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Sure enough, she is still too raw and can't sit still even after teasing her a few words.Zhao Ruojin smiled secretly and looked out the window with empty eyes.

Because being a rich girl is really boring, in addition to practicing calligraphy, she also learned from Grandma Hua to tie clothes, cut cloth to make shoes and clothes, embroider flowers and birds, etc. She also pretended to be stupid and cute, and encouraged her younger sister who thought she was smart to let her father hire a husband to teach her music, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as etiquette and rules of advancement and retreat.

Except for the piano, which she is really not good at, she has learned other things quite well and can show her skills to others.

Thanks to the blessing of living an extra life, she learned quickly, but she had to cover it up a little and not act too good, so that people would notice that she was not an "ancient aboriginal".

But after she learned everything, she felt bored again, and her sense of worry began to emerge again. Although the Hou family was not poor, her father divided a lot of money, land and shops when the family was separated, and her mother also had a lot of dowry, but it was theirs. If it was not in her hands, it was not hers, not to mention that she was not the only child in the family.

We can't see the future changes now, but what if the eldest brother marries a sister-in-law who is at odds with them?Or they are ignorant and greedy to protect their wealth. When they get married, it is unknown how much dowry they will have. She does not want to bet her future in the hands of others.

What others have is not as good as what you have, and no one can take it away.

With her mind, which had prospered in the financial industry in her previous life, it was not difficult to make a full wallet. The premise was that it was kept as private property openly and did not have to be turned over to the public. Otherwise, all the money earned belonged to others, so what's the point?

Zhao Ruoyu is really simple and has no skills in house fighting. She just said, "If I can use the money I earn to buy clothes and jewelry, I won't have to ask my mother for money in the future." She immediately activated her modern thinking, filled her head with a sense of superiority, and without saying a word, she wanted to use her golden fingers that others did not have.

"You want to manage the shop?" Mrs. Xu looked at her daughter hesitantly. She didn't want her daughter to work too hard and have to learn how to manage at such a young age.She felt distressed.

"It's me and my sister. You can give us two shops to play with. We won't be compensated much anyway, so let us practice our skills." She did not forget to drag one more person into the water, indicating that she was not the only one. The sisters should try to take charge of things when they get older.

"This..." How old are they?Can you manage it?

The dowry under Xu's name included about a dozen shops, and it didn't matter how many shops she gave to her daughter to play with. She didn't care about the loss of several thousand taels. The only thing she couldn't let go of was that she was worried that they would be deceived and hit, and they would be discouraged and dare not take over the government affairs in the future.

"Mom, just give us a dowry in advance! It's up to us to take care of whether we pay or make money. Let's have more contact with each other while we are still young. After falling a few times, we will learn to be smarter and won't fall into the same pit twice." Zhao Ruoyu's eyes were shining brightly, as if she had seen the prosperity of money rolling in. It was funny, but she thought too far.

Looking at her little daughter's glowing face, Mrs. Xu couldn't bear to ruin her "ambition", so she turned around and asked, "Sister Le, what about you? Do you also want to learn to do business?"

"Ah, what?" That bird is so beautiful, with blue feathers, white belly, and a foot-long tail.

Seeing her eldest daughter come back to her senses with an ignorant look on her face, Ms. Xu couldn't help but laugh and cry, "Sister Xiao wants to take care of my mother's shop, do you want to do that?"

Oh!This is it!Zhao Ruojin was thinking about which shops to ask for, but she didn't know that her pause was seen in her mother's eyes, thinking that she was being stupid again, and she felt uneasy and wanted to give her the best to save her stupid daughter the trouble.

"Mom, I'll pick first. I want two shops on East Street. One is a restaurant, and the other is a silk and satin shop that also sells ready-made clothes." Zhao Ruoyu was afraid that the good shops would be picked out by her sister first, so Zhao Ruoyu picked the two best shops in her mother's dowry as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Oh! You kid is so greedy. You choose the good shop first, and let me give my sister whatever she wants." Everything in the capital is expensive, and those two shops can't be bought for less than 30,000 to 50,000 taels. She originally planned to leave one room for each of her two daughters, so that she can have the confidence to get married later.

"Sister, you won't argue with me, right? I'm younger than you, so you have to let me." Zhao Ruoyu's eyes flashed with a hint of pride and cunning, and her childish face had the arrogance of an adult woman. In her mind, everything that was good belonged to her, and she would share the money she made with her sister who suffered losses.

