Chapter 15, the old shopkeeper goes home
Gu Xianglou, even at night, the people queuing outside to ask for a copy of the exercises did not disperse.
Zhang Banzhu had already taken a good reward, dismantled the stage and took people away.
It is worth mentioning that before leaving, the famous little pear blossom found Xue Jian and said that she also wanted to buy a book of exercises.
In this regard, Xue Jian gave her a copy very boldly, and let her have time to come to Guxianglou to teach her the mantra of the heart.
The old shopkeeper of Gu Xianglou, the old man who had served as the prince of the imperial city, witnessed today's scene, sighed in his heart, and was amazed by Xue Jian's business ability.
Chu Yiyi came out once, so under the leadership of the old shopkeeper, he drank tea and chatted with Miss Gongzi of the City Lord's Mansion in an accord on the second floor.
And Xue Jian was busy keeping accounts on the first floor, watching the gold coins enter the account, for him, it was simply the happiest thing in the world.
At this moment, a young man with a brocade hat and a mink fur walked into the lobby under the opening of the way, an old man and a young man.
Someone immediately scolded him dissatisfiedly.
"Hey, I want to buy exercises, go out and line up, don't you see such a long line?"
As soon as the man finished speaking, he saw the old man in black beside this young man, and glared at him angrily.
This glance was gone, and the man only felt his mind buzzing, and he trembled with fright, and sat down on the ground.
This scene shocked everyone present, and suddenly the hall was silent, and no one dared to say a word, not even a glance at the three people.
The sudden silence attracted the attention of Xue Jian behind the counter, and he looked up and stared.
Fools can also see that these three people have good backgrounds, whether they are dressed or their demeanor is imposing, they all give people a sense of superiority.
Xue Jian hurriedly walked out and said politely.
"I wonder what the three of you want to buy?"
The old man in black glanced at Xue Jian with disdain, and the young man on the other side also showed arrogance, only the young man standing in the middle smiled gently.
"We don't buy anything, we just want to find the shopkeeper. ”
Xue saw doubts in his heart, but he still said calmly.
"I'm the shopkeeper, I don't know what the son is looking for me?"
At this moment, the arrogant young man sneered.
"Nonsense, the shopkeeper of this Gu Xianglou is obviously an old man, how can it be you?"
Xue Jian suddenly suddenly, didn't mind the arrogant attitude of the young man, and said with a smile.
"It turned out that I was looking for the old shopkeeper, who was very old and inconvenient to trouble these trivial matters, so I temporarily served as the shopkeeper of Guxianglou. ”
The young boy nodded, his eyes scanned the surroundings, and when he saw that the business in this store was so hot, of course he was extremely curious in his heart, but he didn't ask much if he had something important to do.
"I see, then bother the shopkeeper, take us to meet the old shopkeeper. ”
Xue Jian hesitated slightly, then nodded, and led the three of them to the second floor.
The old shopkeeper has a strange personality, since he resigned and came back, he has been accompanied by books in Guxianglou, and he has never even gone back to the Chu family, let alone seeing any outsiders.
But Xue Jian could see that these three people had good backgrounds, and they were not natives of Nanfu City, so they should be old acquaintances with the old shopkeeper.
Sure enough, when he came to the library on the second floor, as soon as the old shopkeeper saw this young man, his old body couldn't help but tremble, and he hurriedly stepped forward to bend down and kneel.
But the boy was quick-eyed, stepped forward and grabbed the arms of the old shopkeeper, and said.
"Teacher, the student has finally found you. ”
Xue Jian saw this scene next to him, and immediately guessed in his heart, but he left with great vision.
"Old shopkeeper, you talk, I'll go down and get busy first. ”
The old shopkeeper nodded secretly, and he had a better impression of this young man who acted moderately.
Downstairs, until all the thousand exercises were sold, those people slowly dispersed.
Nanfu City is a large harbor city, with particularly developed commerce and trade between the south and the north, and the permanent population has reached 300,000, so this thousand exercises cannot meet such a large market at all.
Xue Jian also promised everyone that within three days, the second batch of exercises would be produced.
In addition, he also emphasized that only the exercises purchased in the Guxianglou can be eligible for the heart method passed on by Xue Jian, and any piracy or borrowing cannot obtain the heart method formula.
In the previous life, this was called mastering the exclusive core technology, so Xue Jian was not afraid that there would be piracy exercises all over the streets in the future.
After sorting out the account books, excluding various costs, plus the bonuses awarded to Chen Liu and the four maids, Gu Xianglou's net profit income today is enough to 950 gold coins.
It can be said that these gold coins were all earned by Xue Jian alone, and they had little to do with the Chu family.
After all, the exercises are his, and the planning of the program is also done by him, and everything is handled by him.
Therefore, Xue Jian directly took 500 gold coins from the account, and I believe that no one can say anything.
Holding a gold coin in his hand, the mechanical voice of the system sounded in his head.
"Low-level circulating currency, can be exchanged for 100 virtual coins, confirm whether to exchange?"
1 gold coin is equal to 100 silver coins, which is not a loss, but he didn't expect that gold coins are actually low-level circulating currency.
Don't know what this mid-level, high-grade currency is?
Xue Jian chose to exchange without hesitation, and the 500 gold coins disappeared in his hand one by one, and the virtual currency on the system panel immediately became 50,000.
With such a large amount of wealth coming in, Xue Jian certainly wanted to have a good time in the mall, but now is not the time.
