Chapter 41 Competition
Ningxia Qingyi glanced at Du Qiutong and saw that Du Qiutong seemed to be dressed up on purpose, and the fat powder sachets were readily available, which was quite fancy.
Ning Xia Qing chuckled and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"I'm going home, I'm going to see my dad and my brother, and I'll be back tomorrow. Am I coming at the wrong time to disturb my cousin and Ah Zheng talking? ”
Ning Xia Qing explained: "No, it's just that Ah Zheng misunderstood and thought I was going out." She looked at Du Qiutong and said meaningfully: "You go, when you get home, you must remember to bring a good message to my uncle and cousin for me." ”
Du Qiutong nodded, replied, and then walked to the side of the carriage and looked at Ah Zheng.
However, Ah Zheng remained motionless.
Du Qiutong was a little embarrassed, so he had to signal to the maid Jin Feng beside him, Jin Feng hurriedly took out the small stool from the car, set the small stool for Du Qiutong, stood on the side of the carriage, didn't dare to raise his head, and said to Du Qiutong respectfully: "Girl, please get in the car." ”
Ning Xia Qing looked at it coldly, Jin Feng was extremely respectful to Du Qiutong, not like Cuiyu's love for herself, but a kind of awe and fear. It seems that this Du Qiutong is soft and weak on the surface, but in fact, he is "skillful" behind his back.
Du Qiutong got into the car, said goodbye to Ningxia Qing, and then instructed Ah Zheng: "You can go." ”
Ah Zheng didn't answer, and left with a whip.
Ning Ningqing stood in place, remembering that Ah Zheng had said to himself, "I like the smell of you", "I have identified with you since the first time I saw you", and then thought of Ah Zheng's attitude towards Du Qiutong, and couldn't help but secretly admire Ah Zheng's intuition.
Looking at the back of the carriage in the distance, thinking of Du Qiutong's dress, and her squirming appearance when she just got on the car, it is not difficult for Ningxia Qing to imagine who Du Qiutong is going to meet on this trip.
The corners of Ning Ningqing's mouth couldn't help but hook, thinking to himself, this is really embarrassing for Du Qiutong.
She remembered that in her previous life, Du Qiutong was probably at this time, taking advantage of Du Zhengshuo's relationship to catch up with Tan Wenshi. Speaking of which, Du Qiutong started earlier than her, and he was even more infatuated with Tan Wenshi, but Tan Wenshi finally married her as the main room, Du Qiutong has been a concubine for so many years, no wonder in the end, Du Qiutong hates her so much.
After a while, the Ning family's carriage stopped in the back alley of the Du family.
Jin Feng hurriedly got out of the car, set up the small stool, and said respectfully, "Girl, please get out of the car." ”
Du Qiutong came out slowly, and with the support of Jin Feng, he walked down in a swaying posture.
Seeing them get out of the car, Ah Zheng didn't even say a word, he threw up his whip and prepared to leave, but Du Qiutong stopped Ah Zheng and said charmingly: "I'm really bothering you today." ”
Ah Zheng ignored her, just nodded perfunctorily, and then prepared to whip away, but Du Qiutong stopped Ah Zheng again, pretending to be innocent and asked: "You just misunderstood that your cousin wants to take the car, is it because your cousin usually goes out by car?" ”
Ah Zheng glanced at Du Qiutong indifferently and asked, "Why are you asking this?" ”
Du Qiutong immediately put on a pitiful look, almost crying, and said, "I...... I don't mean anything else, just curious, you ...... Don't be angry......"
"I'm not angry. It's just that please don't spy on the big girl in the future. Ah Zheng said coldly, and then whipped and left.
Du Qiutong stood in place, stunned for a moment, then snorted contemptuously, and muttered quietly: "Hmph, dead man, he must be shy, deliberately pretending to be cold." ”
Jin Feng was stunned, thinking that Du Qiutong had some orders, so he leaned his head over a little and asked, "What did the girl just say?" ”
"Nothing." Du Qiutong said coldly.
Jin Feng immediately retracted his head, not daring to say more.
Ning Xia Qing went to the shop to find Ning Yongda, but Ah Cai said that Ning Yongda went to find Miao Laosan. Ning Xia Qing thought about it, so he had to turn his head and go to Gu Feng, the bookkeeper.
When Old Lady Ning was still there, Gu Feng had already been working in the Ning family, and by now, he was one of the oldest people in the Ning family. Since Ning Yongda took over the shop, the shop's business has been getting worse day by day, but Gu Feng didn't think about him at all, and only helped Ning Yongda wholeheartedly.
The reason why Gu Feng is loyal to the Ning family is because he has been grateful to the old lady Ning and wants to repay the kindness, second, because he has been in the Ning family for so many years, he has long regarded himself as the Ning family, and third, because although Ning Yongda is not good at business, he is a very good person, which makes Gu Feng willing to follow Ning Yongda's side.
"Uncle Gu Feng." Ningxia Qing found Gu Feng in the warehouse, and when Gu Feng was found, Gu Feng was counting the inventory in the warehouse.
"Eh, Qing'er, how did you get here?" Gu Feng asked with a smile.
