"Ah Lan, say something quickly! Don't let Miss Yao misunderstand me. Huang Wensheng hurriedly spoke.

Mo Lan glared at him and looked at A-Yao gratefully, "Girl, let's go to the store and talk!" ”

"Okay."

"Ah Lan, you can't go, you must give me a letter today."

"Whew! Don't even think about it, just completely die of this heart! ”

After speaking, Mo Lan pulled A-Yao back to the store and closed the door of the store.

"Shopkeeper Mo, this is ......"

Ah Yao really didn't understand what was going on, and she was still confused.

Mo Lan sighed faintly, and he didn't care about whether he was ugly or not, and said truthfully to A-Yao.

"To be honest, Huang Wensheng is my ex-husband."

"Ex-husband?"

This word is not common in this dynasty, and Ah Yao was in a trance for a while.

Mo Lan raised his chin and said: "Our Fengdu women are different from other women, we have all been fortunate to read the book written by Soho, and understand that the value of women is not only to marry, husband and children, we firmly believe that the statement in Soho's book that 'women can hold up half the sky' is true." ”

Ah Yao couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up to Soho.

When it comes to brainwashing, it has to be Soho!

She wondered where Soho had come from?

"After I married Huang Wensheng, he didn't do his job all day long, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, not only was he not at home all day, but he even beat me for money during my confinement, and I decided at that time that I must reconcile with him.

After we left, the child belonged to me, I raised the child to the age of ten with hard work, and he actually wanted the child back, do you think I can agree? ”

Ah Yao nodded in agreement, "I really can't agree." ”

Mo Lan smiled with satisfaction, "Either you are Soho's daughter, or you can understand me." ”

A-Yao smiled at her.

"Since the death of Xiao Dong's family, the properties under the name of Xiao Dong's family have been taken over by the Chamber of Commerce, and he often comes to the store to tell me that he wants to return the child's affairs in the name of checking the store, and today he is here again, and I tore up with him outside the door."

A Yao's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, "A woman is weak and a mother is strong, and she is talking about a mother like the shopkeeper Mo." ”

"Girl, don't make fun of me."

"No teasing, what I just said was from the bottom of my heart."

Mo Lan took a deep breath, "No matter what outsiders think, I will never hand over the child to him anyway, he will die of this heart!" ”

Ah Yao patiently listened to Mo Lan scolding Huang Wensheng for a long time before she asked curiously, "President Huang is really as unbearable as Shopkeeper Mo said, so how did he become the president of the Fengdu Chamber of Commerce, and he has been the president for so many years?" ”

"I also thought it was strange back then, how could he be the material for a president, and it was almost the same as being a ruffian." Mo Lan said.

If Huang Wensheng is really such an unbearable person in Mo Lan's mouth, then if he can become the president, there must be someone behind him.

One Huang Wensheng, one Xiao Mu.

Two good-for-nothing people can actually get along in the Fengdu business world.

It's so weird!

"Who can Huang Wensheng get close to on weekdays? Did he meet some nobleman? Yao asked.

"He is either in a brothel or a gambling house on weekdays, and if a noble person takes a fancy to him, I'm afraid he is really blind."

Ah Yao was puzzled.

It seems that Huang Wensheng is not as simple as she sees, there must be someone behind him!

The two chatted for a long time, and Ah Yao thought that Yun Niang was still waiting for her outside.

"Shopkeeper Mo, I have something to do and leave first, if you need help in the future, you can come to Su Mansion to find me at any time, and I will definitely help."

"Thank you, girl."

Seeing that A-Yao was leaving, Mo Lan hurriedly called out to her, "Girl." ”

Ah Yao looked back in confusion.

"There's something about your mother, and I've been trying to find a chance to tell you."

"You say."

Mo Lan looked around and made sure that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said: "After the Xiao Dongjia took over your mother's industry, he ordered someone to renovate all the shops, I thought it was very strange at the time, these shops are obviously very new, why do they need to be renovated, I quietly paid attention to it."

I found out that these shops all have a secret room, and some goods are stored in the secret room, as well as some manuals left by Soho, and Xiao Dong's family is looking for these manuals.

I wondered what was written in the manual and could make them spend so much trouble finding it, so I took a copy of it while they weren't looking. ”

Ah Yao's eyes widened, "Where is the manual?" ”

"At my house."

"Can you give me the manual?" Yao asked.

Mo Lan smiled, "The manual was originally left by your mother, so naturally I can give it to you, you can go home with me and get it!" ”

"Then I'll go home with you now."

"Okay."

After Mo Lan cleaned up the store, Ah Yao and Yun Niang went home with Mo Lan.

The two saw the manual left by Soho at Mo Lan's house.

Ah Yao carefully opened the manual, it was a familiar font, and it was indeed Soho's manual.

When Ah Yao flipped through the manual, Mo Lan said on the side: "I have also read this manual, there is nothing else on it except for Soho's many years of business experience, I don't understand what the Xiao Dong family is looking for?" ”

Yun Niang recalled: "Miss really likes to record her daily life, and she has written countless manuals. ”

"Do you remember how many manuals they found?" Yao asked.