At this moment, Chu Yiyi and the little girl in the red cotton jacket walked down from the second floor talking and laughing.
The second prince of the City Lord's Mansion silently followed behind him, clasping his fists towards Xue Jian and smiling.
"Brother Xue is a good businessman and talented, and he must come to the City Lord's Mansion as a guest when he has time. ”
Xue Jian replied politely, and sent the two out of the door with Chu Yiyi.
It was almost late at night, and there were not many pedestrians on Sheung Wu Street, and most of the shops had closed.
Chu Yiyi asked softly.
"Aren't you going back?"
"There are a few distinguished guests upstairs, I'll wait here for them to finish chatting before leaving, lady...... Why don't you go back with Zhiqin first? ”
Chu Yiyi raised her eyebrows and said lightly.
"In the middle of the night, you go back alone, in case you are attacked by assassins again, no one can save you. ”
After speaking, she turned around and walked into the lobby, and looked through the account book that Xue Jian had just flipped over.
Is this concerned about me?
Xue Jian thought in his heart, he was even happier than making more money.
He came to the counter and watched Chu Yiyi flip through the account book, as if admiring a moving picture.
Zhiqin stood at the door very interestingly, not to disturb the two.
Under the yellowish candle flame, it was vaguely seen that there seemed to be a hint of blush on the girl's flawless face.
Suddenly, she asked softly.
"Are you short of money?"
Xue was stunned for a moment, then saw the 500 gold coins recorded in the account book that he had taken away, and nodded.
He thought that Chu Yiyi would ask, but he didn't expect this woman's empathetic opening almost to move Xue Jian to the point of telling the whole story.
"If you're short of money, just tell me. Also, the green gilt pattern porcelain at the door is a pair, take one worthless, you take that one too. ”
Xue Jian was speechless, and after being silent for a long time, his mind sank into his mind, and he directly redeemed the green gilt pattern porcelain with double the price.
"Now that I am not short of money, this vase will be returned to its original owner. ”
Chu Yiyi's eyes widened and he looked at Xue Jian in shock, not knowing why he suddenly took out this vase.
At this moment, there was a sound from the second floor, and the two turned their heads to look, only to see the old shopkeeper leading the three sons and brothers in the brocade hat and mink fur to slowly walk down.
Looking at the way they looked, it seemed that they had a good conversation.
Chu Yiyi immediately saluted the old shopkeeper.
"Fifth grandfather. ”
The old shopkeeper didn't know if he was very happy to see the old man, or if he liked Chu Yiyi very much, and smiled kindly.
"Yiyi girl, these three are my honored guests, just right, you take us back to the Chu family and arrange a good place for them to live. ”
Chu Yiyi nodded in great surprise, since she remembered, this was the first time she had seen this fifth grandfather return to the Chu family.
To be precise, she hadn't met this fifth grandfather a few times.
The old man spent half his life traveling abroad, and was an official in Beijing for ten years, and it was only last year that he resigned and returned to his hometown, and returned to Nanfu City, but unfortunately after he came back, he never returned to the Chu family.
Today, the old man actually wants to return to the Chu family, which he has not set foot in for many years, for the sake of three outsiders, which is too surprising.
But Chu Yiyi didn't think much about it, and after Xue Jian closed the door, several people went towards the Chu family together.
Along the way, the old shopkeeper and Chu Yiyi were always silent, only Xue Jian chatted with the noble brother from time to time.
And the boy seemed to have learned about Xue Jian's deeds from the old shopkeeper, and he was quite interested in Xue Jian, and the two had a good chat.
Soon, they saw the gate of the Chu family.
In the middle of the night, the Chu family, which was supposed to be closed door, was actually hung with Chinese lanterns hanging high, and the main gate was wide open.
Chu Shan and another housekeeper stood at the door waiting, looking like they were waiting for someone.
And when Xue saw a group of people appear, Chu Shan also saw them, and his expression immediately changed.
The old shopkeeper came back with three strangers.
This is the first time this has happened.
Chu Shan asked the housekeeper to hurry up to tell the head of the house, and he hurried up to greet him alone.
He first saluted to the old shopkeeper, and then looked at Xue Jian and said.
"New aunt, the head of the family and others are waiting for you in the front hall. ”
"Wait for me? It's so late, I don't know what's going on?"
Xue Jian asked suspiciously.
Chu Shan secretly gave him a thumbs up and said with a smile.
"Good thing!"
Saying that, they had already walked to the gate of the Chu family, and just saw a group of elders from Chu Donghe greet them, these people were a little embarrassed, but the joy in their eyes could not be hidden.
Chu Donghe's group of people approached, and naturally saluted the old shopkeeper who was an elder.
Although there were doubts in his heart, compared to Xue Jian's matter, these things were not important.
The old shopkeeper waved his hand, didn't give this group of people any good looks, and said lightly.
"You are busy with yours, let someone prepare a courtyard for us. ”
Chu Donghe didn't dare not agree, waved his hand and instructed the housekeeper of internal affairs, and took the old shopkeeper and the noble son to the inner courtyard.
When the others left, he seemed to have made up his mind, took a deep breath, and suddenly bent down to Xue Jian and apologized.
"Before...... I read it wrong......"
He paused slowly, obviously a little unspeakable.
After all, it is really a bit embarrassing to let him be the head of the family and apologize to his son-in-law.
If it weren't for the cooperation with the two businessmen today, the other party named Xue Jian, for the sake of the family's development, even if Xue Jian's actions changed the family's predicament, he would definitely not be like this.