"I came to find my father, but my father went to find Miao Laosan, so I came to see you. Uncle Gu Feng, do you know what Dad is doing? ”
Gu Feng sighed and said, "Isn't it that the last batch of goods has been sold out, the warehouse is empty, and the shopkeeper wants to enter another batch." Yesterday, I went to my house to buy goods, but my family said that they didn't have the goods. The shopkeeper had no choice but to find other merchants, but the strange thing is that those merchants basically have no goods, and those who have goods are offering ridiculously high prices. You say it's not weird, our shop is not big, and there are not many goods, but there are so many that there are no goods! ”
Ning Ningqing lowered his eyes and didn't answer, but he was already thinking in his heart, who did it this time, and his first reaction was Tan Wenshi.
Gu Feng shook his head and said, "The shopkeeper has no choice but to go to Miao Laosan and ask him if he has any goods, otherwise we won't be able to open it." If it really doesn't work, let's go in less first, and then scrape together some silver, partner with Miao Laosan to go on a boat, and enter a batch from the south. Qing'er, the shopkeeper has been anxious these days, if you are free, I will help unravel it. ”
Ning Xia Qing nodded and agreed. She thought it was Tan Wenshi at first, but this matter implicated so many merchants, and with Tan Wenshi's methods, I am afraid it will be difficult to do. The only one who can do this can be the family. So she asked, "Uncle Gu Feng, did my father offend my family?" ”
Gu Feng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again and again, and denied: "The shopkeeper is a good person, how can he offend people?" Actually, I also think it's strange, although my family has always been very cold to us, but there is no time when we are so difficult and refuse to give us goods. I guess it may be that something happened to my family, and it's really out of stock now. ”
Ning Xia Qing sighed: "It's just that if you go on a boat with Miao Laosan, you will get a lot of silver." And this back and forth, to say the least, will take more than a month, far from water can not quench the thirst. Besides, Miao Laosan may not be trustworthy, in case he swallows our family's silver, our family can't afford such a big loss. ”
Gu Feng nodded again and again, and said, "Who said it wasn't." At the moment, I can only run a few more places and collect some loose materials, so that I can survive for a while. ”
Ning Xia Qing pondered for a while, and she was basically sure in her heart that it must be her family who was secretly playing tricks and blocking her family's supply.
However, her family's business is not big, and compared to her own family, it is simply ant meat in front of an elephant, and it is not worth the family's trouble for her family. So what is this family for? Is it because the infighting in her family has become increasingly fierce over the years, so she embarrassed her family and used her family as a pawn?
In any case, we can't sit still at the moment, and the most important thing is to get rid of the coercion of our own family.
She thought about it for a while, plucked up the courage and said, "Uncle Gu Feng, do you know that the Meigong County Weaving Bureau has a batch of work to be outsourced?" ”
"Huh? Do you remember that? Gu Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Qing'er, you don't know, the weaving bureau is not something that our small family can worry about." I remember that last year it was the third master of the family who grabbed the approval of the outsourcing of the Weaving Bureau, and I heard that the third master earned nearly 10,000 taels just for that work! For such a big deal, we don't have to worry about it. ”
Ningxia Qing did not relent: "Uncle Gu Feng, do you know what kind of materials the Weaving Bureau is going to outsource this year?" ”
Gu Feng was dumbfounded for a moment, and then said, "Well, I don't know." This is out there, and it's news that everyone is vying to spend a lot of money to buy it, how can we know about it? ”
Ning Xia Qing smiled and said, "I know." ”
Gu Feng looked at her in surprise, with disbelief written in his eyes.
"I know." Ning Xia Qing smiled and repeated.
Gu Feng's eyes were even more shocked, so Ning Xia Qing leaned over and whispered a few words, Gu Feng was stunned, and after a while, he stumbled and said, "That...... That...... Let the shopkeeper sell this news, and we can also get a lot of silver! ”
Ningxia Qing said: "Uncle Gu Feng, let's stop selling this news, let's do it ourselves." ”
"This ...... This requires a large amount of silver, and our family does not have that much silver to use. Besides, the scattered flowers and brocade are expensive, especially the kind of high-quality goods that the weaving bureau wants, and the shopkeeper can't get the supply at all. Besides, the third master made so much money last year, and he must be staring at the list of the Weaving Bureau this year, let's grab it with the third master, in case we annoy the third master, we have no good fruit to eat. ”
"But, Uncle Gu Feng, for so long, we have been respectful to our family, but to this day, our family has not given us good fruits to eat."
"This ......"
"Uncle Gu Feng, through the attitude of our family towards us, we should also understand that in business, it is useless to rely on harmony alone, if you blindly give in, you will only be constantly suppressed by others. Business is like fighting, it is useless to have a good temper, and hard fists are the real skills. Therefore, we can no longer be slaughtered by others, and we must rise to the challenge. ”
Gu Feng was stunned, he grew up watching Ningxia Qing, he never imagined that one day, he would hear such heroic words from the mouth of this delicate female doll.
After a long time, Gu Fengcai said hesitantly: "But...... But...... Supply......
Ning Xia Qing smiled very confidently: "Don't worry, I can find the source of goods." I need Uncle Gu Feng to help me and convince my dad together. ”
Gu Feng's eyes flashed, and he looked at Ning Xia Qing in a daze.