Chapter 61: Ready-to-Wear Shop
Wen Yunxian's rare softness and obedience relieved Prime Minister Wen a lot.
Sure enough, when my daughter is older, she only cares about this matter.
As long as a marriage is arranged to her satisfaction, the relationship between father and daughter can always be eased.
"Xian'er, if you have something in the future, tell your father. My father has neglected you all these years, but you must know that in my father's heart, you are the same as Yi'er and Min'er......"
Wen Yunxian's expression remained unchanged and nodded: "Dad, it's so late." You'd better go back and rest first. By the way, the Assassinsβ"
Wen Cheng thought that he still had something to do: "Don't worry, tonight, my father will send someone to guard the courtyard, and I won't let the assassins take advantage of it." β
Wen Yunxian personally sent Prime Minister Wen out of the courtyard, and Yueya locked the courtyard door again.
When she returned to her room, the man in black was sitting upright at the table.
"Your arm is cracked. I'll help you re-bandage. Wen Yunxian stepped forward, quickly opened the cloth strip, re-applied the medicine and bandaged.
"If you want to marry the second prince, don't you know that you can't be alone with a foreign man?" The man in black suddenly got up and grabbed Wen Yunxian's chin.
Wen Yunxian tilted her head and stared at the sunken eyes: "That's the order of my parents, what can I do?" β
"Whoever asks for a decree to marry, then, will marry whomever you want?"
Wen Yunxian nodded: "That's right." β
The force on his chin increased, and the man in black snorted coldly: "Then you wait." β
He suddenly let go of Wen Yunxian, took out a dagger from his arms, and pulled it out.
originally thought that Wen Yunxian would be frightened, but she didn't want her to just stare at the dagger in a daze.
"This dagger is given to you, and it should be your reward for helping me tonight."
With that, the man in black turned around and opened the window behind him and jumped out.
After Wen Yunxian made sure that the person had left, she picked up the dagger on the table, and the tears in her eyes couldn't help flowing out anymore.
Chixiao, back in her hands.
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After the rainy season, the weather began to clear, and when people noticed it, they found that the scenery of the entire capital had become much richer.
"Miss, the weather this time of year is much hotter than last year." In the carriage, Qiao Wu fanned the wind for Cheng Xin.
Cheng Xin lifted the curtain and looked at the surrounding shops and stalls.
"Go back so that the kitchen can prepare some crushed ice, and let the hazelnuts make a bowl of chilled lotus seeds."
Qiao Wu was delighted: "Yes, Miss, the slave maid will remember it for you." β
The carriage drove two blocks and stopped outside a shop on Masahiro Street.
The shopkeeper had been waiting for a long time, and quickly came over to lead the horse.
Cheng Xin got out of the carriage and looked around the ready-to-wear shop, and when he saw the plaque of the shop next door, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"That's the Nange Fan Fang?"
The female shopkeeper of the ready-to-wear shop who came out to greet her answered: "Yes, miss." The few shops in the vicinity are all from the Guogong Mansion. The shops are close to each other, so it's easy to take care of. β
Cheng Xin retracted her gaze and looked at the female shopkeeper in front of her, she was not very old, she was holding the woman's head, tidying up very neatly, and her eyebrows and eyes were shrewd.
"Is it Shopkeeper Sun?"
"The women of the people are. Miss, I heard that you were coming over today, and the woman packed up her shop early and waited for Miss to come. β
This shopkeeper Sun was different from the shopkeepers of the other two shops that Cheng Xin inspected this morning, his expression was neither apprehensive nor sycophant, and he didn't rush to ask her what she was doing when he saw her for the first time.
I think I've already received the news and know that she is just here to 'take a look'.
followed the shopkeeper Sun into the garment shop, and Xiao Er served tea and snacks.
Cheng Xin sat down and drank tea while looking at the shop.
This is the property under her name, and it has always been the shopkeeper Sun who has been in charge of taking care of it before.
"I heard that your shop can get a thousand taels of silver a month?" As before, she gets straight to the point about the benefits.
Shopkeeper Sun nodded: "Yes, Miss, this shop is a little small, there are not many people coming and going, and the business is a little difficult." β
Having said that, she is extremely confident that the income of 1,000 taels is extremely good for a ready-to-wear store with only a small storefront.
Cheng Xin nodded, it was indeed higher than the two shops she asked before.
"Then do you know the income of the South Pavilion Fan Workshop next door?"
"Where will the women know this? But I think it must be a daily accumulation. β
Shopkeeper Sun smiled, worried that this young lady didn't know how to do it, so he compared the two shops, and added: "Miss doesn't know, the fan shop next door is several times bigger than this shop, and it is also a century-old brand in the capital, and it is not a few people who know that the fan shop is from our Anguo Mansion......"
Cheng Xin motioned to her not to be nervous: "I know that shops have the practice of big stores, and small shops have the practice of small shops." β
Shopkeeper Sun nodded: "What Miss said is true." β
Qiao Wu on the side said: "Miss, if you want to know the income of the Nange Fan Workshop, you might as well let the left shopkeeper come to visit?" β
Cheng Xin shook his head: "We only take care of this shop today." Qiaowu, a garment shop with a thousand taels of income, is it a good business on this street? β
Qiao Wu glanced at the crowd outside the door and said, "Miss, the slave doesn't understand business. But the slave maid knew that the business of this ready-to-wear shop on this street was already good, and the people who usually came and went on Zhenghong Street were the sons of some families, and they had their own masters and servants to add clothes to them. And most of the women who buy clothes will go to Jinxiang Pavilion. β
"I know that. Just want the boys to buy ready-to-wear clothes, and there may not be no way. Cheng Xin looked at the furnishings in the store and thought thoughtfully.
"Miss, these sons and brothers in the capital, let them eat, drink and have fun, they are doing it. But if you go shopping to buy clothes, it's really difficult. β
Shopkeeper Sun made a bitter face, you said that the good lady was not staying in the house, what did she do when she came to her store to toss her?
Cheng Xin saw the sorrow of the shopkeeper Sun, she took a turn in the shop and touched all kinds of fabrics and ready-to-wear styles.
"Shopkeeper Sun."
"The women are here."
"When it comes to doing business, it is naturally the shopkeeper Sun who is in charge, and I have nothing to pick. It's just a little suggestion, Shopkeeper Sun might as well listen to it? β
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Sun immediately smiled: "Miss, if you have a golden mouth, if you have any orders, the women will definitely listen to them." β
Cheng Xin nodded and said: "First of all, your store is originally small, and there are so many fabrics piled up, which makes the store look more crowded, and people with a little decent status will not come in." β
"This woman said that we are mainly in business."
"Listen to me first."
"Yes, miss." Shopkeeper Sun took a step back at the moment.
Cheng Xin asked: "Your shop is a ready-to-wear business, and occasionally carries cloth for trading, right?" β
"yes, we're a ready-to-wear store."
In that case, they moved all the piles of cloth in the back to the backyard storeroom. Only put some of the best-selling and best-colored ones on the counter. In this way, most of the shop can be vacated. β