Because of the age difference, when Miss Yao Qi and Miss Yao Ba were born, Concubine Yao was already very old. In addition, Aunt Zhang had always had high hopes for Concubine Yao. Concubine Yao was busy studying, so it was difficult to get along with the two sisters.
It's really not that long.
Every time they met, Concubine Yao, who was still the Fourth Miss Yao, raised her chin slightly, looking aloof and looking down on them both.
Facts have also proved that their fourth sister is really powerful. A concubine also successfully married into the Prince of Jin County and became a concubine.
Even the old lady's own legitimate daughter, Miss Yao Wu, just married back to her natal family and is still an ordinary scholar.
With such a comparison, it's no wonder that the old lady was angry and obstructed her. He encouraged the old earl who was still alive at the time to disown his daughter Yao Concubine, which caused a huge fuss and almost forced the fourth sister to death.
If so, Miss Yao Qi and Miss Yao Ba knew it, but they didn't say it out loud on weekdays.
Miss Yao Qi thinks that she is more favored. Compared with Miss Yao Ba, she will definitely get a better ending, even if it is a marriage, neither Aunt Zhang nor Concubine Yao will treat her badly.
As for Miss Yao Ba...
That's not necessarily the case.
But who knows?
They failed to stay in the capital, and the old lady decided to arrange two marriages with huge differences in status.
The reason why Miss Yao Qi dislikes Miss Yao Ba is probably that she feels that Miss Yao Ba is getting an advantage and acting like a good girl. She always likes to act like "the whole world is sorry for her", but Miss Yao Ba doesn't even look at it herself.
It can be seen that one husband's family is the son of a small official, and the other husband's family is a scholar from a poor family, tsk tsk tsk tsk...
Stand tall and stand tall.
Maybe Miss Yao Ba is proud of herself and looks down on her, the seventh sister.
Miss Yao Qi considers herself the elder sister and is too lazy to argue with this confused sister. She chooses Ye Maosheng because she has more ambitious aspirations.
After three to five years, Miss Yao Ba will have to bow to her.
She is patient and she can wait.
Miss Yao Qi herself didn't realize it, but she was actually quite similar to Concubine Yao in some aspects. For example, they both had the same high spirits and wanted to be the master.
However, one of them seized the opportunity in Jingzhong, and the other lived in Jinling. He picked the taller one among the short ones, and he picked the taller one over Ye Maosheng.
For Miss Yao Qi at this time, Ye Maosheng is the best choice for her.
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Because she had to learn to manage the shop, Gu Qingling relaxed her control over Miss Yao Qi and Miss Yao Ba, and would let them go out to the shop every once in a while.
No matter what, you can only learn more by experiencing it yourself.
With Zhuangzi's help, the business of Miss Yao Qi's restaurant is not bad, I can't say it's great, but it's still passable.
When we arrived at Miss Yao Qi's grocery store, it was not very impressive at first, but as some people actually bought good things in the store, there were more repeat customers and business gradually improved.
However, there is still some distance from being prosperous.
On this day, after Miss Yao Ba and Miss Yao Qi broke up, they went to the store again to "observe".
The ledger is only checked once a month, but how is the store's business, what kind of customers come, whether the customers buy anything, and what affects the store's business...
Some details need to be understood by themselves.
"There is a trick to selling groceries. Not everything can be sold in a shop, nor can things sold well by others be sold well in one's own store."
"Miss Eighth, look carefully, this is the sales record of the past few days."
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The shopkeeper of the grocery store is an old man who was recruited by Gu Qingling. He used to work for shopkeepers in other shops and was trained as a shopkeeper.
Being transferred here this time, in addition to helping the young master, the other thing is "self-training".
Because he knew very well that if he did well, he might stay in this shop and follow the young master.
Even if the young master doesn't want him, the old lady will still have arrangements.
But if it is not done well and the goods are returned...
hehe!
It will be difficult to get ahead again.
The shopkeeper grasped this opportunity very firmly and taught the young master very seriously.
Miss Yao Ba listened very carefully, and from time to time she asked a few questions that she did not understand.
While the two men were talking in the main store, a young master came into the store. This man was none other than Xie Xuefeng, the second master of Xie. He also brought an older servant with him.
"Sir, what do you want to buy?"
A waiter from the shop quickly came over to greet me.
"Just take a look." Xie Xuefeng looked like he really wanted to buy something, as if he was looking at it very seriously.
But in fact, his peripheral vision fell on Miss Yao Ba, and he seemed to be sizing up something.
Miss Yao Ba has been used to being ignored since she was a child. She is particularly sensitive to people's eyes and glances at them unconsciously.
When she glanced over, Xie Xuefeng's eyes had already moved away.
It turned out that after Xie Xuefeng learned about the engagement, he sent someone to inquire about Miss Yao Ba.
It's a pity that the Yao family came from the capital. How long have they been together in Jinling? Except for the wife of the family who goes out for diplomacy, the young masters don't go out very much. There is really not much news.
If he could find out, Mrs. Xie had already told him.
But who is Xie Xuefeng? He doesn't want the Yao family to be clean and harmonious.
If that were the case, the Yao family would not have been expelled from the capital and moved back to Jinling. It was said that they had requested an imperial edict to return with honor, and had the honor of preventing and controlling smallpox, but only the Yao family themselves knew what was going on.
If the Yao family was so prosperous, who would leave the capital?
Their Xie family, after several generations of hard work, haven't they yet succeeded in entering Beijing?
Miss Yao Ba didn't think much. Seeing that no one was looking at her, she thought she was overthinking and continued talking to the shopkeeper.
Xie Xuefeng talked to the waiter for a while. The waiter looked embarrassed and ran over to ask Miss Yao Ba, the shopkeeper, for instructions. He said that the young master wanted a lot of goods and wanted to talk to someone who could take charge.
Miss Yao Ba knew that she was a novice and very immature, so she was not prepared to force herself. Instead, she asked the shopkeeper to come forward while she listened to an audience nearby and studied hard.
Miss Yao Ba's attitude made the shopkeeper very happy.
A shopkeeper who doesn't want to be a good shopkeeper is not a good shopkeeper. Besides, he is still a shopkeeper with ambitions. Naturally, he hopes that the young master will trust him more.
Seeing that Miss Yao Ba had entrusted this job to him, the shopkeeper was ready to show off in front of Miss Yao Ba.
Unfortunately, the shopkeeper met Xie Xuefeng this time.
Xie Xuefeng didn't care whether the business could succeed or not, he just wanted to test Miss Yao Ba.
On the first day they met, Xie Xuefeng discovered that Miss Yao Ba was a little different from what he had imagined. She was not the spoiled and unruly person he thought she was. Instead, she was as delicate and quiet as his grandma and mother had said.
woman.
Her clothes were very low-key. At first glance, she didn't look like a young lady, but rather like a little girl from a wealthy family who came out to visit her.
But if you look closely, you will find that her manners are very well behaved, and she is not like someone who could be raised by a small family.
The same is true for the maid next to her. Every move she makes follows the rules of the big family, and she is a very good person.
