In the front hall of the Li residence.
"You stinking brat! You don't do proper work all day long! You're always messing around with messy things! How can you let Lan 'er play with such dangerous things? "
Li Jingmo paced back and forth, pointing at Li Zexuan's nose as he scolded him. Today's matter was too dangerous.
"Father, it was Lan 'er who wanted to play. It has nothing to do with brother," Lan' er said weakly as she tugged at her father's sleeve when she saw her father scolding her brother.
"I haven't even scolded you yet. You're a girl, but you're always like a wild brat, following your brother around. You haven't been going to your mother's place to learn how to be a maid recently."
Li Jingmo changed his target when he heard Lan 'er's words.
Lan 'er's eyes were red from her father's scolding, and tears were about to fall. She tugged at her brother's hand, lowered her head, and bit her lip, not daring to say anything. She also felt that she was in the wrong today.
Li Zexuan couldn't stand it anymore. He reached out and hugged the pitiful Lan 'er, saying to his father, "Father, Lan' er is still young. If she wants to play, let her play. Why do you have to force her to learn this and that? Our family has so much money. Do you think we'll be short of food for Lan 'er in the future? "
Although Li Jingmo didn't expect his son and daughter to learn how to earn money for the family, when he heard Li Zexuan speak so matter-of-factly, as if all the money in the family was earned by him, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. After calming down, he said,
He calmed down and calmed himself down, "So what if the family has so much money? Isn't it earned by your father? Why? Do you want to stay at home for the rest of your life? Besides, Lan 'er is almost seven years old. If she doesn't learn how to be a maid, how can she get married in the future? "
Li Zexuan was speechless. Lan 'er wasn't even seven years old. His father was thinking so far ahead. Although he knew that his father was angry, Li Zexuan was still a little unhappy.
"Father, I won't stay at home and wait for death. Even if Lan 'er doesn't learn anything and can't get married, I can still earn money to support her for the rest of her life. My sister can't be wronged by anyone. Not only Lan 'er, but I can also rely on my own abilities to earn money for my parents' retirement! "
After saying that, he looked at the dumbfounded Old Man Li with an arrogant expression. His eyes seemed to say, "Yes, you didn't hear me wrong. I want to earn my own money!"
Lan-er's heart was filled with sweetness when she heard her brother speak up for her. She hugged her brother's arm tightly and refused to let go. She thought to herself, "Brother is so good, even better than Daddy!"
Li Jingmo stared blankly for a moment. After a moment of calmness, he stepped forward and placed his hand on Li Zexuan's forehead. He asked worriedly, "Xuan 'er, you don't have a fever, do you?"
"What? My Xuan 'er, you're sick?" A cry of surprise came from outside the door. Then, Mrs. Li Zexuan rushed to the front of Li Zexuan like a gust of wind. She pulled him over and looked at him carefully.
It turned out that when Xiao He saw the young master and young miss being scolded in the front hall, she hurriedly ran to the eastern courtyard to ask for help. The servants of the Li family all knew that the master was afraid of the madam.
Li Zexuan's face was filled with black lines as he slapped his father's hand away from his forehead. He looked at Mrs. Li and said, "Mother, Xuan 'er is fine. Don't worry."
He then turned around and said seriously to his father, "Father, I was serious about what I said just now. I don't want to always stay at home and live off my parents. I also want to do some things myself so that I can take care of Father and Mother in the future!
I know that Father doesn't believe in my abilities, but wasn't the chicken I ate previously a proof? Just based on that alone, the Drunken Immortal Restaurant's profits should be more than a thousand strings of coins, right? "
Li Zexuan really wanted to open a small shop and sell the things in his mind to the people of Great Tang. Not only could he earn money, he could also find something for himself to do. Otherwise, he would feel embarrassed if he stayed at home and lived off his parents every day. After all, the soul in this body was twenty-five years old.
When Li Jingmo heard this, he swallowed back the words he wanted to say. The profits the Drunken Immortal Restaurant had brought in for the past half a month were more than a thousand strings of coins. A few days ago, he heard from Shopkeeper Liu that the Drunken Immortal Restaurant had increased the daily supply of Drunken Immortal Restaurant under the strong demands of the customers.
