webnovelfull Chapter 245 Young Years
Chapter 245 Young Years
The market on the eve of the Chinese New Year is bustling with activity, and the bottles of perfumed dew in Yang's perfumed dew shop are piled up like a mountain.
But a caravan from Nanzhao suddenly appeared outside the city and sold the same fragrant dew as the Yang family at a price far lower than the Yang family's!
During the entire New Year's Eve market, the Yang family's perfumed dew shop did not sell a single bottle of perfumed dew.
The shopkeeper was unconscious and was carried back by the servants with door panels. After being finally awakened by the doctor on duty, he ran to the third prince's palace in a hurry.
But now the third prince was still in confinement, and there were soldiers guarding the door outside. Shopkeeper Yang could not get in, so he could only stand outside anxiously. Finally, he had no choice but to knock on the door of the Yang family.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion
Liu Mianxin, wearing a dark dress with gold-thread peony sleeves, sat in the warm main room.
She wrapped her hands with fresh green leaves, and asked the servant to hold the other hand. She used a silver stick to pick up the fresh crushed floral mud of Impatiens balsamina, little by little, and mixed it with some color-fixing powder. She filled half of the nail and then wrapped it with the leaves.
The shopkeeper was kneeling down, feeling at a loss. His fat body was very weak and sweat was pouring down from the heat. He kept wiping it with a handkerchief. When he saw Liu Mianxin frowning at him, he cursed her in his heart and took a few steps back without leaving a trace.
"You mean, Fei'er's perfume shop might not be able to continue operating?"
The shopkeeper nodded quickly: "With those Nanzhao people here, our girl's shop hasn't sold a single bottle of perfumed dew in a day!"
"The girl thought that many people would buy perfume during the New Year, so she specially ordered a large amount of perfume from a big merchant in Nanzhao. But who knew that the merchant not only sold it to us, but also to the caravans in Nanzhao. The caravans brought several carts of perfume and sold hundreds of bottles of perfume, and the price was lower than ours... a lot."
Liu Mianxin knew without thinking that Yang Xiaofei had someone plotting against him.
She doesn't believe in coincidences.
How could there be such a coincidence? It just happened that her stupid daughter was the first to discover the caravan from Nanzhao, and she signed a big order right away, buying more and more.
Human beings are never satisfied and are too greedy.
Liu Mianxin thought that Yang Xiaofei would become smarter after going through so many things, but he didn't expect that she would still be...
Fortunately, she had a trick up her sleeve. When the Third Prince wrote a letter to borrow money, she also left some family assets in the mansion. Otherwise, she would have to sacrifice the entire Yang family just for that stupid second prince.
"Now I can't do that either. My lord is the prime minister, and I can't compete with the people for profit."
Nowadays, many powerful merchants are probably eyeing this group of Nanzhao people. It is impossible for Liu Mianxin to let the Prime Minister's Mansion bully others and send servants to drive away the merchants for the sake of Yang Xiaofei.
If this gets out, it will be a huge scandal.
When Liu Mianxin thought about the money that was wasted, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his forehead.
"I underestimated her..."
Liu Mianxin knew that Zhao Fangyu was not easy to deal with, but she didn't expect that Zhao Fangyu would be able to spare the time to teach her ignorant and stupid daughter a lesson during such a time of internal and external troubles.
"It seems that she still has a leisurely life."
Liu Mianxin was cheated of a lot of money by the Third Prince and was upset. He was not in a good mood towards the shopkeeper who was kneeling in front of him.
No matter how elegant a woman is, it is difficult for her to remain calm when her family assets have been emptied. After all, not everyone is willing to treat money as dirt.
The Yang family was struggling to make ends meet, but the Third Prince and Yang Xiaofei were still at home fantasizing about making a fortune from the perfumed dew, and they were all smiling happily.
After Yang Gushan got the news, he sighed: "Money can move people's hearts. With so much money, it's no wonder she is short-sighted."
"It's okay. You can continue selling after those people leave. You can reopen the shop after the New Year."
The caravan won't stay long.
Yang Gushan's plan was to stop running the scented dew shop once the scented dew was sold out. However, the eldest princess' Qianjinlou was opened just after the New Year.
The perfumed dew inside is exactly the same as the one in Yang’s shop, and the price is also lower than that in Yang’s shop!
The shopkeeper could no longer comfort himself with this. The storehouse was full of fragrant dew but he couldn't sell it. When the Third Prince came out after the New Year, he was afraid that he would have a hard time staying alive!
Compared with the bleak business of the Yang family's perfume shop, Zhao Fangyu rode in a clanging carriage to the eldest princess's Qianjinlou.
The newly opened shop is naturally full of flowers.
The style of Qianjin Building is similar to that of Shisizhou, but the decoration of Shisizhou is more simple and rustic, with a more textured atmosphere.
The Qianjin Tower is worthy of its name, even the vases on the flower table are of golden branches and jade leaves.
The veins are made of gold wire, the leaves are made of filigree, and the engraving technique is used to simulate the vivid undulating waves of the leaves...
The only word to describe it is noble.
However, in such a luxurious place, things are affordable.
Even girls from wealthy families could come and pick a bottle to take home.
Now the price is maintained at a level that allows the eldest princess to avoid losing money. This low-price carnival will last for three months. After three months, the price of Qianjinlou will still be 10% lower than that of Yangjiaxianglupu.
It’s all Yang Xiaofei’s fault for being greedy. She wanted to sell the fragrant dew at a sky-high price, so many people don’t like this business style of a mean-spirited person who has succeeded.
With the Qianjin Building, naturally no one would go to Yang Xiaofei’s perfume shop.
Zhao Fangyu knew without thinking that Yang Xiaofei would not have a good year.
It was a rare year-end celebration, so the New Year banquet ended early. After Zhao Fangyu came back and washed up, the two of them warmed up a pot of wine in the house. Zhou Qinghe insisted on having some fun sitting around the fire and making tea.
Zhao Fangyu didn't want to suffer from insomnia late at night, so he roasted chestnuts by the stove.
Later, Zhou Qinghe stopped drinking tea. The two of them roasted chestnuts together. After a while, they could hear the chestnuts popping, either with a crack or with the skin being burnt black and carbonized.
Zhou Qinghe didn't want Zhao Fangyu to dirty her hands, so he peeled it for her and handed it over to her.
It is still snowing outside, and the snow this year is lighter than last year.
When Zhou Qinghe received the letter from the Zhiqu official, he wished his heart could turn into spring water so as to wrap up Zhao Fangyu completely.
How can someone be so pure and kind?
He didn't have much money this year, and Zhao Fangyu didn't tell him that he had prepared a batch of new cotton-padded clothes and quilts to send to Zhiqu.
Xiao Si also saved up money for half a year and sent a lot of things to the border, all secretly.
But everyone in the army noticed something unusual, it was just that everyone tacitly agreed not to report it.
"Yu Niang, if one day, you and I can achieve our wish..."
The light shone softly on Zhao Fangyu. Zhao Fangyu looked up when he heard the words. Her eyes were like stars, her hair was softly draped behind her, and she looked at him with a fresh book in her hand.
The words came to my lips, but I never said them.
Zhou Qinghe originally wanted an answer, but in fact the answer was not important.
As long as he doesn't die, no other man will be able to see Zhao Fangyu so leisurely and lazy.
As long as he doesn't die, she will be his wife all her life.