"I have nothing to do with that Gu Yanzhen."
In the darkness, there was only the light from one side of the house. The sound of the Qinhuai River came with the wind, and the night fog was like a mountain. Ning Yi looked at her expression and nodded this time.
"Well, I see." After a while, he thought again, "What is your relationship with him?"
Nie Yunzhu's expression was serious at first. After listening to this sentence, the expression on her face was complicated. It seemed that she was struggling to maintain the serious expression. After a few seconds, she finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"I used to know someone in Golden Wind House."
She looked at Ning Yi. She didn't know why, but when Ning Yi asked about Gu Yanzhen just now, she suddenly felt a little nervous. She didn't know what he heard, what he thought, and how he tried to think of the best way to confess. At this time, because of this sentence, when she said it, there was no ripple in her heart at all. She was as calm as when they were chatting in front of the building. Ning Yi paused, "I heard you mention him a few days ago. He is a famous scholar, right?"
"Liheng hasn't heard of him. I think it's strange."
"I forgot." Ning Yi shook his head. "What should we do now?"
"I don't know. I've already wanted to ask some relatives of Erniu to help, but I haven't thought about it yet." Nie Yunzhu held her chin and was also a little distressed. "Originally, I didn't know how to do much. I wanted to get a cart and sell some pancakes to prove that I was not completely useless. I also thought the same about the century eggs. I also thought that it would take a long time for people to like them. Who knew that in just a few days, I sold so many. I can't even make them all. It's too fast … Well, I'm very happy. What should I do after that? I really didn't think about it before. What do you think, Liheng? "
"Century eggs … Do you want to continue doing it?"
"I don't know how to do business, so I just want to set up a small stall …" Nie Yunzhu knew herself well. She had seen many successful businessmen in the Golden Wind House for so many years. Doing business and selling things, where there were profits, there were risks. There were some things that she couldn't easily figure out with her temperament. However, "Suddenly, the business is so good, but I can't do it … I feel that it's a pity …"
"Things are going to get a little troublesome."
"Hmm?"
"Century eggs will sell even more. You'll hire some people. In the first one or two months, sales will increase, especially after Kang Xian advertises it at the family banquet. Jadeite eggs, rich and noble eggs … will be in short supply. You'll continue to expand the scale. New things are like this …"
Ning Yi took a branch and said casually while drawing on the ground, "At this time, you'll find that you lack management experience. Originally, you used some slightly more familiar people, such as Erniu's relatives and friends to make a small workshop. All kinds of bumps and bumps will begin to appear. Then on the other side, someone will start to imitate the century eggs. In three months, it will almost be out, or maybe a little earlier. If the confidentiality is strict, it won't be delayed until four months later … "
"The process of making century eggs itself isn't very technical. Every day, you drag dry firewood back to burn and buy lime powder. These things can be found out if someone wants to. Now that you're famous and in a state of short supply, the news begins to spread within the range of several restaurants. Maybe someone has already set their eyes on you. You sell century eggs, and there are traces of mud powder on them that haven't been washed clean. The other party used the method of making salted duck eggs to experiment. It's not a big problem. And if you expand the scale to make a small workshop and expose the method, it'll be even easier. "
"Then it'll be simple. Price war. More and more people will do it. They will also come up with some new ways to eat. If you can't sell it for twenty copper coins, you can only reduce the price. They will also reduce the price, and more people will do it. In the end, selling century eggs is almost the same as selling sesame seed cake … uh …"
As Ning Yi spoke, he turned his head and looked over. Nie Yunzhu was also holding her chin and turning her head to look over. There seemed to be a smile in her eyes. Ning Yi pursed his lips and pointed at her with a branch. "When the time comes, you'll receive a blow."
Nie Yunzhu thought of other things. "Actually, Liheng is very good at these things, isn't he?"
"Huh? What things? "
"Doing business."
Ning Yi was silent for a moment, and then said, "I'm the reincarnation of an old monster who is very good at doing business. Do I have to tell you?"
Nie Yunzhu chuckled, and then stroked the hair by her ear. "Actually, I've always wanted to ask. Does it have anything to do with Liheng suddenly selling so many century eggs?"
"Since we've made a bet, we have to do something. It's not good to just wait to lose." Ning Yi laughed. "At first, it was indeed my idea. Now it seems that there's an accident. It's self-defeating, and I've added a burden to you. If I knew it was just some idle people, I would have stopped. In fact, because I estimated that you couldn't do so much, I deliberately asked Elder Kang not to publicize it in the Prince Consort's Mansion … "
"So that's really the case." She murmured, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. "Did Liheng find someone to help him?"
Ning Yi nodded.
"But Liheng … didn't he not know Gu Yanzhen?"
"That morning, I met Li Pin and casually mentioned it. He said that he had a few friends who were bored and could help. They must be some scholars. I don't know them, but maybe Gu Yanzhen is among them. When I made the bet with Elder Kang, I agreed not to publicize the century eggs with his reputation … Uh, remember you told me the next day that six century eggs were sold? Oh, I bought four of them. "
Nie Yunzhu narrowed her eyes, and suddenly realized, "Ah … I was wondering why the waiter of the restaurant suddenly came to buy four century eggs. It was only the first day when Liheng got the cart ready. It turned out … Oh …"
In the night before dawn, there were still stars in the sky. Nie Yunzhu looked up and smiled. Many things suddenly became clear in her heart.
