Changchun didn't dare to accept it, and tried his best to refuse. Zhang Xueyan insisted on giving it away, and said with a smile: "If the Changchun girl refuses to accept it, she looks down on me." I think it's my humble house, and the things I took out didn't get into the girl's eyes. When Changchun heard her say this, he couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to accept it for the time being, thinking in his heart: It's okay to accept it, and take it to grandma later, and see how she cares about it. At that moment, she hurriedly smiled and said, "When the girl said this, it really tormented me." Since the girl loves her, I don't dare not accept it, and if the girl has anything in the future, just tell me. ”

Zhang Xueyan was proud in her heart, and she didn't show any signs on her face, but smiled: "Changchun girl is so smart, where can she use my orders?" ”

The two were talking, but Sister Lu Hong suddenly came from behind. Sister Lu Hong saw these two people hiding under the tree from a distance, stepped forward quietly, listened to a few words, and immediately smiled: "What are you two talking about here?" ”

The two of them were taken aback, Changchun hurriedly saluted, and Zhang Xueyan smiled and said, "It's my cousin, isn't my cousin serving the old lady behind?" How to get here. Sister Lu Hong glanced at her twice, and said secretly in her heart: I haven't asked you yet, but you are the main guest. He also smiled and said, "The old lady is asleep, so she doesn't need so many people to serve her." I heard that my aunt and cousin were coming, so I came to see it. You don't talk to your wife in the house, what are you talking to Changchun sneaking around here? Zhang Xueyan saw that she asked straightly, but she didn't speak well, so she only smiled: "I came out to clean my hands and saw that this weeping begonia flower was blooming very well, so I watched it." I said a few words to the Changchun girl, but how to say it was sneaky. ”

Sister Lu Hong laughed and said, "The name of the person, the shadow of the tree." Go out, and when I see it, I will speak casually. Since there isn't, what are you panicking about? After that, he said to Changchun: "My cousin is new here, and she is not familiar with the road in our house, so you can take her back quickly." Don't let her wander around and get lost, but go where she shouldn't go. Changchun smiled and agreed, and was going to lead Zhang Xueyan back. Zhang Xueyan didn't move, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Aunt is here, and there are still places where you can't go and see people." Sister Lu Hong said: "It's not that I can't see people, it's just that there are many people in my family, accounts and warehouses, people come and go, and the family is lost for a while, or something is lost, just afraid of hurting relatives and anger." Zhang Xueyan saw that this was not the right way, so it was not good to say more, so she had to go with Changchun. Sister Lu Hong also went all the way to the upper room.

The mother and daughter of the Zhang family sat in the upper room for a while, and when they saw that there was nothing to say, they took their leave. The Liu family asked Changchun to send her two. When she walked to the second door, Zhang Xueyan stretched out her hand and pulled it into her arms, but she touched it empty, and she couldn't help but bring it out on her face. Aunt Zhang saw it and asked; "What's the matter?" Zhang Xueyan said: "My handkerchief is gone. Aunt Zhang asked, "Where did you leave it?" You child, if you lose everything, you must have fallen into your aunt's house. As he spoke, he sent Changchun back to look for it. Changchun had to walk back, searched for a long time and did not see, and came back and said: "The floor of the upper room is clean, and even a needle has been found, but the girl's handkerchief is missing." ”

Zhang Xueyan frowned and said, "How can this be good?" It's not that I'm stingy, the handkerchief is cut from Hangzhou, and there is embroidery on it. Na Ni Shang Xuan is no longer engaged in knitting business, and its embroidery is difficult to find on the market. Such a handkerchief costs more than ten taels of silver, not to mention that it can no longer be bought. When Aunt Zhang heard this, she reprimanded: "Since this is the case, why don't you be careful? Where have you been and who have you met? Zhang Xueyan said: "I have always only sat in my aunt's room, and I didn't go elsewhere." As he spoke, he paused and said, "I went out to clean my hands earlier, bumped into my cousin, and talked for a while." By this point, the handkerchief would be gone. Aunt Zhang said: "This is ridiculous, isn't it that your cousin can still covet you with a handkerchief?" ”

Changchun looked at it coldly for a long time, and then said with a smile: "Mrs. Aunt, Miss Cousin, it's better to go home first, and I'll go back to find it." Miss Horizontal and Vertical Watches didn't go to a few places, and it was easy to find. Miss Cousin also went to look for it, but it is not known if she remembered it wrongly. Zhang Xueyan smiled slightly and said no more. Aunt Zhang didn't say much, and took her daughter away from the house. Changchun stood on the door, watched the Zhang family's carriage and horses go away, and then turned back to the inner house.

And said that the Xia Chun Dynasty appeased the Liu family and turned to the hall. The shopkeeper of Naxia was waiting, and when he saw her come out, he hurriedly got up. Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "There are guests at home today, and there are many things in the house, so don't blame the Xia shopkeeper." Shopkeeper Xia hurriedly smiled and said: "The old lady and the wife all value grandma, so naturally they rely on grandma for everything." Thanks to my grandmother's ability, otherwise how could I have adjusted these many things. This is exactly what the capable do. Xia Chunchao smiled slightly, sat down on the head, and the shopkeeper Xia also sat down.

