit it, and the remaining 1 taels of silver will be converted into banknotes."

Shen Qianning has never seen what a 1-tael banknote looks like.

I took one out and took a look at it. I thought it was really different from ordinary banknotes.

He happily collected the banknote and said: "Boss Chen, don't be angry. You know that I have been repairing the house recently and have to ask about the affairs of Baibao Pavilion, so I rarely ask about the affairs of the restaurant. Besides, I also believe that You! I know you can definitely run the restaurant well, so I don’t worry about any problems in the restaurant at all."

Then Baba said aggrievedly: "Now Wang Mazi and the others are not only pulling vegetables in our village, they also go to Xingfu Village and Qingtian Village, so I have even fewer questions."

It has to be said that everyone she hired to be responsible for these things was trustworthy.

Whether it's Qing Lin or Wang Mazi and the others.

All doing things well.She didn't have to worry too much at all.

Chen Zhongqiu sighed.

"I just work hard."

Shen Qianning didn't feel guilty at all: "Those who are capable should work harder!"

After all, it was agreed at the beginning that she would be responsible for the dishes.

Chen Zhongqiu patted his chest and said that he was responsible for everything in the restaurant.

Her food never fails.

And Shen Qianning had already begun to make plans.

With these 9 taels of silver, if she could exchange them all into gold, wouldn't her space be able to grow a lot?

Xiao Feiye has already prepared the meal.

Chen Zhongqiu was forced to stay and eat.

Chen Zhongqiu counted the time and thought that after eating at Shen Qianning's house, he could go home to eat.

Shen Qianning has always been curious. She has known Chen Zhongqiu for so long but has never seen his children.

While eating, Shen Qianning said something extra and asked: "Boss Chen, I rarely hear you talking about your children? Where are they employed?"

Chen Zhongqiu is usually reluctant to mention this matter to others.

But since Shen Qianning asked, he decided to talk.

He sighed and said: "I have two sons. Neither of them want to do business or serve as officials. As for me, I didn't want to cause trouble to them, so I accompanied my wife back to Puxian County. I told you about my wife's natal family before. It used to be from Puxian County.”

Be an official in court?

"Then the official position must be very high!"

If the official position is not high, Chen Zhongqiu does not need to avoid suspicion at all.

And thinking about it, both County Magistrate Meng and Prefect Sun seemed to respect Chen Zhongqiu very much.

Chen Zhongqiu waved his hands in embarrassment and said: "It's not an official position worth mentioning, but I heard that Feiye is about to be promoted, so he should be in the fourth rank!"

General Baili told Xiao Feiye about this before he left the border.

It was said at that time that the fourth grade should not have escaped.

And he knew that General Baili was obviously training him.

Many of the generals at the border are older. The Yueling people are quite good and are good in all aspects, but Yueling is also a bit older.

In addition, Yue Ling wanted to go home and be with his family.

General Baili respected Yue Ling very much.

And other colleagues at the border also recommended him.

But he doesn't want to be a general either.

It was just helpless that everyone pushed him up.

He had to go again.

Xiao Feiye sighed when he thought of this: "But what I want most is to be with Qian Ning and my children at home."

Chen Zhongqiu took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "The idea is good, but do you think the emperor and those generals can let you go? You are very capable. I heard from my son that the emperor appreciates you very much and wants to reuse you." You, even Qian Ning, the emperor pays special attention to. Do you know that because of Qian Ning's relationship, the emperor now gives priority to the memorials sent by Qu Cheng. This is why the refugee issue can be resolved quickly. .”