novelraw Chapter 66
Chapter 66
Chapter 66
"It's nothing." Lin Daiyu wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled at Zijuan.
Zijuan looked at Zhou Lang, then at the new dresses, and pulled the corners of her mouth to give Zhou Lang a forced smile.
No matter how tolerant and kind the Jia family is to their servants, they can't be disrespectful to their master and guests on the open face. Zijuan didn't say anything, just took the dress and put it in Lin Daiyu's box, thinking in her heart that the Jia family gave Miss Lin I don't know how many dresses she made, and Miss Bao was obviously showing off her family's wealth, so she sent Miss Lin a dress.
I didn't see her sent to several other girls, obviously to bully Miss Lin who just lost her father.
The next day when Jia Baoyu came to Lin Daiyu's residence, Zijuan murmured and complained: "Miss Bao is really good, and made Miss Lin sad. I was afraid that Miss Lin had no clothes to wear, so I eagerly sent them here!"
"Is there not enough clothes for my sister?" Jia Baoyu was obviously not on the same channel as Zijuan, "If not enough, I will tell Sister Feng to make more clothes?"
Lin Daiyu was anxious, and hurriedly said: "I have already got more than a dozen pieces, how can I still have enough to wear? You are not allowed to tell Sister Feng."
But Baoyu was very persistent and said: "My sister is wrong. Although there are more than a dozen clothes, it is not enough to wear. Even the old lady said that she is allowed. What's wrong with my sister wearing a few more clothes?" ?”
Seeing Jia Baoyu's brain is confused again, think about how embarrassing it would be if Jia Baoyu really said it.
Angry and impatient, Lin Daiyu was so angry that tears came down: "If you say enough to wear, you can wear enough, what else do you want to say? You say I am petite, and I have to have a few more clothes than other people's homes to be happy." ?"
"Why is my sister crying again?" Baoyu coaxed anxiously, "If you don't talk about it, then don't talk about it. What's the big deal, I still have material for making clothes, can I give it to my sister?"
Lin Daiyu still refused, turned her body, lowered her head and wiped her tears, thinking about Jia Baoyu's words, and then thinking about Zhou Lang's words, she was in such a situation, it was not enough to be careful, these people still came to make trouble, but she wanted to be more miserable, so she simply fell down. Weeping on the small table.
"If you say no, you don't want it!" Lin Daiyu said while crying, she was out of breath.
Zijuan also came over to coax her, "Young lady is angry, Second Master Bao should calm down and stop messing with her."
Seeing Lin Daiyu weeping sadly, Jia Baoyu felt sad too, at a loss for what to do, he said in a daze: "Sister, if you don't want it, then don't."
Zicuckoo also persuaded a few words, but she couldn't persuade her.
In the front wing, Jia Mu faintly heard crying, so she called Yuanyang and said, "Go and see, why do you hear crying?"
"Hey" Yuanyang responded, and turned to the back room to look, but said in his heart: Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu must be arguing!
When I arrived at the door of Lin Daiyu's room, I opened the curtain to look. Sure enough, Jia Baoyu was also there, looking at Lin Daiyu with a lonely face, but Lin Daiyu was crying on her stomach, and Zijuan stood aside to coax her. Why are you here?"
Yuanyang looked at the situation in the house, showed a meaningful smile, and said: "The ancestor asked me to come and have a look, why are you crying?"
Jia Baoyu didn't know what to say, and froze in place.Lin Daiyu stopped crying when she heard Yuanyang's voice. She wiped her tears and said to Yuanyang, "Brother Bao said there was a girl named Miaoyu who had a very pitiful background. She used to be a rich lady, but now she has become a nun. I heard that I was pitiful, so I cried twice."
Miaoyu's matter was what Jia Baoyu heard from outside and told Lin Daiyu before, so it is appropriate to use it as an excuse at this time.
After hearing this, Yuanyang smiled and said: "That's how it is." Then he advised: "It's pitiful, girl, don't cry, and be careful. Go back to the ancestors, give her more money for sesame oil, and ask her to copy scriptures and offer them. In this way, our family With blessings, she can live a better life."
Lin Daiyu nodded, smiling through tears.
Jia Baoyu was in a daze, but when he saw Lin Daiyu smile, he also became cheerful.
Seeing that they both laughed, Yuanyang put down the curtain and went back to Jiamu's place, and taught Jiamu what Lin Daiyu had said.Jia Mu smiled and said: "My two jade children are the most kind-hearted, but they don't want to see others suffer."
He sighed again, "It's not easy for the little master. You give 50 taels of silver to Brother Feng, and ask her to add it to the master named Miaoyu when she burns incense this month, and ask her to copy the scriptures and offer them in front of the Bodhisattva." After thinking about it I thought and asked: "There is no need to copy day and night, don't be too tired."
"The old lady is kind!" Yuanyang flattered her a few words, took Jiamu's 50 taels of silver, and went to find Sister Feng.
So many things happened, Zhou Lang didn't know, she just buried herself in the accounts of her family.
After the Xue family's house was built, it was necessary to settle the account, how much it cost, how much was left over, and what kind of small shop would be appropriate to use the remaining money for.
