Looking at Li Xiaocui's pregnant belly, Song Qian still relented, and said to the shopkeeper: "Take a gilt hairpin." ”

The second brother pursed his lips, and casually took out a gilded hairpin and gave it to Song Qiandao: "Eight hundred yuan." ”

Song Qian nodded, and said, "Take out a few more pairs of silver locks for me to see." ”

The little second brother took out two more silver locks and handed them to Li Xiaocui, his face was a little contemptuous.

The shopkeeper Wang, who entered the back room to get the precious jewelry, turned back, came out with a large lacquer plate in his hand, and carefully placed it on the wooden cabinet in front of Su Xiaoman.

Lifting the red cloth covering it, Shopkeeper Wang pointed to a set of tender pink pure heads, and eagerly introduced: "Miss Su, this is the treasure of the town store that the store has closed in the year. The craftsman wore the pink color of the jade and carefully created a plum blossom pattern, from the earrings to the headdress, and then to the bracelet, which was worn out, which definitely set off Miss Su's peerless appearance in this cold winter. ”

Since the shopkeeper lifted the red cloth, Xiangling fell in love with this set of heads, low-key and unassuming, which is indeed very flattering to Su Xiaoman's temperament.

Looking at Su Xiaoman's expression, he seemed to be very satisfied, but he was embarrassed to speak.

Xiangling smiled at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper Wang, how much?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang immediately responded: "We are doing business on the street, and we will never dare to ask for a price, the lowest price, five hundred taels of silver, if it is expensive, Chu Dongjia will smash my signboard casually."

Even Su Xiaoman himself had never worn such expensive jewelry, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Xiangling, it's too expensive, I can't ask for it." ”

Xiangling pressed Su Xiaoman's hand and smiled: "This is what my brother gave you, what do you mean?" Do you not like what my brother sent, or do you not like my brother? ”

Su Xiaoman was so amused by Xiangling that he didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Xiangling would say something crazy.

Xiangling smiled and said to the shopkeeper Wang: "Shopkeeper Wang, this piece of jewelry has been left, you have a good eye, and then help me and my mother choose a set, it should be simple, not cumbersome, especially not the kind of gold and silver that is vulgar and tacky." ”

The shopkeeper Wang immediately smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and hurriedly ran to the back room to get the jewelry again.

And Li Xiaocui, holding a gilded hairpin and a silver lock that couldn't be smaller, stole a glance at the jewelry in front of Su Xiaoman, and her heart became more and more sad.

The "vulgar and cheesy" gold and silver hairpins that I want are disdainful of others; Those jade that is frighteningly expensive, but not expensive to look at, are what I dare not disdain, and the reality is such a slap in the face.

Just like Chu Xia, he gave up like a cheat at the beginning, and then he looked like a treasure, and his vision was really bad.

Eight hundred dollars to five hundred taels of silver, not to know, one to be frightened, Su Xiaoman is a golden branch and jade leaf held in the palm of his hand, and he is a dirt and a horse thrown in the ground.

Song Qian saw that Li Xiaocui was hesitant to decide which silver lock to buy, and said with annoyance: "Choose a silver lock to grind, I don't know if it is born with a stick!" It's also corrected! Hurry up, can you buy it? Don't buy it home!! ”

Li Xiaocui hurriedly turned her gaze back, handed a relatively large silver lock to the little second brother and said, "Just take this one." ”

The little second brother didn't even lift his eyelids and said, "Two taels of silver and eight hundred dollars." ”

Song Qian was worried about the weight of the silver lock, and said to the shopkeeper Wang: "The silver content of the silver lock is not even one or two. It's cheaper, two taels of silver and five hundred wen. ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "The price of two taels of silver is seven hundred and fifty wen, and fifty wen will give you back to hire a carriage." ”

Song Qian frowned and said, "Two taels of silver are six hundred wen, and there can't be more......

Li Xiaocui's face was like dripping blood, how embarrassed and embarrassed she was.

In the end, with two taels of silver and five hundred and fifty Wencheng, Li Xiaocui picked up the silver lock and hairpin, and fled like a wasteland.

Song Qian scolded: "Run slowly, hurt Lao Tzu's son, Lao Tzu will kill you!" ”

Li Xiaocui and Song Qian left, and the shopkeeper Wang just came out, and took a few sets of head noodles, Xiangling only chose a light cyan jade apricot blossom hairpin and a pair of dripping earrings of the same color; What Jiang chose was a set of jade heads, with hairpins, earrings, and bracelets; For Xiao Lianlian, I bought a pair of silver bracelets.

