My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Before the new Sijia Food Store opened, the old food store had been informing its old customers that it was moving.

Some diners were confused: "You guys are doing well here, why are you moving?"

The second and youngest sisters all gave the same answer: "The place is still a little small. The new food store is bigger and has two floors, so it will be more convenient and quick for everyone to eat."

The customer laughed and said, "You only sell 200 servings at lunch and dinner combined. Why do you need such a large space? Are you planning to expand and sell more than this in a day?"

The younger sister explained: "Not really. After all, we are the main store, and the main store just needs to look good."

Whether in Lingnan City or other counties, the hotpot restaurants all sold other dishes, just like the Jixiang Restaurant. Only Sijia Food Store sold nothing but hotpot.

After moving to the new shop, the youngest sister hired a skilled and articulate woman from the village to work at the food store. She was in charge of the accounts of the various shops. The second sister also handed over the collection work to someone else and went to help out at the duck shop.

The duck shop sells braised food. Si Muyan's braised ingredients seem to taste better than those of other shops, and the variety of braised food is also very rich, so the business is very hot.

The goods are supplied from the workshop every day, and the process is similar to that of the base and dipping sauces. The marinade is specially prepared by Si Muyan, and the female workers in the workshop separate them into meat and vegetables and marinate them separately. The marinated dishes are delivered to the duck shop by Song Erqiang early in the morning.

After Feng Zizhou arrived in Songji Village, he had nothing to do all day and slept until noon. When he woke up, he took Xiaoxiaer out to play. Xiaoxiaer was very satisfied with her cousin.

However, for several days in a row, he got up in the early morning and disappeared.

Si Muyan woke up in the morning and saw Feng Zizhou running away. She asked her second sister curiously, "Where did my cousin go?"

The second sister followed a few women in Song Erqiang's car to the duck shop that morning. When she heard her eldest sister's question, she couldn't help but laugh: "As for him, that day I was going out and he just got up, so I gave him a freshly braised duck neck, still warm and uncut. After that, he got up so early every day and went to the workshop to beg for food."

Si Muyan shook her head helplessly. The duck was already cold by the time it arrived in the county town. If it were summer, it would have to be kept in ice to prevent it from spoiling. But in fact, it was still the most delicious when it was fresh out of the pot.

Moreover, Feng Zizhou was the young master of the Duke's Mansion. He had never eaten duck necks and offal before. Even ordinary people would cut duck necks into many pieces. Who would eat a whole duck neck?

So when Feng Zizhou ate it for the first time, he was simply amazed and wanted to eat it every day. After a few days, it was no longer surprising, but with so many delicious braised dishes, both meat and vegetables, he was eating them with great pleasure.

Si Muyan ignored him and just said to her second sister: "As for the duck goods, just pick a suitable person to manage it. You don't have to work so hard."

The second sister said sternly, "How can that be? Now you only think about your chickens, ducks and vegetable garden every day. I only go to check on the accounts every few days. If I don't take care of it, this shop will still belong to our Si family, right?"

Si Muyan said: "My original intention of opening a shop was to earn money to support my family, so that we can live happily, so that everyone can have money to spend without having to work, and not have to worry about making a living. Now that I have achieved this, why should I work so hard?"

The second sister frowned: "People can't be like this. Only by working hard and making progress can we live a good life."

Si Muyan shook her head. "I'm not not working hard. I just need to know what needs to be done and what can be paid to be done by others. I can relax and others can make money. It's a win-win situation. Why not do it?"

"But if I come back, won't I have nothing to do?"

Si Muyan said, "You can do whatever you like. For example, I like to grow vegetables and raise chickens. My younger sister likes to calculate accounts. Second sister, what do you like?"

The second sister was lost in thought the whole way. What did she like? It seemed that she had no particular favorites. As a child, she loved reading and writing. She remembered that her family had a collection of case-solving books that she was fascinated by. She really wished she could be a man and work in the Dali Temple.

After a few days, the second sister really stopped going to the duck shop. She came back and ran to Si Muyan's room to take out the books left by her eldest brother.

Seeing this, the younger sister was very curious and asked Si Muyan, "Sister, I've told her many times before that such a simple job as collecting money can be handed over to someone else, but she refused to do it, saying that money and accounts are the most important and must be done by someone in our family. Why did she agree not to do it now? What did you say to her?"

"I didn't say anything."

The younger sister didn't believe it: "How could Second Sister change with such a stubborn personality?"

"That's right, your second sister is so stubborn, how can I change her with just a few words? Obviously, she figured it out on her own."

The younger sister clapped her hands and laughed: "She should have figured it out long ago. We are so rich now, why should she work so hard, right?"

The second sister also started to learn with the younger brother. She had a good foundation and could read and write a lot, but she had not persisted for many years and now needed to pick it up again.

She is calm and very stubborn. She will do whatever she wants to do well. In just half a month, she has achieved great results.

However, Si Xingzhi was busy in the school every day. He was obsessed with the children's enlightenment education. Coincidentally, there were two children who really loved reading. Even after class, they took the initiative to run to Si's house to ask for advice.

One of them turned out to be Song Chunbo. Song Chunbo was not a student in the Si family literacy class, as he was studying outside. However, his cousin had studied with Si Xingzhi for a while. When he was writing at home at night, Song Chunbo discovered that his cousin's handwriting was quite good despite his short learning period.

It was written on the mud.

He also remembered that at the end of last year, the children all liked to recite poems with Si Xingzhi, and he couldn't help but be tempted. During the holiday, he ran to Si's literacy class to attend the class.

Si Xingzhi was a kind person. Seeing that Song Chunbo was studious, he was happy to teach him and asked him to come over when he was free.

Whenever Song Chunbo came back at night, he would always go to the Si family to ask Si Xingzhi for advice.

Si Xingzhi was very satisfied with Song Chunbo's performance. He touched his head and said, "I've read your father's articles. They're a bit superficial. But judging by your performance over the past month or so, you're very good. In time, you'll surpass your father. As for the future, as long as you work hard, you'll definitely become a talented person."

Song Chunbo was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, sir!"

Si Xingzhi added, "However, no matter how talented you are, if you lack moral integrity, it will not do. Your temper needs to be tempered. How about this: from now on, in addition to your schoolwork, you should devote yourself to practicing calligraphy for another half an hour every day."