There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 115

"Why do you keep looking at me?" Wantong's heart beat faster when Wu Youwei watched.

"It's nothing, I found out for the first time, Zhong Ming, you are still very handsome!" Wu Youwei raised his face with a smile. "...are you engaged?"

Did you mean to say "I have a girlfriend"?

Later, I thought of the damn men and women in this era who can't even see each other. Girlfriend is a fool?

He changed the word.

"No." Wantong's eyes were bright, listening to Wu Youwei asking him if he was "engaged"?He was suddenly very happy.

Inexplicably happy.

Me, I'm not engaged either. "Wu Youwei scratched his head.

Wantong's face darkened suddenly: "Are you planning to get engaged?"

Now he's inexplicably... ring happy again.

very unhappy!

"I don't plan to get married..." Mistake Youwei muttered, he thought Wantong didn't hear it, but Wantong's ears are good and he could hear very clearly.

Therefore Wantong is in a better mood.

Then Wu Youwei returned to his normal voice and said, "You know about my family's situation, don't you? My marriage is...difficult.

Wantong thought for a long time before swallowing the words.

He wanted to tell him that it was not only difficult, but very difficult.

"You go to Jixiang Cloth Village, do you want to buy something?" Wantong changed the subject.

"En." Wu Youwei nodded: "I'll tie some red silk for my elder nephew."

Wantong saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, he was surprised and said: "Are you really going...to get a bride price for your eldest nephew?"

"He has already passed his engagement, what kind of gift?" Wu Youwei curled his lips: "It's said to be a 'gift', and I gave him a 'gift' from my entire family."

"Are you real?" It's not like him.

"It doesn't matter if it's not real!" Wu Youwei spread his hands, "I'll be real once, and it will make a sensation in the whole city!"

Wantong couldn't help but laugh: "Nonsense."

The two of them came to a fork in the road, Wantong wanted to go back to Beizhen Fusi for a business trip, and Wu Youwei wanted to go to Jixiang Cloth Village on another street, so they separated.

It was also very natural when they left. The two of them didn't say anything, just like saying goodbye to ordinary friends.

Wu Youwei didn't ask Wantong either, saying he was going to arrest people, but he didn't see any prisoners.

Wantong didn't ask Wu Youwei either, saying they were buying congratulatory gifts, why did everyone seem to be fighting with someone?

When Wu Youwei arrived at Jixiang Buzhuang, he saw his couplet written on the door, and he was not only proud.

Jixiang cloth shop is very large. It has a head office and ten branch stores in central Beijing. There are branches in all provinces in the south, north, and sixty-one. There are at least two stores in one province, and at most seven stores.

I don't know who the backer is, anyway, he is not an ordinary person.

But on the bright side, it is this Boss Guan who is in charge of Jixiang Cloth Village.

Boss Guan is called "Guan Yuanwai" by outsiders. This is not an official name, but a

Yuanwai originally refers to officials other than Zhengyuan, and later refers to landlords and gentry.

Originally referring to officials other than regular officials, later in the Tang and Song Dynasties, such official positions could be donated and bought, so the rich were called members outside.After the Ming Dynasty, Yuanwailang became a kind of idle job, no longer related to the imperial examination, but gradually linked to wealth. As long as they were willing to spend money, landlords and businessmen could donate a job as a foreign official.However, the price is expensive and the evaluation is not easy.

An ordinary businessman has no connections, money alone is not enough, and this person has to be a good citizen for more than three generations, within the nine clans, there are no men who break the law, no remarried women, etc., the conditions are harsh.

So even though Customs Officer Wai is a businessman, everyone is very polite to him.

Otherwise, if a random boss came to Wu Youwei with money to buy couplets, even if Wu Youwei wanted to, he wouldn't dare to agree. In that case, his reputation would be ruined.

Wu Youwei happened to come to the main store of Jixiang Cloth.

As expected of the main store, this is a three-story building, and the first floor is full of coarse cloth, earthen cloth and fine cloth.

They are all produced in nearby farms and some weaver families like family workshops. The purchase price of Jixiang cloth shop is also very reasonable, which makes Jixiang cloth shop have a good reputation among ordinary people.

