Fisherman

After the shop in Yongning Lane opened, as the daily traffic increased, people gradually approached Zhao Qian looking for a shop to rent. After about half a month, five or six shops in the alley had been rented out. , Shops are opening one after another. In the alley, there are many wives playing mahjong and visiting silk shops every day.

In the afternoon, Zhao Qian was about to go out, but a visitor came to visit.

He asked the servants to invite them in, and he picked up the guests in the lobby. The person who came was a strange face, who seemed to be about the same age as Wei Zaichang. A few days ago, Wei Zaichang sent a letter, saying that a business friend in the county also wanted to come to the fair. Open a shop in the city, let him take care of it, and today people finally come to the door.

"Boss Zhao, nice to meet, nice to meet." The man who came in was very competent, spoke politely, and raised his hand to ask the servant who followed him to bring up two large packages of beautifully decorated gifts.

Zhao Qian got up to welcome him to sit down: "Boss Liu is too polite, you are Boss Wei's friend, and you are my friend Zhao."

Liu Zhong is in the tea business. In the county town, together with Liujiang and Wei Zaichang, they are called the three great families. Silk, porcelain, and tea were all luxury goods in ancient times.

Zhao Qian was secretly glad that he went to the provincial capital and met two wealthy households at once, and now he also met the last giant. The tea in the market was all brought from the county, and the local people made In the resale business, the price has been raised several times, and the price of ordinary quality tea is also sold at a high price.

Liu Zhong's family has been in the tea business since their ancestors. In the early generations, they also bought goods from the Jiangnan area and did a resale business. But after making money, they started to buy tea seedlings and grow tea. When it developed to Liu Zhong's generation, There are already large-scale tea farms, which are self-sufficient. Many small tea merchants sell tea from the Liu family tea garden.

When he received a letter from Wei Zaichang, he heard about this, and Dang even wrote back to agree that if the Liu family opened a branch in the market, the price of tea would be cheaper than that of other resellers. His mahjong Buying tea in a restaurant can also reduce a certain cost. In addition, after entering Yongning Lane, it adds attractiveness to the street.

After the two exchanged a few words, he called the sedan chair, and then took Liu Zhong to see the shop.

"Boss Wei and Liu Jiang's shops are in front." He first took people to see the silk and porcelain shops, and there were quite a few people inside at the moment, so Liu Zhong turned around and said, "Unexpectedly, the market is not big. Business is going well."

"It's mainly because Boss Wei and Boss Liu have good products, otherwise everyone wouldn't be so enthusiastic about coming to the store."

Liu Zhonglang laughed, "It makes sense."

After looking at the shop, Liu Zhong seemed very satisfied with the street. Zhao Qian reckoned that Wei Zaichang's shop had made a lot of money during this period of time. At the beginning, he saw the street was very desolate and didn't expect to make much money, but the result was unexpected. Only then did he recommend himself to Liu Zhong.

"Recently, there are more and more people opening shops on this street. Many shops have been rented out. There is only one shop that is bigger. You can see if it suits you."

He led people to the opposite side of the mahjong shop. There were only three shops on this street, and Wei Zaichang and Liu Jiang took up two of them. At that time, he used ordinary small shops to open the mahjong parlor. There are also many merchants who have come to ask about the big ones. Because of the large shops, the rent is naturally higher than usual. Moreover, with the prosperity of Yongning Lane, the rent of the shops on the street has increased several times.

Most of the shops on the street are now owned by him. The few households that did not get the title deed earlier rented out the shops in the alley when the prices of the shops in the alley were raised for the second time. All merchants have to pass him.

"The shop is not far from Wei Zaichang's shop, which is pretty good. Thank you Boss Zhao for the introduction."

"You're welcome."

After Liu Zhong settled the shop, Zhao Qian found someone to clean up the shop for him. According to the usual practice, he took his new friends to eat some local specialties and play cards. Liu Zhong was really good in the county. I have never seen these things before, even though I have traveled all over the country for many years, I never imagined that there are so many tricks in the small market.

On the way back, he said to the servant who was driving the carriage with him, "I didn't expect this market to be such a good place. No wonder Wei Zaichang talked about it all the time. It really makes people want to leave."

But the servant said: "It's just master, won't our shop be a bit remote in Yongning Lane?"

Liu Zhong laughed: "Liu Jiang and Wei Zaichang have inspected before us, what are you afraid of?"

It's not a big deal even if the shop goes bankrupt, but he doesn't believe it will. He has inquired that many shops in Yongning Lane belong to the Zhao family. Zhao Qian has achieved this at a young age. His shop collapsed and his reputation was ruined.

Thinking about it, he sighed again: "It would be great if Zhao Qian got stronger before Old Wei."

Three months later, winter came. This year's winter seemed to be warmer than previous years. No one knew, but at least Zhao Qian, who was wrapped in a mink fur cape, felt so.

