Mrs. Guo said: "The ghost gate has passed, and I'm afraid they can't say it!" ”

"Nope." Guo Xiaoxiao stood up, "We can't accommodate these big Buddhas in our house." ”

Mrs. Guo grabbed Guo Xiaoxiao and said, "You are just recovering from a serious illness, you must know that anger hurts your liver, why bother with them." Besides, if your father had known, he wouldn't have let you send them out. ”

"I see." Guo Xiaoxiao sat down, "I'm not looking for them, just go back." ”

After sending Mrs. Guo away, Guo Xiaoxiao lay on the bed in a daze, Xiaolan came in and said, "Miss, Fang Cai Ziming came to pass the word, saying that something happened to Zijinfang." ”

"What?"

Guo Xiaoxiao immediately got up and went to Zijin Fang with Xiaolan. As soon as Yarong saw Guo Xiaoxiao, she went up to the fifth floor with her.

"The guests who came to our embroidery workshop in February to customize embroidery have come to refund one after another in the past few days." Yarong said.

"Why?"

"The slave maid has checked, and it is said that there is a Suzhou embroidery in Suzhou, named Linglong, and its reputation is also well-known in the local area. But for some reason, suddenly there was a branch in Yangzhou. Many portals in Yangzhou have gone to the newly opened Linglong Fang, and these customers in our hands, affected by them, have refunded one after another. ”

"Don't worry, look at the wind first."

Guo Xiaoxiao did not move, and instructed the embroidery girl who knew not to publicize it. A few days later, the embroidery girl who went to the street heard the news.

Ziming said: "The slave maid and Ziqin have visited the streets of Yangzhou City, and found the shops in the mouths of those customers on the West Street, which is really Linglongfang." ”

Ziqin said: "There is a Han's dyeing workshop on West Street, and the cloth of Linglong Workshop comes from there. ”

Xiaolan said: "Miss, could it be that the second miss wants to steal business with us?" ”

Guo Xiaoxiao lowered his eyes: "Business is done by everyone together, and no one robs anyone." ”

Ziming said: "The young lady of the Han family is the second lady of our Guo Mansion, so it is impossible to do anything with us." ”

Xiaolan said: "You don't know the second miss, her mind, thinking about how to step on the eldest lady all day long." ”

"Xiaolan!" Guo Xiaoxiao scolded softly, "I don't have a mouth, what should be said, what should not be said, don't you have a number in your heart?" ”

Xiaolan closed her mouth in disdain.

Ziqin said: "Miss, what should we do then?" Those guests are required to get a refund. It doesn't matter if this refund is made, this is for fear of affecting our reputation, and no one will want to customize our embroidery in the future. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao knocked on the coffee table with the tea lid, bit his lip, and said after a while: "Go home." ”

Xiaolan followed Guo Xiaoxiao and trotted home, and Mrs. Guo was feeding the fish by the pool.

"Mother." Guo Xiaoxiao walked over quickly.

"Xiaoxiao, come and see, the fish raised by my mother are big and fat."

"Mother, I'm ...... I have something to tell you. ”

Mrs. Guo looked at her frowning and smiled, "What's wrong?" ”

"There is something that should not be told to my mother, but it is related to the rise and fall of Zijinfang, I have to say."

"It's so serious, it must be said." Mrs. Guo handed over the fish feed to Xiaozhu.

Guo Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said: "A new embroidery workshop has opened on West Street, and our guests have gone to their side. ”

Mrs. Guo paused and said, "The competition in this business field is normal, if others do better than us, the guests will naturally run over there." You, go and learn from your father, and let him teach you how to keep guests. ”

After speaking, he beckoned Xiaozhu to take back the fish feed and continue to feed the fish.

"No, mother, there is a big dyeing shop on West Street, do you know?"

"Dyehouse?" Mrs. Guo's hand throwing feed stopped, "You mean, the ink dyed clothes under the name of the Han family?" ”

"Exactly."

Mrs. Guo's fish feed was kept in her hands and never thrown out for a long time.

Guo Xiaoxiao said softly: "Qianqian...... What her daughter said was unpleasant, maybe Qianqian asked Uncle Han to invite Linglongfang to Yangzhou. ”

"Impossible, how could Qianqian do such a thing? She is the daughter of the Guo family! ”

"Mother, I know you don't believe it, I specially asked Xiaolan to ask Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Su. They said that Linglong Fang is of good quality and low price, and their price is fifty yuan lower than ours per inch of ready-to-wear, so that if you calculate it, making a cloak is less than ours thirty or forty taels of silver. ”

"Qianqian won't turn her elbow outward, even if she is facing the Han family, it should be. The Han family is her husband's family, and she always has to think about the Han family. ”

"It's right for her to think about the Han family, but she shouldn't use the way of price reduction to attract guests. Dad has always said that business should be fair competition, and she is obviously unfair. ”

"She didn't openly steal guests from you." Mrs. Guo spoke for Guo Qianqian, "Besides, I don't know if Qianqian has a part in this matter." Maybe Qianqian didn't participate at all, and you will have to wronged her then. ”

"Okay, okay, whatever you say."

After a while, Mrs. Guo said again: "Do you want to talk to your father and let your father have an idea?" ”

"Daddy must help her speak!" Guo Xiaoxiao's face became even more ugly.

"Your father is a master in the business, just tell him, maybe there will be a solution."

