In the summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, this year from spring to summer the rain is a little less, especially in the summer, the whole day is like a fire, the roasted road surface is ash and dry, the trees on the side of the road are listless hanging branches, a few dogs under the tree stick out their tongues to enjoy the cool, really unwilling to move a bit.

Li Luan'er told the carriage to stop, she got down from the stuffy carriage, and as soon as she came out, she felt that the sun above her head was hot, Ma Xiaoya and Ruizhu hurriedly took paper umbrellas and opened them to help Li Luaner shade the sun.

Jumping out of the carriage, Li Luan'er looked at the two painted gates in front of him, and the big characters carved in stone above the gate read Pei's house.

Seeing these two words, Li Luan'er knew that Baihua Pei's family had arrived.

Originally, Li Luan'er and Mrs. Jin planned to plant flowers on the Zhuangzi they bought, and then make zuò rouge gouache and other things, and then open a rouge shop, but later they got closer to the Gu family, Li Luan'er told Mrs. Gu about her thoughts, and Mrs. Gu said that Li Luan'er wanted to be bad.

Speaking of this ancient business, it is true that both Li Luan'er and Mrs. Jin are not as good as the Gu family, the Gu family has been in business for several generations, and they are the most experienced in buying and selling, although Mrs. Gu has not managed much business at home, but in the end, she has more contact, that is, she often listens to Uncle Gu say so much, and she knows more than others.

What's more, Mrs. Gu originally dealt with various giant businessmen when she was in Jiangnan, and she picked up diplomacy with various ladies in the back house, and after a long time, she knew more about business than others.

Mrs. Gu told Li Luan'er that this flower is not so easy to plant, not to mention the land of Zhuangzi bought by the Li family, it is not easy to find this experienced gardener, if you want to plant flowers and plants on a large scale, you need not one or two florists, in addition, many delicate flowers are the gardeners who accumulate years and dare not say that they can really grow live, so that the cost will be greatly increased, and it is better to buy ready-made cost-effective.

Li Luan'er thought for a while and felt that it was right, and then discussed it with Mrs. Jin, and both of them felt that what Mrs. Gu said was reasonable, so they wanted to find a famous person for that kind of flower.

It just so happens that the Gu family has a family of old relatives, the family is a family of flowers, not to mention the side, that is, the winter of the family furniture and the like are used in his family's flowers, in addition, the flowers in the palace are also his family's, in the capital, his family is very famous for planting flowers.

Li Luan'er listened to Mrs. Gu's words, and also paid attention, and then after Mrs. Gu's introduction, she learned that it was the Baihua Pei family, because the Pei family was really good at flowers, and the people in the capital called it a hundred flowers, and after a long time, they had the name of the Baihua Pei family.

Today, Li Luan'er came to visit the Pei family.

Mrs. Gu had already greeted the Pei family before, and when Li Luan'er came, she could take a look at the Pei family's flower field and feel satisfied, so she could sign a contract with the Pei family and order the Pei family's flowers for a long time.

"Big lady, the slave went over and knocked on the door." Ruizhu looked at the closed door, smiled and said, and went over and knocked on the door.

After a while, a mother-in-law opened the door, and when she saw Li Luan'er, she looked up and down a few times: "But Mrs. Li?" ”

Li Luan'er smiled, and the mother-in-law hurriedly opened the door and said with a smile: "My wife has been waiting for a while, and I am looking forward to the eldest lady coming." ”

"Your wife has been waiting for a long time." Li Luan'er hurriedly said with a smile, her mother-in-law led the way, and Li Luan'er followed with two girls.

This Pei family is worthy of the name of a hundred flowers, all kinds of flowers in the courtyard compete for fragrance, every few steps, you can see a new flower, the fragrance of flowers is mixed together, so that people smell but do not feel vulgar, but only feel open-minded, spirit increases.

Bypassing a blue brick screen, I walked along the path for a while, and then along the verandah, and I arrived at a small flower pavilion.

There are windows all around this flower pavilion, now the windows are open, the cool breeze on one side of the pool blows slowly, the white background of the flower pavilion in the blowing flower hall is full of flowers and curtains fluttering, plus the vines that fall from the roof, and the flower wall that opens around the flower pavilion, it is called this flower pavilion like a fairyland, so that people can only feel new and elegant when they see it, and they can't wait to see it from time to time, that is, they also live in this place at night.

Li Luan'er walked into Huaxuan with light steps, and saw a woman in her thirties standing there, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth: "Mrs. Li is here, hurry up and sit down." ”

Li Luan'er smiled and nodded, knowing that this should be Mrs. Pei's family, it is said that the only man left in the Pei family is the master of the Pei family, and the master of the Pei family was born prematurely, congenitally weak, and he was sick in bed for a long time when he was weak.

It is also the bad luck of the Pei family, in the next generation, Mrs. Pei only gave birth to one or two daughters, and now the two daughters are not very old, but they have already followed Mrs. Pei to take care of the flower fields.

