When I was in the North, Ji Wan made ice-skin mooncakes, but they were not used for sale.

First, the cost is too high, and second, it is not suitable for storage, so it is difficult to retail. Now that she has opened a shop, she can put it directly in the Bingjian.

On July 16th, news came from the front line that Beidi completely withdrew his troops and was willing to pay tribute to Dayan and pay annual tribute every year.

The war has ceased, and the people in the north are the people of the north.

The war lasted four months, and Yancheng was unbreakable. Beidi was beaten backwards, so the people in the city were almost not affected by the war. In addition, the local officials were properly managed, and there were no cases of bandits entering the city to rob property.

But why are they still a little depressed? Now that the war has stopped, the people are relieved. There are more people on the streets, and there are endless crowds of major shops and wineries.

Ji's hot pot restaurant is almost full of diners.

"Table No. 9 checkout, a total of 165 yuan."

"Add a fish head and duck intestine in the room number one upstairs..."

"No. 7 to close the table and change to the double-double pot..."

"The fried rice is gone, and I've been urging you in the kitchen..."

The shop guys were too busy to stop, and the ordering was handing over the dishes, wiping the table and sweeping the floor to check out. The whole lobby was crowded and very lively.

Four accounting offices, knocking on the abacus, their fingers were fast.

Ji Hai looked through the account books and found that although the war business was not too depressed in the past few months, it was still much worse than at the beginning of the year. Now that the war has ceased, people's lives are on track. The passenger flow this morning alone can match the usual three-day volume.

When the climate turns cooler, the hot pot business will be better.

"Shopkeeper Ji, my business is good today, congratulations."

When the old customer saw him, he smiled and congratulated.

"I heard that your daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy in front of her, and she is happy."

Ji Hai's face was full of smiles, "Are you two or the private room upstairs?"

"I'm afraid there is no seat upstairs right now? Forget it, we're in the lobby. The war has stopped. It's rare that we're so lively. We're having fun with the people. How many numbers are we queuing? Let's just sit and wait."

"OK."

Ji Hai hurriedly called a friend to take the two of them to the lounge to wait.

Because of the war, Ji Ping did not go to the general's mansion. He either took care of his pregnant wife or came to the store to help. Two days ago, Hu Cui had just given birth and was still in confinement. Miao took care of his daughter-in-law himself. Eight-year-old twins Ji Xiang and Ji Lan were already sensible and helped him take care of his nephew. When he was fine, he would come to the store to do something.

Ji Wankai's wages are very generous.

It costs five cents a month for a chore, and the chef and the accountant are eight cents.

There are many people coming to the hot pot restaurant in Yicun to do odd jobs, and they also provide ingredients, vegetables grown by themselves, fish raised by themselves, and chickens and ducks raised by themselves.

In just over half a year, many families in the village have built new houses. At a glance, they looked at the gray tiles and white walls. They were no longer the dilapidated village with thatched huts everywhere.

The villagers were very grateful to Ji Wan for all this.

The store in Ming County is even larger and has recruited villagers to work as partners. Because they are far away from home, they also provide accommodation. Although Yi Village cannot be said to have collectively escaped poverty and become rich, no one is too poor to afford to eat.

Qi Jiu came over, looked at the account book, and told Ji Haidao: "The hot pot restaurant here has stabilized, and you can continue to open branches."

When Ji Hai heard him say this, he knew that he must have looked forward to the place.

"Duke An Guo and his son will set off for Beijing today. Lu Fei will come tomorrow... The prince will come here. You can copy the account book and let him take it back to the capital and hand it over to your niece. I will arrange the branch matters."

As Qi Jiu said, he remembered another thing, "By the way, you don't know yet. Your niece was named county lord by the emperor."

Ji Hai was stunned.

Ji Ping came over and said in surprise: "Has Awan become the county lord?"

"Yeah." Qi Jiu shook his fan, looking romantic, "That little girl, there are so many tricks. I heard that she was fiddling with a sewing machine. His Majesty was very happy and was building a factory. She was now responsible. She is a hot-handed person in the capital... Oh, and, Mrs. An Guogong fell in love with her as her daughter-in-law and has been engaged."

Ji Hai and others were shocked.

"Duke Anguo Mansion... Awan is going to be the prince's wife?"

"yes."

Qi Jiu smiled and was amused, "You don't know that since that girl was valued by the emperor, all the major families in the capital have rushed to marry her. Fortunately, Duke An Guo's wife was quick to take action, otherwise when Lu Feili returned to Beijing, his wife would have been taken advantage of by someone."

He and Lu Fei were used to leaving and joking, and they spoke casually. Ji Hai and others did not dare to be arrogant. After finally digesting the news, Miao asked carefully: "Wouldn't Awan get married soon?"

"Not that fast." Qi Jiong said: "Lu Feili has two brothers on his head, and he has to line up until the next year." He turned his head and looked at Ji Ping, "You can go to Beijing earlier to participate in the martial arts competition."

Ji Ping has been practicing martial arts for more than a year and has achieved results. General Zhu once said that as long as he continues to practice like this, he will definitely pass the exam.

At that time, will the whole family move to the capital?

At night, Hu Cui asked this question after coaxing her son to sleep.

Ji Ping was not thinking that far away. He was stunned for a while after hearing this, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Let's discuss with his parents at that time. General Zhu said that after passing the martial arts examination, he would be assigned to the Ministry of War. The capital is thousands of miles away, and it is afraid it will be difficult to return to his hometown. I can't leave you two in your hometown and ignore it. It's better to move to the capital."

Unless he can pass the top three, he is not qualified to get the imperial residence. So if he goes to the capital, he has to buy a house.

