Chapter 28 The Xue family's gossip
Lin Daiyu smiled and nodded: "I said, the eldest sister is very good at home on weekdays." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info is now the imperial concubine, and if she wants to go home to save her relatives, my uncle and aunt must be extremely happy. ”
Lin Zhixiao's family said with a smile: "It's not, even our subordinates are bare." When he came, Master Zheng also called my family, rewarded me with twenty taels of silver, and told him for a long time. No matter how much silver is rewarded, it is rare to be decent. ”
Granny Nalai took the opportunity to say: "Right now, all families have built yards. Wu Guifei in Kyoto, her family, spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and I heard that she had already handed over the fold to the palace to ask for the date of the provincial relatives. The silk, embroidery, and screens used here are all large business. Uncle Zhen just came down a few days ago, but I happened to hear that Miss Lin's family was doing a silk business. It stands to reason that such a big deal is not to take care of one's own family and give money to outsiders? ”
Lin Daiyu smiled and didn't answer, and quickly glanced at Zijuan with her eyes, Zijuan understood, and said, "According to what you always said, Uncle Zhen originally wanted to buy materials from Miss Lin's shop?" This is easy to do, turn around and give an order, and let the person on the comprador say to the shopkeeper in the shop. ”
Mrs. Lai smiled with joy, thinking that this matter had been done, and hurriedly flattered: "Usually, I only heard that Mrs. Wang has an aunt and nephew, who is generous and very thoughtful; I met Miss Lin today, not to mention anything else, in my opinion, even the second grandmother of Xifu Lian is afraid that she will not be able to catch up with the girl. ”
Lai Pozi was talking about Xing, and at a glance he saw a jade thing hanging down from Daiyu's skirt, and Minghuang Luozi was tied with a hollow ball dug out of a whole piece of jade, and a golden silk ball was shaking trembling inside. She was stunned for a moment, and realized that it was something given by the emperor, and her heart was shocked, and her face was not as arrogant as before.
Lin Daiyu was secretly surprised that Xue Baochai's reputation had spread all over the East and West at this moment. But if you think about it, you can understand that there is Xue Pan's eating, drinking and having fun in Hutian and Haiti in the two mansions, and there are two powerful and powerful Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng, who is not willing to sell to them?
At this time, Lai Pozi looked at her uneasily, and Lin Daiyu nodded with a smile. Mrs. Lai was overjoyed, and she didn't even bother to gossip a few more words, so she took her daughter-in-law, daughter and a few mothers-in-law out with her. Lin Zhixiao's family originally brought Jia Zheng's handwritten letter over, and when she saw that Lai Pozi took someone away, she sent the letter and left.
Lin Daiyu sent them to the door of the room, saw that they were far away, and said to Zijuan: "If you want to say that relatives buy things, there are also rules in the shop, why do they send a few housekeepers and mothers-in-law over?" ”
Zijuan smiled and said, "They all say that the girl is smart, why don't you understand this?" Snow geese, tell me what it means to see what they mean. ”
Xue Yan said: "These mothers-in-law are the most hateful, they don't want to say anything well, they have to go around in circles in the clouds, and they must not say it." In my guess, their idea is either to give it to them on credit, or to give it to them for free! ”
Lin Daiyu nodded, and sent Pei'er to call Shan'er over, asking him to find a way to inquire about what the people from Jiafu had done in Suzhou, where they went, and what they had to buy. Shan'er obeyed the order, Lin Daiyu took the purple cuckoo snow goose and went to talk to Aunt Ye and Yan Niang.
In the evening, Shan'er came back and reported the news to Lin Daiyu in 1510:
After Jia Zhen and the others arrived in Suzhou, the housekeeper Lai Er looked at several silk shops, but they didn't negotiate the price, and I don't know who told him that "Jinxiufang" was the Lin family's industry. The others went to the Xue family's shop in Suzhou and ordered some antiques, ornaments and other things; As for Jia Zhen, he took Jia Qiang to wander around the Chu Pavilion Qinglou and the opera garden all day long, and I heard that he was going to buy some small dramas, and he had already bought two red cards with their own merits by his side.
When Lin Daiyu heard the word "Xue family", she couldn't help but pay attention secretly, and when Shan'er finished speaking, she asked him again: "Does the Xue family also have a silk shop in Suzhou?" ”
Shan'er was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes." In the past, his family's business was sluggish, and then he changed the owner, known as 'Tadlord', I don't know where to get some foreign looks and things, and now the business is on par with our shop. ”
Lin Daiyu nodded and asked him to go down and rest. At this time, it was reported that the housekeeper was back, and Lin Daiyu knew that if something didn't happen, the housekeeper should go outside the city to see the construction of the academy, so she hurriedly ordered someone to "invite in quickly", and asked Xue Yan to make tea.
The housekeeper Lin Zhuo lost a lot of weight, but his eyes were very bright. After the ceremony, he sat down in the guest seat, took the tea sent by the snow goose and drank a few sips, and then put down the tea cup and said:
"Today, the relatives of the eldest lady's maternal grandfather came to the shop and opened a list to buy our family's silk." As he spoke, he took out a slip from his sleeve, and Zijuan took it and handed it to Lin Daiyu.
Daiyu took it in her hand and looked at it, only to see that it read: 100 gold thread makeup brocade, 100 Baise Tuanhua brocade, 50 Doroni, 50 peacock gold thread 100 velvet, 50 black and gold feather yarn, 50 red feather yarn, and 50 Xia Ying yarn. There are 500 pieces of plain brocade of all colors, and there are also embroidered screens, embroidered curtains, pillows, and burdens, all of which are lined up in dozens or hundreds of pieces of each.
Lin Daiyu asked the housekeeper while looking at it: "Do we have these things in stock in our shop?" ”
The shopkeeper sighed and said: "Even if it is all available, it is all the same according to the list, and the warehouses and shops everywhere will be emptied." Those gold thread makeup brocade, Doroni, peacock gold thread hundred velvet, are all priceless things, only a few dozen horses a year, our shop is still in the face of the master, and has a share of twenty horses per year. At present, if they are all redeemed, the shops everywhere can only sell some ordinary materials, and they will undoubtedly lose those big customers. ”
Lin Daiyu nodded, the housekeeper took a sip of tea, and said, "The comprador from the eldest lady's grandfather's house said that he had to take things away first, and then send someone to settle the bill after the year." In this way, I am afraid that our shop will be overstretched and will not be able to turn around. ”
He didn't mention those compradors who said that they had already obtained Lin Daiyu's permission, let alone wait for Lin Daiyu to be close to Jiafu, and this matter of building a garden was their own family matter.
Lin Daiyu frowned. Although the housekeeper didn't say anything, she also guessed the arrogance of those people slightly. After thinking about it for a while, he put the list on the table and said, "Give them some according to what is available in the shop, and don't affect the business everywhere." Also, tell them that they need to pay half of the deposit before picking up the goods. ”
When business comes to the door, there is naturally no reason to push it out, but well, there are rules for doing business.
The butler breathed a sigh of relief. When he came, he was worried that Lin Daiyu was young, and he would tell him to fully cooperate with the Jia family's requirements, which would be a considerable blow to the Lin family's business. At this moment, seeing her rational and calm handling, the stone in her heart suddenly fell to the ground.
The butler said, "That's exactly what it is. Early tomorrow morning, I will tell my men to open the storeroom and distribute the goods for them. ”
Lin Daiyu furrowed her brows and asked about the construction of the academy.