Chapter 215: Nouveau riche behavior
61_61522Chen Wenhui, who had been clean for a while, was looking at the two posts in front of her with a sad face. Ban Xiang said to his mother Bai, "Mother, why did they invite us over?" Some time ago, the Bai family said that they would invite our mother and daughter to dinner. Later, because of an accident in the East Palace, it was shelved. Now it's good, just invite our family to go. That's it, the Bai family is my foreign family after all, but the Li family can't fight with our family, why invite us? ”
Bai said: "Little monkey, talking nonsense again, why can't the Li family fight with us?" Isn't the Li family your grandmother's maiden family? Legally, they're your father's family. ”
Chen Wenhui muttered: "They are all not related by blood." I'm not going, what are I going to do, what's the point of a bunch of people I don't know? ”
Chen Yuanheng couldn't laugh early on the side, a▲nsh≈uba., said: "You are just afraid of going out to socialize, afraid that the girls of their family will pull you to say that the east family is short, the west family is short, and you are afraid to talk about lace, clothes, jewelry, fat powder and other topics, right?" ”
Chen Wenhui said: "Yes, I'm most afraid of this, or you can go, just say I'm shy and hide at home." ”
Bai Shi said angrily: "You are running around outside all day long, and that windy carriage is running around the street, when who can't see it?" Now everyone in Blastwind Hall is going to be annoyed by questions, and everyone wants to buy a carriage like you. Do you still dare to say that you are shy and hiding at home? Do you want to tell people that you are embroidering a dowry? ”
Chen Wenhui was recognized and embarrassed.
Chen Yuanheng smiled and said, "Hui'er, go, let's go together as a family." Let me tell you, it wasn't the girls from these two families who entertained us this time. It's their head of the family, who asked us to go because he wanted to cooperate with our Xiao Chen family, do you want to extend your tentacles to the Bai family and the Li family's clan land? ”
As soon as she said this, Chen Wenhui came to her senses, and her two eyes were full of energy and said, "Did you say it earlier?" How could I let go of such a great opportunity? Everything else is put off, and we hurry to the meeting. These two clans are very mysterious, and although we have opened the black family's shop there, we can only open it in one city. The rest of the place can't be entered. I was thinking about how to expand my business, but I was sleepy. By the way, they have always been very close to their own clan, why has it changed this time? Want to take the initiative to cooperate with us? Aren't they the ones who are short of money? ”
Chen Yuanheng said: "The four great families have been inherited for hundreds of years. Which one is short of money? The Bai family leaned on Hudi. Hu people's carpets. Gems can be sold to the Central Plains, how much they take from the middle. And also. Before, we had a foundation for cooperation with the Bai family, and the cotton planting we cooperated with has now been widely sold in Dachu. In the past, the people of Dachu wore kudzu and hemp, and now most of them wear cotton clothes. And quilts are already very popular. There are also many things made of cotton, especially cotton jackets, which are the main clothes to protect against the cold in winter. Such a big market really made our family and the Bai family make a lot of money. Can the Bai family be short of money? Their wealth is no less than that of our Chen family. There is also the Li family, which has been operating in Tibet for many years, it is a Buddhist country, and the people are very religious, and everything is contributed to the Buddha, as well as the Li family. Can the Li family be short of money? Now, though, they're in crisis. This time, the prince warned the two of them. The girls of both of them were degraded in the palace, and they had no choice but to ask for help up and down, and they naturally had to have a good relationship with our family. ”
Now Chen Wenhui understands that it is because of the political situation. In this way, this East Palace incident also brought her an opportunity. If it weren't for this reason, where would these high-ranking families be patient to cooperate with her?
No matter what, it doesn't matter what the reason is, the important thing is to be able to develop the business to the Bai family and the Li family. Chen Wenhui's current production in three cities, including Qingchun City, is increasing, and a large number of markets are needed. The more consumers there are, the faster the city will develop, and Chen Wenhui has long been dissatisfied with selling in Dachu, and she urgently needs a new dumping point for goods. Therefore, she really wants to cooperate with the Bai family and the Li family. The Bai family actually has a good foundation for cooperation. The Li family is still a mysterious place. The Li family occupies the entire plateau in Tibet in Chen Wenhui's later generations, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is a good place with beautiful scenery. The production is not bad, and the most important thing is that the Li family has ruled there for many years, and the roots are deep, like a soil emperor. Moreover, the four major families, the Li family's territory is the largest, and they can all catch up with the area of Dachu.
Chen Wenhui has long coveted those Tibetan medicines, cherished ores, and accumulated hundreds of years of wealth, can you not be moved?
So under the trend of interests, Chen Wenhui was abnormal, not only did not postpone going to these two houses, but also urged her parents to go to these two houses together. made Chen Yuanheng and Bai laugh.
Originally, Chen Wenhui was more interested in the Li family, but because of the face of her mother Bai, she could only go to the Bai family first.