It’s a loss for my cousin. They are now managing the hot pot restaurant here. Awan gives them a lot of money, twenty taels a month. In addition, the workshop has a separate salary, which is also twenty taels a month. The store also includes food and accommodation. They usually save money and don’t spend much money. They have saved for more than two years, but they have six hundred taels a month.

Their family, plus their newborn son, only eight people. It should be more than enough to find a remote place in the capital and buy a house with two places.

After making up his mind, Ji Ping went to discuss with his father before Lu Feili came the next day.

After hearing this, Ji Hai pondered for a while and said, "Your mother and I have not lived in the capital for a long time. First, we need someone to take care of the store here. Second,..." He paused and sighed, "We are from the countryside. If we go to the capital, we will definitely trouble your second aunt and his family. With the temperament of your second aunt and Awan, we may buy a house for us to live in, and take care of your future career. Others will inevitably gossip behind their backs, look down on you, and will also laugh at them for having poor relatives like us. When you have established your foothold in the capital in the future, come back to pick us up."

Ji Ping moved his mouth, but could not refute.

He had to admit that his father's concerns were not troubled by mediocre people. Not only his future career, but also his younger brothers and sisters. In the future, they would probably have some troubles. They were upright, what if someone wanted to borrow them to join the third aunt's family?

They probably knew the life experience of Aunt San.

The Zhou family in the capital is the daughter of the noble family. The grandson of the Grand Tutor, the eldest son of the chief minister, the real noble daughter of the noble family. With such a background, he was in a poor countryside. After more than ten years, he suffered all the hardships and bullied them.

If his mean grandmother knew that she had beaten and bullied her daughter-in-law for many years, she had such a good background and such a strong backstage, I wonder what she was feeling?

What kind of mood?

Liu doesn't know the origin of Zhou yet, and she doesn't have the heart to care about those things.

Yuan has been pregnant for nearly nine months and is about to be about to give birth. Ji Yuan is a married woman, so the child, no matter how male or female, can only have the surname Yuan when she is born.

Before, Liu didn't think anything was wrong, but since she moved into Yuan's house, she couldn't help but not even the servants looked down on her, and she felt a lot of anger. But under the roof, even her own son Ji Yuan helped that woman, and Liu didn't dare to get angry. Over the past few months, she has been very cowardly.

Yuan's belly became big, and she started to think about taking the housekeeper over. But that woman refused to let go.

After a long time, Liu gradually forgot that he was a rural woman, who ate delicious food and drink spicy food every day, and became more and more frustrated. He even regarded the Yuan family's business as his own. He became more and more disliked Yuan, thinking that this woman was here to steal her son's property.

So she had a bad idea again, and before her grandson was born, she was about to make a fuss about her surname Ji.

She spoke righteously, "Since ancient times, children have taken their father's surname, so how can they take their mother's surname? My son will take the imperial examination in the future. If someone knows that his son takes his mother's surname, it will be a joke among others?"

Actually, what she said is not unreasonable.

If her son could really become an official, Yuan's children would prove that he had married into a family. It would be embarrassing to make a fortune by relying on women. With this, it would be difficult for the outside world to give him a good review.

However, Liu didn't know that her son's career had long lost hope.

No matter how many times Ji Yuan takes the exam, even a scholar fails, let alone a juren and a Jinshi.

Of course, that's a story later.

Now, after hearing this, Yuan took it to his heart.

At that time, my father recognized Ji Yuan's talent and expected that he had a future, so he agreed to this marriage. He had no brothers, and the Yuan family would have no successor in the future. She could only recruit a son-in-law to marry into a marriage, and the child born must also be named Yuan. But if Ji Yuan really became an official, the child would not take the father's surname, and he would indeed be able to attract a message.

She pondered for a while and said, "Let me do this, if my baby is a boy, my surname is Yuan. My husband and I are still young, and there will definitely be children in the future. At that time, both men and women will have their surname Ji."

This is the best of both worlds.

But Liu was not satisfied.

"As long as you gave birth to a child, they are always far away, and others will always have gossip..."

"What gossip?"

Yuan knew that she was deliberately looking for trouble, so she was rarely polite to her. "My husband was married to her, and the whole Langui Town knew about it. And it was agreed before that our children will be surnamed Yuan, and both mother-in-law and husband agreed. Why do we regret it now? Besides, if the husband passed the Jinshi and became an official in the future, he may not be assigned to Dengxian. If it were other places, who would know how our two families got married? Then, he would directly tell the public that my mother's family had no children, so it would be reasonable to adopt my child and inherit the Yuan family."

Liu was speechless by her words and looked extremely ugly. She simply cheated and said, "Anyway, this child must be surnamed Ji."

Yuan sneered.

"My family genealogy is not something my mother-in-law can interfere with."

Liu stood up and said angrily: "You are disobedient to your elders, unfilial and unrespectful. Just this one, you can get away with you."

Yuan continued to sneer.

"Okay, you can go find your husband and let him divorce me. Oh, by the way, your husband is married. Even if you get tired of me, we will be divorced at most. This house belongs to my Yuan family, and the maids and servants who serve you now belong to the Yuan family. At that time, you mother and son, including your two grandchildren, will all move out of the Yuan family."

"you--"

Liu's face turned pale and pointed at her, unable to speak.

Yuan stood up by the maid, held her belly with her other hand, and said carelessly: "Mom, after all, we are all a family, why do we have to make such a big fuss? No matter what the child's surname is, isn't this grandson? In the future, my husband will have a future. Ayun Asong, you, and the children in my belly will benefit from it. My father just hopes that there will be successors in the Yuan family. Then I will tell him that this child will be adopted by the Yuan family. From now on, no one of us will mention marriage. Wouldn't we all be happy?"

That's right, but Liu's heart was in a state of indifference.

"I will discuss this with my husband in the evening. It's getting late. I'm going to go back for lunch. You can go back for a rest too."
To be continued...