There were too many high officials and dignitaries in Chang 'an City. Blindly limiting the supply would offend many people for no reason. It was really not worth it. Later on, Li Jingmo simply decided not to limit the quantity of Drunken Immortal Restaurant and even launched a take-out service. As a result, the sales of Drunken Immortal Restaurant increased dramatically. In less than half a month, the profits were close to four thousand strings of coins.
Even though Li Jingmo had done business for decades and had seen hundreds of thousands of strings of coins, he was still shocked by the profits from Drunken Immortal Restaurant. When he heard Li Zexuan's words, Li Jingmo's heart wavered.
Just as he was about to agree, he suddenly felt a familiar pain in his waist.
"I say, you old fart. So you want to force Xuan 'er to go out and earn money. What's the point of keeping so much money in our family? Are you going to bring it into the grave? Since you don't want to see me and my son, then I'll go back to my parents' home with Xuan 'er! "
Mrs. Li listened to the conversation and immediately understood what they were arguing about. She was instantly angry.
Old Man Li grimaced in pain from being choked. He was full of grief and indignation, thinking that this woman was unreasonable. He quickly explained, "Sss ~ Madam, it's not what you think … Let go first!"
Mrs. Li was not satisfied. She really loved her son. At this time, seeing that Li Jingmo seemed to want to drive her son out of the house and rely on himself, Mrs. Li could not bear it. Her eyes turned red with anger and the strength in her hands increased. Old Man Li's face gradually turned from red to purple.
Old Man Li felt very wronged at this moment, but his wife did not give him a chance to explain. He immediately sent a signal for help to his son with his eyes.
Li Zexuan was a little amused. He went forward and pulled his mother away, saying, "Mother, it's not what you think. Your son wants to do something. I have nothing to do at home every day, so I might as well do something to earn some money. Your son can't stay at home every day, can he?"
Mrs. Li glared at him and said, "Why can't you stay at home? Didn't your father make so much money for you to spend? Why don't you stay at home with your mother every day? " Then she glared at Old Man Li fiercely. If he dared to say no at this moment, he would definitely have to sleep in the study at night.
Of course, Old Man Li did not dare to say no. At this moment, he turned his face to the side and rubbed his old waist to recover from his injury.
Li Zexuan did not know whether to laugh or cry. Who would encourage their child to be a member of the family? However, he was still a little touched in his heart.
"Mother, master taught me a lot of things when he was alive, and I still want to carry it forward! Besides, I can't rely on you for the rest of my life. Father is old. I want to grow up as soon as possible so that you can enjoy a happy life! "
Hearing their son's sincerity, the two old people were relieved. Their son had grown up and knew how to be filial to his parents. For parents in the world, there was nothing happier than this.
Mrs. Li looked at her son with a face full of love and said, "Since Xuan 'er wants to do something, Mother will support you. If you need anything, you must tell me! Do you hear me? "
Li Zexuan hurriedly nodded in agreement. He turned around and said to Li Jingmo, "Father, I can definitely build an even bigger business empire."
Li Jingmo looked at his son's confident face and stroked his beard in relief. He said, "Since Xuan 'er is so confident, then go ahead and do it."
Li Zexuan agreed. Lan 'er interrupted, "Lan' er also wants to help Big Brother do big things. Lan 'er doesn't want to be paid."
Everyone was amused by Lan 'er's innocent words. Li Zexuan smiled and rubbed Lan' er's head. He wanted to pull Lan 'er out.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. He stopped in his tracks and walked back to Li Jingmo, who was full of gratification, and said, "Father, since I want to start my own business and open a shop, you can't not give me the capital, right?"
Li Jingmo said in a muffled voice, "Then how much do you want?"
Li Zexuan smiled and probed, "It's not much. Just give me half a month's profit from the Drunken Immortal Restaurant's chicken. It'll be a thousand strings. Is that okay?"
When Li Jingmo heard this, his eyes lit up. This little brat probably thought that the chicken he was eating was still limited to two hundred servings a day. He pretended to be generous and said, "How can a thousand strings be enough? Father will give you two thousand strings as the initial capital."
Li Zexuan was overjoyed. His father was still quite generous. He hurriedly thanked his father and left with Lan 'er.
Seeing his son's happy face and thinking that he had taken advantage of him, Li Jingmo couldn't help but laugh dryly in his heart. Hehe, old ginger is still spicier!
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