I plan to open a new shop recently, that is, to renovate it in the next two days, and you can help me keep an eye on it when the time comes. You are my second brother, I can rest assured that you are there. ”

After hearing Bai Jinli's words, Bai Baiqi nodded and said solemnly.

"Don't worry, little sister, I promise to do it properly for you, and I won't embarrass you."

"Okay."

After chatting about these things, Bai Jinli called Lao Zhou again and asked him where to go to recruit women who were willing to work.

After listening to her words, Lao Zhou couldn't help asking: "Madam, do you think that there are not enough maids in the house, and you plan to buy some more?" ”

"No, I plan to open a shop in the capital, which only accepts female customers, and the service staff in it naturally needs women."

"I see, I don't know what Madame wants? The old slave will go and buy some people tomorrow and come back. Lao Zhou said.

"Character must first be good, hands and feet are nimble, and the best one with eyesight, you look at it and pick it, buy a dozen."

"Yes, ma'am."

After Lin Shenyuan came back, Bai Jinli told him about opening a shop.

Lin Shenyuan nodded in support, and indicated that he would arrange for someone to go over to decorate her shop as soon as possible.

Then, Lin Shenyuan opened his mouth and called the second fire in.

"The fire meets the master, and the lady meets the lady."

"Erhuo to meet the master, to meet the lady."

"Well, you will stay with Madame in the future, so that you can protect her safety." Lin Shenyuan opened his mouth lightly.

"Yes, my subordinates must do their best."

"Dead and gone!"

"......" Bai Jinli.

Sure enough, Dahuo and Erhuo are still the same as before, but because Lin Shenyuan is here, he has restrained himself a little.

But no matter how she looks at it, she feels that the teasing potential of these two people has not changed.

In addition to these, Bai Jinli also told Lin Shenyuan about the leaking incident she encountered when she went out with Shen Wan today.

Lin Shenyuan nodded thoughtfully, and decided to add fuel to the scenes by the way.

Almost three days later, Bai Jinli's drawings were finished and handed to Lin Shenyuan, asking him to find someone to start decorating the shop.

And now, Lin Shenyuan has received the official position of Yun Lu's envoy and has officially become an idle official of the fourth grade.

Although it is an idle job, people are not idle at all.

Bai Jinli also handed him a pair of reading glasses suitable for Old Man Bai.

Holding reading glasses and putting them on his nose, the old man Bai instantly felt different, and he was surprised again and again.

Then, this reading glasses became his new favorite, and he had to wear them with him every day when he went out.

In addition, Bai Jinli saw that Old Man Bai was always holding a small teapot, and the one that had been used by him before had tea dirt, so she gave Old Man Bai a better quality again.

Old Man Bai, who got the new teapot, was reluctant to use it at first, but after being squeezed by Mrs. Li, he replaced it with his new teapot.

On this day, after the old man Bai went out again to visit the morning market, he took a detour to the side of the moat to watch the old men arguing about chess.

As he was looking at it, he saw one of the old men with a red face and a thick neck looking around, and finally locked his eyes on him.

"Sir, tell me, how did I go?"

"This ......" Old Man Bai was instantly pushed in front of the chessboard, staring at the chessboard he didn't know a little cramped.

He can only play backgammon and fight landlords, and he can't understand anything like Go.

"It's okay, you just say it. I see you've been here for a long time, so you have to say something. ”

"I ...... I think that life is like chess, there are no regrets, as for the result, it is not important, the important thing is the process. ”

Old Man Bai was really embarrassed to say in front of so many old men that he couldn't understand it at all, and he came over every day to watch these old men quarrel.

In this way, he was afraid that he would be killed.

It just so happened that he seemed to have heard his daughter talk about this sentence, and it was related to chess anyway, so he said it.

"Life is like chess, chess is like life, it's really good!"

"yes, what are we playing chess for? It's not because the days are boring, just have some fun. In that case, why care so much. ”

"What Elder Li said makes sense."

“……”

Listening to the echo of those people, Old Man Bai wiped the sweat on his head with a little guilt, and then planned to slip away.

Then I saw someone get up and give up their seats, and they pressed him straight into that position.

"Come on, you try."

"I ......" Old Man Bai was about to cry.

Isn't he just watching from afar? Why are you pulling him in?

I knew that he shouldn't have said that sentence with his neck stilted.

"It's okay, it's just a game of chess to relieve boredom, don't care about anything else, come on." The old man sitting opposite the old man Bai spoke softly.

"I ...... I think, why don't we play backgammon? Old Man Bai held back for a long time, and suddenly said such a sentence.

He can't play Go, but he can play backgammon.

Now he can't just run away, just take the person opposite to play with him, so it won't be too embarrassing.

"Backgammon, what kind of play is that?"

Not only did the people on the other side not know, but the onlookers had never heard of it, and they all stared at Old Man Bai curiously for a while.

