The owner of Yuzhizhai has been having a headache lately.

As one of the two giants in the fat powder shop industry with the same name as Pinxiangge, Yuzhizhai's business has always been very good, whether it is in the south or the north, the branch opened is a wide range of money, not to mention the branch of the capital with many powerful people. Most of the fat powder shops of other brands can't compete with them, so they can only choose those small towns to do business with their tails between them, which is a market that the two giants disdain to develop, and the two sides have been at peace with each other.

However, two months ago, there was a stunned young man in the capital, and he ran to the next door of Yuzhi Zhai to open a fat powder shop, and named it what is like Jade Pavilion.

Shopkeeper Wang felt at first that most of the shop owners were crazy, and they ran to see the goods in the newly opened Ruyu Pavilion next door with a joking mentality, but found that the things sold by the other party were weird, and they also gave some inexplicable names, such as eye shadow and highlights, and I didn't know what they were for.

In the first few days, there were so many people in the Jade Pavilion who came to see the freshness, but the shopkeeper Wang looked at it coldly, and the people who really bought it were very few after all. He felt that this shop would probably last another month or two before it would close its doors.

Unexpectedly, a month later, Ruyuge not only did not go bankrupt, but its business flourished significantly.

As soon as the shopkeeper Wang inquired, he learned that the boss of Ruyu Pavilion didn't know what to think, so he actually went to talk to the girls in Hualou about cooperation, and sent out those fat powders very generously. Then, those flower girls who were accustomed to competing for beauty began to apply heavy makeup in a different way, and they were stunned to smear a lot of novel makeup on those things that seemed strange to the king's shopkeeper.

For a time, the ladies of all walks of life in the capital heard about it.

The upper-class magnates and the wives of high-ranking officials naturally don't look down on these things, mainly because they can't pull their faces down and lower their prices to use the same things as these flower girls.

But those civilians are different, they don't care about this, they want to dress up in fancy ways, so that their husbands don't have the heart to think about those flower girls. What's more, things such as Yuge are cheaper than Pinxiangge and Yuzhizhai, and there are many categories, so young ladies who are greedy for freshness naturally flock to it.

With the first batch of crab eaters, the reputation is not bad, and there are more and more customers later, which may be mixed with some wives and ladies of the official eunuchs, or send inconspicuous servants to help.

The population of the capital is like this, and the female dependents of each family have the same face, and the budget for buying fat powder will not suddenly double.

As a result, Ruyu Pavilion got up, and with it, Yuzhi Zhai's business plummeted.

The shopkeeper tried his best to urge his craftsmen to launch new products, but with little success. In a hurry, he moved his mind, after all, it is not only a fair means to bring down a shop in the mall. But as soon as he inquired and knew the backer behind Ruyu Pavilion, he immediately coaxed.

That's a family with nepotism in the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion and the Regent Mansion, how dare he provoke a small common man. Although the status of the major shareholder behind him is not low, compared to these two, ouch, let's bear with it.

Shopkeeper Wang could only look at the market next door, and the performance of his own shop was getting bleak day by day, but there was nothing he could do.

On this day, he was still in a daze in the shop, worried that he would be removed at the end of the year, while praying that there would be some accident in the Ruyu Pavilion next door, such as a fire or something, it would be better to close down directly.

Suddenly, an extremely luxurious tall carriage stopped at the gate of Yuzhi Zhai, and at first glance it was the most powerful among the powerful.

The shopkeeper Wang's eyes lit up, this is a big customer, but I don't know which lady in the house it is?

He rubbed his hands together and was about to greet the noble lady with the fullest enthusiasm, when the people in the carriage came down and walked into the Ruyu Pavilion without squinting.

The shopkeeper wants to cry without tears, what's the matter, doesn't it mean that those noble ladies can't pull their faces to buy things like Jade Pavilion? Moreover, the young woman who was supported just now was wearing a flowing cloud dark flower brocade skirt, and the few pieces of jewelry on her head were not ordinary, and her absolute status was not low, so why did she fall into the Ruyu Pavilion willingly?

"Eh, is this shop new?" Beiyan looked east and west, very excited. "Slaves and maids haven't been here for several years~"

Pei Bao'er held a faint smile and slowly stepped into the gate of the Jade Pavilion.

Speaking of which, she really didn't know that Mrs. Lin was so ambitious, and the recipe she handed over in the first month of the month actually opened the shop to the capital in early March. After returning to Beijing, she didn't come out to shop, but thanks to Princess An's intentions, she only knew about it.