The second floor is for buying and selling relatively large and expensive materials, such as silk and satin.

The third floor is only open to female relatives, and the materials inside are the best and most fashionable patterns. Only female relatives are allowed to enter, and men are allowed to stay.

There are also four or five in the backyard, which are dedicated to receiving distinguished guests, and the transactions there are even more bulk goods orders and the like.

Just behind the backyard is another street, where there is an embroidery shop, specializing in the business of making ready-made clothes and embroidery.

There are also many embroiderers who can do any needlework at any time.

The store clerk didn't know Wu Youwei, but seeing so many cars, he was probably a customer with a medium-sized order, so he came out warmly and invited Wu Youwei to come in for a cup of tea.

On the first floor there is a special place for people to rest their feet. Wu Youwei sat down with Xiaoxiao and Butler Lin, and took out a bank note: "My eldest nephew is getting married, and I want to buy some red silk and festive materials. This is all payment, you look at giving

Let him pick, he won't!

Butler Lin can't do it either, let alone Xiao Xiao.

Only Xu Niang has good eyesight at home, but Wu Youwei doesn't want to tire Xu Niang, besides, this matter is not a big deal, just pick something casually, what he wants is weight, weight!

With so many cars, just pulling anything is enough for people to see.

The shop waiter didn't answer, and said with an apologetic smile, "Wait a moment, wait a moment, I will call Mr. Accountant.

Wu Youwei thought for a moment, yes, a salesperson can't just accept checks, and nodded: "Okay.

The waiter hurriedly served tea and snacks, and ran to find the accountant.

The cashier came over and took the banknote for inspection, only to find that it was his own banknote, he was quite taken aback: "May I ask what is the master's name?"

"Wu." Lin Guanjia said: "My master's surname is Wu, his name is servant, and his character is Youwei.

"Master Wu, please wait a moment." The accountant took the bank note and returned it to Wu Youwei, and walked away by himself.

After a while, the customs officer came.

"Oh, Master Wu, why didn't you say anything when you came here!" The customs officer was still so chubby and friendly, very businessman-like.

"I didn't want to make a fuss, but I just thought maybe you weren't in the store. I looked around and didn't see it, so I wanted to buy something and leave." Wu Youwei also stood up and bowed his hands in salute.

"Where is there, you come to buy in person?" The customs officer took a look at the cars outside, it seems that there are too many cars?

"No and no." Wu Youwei said a little awkwardly: "It's because my elder brother's eldest son and my eldest nephew got married, and the servant wants to buy some red silk and festive materials and give them away. Go... ...'

He said what he said at the gate of the city again in this hall.

How many people shop in Jixiang cloth village?

Moreover, most of the cloth buyers are women from families, and the female family members don’t show their faces casually, and those from small households don’t pay much attention to that. Many of them are peasant women, who not only have to take care of the family, but also go to work in the fields when the farming is busy.

Hearing such a new topic, it was the wealthy [Xinmi] in their eyes again, whoops, this is amazing, eyeballs all over the hall flew wildly.

What do customs officers do?

How could he not know that Wu Youwei's actions were inappropriate?

But he didn't stop him, and stood there sighing: "You, everything is fine, but you haven't cultivated a good blood relative. You said you didn't get married, and Zhang Luo's nephew's marriage, his parents are well-known, why bother?" ?”

Wu Youwei secretly praised in his heart: Everyone is really a movie king!

From Jin Yiwei to the boss of Buzhuang, everyone graduated from Beijing Film Academy, right?

After Yin had a good show, the customs officer decided to give Wu Youwei a preferential price: "You choose, I will find two people to introduce you, and the price of the big roll will be given to you at the price of the small roll. I got it here.

"Now that I've said that, I'm not being polite." Wu Youwei said with a smile: "There is a grocery store in my Wujia village, and I also need some needles, threads, and cloth rulers. I bought them from you. It's cheaper."

"Yes!" The customs officer saw that Wu Youwei was indeed "young and promising", and he was not pedantic. He liked it very much in his heart, but it was just a casual acquaintance, so he couldn't speak deeply, and he didn't know if he was engaged.