"What does Liheng think should be done?"
"If you think it's interesting, make it big. If it's not interesting, stop. It depends on whether you think it's interesting. "
"In fact, it's quite a sense of accomplishment, and I feel very powerful. But I also know that I don't know how to do it. Will Liheng … teach me? "
After a brief silence, Ning Yi glanced at her, "… Okay."
In the early morning of the third month of the eighth year of the Wu Dynasty, this faint voice sounded in the fog before dawn on the banks of the Qinhuai River. Then, it was just some trivial things, such as catering, chain, high-grade wine, industrial chain, and other messy things. The two people in front of the steps of the small building talked as usual. As for what they talked about, it was not important. In the room of the small building at the back, the maid named Hu Tao leaned against the window and sighed, still worried about her miss.
The white fog flowed and dispersed, the sun rose, and the people in Jiangning were moving. We sped up its speed, moving faster than the sun's orbit. When it was close to noon, we let go of our fingers. At this time, Nie Yunzhu was holding a small package and walking aimlessly on the streets of the city where the shops were crowded, because Hu Tao and Erniu were currently guarding the shop.
If it was the habit of the past few days, she would rush back to think about how to increase the production of century eggs, where to buy firewood in the afternoon, and where to consider the cheaper price. But today was a little different. Since morning, she had been tightly wrapped in a kind of mood, and the thoughts in her heart were tumbling. Until now, it had not calmed down in the slightest.
Since Hu Tao said to her a few days ago, "Miss, you can't marry him." Perhaps it was even earlier, since she noticed some of her feelings. Then, the entanglement of Gu Yanzhen these days, the sudden expansion of the century egg business, and the increasing burden hit her at the same time. Her mood had actually been a little absent-minded. But today was not like this. She was very happy and cheerful the whole morning, and all kinds of haze were swept away.
In the distance, she saw a banner of Su Ji's Cloth Shop. Such a cloth signboard was often seen. There were several Su Ji's branches in Jiangning. In the past, because of Ning Yi, she did not pay much attention to them. But this time, she stood quietly on the side of the road for a long time, watching the customers come and go in the shop, and the business was busy.
From time to time, the words that Ning Yi said today, the nod and the words "okay", and some of the subsequent words replayed in her mind.
"… However, there is only one thing you have to remember. I want you to remember why you decided to move forward now. Even if you don't have much money now, you are still very happy. You just want to have a pancake stall to prove that you can do a lot of things. This is the Miss Yunzhu I know. If one day in the future, you go too fast, you have to remember your current mood. Stop when it's time to stop, retreat when it's time to retreat. Don't force yourself, lest you end up neglecting the essentials and forgetting what you want. You can't hold the sand, so you casually wave it. Even if you return to where you are now, you haven't lost anything … "
After nodding, some of the things that Liheng said were very casual. He took the branch and drew on the ground, not caring about it, or maybe he was very familiar with it, "or" doing this, "or" doing that. Only this sentence was said solemnly. Then, he seemed to laugh at himself. No one knew what he was thinking. Nie Yunzhu remembered these words, but her mood at that time was not quite the same as what Ning Yi said.
Some things, some feelings, happened quietly, and Ning Yi did not know. In fact, yesterday morning, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er and the others went for a walk in the suburbs to eat something, while Chan'er and Juan'er flew kites. There were many people on the outing, and Ning Yi did not know that Nie Yunzhu and Hu Tao saw them from afar.
At that time, Nie Yunzhu and Hu Tao contacted Erniu, who was from the same hometown, and went to the countryside to buy duck eggs. When they came back, they saw Ning Yi and Su Tan'er there. This was the first time that Nie Yunzhu saw Su Tan'er. Looking at them from afar, the two of them were talking on the grass, and she had an indescribably complicated feeling. When she met Ning Yi in the morning, her mood was surrounded by a low mood. Then Ning Yi suddenly asked about Gu Yanzhen. At that moment, she really felt like she was suddenly twisted by something.
Fortunately, this mood was released later. But when she saw Ning Yi, she kept thinking of the grassland in the suburbs yesterday, thinking of the young and beautiful Su Tan'er in luxurious clothes. However, some other emotions gradually came up, especially after Ning Yi nodded and said that he was the mastermind behind the century eggs. This idea, which had been in her mind for a long time, suddenly became clear at this time. As the outside world said, why would such a person marry into the family?
Let's not care about the reason, but Nie Yunzhu suddenly thought. Liheng was talented in poetry and business. He lived a leisurely and simple life every day. Was he really happy every day? She didn't know much about the Su mansion before. After she was redeemed, she had no source of information. She only knew that the Su mansion was very rich, which was like heaven and earth compared to an ordinary person like her. Later, Ning Yi became famous because of two poems, but she heard some news that Liheng had no business talent, and the young lady of the Su family was very good at business, and would even take over the Su family in the future. However, Li Heng was talented in business. With such talent, if he married into Su Tan 'er's family, he could only hide behind Su Tan' er's back. What would he think?
Liheng casually solved the matter of the century eggs. Could it be that he was unwilling to be left out? He couldn't do it at home, so he did it outside.
So she suddenly understood what she could do.
Maybe she could become his tool, so that Liheng could prove to her that he was better than Su Tan'er. If she could reach that step …
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