said that Du Aniu returned home with the genuine contract that day, and the couple laughed for a long time in front of the stamp stamped by the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. As soon as the husband and wife combined, they felt that they were taking the risk of being rejected by thousands of people to keep this shop for the eldest lady of the Yuanning Hou Mansion, and they had to think of ways to deal with the doubts of their neighbors.

Although the eldest lady of the Yuanning Hou Mansion gave them some benefits in advance, it was only fifty taels of silver. Now that the contract is in hand, the husband and wife are also bold, thinking that when the eldest lady asks them back, they will knock on a bamboo pole hard.

On this day, Dua Niu went out to drink, and his daughter-in-law closed the fat rouge gouache shop and went to the village entrance to play leaf cards with others. Their daughters-in-law and mother-in-law play cards are a few acquaintances together to play, this is also a coincidence, one of the card friends, that is, the daughter-in-law of the Huang Laohan family who lives at the end of the village to weave bamboo strips, just her son has a high fever, can't come, so he called a sister to come to replace her.

This sister used to be the top brand of Yihong Courtyard in the capital, called Sister Hong, who was a smash hit back then, and then when she was old, she followed a businessman, became good, and did the businessman's house. Later, the merchant died young, leaving her a large fortune. Don't worry about food and clothing, life is worry-free, and the most luxurious courtyard has been built in Dulaozhuang. I heard that there are also three or two shops in the capital, and I hired the shopkeeper to run it, and I enjoyed Qingfu, and I had nothing to do to play cards or something.

When this Hong sister was in Yihong Courtyard, she was extremely particular about her clothes, which attracted the noble ladies and wives in the capital to follow suit, and later came from Yihong Courtyard after she retired. The three or two shops that operate are also making a living of ready-to-wear, and each shop has invited talented tailors to check it. The limelight is unabated, and it still leads the fashion fashion in Beijing.

Halfway through the cards, during the intermission, Sister Hong glanced at the daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family who was sitting next to her, and said slowly: "I heard that you have the shop on Tianhua Street, the most prosperous street in the capital?"

The daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family was in her heart, and she hurriedly smiled: "Yes, I just plated it." ”

Sister Hong continued: "I heard that the shops on that street are very expensive. There are no one thousand and eight taels of silver that cannot be put down. She glanced at the daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family again, and said contemptuously: "I really can't see it, you can still take down the shop." ”

The daughter-in-law of the Dua family laughed as much as she could. I answered. Suddenly, she felt that something was wrong with her hair, no matter what, to outsiders. That shop is owned by himself. Most of them can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour, can they be so low-voiced? In any case, the shop is their own, and they have to be more capable than them.

Thinking of this, the daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family immediately straightened her waist and said very stiffly: "Yes, there is no one thousand, eight hundred taels of silver really can't be counted." But. Then again, even if it was a thousand taels of silver. It doesn't have to be able to take it down. You don't know, there are a lot of people who come to bid for that shop, but fortunately, I borrowed from all over the world and brought enough money to go, so I got the shop. ”

Aunt Hong raised her eyebrows, and was about to speak, when Aunt Zhang's family next to her preemptively asked, "How much silver did you get to the chassis?"

"Fifteen hundred taels!" The daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family is really getting thicker and thicker, and she is not inferior at all when she brags about it.

"Wow, it's so expensive. Except for Sister Hong, the other two almost exclaimed.

Sister Hong seems to be planning to take down the shop, maybe because she didn't get the shop, she felt a little uncomfortable, and looked at the daughter-in-law of Du Aniu's family with a little sharp eyes, "What do people like you want to do with such an expensive shop, and I don't know how to use it, so it's better to give it to me, I will do some silk business, and I won't waste the shop." ”

The daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family's eyes lit up and asked, "Is it more profitable to do silk business nowadays?"

Sister Hong swept Du Aniu's house with a layman's eye: "This is a strange thing, who doesn't know that this silk is the best to sell now, and now those rich and noble families, which one is not dressed in silk and satin? As long as the location of the shop is good, you don't need to know too much, there will be customers coming to the door, and this silver is coming." ”

"Is that really the case?" said the daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family's eyes brightened.

Seeing that she was so humble to ask for advice, she happened to meet Sister Hong in a good mood, so she said a few more words: "Let me make an analogy, I have a good sister, and now she has a shop on Tianhua Street, not in the middle of the street, but at the end of the street, even so, it is much better than my shops in the middle of other streets, and she is also in the same business as me, doing tailoring." It's just that I invited two tailors, mainly because the location of the shop is good, and this month, I have earned almost a thousand taels of silver, which is more than my shops combined, which is really enviable. ”

Speaking of this, Sister Hong let out a long sigh with a look of remorse.

Dua Niu's daughter-in-law stayed for a while: "Can you really make so much money?" Then she lost her mind, and even the leaf card didn't seem to be in the mood to play, and after losing a few games, she found an excuse not to play and went home.

Sister Hong looked at the departing figure of Dua Niu's daughter-in-law, her lips raised slightly, revealing a subtle smile.

As soon as the daughter-in-law of the Dua Niu family returned home, she stood impatiently outside her yard, looking forward to her husband's return. Finally waited for the sunset in the western mountains, and Dua Niu came back with a drunken smell of wine and staggering. She hurriedly greeted him, helped Dua Niu to the couch, and brought hangover soup to decant him.

Dua Niu rested for a while, and the person was a lot more sober, and when he saw his daughter-in-law staring at herself, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"

She also sat on the couch, looked at her husband and said: "Ah Niu, I just played cards with Sister Hong, she said that the shop under our plate is valuable, the geographical location is good, no matter what you do to make a living, you can make a fortune." She also said that if she was in the silk business, she would be able to earn a thousand taels of silver a month!"

"One thousand taels of silver!" Adu Niu's eyes also lit up, but even if he felt that it was inappropriate, "Daughter-in-law, this is not good, after all, this shop is not ours, we just keep it for others." In case the eldest lady of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion knows, I'm afraid"

"What are you afraid of!" Du Aniu's daughter-in-law was still immersed in the dream of making a fortune, "The eldest lady of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion asked us to keep this shop for her temporarily, but she didn't stipulate that we should not use this shop for anything." Think about it, such a money-making shop is just sitting there in vain, thanks to it. And ahh

She leaned closer to Du Aniu and said in a low voice: "I heard some rumors that this shop was originally not the eldest lady of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, but the third lady. But the third lady died early, and the shop somehow passed into the hands of the eldest lady. The eldest lady has been worried that one day Sanfang will return this shop, and she has long planned to convert this shop into property in her name by privately changing hands, but she can't find an opportunity for a while. Not long ago, I seemed to hear that something happened in the Yuanning Hou Mansion, so the eldest lady took advantage of this reason to transfer the shop to us, and when she asked us to come back in the future, this shop was no longer a three-room one, but became the name of the eldest lady. This matter is very subtle and usually kept secret. Let's make a mess with this shop, and the eldest lady doesn't dare to have too many opinions, after all, this shop is nominally ours, and we just ignore it like this, which makes people suspicious. ”

Du Aniu thought about it and felt that what his daughter-in-law said was reasonable. His daughter-in-law saw Du Aniu hanging her head and frowning silently, knowing that she was moved by what she said, so she was more confident, patted her chest and said: "Ah Niu, don't worry, we will make a living and make some small money while this shop is in our hands." If the eldest lady asks in the future, I'll tell you!"

Du Aniu knows the ability of his daughter-in-law, no other ability, this ability to sprinkle in Du Laozhuang is unmatched, since the shop is in hand, no need to use it in vain, anyway, there will be a daughter-in-law on top. So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." (To be continued......)