"I took the liberty to visit today, but Mrs. Lao has been waiting for a long time." Li Luan'er said a few kind words and sat down with Mrs. Pei, and for a while, another girl brought refreshments, Li Luan'er looked around and smiled: "Madame is really good Yaxing, this flower is really beautiful, so people can't bear to leave." ”

"If the eldest lady likes it, she will stay for a few more days." Mrs. Pei pursed her lips and chuckled.

Li Luan'er took a sip of tea and said to Ma Xiaoya and Ruizhu: "You two should also go down and rest, I will look for you when I leave." ”

When Mrs. Pei heard this, she hurriedly asked the girl to take Ma Xiaoya and Ruizhu to rest and drink tea, and for a while, only Mrs. Pei and Li Luan'er were left in the flower pavilion, and Mrs. Pei got to the point: "I heard my aunt say that the eldest lady wants to purchase some flowers, I don't know what varieties I want, how much do I need?" ”

Li Luan'er said in her heart that it turned out that Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Pei Jiaxian were actually related, even so, the price of buying flowers in Pei's house should be fair.

Thinking of this, she smiled and took out the list from her arms: "Madam, look." ”

Mrs. Pei took it and looked at it for a while, and put down the list: "The flowers that the eldest lady needs are not scarce, but the varieties are miscellaneous, and the quantity is not small." ”

Li Luan'er put down the teacup: "Don't hide from Mrs., we haven't been in Beijing for a long time, I didn't expect that the cost of Beijing would be so huge before I came, and the family resources brought from my hometown were not enough, so I thought about doing business, the original people left some rouge recipes, I have tried them, but it is really good, plus my family also has a few shops in Beijing, rather than renting to others all the time, it is better to take back one and get a rouge shop, which can also make the family more profitable." ”

Mrs. Pei also sighed when she heard this: "It's not like that, it's not easy to live in the capital, our Pei family has a family foundation for several lifetimes, if I don't save some money, I'm afraid it won't be enough to spend it, not to mention your family, which of the various families in this capital is not a lot of food, and there are a few families who really have a rich family background and earn enough money every year." ”

This is also the truth, Li Luan'er also admitted, not to mention the side, just talk about the Yan family, which is a famous rich family in Fenghuang County, the original Li Luaner was still a rich Yan family, how do you know that when you get to Beijing, you can understand that most of the wealth accumulated by the Yan family is obtained by the ancestors of the Yan family in the war when the dynasty was opened, and the other is that the Yan family produces military generals, and there must be one or two heroes in each generation, and every time there is a war, someone from the Yan family will participate.

It is the Cui family, who is famous in Fenghuang County, as if he is showing off his might, in fact, his family has accumulated more and more population in several generations, and every time he divides the family, he doesn't know how much wealth to share with the side branches, and now, the family is already a little stretched.

"We can't." Li Luan'er looked helpless: "Mrs. also knows that we were born in the countryside, where have we seen anything in the world, and how do you know that the official family has taken a fancy to my sister-in-law, and I want to take her to the palace, I only have three brothers and sisters in my family, my sister-in-law is spoiled on weekdays, as soon as she enters the palace, she told me how to rest assured, I had no choice, so I had to follow her into Beijing, and now, it is difficult to ride a tiger." ”

Mrs. Pei smiled and nodded: "The eldest lady and relax, in my opinion, the appearance of the eldest lady is already unparalleled, if Sister Ling has half of the eldest lady, she can also gain a firm foothold in the palace, this is not to bother." ”

"I've borrowed your kind words." Li Luan'er laughed and asked: "I have all these flowers I want, can I supply them in quantity." ”

Mrs. Pei laughed when she heard it: "To tell the truth, I don't boast with the eldest lady, but if my Pei family doesn't have it, the eldest lady will search all over the capital, and there is no other family." ”

"That's fine." Li Luan'er was overjoyed: "This price is ......"

Mrs. Pei waved her hand: "Even if the eldest lady and her aunt's family are on good terms, naturally the price will not be lost to the eldest lady, and I will calculate it with the eldest lady." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Pei had already taken out a small jade abacus, and her slender jade fingers quickly flicked on it, and after a while, she calculated the accounts clearly.

Li Luan'er, who sees her ability like this, is really envious, and said in her heart, this is a real businessman, where is like herself, she has long forgotten how to fight the abacus, not to mention herself, she is Mrs. Jin, I am afraid that on the way to this arithmetic, it is far from Mrs. Pei.

When Mrs. Pei handed over the account, Li Luan'er took it and gasped in shock: "Mrs. Pei, you, didn't you miscalculate?" ”

Mrs. Pei smiled and shook her head: "If someone else comes, it will naturally not be this price, but if the eldest lady comes, it will naturally be much cheaper." ”

But it's too cheap.

Before coming to Pei's house, Li Luan'er didn't inquire about the price of other flowers, the price given by the Pei family was too low, almost half worse than others.

"I give the eldest lady such a price, and I also have something to ask the eldest lady to help." Mrs. Pei lowered her head with a bitter expression: "My Pei family's situation is not easy now." ”

"What's the busy?" There is no merit, Li Luan'er is very clear about this, Mrs. Pei can sell flowers to her so cheaply, thinking about it, the request is not small: "Madame said, if I can help, I will definitely help." ”

The implication is that if you can't help, don't blame me. RS