Guo Xiaoxiao originally wanted Mrs. Guo to go to the Han Mansion to ask Guo Qianqian if she had really done this, but she didn't expect Mrs. Guo to have no idea of questioning Guo Qianqian, and she spoke vigorously for Guo Qianqian.

That's it, Mrs. Guo put Master Guo out, she had to ask Master Guo.

Mr. Guo is doing Tai Chi in the side courtyard, and since Guo Xiaoxiao is in charge of Zijin Fang, Mr. Guo has had time to exercise and exercise.

Datang was waiting on the side, Guo Xiaoxiao walked over and didn't dare to speak, and waited beside him.

After Master Guo finished a set of punches, Guo Xiaoxiao took the sweat-wiping scarf from Datang and handed it to Master Guo.

Master Guo looked at her for a while, and said with a smile: "When the illness is cured, people finally have spirits." ”

Guo Xiaoxiao knew that Master Guo was talking about her and Jiang Zhiyuan, so he pouted and did not speak.

"Didn't go out for a walk today?" Mr. Guo asked.

"It's out."

"What, not so happy?" Master Guo sat on the stone bench.

Guo Xiaoxiao poured a cup of hot tea for Mr. Guo and said, "Yes, there is a not very good thing. ”

"Oh?" Master Guo lowered his head and blew the tea, and quipped, "Except for those old mothers chewing the root of your tongue behind your back, there are still things that are not quite satisfactory." ”

"Dad, why are you still mentioning that stubble?" Guo Xiaoxiao puffed out his cheeks, "What I want to talk about is the matter of Zijinfang." ”

"What's going on in Zijinfang?"

"Those guests who signed orders in February have come to refund them for a while, and even Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Su, who were good before, also went to the embroidery workshop."

"You promised?"

"No, I can't promise a refund."

"What do they say about refunds?"

One of the words is that this embroidery workshop is a well-known Linglong workshop in Suzhou, with guaranteed reputation and quality. The second argument is that their prices are much cheaper than ours. ”

Master Guo was thinking about it, and Guo Xiaoxiao said again: "Dad, those guests want refunds, then we will almost have no revenue in February." ”

"Refunds are non-refundable. If you don't make money in February, you don't care, I'm afraid of the future. ”

"yes, Dad, that's what I thought, too." Guo Xiaoxiao immediately answered and pushed the boat down the river, "It is said that Linglongfang and the Han family have some fate, and the shop they occupy now is rented to them by the Han family." ”

"Well, let me think about it."

Master Guo stopped talking, and Guo Xiaoxiao's words were so far that it was not good to break them further, so he went back to the east wing with Xiaolan.

Xiaolan said: "Miss, can he know the meaning of your words, master?" ”

"Dad is a person who has been in the business field, how can he not know the cats. Linglongfang dares to compete with us at such a low price, either Linglongfang has made a lot of money, or the Han family has taken the risk. ”

"Is the second lady really involved?"

"I don't know, but it's likely. Zijinfang has been in Yangzhou for more than half a year, and the ink dyeing Yixuan on West Street has always been well water and does not interfere with river water. The two streets are far apart, and the two are not peers, so they can't afford any contradictions, and now they are united with Su Xiu to pull away our old guests at a low price, which is obviously deliberate. ”

"They compete at low prices, are we just sitting still?"

"The last time Brother Lu came to Yangzhou, we have signed a five-year contract with Hongxing Manor, and the price of cloth cannot be reduced, so we can only give discounts to guests from Zijin Fang. However, in this way, we will not make a profit. ”

"What then?"

"I don't know." Guo Xiaoxiao sighed and went up the steps, "Let's see what dad can do." ”

Two days later, Master Guo ordered: Respond to all changes with no change, the price will not change, and work and rest will continue as usual.

If the price remains the same, the guest will be refunded. In desperation, Guo Xiaoxiao agreed to a refund. As Guo Xiaoxiao expected, no customer came to customize in March. As a result, Zijinfang not only had no harvest in February, but also suffered a depression in March.

Guo Xiaoxiao goes to Zijin Fang every day to see the situation, there used to be guests coming and going every day, but now only the embroidery girls are left. The guest refunded, there were no orders, and after completing the January order, the embroidery girls were idle.

At the beginning, Yarong would also urge the embroidery girls to embroider embroidery silk or something to pass the time, so as not to keep the embroidery girls piling together and joking. However, after the embroidery girls were idle for half a month, they felt that Zijinfang's business was hopeless, and began to feel sorry for themselves.

Guo Xiaoxiao sits at the coffee table on the fifth floor every day and paints, holding a light and breezy posture, as if Zijinfang's life and death have nothing to do with her.

Xiaolan finally couldn't help it: "Miss, don't draw." Those embroidery girls all talk about you, saying that you are the head of Zijin Fang, but you don't care about the life or death of the embroidery girls. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao dipped it in ink and said, "Let them say it." ”

"Ouch Miss, people are terrible."

"I'm distressed too, but what can I do with their mouths on their faces?"

"You can take care of it, don't let them talk nonsense all day long."

"Am I shorting them to eat or are I cutting them off? You tell them that if they're still talking nonsense, I really don't care if they live or die. ”

"Yes."

Xiaolan did not retreat.

"Anything else?"

"You...... Are you going to do it all the time? In March, Zijinfang was so depressed that it couldn't be more depressed. ”

Guo Xiaoxiao's brush stopped in the air, and he said after a while: "Wait, it will be fine." ”