Old Lady Shen looked at Wan Ning, "Go and hide behind the screen so as not to be seen." ”

Wanning went from Taixing to Yangzhou, Mrs. Shen made careful arrangements, not many people in the Shen family knew about it, and Shen Jinghe also said in front of Mrs. Shen that she would never say it. How could the Shen clan know in the blink of an eye, in this way, what should the Yao family do when they hear the rumors?

Old Lady Shen frowned when she thought of this, and glanced at Wan Ning worriedly, but found that Wan Ning next to her did not have the slightest panic on her face, but Shi Shiran got up and saluted Old Lady Shen, and then took Mother Tong to the back of the screen.

The Shen family invited Shen Jingqi outside.

Shen Jingqi looked a little excited, entered the door and saluted Mrs. Shen, and the next person moved the chair, but Shen Jingqi did not sit, just stood in the room.

Old Lady Shen looked natural, "Why did the second child come over today, how is your father?" The day before yesterday, I asked for the medicine king talisman and lit another lamp, hoping that your father's illness would get better soon. ”

Shen Jingqi looked grateful, "My father is much better, and my brother and I are not often at home, thanks to the old lady taking care of me." ”

Shen Jingqi is the second son of the second old lady in the clan, the second in the clan, and the younger brother of Shen Jinghe.

Because of his hard work, he has some prestige in the Shen family.

Old Lady Shen said slowly: "How can my old lady not know that there are few people in our house, if it weren't for the whole Shen family, there would be no family business today." ”

Seeing Old Lady Shen, Shen Jingqi's brows relaxed. apologized: "It's not that I want to disturb the ancestor, it's just that there is something." I want to ask the ancestor if the shop pù in Beijing is not ready to be cashed out. Want to stay? ”

The Shen family made a fortune by taking salt, and after marrying the Yao family, they successively opened eight or nine shops in Beijing, some sold rouge gouache, some sold some rice grain, and some sold brocade, and there was also prosperity in the past few years, but it has slowly declined in the past two years.

"We don't have any people in our clan to take care of it. It's really a drag on those shops to stay, and if you transfer a few shopkeepers back, the business here will be much easier," Shen Jingqi said and paused, "The old lady doesn't know how difficult it is to change the salt this year, so take the money from selling the shops to open more land in the frontier and hire some tenants, so as not to have no food to change ...... next year."

These things have been said a long time ago, and they will change no matter how they are said.

My brother came back from Taixing County and said that the shop in Beijing was no longer for sale. He asked why, but his brother looked jealous.

He refused to give up, and kept asking, and his brother talked about Chen Niang's daughter.

Miss Yao Qi.

Miss Yao Qi said. Don't sell the shop.

Why, it's just a twelve-year-old child, not even the Shen family. actually acted for the Shen family.

Thinking of this, Shen Jingqi was furious.

The elder brother persuaded him not to come to the old lady. How could he bear it and take advantage of his brother's outing. And he brought them to the longhouse.

Although it is said that the Shen family's family business was laid by a long house, the Shen clan did not work hard.

He didn't believe it, he was not as good as a young lady with a foreign surname.

Old Lady Shen sighed, "I know all these things, that's why I let people take out all the accounts of previous years." ”

Old Lady Shen said and looked at the account book on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Thick ledgers were stacked there.

To whom is this account going to be shown? The twelve-year-old?

He knew that Miss Yao Qi helped to save his brother from prison, but he couldn't meddle in the entire Shen family just because he helped one thing.

He ate more salt than the kid ate, and he didn't dare to make a decision, how dare the kid.

No, absolutely not.

If he doesn't stand here and speak clearly, he won't be surnamed Shen.

Old Mrs. Shen said: "Whether it will work or not, I have to ask someone to calculate it." ”

"Old lady, we've been calculating for two or three years, what else is there to calculate."

Shen Jingqi's reaction was great, which made Old Lady Shen unexpected.

Shen Jingqi said: "When will it take to wait until you don't make a decision now?" It will take some time to sell the shop well, and the land will be opened in the spring, where will the money come from? ”

Miss Yao Qi clearly doesn't understand anything, and she is messing around here, since the old lady died, even if the long house has declined, the fourth brother is not a business material at all, and the mess of this family management is not for him and his brother, if it is not for him and his brother to support, the Shen family will be defeated.

There will always be a turnaround in what you say, unless the old lady of the Changfang is resurrected, the Shen family can be saved.

