"The matter of Siqingfang has been negotiated with shopkeeper Yu over there. If we can give them goods before the sixth day of October, there will be no problem from now on." I have an idea..."
In the Su family courtyard shrouded in heavy rain, water droplets fell from the eaves like curtains. In the reception room with the oil lamp lit, Xi Junyu was talking to Su Tan'er about the progress of the business. Then Myolie brought a handkerchief over and asked him to wipe it.
After wiping the parts of her body that were wet by the rain, Juan'er also came in with a tea tray and placed a piece of tea on the small table next to Xi Junyu.
"Master Xi, please have some tea."
"Sorry for the trouble Juan'er." Xi Junyu nodded with a smile, and then continued to talk to Su Tan'er about business matters. "Since Siqingfang has already started, I think we can invest another one in Yuanzhou."
We need to build two printing and dyeing workshops and warehouses for about ten thousand taels. In this way, using Yuanzhou as the hub and then developing in the surrounding areas, we can be sure..."
After he finished speaking, he waited for Su Tan'er's answer. "Originally, the expansion of the Su family's business basically followed the same steps, but at this time Su Tan'er took a sip of tea and looked up at him." His voice was a little low.
: "On Yuanzhou's side, although the time has come, it is not the immediate priority. At this time... let's talk about it after a while."
Su Tan'er's voice was soft, and Xi Junyu had expected such an answer, but the look in her eyes made him a little confused. When he met Su Tan'er, she was only a twelve-year-old girl, but since Su Tan'er
His son began to get involved in the family business. Over the past few years, there was always something he couldn't understand about this woman who had gradually grown into a young girl and was now a married woman in name only.
Of course, that was just a little bit of feeling. He thought he knew most of this woman's character, "including the pressure she endured" and the efforts she made under such pressure.
In the past few years, probably since Su Tan'er was fourteen and close to fifteen, she worked with him and several other shopkeepers to discuss various business strategies. The girl occasionally had surprising ideas, but most of the time she didn't.
"A little clumsy" most of the ideas he comes up with cannot be used. When they are pointed out, he often smiles awkwardly, and then says in surprise: "So it's like this..."
She has a soft and humble personality and is kind to everyone. She never loses her temper. She is not angry when her servants do something wrong. She is not angry when others gossip about her because she is a woman. Of course, she sometimes encounters people she doesn’t know what to do with.
How to deal with the situation, after all, she was just a girl of a few years old. She didn't speak at that time, she pursed her lips hard with a smile on her face, and waited in silence.
People's emotions are very strange, and there is no obvious dividing line. Xi Junyu doesn't know when he decided to stay in the Su family cloth store. When Xi Junyu was a child, his family background was not good, and his mother died early. His father was sick, and
He was an alcoholic. He was very talented since he was a child. He thought that he would have a good future if he kept studying. Later, he went to work as a worker in the cloth shop just to earn some idle money to supplement the family income. "Who knows" and he has been doing this ever since.
"Smart people can do anything quickly." Xi Junyu is a person who is confident that he can do anything, not just business. If you have been in business for a long time, you will gradually understand human nature. In his view, "everything in the world is inseparable from the changes in these things."
, reading and so on are just side branches.
Just doing some odd jobs at Sujia Clothing Store, he helped with several orders of business. The money he earned was enough to make the family comfortable. Of course, he still planned to go back to school at that time, and later... stayed at Sujia.
It's hard to say how much the reason is related to the girl who always ran to the cloth shop, but it must be a large part of the reason.
He actually understood that "if his family was poor, it would be very troublesome to study and take the imperial examinations. He couldn't afford just giving gifts and getting involved in various relationships. And the feeling of being rich was actually quite practical. At that time, he probably gave himself
Having set a relatively ideal route, he worked in the Su family, became the shopkeeper, the chief shopkeeper, and then married into the Su family." After Su Tan'er took control of the Su family, he was on equal footing with her.
At that time, he had already made a name for himself in the cloth industry. He cooperated very well with the fifteen-year-old girl who was constantly learning. He was also able to make up for the loopholes that Su Tan'er made in a timely manner. Ever since he learned about Su Boyong and Su Tan'er
When his son thought about it, he understood that "one day Su Tan'er will need a husband to marry into, and he is obviously the most ideal candidate, and he himself doesn't mind this kind of thing."
