Chapter 117: Alone

Hu Fei sighed again: "At that time, Uncle Cheng didn't believe that they were liars. When I looked back and saw that the family's money and belongings were gone, and the deed was gone, I realized that I had met the wrong person, and even though I was furious, I only blamed us for not exposing the scam earlier. ”

Chun Ying scoffed: "It's been exposed countless times, it's just that he is confused and refuses to believe it, and he still has the face to say that it's someone else's fault!" ”

Hu Fei said in a low voice: "This scam is actually not difficult to see. The liar claimed to be a Chang acquaintance, Changshu came to the capital to do business There are a lot of people, we sell on Chaoyangmen Street, and we have met a few, I want to come from south to north, there are more Chang Acquaintances who can be met along the way. If Uncle Cheng is alert, he only needs to find a few acquaintances to ask, and he will know that the liar is tricking him. I think he was confused by beauty, and he fainted early, so he would make mistakes again and again. ”

Chun Ying sneered: "A man like him, no matter how much he swears, it's useless!" Another beauty can also deceive him. I really don't understand why Aunt Cheng still accepts him again, how ruthless he was before?! "If it was her, she would have kicked this cheap man away a long time ago!

Hu Fei shook his head disapprovingly: "Without Uncle Cheng, Aunt Cheng will live with two children." It's not easy, either. Although he has a stone shopkeeper to take care of him, he will always have a family one day, and if his wife does not wait to see his aunt, won't he be embarrassed? Besides, the eldest mother's affairs are known to all the neighbors, and the gossip ......" hesitated, but he still swallowed what he wanted to say, and changed his words: "And Aunt Cheng kicked Uncle Cheng away, it is not very good for herself and her two sons, if he is allowed to fall, the debt of the money he owes will be attributed to the two children." Where can Aunt Cheng let go of her son? After all, I still have to take it. It's better to make up for it as much as possible when things are not in a desperate situation. The silk merchant who was deceived by the liar before was appeased by Mrs. Cheng and the shopkeeper Shi, and I don't know how much silver it spent. Uncle Cheng will feel ashamed if he knows the truth in the future, right? ”

Will he really do? Chunying is very suspicious, that kind of "superb" man...... She pursed her lips and said, "Don't say it!" Now that Aunt Cheng has suppressed Uncle Cheng, there shouldn't be any more trouble in the short term, let's focus on our business. I heard Aunt Cheng say that she intended to ask Uncle Cheng to sell the surplus materials of Yunxiang Pavilion this summer, so what should we do? We still have to get a bargain from the stone shopkeeper! ”

Hu Fei wasn't too worried: "We don't sell cloth, we just need leno material to make handkerchiefs, but it's a horse and a half, it doesn't matter if you don't have it." However, when I went out to run errands, I saw a shop selling needlework and groceries, and the prices were cheap. Things are good, should we go into some? Several girls have asked me if I have needles and threads for sale. ”

Chunying nodded again and again, and said: "These things are lighter than others, and it is better to buy more, even merchants from other places may not buy them, and there are ...... If you add scissors or something, will it be too heavy? You seem to have only gotten used to the weight of the burden, and I'm afraid you'll have to work too hard. Suddenly remembered the car where Sister-in-law Jia sold tofu brains, and hurriedly grabbed the corner of Hu Fei's sleeve: "Brother Xiaofei, how about we make a small cart?" Just like Sister-in-law Jia's house, let's put the cargo box on the car and push it away, which is much easier than you carrying the burden! ”

Hu Fei thought for a while: "What are you going to do with this thing?" I'm just a newbie, the boxes are upside down, the cart is too hard, and ...... That car is not easy to push, right? I once saw Sister-in-law Jia push the cart, and her two daughters had to hold one of them to the side and walk slowly. She lives on Funing Street, but we have to walk through half of Dongcheng District, and I'm used to carrying burdens, and it's nothing heavier. You don't have to bother, right? ”

Although he said this, Chunying was a little unwilling. When I got home, I quietly went to Wei Gong and asked about making a cart, Wei Gong smiled and said: "It takes a lot of effort to make a car, and it is not easy to do that wheel alone, what kind of car do you want to do?" ”

Chunying described the shape and structure of Jia's sister-in-law's cart to Wei Gong, who listened to it for a long time, but he didn't know the essentials, after all, he was a non-professional carpenter, and Chunying was not too demanding, so she had to find a nearby carpenter to order. Who knew that the carpenter's salary was three taels of silver, which was too high for Chunying. He had several orders for furniture, but he didn't really want to take over the business, so Chun Ying had to dispel his thoughts, and spent one night trying to recall the simplest cart he had ever seen in modern times—the kind used for supermarket shopping—and drew down the simple schematic diagram, and asked Wei Gong to study it.

