"How much?" The woman in green didn't know whether it was sympathy for the shopkeeper Fang's sweating head or what, so she asked about the price.

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, it's only three taels of silver. Seeing that people asked about the price, the shopkeeper immediately became enthusiastic.

"Three taels?" The woman who was still a little hesitant with her face and kept turning over the rouge in her hand instantly stuffed the rouge back into the arms of the shopkeeper Fang, and her voice was even more top-notch: "People have a rouge similar to your family, and I discount it with a silver medal, and it's only two or five, I'll buy you three taels, and I'll use my illness." After speaking, the woman in green patted her ass directly and left.

"Shopkeeper Fang, don't be discouraged. There will always be someone who knows the goods. The guy had just returned from another street, and when he saw the shopkeeper's discouraged look, he couldn't help but comfort him.

"Know the goods, know what!" The shopkeeper Fang sighed, and said weakly: "Now even my family uses the things of Yuejifang, I didn't believe in evil before, and the things there are really so good......?" It's so much better than ours. As he spoke, Shopkeeper Fang sighed and shook his head, I really don't know what to do with this business in the future.

"Don't talk about you. Even my daughter-in-law is. Last time I bought gouache in the shop and went back, thinking about pleasing her, who knew that I wouldn't even look at it when I went back, you ...... "The little guy also looked helpless, and shook his head.

The two of them sighed and went back to the shop. Some of the people who stayed in the shop were squatting on the side and hanging their heads, and some were bored with fly swatters and beating flies, but it was almost December, and there was a fly for them somewhere.

"Cheer me up, and see what all of you look like now. Later, if the owner sees it, see if you dare in the future. He could understand the thoughts of these fellows, but if the owner came later, he would inevitably be scolded again.

"Shopkeeper Fang, you see that there has been no business for almost half a month, and if we continue like this, we will be finished sooner or later. A little girl couldn't help but mutter.

"Who said it was going to be finished?" An angry voice sounded, and then the fourth lady and Tang Youning walked into the store, Tang Youning directly slapped the little girl who just said that she was going to be finished, and said angrily: "It's over? I'll let you know what it means to be finished." As he spoke, Tang Youning waved his hand, and the guards who came after him directly put the little girl out, and soon heard the little girl's cry of pain.

The fourth lady walked into the inner hall with a displeased face, looked at the account book held by the shopkeeper Fang, and casually flipped a few pages, the silver on it was only in and out, and she was so angry that she threw it directly to the ground, and scolded the shopkeeper Fang: "Shopkeeper Fang, you haven't been in our rouge building for a day or two." Don't sue me for a small pleasing self-shop, you can't help it? What's the use of you showing me this, I invite you to be the shopkeeper to let you make money for the shop, not for you to sue me, how do you spend my money. As he spoke, he looked at the account book at his feet and kicked it far away.

"Dongjia, I have been working here for decades, and if there was a way, I would have done it a long time ago. It's just that the things in the Joy Shop do have some pleasure in the guests, and I thought that after a while, when they get in the limelight, we can regain our dominance. But who knows, this Yueji Fang has new tricks every month, and we can't guard against it at all. Why don't we make something to attract guests?" In the end, Shopkeeper Fang hardly held out any hope, but this also means that the owner may have some good way.

"Hey......" Tang Youning gave the unobtrusive little girl a lesson, and when she came in, she just heard the words of the shopkeeper Fang, and couldn't help but hate at the moment: "That Yuejifang is too arrogant, the shopkeeper Fang asked a few people to go to them to find bad luck, I want to see how to do business if something goes wrong." ”

Shopkeeper Fang, who was already very depressed, lowered his head when he heard Tang Youning's words, and said, "Miss Hui, I've found it." They were looking for someone to make trouble a few days before they officially opened. It's just that instead of ruining their business, it also taught people a lesson. I...... I'm sorry for the owner......" The more he spoke, the more sad he became, and the old shopkeeper Fang knelt down directly with a red face, and his constantly trembling shoulders cried out.

The fourth lady, who was still angry, looked at the old tearful face of the shopkeeper Fang, lost her temper at the moment, waved her hand at her daughter, and then sat aside and sighed.

"Alright, shopkeeper Fang. We haven't seen any winds and waves over the years, but now it's just a bad business, even if the Yuejifang is good, his foundation is not as hard as ours, and his connections are not as wide as ours, let him be arrogant for a while now, and we will get better in the future. As he spoke, Tang Youning picked up the shopkeeper and glanced at the little guy on the side.

The little servant received the master's eyes, and hurriedly came up to support the shopkeeper Fang.

"Shopkeeper Fang, in the future, our shop still needs to rely on you a lot, you can rest first. As he spoke, he directly asked the little guy to help the shopkeeper Fang leave.