Incompetent people always look forward to status or other innate factors. Of course, they do have an impact. But for those who are truly capable, they will know that their own abilities actually account for a large part of the position. For him, self-confidence
No matter where you are, there will always be opportunities for you to stand out, and people will always take you seriously. I definitely cannot change the innate factor of being born poor." So, there is nothing unacceptable about marrying into a family.
Su Tan'er will understand her own abilities and her character. With such a tacit understanding, the two will be the most ideal partners after getting married. Some people may initially use their status as a son-in-law as a reason, but
It doesn't matter, as long as his abilities are demonstrated, others will naturally look at him with admiration. One year, two years... the facts will change everything. Su Tan'er is also burdened with shackles, and can grit his teeth and charge forward. What can't he do?
It's a pity that the subsequent development was beyond his expectation. The Su family must have considered him. They must have considered him. But in the end, the old lady made the decision and chose such an incompetent scholar.
The Su family... is just for this man to be able to control it better.
Sometimes being too capable turns out to be a shortcoming. He thought sarcastically in his heart at that time. He also thought that if he was the one who arranged the marriage, Tan'er would definitely not find an excuse to run away on the day of the wedding.
He was very confident in his heart, knowing that the Su family had nothing to worry about when they were considering Ning Yi, but then the other party suddenly decided on Ning Yi." He was shocked. He had once directly approached Su Tan'er to express his love for her.
But it was then that I discovered the distance that this girl had always kept from others. She might have called him "Brother Jun Yu", but soon after, he became the shopkeeper Xi, and he always used the same name.
He is called the shopkeeper of the banquet.
She may be soft and gentle, smart and cute, or playful and humorous. But most of the time, this girl has always put part of her mind on the sidelines and watched. That part may still find it interesting and curious."
"Every time I laugh cutely." However, he always maintained an attitude of watching and learning. As long as a smart person puts his mind to it, he can learn anything very quickly, which Xi Junyu has known all along.
It was then that he realized that his admiration was somewhat hard to express because he was not as kind as he thought.
He is also an arrogant person. If he went over to talk to her, the girl on the surface might be extremely kind, gentle, or even extremely sad, but the heart that is really watching will not take him seriously at all. This is a result that he cannot bear.
.
Later, after Su Tan'er got married, she showed the attitude of being a wife. This was something he had expected for a long time. The issue of identity was originally the main reason for Su Tan'er's marriage. He didn't know what the scholar would do when he was with her.
"How is it?" Su Tan'er would not offend others on the surface, but the scholar must not be able to see what his wife is like on the inside.
Thinking about it, he found it interesting and pitiful that they had never even lived in the same room. Although the subsequent development was beyond his expectation, the scholar at least had some skills in knowledge. But in any case, it is certain that they seem to be inseparable.
No one can really understand Su Tan'er except herself. The heart she hides behind her is the sobriety forced out of her by long-term pressure and loneliness.
There will always be resistance if she wants to take charge of the Su family as a woman. Even if she cries, no one will really sympathize with her. Even her shopkeeper helps her under Su Boyong's instructions, but in every business,
They will still consider the fact that the host is a woman. Even if she continues to prove her abilities and becomes a figure like Wu Zetian when she is forty or fifty years old, people will still consider that she is a woman, and she can only be behind this.
Maintain absolute sobriety.
Thinking about it, she feels a little cold, a little lonely, and a little pitiful. She needs someone who can really be with her and share the joys and sorrows with her. Xi Junyu likes this feeling. At the moment, he can only like and accept the status quo. The fact has already happened. It's useless to complain. Think about it.
Just do something.
Sometimes he felt that the figure deep in Su Tan'er's heart was a little unclear, and she was constantly growing. But no matter what, in a sense, Su Tan'er was almost taught by him.
Years, it won’t get out of control for the time being.
Su Tan'er has already made a decision about Yuanzhou. He is just the "shopkeeper", so there is no need to say more about his identity. When necessary, both of them can be very talkative." At this time, Xi Junyu said to shopkeeper Yu of Siqingfang
He heard a few interesting things while chatting, and then connected it with the situation of the recent disaster victims to analyze what might be happening inside and outside the city. He knew what Su Tan'er usually liked to listen to, and Su Tan'er actually listened to it while holding a tea cup.