You have to calculate the accounts of the shops opened by the Xue family in the capital. Some are greedy, some are greedy, and some are not smart enough to do business.
Zhou Lang was too busy, so he had to ask Xiang Ling to help.But Aunt Xue has been ill, not well, and Xiangling has to serve Aunt Xue's bedside most of the time, so she can't help Zhou Lang much.
The four tents of the Xue family are in charge of the accounts, but there are still many things that are confused.Zhou Lang simply told them to re-divide the work.One is in charge of the accounts of the Xue family's family transactions, the other is in charge of the accounts of the shops in the capital, the other is in charge of the accounts of the family's property in Jinling, and the other is in charge of other properties.
In this way, the four yuan is divided into supervisors, and when the accounts are checked, they sit down and do the calculations together, so that they can supervise each other.
Of course, the account book is clear, and there are fewer opportunities for the accountant to make money for filial piety.In order to make the accountants pay attention, Zhou Lang was not stingy, and promised that if the monthly accounts were clear, he would give a few accountants an extra [-]% of the monthly bonus.
Calculating the accountants, the bonus seems to be more than oil and water, and it is basically fixed every month, which is quite a monthly increase.So everyone smiled and promised to work hard.
Of course, they will still accept the filial piety that can be received secretly.
After checking the accounts like this for a period of time, naturally many people with problems in the Xue family were found out.As soon as the person recommended by Itachi arrived, Zhou Lang slowly found an excuse to replace these Xue family moths.The old servants who could be sold were sold, and the old servants who could not be sold were sent back to their hometown in Jinling to guard the gate, or they found a desolate small farm for them to stay in for the elderly.
When it comes to opening a shop, Baoyu likes to make rouge the most. Knowing that Zhou Lang wants to open a shop, he clamors to contribute rouge to Zhou Lang's shop.
Although Jia Baoyu spent three days fishing and two days drying nets to make a rouge, the things he made were still good.Of course Zhou Lang would not be so stupid as to ask Jia Baoyu to make her rouge every day, but he asked for his rouge recipe and asked someone to do it himself.
There are many natural procedures for good rouge, and the selected raw materials must also be high-quality.Therefore, according to the prescription given by Jia Baoyu, only exquisite top-grade products can be made, and the price is also expensive, and they are specially sold to rich dignitaries.
In addition to these, Zhou Lang also asked a few girls to make some fresh facial oil and hand juice based on some cosmetics and skin care products he had used in modern times, and added some rouge and gouache that are already on the market today, and chose a lot of them. If they are sold together, all the goods in the shop will be sold.
After emptying out his small shop, Zhou Lang thought about the concubine's visiting relatives and the Jia family's plan to build a Grand View Garden.Although he didn't know exactly when it was, but after Zhou Lang checked his system and read a few articles on the Red Chamber, he figured it was time.
So I specially passed on the shopkeeper who was in charge of the north-south transportation business, and told me to buy more good wood, rocks and the like, and store some fresh and beautiful decorations.
The shopkeeper has been walking around all year round, knowing that the most important thing in business is circulation.Zhou Lang wanted to spend so much money on hoarding goods, but he didn't know that wealthy families seldom overhaul their gardens. Even if they did major renovations, they might not be willing to use all the good things. It would cost a lot!
If we talk about gardens that use all good things, they are probably the royal gardens.But the royal garden does not need the wood and rocks of the Xue family. Although the Xue family is an imperial merchant, it is not for this piece.Another company supplies these construction items!
At first, I saw that the young master didn't look good, and I heard that the girl is smart, but now that I think about it, it's a girl who lives in the back house, how can the young master have knowledge!
The shopkeeper kindly persuaded Zhou Lang a few words, but Zhou Lang just smiled and still told the shopkeeper to stock up.
Seeing that Zhou Lang didn't listen, the shopkeeper could only shake his head secretly, agreeing to stock up.It's just that in order to operate, secretly stock less, so as not to overstock the goods, which cannot be sold after old age, and the Xue family's funds cannot be circulated. It will really be over by then!
If Young Master Xue returns home and sees the Xue family in such decline, can he still be happy?The ancestors of the Xue family still jumped out of the ground in anger?
Zhou Lang looked at the shopkeeper's unhappy face, and didn't explain anything, just said a few nice words to praise him for his hard work in the past few years.As long as there are moths, there are also loyal servants. The old shopkeeper's family has been loyal servants of the Xue family for three generations.If it weren't for the support of a loyal servant like him, the Xue family would have been defeated by Xue Pan even faster.
The old shopkeeper walked out with a sigh in his heart, while thinking about the time when Xue Pan was ruined at home, and thinking about Zhou Lang's careless management of business, he sighed for a while that Xue's family had no descendants to succeed, and was afraid that it would gradually decline.
When news came out from the palace that the concubines were going to visit their relatives, the old shopkeeper was slapped in the face, and he was still thinking that Zhou Lang was lucky.
In previous years, there were not so many people who wanted to repair the garden at the same time!Besides, the empress concubine visits relatives, which is equivalent to repairing a garden for the royal family. Compared with several families, why don't you spend money in it and use good things!
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