By Jia Xiuzhen

When Siqi entered the room, seeing Yingchun sitting on the couch with a book in his hand, he was really calm and relaxed, and said: "Young lady can still sit still, but the servants are all over their noses, and the young lady should at least take out some money from the master." yes."

Yingchun didn't even look away from the book, she just said calmly: "She is my nanny, she is the only one who taught me, there is no reason for me to say anything about her."

Si Qi choked, and had no choice but to say angrily: "Girl just let it go like this, there will be more shameless things."

Yingchun just put down the book, looked at Siqi, and sighed: "You know what we are doing here, why bother to make trouble for ourselves." After hearing this, Siqi stopped talking, and bowed his head again when he saw Yingchun. After reading a book, I went out of the room to wipe away my tears.

Let's say that Sister Feng came up with the idea of ​​setting up a shop. Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang all said goodbye, and even Jia Zheng praised a few words, so I couldn't help but feel a little proud.This day when Jia Lian came back from outside, Ping'er waited on her and changed her clothes. Sister Feng asked the nanny to take the eldest sister out to play, and asked Feng'er to twist a hot towel for Jia Lian.

Jia Lian said with a smile, "I dare not serve you as a grandma."

Sister Feng squinted at him and said, "Bah! I just gave you two points of color, and you are about to open a dyeing workshop." Jia Lian said, "If you say that you are tired these days, it's not all because of your idea. They just nodded. , I was almost tied up by the Elder Master. Nowadays, I have no time to spare, and dealing with those middlemen is exhausting and tiring."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "You really think we women are ignorant! You are the buyer and the master, and those middle-aged people only want to please you. How dare you make you tired? I think you are tired from eating."

When Jia Lian was right, he laughed and said, "If you buy some at will, you will be happy and relaxed. Now you are going to buy a shop as a property to make a profit, and you are talking big before me. I will be more tired."

Sister Feng said: "Then tell me, why are you so tired?"

Jia Lian said: "Lai Da and the others have found seven or eight middle-aged people. How many shops do they visit every day? They also ask about the size of the house and the newness of the shop. They are so confused that they are trivial to tell."

Sister Feng said: "You are a man, so those who are in charge, how can you go to see it? Let me tell you, just specify which places this shop will buy, or the ones on East Street, or the ones on West Heng Street." , or Sanchahe, we are not buying gardens, this shop naturally has a good location facing the street.

Next, I asked someone to inquire about the price around there, and I had a bottom line in my heart.Then call all the people in charge to one place, and everyone agrees on what things to ask about this shop: location, size, layout, new and old, what business did you do before, etc. Middleman, if you should go to the street to look for it, go to the street to look for it, and I will hand over all the letters you get within six to seven days. You read it carefully, and then find someone to ask if you have any doubts.

After you have made a decision, show it to the old lady and the old lady.What's so trivial about it? Others will do the work, so you just shut it down. "

Jia Lian nodded frequently, and when Sister Feng finished speaking, she said with a smile, "I think it's better for me to just let go and let you take care of it. What you said is clear and logical, but I don't remember it clearly."

Sister Feng said: "There is no need to remember this, but things always have their own regulations. If you don't do something, you can do it."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "Since you have said this, I will trouble you more. There is a saying that those who are able work more. If you can talk, you will never be unable to do it."

After hearing this, Sister Feng hummed: "What's the difficulty? It doesn't matter if I come. Today we will determine the location of this shop."

Seeing her like this, Jia Lian also became interested, so he asked someone to take the map of the Nine Cities of the Capital, and told Sister Feng in detail.The two of them were busy until lighting the lamps. In addition to the countless places in Wangpu, Sister Feng specially circled two places in the south, near the blacksmith camp and the carpentry camp, and near the canal wharf.

Jia Lian didn't understand, so Sister Feng laughed and said, "Anyway, it's not expensive to buy a shop and land in these two places now, but I can't say what will happen in the future. Just ask, if the mansion doesn't like to buy them at that time, I will buy a few for my own dowry." The place is also good."

