When Zhen'er took a look, she saw that it was a rich lady, who was originally accompanied by a son-in-law to choose rouge. Now she looked at her earrings and asked with a smile: "I like these five-petal plum blossoms very much, can I cut my love?" I'll give you a tael of silver. ”

Zhen'er rolled her eyes, although she also liked the earrings, but she preferred silver. She thought about it and asked Li Jingshan for a pair later, so she took it off and handed it over, "Miss, good luck, I only put on these earrings today, and they are still brand new." ”

The young lady took it and looked at it carefully, and nodded lightly to the son beside her. The boy helped her pay for it.

When Zhen'er went out with a smile, the boy asked the young lady: "Sister Yao, although the handiwork of these earrings is quite exquisite, the materials are extremely simple. Why did you suddenly fall in love with it? ”

It turned out that the two were Li Jingyao, and Ma Jirong, the son of the Ma family who accompanied her out to buy fat powder.

Li Jingyao shook her head and said, "I'm just curious." I think it's a strange design, and I want to show it to my father. I heard my father say that Jingbao Pavilion in Beijing is going to open a branch here, but I don't know if it's from them. ”

"Is your father very jealous of that Treasure Pavilion?"

Li Jingyao hurriedly smiled: "Not really." In Minzhou City, there is your old man Ma to escort Si Zhenfang, what else is there to be afraid of. ”

Ma Jirong smiled and pecked her cheek, and said, "I'll just say, two days ago, my father pulled a big order for Si Zhenfang. What else do you have to fear? ”

At night, in the courtyard of the Li family.

Li Zhixuan glanced at the earrings a few times, and categorically denied: "It won't be something from the Treasure Hunting Pavilion." They are also big merchants who started in the capital, where would they use such cheap materials. The red bead in the middle is not even a coral. I don't know which pheasant workshop made it, but the craftsmanship is good. ”

Li Jingyao put her mind at ease, threw the earrings aside, snuggled up to Li Zhixuan's side and said, "Daddy, what is there to be afraid of in that Jingbao Pavilion?" ”

Li Zhixuan shook his head and said, "Dad doesn't know." I just heard that in the hands of Ruan Jinghong, Jingbao Pavilion has developed from an ordinary jewelry store in the capital to eight branches in five provinces. And his third son, Ruan Mingyu, is even more blue, and he is known as a business wizard at a young age, which must be guarded against. ”

"That'...... I heard that the Jingbao Pavilion officially opened on June 15, why hasn't anyone come to visit me until now? Not even a post. Li Jingyao wondered, and faintly felt that Third Young Master Ruan was too arrogant. Their Li family is a jewelry family in Minzhou, and Si Zhenfang is in charge of half of the jewelry industry in Minzhou.

"Humph! Love doesn't come. Do you want me to beg him to fail? Li Zhixuan's face darkened.

"Then our Si Zhenfang's palm print ceremony, do you also send them an invitation post?"

Originally, the grand ceremony would invite many peers to come to the ceremony, but this Jingbao Pavilion acted too out of line, and Li Jingyao had to ask her father to take ideas because she was responsible for distributing the invitation posts of each family.

"Don't give! He looks down on us, who rarely goes to the hot face to stick his cold fart, stock. Li Zhixuan said coldly.

Li Jingyao got the order, nodded and went down to arrange. She was relieved to leave this treasure hunt behind her, and only concentrate on arranging the affairs of this celebration day.

However, at noon on June 14, the gilded opening invitation of Jingbao Pavilion was respectfully placed on Lai Chi-hin's desk. When the head of Si Zhenfang came to ask for instructions, Li Zhixuan's teeth itched.

This Ruan Mingyu did it on purpose!

first put on an unbeatable style, which made Li Zhixuan despise him. But before the opening, he threw an olive branch, which caught Si Zhenfang, who was about to open the palm print celebration, by surprise in the chaos.

After thinking about it, Li Zhixuan still sent a second shopkeeper of Si Zhenfang to attend the opening ceremony of Jingbao Pavilion. I was also busy sending people to send an invitation to the Treasure Pavilion for the Palm Seal Ceremony.

According to the report of the second shopkeeper, the opening ceremony was a rare grand ceremony in Minzhou City. Not only did he invite all the big businesses in the city, but even the big suppliers in Linxian County, as well as the branch shopkeepers of Jingbao Pavilion in other places, also came to congratulate him.

Congratulatory gifts are piled up in the spacious store, gongs and drums are loud throughout the eight streets, the firecrackers and red chips in front of the door accumulate an inch thick, and the Jingbao Pavilion also wraps up the entire Deyue Tower to entertain guests, and the flowing water seats are open from morning to late at night.

The second shopkeeper concluded: "In a word, the momentum is huge. ”

Li Jingyao was speechless: "So arrogant, does he want to overpower our palm print celebration tomorrow?" ”

Li Zhixuan sneered: "Hmph, arrogant! Our Si Zhenfang's century-old accumulation in Minzhou can be overwhelmed by his exaggerated setting up a few tables of banquets? ”

Cao stepped forward to wait for Li Zhixuan to change clothes, "That's it." Don't bother with it, sir. It's better to rest earlier, tomorrow is the time for you to preside over the ceremony and trample them under your feet. How can you do it if you don't have enough spirit. ”

Li Zhixuan nodded, and suddenly ordered: "Bring the dress you will wear tomorrow, and I will try again." ”

He looked at himself in the mirror, and finally a smile appeared on his gloomy face.

