Qiao Anping used the money to hire six temporary men, and after passing the initial test, he informed them that the best two would be selected based on their performance on the opening day. Then Qiao Anping taught from the words, pace, and position of dealing with people, and how to serve tea and pour water, and taught them one by one, and it is inevitable that when the business opens, these people will have to stand up to the scene.

The day before the opening, Qiao Anping sent a few guys out to go to various prosperous places, and when he saw people, he said: "Ronghua Pavilion is a big opening reward, and the first ten guests who buy jewelry can receive free jewelry of the same value, and the style is optional." Other guests will receive a designated hairpin as long as they purchase any items. ”

On the opening day, hang a plaque at the auspicious time of selection, put two firecrackers, and beat the gong to encourage the lion, Ronghua Pavilion opened lively.

Xue Qing and Qiao Anping stood at the door, a pair of golden boys and girls. Of the six guys around them, Qiao Anping also chose to be good-looking, tall, short, fat and thin, which made people look very comfortable. Xue Qing's dress is very elegant, which highlights the two hairpins in her hair, which were made by Qiao Anping a few days ago.

Seeing pleasing people, delicate hairpins, and gifts, it attracted many people to enter the shop. Qiao Anping and the six guys immediately got busy, while Xue Qing was observing the performance of the six guys on the side, and also paid attention to the situation of the entire shop. If someone wants to take advantage of this time to make trouble, or fish in troubled waters, the eldest lady's sword has eyes.

At the end of this day, after inventory, a total of 21 pieces of jewelry were sold, and 117 taels of silver were obtained, the cost was 39 taels, the cost of gifts was 23 taels, and then 12 taels of shop rent, labor and lion dance, etc., a total profit of 43 taels of silver, that is, Qiao Anping could get 2 taels of silver and 5 cents of silver.

This is a good start, Qiao Anping and Xue Qing made a comprehensive comparison of the six guys, and after summing it up, they decided to leave the two people named Wei Quan and Huang Gang, and give them a tael of silver and half a bonus per month.

Xia Hongying and his entourage came to Hengzhou, and after moving in, Xia Hongying arranged for Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo to explore the distribution of forces in Hengzhou, which can be regarded as an assessment of what they learned a while ago.

Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo still live in the same room, but Xia Hongying and Bingyan live in their own room. Bingyan took the piano off his back, his fingers slowly stroking the strings, clanging.

All the way, he carried this piano on his back. He no longer hides his thoughts about Xue Qing, how can he hide it from everyone. On days when there was no snow, he could only look for her breath from these utensils she had used.

He sat down and rested his fingers on the strings, but there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity. With his senses, he plucked the strings, and the music flowed from his fingers. The song he had never heard before, but it was so familiar, and every time he played a note, he seemed to be able to see Xue Qing's different smiles.

When he was on the road, he was anxious and wanted to reach Hengzhou as soon as possible, but when he really got here, he was disappointed. He could feel that she wasn't here, he couldn't say why, he just couldn't feel her breath.

In the evening, Xiaolong and Xiaoshuo came back, talking about the situation. Bingyan was absent-minded, and he was distracted several times, Xia Hongying asked him if he had any opinions, but he didn't respond, and finally only said: "Hongying, you are in charge." ”

At night, Xia Hongying knocked on the door of Bingyan and only said one word: "Even if Xue Qing comes back, are you still worthy of her love like this?" ”

A word woke up the dreamer, no matter if she was here or not, all he could do was to find it, and then move towards their set goal, maybe he could see her at the sword test conference.

He put his life back on track, practiced swords every day, visited various sects, analyzed the situation with Xia Hongying, and didn't forget to find her.

But in the dead of night, he couldn't help thinking about her anymore. He now has one more thing every day, which is to play the piano. Every time he plucked the strings, he felt that Xue Qing was sitting opposite, holding his chin and listening in fascination.

Every night, he fell asleep with her embroidered purse, so that in his dreams he would dream of her, and dream of two people sweetly. In the early morning, he suppressed his thoughts about her and did what he had to do. Red Sakura is right, Xue Qing will not love a decadent Emperor Bingyan.

Rong Hua Ge's business in the next few days was not satisfactory, although it was able to sell one or two pieces of jewelry every day, but they were all cheap, and after deducting various costs, the store was almost unprofitable.

This is eight taels of silver a month, but it is not Qiao Anping's goal. Qiao Anping is calculating every day, and his face is not good-looking.

Xue Qing comforted: "The store has just opened, so there are fewer people." In the future, everyone will come here to buy the jewelry when they find it good and cheap. ”

"Not really." Qiao Anping explained, "If you can sell a fine product, even if there is no business for a month, the shop can still make a profit." But the people who come here to buy jewelry are ordinary people who have limited money on hand. Even if it is a wedding, the silver taels spent on jewelry may not be as good as the price of a vermilion hairpin bought by the official eunuchs. ”

Also, Xue Qing thought of competing with Luo Rong for a step shake that day, and Xia Hongying directly offered a price of five hundred taels. Thinking of Luo Rong, it was inevitable to think of Bingyan, and then to think of all the unhappy things, Xue Qing's face suddenly became ugly.

