On the tenth day of the first month of June, Su Jin used this free time to gather all the shopkeepers and foremen of Su Ji's major shops and manors, as well as old men who have worked in Su Ji for more than five years to come to the outer courtyard of Su Ji for a meeting.

In the large courtyard of the outer house, a sunshade curtain was put on the top, and seven or eight large wooden tables were put together to form a large strip table, with seats on both sides, and the shopkeepers of the blue coats sat on both sides according to the number of seats.

There are red silk tablecloths on the table, dozens of plates of melon and fruit desserts are placed, and the tea cups that have rained through the sky are fragrant and fragrant green tea, and the maids in the house are shuttling back and forth, so lively.

Present at the meeting were all the big shopkeepers and foremen of Su Kee cloth village, garment shops, grain and oil shops, manors outside the city, several warehouses, and old people over five years old, a total of 49 people, who are the backbone of Su Ji and support the pillars of Su Kee.

In the past ten years, the Su family has never met once in the middle of June in addition to the New Year, according to the inside story obtained in advance by well-informed people, the meeting held by the young owner will have a major content announced, which is related to your well-being; This news made everyone very excited, since the young owner took over Su Ji, everything he has done has not harmed the interests of the guys, on the contrary, many people have been promoted, and it seems that this time there are definitely benefits.

Everyone is usually busy with the affairs of their own shops, and it is rare to see each other a few times a year. Some asked how their health was, some asked how their children were doing, and forty or fifty people greeted each other, and the scene was noisy and lively.

At the end of the hour, Su Jin helped Mrs. Wang to the courtyard surrounded by a group of handmaidens, and everyone's eyes suddenly turned to the two of them.

"Hello old guys, the old body has saluted you." Mrs. Wang was very happy, and bowed her head with a smile.

"Good, good, good old lady, good young owner." Everyone returned the salute in a hurry, and several stools were knocked over.

"Sit down, all the shopkeepers, all the seniors sit, no need to be formal." Su Jin beckoned, turned around and waited for Mrs. Wang to sit at one end of the long platform, and then everyone sat down one after another.

"Have you made all the tea?" Su Jin asked knowingly.

"Go back to the young owner's house, it's all arranged." Several of the maids who were in charge of serving the crowd said in unison.

"Sui'er, go and take out all the dried yaks from the Western Regions brought by the trustee and give you a taste." Su Jin said with a smile.

Everyone was excited, the young owner really treated himself like family, both cordial and atmospheric; The dried yak in the Western Regions is a strange commodity, not to mention the long distance, just hunting, slaughtering, cooking, flavoring, and drying, it takes a lot of trouble to transport it to the Central Plains by a caravan, and the price is really expensive, but it is not something that everyone can usually eat.

Zhang Lao shopkeeper and several other celebrities rolled their eyes, and the young owner began to take the route of buying people's hearts with warmth again, this kid is playing with his heart everywhere.

After some hecticism, Su Jin sat down next to Mrs. Wang, coughed, and the scene suddenly fell silent, this is about to officially begin.

Su Jin got up from his seat, first made a group, and then said with a smile: "Today is a good day, the elites of Su Ji's shops and Zhuangzi gather here, it may not be anything to outsiders, but for me Su Ji and everyone here, it is definitely a commemorative day." Many of you may not have seen me, and I have seen many unfamiliar faces, so let's take this opportunity to look at each other and become familiar. Don't bump your face on the street, you don't know each other, that's a joke. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and the guys who saw the young owner for the first time saw Su Jin enthusiastic and humorous, obviously in a good mood, and they were all infected by it, and their restrained hearts gradually disappeared, and the scene became much more relaxed and enthusiastic.

"You may wonder why I want you to take a day out of this meeting before the end of the year; This is because, I personally feel that the year-end inventory time is too long, which is not conducive to taking stock of gains and losses, correcting mistakes, rewards and punishments, so I suggest that a rule be set, and in the future, the old man and the shopkeeper of Su Ji will gather together to form a routine, and at the same time take half a year as the benchmark for an inventory. ”

Everyone is a veteran of the shopping mall, and they naturally understand what Su Jin's words mean, in the past, a time to meet and negotiate once a year is indeed not conducive to timely discovery of mistakes and omissions, and it will appear to be slightly inefficient. There is nothing wrong with this move, it will only have a positive effect, so they have spoken out in favor of it.

Su Jin said with a smile: "Since there is no doubt about the righteousness of your predecessors, then let's settle down, and ask Su Fu Steward to mention this article in the record as one of the addendum clauses of the old store motto." ”

When everyone heard it, they suddenly realized that today's topic actually had an agenda for revising the store motto, but the old shop motto has not changed for more than ten years, and the young owner will change the shop motto after a few months of taking over, I don't know how the main mother Mrs. Wang will feel.