On this day, Chen Wenhui and her parents went to Bai's house in a carriage.
On the carriage, Bai and Chen Wenhui were sitting, Bai looked at Chen Wenhui, and saw that Chen Wenhui was wearing a jade dark flower blouse of crepe, covered with a snow-blue makeup jacket, and below was a garnet red, a Xiangfei skirt inlaid with palm-wide lace, which looked refreshing and rich, low-key and luxurious.
Bai said: "Your clothes match well. It's rare to see this top, such a gauze, and there are dark flowers, it's a new product from your Qingchun City, right? ”
Chen Wenhui said: "Of course. Only exposing two arms in this way can show the luxury in the low-key. Mother, I'm still very good at dressing up. ”
Bai said: "Little monkey, I can't praise you, if I praise you, I will be on your face." This dress is well matched, and it looks white, but this head jewelry is still a little missing. Why do you have a honeysuckle flower head with a pair of pearls? At least wear a flower crown or something, right? ”
Chen Wenhui said: "My clothes are so elegant, if there are more jewelry, it will be noisy, so I use such elegant pearls." But, Mother, look at my arm. ”
After saying that, he exposed his two arms and rolled up his sleeves, Bai Shi was startled, only to see that one arm was densely wearing more than a dozen jade bracelets with a turquoise color and excellent water head. The other one was densely packed with more than a dozen red gold bracelets of various kinds.
Bai Shi said helplessly: "Are you afraid of running into a girl from the Bai family, so you take things with you in your hands in advance, meet like this, give a meeting gift, and take off a bracelet from your arm to show closeness, right?" ”
Chen Wenhui said with a smile: "It's still my mother who understands me. ”
Bai couldn't help but want to roll his eyes and said, "How many girls are there in the Bai family?" How much do you have to prepare? You carry so much this, can your little arms stand it? ”
Chen Wenhui asked: "By the way, how many girls are there at home in their family now?" ”
Bai said: "Now there are three girls in their family. The little girl who is a generation lower than you has two concubines, and there are many concubines, four of them. The eldest of the six girls was only four years old, and the youngest was still in swaddling clothes. Do you need a bracelet? How many are there? It's only nine, do you need to wear these two dozen or so? ”
Chen Wenhui said: "This jade bracelet is for the girls of the Bai family, and the red gold bracelet is for the decent maids around Mrs. Bai." ”
Bai shook his head and said, "That's not going to be much. You quickly take it off and put it on the wagon. Let me tell you, you just bring three jadeite ones, to the girls of the same generation of the Bai family, and the remaining girls of the younger generation are still young, so you can't give jewelry, you have to send gold and jade lock plates. I'm all set. Give it to the water lotus, and you don't have to worry about it. As for these red gold bracelets, you can just give them to the water lotus, and she will reward them to the big maids who are close to you on your behalf. ”
Hearing this, Chen Wenhui hurriedly took out a jewelry box in the secret compartment on the carriage, put these bracelets in it, and said as she put them: "Mother, you said it earlier, do you think I am impatient to bring these?" Weird heavy. ”
The Bai clan laughed angrily and said, "Do you blame me?" You're rich now, but you can't be like an upstart. Turning around, you don't care about this aspect, leave it all to Shuilian, I have specially trained her in this regard. Don't worry about it, the more you worry, the more messy it becomes. ”
Chen Wenhui smiled sweetly, leaned on Bai's arm and said, "It's good to have a mother's child, you don't have to worry about anything, it's good that this kind of life can be a little longer." I don't even want to get married. ”
Bai Shi smiled and said: "Jinghui is talking nonsense, if you want to call my mother, only from poor families, there are no rules to call my mother." You've forgotten the rules. However, I am reluctant to marry you. I haven't kissed you enough, and you're going to leave the cabinet? Hey, actually, you just haven't been out of the cabinet, and where have you honestly stayed at home? ”
Chen Wenhui laughed.
The carriage soon arrived at the Bai family's mansion, this mansion is where the Bai family grew up, and it is very familiar, but now the owner of it has changed, not in which room it is, but in Bai Yujing's room, Bai Shi can't help but feel a little emotional, Chen Wenhui saw this, and hurriedly held her mother's hand, Bai looked at her daughter and smiled.
When they arrived at the door of the Bai family, the head of the Bai family had already greeted them at the door, which was not grand, and then they walked all the way to the upper room of the second gate, where the banquet had been arranged, and everyone greeted each other for a while, and then went to the table to eat.
During the banquet, the girls of the Bai family also came to recognize their relatives, and the Bai family and Chen Wenhui also gave rewards. Similarly, the elders of the Bai family also gave Chen Wenhui a reward.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone never mentioned cooperation, just eating and drinking, meeting relatives and friends. After eating, the ladies all went back.
The head of the Bai family invited Chen Wenhui's family of three to the flower hall for tea. (To be continued......).