The Lin family is really wealthy, and they don't take her seriously at all.

That's right, in the eyes of Mrs. Lin, she Pei Baoer is just a little common man with no money and no power, what about coercion and temptation to commit "robbery", is it possible that you still dare to sue or not?

Turning her thoughts back to the concubine Lin Fang in the palace that she had been avoiding, Pei Bao'er felt a little bored in her heart.

She sighed almost inaudibly, and raised her eyes to look around at the furnishings. It is somewhat similar to the Jade Pavilion in Taixing County, and some beauty pictures are also hung, but it looks like there is no god in the end.

The guy and the shopkeeper were all discerning people, and they had already come to greet her with a hunched waist when she walked to the door.

So, Pei Baoer didn't see the faces of those people clearly, only nodded casually, and took Beiyan to walk around the shop casually, and opened those small boxes from time to time to take a look.

"Hey, isn't this Pei Niangzi?" A rough male voice sounded, a little confused.

Pei Bao'er's ears moved, she was a little surprised, and when she raised her eyes, wasn't the young boy standing there stupidly staring at herself the second tiger?

Seeing Pei Bao'er looking at him with a hint of familiarity in his eyes, Erhu grinned, pointed to Pei Bao'er's side, and then turned his face to another guy next to him and explained: "That's one of the previous shareholders of our shop, I've seen her." Then, without waiting for the guy's reaction, he shook the rag in his hand and walked over quickly: "Pei Niangzi, why did you come to the capital?" I almost don't recognize you like this......"

Originally, Beiyan didn't notice what this stupid kid was saying, because there were other scattered female customers in the store, she thought that Pei Niangzi was calling someone else at first. Unexpectedly, what this kid said was actually his own master.

She immediately raised her eyebrows and said menacingly: "Presumptuous! My master is not something you can just point to! It's really unseemly! ”

Erhu was stunned, and the joy of seeing the old man disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He reacted in hindsight, and the Pei Niangzi in front of him seemed to be very different from before. Whether it is the dress on the body, the jewelry on the head and hands, or the temperament of the whole person, it is different from the past. He glanced at the luxurious carriage parked outside, and the two lines of guards standing straight beside the carriage, and with the duties of this unruly girl, he somehow developed a sense of awe.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper who was supposed to lead the way and introduce the goods but was waved away by Pei Baoer saw this, and immediately stepped forward with a smile and pulled the second tiger who was still stunned back.

"This kid was born in the countryside, he is a newcomer, he doesn't understand the rules, and he disturbs the nobles, and he really deserves to be punished. I also hope that the noble man will be merciful and not worry about this fool. ”

Beiyan snorted, glared at Erhu who was still out of the situation with dissatisfaction, and said contemptuously: "Master, this shop is really unruly, let's go to Yuzhizhai next door." It's a time-honored brand over there, and the shopkeepers are all old and sophisticated, so they won't be so annoying. ”

Although she has a tendon and her brain is not smart enough, she also knows that her master has lived in the folk for a period of time, and this stupid boy can't really know her master. But that period of the past is not a good reputation for a princess, and the princess and princess don't mind, it doesn't mean that others will have two hearts when they hear it.

Therefore, Beiyan looked righteous and resolute, and was ready to scold this stupid boy until he doubted his life and doubted his own eyes.

The shopkeeper's old face was wrinkled into bitter melon, and he was still apologizing with a smile.

Pei Baoer originally wanted to come in to find out the enemy's situation, pick and provoke or something, but just with this reason, she also kept her face silent, and let the northern goose fox fake tiger power, pulling herself to leave.

For example, there were two middle-aged women outside the door of the Jade Pavilion who were about to come in, and when they saw Beiyan unilaterally arguing with the shopkeeper, they were arrogant, and they didn't look like they were untargeted, and then they heard the meaning of the round-faced maid's words, and the thought of entering the store was gone, and they looked at each other and turned around and left.

Pei Baoer laughed secretly in her heart, she didn't expect that she would also become a troublesome customer who came to the door one day.

After Beiyan finished scolding reasonably, the two of them went out of the Ruyu Pavilion, raised their feet and entered the Yuzhi Zhai next door.

Pei Bao'er has a good ear, although there is a wall, but the two shops are really next to each other, and they are both open doors to do business, the sound insulation effect is naturally not much better, she heard a faint scolding, there seems to be a muffled sound, most likely the shopkeeper saw that the big fish was blaming the two tigers, and he also moved. Of course, it could also be that the shopkeeper knew that Pei Bao'er was next door, and deliberately made these noises to make her angry, so as not to turn around and retaliate against them.