Old Mrs. Shen looked at Shen Jingqi, "I am also a stable person on weekdays, why is it frizzy today, and where is it a trivial matter to close a few shops, you have to think carefully." ”

Shen Jingqi glanced at Chen Niang next to him, "Is the old lady saying this for Chen Niang?" ”

"I'm afraid that Chen Niang will be helpless in the future, so I enveloped Miss Yao Qi."

Shen Jingqi didn't wait for Mrs. Shen to speak, and stretched out his hand, "I, Shen Jingqi, swear here, that although Chen Niang is from the long house, our descendants in the second room will also worship Chen Niang, and will not let Chen Niang be lonely." ”

Old Lady Shen frowned, "Who are you listening to?" Chen Niang doesn't have to worry about your second room, I will take care of me when I live, and I will have your eldest brother and Brother Kun when I die......"

Old Lady Shen's expression was a little more majestic, and Shen Jingqi's expression couldn't help but be surprised, "Old lady, I didn't mean that," she said and paused, "Even if the old lady hands over all the shops in the capital to Miss Yao Qi, with the style of the Yao family, it may not be used by Miss Yao Qi in the future." ”

"The old lady and sister are in it and don't realize it, don't you understand why Miss Yao Qi said this?"

"She is a child, she prides herself on being smart when she does one thing, and wants to meddle in the affairs of the Shen family, these are just children's nature, she didn't grow up in the Shen family, and she doesn't know anything about business, what can she do if she asks for a shop? It can't be said that it was the Yao family's dang, when Chen Niang opened the store to the capital, it was not the result like that, some things are easy to say, but it is difficult to do. ”

Shen frowned, Shen Jingqi's words were too heavy, and now he stood there with an impatient expression. He will refute whatever others say.

She had the impression that the two elder brothers of her second uncle's family were very good, but she hadn't seen her for a few years, how did it become like this. Could it be that the situation of the Shen family in the past few years has really been very bad?

Shen Shi met Shen Jingqi's eyes, "The shops in the capital are all closed all of a sudden." The accounts in Beijing must be cleaned up, and the second brother will calculate how much silver is left? If the Yangzhou government hears that our family has closed a shop in Beijing to pour money, what will we do if we have to take back the silver stored in the bank? ”

"It is no accident that our family encountered Cao Mi in Taizhou Mansion, someone has already set their sights on the Shen family, as long as the Shen family has a stir, there will be words coming out, and we can't help but guard against this. That's why Wan Ning persuaded the old lady to settle the accounts again, and she couldn't directly deal with the immediate needs. ”

Shen Jingqi listened to what Shen said.

All of this Wan Ning said?

Or is Chen Niang covering up for Wanning?

If this is a trap set by the Yao family, the Shen family is not in a hurry to drill in.

Shen Jingqi was thinking about it, only to see a figure flash behind the screen, and a person walked out of it.

Wearing a yellow Luo skirt, a pink orchid gown, combing her buns, a pair of eyes as bright as stars, and slightly raising her chin. Look at him generously.

Shen Jingqi hadn't reacted yet.

Wan Ning had already saluted, "Wan Ning has seen the second uncle. ”

The voice is crisp, and the look in her eyebrows and eyes is bright and compelling, not like a delicate woman raised in a boudoir.

Wan Ning. Is this Miss Yao Qi?

Since it was Miss Yao Qi, she must have heard his words behind the screen, but there was no anger and impatience on her face. It's a faint calmness, and the Buddha has already expected a qiē.

The young lady of the Yao family. Coming to the Shen family like this, Shen Jingqi couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Wan Ning didn't wait for Shen Jingqi to speak. "Why did the second uncle sell the shop in the capital?"

He had already said, "Naturally, in order to protect the salt introduction, our Shen family relies on salt to cause the family." ”

Do you still need to say such a simple thing? Many businessmen are mixed up after buying and selling after starting a family, and in the end, those businesses are useless, and the real money is still the original business.

Wan Ning nodded, it sounded right.

Everyone said that the Shen family was a salt maker, and no matter what the Shen family did, they were classified as salt merchants.

Wan Ning shook her head, "Our Shen family didn't rely on salt to cause a family, our Shen family bought tofu and worked as a merchant, even if there is no salt to attract business, we can prosper the family, because the Shen family relies on judging the situation and relying on accurate vision. ”

"I could have opened a shop to make money, why did I travel a long distance to deliver rice and grain."

"Second uncle, am I right?"

Shen Jingqi suddenly remembered those days of transporting rice and grain, eating and sleeping in the open.

No matter the wind or rain, the Shen family's caravan will deliver the rice and grain on time, and they also have times when they are hungry and walking on the road, and there are also times when they don't even have time to eat and drink in order to be in a hurry.