Hu Fei was a little embarrassed when he saw her so attentive, and quietly pulled her to the side and said, "Why bother like this? I really don't care. Wei Gong is also old, what if he is tired? ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "No! I took over the cleaning of the house by Wei Gong and Wei Po, and they didn't have to do anything, just the car! ”

Hu Fei had to persuade again, but Wei Gong spoke: "Brother Hu, it doesn't matter to my old man, this life is light!" Sister Chun took over the work of my old couple, and we are embarrassed! ”

"What's so embarrassing? Your old man is doing the work with his brain, I just need to spend my strength, and I still take advantage of it! If someone else is changed. I dare not ask for such a thing again. Chunying smiled and said a few words to Wei Gong, then picked up a broom and went to the neighbor's yard. She had already done this cleaning work, and she did it quickly and well, but when she was working, she couldn't help but wonder again: The eldest young master bought a few yards to be empty, what did he think?

Hu Fei also followed in at some point, looked around, and said to Chunying: "Sister, I really don't need that car, I'm thinking about one thing these days." He sat down on the steps: "When I bought the courtyard of the Cheng family for the shopkeeper Shi that day, a familiar official asked me why I hadn't been to him for a few days, and I couldn't find a business?" He introduced me to a person, saying that he was planning to sell the house, and he was afraid that the buyer would be careful with money, so he wanted to find someone rich and generous. I remembered the merchant who bought our most expensive boxes of rouge powder from ago, and seemed to be planning to buy a property in Beijing, so I asked him, and the deal was successfully completed. In order to thank me, they both sealed a red envelope, which added up to five taels of silver! ”

It was the first time Chunying heard him talk about this, and she was happy for him: "Isn't this a good thing? It seems that you are still quite talented in the Chinese industry, so let's just take more part-time jobs! ”

When Hu Fei heard this, a faint joy swelled up in his heart. Although it was thanks to the official introduced by Second Uncle Lu that he met the one who pulled the line for him this time, he did it alone when he ran between the buyer and the seller, negotiated the price, made documents, and took a lot of thought. Except for the immature experience of the Jiang family's oil mill, this is almost the first time that he has done a big business alone without the intervention of Second Uncle Lu at all, and his feelings in his heart are naturally a little different. In retrospect, he felt that his previous decision to specialize in being a seller and only occasionally working part-time seemed a bit hasty, in terms of making money. It's still more promising for Zhongren, but he has been doing it for so long, and Chunying has spent so much effort on it, he is a little difficult to say.

Chun Ying noticed his abnormality: "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

"No...... It's nothing ......" Hu Fei coughed lightly and looked around, "This yard seems to be a little old, why don't you repair it?" When we do business, isn't it common for businessmen from other places to transport timber into Beijing? I inquired about the price before, and it turned out that ordering directly from them was much cheaper than buying it in Beijing! ”

"I don't know what the owner of the house thinks." Chunying thought for a while, "Let's go ask Gong Wei?" If you need to find wood, you are an acquaintance, of course, it is more reliable. ”

It was about the owners behind these houses, Hu Fei was not easy to come forward, so he had to wait for Chunying to clean all the places before going home with her to ask Duke Wei.

Wei Gong smiled: "Why is Sister Chun confused? How does the host know when they will be able to move over? And how do you know if someone will stumble? If you really repair a house, but you have to sell it, wouldn't it be in vain? Besides, these yards are to be opened up to build a mansion, and the mansion is not as easy to rent and sell as the small house, and now it is convenient! ”

Chun Ying knew who the owner of the house was, so she naturally understood, and seeing that Hu Fei was still puzzled, she coughed lightly, approached Wei Gong and asked in a low voice, "Then why don't you rent it out?" The lease period is shortened and divided into equal parts...... Ahem, just wait for the moving day to be booked, and then renovate it, then you can still earn some rent! ”

Wei Gong smiled bitterly: "This is the house's mother's refusal, the house where others have lived, she said that she always feels uncomfortable." He turned to Hu Fei again: "Brother Hu wants to do this business, but it won't be done for the time being, but when my wife went out to buy vegetables this morning, I heard that the Wang family in East Street Ertiao was planning to marry their daughter and was going to accompany a house, and they were looking for someone to buy wood, why don't you go and ask?" ”