Closing the door of the account room, Tang Youning picked up the account book that had just been kicked away by the fourth lady, didn't even look at it, put it directly on the table, and said to his mother: "Mother, what should I do? Today, we have all looked at three shops, and no family is like this, and if it continues like this, our business will become more and more loss-making." ”

"I know what to do. What is the origin of that Xia Yuanshan, it has only been a few months since it came to the fore so quickly, and people have to investigate. "The more the fourth lady thinks about it, the more wrong it becomes, they have the general's mansion behind them, even if their peers have the strength, they will give face, don't let everyone be ugly, she doesn't believe that this Xia Yuanshan has such a great ability.

"Check, how can I check? If it weren't for Hua Jiangyue's cheap girl in that shop, would he be able to pop up so quickly? If in my opinion, Hua Jiangyue's girl openly helped them speak, maybe the people outside thought that this Yueji Fang was also supported by our Tang family. "Every time she thinks about this, she gets angry, why every time she encounters something, this girl has to participate in a kick, it's really unlucky.

"What's this called, what do you think we should do now? The fourth lady was a little flustered, if it was really as Youning said, they all thought that it was also the property of the Tang Mansion.

"Then Yuejifang isn't doing some gimmick or discount, our things are not worse than them, let's also make a discount, if the things are cheap, there will be business. Although there is a loss, it is better than not being able to sell at all. Tang Youning said helplessly.

"Hey, it seems that this is the only way, I hope that what kind of self-pleasing fang can fall quickly. The fourth lady sighed, this can only be no way.

"Then I'll tell Shopkeeper Fang later, let him hand a post to each house, let those princely ladies and ladies know, let these old customers come back, and then we will adjust the price after the business is stable." ”

"Okay, let's go. The fourth lady waved her hand weakly, since Min'er was sick, those family funds have long been squandered, and the monthly allowance given by the government is not enough at all, if the business of this shop is not good again, this day will not be paid.

"Yes, mother. With his mother's permission, Tang Youning went out to tell the shopkeeper Fang what he meant, and asked him to bring letters to other branches, asking them to do the same, and be sure to deliver the news to every house.

Three days later

"How can you do it, why is this business still so bad?" I originally thought that the price of my own goods had been reduced, and the business would be better anyway, but why was it still so bad, and there was no business for three days.

"Miss, this is simply evil. "Such a result, not to mention the owner, even the shopkeeper Fang is a little unconvinced, but this result makes them believe it if they don't believe it.

"Say, what do the ladies and ladies say? The fourth lady was so angry that she just wanted to slap the table, what she could do now and what she couldn't do, she had done it, why couldn't she do it.

"Those ladies and ladies said that our products have been reduced in price, and our products will seem worthless, so the posts sent to us were returned on the spot. And although the price of our products has been reduced, for the people of Pingming, they still can't afford to consume, so ......" said, the shopkeeper Fang wanted to cry bitterly.

"Bastards, they're all bastards. It's not expensive or good, it's not expensive and it's not good, what do these people want?" The fourth lady couldn't figure out what else she could do, could she really see that their shop was not as good as day by day, and just went out of business like this?

"Madame...... That ......" Shopkeeper Fang suddenly thought of something, but looking at the fourth lady's angry face, Shopkeeper Fang was a little hesitant to say it.

"Just say what you want, what are you doing. As soon as she saw the shopkeeper like this, the fourth lady became even more angry.

"This ...... That's right, when I went out, I heard that Yuejifang was about to hold an event in the suburbs, and it seemed that it was going to come up with some new product. And I also heard that they bought a house in the suburbs for this event, invited the ladies and ladies of the nobles in Beijing, and held a banquet, I wondered if Yuejifang wanted to take this opportunity to give those powerful people ......" In the end, the shopkeeper Fang was silent, and the meaning was very obvious.

"This Yuejifang really thinks that there is no one in the capital or what's wrong, he dares to act with such fanfare, and he doesn't take us seriously. Tang Youning smashed a cup hard, said angrily, and then instructed the shopkeeper Fang: "You go and ask me where it is." When the time comes, find me a few more people to mix in, he can become famous overnight, and I can make him famous overnight. ”

Inside the Yihong Courtyard

Yan Niang looked at the fifth lady of the Tang family, who was also in the limelight in Beijing in the past few days, and with the incident last time, she admired this fifth lady.

In a place like theirs, there are many people who welcome and send them, and there are everyone. I think she is a beautiful lady and has read countless people, but the fifth lady of the Tang family really didn't see through it. But it doesn't matter, I like these five young ladies from the bottom of my heart, there is no pretentiousness like the ordinary boudoir ladies, but there is the freedom of their people in the rivers and lakes, and when I returned to the room today, I saw these five young ladies sitting, and I thought about what good things to come to find myself.