Still, she proposed, "Or I'll go ......"

"Xueqing, I said, leave everything to me." Qiao Anping smiled, "You just need to do what you like, and leave the things that make money to me." Go and visit those official wives, this kind of thing is not for you. "Pythagorean Library

said that it was simple, and after coaxing Xue Qing away, Qiao Anping began to scratch his head again. He is a man, and he goes to visit the wives of those rich families, and if he does not agree with the courtesy, the other party will not receive him. How can we attract the attention of those rich ladies and ladies?

When he was at a loss, Qiao Anping came to the shop to see if he could improve the style. At this time, I heard scolding on the street: "You kill a thousand knives, you don't take money home all day long, but you have the money to coax that vixen ......"

A hint of inspiration flashed in Qiao Anping's mind in an instant, he took out the momentary thoughts just now, carefully recalled them, added them, and finally showed a satisfied smile.

The next afternoon, Qiao Anping handed over the shop to Xue Qing to take care of, and he himself put on the clothes of the villagers and took a batch of jewelry to Caichun Garden.

When the bustard saw a man dressed in ordinary clothes come in, he was not welcome, and was about to give an eviction order.

Qiao Anping said unhurriedly: "Mom, slow down, let me show you some objects first, if you can't see it, I'll leave immediately." ”

"Oh? Take a look. His words immediately aroused the bustard's interest.

Qiao Anping took out the gorgeous and not gaudy hairpin he personally created, handed it to the old bustard, the old bustard took it and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, his eyes lit up, and he praised: "What a delicate hairpin, good craftsmanship." ”

Qiao Anping smiled: "Thank you mother for your appreciation, but I don't know if this hairpin can be worthy of the ladies here?" ”

It turned out that he was here to sell goods, the old bustard put away his smiling face, and pretended to hesitate: "Little brother doesn't know, this girl's affairs, the old body can't do the master's thing." ”

Qiao Anping said with a smile: "The villain makes a living by making jewelry, if the mother can introduce the ladies here to buy the villain's jewelry, this hairpin right should be the villain's filial piety to his mother." If the business is prosperous in the future, the villain will never forget his mother's care. ”

Hearing him say this, the old bustard immediately became interested again, and said with a smile: "I can help you introduce you, but if this success fails, I don't dare to guarantee it." ”

Qiao Anping nodded and said, "Even if it doesn't work, the villain is very grateful to his mother; If it can be done, the villain will prepare another gift to thank his mother in the future. ”

The old bustard smiled and said, "You little brother is listening, you wait here, I'll help you call the girls out." ”

This old bustard really counts, and it didn't take long for him to call out all the flower girls in this garden. A group of women carrying jewelry, bustling, chattering, so lively.

It's just that this result is a little different from Qiao Anping's imagination, although these flower girls are very active, but in the end only three pieces of jewelry were sold, deducting the cost of the hairpin given to the bustard, there is almost no profit.

At this time, the old bustard smiled and said: "Little brother, don't worry, there are some girls here, they are reluctant to pay for themselves, waiting for a good one to buy and give to them." If you leave a post, someone will come to you to buy it in the future. ”

Qiao Anping took out another handmade hairpin again and handed it to the old bustard: "Mom, can you reveal who these girls are, and the villain can recommend suitable jewelry when he sees it." ”

Seeing the old bustard's embarrassed look, Qiao Anping took another step forward and said, "Mom, don't worry, the villain will never tell a third person about this matter." ”

The old bustard took the hairpin and said: "Well, in fact, many of them are also well known, such as this is like smoke, which is a good ...... of the king's foreign family."

Qiao Anping left a name post and said goodbye to the bustard. When he walked out of the spring garden, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, and a new idea was forming in his mind.

He found a few flowers, gave each of them a few copper plates, and told them to inquire about the news. He also said that he would meet here in two days, and that he would give another reward according to the value of the information they provided. The flowers saw that there was a good job, and they took the money and scattered in a swarm.

Qiao Anping returned to Ronghua Pavilion with a smile and locked himself in the room. For the next three days, he stayed in the shop during the day, and often kept the lights on until late at night. I went to see him once during Xueqing and brought him something to eat. I saw that he was drawing the pattern of the hairpin ring, and the patterns he drew were somewhat similar to the existing jewelry, but they looked more delicate and graceful than the current jewelry.

Qiao Anping took the porridge sent by Xue Qing, drank it in one gulp, and then continued to draw the pattern, while Xue Qing stood aside with interest and watched for a while, occasionally making a little suggestion of her own.

Qiao Anping was very satisfied, this is the so-called red sleeves and fragrance, he likes such days very much. Even if it's hard, it's enough to have her by your side.