Two days later, Wang Da left the capital and returned to Xinghua Village, and when he left, Chen Youyi gave him some silver and some belongings, "The business over there will be handed over to you, and after the dock here is built, remember to write once a month, and the account book will be sent here every month." ”

"Yes, ma'am, I will do what you say." Wang Da was respectful, bowed deeply to Chen Youyi, and then got into the carriage and left here.

In the next few days, Chen Youyi stayed at home almost every day, either playing with Qin Xuan or chatting with Mu Xiulian, and she began to slowly let go of some trivial things at home and let Qin Ziheng do it.

In addition to the newly hired maids and attendants in the family, the rest are Xue'er, who is serving closely by his side, Bai Tiesheng, the housekeeper, and Mo Xincheng in the account room, these people are deeply trusted by Chen Youyi, and they are also more prestigious in the Qin Mansion.

On this day, Bai Tiesheng came to Mo Xincheng's account room, "Xincheng I will withdraw one hundred taels of silver, and Madame wants to make a wardrobe for the old lady, and the carpenter has been invited to buy some wood." ”

Chen Youyi had told Mo Xincheng about this in advance, so he gave it to Bai Tiesheng without asking too much.

When Bai Tiesheng turned to leave, he seemed to think of something, and turned back to Mo Xincheng, "Are you from Chen Guoren?" ”

"Why does the white butler ask that?" A hint of surprise flashed in his deep eyes, and only after a moment did he adjust his tone and ask casually.

Bai Tiesheng's slightly sly gaze looked back and forth on Mo Xincheng, this was not the first time he had looked at Mo Xincheng like this, he didn't know how many times he had secretly looked at it behind his back, but he had never taken the initiative to ask like this.

"Just ask, I just don't think you're a local."

"None of us are locals." A look of disgust flowed from his eyes, in order not to let Bai Tiesheng see it, he pretended to deal with the matter at hand, and didn't let him see it, "Madam brought us from my hometown, you should know this." As he spoke, he kept his head down, but his disgust was almost irrepressible.

"Yes, look at my memory." Bai Tiesheng seemed to notice something, patted his head, turned around and left here to run errands, leaving a deep and depressed gaze behind him, with deep disgust, and from then on, when Mo Xincheng saw Bai Tiesheng again, he would always avoid it and ignore it.

At first, Bai Tiesheng would take the initiative to say hello, but after a long time, he understood, so he didn't say more, so from then on, slowly, there seemed to be some contradiction between the housekeeper and the account room, and he stopped contacting.

Chen Youyi naturally didn't know about this, she was doing more, and her attention was all on her daughter and Xianggong.

On this day, Chen Youyi came back from outside, and happened to bump into Qin Ziheng, who was busy at home with instructions, so he walked over with a smile, "Is Xianggong done?" ”

"Almost, everything that should be ordered has been ordered to be done, how is the matter on the dock?"

"Everything is still in order, in a few days, our terminal will be officially opened, but with the current situation, business should not be too good."

The two sat down in front of the court while talking, and Xiaoxue brought tea and snacks and went down to get busy.

Looking at Chen Youyi's sad face, Qin Ziheng hurriedly asked, "Why?" Didn't the lady say before that the situation over there was going well? ”

"It's smooth, it's just that it's not just our family who opened a wharf on the edge of the river, not to mention that we just came to the capital, and we opened a wharf here, obviously grabbing business with other people's families, how can people be happy."

She took a big sip from her teacup and picked a few more grapes to eat, but she still couldn't dissolve the sadness on her face.

"There is competition in doing any business, and where someone else does this kind of business, we will not be allowed to do it."

"That's what I said." Chen Youyi's eyes stared straight at a piece of flowers and plants in the yard, her calves swayed back and forth on the chair, and she deliberately spit out the grape seeds far away, "But I just heard today that the owner of Yonghe Wharf is unwilling to let us open a wharf here, and is thinking about how to deal with us." ”

"Is this really the case?" Qin Ziheng looked a little unconvinced.

"I just heard that it was probably someone else who said something casually, and it slowly became these rumors, to say that the boss of Yonghe Wharf wants to deal with us, and I haven't seen him do anything to us, and our wharf is also under construction, and it will be open soon, I don't think it will be able to deal with it, and there will definitely be some business suppression."

After all, no one wants to see that he has opened a wharf that is exactly the same as his own near his home to grab business.

If this matter is put on Chen Youyi, she is not happy.

"What is the lady going to do?"

She sat up straight, sighed and said slowly, "Now we are robbing business with them, they are unwilling to let us open a dock here, I can naturally understand, as long as they don't use any illegal means, I am not afraid of anything, I am afraid that they will secretly make a mistake, after all, in the capital, we don't have so many backers, and people have been opening docks here for decades, I am not afraid that the business in the early stage is not good, anyway, the business is all dependent, and it will get better slowly, but I am afraid that those people will play tricks behind their backs." ”

This is not the first time Chen Youyi has encountered such a thing, and such people abound in this world.

Qin Ziheng also fell into deep thought when he heard these words, but in the end, he still cheerfully persuaded Chen Youyi, "Things haven't happened yet, and I don't know what we have to face, the lady is worried." ”

"Xianggong is right." Chen Youyi clapped her hands, took a home-grown peach from the plate, and took a bite of it fiercely, the sweet peach made her mood immediately better, "As long as we don't do things that hurt nature and reason, we are not afraid of anything, fair competition, I am not afraid of them." ”

"I believe that with the talent of a lady, she will definitely be able to occupy a place here."

As he was talking, Bai Tiesheng walked in from outside, followed by a few entourages, carrying a wardrobe, and swaying towards this side.

Chen Youyi and Qin Ziheng stood up at the same time, "This is the wardrobe for our mother, it's been made so quickly, put it down and let me take a look." ”

Bai Tiesheng asked those people to put the wardrobe on the ground, and Chen Youyi looked around in a circle.

"This is the best mahogany, I also invited a famous carpenter in the capital to do it, look at this workmanship, ordinary carpenters can't do it, it's worth spending a lot of money, and it's practical and beautiful to put in the house." Bai Tiesheng said flatteringly.