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The grand opening ceremony of Jingbao Pavilion did not stir up a trace of waves in the Ruan's Villa. It's just that Fu Bo ordered each person in the kitchen to add two more dishes, and each person got a small red envelope. He said with a smile that the young master opened his new store today and gave it to everyone.

Li Jingshan pinched the small purse containing broken silver, and silently thought about what kind of business this young master who came out of the day and night. It won't be ...... That kind of business. Although the young master's character has been appraised, it's just her ability and career......

She shook her head vigorously, forget it, this shouldn't have been something she should have to worry about. What she cares about is the palm print ceremony of Tomorrow's Si Zhenfang.

On the 16th, Li Jingshan deliberately arranged an errand with someone, came to the gate of Si Zhenfang early, and stood under the tree from a distance to watch.

The lights are lit up in front of Si Zhen Fang. The guys are already busy, welcoming guests, carrying congratulatory gifts, and dredging and guiding...... Men of different positions wore different colors of overalls, entered and exited in an orderly manner, and entertained the guests properly and thoughtfully. Guests with red invitations were welcomed into the lobby, and those who did not have invitations were also ushered into the backyard for tea and snacks. From time to time, there is a firecracker at the door, which is a reminder that a distinguished guest is coming.

Li Jingshan looked at the bustling scene, and she couldn't say what she felt in her heart. Although she has only traveled for a few days, the emotions of the original owner have been integrated into her heart. She seemed to see it ten years ago, when her father Li Zhiyuan took over the Great Seal of Si Zhenfang.

At that time, she was not yet five years old, and her little figure mingled in the crowd, and she only remembered seeing countless skirts and robes, eating countless sweets and cakes, and listening to countless praises and good words. She looked at her father, who was entertaining guests in the crowd, and couldn't understand why he had become hot overnight.

Later, her father showed her the yellow bronze seal, which was not much bigger than her thumb, and was polished out with a soft glow like pulp. Li Zhiyuan said: "What they are looking after is not me, but this small seal." They only see the power and wealth it can bring, but they do not see the artistic inheritance and commercial expansion that it bears. People only know that it represents a huge jewelry empire, but they don't know that it should also serve as the yardstick and benchmark of the jewelry industry. ”

At that time, she was young, and she couldn't understand her father's words at all, but for some reason she kept it deep in her mind.

There was a crackling sound in front of the door, and I don't know which distinguished guest came to the door. Li Jingshan looked up, but was surprised to see Young Master Ruan's carriage parked at the door. She couldn't help but stick out her tongue, the fireworks industry has always been a big customer in the fat powder jewelry industry, and it seems that it is understandable to be invited to the door as a distinguished customer.

Inside the gate of Si Zhenfang, it is another lively scene.

Li Zhixuan wore an iron-gray dark embroidered cotton silk gown, and a dark brown embroidered horse coat, which set off his calm and solemn style. He was full of energy, full of ambition, thinking about it for half his life, fighting for half his life, and finally sitting on it today! How could it not excite him. He swept through the bustling guests in the hall, and only felt that if life was like this, what more could he ask for.

His gaze swept over a young man who was casually leaning against the pillars of the hall, and his eyes suddenly froze. The young man wore a simple pale green robe, a simple green jade belt around his waist, and a gold-inlaid jade Ruyi pendant. The whole person is handsome and elegant, like a green bamboo in the spring breeze.

The young man met his gaze, straightened up, and waved his hand at him with a smirk.

It was obviously a regular meeting etiquette, but Li Zhixuan felt that the young man's bright eyes were full of provocation, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned with a playful smile.

He arched his hand according to the ceremony, and was about to find someone to ask who it was, when the celebrant came to inform him that the auspicious time had arrived, and he was about to start receiving the ceremony.

Li Zhixuan didn't care to ask any more questions, and hurriedly walked to the high platform. The ceremony of worshipping the ancestors has been completed in the Li Clan Ancestral Hall, and now the etiquette performed in Si Zhen Fang is more to clarify the status to the peers, so the etiquette is also much reduced.

After the master of ceremonies announced the start of the ceremony, Li Zhixuan took three cups of water and wine, sprinkled the ancestors of heaven and earth, and worshiped the three heirlooms of Si Zhenfang: gold weighing plate, gold seal and gold abacus, and the master of ceremonies sang: "Rite is ——! "Take off the gold seal and hand it to Li Zhixuan.

Warm applause rang out in the lobby, firecrackers rang out outside the door, gongs and drums were noisy, and so far Si Zhenfang officially announced the end of one era and the beginning of another.

In the excitement of frying in this fire, Li Jingshan silently lit three pillars of incense and inserted them under the shaded tree. She whispered: "Father, if you have a spirit in the sky, you will bless your daughter, you can regain your strength, and you will have a foothold in the jewelry industry." With that, he turned and left.

At this time, it was the most enthusiastic moment in the Si Zhen Fang, a house full of guests and friends came forward to congratulate the Li family, and the accompanying ladies competed in front of the jewelry showcase in the lobby to see the new jewelry launched this year. Li Jingyao dressed up in gorgeous clothes and was explaining and recommending to those ladies and ladies.

"Look at this peony flower golden hairpin, called 'National Color'" Li Jingyao is recommending to the wife of the prefect Fang, "Graceful and luxurious, the materials are also the best, and it is worthy of your rich and noble demeanor." Do you give it a try? ”

Mrs. Fang saw that the peony flowers on the golden hairpin were lifelike, and she liked it very much, so she let Li Jingyao help her hairpin on her sideburns. was looking carefully left and right in the mirror, and suddenly heard a chuckle from beside him, "Madam, I advise you to change it, this one is really not suitable for you." ”