Chapter 42

Tang'er hurriedly went over and opened the door, but it was an old man in a Confucian shirt about forty years old, with a white face, short beard, and bright eyes, but at this time his face was full of anxiety. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chen Ruolan had already turned around with a smile and asked calmly, "Uncle Qi, what happened?" ”

The person who came was Qi Jingtian, the steward of the shop, who calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Back to the eldest lady, the second miss, a few shops in the neighborhood...... The collective price has been reduced! ”

Tang'er's face suddenly changed greatly, and she had already shouted angrily: "What? Here again? ”

The smile on Chen Ruolan's face did not change at all, she glanced at her sister with a smile, and signaled her not to be nervous, "Uncle Qi, you can tell me specifically." ”

"Yes. Miss, the preliminary news is that the price reduction this time is even worse than a few days ago. A few days ago, although the nearby liquor shops and inns were also reducing their prices, they had been taking turns to reduce their prices, and this one had been reduced for a few days, and after a few days, they made an appointment to change them, but this time they acted collectively. As it stands, at least four liquor shops and three inns are lowering their prices at the same time......"

Qi Jingtian's worries were all written on his face, and he sighed and said, "Miss, I'm just afraid that they are not good at coming back......"

"Uncle Qi, I understand. These local merchants must have already made an appointment to defend against foreign merchants, and you must have suffered in the past few months. ”

Qi Jingtian should be, but Tang'er was angry, Chen Ruolan continued: "...... As soon as I arrived here, they made a collective appointment for the same big promotion, which was nothing more than to give me a disadvantage. They wanted to take this opportunity to let me know that this was not the place we should be, and to warn us to leave as soon as possible. ”

"The eldest lady is right, and the old slave is also speculating like this......" Qi Jingtian is obviously also a shrewd businessman, but at this time, he is a little out of proportion, "Miss, then how should we deal with it?" ”

Chen Ruolan just said lightly: "Uncle Qi, they want to reduce the price and make it beneficial to the guests, and we have no way to stop it." Let them do this kind of thing, and they don't need to deal with it deliberately. ”

Qi Jingtian was originally a little anxious, but seeing that Chen Ruolan had been indifferent, although she didn't know what her plans were, she was also invisibly determined. Next, he made a more detailed report on the specific details of the price reduction and promotion of several shops that he learned, and after the report, he told Chen Ruolan some of his ideas, and after getting Chen Ruolan's approval, he sighed and left in a hurry.

Looking at Qi Jingtian's back in a hurry, Tang'er couldn't help but worry, "Sister, are we really not going to take other measures in this matter?" ”

"Tang'er, don't worry, although the price reduction has a certain impact on us, it is not a long-term solution for them. In business, as a businessman, I believe they won't last long. Just wait, it won't last long. And Uncle Qi has already tried to contact some local businesses......"

"Are you contacting the two that didn't cut the price this time?"

Seeing that she was worried, Chen Ruolan hurriedly nodded at her.

Tang'er was still worried, "But those two are very small, and they have never had anything to do with us......

Chen Ruolan sighed lightly, she didn't know about these situations, and this was just better than nothing. She had encountered this situation twice before, and then slowly established a cooperative relationship with local merchants as a breakthrough, but this time, according to the current situation, the vast majority of local peers have already targeted them, which is a little worse than she expected.

Although she was also faintly worried, she didn't want her sister to be upset about these things, and when she raised her eyes and saw that her sister was still worried, she forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, Tang'er, my sister knows this thing." We don't need to do much about this matter at the moment, but Li Gongzi is on his side, I want to find a time to visit him again in the next two days. ”

"What about the boy?" Tang'er obviously didn't expect that at this time, my sister was still thinking about Li Qingshan's kid, "...... Sister, why do you still have the heart to find him? ”

"Tang'er, you're still too young to understand your sister's mind." Chen Ruolan always had a faint smile on her face, "Sister has seen a lot of things like local merchants collectively resisting foreign merchants, and this kind of thing has a fixed handling mode, so I don't care about it." But like soy sauce and licking bricks, these are things that I have never seen or heard of, so you say that according to my nature, I will deal with that one first? ”

She wanted Tang'er to be relieved, so she deliberately said it easily, and Tang'er listened to her tone, and her face eased up.