Seeing her expression as if she had taken the shop into her pocket, Zhao Ruojin was secretly amused. She opened her eyes wide and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter. If my sister wants it, give it to her. I just want a small shop. Don't you have two shops on Fule Street? I'm not smart enough to open a big shop."

"But those two shops are really not big. Together they are not as big as one shop on East Street." You can buy them for six or seven thousand taels, and the area is not very prosperous.

"Mom, how about you give me another two hundred acres of land attached to the village, and I will open a rice shop in the future and sell home-grown rice. Then I don't have to worry about the supply of goods, and I don't have to worry about being cheated. I can make whatever I sell, and I won't lose money."

This was the most cost-effective way. She had to make money before she could think of anything else. After all, her age was not enough to convince people. No one would pay attention to her when she showed up to discuss business with others. She had to make some achievements first to be convincing, so as not to despise her because of her young age, make things more difficult for her on the price of the goods, and deceive her into ignorance.

"Ah! That's great. I happen to have a small village with 250 acres of land in my hands. The annual rice output is quite a lot. If there are no floods or droughts, the rice harvested will be enough for you to sell." Feeling that her eldest daughter had suffered a loss, Mrs. Xu took the initiative to give her the land she was least worried about. The rice grains were the least loss-making, and all the money she sold was money.

"Mom, I also want land." Seeing that her sister had it, Zhao Ruoyu, who hated farming the most, also yelled for it. Even if she saw that others had it, she must have it too.

Mrs. Xu looked at her little daughter with a slightly subtle look, and the smile on her face also faded."Then I'll trade one of your shops with my sister, and my mother will also give you a village."

"No, I won't change it." When she thought about how valuable the shop on East Street was, she immediately guarded it tightly, fearing that others would come and rob it.

This kid is a bit spoiled."Sister Xiao, don't be too greedy and eager for quick success. We have two girls in our house. You and your sister should support each other when you get married. Don't ruin the sisterhood for small profits. No matter how close you are in this world, you can't be as close as your parents and siblings. Only your parents, brothers and sisters are truly good to you."

Zhao Ruoyu thought in her heart: It's strange, once there is a conflict of interest, no matter how close people are, they will turn against each other and become enemies. I don't trust anyone but myself."Yes, mother, I don't want Zhuangzi anymore. Just two shops are enough to keep me busy. Alas! I'm so tired."

She was dissatisfied and pretended to be obedient, making her mother laugh.

"I'm so tired! I feel tired even before I finish it. Why don't you take the shop back so that you don't tire out my precious daughter?" She really couldn't bear to have her heart hurt.

"No, no, no, no, mother, I'm not afraid of getting tired. I'm going to make a lot of money and give you twelve pairs of gold hair and face, so you can wear them when you go out in glory." She had not yet made any money and boasted about it, as if the money was a stone on the ground, just scan it and you'll have it.

"Okay, Mom is waiting for your golden face, so you can show your respect. Sister Le, your shop is small, do you want Mom to provide subsidies... Hey! Why are you in a daze again? Did you listen to what Mom said?" After worrying about the younger ones, I came to worry about the older ones, the two girls who came to collect debts.

Zhao Ruojin, who was thinking about what to sell in another shop, came to her senses under the gentle tug of her sister, and said with a silly smile: "No need for mother's help, it's just a small shop, and I have saved a lot of money in the past few years, I am rich."

There are really a lot of treasures piled up in her little treasury, from her full-moon gift to every year's birthday, as well as the New Year's money given by her elders. There are also rewards in the palace, and her mother takes her and her sister to various houses.

After all, where the portal is, the Xingwu Marquis Mansion is not an ordinary commoner's home. The holy favor is still there, and the family members are often escorted to the palace by the queen and the queen mother. If the gift is given lightly, it will be embarrassing for the person giving the gift.

As a result, she received a lot of money and accumulated quite a lot of wealth in seven years.

Besides, she doesn't have much to spend money on. Unlike her younger sister, who spends money lavishly, wants to buy everything she sees, and loves people more than others. Speaking of which, Zhao Ruoyu's private house is not many, it's only a fraction of hers. Even if Zhao Ruoyu is given a big shop to make money, she won't be able to support it.