Shaoqing, when the two of them came to Songhe Hall, they happened to meet Yin Yukui and rushed over with the maid.

"Third sister, don't you also have things in the shop and want to discuss with your grandmother?"

Yin Yukui nodded, and a trace of panic flashed on her face at this time, but she just managed to calm down and smiled: "It's a bit tricky, I want to find her old man to get an idea." ”

Sure enough, as Fang Fei expected, during this time, the third uncle went to Gaozhou to handle the goods, and the affairs of the third room were mostly handed over to the third lady, Yin Yukui, to take care of them. Originally, she had been doing this for many years, and she had never made any mistakes, and even Old Madam Yin recognized her ability.

And this time, Yin Yukui met the top master among the liars, and as soon as he made a move, it was a whole piece of jade raw material worth nearly 10,000 taels!

"It's all to blame for the granddaughter's carelessness, this jade raw material, originally a few years ago, my father invited a few masters to go to Yunzhou to see it, and they were all optimistic that this was a good jade pit, so my father bought it back, and prepared to open the jade cut after Master Ning came back after the spring. Unexpectedly, yesterday Tianbao Pavilion came to a person who claimed to be an expert, and heard that the rough stone that his father bought a year ago was still in the backyard warehouse, so he repeatedly begged the shopkeeper to say that he wanted to open his eyes. Later, he spent ten taels of silver, saying that he just wanted to fulfill his long-cherished wish, to see his father's ability to gamble jade, and to know where he was wrong. The granddaughter was also in Tianbao Pavilion at that time, and seeing that his attitude was sincere and insistent repeatedly, she asked people to take him to the backyard warehouse to see it for a while. At that time, he said that he could only reach out and touch the stones, and could not carry any tools, and he agreed. But unexpectedly, not long after he left, the guy in the treasury came to tell him that there were obvious cracks on the surface of the rough stone, and it seemed that the man was a practitioner in internal strength, and he actually used his palm power to shatter our rough stone, which cost eight thousand taels of silver! ”

After listening to Yin Yukui's words, everyone was stunned, and even Old Madam Yin was speechless for a while.

Fang Fei knew that the third uncle's greatest ability in his life was to gamble on jade - Xu was talented, and he could always find good jade raw materials containing jadeite or mutton fat white jade in a pile of ordinary jade raw materials that could not see any clues. This skill is originally unprofitable, so the business of the jade shop in the Yin family is supported by the third uncle.

But gambling stones have always been risky, but the third uncle has less time to look away. Now listening to the words of the third sister, I can't figure out whether there was a problem with this jade when I bought it, or whether it was damaged by the person who played with the stone, and after Mrs. Yin immediately groaned, she said, "Go and see." ”

When she arrived at Tianbao Pavilion, after entering the warehouse, Fang Fei frowned first. Yin Yukui helped her grandmother, and also said repeatedly: "Grandmother, be careful of your feet, this warehouse is very humid in spring, you should walk carefully and slowly." ”

Fang Fei saw that the ground was indeed very damp, but after a careful look, there were no mildew spots growing in the corners of the wall, so she asked, "Third sister, do you have to sprinkle water every day in this jade storage place?" I think it's very damp in this room, unlike the other rooms. ”

Yin Yukui shook her head and said: "There is no such thing, Shopkeeper Lin, come here, the Seventh Lady has something to ask you." ”

Fang Fei took advantage of the fact that everyone was watching carefully around the crack of the jade, and asked a few questions about the shopkeeper Lin, and then keenly noticed that he didn't seem to dare to look directly into his eyes, but kept hunching over and replying, and then looked closely at the situation around the warehouse, and gradually became more measured in his heart.

After some tire, after returning to Songhe Hall, Mrs. Yin sent someone to invite the three ladies over, and together with Yin Qiongzhi, she did not shy away from it, and the ladies sat down around her in turn.

Starting from Yin Chonghua, he told the origin of the porcelain on the boat, and then to the jade shattering that Yin Yukui encountered, and finally, Mrs. Yin cleared her throat and said solemnly: "I think that at the beginning, when your grandfather died, there were many things in the family shop, and I also came forward to help with the cooking. It wasn't until your father grew up that I, the old woman, enjoyed a few years of blessings. Now that the wind and waves are rising again, I want to reiterate to all of you here, although our Yin family is also a male protagonist and a female protagonist, but in an extraordinary period, women must be able to bear the burden on themselves. This is something that you girls who haven't left the cabinet yet. ”

Hearing her say this, Yin Chonghua and the others, including Fang Fei, hurriedly got up and responded before returning to their seats.

"Grandmother, it is imperative that we first think of selling that shipload of porcelain. Otherwise, with such a large amount of money bet on it out of thin air, I am worried that my father will really get sick in a hurry. ”

"Yes, grandmother, my father is still out of the house, but we received a batch of orders a few years ago, and now we are just waiting for the stone to be cut, otherwise we will miss the delivery time, but we will pay three times the deposit!"

Old Madam Yin nodded and looked at everyone: "Then do you have any ideas that can alleviate this urgent need?" ”

After a while, seeing that everyone didn't speak, Fang Fei had to bite the bullet and say, "Grandmother, I have an idea, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

According to Fang Fei's thoughts, the three rooms quickly took stock of the teahouses, restaurants, silk and silk workshops and jewelry workshops in their hands, totaling about fifty or so rooms. Then the shopkeepers were summoned, and then they drew up a list of the guests who often came in their hands, preferably those who had a lot of money and a little status, and usually liked to treat guests and have a good face, and each shopkeeper soon drew up a list of twenty to fifty people. In total, there are about 800 people.

"Seventh sister, I understand your idea, is to prepare a set of their own special bowls and tea sets for each of these regulars? It's a good idea, and it's a novelty. But compared with our whole ship's inventory, this domestic sales are a drop in the bucket! ”

Seeing that Yin Chonghua was still worried, Fang Fei smiled slightly: "Sister, don't worry, have you forgotten where the porcelain box used to hold rouge in our Shenyu Workshop came from?" I think at the beginning, wasn't it because we ordered the wrong goods, the tea cup originally used to hold tea was too small, and finally used to hold rouge, but all the rouge shops in Los Angeles came to us to buy this box? ”

"You mean—yes! Seventh sister, you're so smart! As long as we do this gimmick well, it will naturally attract countless imitators. In this way, we don't have to worry about inventory! ”