Xia Chunchao said: "Shopkeeper Xia said that Hexiangzhuang opened two big orders? Shopkeeper Xia nodded and replied, "Not bad." Two days ago, the shopkeeper Li of Hexiangzhuang came over and said that they were short of a few dry goods in the shop. This is Qingming, and their owner, Shen Gongzi, is preparing to serve a few new dim sum in the store. I asked everywhere, but several major dry goods stores had no stock, so I had to come to us to ask. Xia Chunchao asked, "What do they want, how much?" The shopkeeper Xia said: "It's peanuts and pine nuts, which are also common dry goods on the market, but they want more." Peanuts cost 200 catties, and pine nuts cost 100 catties. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he was taken aback and asked, "Two hundred catties of peanuts and one hundred catties of pine nuts, can they eat as food?" Dried fruits are extremely limited in snacks, how much do they want to make, and how much do they want? After a slight pause, he smiled again: "This thing is also strange, he and Xiangzhuang have a huge stall to trade, and there is no safe merchant on weekdays?" What's more, this peanut and pine nut is not a shunt-in commodity, how can there be so much shortage? ”

Shopkeeper Xia replied: "Grandma said very much, I also asked at that time." However, the shopkeeper Li said that the master in their shop has unique craftsmanship, and the methods in the world are different, and these two dried fruits are used daily, and they need more. Originally, they also had goods to supply, but this year, the canal was frozen late, and the cargo ship encountered a head wind on the way, and the wind and waves on the river beat and overturned the ship. Although the people were fine, the whole shipload was folded in the river. Hexiangzhuang is out of stock at this time, and many popular dim sum are about to be cut off. This shopkeeper Li asked many goods stores for days, and the goods were there, but there were not so many. Their son Shen sent him to our house to ask. ”

At this point, Shopkeeper Xia paused slightly, took a sip of tea, and said: "These two orders are too big, and the small ones don't dare to specialize, ask grandma what they mean." When Xia Chunchao heard this, he naturally knew it.

Although the business of the Lujia dry goods store is lively, the foundation is not deep, and the goods store buys and sells, paying attention to fast in and out, in order not to press the cost, there is not much inventory in the shop. What's more, the dry goods business has been in business for several years, and there are a few regular customers, and most of the stock in the shop has been booked for them. Now if you want to do the two businesses of Hexiangzhuang, you have to pick out the goods from the hands of those customers. But if you do so, you will offend people.

Xia Chunchao thought about it for a while, only to hear Shopkeeper Xia say again: "Shopkeeper Li said that because the goods in their store are very tight, they also know that this matter is difficult. If we are willing to sell, we will triple the market price. When Xia Chunchao heard this, his face sank like water, and he groaned: "In this way, they are really in a hurry." Shopkeeper Xia listened to her words, and hurriedly said: "I thought in my heart, if I go at this price, I can make several times more profits than before." What's more, he wants a large amount, and the goods we have can be emptied when they are landed, so we are not afraid of pressing the goods. The canal was opened, and merchants from all over the world entered Beijing one after another, and all kinds of goods in Beijing gradually increased. Let's not take this opportunity to make an extra profit, and there will be no such price in the future. If grandma is worried about those old customers, our family goods store has stocked them on time and in quantity in recent years, and has never increased a penny. The quality of the goods, I dare not say that it is top-notch, it is also counted in this capital. This kind of thing has never happened in other families, and we can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he smiled faintly and said, "Having said that, our family is no better than those time-honored shops that have been making dry goods for a living. We were originally a new shop, and when it was only opened before, the business was light, but thanks to the care of these shopkeepers of the restaurant and the promotion of it for us, we have today's scene. Now that we have raised the price, it is okay, if even the goods that people have booked in the morning are given to others, wouldn't it be chilling? Dare to say that we forget our righteousness and break the contract for profit, which is a taboo for merchants. We have made money this time, but no one will come to the door in the future, isn't it smashing our own signboard? To be a man, it's better not to forget your roots. ”

Shopkeeper Xia was embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "What grandma said is that I was blinded by this fly-headed little li, so I gave birth to such a heart." Xia Chunchao smiled lightly: "Shopkeeper Xia is also dedicated to my family's business, how can I blame you?" Shopkeeper Xia asked again: "Since grandma said so, I went back to Hexiangzhuang?" Xia Chunchao didn't answer, and said in his heart: That being said, my mother's family and the Shen family are world friends in the end. He is in trouble now, but I refuse to help, and my father will be embarrassed to communicate with them again in the future. What's more, he and I are both in business, so why bother to offend people. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "I also calculated in my heart that the inventory in our shop, in addition to those old customers, can also evenly produce about 100 catties of peanuts and about 50 catties of pine nuts." You will tell the shopkeeper honestly, because of the friendship between Shen Xia and the two families, I don't want him to increase the price for me, just take these according to the market price, and there will be no more. They are all old businessmen, so they naturally understand our difficulties. As he spoke, he paused slightly, and then said: "There are still some dried fruits from last year stored in our Zhuangzi, and you lead them to Zhuangzi to see the goods." If it's for medium use, take it, and if it's not agreeable, then it's okay. ”

The shopkeeper Xia agreed one by one, and seeing that Xia Chunchao had no more orders, he got up and said goodbye.

Only then did he send the shopkeeper Xia out, and someone on the door came to report that a native soldier was assigned by General Lu to deliver a letter.

Xia Chunchao did not have time to return to the inner house, and when he heard the news, he hurriedly instructed his family to bring the native soldiers to the next place to entertain the wine and dinner, and brought the letter in.

When the little servant sent the letter, she hurriedly put the letter in her hand, her heart pounded, and when she read the letter, she was overjoyed.

It turned out that Lu Chengyong went to the grave for the Qingming Festival, and Tete accelerated the trip, and now he has settled in a county town in the suburbs, and he will enter Beijing in the near future.