Cousin Chitose Chitose

Jiang Yuanwan met Wei Yichen, without saying a word, Wei Yichen cameo cameo with a magic stick: "I already know why you are here. You are short of people right now, I can lend you someone, but, Have you thought about a thank you gift?"

He looked at Jiang Yuanwan with bright eyes, full of expectation.

Jiang Yuanwan originally wanted to say that he wanted to thank him before he had done a good job, but when he saw him like this, he couldn't help laughing: "What do you want? Do you want me to play chess with you again, or to play with you? Or, Do you want to watch me dance this time?"

"So you can dance, but I didn't know it. It seems that I still don't know you well enough." Wei Yichen took a deep look at Jiang Yuanwan.

On the day of Mrs. Wen's birthday, Wei Yichen and Jiang Yuanwan went to Wen Mansion to pay respects to him.At that time, Wei Yichen discovered that the old man Wen's attitude towards Jiang Yuanwan was very strange. He not only cared for the younger generation of his old acquaintance, but also showed a trace of caution and restraint.Jiang Yuanwan didn't look what she looked like on the surface, she was just a down-and-out junior official.

Wei Yichen asked Mrs. Wen about Jiang Yuanwan, but Mrs. Wen didn't tell him anything, just sighed and asked Wei Yichen to take care of Jiang Yuanwan more.

The people Wei Yichen sent to investigate Jiang Yuanwan found nothing.Those of her tribe only knew that her parents had such a daughter. Because of her poor health since she was young, she was rarely seen by people. Later, she practiced with her hair in the temple for three years. Until her parents passed away, she begged the Marquis of Changning After caring for his daughter a little bit, Marquis Changning felt pity for Jiang Yuanwan, so he took Jiang Yuanwan into the Hou's mansion.

It's fine if you don't check, but after checking, the doubts in Wei Yichen's heart became even bigger.It seems that someone is deliberately covering up Jiang Yuanwan's past.Could that person be his father?What was Jiang Yuanwan's past like?

Wei Yichen realized that he might have really fallen on this little girl.If not, he should have avoided it when he discovered the strangeness of Jiang Yuanwan, instead of tirelessly exploring the secrets of Jiang Yuanwan as he is now.

"When my mother was still alive, I learned a little dance from her." Jiang Yuanwan's face was full of nostalgia: "My mother's dance is actually very good, but she is always busy and doesn't have much time to teach me, so I Not many will. You say you don't know me, but I don't know much about you either. "

"What do you want to know, I can tell you." Wei Yichen said very seriously, and Jiang Yuanwan was almost immersed in those eyes when they looked at each other closely.

Too, too foul, so who can resist it.

Jiang Yuanwan looked away in a panic: "Farewell, you are never willing to suffer. If I find out your secrets, you have to dig out all my secrets? Let's continue talking about this time , what do you want me to do?"

Wei Yichen sighed, looking a little regretful that he couldn't cheat Jiang Yuanwan's promise.

"If there is a chance in the future, I still want to watch you dance. No, it should be said that I am very interested in everything about you." Wei Yichen looked at the little girl whose face changed slightly following his words, secretly amused: "But this time, you go shopping with me first. Didn't you say it before, when I recover, we will go out of the house together for a walk."

Jiang Yuanwan frowned: "I have a lot of work here, where is the time? Now that you are back to work in the court, you are not free, right?"

"The shopping I'm talking about is naturally not wandering, but going out to inspect properties. I also have several shops under my name. When my mother passed away, my grandfather decided to give me my mother's dowry. They are a tea shop and a cloth shop. , a book store, and a snack shop. Although I usually don’t care about things, I always go to check the situation in the store regularly to see if the shopkeepers are cheating and cheating, and if there are any difficulties in the store.”

Jiang Yuanwan wondered, "You still open a snack shop?"

"Yeah, I heard from my grandfather that my mother was a good eater when she was in the boudoir, so when my mother got married, my grandfather gave her a dowry in Sweet House. I hope that after she gets married, she can live happily as if she was in the boudoir. As long as It's a pity..." Wei Yichen's eyes showed a trace of disappointment.

Jiang Yuanwan quickly changed the topic: "So you opened that sweet shop. The candied desserts there are really delicious."

"If you like, let's go to the store to eat once in a while."

"Okay. Can you tell me how your shops work?"

Jiang Yuanwan has no objection to Wei Yichen's suggestion of going shopping at the moment, and now she is also the one who manages the shop herself, so she is naturally very interested in these things.Although there is a manager in the shop, she usually doesn't need to worry about it on weekdays, but when it comes to important matters, the masters still have to make decisions.

"Of course, let's talk as we go. Let me give you an overview first. When you get to the store, you can see the specific operation for yourself. By the way, chat with the shopkeeper and the guys in the store to understand some details. What do you think?"

"Okay, you've thought it through. I'm only focused on recruiting people for the store, but I haven't even visited the store. Hearing what you've said, I still have to take a look."

Speaking of which, since Jiang Yuanwan gave the money to Qingyin to open a branch store, she didn't bother much, but from the monthly dividends, she knew that the store was well run by Qingyin.There are also the rouge shops of Fangzhi and Fangpei, which have been open for more than two months. I don't know how they are doing now.