Chunying instigated Hu Fei to go. The latter hesitated for a moment, then went away, and turned around an hour later, and said: "His family is in a hurry, and I have to find someone tomorrow, and if there is no letter the day after tomorrow, he will find someone else." ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "Then you can go and find it early tomorrow morning!" Timber entered the city at Dongzhi Gate, right? You go straight there and look for someone, and you'll find it! ”

Hu Fei was still hesitating: "I promised a few customers today, and I will have to send new goods tomorrow, although it is a small business, but I must be honest in doing business." ”

Chunying waved her hand: "I'll just go!" Anyway, I go out with you almost every day, and I know you very well how to do business, so you just have to find someone, just come and pick up the burden when you get home, otherwise I can't pick it up. After a pause, she smiled and said, "Brother Xiaofei, if you can do a few more businesses like this, you can make more money than being a seller." It's not just real estate sales, or wood and oil, as long as it's a thing to buy and sell, if you can figure out the trick, what business can't be accepted? "I want to come to her father, and I once helped the eldest young master and Second Uncle Lu to run errands and sell the goods brought back from other places, aren't there two kinds of them, and they are not the same?

Hu Fei was excited in his heart: "Really? Are you really willing to help me?! Aren't you angry?! ”

Chunying was a little puzzled: "Angry? Why am I angry? I'll be happy if you can make more money? After thinking about it, he smiled again: "Are you worried that I think you are 'not doing your job' and making less money?" It doesn't matter, you're not a seller, if you're really embarrassed, how about being generous when you divide the money? Before she finished speaking, she couldn't help but smile herself.

Hu Fei smiled, but secretly decided in his heart that Chunying was for his good, and he had to take care of this little girl more.

Early the next morning, Chunying packed herself up and followed Hu Fei to Chaoyangmen Street. Hu Fei repeatedly told her to pay attention, but she was impatient to listen, so she simply drove him away, and began a career of selling alone.

At first, she was a little unaccustomed to it, although she also helped with the sales on weekdays, but it was the first time that she was alone in charge of greeting customers, introducing goods, haggling, handing things and collecting money, and it was not easy for her to remember the price of each item in the most busy time.

Gradually, she began to get used to it, the smile on her face became more and more natural and light, and the movements of her hands were half accelerated. While selling the existing goods, she also secretly remembered the feedback of the customers in her heart, and considered what kind of goods to add and reduce.

Although she is young, she is dressed up freshly, smiles brightly, and has a sweet mouth (the result of stealing the old style), and the foreign merchants like it, and even the locals are willing to come to help with some small things. Chunying saw that the business was good, and her heart was happy, and she even left her tiredness behind.

When she finally saw off the two foreign merchants, she took a breath and realized that it was already over, not only did she grow hungry and growl, but her hands and feet were a little weak. She hurriedly picked up the cloth bag from the side of the container, intending to find out the dry food and eat a few bites, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl coming over, she remembered that this was a regular customer who had come a few days ago, hurriedly dropped the dry food, and greeted it with a smile: "What does my sister want to buy today?" There are chrysanthemum-style silk flowers for the occasion, all colors, do you want to have one? The osmanthus oil that has recently entered from Piaoxiang Pavilion is more fragrant than others, do you want to try it? Make sure your hair is black and shiny when you wipe it, and it won't be knotted! ”

The girl looked left and right a little absent-mindedly, and seemed to be a little disappointed: "Huh? Oh, then bring me a bottle...... No! Just give me a silk flower, and ask for a chrysanthemum ......."

Chunying opened the drawer of silk flowers: "See which one you like?" You are wearing a water-red dress today, and the big red one is a little bright, but this pink one is just right, my sister ......" She paused, "Are you looking for something?" ”

"No ......" The girl blushed, hurriedly snatched the silk flower, paid the money, and stopped talking, "Little sister, you ...... Your brother...... Didn't you come today? ”

Chunying raised her eyebrows, glanced at the other party with interest, and saw that although the other party was dressed ordinary, she was clean and delicate, and she had a sense of pity, so she smiled and said: "My brother has something to do today, and he walked away for the time being, and my sister has something to look for him?" Just tell me, and I'll tell him to go when he gets back! ”

The girl's face turned even redder, and she just didn't explain why. Chunying's eyebrows were raised even higher. Look at this posture, could it be that Hu Fei also has gossip?

(Multi-yard dots, make up for yesterday...... ）。.。