Hangzhou is not as good as a small town, but a prosperous place, a place where dragons and tigers are located. The people who come and go are also different, which shows that the life is rich and the literary rhyme is profound. After walking in the city for a while, they came to Mrs. Tan's maiden home, Gaofu.

Mrs. Tan spent her time in Hangzhou until she was seventeen years old when she met Tan Jun in Hangzhou, and fell in love at first sight, so she insisted on marrying.

The Gao family is also a big family in Hangzhou, there are many people in the family, and there are also officials, but the rank is low, most of them are doing business in the city, the most medicine shops, and there are many other cloth shops and silk shops.

At that time, the Gao family had a lot of children, but few daughters, the eldest daughter married early, the uncle is now in the capital as the sixth official of the Ministry of Rites, Mrs. Tan is the young daughter of the Gao family, love is like a palm bead, naturally I don't want my daughter to marry far away.

Fortunately, they are businessmen, but they don't have as many rules as those official eunuchs, seeing that Tan Jun is a talented person and an upright person, he expects that he will not treat his daughter badly, and he can't stand his daughter's hard work, so he agreed to the marriage, and he had to accompany a lot of dowry, and Mrs. Tan often went back after getting married.

The Gao family lives on the southeast side of West Lake, not far from West Lake and Wushan. After a few people got out of the car and settled down, they went to see the old lady, and along the way, they only heard the maidservants report that the aunt and young lady were coming.

When she saw Mrs. Gao, she naturally wept again and sighed. Tan Jun had already written to tell him about his itinerary before, and when he saw his mother-in-law, he had to report it again, so he distributed the gifts he brought to everyone.

After a good meal, the whole family sat together and talked about their life and experiences on the way, and they had a good time. Mrs. Gao was very happy to see her daughter's family so harmonious and beautiful, and her granddaughter Qingli was cute.

Mrs. Tan's father has passed away, and there are three brothers at home, all of whom are busy with business at this time, and there are many brothers in the family.

The grandchildren have three sons, the eldest son is named Yanting, nineteen years old this year, handsome and funny, with a kind personality, engaged since childhood, waiting for next year to marry. The eldest prince has taken over the family's business, and he is exquisite and decent. The fourth and fifth sons are still young, and they are all less than ten years old.

The two young ladies are the same age as Tan Yin, both are seventeen or eighteen years old, they are the daughters of the second and third masters, the second young lady Yanya is slightly older, she has slightly plump skin, a medium figure, her cheeks are fresh and fresh, her nose is greasy and goose fat, gentle and amiable. The third lady Yanmin has a long figure, handsome eyes and eyebrows, looking forward to Shenfei, forgetting the vulgar when she sees it, and she has also set up family affairs.

Tan Yin secretly laughed at whether her mother was not engaged when she was young, and she suddenly wanted to marry her father, which caught the Gao family off guard, and all the cousins and cousins were married early.

Tan Jun's family rested in the courtyard where Mrs. Tan lived before she left the cabinet, and Mrs. Tan remembered her girlhood and was a little surprised.

The old lady had been looking forward to Tan Jun's family for a long time, and had already prepared furniture and utensils.

Tan Yin's mother and daughter followed Tan Jun in the academy, and lived in the suburbs and towns, so the clothes and jewelry were naturally not particularly fine. When I arrived in Hangzhou, I found that even the ordinary people on the street were dressed in fashion, and my grandfather's house was naturally beautifully dressed. When Tan Yin chatted with her mother in the evening, she learned that her grandfather's house was so simple, and there were not a few of the bald head jewelry of some noble ladies in the city worth thousands of taels or even tens of thousands.

After settling down, the eldest lady had already arranged for the tailor to come to measure the clothes, and prepared all kinds of gold and jade beads and hairpin jewelry, Tan Jun knew that the Yue family had a heart, and people relied on clothes and horses to rely on the saddle, which was also the face of the Taishan family, so he no longer shirked.

Tan Yin and her two cousins had been together for a while when they were young, and now they are in Hangzhou, and they can't wait to eat and sleep together all the time.

Tan Jun wanted to rest in Hangzhou for a period of time and settle his wife and daughter, so he set off for Jiujiang.

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When Tan Yin first arrived in Hangzhou, Yan Ya Yanmin had to accompany her to wander around, go to the flower market to buy flowers and arrange flowers, go to the theater to listen to the play, and go to the teahouse to drink tea, which made Tan Yin dizzy and happy.

A few days later, the eldest prince arranged for the steward of the dowry shop and the grange to meet Tan Jun's family, and Tan Yin officially understood the situation of his shop and grange. In the evening, the eldest prince helped a few people analyze the situation of each steward and his family one by one, as well as the harvest of each shop and grange, so that Tan Yin had an approximate number.

The eldest prince asked Yanmin to accompany Tan Yin and teach her how to read the account books and how to check the accounts. There are too many flowers in the ledger to count.

In addition to learning literature, the children of the Gao family also have to learn these business scriptures from an early age. Yanmin is quite capable, and she helped the family take care of the business early, and it would be better for her to teach Tan Yin.

On this day, Yanmin took Tan Yin out early in the morning to check the situation of a pawnshop. The two dressed up in disguise, and when they were about to arrive at the pawnshop, she took Tan Yin to another path, and then turned around and entered a room through the back door, and when she went in, she found that it was a teahouse.

Tan Yin was puzzled, didn't she go to check the pawnshop, why did she come to the teahouse instead? Yan Min saw Tan Yin's expression and knew what she was thinking, smiled slightly, half-opened the curtains, and the pawnshop across the street already had a clear view of the counter inside, it turned out that she wanted to check the situation of the pawnshop from a distance.