Man Yue, the youngest son of a big merchant at the market today, took Brother Zhou and Mu Yu to a banquet together. The little boy was wrapped in warm cotton clothes, and after his fat body was wrapped in more bloated clothes, On the contrary, she looked a lot thinner. Lai Mu Yu, who rarely went out, was very happy to see the scene outside, and kept babbling in the sedan chair, moving her hands and feet non-stop.

The two took turns hugging for a while, but soon arrived at their destination.After eating the banquet, it rained a little outside, the weather was cloudy, Zhao Qian was afraid that the little boy would get sick from the cold, so he didn't stay outside much, and got into the sedan chair early to prepare to go back.

The market is becoming more and more lively, more people come to beg for life, and more merchants. These days, the market has been expanding, and now it is more than twice as lively as before. Did he hear the noise outside in the sedan chair? stopped.

The sedan chair swayed all the way to the house, but suddenly stopped at an unknown time, the carriage jolted slightly, Brother Zhou leaned forward in inertia, he quickly hugged him, and when the sedan chair stabilized, he said in a warm voice : "How is it, are you okay?"

Brother Zhou shook his head, and glanced at Mu Yu, the brat didn't know to be afraid, on the contrary, he was amused by the tossing just now and started giggling.

Zhao Qian's brows tightened, her expression complicated: "This kid must not be stupid."

Having said that, he unconsciously touched the child with his hand, and Brother Zhou smiled helplessly.

"What's going on outside, why did the sedan chair stop suddenly?" After reassuring the child, he lifted up the curtain of the sedan chair, with a scary tone, and reprimanded the bearer.

The bearer outside is a young boy, his father has been driving the carriage with the Zhao family, Zhao Qian is very relieved, thinking that this boy just came to learn how to drive the sedan chair and did not do things well.

The young bearer looked anxious. His father was not feeling well today, so he asked him to help drive the carriage. Hearing the master's scolding, he was afraid that he would lose his job, so he quickly explained: "There are a lot of people gathered outside, and the carriage cannot pass. , someone almost bumped into it, so I hurriedly reined in my horse, scaring Fu Lang and the young master."

Zhao Qian frowned and got out of the sedan chair.

The young bearer did not lie, there were a lot of people gathered in this area, he pushed aside the crowd and wanted to go in to see what he was looking at, but there were so many people around him, and as soon as he walked away, he heard the sound of zither music intersecting, he Pausing for a moment, the word "beauty" came to mind.

It is not that there are no performers in the market, especially in winter, when the New Year is approaching, there will always be some performers who will come out in order to earn more money, because the closer the New Year is, the more generous people spend, and they are also good Earn some New Year's money.However, he crossed the crowd and took a closer look, but he was shocked. There were several women sitting on the ground playing the piano, there were seven of them, some were playing the piano and some were playing the pipa.

A few people looked very down and out, they were still wearing tattered autumn clothes on a cold and windy winter day. Although they were ragged, their faces were clean and their hair was neatly combed. In the cold season, a few weak women make people feel sympathetic.

Although he looked sympathetic, the voice of discussion in his ears was quite different.

"These girls look really good-looking, even better than the top names in Huaxianlou."

"Oh, it's really scandalous, what kind of talk are some girls playing the piano on the street?"

"You have to take good care of your man, don't be seduced, and there will be no place to cry."

The twittering sound kept drilling into his ears, and he was absorbed in looking at the buskers, his mind was so absorbed in listening to everyone's gossip that he didn't even notice that Brother Zhou came to him.

"Brother Zhao, do you look good?"

"hmm"

He came back to see the person standing beside him, his face was not very good, and he didn't know how long he had been standing there, and he coughed dryly: "No, no, I'm not looking at them, I just look at them pitifully."

Brother Zhou raised his eyebrows: "Oh, you didn't see how they looked at them poorly."

"It's not what you think!"

Brother Zhou squinted his eyes and glanced at several young women who were performing arts. The older ones may be older than him, and the younger ones are probably fifteen or sixteen years old, but no matter whether they are old or young, everyone is born They are all very beautiful, and the lonely and cold winter days are illuminated by a few faces.

He didn't say anything about Zhao Qian in front of everyone. After all, brother Zhao has a pivotal position in the market, and when it comes out, it will be said that the master of the Zhao family is afraid of Fu Lang.Turning around, he went straight back to the carriage.

"Shao Yu!" Zhao Qian squeezed your Qingming acupoint, spat secretly, and hurriedly chased after you.

He is indeed very interested in these women. Even if they are not brothel women, they should be some qin prostitutes. The cruise ship is about to be completed. Since it is for people to entertain, how can there be no women with beautiful qin music.It's just that I haven't found out the situation clearly, but I got angry with my husband first.

