The bedroom of the new courtyard house has been put on a fire kang. With Li Xiao's insistence, a light for the hour will be lit at night.

They are all landlords with thousands of acres of fertile land. You can’t just sleep when it’s dark, then the winter night is too long.

The kang is very hot and warm. There is a kang table made of pine wood, a kang mat with reeds is lambskin robe, and sheepskin robe is placed on the kang, and she sits on the kang and reads books under the oil lamp. Wanniang sits on the other side and makes shoes. There is always no time for women to spare whenever they are in their hands.

Although there are now a rough woman at home, a maid, and even a cook and a fireworker in the kitchen, Wanniang is unwilling to be idle. She has to wrap everything inside and outside, and even the socks are made by herself.

And shoes.

Making shoes is the most time-consuming and energy-consuming, especially the one with a layered bottom.

"I don't need to make shoes at night. The light is not bright enough, which hurts my eyes. Anyway, I have enough shoes to wear, so I will put them there if I do so much." Li Xiao felt a little sorry for this woman.

Wan Niang looked up at Li Xiao, "Don't read the books and accounts anymore."

"It's still early."

It's dark early this winter, and everyone eats early. They eat before it's dark. No one's house even lights the lamps and cooks. It's not cost-effective to spend wax and oil on it.

I had too early and there was no activity. It turned out that when there was no kang, everyone would burn a fire pit, and they sat around to keep the fire from the cold. Now there was a kang, who would be willing to roast the fire and eat the smoke and ash? They all went to the kang early.

Each family has its own kang and its own bed.

Those who have wives are not idle, so they are pitiful to those bachelors, and the night is longer and harder to bear.

Li Xiao put together the account book and actually had nothing to read. Everything is fine in the Li family now, with no foreign debt or any crisis.

There are now a total of 900 acres of irrigated land and 20 acres of ancestral tomb fields in my family. It is winter now, and the fields are all deserted. I don’t have to pay attention to it. They are all frozen hard and have to wait for the spring of the year to begin.

It was cold outside and there was still food in the warehouses of each house.

The money I received from the secret recipe for tribute frosting and sugar decolorization last time was not moved. Ten coins and one hundred pieces of silk are there. The cucumbers in the space are still being sold recently. They have picked them and delivered the goods every two days. The price has dropped a little, but the thousand cucumbers sold each time can still bring back more than a thousand cents.

This business is basically a business without money. Although Li Xiao said to the public that these cucumbers were taken from another businessman, no one has ever seen the previous businessman. Although he had doubts, Li Xiao did not mention it at all, and no one went into it. This was the secret of the boss after all.

There is Yang Dayan in the school, which is not bad. Li Xiao occasionally makes a guest appearance, and sometimes Mr. Zhao and Wanniang will go to and from get out of class.

Da Biao is mainly responsible for sports exercises. He is now basically led and supervised by him. The students are used to running, and now they have already run five miles every morning.

Relying on the tuition fees collected by self-paid students can maintain the school's expenditure balance. With these dozens of students, the courtyard is still very lively.

Li Xiao said at the beginning that he would train these students as attendants and knights, and that was exactly what he did. No matter whether he was a tenant or a landlord’s family, as long as he was a school student, in addition to exercise every morning and afternoon classes, they also had to take turns on duty.

The on-duty content includes cleaning the Li family compound, etc. After the spring begins, Li Xiao even plans to get some land for the school, so that they can personally take charge of farming and growing vegetables and be self-sufficient.

Li Xiao thought the two maids in the family were ugly, so he asked them to do other things, and asked the students to take turns to serve tea and water. In Li Xiao's words, this is not to use child labor to exploit students, but to train them.

Teach them some daily etiquette, etc.

"I'm already planning to open a restaurant on Lanxi Street, so I'll let Da Biao be the shopkeeper and chef, and bring a few more people there. With our cooking and braised dishes, we will definitely make a big splash."

"Opening a restaurant is not a small cost, and it may not be possible to do it well?" Wan Niang always felt that it would be better to live a life at home.

"Where can you rely on the land to collect rent alone? Look at which landlords don't set up shops and shops. The landlords collect rent are basic, and doing some business is a living money and water. Restaurants will not lose money. We guard this road, and there are so many people coming and going, and we always have to eat."

"But the store costs so much money, how can you rest assured if you don't go?"

"So I gave Dabiao 20% of the silver stocks, and I told people in the past that everyone will get a salary. As long as you work diligently and steadily, you can give it to your stocks for three years after a accounting period. In the future, every time you perform well, you will continue to add to your stocks. Everyone works in our restaurants, not only our friends, but also earns money for themselves, and of course they will work very hard and earnestly."

