Li Mingyu carefully took out the jade bell for Li Mingxia from among the gifts.

"Sister Mingxia, this is for you. See if you like it." Li Mingyu handed the jade bell to Li Mingxia as if presenting a treasure, with anticipation gleaming in his eyes.

"Bought it specially for me?" Li Mingxia liked the small but very delicate jade bell very much and quickly took it.

"Well, Sister Mingxia, look, do you like it?" Li Mingyu nodded shyly.

Li Mingxia hung the jade bell around his waist on the spot.

"It's beautiful. I like it very much. Did you pick it yourself? It's really beautiful." Li Mingxia said to Li Mingyu.

She didn't just say it casually. Although this jade bell was not made of top-quality jade, it looked good and felt very soft to the touch. The most important thing was that it actually made a sound when you shook it gently!

The sound of jade colliding is pleasant to hear, and now the sound of bells made from the collision of jade is even more rare and interesting. I don’t know where Li Mingyu got such a fun and beautiful thing.

Li Ming has been to the town so many times but has never seen anyone selling this kind of thing.

"I picked it myself. I went to many shops, but I can't read, so I don't know the names of the shops." Li Mingyu could see that Li Mingxia really liked it, and said with excitement and joy but also a little disappointment.

Li Mingxia realized it belatedly and patted his head lightly, but he forgot to teach Mingyu some words.

But it is not too late now. Li Mingxia is confident that he will be able to let Li Mingyu read the account book independently before the end of the first month of the year.

Firstly, the numbers in the account book and the words that need to be recognized are limited. Secondly, Li Mingxia dared to say such words because Li Mingyu is smart, studious and serious. If it were someone else who was naughty and ignorant, no matter how proud Li Mingxia was, he would not dare to make such a promise. After all, Li Mingxia understands better than anyone that you cannot force a cow to drink water.

"It doesn't matter if I don't know you. Next time we go to town together, just lead the way for me. I'm sure you can find that store." Li Mingxia said to Li Mingyu.

She was really curious about who this jade bell was bought from, mainly because she wanted to know if they had any other interesting things like this bell at home.

Li Mingyu nodded happily, "I can find it. As long as I get to the town, I can find the direction and find the shop."

Li Mingyu was very happy that he could help Li Mingxia. Even if it was a trivial matter, as long as he did it for Li Mingxia, Li Mingyu would be very excited and happy.

Because Li Mingxia is an omnipotent person to Li Mingyu, she knows in her heart that there is very little she can do for Li Mingxia, but she also has no way to just enjoy Li Mingxia's kindness and do nothing with a clear conscience.

"Okay, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, you come here every day." Li Mingxia said to Li Mingyu.

After hearing this, Li Mingyu thought that they would have to resume work after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and he was not surprised. Basically, all the workshops in the town would start working and making money after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. After Li Mingyu agreed, he wanted to ask Li Mingxia if the things he was responsible for were still the same as last year?

"Sister Mingxia, this year I..."

"I will train two more people in the workshop this year, and you won't have to do this job anymore." Li Mingxia interrupted Li Mingyu and told him his decision.

After hearing what Li Mingxia said, Li Mingyu's face turned pale instantly. She was about to ask if she had done something wrong, when she heard Li Mingxia say, "After all, there is nothing particularly important here. It's just some work of making dried fruits. I plan to buy a few servants with life contracts and then I can hand over the part that you and my brother are responsible for to them and let them do it. You, my brother and I will go to the town with me. I plan to open a stall at the dock in the town this spring." Li Mingxia paused when she said this. She saw Zhang heaved a sigh of relief and couldn't help feeling like laughing.

Zhang had always been afraid that Li Mingxia would suddenly stop doing business at the town's dock. She had mentioned this to Li Mingxia several times, both openly and secretly. The money was not just a little bit, but a business that could earn more than ten taels of silver every day. If he stopped doing it, Zhang would probably be so heartbroken that she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

However, at the beginning, Li Mingxia really had the idea of ​​giving up, but when he saw Zhang's expression, Li Mingxia felt that he had to continue this business no matter what. Firstly, it was indeed a good deal that was sure to make a profit, and secondly, compared to his own ideas, Zhang's happiness was obviously more important. Not to mention that the stall on the dock could make money, and a lot of it, even if it couldn't make money, Li Mingxia felt it was worth it just to buy Zhang's happiness.

"But I'm thinking of letting my mother take a servant to run the stall at the dock. The capital will be mine, and all the profits will be given to my mother." Li Mingxia continued.

Zhang was stunned. She and a servant were going to manage a stall together?

Let's not talk about whether I can do it well. Even if I can, what about Li Mingxia? Where is she going? Is she watching over the workshop at home? But this workshop has been running for so long, and there has never been any mistakes. There is no need to watch over it.

It's not that Zhang couldn't bear to see Li Mingxia having nothing to do, but she really felt it was impossible to run a stall on her own. Even if Li Mingxia did nothing and just went to the dock with her, sat in the stall to collect money and bask in the sun, it would be fine. As long as she could see Li Mingxia, it would be fine. For Zhang, Li Mingxia served as a reassurance pill. Just seeing this reassurance pill was enough and she didn't need to "swallow it".

"No, I'm not needed at all for these chores at home. I'll just ask Dad to help look after some of the things at home. But I really don't have time to take care of the stall at the dock." Li Mingxia could tell at a glance what his old mother wanted to say, and naturally he also saw her worries.

But it was just a stall at the dock. Zhang had followed him to set up the stall so many times, so there wouldn't be any problem. As long as he selected two obedient and sensible indentured servants for her, there would be basically no mistakes. Li Mingxia felt that there was no need for him to worry at all. Besides, the dock was He Chang'an's territory!

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