"This, that's the ......," Old Man Bai explained simply.

After listening to this novel way of playing chess, the old men were really a little curious, and they urged the old man Bai to start.

Old Man Bai had no choice but to pick up the black chess pieces and began to confront the person opposite.

When he was at home, he often played backgammon with Mrs. Li, and his skills were still good.

When you play against the opposite person who is not very good at backgammon, the winner is brushed.

Everyone watched that the person sitting opposite Old Man Bai kept losing, so they simply asked him to get up and change people, and then went down with Old Man Bai.

After playing for a while, Old Man Bai was a little dazzled when he looked at the chessboard.

He casually pulled out his presbyopia and put it on the bridge of his nose and continued to get up.

Someone next to him looked at his reading glasses and couldn't help but ask him.

"Sir, what are you bringing here?"

"This is called reading glasses, which my daughter gave to me, because my eyes are not very good, and I am dazzled after seeing things for a long time, so it is much better to bring this."

Hearing what Old Man Bai said, some of the old men in that group couldn't help but borrow it to try.

As a result, after trying it, I found that yo ho, this thing is really good, after wearing it, my eyes are not dizzy, my head is not dizzy, and I can see clearly in the distance.

"What do you call you, old man? Where else can I buy this thing? ”

"Hey, old grandson, if you want to chat, you can talk while chatting, don't affect everyone's chess."

"yes."

“……”

Listening to those voices, Old Man Bai straightened up and gave up his place to play chess to the others, and he walked a few steps outside with the person who had just asked him and began to chat.

It's great to have strangers talking to him now.

——

Bai Jinli didn't know that her father had begun to secretly help her promote the reading glasses she made.

Because at the moment, she is busy training the maids who bought back.

Those maids lived in their house temporarily, and Bai Jinli spent two hours a day training them, and during the training, they were asked to work in pairs and continue to demonstrate to each other.

After training, Bai Jinli quickly found a good seedling among these people.

This good seedling is named Qi Duo, and she was accidentally rescued from the street when she passed by the day before yesterday.

Originally, Bai Jinli didn't plan to meddle in her affairs, but when she passed by, she happened to see Qi Duo's family wanting to sell her to the Qinglou.

Qi Duo was reluctant to shout for help, and there was no one to help her.

Seeing that the person who sold her was about to reach an agreement with the grandmother of the Qinglou, Qi Duo's heart was like ashes, so she simply took off a hairpin from her head and directly scratched her face.

Qi Duo was originally very beautiful, but after half of her face was ruined by her, her beauty was suddenly greatly reduced.

The old bustard in the Qinglou was naturally unwilling to spend a lot of money to buy an ugly monster back, so he said that this business was over, and she would not accept it.

Seeing that this matter was yellow, the person who sold Qi Duo began to beat her on the spot.

Bai Jinli was impressed by the stubborn look in her eyes, so she spent ten taels of silver to save her.

She took Qi Duo back to the house, and after asking the water chestnut to help her treat her wounds, she let her follow her for the time being.

After Qi Duo knelt down and thanked her, he followed her very attentively.

When she started training with those maids, Qi Duo was also listening carefully.

After the first training, she asked everyone if anyone understood and was willing to demonstrate to everyone first, and no one squeaked.

Qi Duo took the initiative to stand up and said that she was willing.

In this way, Bai Jinli discovered Qi Duo's hands-on ability and seriousness.

After the training, Bai Jinli was tired.

Qi Duo intimately handed her a cup of hot tea, and retreated to the back very sensibly.

"Let's go, let's go out for a walk." Putting down the teacup, Bai Jinli got up and walked outside.

At that time, the things in the shop to be opened can come from the space, but she also has to go to the rouge gouache shop outside in advance to see if there are any related things in the shop in the capital.

"Yes, master." Qi Duo nodded.

The other maids all called her Mrs., but Qi Duo called her master with a dead eye, and vowed to give her her life for the rest of her life.

Bai Jinli didn't care about what she was called, so she just called her like that.

Before going out, Bai Jinli also deliberately called Mrs. Li to join her, but now Mrs. Li was staring at the little maid in the house pouring vegetables for her in the backyard, and she couldn't spare time at all.

Mrs. Li didn't have time, so Bai Jinli went to find Bai Meng again.

Bai Meng has recently learned acupuncture from Yan Yunzhao and has some insights, and he also refused to go out very tactfully.

After all, Shen Wan is the eldest lady of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and she can't accompany her every day when she has nothing to do.

Since then, Bai Jinli had no choice but to take Qi Duo and the two of them went out together.

After inquiring, Bai Jinli took Qi Duo and went straight to Luoyun Pavilion, the largest rouge shop in the capital.

I heard that there are a lot of things there, and they have them all there if they don't have them in other shops.

And the rouge gouache lip paper in it is the best quality in the whole capital.

Since it's the largest and most complete place, she must be able to collect more information.