She was entranced, occasionally nodding, asking a few questions, her girl-like curious expression has not changed in the past few years. After all, this is an age when information is not very well-informed, and a lot of information is indeed useful. When Xi Junyu talks about it, it is often
It's something she doesn't know.
Then he casually talked about Xiaochan's father's funeral and when Ning Yi would be back. He only mentioned this matter briefly, hinting that his own existence was different from Ning Yi's. Although it looked like
It seems that some things have not entered the other person's heart, but maybe we can chat for a while tonight, and Ning Yi will be back tomorrow." He had some thoughts today and was considering whether to say it out loud.
At this time," Xing'er held an umbrella and ran in from outside the yard. She looked a little happy, nodded and smiled at Xi Junyu," and then ran to Su Tan'er: "My uncle and Xiaochan are back."
"Really?" Juan'er, who was standing behind Su Tan'er, opened the door first. Su Tan'er also raised her head and smiled, but at the same time she frowned: "It's raining so hard, it's raining so late.
Come back? Did you get caught in the rain?", "Not really. Oh, the driver Dongzhu got wet. My uncle asked Dongzhu to take a bath outside, and then ordered the kitchen to prepare some meals. They hurried back all the way. Dinner
I guess I didn’t eat well.”
"Hmm." Su Tan'er thought for a while, "Xing'er, go and ask the kitchen to prepare something that my uncle likes to eat, and then prepare a bowl of millet porridge. I'm also a little hungry. I'll go there later... and prepare some iced white fungus.
"The soup is mainly for Geng Huyuan and Dongzhu to cool down in the evening after eating." They don't usually eat this. If you and Juan'er want it, go and prepare some yourself. I won't need it. My uncle and Xiaochan will probably have it after dinner.
I don’t really want to eat this, uh, do you want it, Mr. Xi?”, “I don’t need it, since Ning Ning and Xiaochan have come back, I don’t have anything too important to do.” Then I took my leave.”
Xi Junyu smiled calmly, and Su Tan'er nodded.
"In that case, I'll give it to the shopkeeper."
"No, it's raining heavily."
"It's okay, and I want to hear more about Yuan Zhou's plan that shopkeeper Xi just said." It's weird that you really want to hear it... Xi Junyu laughed in his heart, "But then he held up his umbrella and talked with Su Tan'er and Juan'er.
As they walked out together, they still spoke out a series of plans and ideas. Whether it was about the customs and customs of Yuanzhou or the information about various joints and officials, they were all very detailed. Su Tan'er just nodded and listened.
With.
The rain roared, and sometimes when walking on these roads, one could only vaguely see the light of the courtyard in the distance, giving people the impression that it was like the huge Su family mansion, with only the three of them walking in the rain. Wait until
When he got close to the side door, he could see that there were still people running in and out, all in a hurry. His attendant was also waiting in the concierge over there. When he walked to a courtyard corridor where there was no need to hold an umbrella, Xi Junyu took a deep breath.
"Actually, over the past year or so, although Su's development seems to have remained unchanged, funds are being withheld in various places. I know these things clearly. You are already making preparations." This matter is too big, you don't want to
I shouldn’t have mentioned it in the first place. But... it’s really too big. “If you lose all your money, what does that mean? Have you thought clearly about it?”
Su Tan'er stopped and looked at him quietly. She pursed her lips lightly and said nothing. Her eyes were a bit complicated, as if she was saying sorry that I can't tell you this. After all, she wanted to take charge of the overall situation... Xi Junyu
I don’t mind this.” He just shook his head and sighed.
"I don't know when you had this idea." Maybe you were thinking about it a few years ago. You want to be a palace official, you want to be an imperial merchant. Is this... right?" He looked at Su Tan.
Son, paused for a moment.
"It might have been better a few years ago, but since last year, the Xue family has also been thinking about the imperial business." Or the Wu family has also been considering it. What you think is the most difficult time now. These things
, Do you know? ", Under the rainy night" This is almost the most severe warning. Xi Junyu's consideration is well-founded...