"There were about a dozen of them, and I didn't have time to count them for fear of being discovered."

Ah Yao suddenly stopped on a certain page, staring at the familiar three words - Wangxin Pavilion.

The mention of Wangxin Pavilion here seems a bit abrupt, as if it was deliberate.

Why did Soho leave the words "Wangxin Pavilion" here at that time?

Ah Yao closed the manual and looked at Mo Lan suspiciously, "Did Xiao Mu mention those manuals later?" ”

Mo Lan shook his head, "Never mentioned it." ”

"Then you know where he sent those manuals?"

"It was given to Concubine Xiao."

"Concubine Xiao? How do you know? Ah Yao asked.

"Back then, I was also curious, and I asked the people around Xiao Dong's family in private, and I learned from that person that they gave the manual to Concubine Xiao." Mo Lan said truthfully.

Those manuals are in Concubine Xiao's hands!

Looks like she's going to ask Rose.

She looked at Mo Lan gratefully, "Thank you for giving me back such an important manual." ”

"No thanks, she should be happy to be able to give Soho's things to her daughter."

Ah Yao couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

After coming to Fengdu, she met a lot of old acquaintances of Soho, and everyone helped her regardless of the reason, which moved her and was very curious about Soho.

After saying goodbye to Mo Lan, on the way back, she asked about Soho again.

"Mother, where did my mother come from?"

Yun Niang recalled carefully and said with a smile: "She always said that she came from a place called 'modern', and she said that it was good there, and I longed for it." ”

"What kind of place is 'modern'? was able to cultivate an excellent woman like Soho. ”

Yun Niang smiled at her, "I also asked your mother this question, and she said that there are many women who are better than her in modern times. ”

"'Modern' is really amazing." Ah Yao muttered.

"Alright, it's not too early, let's go back quickly!"

"Hmm."

The two returned to Su Mansion, and Ah Yao sent Yun Niang back to the courtyard, and watched Yun Niang drink the medicine before returning to her yard.

She wrote a note to Rose and sent it to the palace with a carrier pigeon.

The next day, Ah Yao brought the shopkeepers of several branches to Su Mansion to discuss matters related to the opening of stores.

The original goods of several branches have been sold in full, and every payment is clearly recorded in the account.

She looked at the shopkeepers with satisfaction, "It's been a hard time for everyone. ”

"It's not hard."

"The proprietor let us sell all the goods in the store, are you planning to do other business?"

Yao nodded, "We open a cloth and clothing store." ”

Several shopkeepers frowned slightly, and someone said: "There are countless cloth shops and ready-to-wear shops in Fengdu, will we lose money when we open a store now?" ”

"As long as our stuff is better than someone else's, we're not afraid of anything!"

Several shopkeepers nodded.

Ah Yao took out a few manuals and handed them to several shopkeepers.

Several shopkeepers looked at her suspiciously, "Boss, what is this?" ”

"The manual I gave to you is different, this is the next goods to be operated in your store, you can take it back and familiarize yourself with it first, tomorrow I will take someone to your store to deliver the goods, and it will open in three days."

"In such a hurry?"

Ah Yao's eyes were firm, and she said, "Our Su Ji has been closed for too long, and it should be reopened and let everyone know." ”

"Yes."

Ah Yao's glorious deeds of running Su Ji before have already spread throughout the Fengdu business community, and several shopkeepers naturally trust her business talents.

"There's nothing else to do, let's go back and prepare for the reopening first!"

"Yes."

After the shopkeepers left, the people in the front yard came.

"Girl, there's a girl outside the door asking to see you."

Girl?

She thought of Rose, "Let her in!" ”

"Yes."

The servants quickly brought Rose.

Rose stepped forward and hurriedly said, "Girl, my antidote." ”

"Don't worry."

Ah Yao took out the porcelain bottle, poured out a pill and handed it to her.

Rose took the pill and took it immediately.

"What did the girl call me this time to ask?"

"What has Concubine Xiao been doing lately?" Yao asked.

"The eldest prince has always come to Concubine Xiao recently, and when the two of them talked, there was no one left in the house, and I don't know what they were talking about."

After a pause, Rose added: "But I heard from the slave maid of the eldest prince that the eldest prince has been out of the palace frequently these days. ”

Frequent outings?

Could it be that he went to take care of the shop under Xiao Mu's name?

didn't have the heart to care about Li Hao, she asked bluntly: "Do you know that Concubine Xiao has Soho's manual in her hand?" ”

Rose shook her head, "I came to Concubine Xiao five years ago, and I don't know what happened to Concubine Xiao before. ”

"Then do you know where Concubine Xiao's previous maidservant went?"

"It seems that they have been sent somewhere else, and the girl wants to find them?"

"Hmm."

"I'll ask around when I get back to the palace, and I'll definitely ask the girl."

A-Yao said gratefully: "Thank you." ”

As the words fell, A-Yao took out a key and gave it to Rose.

Rose stared at the key in surprise, "What is this doing, girl?" ”