"Mom, why don't you say anything in advance when you come back, I'll pick you up."

Jiang Xia changed into slippers, put the shoes in the shoe cabinet, ran to her mother at a trot, grabbed her arm affectionately, and said coquettishly.

"I also decided to come back at short notice, so I didn't inform you in advance."

Zhao Mei stroked her daughter's long black and silky hair and explained softly.

"What about Dad? Did Dad come back? ”

Jiang Xia looked around, didn't see his father, and hurriedly asked.

"Your dad didn't come back, what about Yanzhou, what's the matter, don't you want your dad to miss your mom?"

Zhao Mei said with some taste.

Jiang Xia was slightly disappointed, hugged her mother's arm and leaned on her shoulder, and said faintly: "Of course I think about it, Mom and Dad, you haven't been back for almost two years." ”

Zhao Mei showed a trace of tiredness on her face, and sighed: "Hey, Mom and Dad can't help it, now our family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and more branches are opening, I and your dad are busy all day long, I really can't pull away." ”

"Humph! I think you are asking for yourself, is it really so important to become the largest cloth merchant in Qingzhou? ”

An old but energetic voice suddenly came.

"Mom!"

Zhao Mei's face froze, looked at Liu Guixiang who came down the ladder from the second floor, stood up and called softly.

"Grandma."

Jiang Xia shouted, and hurriedly ran over to hold her mother-in-law's arm.

Liu Guixiang's cold face immediately melted after seeing Jiang Xia, showed a doting smile, patted her hand and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law is in good health, not to the point where she can't walk, I don't need my little Xia Xia to help." ”

"I know that my grandmother is in good health, I am not helping you, I am enjoying your love for me."

Jiang Xia felt that the atmosphere between her mother-in-law and her mother seemed to be a little discordant, spit out her pink and tender little fragrant tongue, and began to be coquettish and cute.

But the coquettish Dafa, which has always been tried and tested, doesn't seem to work very well today.

Liu Guixiang was kind when she looked at her, but when she faced Zhao Mei, her face immediately drooped.

didn't care about Jiangxia's cuteness, and his voice was filled with strong anger: "Zhao Mei, let me ask you, is it so important to become the No. 1 cloth merchant in Qingzhou?" It's so important that you can't even come back for the New Year, and it's more important than your children, right? ”

"Mom, I'm ......"

Zhao Mei's face was uncertain, her lips chattered for a long time, but she was speechless, biting her lower lip with some shame, and only after a long time did she explain: "Mom, I'm sorry, during the Chinese New Year last year, there was a big problem in the cloth shop in Yunzhou, if it is not dealt with in time, these years of hard work may come to naught, so I and Brother Hua can not rush back, you can rest assured, it will not be in the future, I promise, even if you are busy in the future, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival will inevitably come back." ”

"Hey!"

When Liu Guixiang saw her daughter's tired face, she still felt distressed after all, and most of her anger dissipated in an instant.

After sitting down on the other side of the sofa, he said lightly: "Say, are you in trouble again?" Otherwise, you wouldn't have run back at this time. ”

Zhao Mei perked up and subconsciously glanced at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia pouted, and stood up a little reluctantly to avoid it.

"Sit here."

Although Liu Guixiang felt sorry for her daughter, her resentment was not completely gone, she patted her side with a cold face and asked Jiang Xia to sit beside her.

Then glared at Zhao Mei: "What?" Is there something unsightly about it? Still want to avoid Xia Xia? ”

"No, Mom, where do you want to go, don't I think Xia Xia doesn't like business, so she avoided it."

Zhao Mei finally made the old mother angry, where did she dare to provoke her anger, and hurriedly explained with a smile.

Jiang Xia was a little overwhelmed, and he didn't go, and he didn't go.

It is true that she is not interested in business matters, but she is not easy to disobey her mother-in-law's orders, which makes her feel in a dilemma.

"Your mother-in-law tells you to sit down, just sit down."

Zhao Mei saw Jiang Xia's embarrassed pestle there, and hurriedly beckoned her to sit down.

"Oh!"

Jiang Xia reluctantly sat beside her mother-in-law, and was the first to participate in the family meeting.

It's not too much to say it's a family meeting.

Because these two mothers are the real decision-makers of the family.

As for her father Jiang Hua, he is actually just a tool man who is responsible for obeying orders.

No way, who let him not have any great skills, and married a shrewd strong woman.

Zhao Mei and her mother were not polite, so she directly took out a small piece of fabric and handed it to her: "Mom, I want you to help see what kind of clothes this kind of fabric is suitable for making at a good price." ”

Liu Guixiang took the fabric and touched the texture, put on reading glasses, and looked at the chandelier carefully.

Jiang Xia also reached out and touched it curiously, feeling that the texture was thick, the lines were clear, and the feel was quite good.

Liu Guixiang frowned, pondered for a long time before saying in a deep voice: "This kind of fabric is of high quality, exquisite craftsmanship, thick texture, clear lines, and high wear resistance, it is a very suitable fabric for manual laborers, but the dyeing degree is very poor, I really can't think of what kind of clothes can be made into commercial value." ”

Hearing her mother's answer, Zhao Mei collapsed on the sofa like a deflated ball, her face full of bitterness.

"I also asked Master Dye to see it before, and they said the same thing."

Liu Guixiang was a little puzzled and said, "Then you still produce this kind of fabric?" ”

"It's not our family's production, it's the task of apportionment."

Zhao Mei sighed helplessly.

Jiang Xia said puzzledly: "Apportionment task? What do you mean? There are still people who dare to buy and sell forcefully. ”

Liu Guixiang and Zhao Mei's mother and daughter all smiled bitterly when they heard this, this child, after all, is still too inexperienced, and he doesn't understand human feelings at all.

"Since ancient times, any businessman who wants to become bigger and stronger cannot do without official policy support."

Zhao Mei also wanted to take the opportunity to teach her daughter a good lesson, so as not to live in the greenhouse all the time, like a silly white sweet.

"Back then, if your mother-in-law's family didn't have official connections, it would not have been possible to become the No. 1 cloth merchant in Youzhou."

Liu Guixiang nodded on the side and agreed with her daughter's statement.

Jiang Xia seems to understand whether she understands or not, but she is smart and clear: "It's the collusion of officials and businessmen." ”

"You kid, what are you talking about, your mother is a serious businessman, how can she do things that collude with officials and businessmen."

Zhao Mei slapped Jiang Xia's arm in disgust, and then Zhengse continued: "After years of hard work by me and your father, we have opened cloth village branches in the five northern states, but we have only been doing this business for more than ten years, and we are seriously lacking in heritage, your father and I have made far more efforts than ordinary people to reach today's scale, but if you want to go further and become the largest cloth merchant in Qingzhou and even the entire north, you can't bypass the official resources anyway." ”