Jiang Yuanwan thought in her heart that if time allowed, after she went to Wei Yichen's shop to collect scriptures, she would also inspect her own shop one by one.If you don't have enough time, just go to the newly acquired clothing store and rouge store.

"Obviously I asked you to go out with me, what are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you for being willing to mention me and share your experience with me."

Jiang Yuanwan knew that Wei Yichen made such a request, apart from the inspection purpose he said, he just wanted to spend more time with her in a legitimate way.But what Wei Yichen did was not disgusting, on the contrary, it was quite helpful to her, and she learned about his situation.

The servants sent by Wei Jinxuan came to report that Wei Yichen and Jiang Yuanwan had left the mansion together. Wei Jinxuan heard the words, "Brother and Cousin Jiang really have a good relationship. Didn't father say anything?"

"Our people can't reach Lord Hou yet, but it is said that Lord Hou once ordered that if elder brother and cousin Jiang didn't do anything out of the ordinary, they don't have to report to him."

Wei Jinxuan murmured: "Father, what does this mean? Could it be... Our family is really going to give birth to an orphaned wife? If Father really intends to do so, it's fine..."

There is a noble girl from a noble family who will be the wife of the son, and the Japanese guard Jinxuan will definitely be crushed to death by this sister-in-law.But if Jiang Yuanwan were to be Wei Jinxuan's sister-in-law, she would not be confident enough, so she would naturally rely on Wei Jinxuan.

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Wei Yichen took Jiang Yuanwan to the cloth shop first.The cloth shop under his name sells all excellent materials, mainly targeting at the upper classes, most of those customers will not go to the shop to choose the cloths in person, but send some stewards to buy them.Of course, there are occasional young masters who want to choose fabrics to make clothes by themselves, and they will be well received by the guys.

Wei Yichen's cloth shop occupies a large area and is elegantly decorated. Many families who have good relations with the Wen Mansion or Changning Hou Mansion are used to coming to their shop to get materials for new clothes every season. A good classmate's family will also come to take care of the business from time to time, so there is no need to worry about the business of Wei Yichen's cloth shop.

"Young master and miss, are you here to pick out the ingredients?" The young man in the store was quite clever, and when he saw Wei Yichen and Jiang Yuanwan, he warmly greeted them: "I wonder what kind of ingredients you two want? We have all kinds of ingredients here. There are all kinds of materials, Jin brocade, Yun brocade, Song brocade, Shu brocade, velvet circle brocade, Zhang satin, Zhang velvet, makeup flower satin..."

The guy pointed them out to Wei Yichen and Jiang Yuanwan one by one, like every treasure: "I'm not boasting, in the capital, our shop has the most complete materials."

After Jiang Yuanwan walked into the store, she found that the rather large store was divided into many small compartments. Each fabric was placed together separately by category, and the various designs and colors overlapped, which was quite patchwork.

"Last time, we brought a batch of makeup brocades into our mansion, this time why not pick some cloud and mist gauze and go back." Wei Yichen said.

"If you want to buy cloud gauze, please go this way, both of you. The cloud gauze is as soft as smoke and thin as a gauze..." The man began to speak eloquently again, his words were humorous and interesting, and Wei Yichen and Jiang Yuanwan listened quite well. To be happy: "Master, you might as well buy the blue one after the rain. Miss is young, so you can buy the autumn-scented one..."

Jiang Yuanwan touched the material with her hands, and it felt very good.

If the things sold in her shop can be as good as Wei Yichen's shop, with high quality, proper management, and eloquent jobs, why not worry about business?

"The makeup brocade we got in the mansion last time came from your shop?" Jiang Yuanwan asked.

Wei Yichen said: "Yes, the fabrics in our house have always come from my shop."

Jiang Yuanwan thinks about it too, since her family has good things and a wide variety, there is no reason not to take care of her own business.

"How do you manage the management of this shop on weekdays? It seems to me that you seldom ask about the affairs of the shop, but it's really surprising that the shop is running so well."

Wei Yichen smiled faintly: "What's so difficult about this? I have a wide variety of materials in my shop, so I simply hired a few managers, each responsible for several materials, and every month is based on performance. Good sales will be rewarded." , Those who don’t sell well will get a warning, and if they don’t sell well for several months in a row, they may be fired. They will naturally work hard to get more money.”

"The guys below, in addition to the original monthly money, if they do a good job, such as selling more materials from them, or attracting repeat customers to our shop, they will also be rewarded. Xi, it’s all for profit; all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Since you don’t plan to watch the stewards and guys work in the shop, but you want them to take the initiative to do the work well, naturally you have to give them some sweets.”

"It makes sense. I didn't expect you to be so good at doing business."

Wei Yichen couldn't help laughing: "How can this be called being able to do business? It's just trying to figure out people's hearts. If you really want me to deal with those merchants, I'm not as good as these shopkeepers."

Jiang Yuanwan was thoughtful: "That's right, the way of imperial servants is always the same."

The guy at the side heard the conversation between the two, and no longer dared to treat them as ordinary guests: "I don't know if you two are—"

"Master?" Several shopkeepers greeted him in surprise.