Xu Jiayi's originally dizzy head cleared up instantly, and she replied in a raised voice, "Just say that I have fallen asleep and I don't see any guests." ”

"You can still talk when you sleep, could it be that you are sleepwalking now."

How could she be so stupid, the person concerned is outside, and she is talking so loudly!

With this sound, Xu Jiayi heard the door being pushed open from the outside, and almost subconsciously Xu Jiayi lay directly on the bed, closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Although the face is not revealed, but the heart is pounding and pounding, because I am afraid of revealing the stuffing, so I deliberately stiffen my body motionlessly, and by the way, I am secretly brainwashing myself She is already asleep, she is already asleep.

Chu Changfeng entered the house and looked at Xu Jiayi, who was stiff, and did not pierce her, but approached lightly, raised his hand and pinched her nose to make her unable to breathe. Xu Jiayi opened her mouth to breathe, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Chu Changfeng, who seemed to be staring at herself.

Xu Jiayi was stunned, and simply covered herself with the quilt over her eyes, with a posture of covering her ears and stealing the bell.

Chu Changfeng was stunned when he saw this scene of flowing water, and couldn't help laughing, "What are you doing with your head covered, is it possible that there is still gold in the quilt?" ”

After laughing, seeing that Xu Jiayi didn't move, Chu Changfeng raised his eyebrows slightly and didn't say anything, just moved a stool and sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Xu Jiayi with her head covered motionlessly. Neither of them spoke, only secretly fighting.

Xu Jiayi could have endured it, but the air in the quilt became thinner and thinner, she could hardly breathe smoothly, and her panting sound became a little heavier.

Looking at this scene, the smile in Chu Changfeng's eyes deepened a little. Listening to Chu Changfeng's chuckle, Xu Jiayi almost bit her tongue, wanting to poke her head out to breathe two breaths of fresh air, but thinking of Chu Changfeng's face, she couldn't hold back again, and her chest was even more undulating.

"Okay, I'm not afraid of suffocating myself." As he spoke, Chu Changfeng stepped forward and tore off the brocade quilt, revealing a sweaty face. Xu Jiayi gasped and took a few deep breaths of air before slowly turning her head to a pair of smiling eyes.

Seeing that she couldn't hide, Xu Jiayi stabilized her breathing before she spoke, "This is a woman's boudoir, and I am now so disheveled, how can my cousin, as a foreign man, come in at will?" ”

"I'm your cousin." Chu Changfeng said in a leisurely voice, "I heard that you are sick? Chu Changfeng said and looked Xu Jiayi up and down, and shook his head again, "It doesn't look like it." ”

Xu Jiayi choked and didn't know what to say. Chu Changfeng didn't mean to let her answer, "I sent you some supplements, you let your two maids boil for you to eat, don't get sick when the wind blows." ”

My body is really not that delicate.

Xu Jiayi opened her mouth to defend herself, thinking that she was infected with the wind cold this time and it was indeed caused by the cool breeze, so she swallowed it back, and only held back one sentence for a long time, "Thank you, uncle." ”

"Hmm." Chu Changfeng responded, didn't say anything more, and got up and walked out of the yard.

Xu Jiayi glanced at the little maid who was looking at the table full of supplements with anxiety outside, and ordered, "Put everything away, don't let others know about this matter." ”

"The slave knows." The little maid nodded again and again.

Lying on the bed with her eyes closed for a while, Xu Jiayi did not feel the slightest sleep. After tossing and turning on the bed for a while, he sat up from the bed, and after getting dressed, he went to the desk and took a pen to practice calligraphy.

Sure enough, practicing calligraphy can calm the nerves, and after writing for more than half an hour, Xu Jiayi felt calmer, and then put down the pen and breathed a sigh of relief.

That day, she was awakened by her cousin-in-law Hai's, Xu Jiayi also found the direction of the situation in the jewelry store and the ready-to-wear store, and originally thought that she would go to the shop again on the second day to take a look, but she didn't think that she would be sick on the second day, and it took several days to get better.

So as soon as she was in good health, Xu Jiayi led Cuiyun and Yuanxiang to these two shops again, took a good look at the decoration and old goods inside, and went to a few similar shops around to go around, and she also had a little understanding of the problem.

Only came back from the shop on this day, Xu Jiayi went to the main house to ask Zhao for peace.

When Xu Jiayi went, Zhao was reading the account book in the house. Seeing her come in, he hurriedly put down the ledger and beckoned her to come over. The maid in the room has already put out Xu Jiayi's favorite pastries with great eyes. Xu Jiayi raised her hand and pinched a piece of pastry and ate a few bites, before she said out loud, "Auntie, I came here today to tell you about the things in the shop." ”

"You go to the shop every day these days, but what kind of reputation do you see?" Zhao was not surprised by Xu Jiayi's intention, and when he heard this, he also raised his eyes, and handed Xu Jiayi another piece of pastry, and then asked out loud while cleaning his hands.