The silver stocks, which are from the Jin merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties in history, are equivalent to real money and money spent. They not only have the right to dividends, but also have corresponding transfer, inheritance and voting rights, which is equivalent to a real shareholder.

The stock is the equity given to employees by the owner with conditions. It only has the dividend rights of general shares, but does not have the right to inherit, transfer and voting rights. It must be used when doing things in the store to support the stock. If you leave, it will be automatically reclaimed and you will no longer enjoy the dividend rights.

Giving Dabiao silver stocks and other people's stocks is also to make everyone more motivated. How can you be more motivated to make money by working and earning a dead salary?

Although in this way, some profits have to be paid to everyone, Li Xiao always believes that this method can earn more profits.

Dabiao came here with him, but he was not his servant, he was his friend, and now he is half a guest of the Li family. Today he proposed his dream, and Li Xiao must also pay attention to it. He spent some money and asked Dabiao to help manage it. This is a win-win situation.

"Wan Niang, I see that your father is studying his prescription recently. The old man is still not old and has ambitions. Otherwise, we might as well open a clinic for him on the street. We will pay the capital. The old man will be in the hall and recruit a few apprentices. The clinic will be opened."

The old man has some medical skills, but the people are always inseparable from medical clinics and pharmacies. There are clinics and pharmacies on Lanxi Street, but they are far from saturated. Open a smaller clinic first and make money.

"It takes a lot of money to open a clinic, and you have to hire someone to rent a shop and get medicine." Wan Niang said.

"What else? You won't lose money when opening a clinic. Let's open a smaller one first. I can't afford this little capital now. Let's pay for it, and the old man will go to the restaurant and share the 50% share. How about it?"

Wan Niang chuckled, "What's the 50% share? My father has no other children. Isn't it ours if he makes money?"

"That's not the case. The old man is still young and is only in his early fifties now. It's not impossible to find another woman. It's normal for this old tree to have children and pass on the family line in spring. Let's set the rules first, and there will be no conflicts in the future."

People in this era all pay attention to unfilial piety. There is no descendant, and it is important to pass on the family line and delay the clan bloodline. If there is no descendant, they will be scolded. Doctor Zhao used to have poor conditions, and the woman was lame after her death, and she had no money to marry her with a young daughter. But now she has better conditions, Li Xiao believes that it is not an exaggeration to help her father-in-law marry a young widow.

If the father-in-law has a wife and children again in the future, the benefits of the clinic will definitely be clearly distinguished and no conflicts can arise.

"You are still thoughtful. I will ask my father tomorrow. If he wants, then we will help him open a clinic on the street." Wanniang said happily.

Opening restaurants and clinics is a business that is not easy to lose money. You spend some money on it, but in the future it becomes a hen that lays eggs and keeps making profits. It is much more cost-effective than throwing money at home and burying it underground. Even if you say that copper coins these days do not depreciate or have inflation, it is a sin to not let money give birth to children.

"Sanlang, meeting you is a blessing for me in the past few lives." Wanniang moved over and snuggled half of her body into Li Xiao's arms.

The warm fragrance penetrated into the nose, which smelled so good. Li Xiao couldn't help but sucked his nose a few more times.

Alas, after so long in the Tang Dynasty, I finally started to live a stable life. In this long winter night, a dim oil lamp was extremely quiet outside the house.

Extremely simple.

"Sanlang, does it smell good on me?"

"It's very fragrant." Li Xiao said honestly. Li Xiao, who had seen countless storms and waves, suddenly felt that Wan Niang under the lamp became charming and charming.

The skin seems to have improved and become more shiny.

"My body was clean the day before yesterday, and I took a shower today." Wan Niang's voice became smaller and smaller, but it was already clear.

After Li Xiao came back, he slept on the same bed with Wan Niang every day, but he had never completed the room.

Today Wanniang finally mustered up the courage to make it clear.

The shy rose blooms quietly!

"Wan Niang, you are so beautiful today!"

Looking at the woman under the lamp, she became more and more beautiful as she looked at her. Li Xiao felt that she seemed to be ready to move.

"Sanlang, want me!"

Wanniang closed her eyes, like a flower that you can pick.

Faced with such an invitation, even a man could no longer refuse. The two of them lived together for so long and were no longer two strangers. Li Xiao has been adapting to the fact that she was her wife and her partner for the rest of her life.

Now it finally came naturally.

Li Xiao lowered his head and kissed her lips.

A moan.

"Sanlang, blow the light!"

Li Xiao turned his head and blew a lot. The lights swayed a few times and finally went out.

The room was sunk into boundless darkness, with only two clear gasps left.
Chapter completed!