A caravan, so many people rely on this to eat, not only he has a wife and children, but all of them have a large family to support.

Every year there are people who die on the road, what are they trying to do? The picture shows the reputation of the Shen family.

That's why he's in a hurry, they're not those children who are waiting for their ancestors at home, and if that's the case, he doesn't have to care about a little child.

You don't have to argue with reason.

He would stand here because he didn't want the fire in the inner house to burn the Shen family's caravan.

Wan Ning walked up to Old Lady Shen and raised her head, "Second uncle, let's have a cup of tea!" ”

Let him drink tea and talk slowly?

Mother Tong brought a cup of tea and brought it to Shen Jingqi.

A cup of tea.

Shen Jingqi glanced at it casually, not paying attention to it, but soon he fell his gaze back on the cup of tea.

There is an unfamiliar fragrance.

Shen Jingqi couldn't help but look over, there was some reddened tea soup, what is this?

Tong's mother handed it forward, and Shen Jingqi took it over, brought it to his mouth and took a sip.

It tastes better than it smells.

The taste has never been there, and unlike any kind of tea.

Shen Jingqi couldn't help but take an extra bite, and only raised his head after a while, "What kind of tea is this?" ”

Wan Ning said: "Has the second uncle ever drunk?" ”

Shen Jingqi shook his head, "It's like black tea, but it's not." "This tea has a fresh fragrance in the mouth, and it is very delicious.

Wan Ning said: "This is tea that no one else has." ”

It's really a tea that no one else has.

Shen Jingqi couldn't help but say: "This tea is ...... Sell it? ”

Wan Ning smiled: "Naturally, it is to be sold,"

That's why I will calculate the shops in the capital, and I will take out the account books to see if those shops are still necessary.

It's not just a matter of talking......

He couldn't have imagined that this twelve-year-old Wan Ning had thought carefully before saying these words.

No, not only did she think about it, she even had tea leaves to sell.

Shen Jingqi couldn't help but feel a little tense on his face, if he had already said a few words to Wanning, he would not be so reckless. I won't feel that someone instructed Wanning to manipulate the Shen family.

Shen Jingqi raised his head and glanced at Old Lady Shen and Wan Ning embarrassedly.

He really didn't expect it.

The Yao family will raise Wan Ning like this, not only knows how to buy and sell, but also is bolder than ordinary people, if the old lady is alive, he will be happy to see such a granddaughter.

Shen Jingqi's ears once again sounded with what Wan Ning had just said, "Our Shen family didn't rely on salt to cause a family, our Shen family has bought tofu and worked as a merchant, even if there is no salt to attract business, we can prosper our family, because the Shen family relies on judging the situation and relying on accurate vision." ”

Accurate vision, is this tea?

"Second child, why don't you speak?" Old Lady Shen's voice came, "Do you think this tea can't be sold?" ”

Shen Jingqi watched Mother Tong make tea, this time opening the tea box, which contained something like a stone.

Wan Ning continued: "This is the black tea that the second uncle said......"

When the black tea is made like this, it looks like a lot of tea leaves are pressed into a single piece.

"This kind of black tea tastes better."

Wan Ning's voice came.

Shen Jingqi wanted to take a closer look at the contents of the box, but Mother Tong reached out and covered the box.

When he was a layman, whenever he had a stomachache, he would chew black tea to eat, he was very familiar with black tea, and he also drank the official tea sold by the imperial court in the frontier.

Shen Jingqi couldn't wait to take a sip, the official tea of the imperial court was much worse than this, and the aroma was not as pure as this.

After drinking such tea, you will no longer want to drink official tea.

It's also black tea, how can there be such a difference.

Shen Jingqi's eyes couldn't help but light up, others don't understand this tea, but he knows it.

It's really not simple, Wan Ning can find such tea in the inner house.

Shen Jingqi felt strange, "Where did you find this tea?" Why haven't I seen anyone else sell it before? ”

Mother Tong brought tea to Mrs. Shen and Shen.

Old Lady Shen took a sip and looked at Wan Ning, "Seventh girl, tell me, where did you get such tea?" ”

"No one will sell such tea," Wan Ning had already confirmed with Jiao Wuying before this, "This tea is made by me for the tea workers." ”

Shen Jingqi's eyes widened.

Let the tea worker make it.

A child can make such tea from a tea worker.

Shen Jingqi was already sitting on the chair, and when he heard this, he suddenly stood up, "I'...... I'm going to find someone to ......."

(To be continued......)