When Chen Guanlou returned home, Mrs. Chunxiang invited him to drink pimple soup. He said a few polite words, picked up the bowl and started drinking. Being polite only ends with your mouth. He gave Dawang a bunch of money and asked Dawang to go to the alley to buy a pound of braised beef. Mrs. Chunxiang was worried. She was not worried about Dawang's safety, but worried about this guy spending money randomly. "I'll come back after buying the braised beef. Do you hear me?" Dawang agreed simply, his feet were as fast as stepping on a hot wheel. "Brother Qian went out again?" Chen Guanlou asked casually. Mrs. Chunxiang's husband has a lot of money. He works in a escort agency and often has to go out to escort goods. "I left early this morning to go to the west. The trip back and forth will take more than a month." Mrs. Chunxiang patted the dust off her body with a towel. The bright sun has lasted for more than ten days, and the loess streets have been heated by the sun. People and cars are coming and going, and the dust is flying. Every day when I go out, I come home covered in dust. "The escort agency is doing good business." "The war in Jinzhou is over, and there are many more merchants selling goods. I'm worried that the road will be uneasy, but the business of the escort agency has been really good recently. On this trip, a total of ten merchants got together to sell escorts. If everything goes well, they can make a little profit."
Chen Guanlou drank the pimple soup, "So, Jinzhou recovered quickly?" "I don't know about this. I'm a womanizer. If it weren't for the war in Jinzhou, I wouldn't even know which direction Jinzhou is." Mrs. Chunxiang said with a smile. The Golden State urgently needs to resume production. The war has subsided and goods are flowing. As long as there are no further disturbances and the government provides sufficient tax exemption policies, I believe that it will be able to recover in a few years. Dawang came back with braised beef wrapped in oil paper and rewarded himself with a lollipop. When Mrs. Chunxiang saw this, she picked up the broom and started beating him. "You bastard, that's brother Lou's money, you dare to spend it randomly." Dawang threw the braised beef away and ran around the yard, licking the lollipop as he ran, and said in a mean manner: "You can't beat it, you can't beat it." Really cheap! So bad! Chen Guanlou:...... He just sat on the bamboo chair and watched happily, never interfering or interceding for Dawang. He asked Erwang to set the plate, pour the braised beef on the plate, and then invited Mrs. Chunxiang to eat. Sister-in-law Chunxiang ran around the yard several times without even touching Dawang's buttocks. She was panting from exhaustion and said, "Smelly boy, sooner or later I will punish you. If you have the guts, don't come back. Brother Lou, Dawang I’m ignorant, that money…” "It's okay. The extra money was originally used to pay for Dawang's errands." "What's the fee for running errands? It's only a few steps away. The brat is getting bigger and bigger, and I can't control him. It's better when his father is at home, but when he's not at home, he's like a wild horse running wild. I’m not worried about anything else, I’m just afraid that he’ll learn bad things from those green-skinned gangsters outside.” "Then let him learn a trade." "I can't calm down. I just spend three days fishing and two days drying the nets." "Why don't I ask you tomorrow what Dawang wants to do?" "That's great! When I talk to his father, he can't even listen to me. I think he's getting more and more dissatisfied. He's not at all practical. I don't know whose temper he's following." Chen Guanlou laughed. In fact, with Dawang's out-of-the-box temper, it is still appropriate to work as a helper in the yamen, as a yamen servant. Everything on the street is familiar, so it's easy to get information.
After Mrs. Pan left, the yard of Chen Ergou's house had been idle for a while, and was later rented to a cloth merchant. Chen Guanlou also bought some pieces of cloth and made several sets of clothes. The prices from cloth merchants are fair and cheaper than those at cloth shops outside. The surrounding neighbors are eager to take advantage of the situation and are willing to take care of the cloth merchant's business. Cloth merchants also don't mind the small business. Whenever someone comes to buy cloth, they will let their clerks come out to entertain them. It can be seen that cloth merchants are well aware of the importance of good neighborly relations. No, the banquet in the Marquis Mansion requires the use of fine cloth. Someone recommended a cloth merchant. The cloth merchant relied on his shrewd mind and good communication skills to successfully establish a relationship with the Marquis Mansion, and he was delighted. I really didn't expect that renting in the back alley of Hou Mansion would have such benefits. It was like a pie in the sky. Sister-in-law Chunxiang was very envious, "People who do business are shrewd." Chen Guanlou said: "Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. Only by building good relationships with neighbors and making good friends can you build relationships with the Hou family." "I don't know how much money I made this time." Mrs. Chunxiang muttered. "It's his ability to make more or less." Chen Guanlou said with a smile. "When you see other people making money, it's easy to think about it." "Is there anything I can't think about? Boss Qu is a very good person. Even with such a big deal, he doesn't look down on his neighbors. With such a big deal, renting Chen Ergou's yard shows that he is a very calculating person. But he He is not stingy. When everyone buys cloth, they will give him whatever discounts he deserves, and he will make money from all the scraps he deserves. " Mrs. Chunxiang was stunned for a moment, seemed to have figured it out, nodded, and agreed: "It makes sense. Boss Qu, if nothing else, is quite generous. I went to him to get some rags two days ago, and he also said Confiscate my money." "That's right! It's reasonable for people to make money. The Hou Mansion is willing to do business with him, that's his ability. There are so many cloth shops in the capital, why did the Hou Mansion take a fancy to the new boss Qu? You can't just rely on the following The person in charge can seal the deal with just one recommendation. The second young lady is not someone who is easy to fool," Chen Guanlou said. "Boss Qu must have given the second young lady a lot of benefits." Mrs. Chunxiang vowed. Chen Guanlou smiled, "No matter if he has done any good to the Second Young Lady. I heard that the Second Madam's niece, who was slept with last year, was brought to the Jin Palace. Is this true?" He asked gossipingly. On the way back, he met Chen Guanqing. He heard this from Chen Guanqing. It is said that the Second Madam lost face for this niece. She borrowed the face of the eldest master to send her niece to the Jin Palace. It is clear that the Jin Palace did not want to recognize her before. Not throwing dirty water on the girl's head to ruin her reputation is already a mercy. She still wants to enter the Jin Palace. The Jin Palace is not a brothel. If she wants to enter, she will enter a woman for every woman she sleeps with. The Jin Palace would have been filled with women long ago. This is too embarrassing. The virgin girl was slept with by someone, and the man just patted his butt and walked away, not intending to take responsibility at all. This matter has been delayed, and the second wife has lost a lot of face. She is laughed at when she goes out for social events. People laugh at her family's bad family tradition, laugh at her niece's no one wants her, laugh at her family's decline, and it is not as good as before. Twenty years ago, the Jin Palace would not have behaved like this. Until the eldest master returned to Beijing, the second wife used the tiger's skin as a banner and shook it again. With the eldest master's face, she forced the Jin Palace to take the person back, and the matter finally came to an end. Sister Chunxiang often went in and out of the backyard of the Marquis's Mansion to work part-time, and she knew a lot about the inner house of the Marquis's Mansion. "Who did you hear it from? I thought no one outside knew about it. The second wife had already issued a gag order, not allowing anyone to mention this matter. Her niece's entry into the Jin Palace was done quietly, and no one was alarmed. It was only when Wei Po let it slip that I knew about it. I didn't expect it to have spread outside." "There is no secret in the Marquis's Mansion. How could such a big thing be hidden from people? The second wife is naive."