The carriage went slowly to the house again, and the young coachman drove the carriage lightly, the grievance that was reprimanded by Mr. Zhao just now disappeared completely, listening to the constant sounds in the carriage, replaced by a cheerful smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Shao Yu, I really don't want to see them."

"Just to watch the excitement!"

"You're yelling at the kids to sleep"

After explaining all the way, and returning to the house, Brother Zhou carried the child and went into the house.He sighed, it seemed that he couldn't come forward to understand the matter by himself, so he went to Zhong Jiu.

In addition to managing the gambling house, Zhong Jiu often helped him with some things, which was his most effective helper. After hearing what he confessed, Zhong Jiu laughed: "Boss Zhao, I really didn't expect you to be such an upright person." A man is actually afraid of his wife, I'm afraid everyone won't believe me when I say this."

Those who have worked under Zhao Qian for a long time know that he loves her husband and has never married her again, but they don't know that he is still afraid of her husband and dare not approach other women.

"I'm not afraid, but I don't want to make him unhappy! What do you know!" Zhao Qian took a sip of tea, annoyed.

"Now in the market, no one knows that the Zhao family has a big business. The eldest married the two younger ones to spread the branches and leaves. It's nothing to add incense. Zhou Fulang is also a sensible person, so he probably wouldn't object."

Zhao Qian looked at him with cold eyes, Zhong Jiudun felt a chill behind him, and smiled bitterly: "I'm going to do things first, and I'll come back when things come to fruition~"

Zhong Jiu's feet seemed to be oiled, and he hurried outside, almost bumping his head into the person holding tea outside the house, seeing the person in front of him clearly, he almost yelled, but felt impolite, and quickly covered himself mouth, full of apology: "Zhou, Zhou Fulang."

Zhou Geer nodded to him, but didn't say anything, Zhong Jiu hurriedly went to the gate with interest, slapped himself on the mouth a few times behind Zhou Geer's back, and murmured: "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have said that. Come on, Zhou Fulang still hates himself in the future."

Seeing the people walking away, Brother Zhou closed his eyes and stared at the tea. Hearing some movement in the hall, he quickly turned around and headed towards the kitchen with the tea in his hand.He naturally heard Zhao Qian and Zhong Jiu's words, and while he believed that Brother Zhao was not that kind of person, some gossip came to his mind.

There is nothing good about men.

Which man does not change when he is rich.

Men like young and beautiful people. At the beginning, they liked you very much, but after a long time, they got tired of it, and that's it.

Every day in the mahjong shop, these remarks are as loud as the sound of rubbing mahjong, and now his mind is very chaotic.Originally, Zhao Qian glanced at those women for a few times and he had nothing in his heart, but behind his back he asked Zhong Jiu to find out what they were doing.

He stood in the kitchen with his brows tightly furrowed. The servants didn't dare to go forward when they saw his expression. on his hand.

"Be careful." Zhao Qian was taken aback, and quickly took his hand. Fortunately, the tea was not very hot, but a red mark soon appeared on her finger.

He took his hand and subconsciously blew on his mouth: "What's the matter, is it hot?"

Brother Zhou stared at him blankly, pursing his lips: "Brother Zhao"

"Huh? Still angry?"

Zhao Qian cared about his scorched hands, but didn't notice Zhou Ge'er's expression suddenly changed from sleepy to firm, and when he looked up, he had already returned to his previous appearance.

"Go out." Brother Zhou's tone was gentle, and even a smile appeared on his lips.

Zhao Qian's brows tightened, she felt weird no matter what, but she still pulled out a agreeable smile.

On a cold and windy winter night, in the Zhao family's mansion, Zhou Geer took the initiative to send Mu Yu to sleep with the nanny for the first time, while he took advantage of Zhao Qian's time to go out, rummaged through the box, and found out the truth that had been killed by him at the beginning. A gift sent by Zhuang Qingran from thousands of miles away, something I have spurned many times~

He thought about it carefully, Brother Zhao is sincere to him, and he will not let him down easily, of course what others said is correct, a man will always get tired of facing this face for too long, and he is still a face. cold face.Therefore, he has to make some efforts on his own. If he wants to keep Brother Zhao's heart, he has to rely on himself!Gritting his teeth, he changed into the silky clothes in his hand that made people blush at a glance!

On an ordinary day, Zhao Qian finished his work and returned to his room in an ordinary manner. He found that the little boy was not in the room tonight, and then he lifted the curtain of the bed with some joy, and saw the person on the bed. At that moment, he bumped his head against the edge of the bed, and fell on the curtain with lightning speed.

Surprised: "I went to the wrong place!"

Brother Zhou pouted on the bed, feeling that he had lost all his face, he had lost all face anyway, he was so heartbroken, he simply stretched out a hand, and pulled the person standing outside the bed curtain into it