Jia Lian said, "Now you're very concerned about these things."

Sister Feng looked outside the curtain and said in a low voice: "You don't know how many things Guanghe Shengdao sent to my sister-in-law this year, whether it was about cars or boats. I always feel that the world is about to change. It's a pity that we don't have any acquaintances in those firms, so we don't know the background inside."

Jia Lian said with a smile: "What are you talking about? A few days ago, I heard from my wife that Mrs. Xue's wife is coming to Beijing. She is an imperial merchant, not your aunt? Isn't that familiar enough?"

Sister Feng shook her head and said: "This is different. Although his family is an imperial merchant, they are in charge of clothing, cloth, rouge, gouache, etc. He Shengdao sells medicinal materials to Fan Guo, and they also sell ready-made medicines. Our place is not worth much. They make pills, and those foreign countries are so stupid that they don’t even have a decent doctor, and they exchanged piles of foreign money for these, do you think it’s possible to compare?”

Jia Lian couldn't help thinking deeply after hearing this, and suddenly smiled and said, "Where did you say that?"

Sister Feng said: "I heard it when I was chatting with my sister-in-law." Then she sighed, "My sister-in-law is really relieved. If others recognize such a brother, they have to find something to do. The rare seeds that my brother and sister-in-law collected for her, I have been thinking about when to plant them, how to plant them, and how to eat them... I am really convinced by her."

Jia Lian sighed and said, "Isn't this also a blessing?"

Sister Feng was stunned, and smiled: "It's true, she always regrets that I am tired, and brings me some fruit to eat every now and then. After all, this sister-in-law's subordinates have also been brought into a group of people, and the snacks they make are delicious. It's really not bad." Speaking of this, after a while of silence, Fang smiled and said: "Sure enough, each person has his own way of life."

Li Wan was indeed busy with those weird seeds. Seeing her excited look, Madam Xu winked at Madam Chang and the others, shaking her head in a helpless manner.This Li Wan had already finished the work in hand, turned the drawn paper to Xu Nanny and the others, and gestured: "Mammy, look, these kinds of things can be planted on this slope, and the other two can be planted on the slope." On the flat ground below, there are..."

Madam Xu waved her hand and said, "Okay, my grandma, I've been facing Peng Qiao and his pair of crazy peasants all day in Zhuangzi, please let me be quiet for a while." Mama and the others all became happy.

Mother Xu drank tea and said, "Then Peng Qiao, after getting those weird things from grandma, I really can't figure it out, and I don't want to spoil them casually. Stupid people have stupid ways, and he doesn't know how to think about it." , So I spent some days wandering around the pier, chatting up and asking some people from the south, and my hard work paid off, and I actually asked him a lot.

He said that since grandma's brother and sister-in-law got it by doing business with foreigners in the south, maybe others have it too, or they have planted it long ago, so he took a chance.The jade wheat, sweet potatoes, and yams that grandma mentioned have already been planted in places in Yunnan and Fujian. Peng Qiao inquired carefully. "

Li Wan said again: "Peng Qiao saved a lot of land for self-planting, are those seeds enough?"

Mother Xu shook her head and said: "Don't mention it, this child's ancestors were also from a family with a hundred hectares of fertile land. Later, when they were in trouble, the whole family sold themselves into the mansion, and there is probably still this kind of muddy spirit in their bones. Earlier on that village Well, their husband and wife like to open up mountain land, and make out pieces of flat land the size of a tabletop, and they are happy to plant anything.

It's all right now, guarding such a large land boundary, it's still good fields and grassy slopes, grandma doesn't have to worry about him.Those seeds are definitely not enough, how can he stop like this?Groundnuts, sunflower seeds, soybeans, black beans, red beans, mung beans, buckwheat, naked oats... Anyway, I can’t remember clearly, grandma just waited for the rent. "

Li Wan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and Nanny Chang showed envy, and said, "Grandma, when will I go to Zhuangzi for Nanny Xu to have a look?"