She couldn't help but remember that when she was in Taixing County before, although Erhu was a little naïve, she was a little simple, but she was very handy, and she was quite loved by the big girls and little daughters-in-law in the county.

Pei Bao'er still has a good impression of him, and she can't bear to let him be harshly reprimanded for such a trivial matter. After all, she didn't have a good heart when she entered Ruyu Pavilion today, even if Erhu didn't recognize her, she wouldn't spend a copper plate in it.

It happened that the shopkeeper of Yuzhi Zhai greeted him with a smile, first to say goodbye, and then to introduce his own ace star products.

The shopkeeper Wang knew that this big fish had just left from Ruyu Pavilion dissatisfied, and he was extremely proud in his heart, so in order to show the service gap between the two families, he said: "With an identity like a nobleman, you should use our Yuzhizhai things to be worthy of your identity." Not to mention that the contempt has always been used by the ladies in the palace, even if it is a slightly inferior reputation of the Pinxiang Pavilion, it is also good. The other small ones have a short time to make a fortune, and they only know how to be grandstanding, and the quality of the staff in this store is also uneven......"

In order to slander Ruyu Pavilion, the shopkeeper Wang has done whatever it takes, and he does not hesitate to bring out his biggest competitor for comparison.

Pei Bao'er snorted, and asked knowingly: "Why is the shop next door making a fuss?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang pricked up his ears and listened, and said with a smile, "It must be that Shopkeeper Luo is angry with the young man again." ”

Pei Bao'er asked casually: "Isn't this often happening?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang felt that this was a good time, and even added fuel and vinegar to smear Ruyu Pavilion.

"But it's not, the shopkeeper Luo is the most calculating, the guests come less and scold the young man for not picking up customers, and come more to greet the young man and scold the young man for not having eyes, even if everything is done, there are always other thorns to pick up."

Beiyan was a little surprised when he heard this, and sighed, and couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the stupid big guy just now.

"He beats and scolds guys like this, and no one cares?"

The shopkeeper Wang said helplessly: "Little lady, how can I care about this, it's just a few scolding and knocking a few feet, and it doesn't hurt my muscles and bones." He changed his words and began to brag openly and secretly about the management of his own house.

Pei Baoer really made an extraordinary move, and with a little effort, she packed all kinds of rouge gouache with some names in the shop.

Shopkeeper Wang smiled so much that his eyes were about to narrow into a line, and when he sent the two out, he bowed in a very large arc, and they were about to catch up with the shrimp.

Before getting into the carriage, Pei Baoer instructed Beiyan twice, and the latter looked suspicious, but he could only do it.

The two tigers in the Jade Pavilion were scolded, and they were in shock, and they were sorting out the shelves. Seeing someone coming in at the door, he squeezed out a standard smile and was about to greet the guests, but when he raised his eyes, he was trembling.

Why did this little aunt come back again? It can't be enough of scolding, right?

I saw that the little aunt and grandmother said proudly: "My master wants to ask you, come with me." With that, he didn't look at him, turned around and left.

Shopkeeper Luo happened to enter the inner room, and the second tiger hesitated for a moment, but still walked over.

Next to the carriage, a delicate goose-yellow silk curtain was lifted, revealing a face like hibiscus.

Erhu was speechless, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, so he had to make an indecent gesture.

Pei Bao'er smiled at him: "You have good eyesight, no wonder you can be assigned to the capital." In the future, you still have to be careful when you speak, it's not good to offend other nobles. ”

Erhu said "yes" in a daze.

Pei Bao'er gave Beiyan another look, and said slowly: "You were reprimanded today, and I don't want to go." Now, it's a little bit of heart, take it. ”

Beiyan reluctantly handed over a small purse, and when he saw that the idiot didn't reach out to pick it up, he simply glanced at him and stuffed it directly into his hand.

"Master, shouldn't we go home?"

Pei Bao'er hummed, and then lowered the curtain.

The carriage gradually moved away, and Erhu, who was standing in a daze, touched the back of his head and couldn't help but think about it.

This lady is really Pei Niangzi, she knows herself, but how did she become a noblewoman? Isn't her husband just a sick scholar who can't pick up his shoulders and can't lift his hands? Could it be that her husband surnamed Liu became a big official? Eh, this doesn't seem to be the right time, I didn't see him go to Beijing for the scientific examination last year.