Xu Jiayi, who had originally sworn a lot, was a little wilted in front of the Zhao family at this time, and said in a low voice, "I can see some of it, but I don't know if I'm right." ”

"Tell me about it."

"My eldest aunt and second aunt gave me these four shops, two of which are made of rouge, and the profits in the shop are considerable, and the things are also widely loved and have a good reputation, needless to say. But the other two, one is a ready-to-wear store and the other is a jewelry store, but the customer source is bleak, and the monthly transaction volume is also low. I went to check the account books of these two shops in previous years, and found that these two shops have been in a state of loss since the day they opened. ”

Of course, Xu Jiayi didn't say that Zhao and Qian deliberately used such a shop to fool her, in fact, her two aunts have a lot of shops in their hands, and they are also the general ledger in the general direction every month, and they don't pay attention to the occasional loss-making shop like this one or two, and they don't rely on this shop to eat.

Zhao nodded when she heard this, glanced at Mama Zhao's expression, and saw that she nodded slightly to herself and knew that Xu Jiayi was right, and couldn't help but be a little curious in her heart, she hadn't noticed that there was never a profit in the shop under her hands.

"What else?"

"Although the results of these two shops are the same, the reasons are different. This jewelry store is purely a shopkeeper's own mismanagement, resulting in the store not being able to produce profits. The main problem is that there is a problem with the workmanship style and pricing of the jewelry in the shop," Xu Jiayi took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and then continued, "This shop is on East Street, and the geographical location is also excellent, but the jewelry sold in the shop is not bad, and it is not bad." ”

"Ordinary people naturally don't have the spare money to buy these jewelry, which is neither cost-effective nor essential for them. And although the workmanship of the jewelry in the shop is better than that of the masters of some affordable jewelry stores, it is not top-notch, even the girls in the house like us can't look down on it, let alone the nobles in Yanjing City. ”

Therefore, this jewelry store is purely in an embarrassing position, which can not cater to the eyes of those nobles in Yanjing City, and is reluctant to lower the price to meet the needs of ordinary people.

"You mean, there's already a solution?" Zhao nodded secretly in his heart, a smile on his face.

Xu Jiayi nodded, and was about to tell the details of the things in the shop again, when she heard a sound of footsteps outside, and then a maid opened the curtain and walked in, and said loudly, "Madam, my cousin and grandmother are back." ”

Hearing this, Xu Jiayi subconsciously looked at Zhao, Zhao's face didn't show any expression, and she raised her eyes and said coldly, "Let her come in." ”

Not long after, Cui Qing was already supported by vanilla with a big belly, and walked in slowly from outside. After entering the inner room, Cui Qing first blessed his body, "Say hello to the eldest lady." ”

After the Zhao family let her in, Cui Qing looked at Xu Jiayi on the side, hooked her lips and greeted with a smile, "Sister Yiyi is also here!" ”

"Cousin." Xu Jiayi stood up and saluted Cui Qingfu's body, and when she saw that Zhao didn't mean to speak, she asked out loud for her, "Why did my cousin come back today?" ”

Cui Qing hesitated for a moment before he said aloud, "It's nothing, it's just that it's a little boring to stay alone in the Bofu, so I want to come back and sit down, and there is something else I want to trouble the eldest lady." ”

"What?"

"When my cousin-in-law was pregnant before, the house invited Wen Po in advance, I thought about looking for that Wen Po, but unfortunately the Wen Po is not in Yanjing City, I don't know if the eldest lady has a familiar Wen Po who can recommend one or two?"

There are so many people in Jiaqing Bofu, is it possible that you can't even find a stable woman who can deliver babies?!

Or is Cui Qingxin just those people in Jiaqing Bofu, so he has to find a stable woman by himself?

Zhao frowned and was a little displeased, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll let Mama Zhao pay attention to it for you." You're still a little belly now, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

"That being said, but my niece also wants to be prepared, and it's good to plan in advance." Cui Qing smiled and replied.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Xu Jiayi always feels that Cui Qing like this is something she has never seen before, the whole person looks wilted, the words have become less, and the speech is also gentle and soft-spoken, giving people a feeling of breaking the jar and breaking it.

After this incident, the Zhao family didn't have a good impression of Cui Qing, and when he saw that she had nothing to say, he said a few words casually, and sent someone out.

Although he obviously felt Zhao's indifference to him, Cui Qing did not have the slightest displeasure on his face, but instead blessed his body in a proper manner, and then retreated.

Xu Jiayi looked at Cui Qing's figure walking away, secretly sighed in her heart, and said in a low voice, "Cousin Cui Qing looks a lot different than before. ”

She married into Jiaqing Bofu in that capacity, and the uncle and Mrs. Bo naturally would not give her a good face. As for Mu Huan, after hearing about this, he also went to her from time to time, even her husband Mu Qingfeng was like her, and he never stepped into her room half a step, which can give a glimpse of how uncomfortable Cui Qing was in Jiaqingbo's Mansion.