The family went out of the jewelry shop, Xiangling winked at Chu Xia and said, "Brother, my mother and I will go to buy some high-quality wine to drink for the New Year, you accompany your sister-in-law to the rouge gouache shop to have a look, and help me bring back a box." ”

Xiangling dragged Jiang and Xiao Lianlian away, deliberately leaving room for the little couple to be alone.

The air is slightly awkward.

After a long time, Chu Xia plucked up the courage to explain: "Just now, I stopped at the door and didn't want to enter, not because I was afraid of seeing Li Xiaocui, but because I was afraid that she would be uncomfortable with her yin and yang." ”

Su Xiaoman's original little grievances finally dispersed, Chu Xia just hesitated, she thought that he had no feelings for Li Xiaocui.

Su Xiaoman shook his head with a smile and said, "As long as your heart is still there, I am not afraid." ”

Su Xiaoman walked in front with a red face, and Chu Xia's heart finally fell.

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On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Sashifang began to get busy again.

With Chu Xia here, Xiangling was not too busy, and tried to roll a dustpan of black sesame-stuffed rice balls, knowing that Xiaoshan was greedy, so he went to send some to Xiaoshan.

When she came back, she found that a carriage was parked in front of her house, and Xiangling's heart was beating faster, could it be that Yang Qingyue was back?

As soon as I entered the house, I found that it was not, but a woman who was close to the sixtieth birthday, although she was dressed as a businessman, she could not hide the nobility on her body, followed by two young maids, who were full of heroism at a glance.

Jiang told Xiangling that the woman had named her and said she wanted to see her.

The woman looked at Xiangling from top to bottom, and said for a long time: "You are Chu Xiangling?" ”

Chu Xiangling frowned, then nodded and said, "If you want to talk about business, you can go to Zuoshifang to talk to your brother, and you don't have to come to the house to talk." ”

The woman smiled and said, "I'm a woman, and it's not convenient to talk about business with men. ”

Xiangling couldn't help but feel funny, since she thought it was inconvenient for women to talk about business, why did she show up to talk about business? It's a contradiction.

Xiangling nodded and said, "What business?" ”

The woman nodded and said, "Baiying Inn, have you heard of it?" ”

The name of Baiying Inn, Xiangling has heard Qi Sihai occasionally mention it, but he doesn't know if it's too detailed.

Xiangling nodded honestly and shook her head again, "I've heard of it, but I don't know it." I only know that almost all counties in Daqi have branches, but there are no in Lin'an County, which may be due to the proximity to the border pass. ”

The woman nodded and said, "There was no in the past, it doesn't mean that there will be no in the future, I am looking for an address, preparing to open a branch, counting this one, a total of one hundred and seventy-eight stores, are you interested in cooperating?" ”

Xiangling nodded and said, "How do you want to cooperate?" ”

The woman stared at Xiangling's eyes tightly, and said word by word: "Sell me all the food recipes, the price is as you like, and you can also let you eat dry stocks, and you can also mention how much you want." ”

Xiangling shook her head categorically and said, "I'm sorry, I don't sell it." ”

The woman was surprised, "You can live a lot of money without doing anything, why do you refuse without even thinking about it?" ”

Xiangling shook her head and said, "The recipe is mine, but I can't sell it casually." I took more than 20 households in the village to open a small workshop processing factory, almost all the labor force in the village has a salary, several villages signed orders with me to plant, I am responsible for them, can not pick a child and say that if you don't do it, this is a person's most basic moral bottom line. ”

The woman's eyes widened, she looked at Xiangling and said, "You give the villagers --- ---- wages----? ”

The three words "open salary" are chewed very loudly.

Xiangling didn't doubt him, nodded and said: "Yes, the villagers treat me badly, so as long as the villagers with strong bodies and good character want to make money, I will arrange suitable work for him, and pay him a salary on a piece-by-piece basis." If you buy them, you will definitely pursue the maximization of profits and will not care about them anymore. ”

The woman glanced at Xiangling strangely, and finally nodded appreciatively: "Yes, then let's change to another way of cooperation, after my branch is opened, you provide raw materials, and you sell me as much as you sell to others." May I? ”

Like other shopkeepers, Xiangling naturally had no reason to object, and nodded and agreed: "Warm welcome." ”

The woman stood up, walked out, walked to the door and turned back, and said softly: "You are very good, principled, not greedy, and worthy of Qingyue." ”

"Qingyue?" Xiangling wanted to ask something more, but the woman had already left, which made Xiangling confused.