I only heard Su Jin continue: "There are two main topics for today's meeting, but before that, the old lady wants to say a few words to you, everyone, warm applause to welcome our virtuous and kind lady Wang of Su Ji!" ”

Su Jin finished introducing in a slightly playful tone, and then took the lead in applauding, and immediately the applause was thunderous, and several old shopkeepers couldn't help but laugh.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Su Jin, got up with a smile, waited for the applause to stop, and said with a smile: "This child, how can he talk like this, fortunately, he is at home, he is his own person, if it is spread out, it will be ridiculous to crook other people's mouths." ”

Everyone laughed, and at the same time their hearts warmed, this lady and son really deserve to be mother and son, and their words are so heartwarming, when Mrs. Wang said this, in fact, she doesn't treat you as outsiders, how can it not make people's hearts warm.

"Seeing you today, the old man is very relieved, since the late husband, Su Ji has the support of all the uncles and brothers here, and will not abandon to support this family business, if there is no help from you, Su Ji is afraid that this small piece of family business has long been reduced to other people's things; Old ...... Old ...... Dai Xianfu and the ancestors of the Su family thank you. Mrs. Wang said emotionally, tears flowed out of her eyes, and she choked and bowed.

Everyone hurriedly stopped them, and Su Jin also hurriedly pretended to bow down, and hurriedly returned the salute to several old shopkeepers, almost without a cerebral hemorrhage; Fortunately, Xiao Sui'er and others saw the opportunity and stepped forward to hug Mrs. Wang, so as not to cause a wide range of seats to overturn and teacups to overturn.

Mrs. Wang took out the silk scarf, wiped the tears on her face, and continued: "This year, my son suddenly became interested in business, and the old body pondered that this family business would be handed over to him sooner or later, so he ventilated with Zhang Da and other old shopkeepers, and let Jin'er try to manage the affairs of the cloth village and the garment shopIn the future, all affairs will be subject to his arrangement, and the old body will be able to enjoy peace and happiness; If you think that he is not qualified, then continue to experience it for a few years, and when you can take on this burden, it is not too late for him to officially take over. ”

Su Jin secretly admired the old lady's language art, taking retreat as advance, thinking that if he could do it, he would follow everyone's wishes, and if he didn't think it would be him after a few years of training, then it would be him whether it would work or not; If these people don't understand what this means, and come out to oppose it for no reason, they are stupid.

In fact, Mrs. Wang was too worried, she stayed at home for several months, and she didn't know that Su Jin was already famous in Luzhou City, not only did the lyrics she did sing throughout the city, but also a series of big strokes made the Luzhou business community go upside down; What she didn't know was that it only took her precious son two months to successfully attract the hatred of the prefect and the bigwigs of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was almost framed and exiled.

Mrs. Wang only knew about the big deals that Su Jin talked about with her, and in her opinion, such risky behavior must have made the big shopkeepers unbearable, and she actually wanted to support Su Jin.

The reaction of the shopkeepers surprised Mrs. Wang, and the shopkeeper Zhang Da was the first to get up and said: "The old lady's words are very true, the young owner is enough to take on this family business in terms of intelligence and character, and the old man is the first to support it." ”

Next, the shopkeeper Zhao Da of the garment shop, the shopkeeper Hou Da of the grain store, the shopkeeper of Hu, the shopkeeper of Ma, the shopkeeper of Min, the manager of Luxi Manor, and the steward of several small workshops all echoed it, saying that the young owner is definitely suitable for taking on the family business, which is quite a bit of praise for virtue.

Mrs. Wang looked at Su Jin, saw this guy with a smug smile on his face, and sighed in her heart: My son has really grown up, and my worries are really superfluous, and I don't know what this kid has the ability to fool these people into listening to him, which even makes me feel a headache when I am in charge of the family business.

"Since everyone says so, son, my mother will replace the ancestors of the Su family, and hand over this burden to you in front of your uncles and brothers, from today on, you are the great owner of Su Ji, all affairs can be decided by yourself and the shopkeeper, there is no need to report to the mother, the mother can finally unload this thousand catties of burden, enjoy the blessings."

Su Jin saw Mrs. Wang smiling, there were faint tears flashing in her eyes, and her heart was moved, from today on, he will officially occupy the magpie's nest and become Su Jin who is not Su Jin, and since then he has been tied to the honor and disgrace of the Su family in Luzhou.

Su Jin knelt down in his robe and respectfully kowtowed to Mrs. Wang, expressing both gratitude and apology.

Mrs. Wang accepted it calmly, and after Su Jin finished kowtowing, she got up and pulled him up, patted him on the shoulder and said softly: "Son, do a good job, it's up to you." ”

Su Jin smiled: "Don't worry, my son will live up to the expectations of his mother and the ancestors of the Su family." ”

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "That's good, what you talked to me about last night, my mother agreed, and entering the office is also a glorious move, but my son doesn't need to force it, and if I can't win the imperial examination, the sky won't fall." ”

Su Jinru obeyed Lun's order, Mrs. Wang finally agreed to his proposal to set up Su Ji to manage the Council of Elders, and at the same time took time to study and take the exam, and everything must be done inside and out, Mrs. Wang has agreed, which swept away the last worry in Su Jin's heart, and he can let it go.

Mrs. Wang got up to say goodbye to the shopkeepers, and when the time for the morning Buddha worship came, everyone got up to see each other off.

Mrs. Wang's back disappeared into the inner house door surrounded by handmaidens, marking the official beginning of a new era for Su Ji from now on, a new era with the sixteen-year-old owner Su Jin at the helm.