The two drank tea all morning, and kept staring at the entry and exit of the pawnshop opposite, and by the end of the morning, a total of twenty people had entered, and fifteen people had taken things.

After proofing at the pawnshop in the morning, Yanmin took Tan Yin out of the back door again and went to have lunch together.

"Amin, will we continue to keep an eye on it that afternoon, or will we go to the pawnshop to check the accounts?" Tan Yin asked while eating.

"Don't rush, wait a few days, let them let their guard down. The eldest brother is very strict in management, and the person who receives each item and the person who puts the money must sign it together. Our Gao family stewards are all clever people selected from the slaves in the family, and the first thing to look at is the character, whether they are loyal and honest; Then see if you are shrewd and capable; The stewards are also high, and the stewards have been quite regular over the years. But people must not indulge, otherwise no bad thoughts will be habitually turned into bad thoughts. In the morning, I also arranged for a little servant they didn't know to take a seal, which was neither expensive nor cheap, a total of twenty taels, and we would see the situation then. Yan Min put a dumpling in his mouth and said, kept teaching Tan Yin some business experience.

After five or six days, Yanmin took Tan Yin to the pawnshop early in the morning to check the account books, and the head hurriedly beckoned the lady of the owner and took out the account books. I saw Yan Min looking through the account books one by one, calculating the incoming and outgoing accounts with an abacus, and Tan Yin sat next to her to check it together. Later, when I turned to the account book of that day, it was really fifteen transactions, and the twenty taels of the seal of the little maid were also recorded in the book, and the two of them drank tea for a while and left.

"We have seen this pawnshop before, and it is similar to my Gao family in terms of the flow of people, and the annual income is about the same, even if there is one or two privacy, there should be little difference." Yan Min said.

Yan Min took her to check on the situation of Buzhuang again. Before, because Honeysuckle first came, plus doing some disguises, everyone was not familiar with it, Yan Min had arranged for Honeysuckle to come and buy cloth a few times, and the account check was naturally similar to the pawnshop, and Tan Yin also knew a thing or two.

It's just that this pawnshop is a door-to-door business, but the cloth village is different, and the pattern, quality, and season of the cloth all affect the business.

"This cloth is divided into four seasons throughout the year, and each season is different. Do you want to prepare the cloth for the next season in advance, whether you want the fine cloth of Suzhou and Hangzhou, or the native cloth of the two lakes, how much to prepare for each? What style will be loved by the people? What is not sold out this season is not sold at a discount, and how to discount is a knowledge. Yan Min said with a smile.

"I can't figure this out!" Tan Yin learned a little from Mrs. Tan, but the income and expenditure of shops in Hangzhou are dozens of times that of Wujiang, and the situation of the people in these two places is not the same, Tan Yin was a little dizzy and panicked when she heard it.

"Don't worry, you just came, and you have to stay for many months, I will tell you slowly, this business, one depends on old experience, and the other also depends on the vision." Yan Min saw that Tan Yin was a little anxious, and slowly comforted her.

When Tan Yin heard this, she slowly put her mind at ease, and admired this cousin more and more. My mother always said that this cousin was very capable, very talented in business, and the family was quite important.

"My aunt also has a pharmacy, you all know the medicinal materials, I won't repeat it, you follow my method to slowly familiarize yourself with it, there is a lot of knowledge here, don't rush for a while, but as long as we have the heart, no one wants to fool us in the past." Yan Min said.

Tan Yin nodded heavily, understanding that the knowledge in this is not something that can be learned in a day or two.

Tan Yin is studious, but now with Yanmin, a good teacher, she really learns during the day and at night, and she is still calculating in her dreams, Mrs. Tan sees her daughter like this, although she is glad that her daughter is sensible, she can't help but be considerate of her hard work, and make a lot of delicious treats for her.

After checking the shop on this day, Yanmin took Tan Yin to the flower market to buy flowers, she picked all kinds of flowers, camellias, lilies, calamus, okra, yueji, peonies, and also bought utensils for flowers, including flower baskets, vases and other things, only then did she know that it was originally bought for Yanya.

"Boss, give me a few peonies, okra, and calamus." Yan Min greeted the boss familiarly, and seemed to be a regular customer.

Yan Min said to Tan Yin while picking up flowers, "The second sister's flower arrangement and embroidery are a must." A few simple flowers, she fiddled with them and they were very beautiful. Sometimes a bottle and a flower have a meaning. She also enjoys arranging her own flowers and then embroidering them. There are a few embroideries that were given to her mother's family by the second aunt, and everyone is going to publicize them as treasures, and they are ready to open an elegant collection to appreciate, but the second sister is unwilling to publicize them, and the grandmother also asked them to stop, so they are quiet. ”

Tan Yin was also surprised, her mother said that although the second sister was not loud, she was very eye-catching, and sure enough.

Yan Min continued: "Every year, when the cloth village wants to choose the pattern of the pattern, the eldest brother has to let the second sister read it before ordering, and the second sister can sell well. ”

Seeing that the two cousins were so capable, Tan Yin was envious and happy, and secretly thought that she had to work harder to catch up.

In the evening, when Mrs. Tan's mother and daughter chatted, Tan Yin talked about the daytime.

Mrs. Tan said with a smile, "Everyone says that the second girl of the Gao family is the jade Ruyi, gentle and beautiful, and kind and easy to speak,; The third girl is the golden abacus, this business is rattling, and this temper is like bursting beans. ”

Tan Yin's eyes lit up when she heard it, "Mother, what about me!" ”

"You! You are the iron pestle, and you have to sharpen it well. ”