After the shopkeeper Mao saw Xie Mulin, he didn't say anything else, so he asked her for guilt first.

Because he privately followed the former business under the Xie family's firm, but after the Cao family intervened in the seizure of property, the dozens of shopkeepers, partners, and bookkeepers who betrayed the original proprietor resumed contact.

Xie Mulin was a little surprised: "You have resumed contact with them again?" How do they treat you? It won't be against you, will it?! ”

Shopkeeper Mao smiled and shook his head: "They are all old guys who have known each other for decades, even if there have been some quarrels in the past, it is just a small fight, what kind of grudge can you not let go?" What do they do to me for no reason? As long as the main family does not strictly prohibit it, everyone will still be good friends when they meet. If the master's family strictly prohibits it, it is just pretending to be a stranger in front of people, what should be done behind the scenes, or what, can you still forget the old friendship in the past? The owner is the owner, the man is the man, and we are not the slaves of anyone's family, we have to follow the master in everything, and we don't even have any ideas of our own. That kind of businessman can't do business well. ”

Xie Mulin blinked and smiled: "That's right. In fact, when my father was in trouble, everyone thought that he was dead, and those of us who were children had no way to escape, so we could only try our best to save people. But you shopkeepers, guys, and bookkeepers, have been running the industry for the Xie family for decades, doing your best, and there is no place to be sorry for us, how can we insist on dragging you to death? Even if someone has to change his course under the coercion of the Cao family, there is no way to do it.

"I only hope that you will save your life, your family and your property, and as for who you want to do in the future, it is your freedom. Who do you work for...... Ahem, who is the work for not the work? The Xie family and everyone have been guests and hosts for many years, as long as everyone can be safe and healthy after leaving, the Xie family is also happy. Hello everyone, gather and disperse, where is the grudge? ”

Shopkeeper Mao was moved when he heard this, choked up and said: "The master once said something similar, but the words of others are much more ugly." The acquaintances in the mall also sneered at the old guys who changed owners. On the surface, they cared about the face of the Cao family, and they were still amiable, but their words in private were extremely mean. Those old guys were eager to vomit blood, and many of them regretted it in their hearts, but they didn't dare to leave the Cao family, so they could only continue to work for the Cao family. The Cao family is not as kind and generous as the owner, they don't believe in them, and they call them to death, causing them to suffer one by one. I reconnected with them this time, and they cried so desolately that I couldn't bear to see them. ”

Xie Mulin sighed: "The Cao family is used to being domineering, and they don't take other people's lives and dignity seriously. In fact, they swallowed the Xie family's industry, and when the people they were used to took over the business, the guys who had been used by the Xie family were useless to them, and they could let them go. When the time comes, those guys will have something to eat whether they go back to Xie's house or go to other places to find a living. Why bother to drive people to a dead end? At the beginning, it was not that people had to work for the Cao family. ”

Shopkeeper Mao sighed: "I contacted the shopkeepers and guys who were demoted to miscellaneous or even hard labor, and asked tentatively, but most of them were willing to go back to Xie's house." The rest are not unwilling, some are afraid that the Cao family will not release them, which will harm them, and some are seriously ill, their bodies are ruined, and they can't work when they come back, and they don't want to affect the owner. I'm still persuading. In any case, the owner still needs a large number of people, it is better to use raw than cooked, the old guys change places, stay away from the Cao family, and they can have a few days of peaceful birthday in the future. ”

Xie Mulin nodded: "Uncle Mao find a way to persuade more, if they want to leave, they can find an excuse, for example, they are old, their health is not good, they can't work, and they want to go back to their hometown to care for the elderly or something." They are not slaves, but commoners, and the Cao family needs to make a good name right now, and it is impossible to exterminate a group of useless men. When they left Jinling smoothly, they were arranged to go to a quiet place to recuperate, recuperate, and go north by boat, so that they could continue to contribute to their father. If you are afraid of the Cao family, it is a big deal to avoid some of the Cao family's spheres of influence. If someone really doesn't want to continue working, it doesn't matter, we can send a coil to give them money to return to their hometown, which is also the meaning of making this friendship between guest and host start and end. ”

Shopkeeper Mao suddenly looked at Xie Mulin differently: "The second girl's words are very insightful, and she really deserves to be the flesh and blood of the owner!" Although the owner did not officially order this, it had already revealed a similar meaning. So, I've made a promise to the old guys, but I haven't mentioned it. If they knew, even if they didn't do it, they would still be able to get a piece of entanglement, and they would be grateful to the owner and the second girl! ”

Xie Mulin waved his hand. In fact, it's just a severance pay, which is very ordinary, and there is nothing to say. After more than half a year of operation by Xie Pu and his shrewd shopkeepers, the Xie family firm has recovered a little bit of vitality. This level of expenses is completely affordable, and you can also get a good reputation for benevolence, righteousness and generosity, without losing at all, so why not do it?

Shopkeeper Mao also mentioned that there were two or three notoriously shrewd and capable shopkeepers who were originally recruited by Pingnanbo's Mansion, although the remuneration was greatly reduced, and the cronies around them were also squeezed pitifully, but they still kept their status as shopkeepers. Later, Pingnanbo died violently, and the Bofu fell, and part of the industry fell into the hands of the Chengenhou Mansion, and those shopkeepers changed the Chengenhou Mansion as the owner. Mrs. Chengenhou manages them, but she is not as mean as Mrs. Ping Nanbo, and she can't say that she trusts them, but she will give them what she should give, and she won't deliberately exclude them—it may also be that she can't take care of them for the time being. Therefore, they are currently in a decent situation among the operators of the industries under the name of the Chengenhou Mansion.

It was these shopkeepers who heard some recent news from the Chengenhou Mansion, and when they communicated with the shopkeeper Mao in private, they revealed a little bit of tone. The message should be credible, although not of high value.

Xie Mulin suddenly became interested: "What is the news?" ”

The shopkeeper told her that the queen mother would hold a seven-day puja in Bao'en Temple on the eighth day of the second month of February for the eldest daughter who died early. Because the day of the funeral of the Duchess of Cheng'en is very close to the date of the puja, the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion plans to pretend to be a filial son and grandson, and after the coffin of the Duchess of Chengen is sent to the place where the coffin is stopped, the whole family will not leave for the time being, and stay in the temple to pray for the ancestors, just in time to welcome the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother sees how pious they are for the sake of their ancestors and elders, and praises them a few words, those rumors about the Cao family's unfilial piety will naturally disappear. Up and down the capital, no one will dare to refute the Queen Mother's words.

For this purpose, the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion must hold the funeral ceremony of the Duchess of Cheng'en very grandly, which will shock the people of the whole capital. For this reason, all relatives and friends, they must try their best to win over, and no one is allowed to say bad things about the Cao family, which ruins the wishful thinking of the Chengenhou Mansion. And this part of the relatives and friends they plan to woo includes not only the maiden sons and nephews of Duchess Chengen, but also the in-laws of Pingnanbo's Mansion, Ning Guohou Mansion and Jiang Shilang's family, as well as the Xie family, who had turned against each other last year.

Xie Xianzhi's entry into Beijing was an unexpected joy for the Chengenhou Mansion.

Shopkeeper Mao lowered his voice and said to Xie Mulin: "I heard that the eldest lady has been entangled by Pingnanbo Mansion recently, second girl, why not take this opportunity to teach Pingnanbo Mansion a lesson?" Even if the Chengenhou Mansion and the Pingnan Bo Mansion compete and suffer any losses, it is their own fault surnamed Cao, and it has nothing to do with others! ”