The sisters' rooms are in the backyard of the liquor store. The wine shop and the inn are two buildings next to each other, both of which are structures in the front and back yards, the shops are next to each other, and the backyards are naturally next to each other, and the middle has been penetrated. The two sisters and the maids lived in the backyard of the liquor store, while the men mostly lived in the backyard of the inn.

Few people came to the backyard, when Qi Jingtian left just now, he just closed the door lightly, and at this time, the two sisters were talking, but at the same time, they caught a glimpse of a person running into the backyard in a panic and running over to this side.

Xiao Liuzi obviously encountered something urgent, and the cloth towel on his shoulder ran over before he could put it down.

Tang'er saw that he was in a hurry, and the heart that had just been put down suddenly hung again, thinking that those peers had started to play some new tricks again, so he hurriedly walked to the door and asked, "Brother Liuzi, what happened again?" Slow down, slow down, don't fall......"

Xiao Liuzi's hands and feet were nimble, he was coming in the blink of an eye, panting heavily, and his finger pointed to the moon cave that he had passed through when he came, obviously pointing to the wine shop outside, "Miss, Miss, Miss, outside...... There's a guest outside......"

Chen Ruolan had also walked to the door at this time, and asked curiously: "Brother Liuzi, you just entertained the guests, why did you come here?" ”

"Miss, if it is an ordinary guest, it is naturally like this, but this guest is very strange, I don't have what he wants, so I can only come to you."

Hearing him say this, Chen Ruolan and Tang'er were a little strange, what kind of guest, what kind of thing do they need?

Xiao Liuzi lowered his head at the door and looked around, seeing that there was nothing he was looking for, he muttered "strange" in his mouth, and suddenly his eyes swept over, passing through Chen Ruolan and Tang'er who were standing at the door, and he was relieved to see that the things he was looking for were neatly placed on the eldest lady's table.

Seeing his expression, the two sisters looked back at the table in unison.

"Bricks?"

The two shouted out in unison, but the tone was slightly different, Tang'er was obviously incredulous, and Chen Ruolan was more of an indescribable expectation.

Xiao Liuzi hurriedly nodded at the two, and Chen Ruolan couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Liuzi, who is this guest?" ”

"It's a regular customer, it's a post man of Lianggou Ziyi, I only know the surname Liu, and everyone calls him Liu Kuaijiao."

"Innate?" Chen Ruolan thought about it, and immediately asked, "What does he want bricks for?" ”

The muscles on the left side of Xiao Liuzi's face twitched quickly, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and squeezed out three words in an extremely complex tone.

"He's going to buy it!"

"What...... What the? Tang'er was a little speechless, how could this be possible?

Although Chen Ruolan was also a little surprised, there was a hint of relief at the corner of her mouth. After the previous incident of soy sauce and horse disease, she turned these bricks out again, based on the overall judgment of Li Qingshan. This kind of judgment is a little subtle, but it can't convince others, especially Tang'er, but the development of things proves her judgment one by one, which makes her happy, and there is a sense of relief that her judgment is correct.

"This guest surnamed Liu is here to mess around, right?"

"Second Miss, I thought so from you at first, thinking that this person was here to mess around, but as soon as I thought about it, this Uncle Liu had also come to our shop before, and looking at his serious appearance, it didn't look like he was here to mess around."

Chen Ruolan suddenly turned her head and asked Tang'er: "Tang'er, have you ever sold this brick before, or have someone asked?" ”

Tang'er smiled, it can be seen that her sister asked cautiously, and quickly restrained her smile and shook her head in response: "No, absolutely not." ”

Xiao Liuzi also echoed: "Yes, Miss, how can anyone buy this brick, this Uncle Liu is definitely the first." I was also dumbfounded, but when Uncle Liu saw me standing still, he urged me again, shouting to buy bricks, and I didn't think much about it, so I told him that the bricks were rare, a hundred coppers a piece, and half a penny less would not be sold. I didn't expect him to accept it, but I still didn't believe it, and told him that I would talk about it when I took out the money. Who knew that he didn't say a word, but took out his usual copper and threw it on the table, saying, "Ten pieces first." ”

"Ten bucks?" Chen Ruolan frowned slightly, and glanced at the bricks on the table, "Brother Liuzi, you install these bricks first, put them in front of the door first, and I will naturally ask you to take them to the guests later." But I can only give him eight, so be sure to leave one for me. ”