Madam Xu sighed and said, "Grandma, why are you surrounded by such people?"

Yan Momo smiled and said: "Scholar, farmer, businessman, our favorites are ranked high." Several people laughed when they heard this.

Biyue said from the side: "Then buying a shop is considered a business?"

Mother Chang said: "Stupid girl, listen to the wind and rain. This is a business. Many dynasties have low-level merchants. What does it have to do with buying a shop?"

Bi Yue nodded and said, "Oh, I heard that the mansion is buying a shop, so I'll ask."

Mother Xu said, "Buy a shop?"

Nanny Chang replied: "It was Second Mistress's idea, because there have been many natural disasters in the past few years, and Zhuangzi's harvest has not been good, so I thought about setting up some shops, and the rent collection will also make some money."

Mother Xu nodded and said, "Second grandma has a long-term view." Then she said to Li Wan, "Duan Gao sent someone here a few days ago, saying that he was busy with those blacksmith camps and carpentry camps. Grandma heard about this. Is something wrong?"

Li Wan nodded and said: "It has been spread all over the capital, saying that it is a construction business with internal funds. It is believed that the prince is in charge. I don't know if it is true or not."

Mother Xu said: "Anyway, even Prince Xin is just in charge of this matter. It's a real Tianjia business. Who would have thought that our machines would make such a big fuss. Fortunately, Grandma let go quickly. How can ordinary people understand this situation?" Something that can be protected!"

Li Wan said: "When the water power was first connected, I knew that this thing was too powerful. Now it's finally done, just listen to it as news. It's better to say that it's for shipbuilding or weaponry, and it was a while ago. The price of rice has risen, and I don’t know where it’s rumored that there will be a war.”

Mother Xu smiled and said, "Now that we are familiar with the way of stabilizing rice prices, those digital business houses are really rich and powerful. Those wealthy merchants in the past don't dare to act rashly now."

Li Wan said: "I don't know how busy my brother and sister-in-law are." Madam Xu said: "I heard from the big shopkeeper of the Sihai Commercial Bank in Beijing that the Wuhu Commercial Bank specializes in buying and selling medicines alone, not for the right Those who care about money will act safely, so grandma doesn't need to worry too much."

Li Wan nodded and said: "My brother and sister-in-law have the ambition of hanging the pot to help the world, and they are indeed not comparable to ordinary merchants."

While everyone was gossiping, time passed. Li Wan changed his clothes and went to the room. When he arrived at Jiamu's place, he heard the laughter, and the little girl lifted the curtain and announced, "Grandma is here."

When Li Wan entered the room, he saw that Baoyu and Sanchun were all there, talking and laughing around Jia Mu.Seeing that Xiangyun was also there, he smiled and said, "Miss Shi is here."

Xiangyun hurriedly got up and saluted Li Wan.Li Wan chatted with her, looked around but couldn't see Daiyu, so he asked, "Why didn't Miss Lin disappear?"

Yingchun said from the side: "Sister Lin is not feeling refreshed today, she just went back to rest after sitting for a while."

Li Wan hurriedly asked: "How can you say this? Yesterday, I was fine at my place. This spring day is warm and cold, but I caught a cold?"

Yingchun said: "It seems that I have a slight cough."

Li Wan then said, "Then I'll go and see her."

Baoyu hurriedly said, "I'll go too." Then he was about to leave with Li Wan, and Xiangyun said, "Second brother, I finally came here, and you didn't play with me, just said a few words Where are the words going?"

Baoyu laughed and said, "Sister Yun, I'm going to see Sister Lin. You should play with the second sister and the others first."

Xiang Yun said: "I was fine just now, why did I fall ill when I said I was sick?"

Baoyu was still waiting to answer, but when he saw that Li Wan had turned the screen and gone out, he didn't care to elaborate any more, but hurriedly said, "My dear sister, wait a moment, I'll come when I go." He didn't care about Xiangyun's further words. What, followed and jumped out.