As expected later on, it was the clerks in the store who introduced Wu Youwei. The things they chose on the second floor were just red silk, and Wu Youwei asked for forty pieces, all of which were in large rolls, and were made of coarse cloth. Wrapped well, but the outer layer was exposed, and at first glance it was red.

These forty bolts of red silk were loaded into five carts, and each cart had as many as eight bolts.

Twenty horses of red satin, ten horses per cart, two more carts are full.

There are also five silks in festive colors such as crimson red, light red, argentine red, pink, etc.;

Two more carts were filled.

Three carts of bright red muslin were loaded, each with six and eighteen bolts, materials for the servants at home.

Customs officer Wai is also interesting, he knows a lot of people, and contacted a wine shop, so that Wu Youwei can buy wine dew at a purchase price.

A jar of wine and dew is packed in 15 catties, and the price of a jar is [-] taels.

Wu Youwei packed six, six six and 36 jars in one cart, and filled the six carts.

The owner of the winery is also interesting. He has known Guan Yuanwai for several years, and they are close friends. Hearing that Wu Youwei is the one who gave the couplet to Guan Yuanwai, he said proudly: "Why don't you give me this wine? How about Fang also mentioning a pair? If it is absolutely true, all the wine will be given to you!"

Wu Youwei has always believed in the idea of ​​"if you have an advantage, don't take advantage of it." So he agreed.

"What is your wine shop most famous for?" Wu Youwei felt that this should be written more appropriately.

"Wine dew, not to mention the best wine dew, but the wine dew here is definitely the purest!" The owner of the wine shop said: "My family's ancestral craftsmanship, all the wine dew on the roof."

Wu Youwei thought for a while, and wrote a couplet:

If there is no Yuye rooftop dew, there will be Qiongjiang Banquet Winery.

Hengpi: Famous far and near

The two bosses watched for a long time, and the customs officer was the first to give a thumbs up: "Absolutely! Absolutely!"

The owner of the wine shop was so happy that he had people buy firecrackers and set them off, and then asked people to make them immediately and hang them at the door of his wine shop.

The customs officer pointed to the horizontal batch and said, "The most unique thing is this horizontal batch."

The word "smell" means to hear with the ear, but it also means to smell with the nose. Doesn't the smell of wine need to be smelled by the nose?

Wu Youwei grinned, and got 36 jars of fine wine for nothing.

Since then, the wine here has been officially named "Tiantai Jiulu".

The customs officer took Wu Youwei to buy peanuts, sunflower seeds and wedding candies.

"You don't need to buy vegetables, do you?" The customs officer said, "I also know a few pork sellers.

"No need for that." Wu Youwei looked at the full car behind him. At first glance, it didn't look like it was bought for 500 taels of silver?Like 5000 taels of silver.

"Where are you going?" The customs officer also felt that it was almost the same, and the mansion would be ashamed this time.

"Go to the silver building." Wu Youwei said: "You have to buy face jewelry, jade pendants and antiques... Otherwise, no matter how many these things are, they are not expensive...

"You, you are so honest after being bullied to death!" The customs official said, "I am familiar with the shopkeeper of the silver building, so I will take you there!"

Wu Youwei wanted to say that I knew him very well, but seeing that the customs officer was so enthusiastic, he had no choice but to follow him.

When we arrived at the silver building, we all knew each other, so it was easier to talk.

Wu Youwei directly sold to Yinlou a piece of top-grade mutton fat jade, not big, only as tall as a wine bottle, but as big as a round fan, and it was jade, not a rough stone, you don't need to peel it or anything, you can see and touch it directly Jade.

This is the smallest jade that Wu Youwei can find, he dare not take out the big one.

I'm afraid that it will be too eye-catching and cause trouble for myself.

This piece of jade was spotted by the customs officer, but Wu Youwei didn't let him buy it: "I still have two pieces at home, and I'll send them to you in a few days, just give them as you see."

He secretly tugged on the sleeve of the customs officer.

The customs official said happily: "Then I'll wait. If it's not as good as this one, I'll still come back and buy this one."

"The little one will stay with you for a few days." The shopkeeper of the silver building said with a smile: "It's still possible."