Man Bao didn't know anything about it, she had been doing well in the circle of ladies in the capital recently, even Zhou Lijun was having a good time.
It is spring, the season when all kinds of flowers begin to bloom, and among all kinds of flowers, the peony is the most famous in Beijing.
Man Bao entered the palace with a peony flower in his arms, and he became famous in the capital. Within two days, first, the wife of the Liu family asked Liu Huan to go to Zhou Man's house to choose a peony of a different color, and then the wife of the Li family sent it to the palace. People came to choose a Yao Huang...
In fact, they want to buy potted flowers more than buying individual flower branches.
But because of the lessons learned from the past, Man Bao didn't dare to sell them, but was only willing to sell flower branches.
For this reason, Zhou Lijun deliberately handed over the restaurant's collection of money to Zhou Lizhong for the time being, and she ran back to take care of Manbao's flower and tree business.
I don't know where my sister found the flower field, anyway, she and Bai Shan can always buy good flowers from outside.
She is responsible for leading the servants from various families to choose flower branches.
For those who especially want to buy potted flowers, she said, "A potted flower like this famous peony costs at least a hundred taels outside, and you can only enjoy it once a year. Only a few flowers in a potted peony can be placed on your head. ?”
She said: "It's better to buy flower branches. The expensive ones are five taels, and the cheap ones can be bought for two taels. How much can the ladies spend on changing flowers every day? Besides, you have to take care of them when you buy them back. It may not necessarily be able to grow the original color."
After seeing what happened to the mutant chrysanthemums brought back by my sister-in-law, she felt that she didn't dare to sell them, and she still had to be trustworthy when doing business. What happened if they sold potted flowers and they could only grow them for a year
As for those who hinted that the price of flower branches is too high, she said, "My sister-in-law raises flowers with care. This pot and pot are all famous products, and some varieties have not even been seen before. Send a famous product to the banquet hall If you walk around and decorate people with flowers, the girls must be very eye-catching, is it still expensive for only a few taels of silver?"
She said: "You must know that if it is a potted flower, it may not be able to buy hundreds or thousands of taels."
Those who can choose flowers on behalf of the master understand the master's mind very well. Isn't the reason why they come to Zhou's house to buy flowers to impress others with their beauty
So even if they dislike the price, they will buy it.
However, their words and deeds reminded Zhou Lijun, and she said to Man Bao: "Sister, we can't be responsive, and we can't sell too many flowers, otherwise the streets will be full of famous products, and we won't be able to sell them at the price. We will do this again next year." It's business."
If the money earned by selling ten flowers is the same as that of selling one flower, of course she is willing to sell one flower.
Therefore, when someone came to ask about flowers, Zhou Lijun would not sell everyone. He would always shirk twice, saying that there are no flowers today, or that the color you want to buy is not available, and it has not bloomed yet, so you have to wait for another two days...
There was no reason why she couldn't find it anyway.
Man Bao thought that she would offend people by doing this, and they would not be willing to buy from her again, but it turned out to be even more flattered.
More people came begging, and even Mr. Zhuang looked at Zhou Lijun in amazement, and said to several apprentices, "I never thought that there would be a daughter Tao Zhu born in our yard."
Zhou Lijun didn't read much, and was writing the account book of selling flowers stroke by stroke. Hearing this, he raised his head and asked curiously, "Who is Tao Zhu?"
Bai Erlang said from the side: "Doesn't Tao Zhu know? Master Tao Zhu, Fan Li, was a celebrity in Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is said that he was very powerful. He became extremely rich three times, and lost his wealth three times."
Bai Erlang paused at this point, looked at Zhou Lijun suspiciously, turned his head and said to Mr. Zhuang: "Sir, are you overrated?"
Seeing that he belittled his niece, Man Bao was not happy, so he pushed him and said, "You shouldn't say that, it's right for Li Jun to say it."
Bai Shan at the side put an article in front of her eyes, and said: "This is my article, and all the doctors in the school have reviewed it."
Man Bao looked down and was startled, "Why did they all approve it?"
Bai Shan proudly said: "I've said it all, my article must be passed, look at the seal on the back."
Man Bao turned to the end to see the rows of excellent characters and seals, and was speechless for a long time.
It has been twenty days since Bai Shan wrote this article, the reason why he gave it to Man Bao now is because he wanted her to be convinced of the defeat, lest she find any excuses not to admit defeat.
After his article was written, he first presented it to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang was very satisfied after reading it, and gave him an excellent.
Bai Shan then asked Mr. Zhuang to write the word "you" at the end of the article.
At that time, Mr. Zhuang took a look at him and probably knew about his bet with Man Bao, so he wrote it on it, perhaps to increase its credibility, he even stamped it with a private seal.
When Bai Shan saw it, it opened the door to a new world, and when he took it to the school to show to the doctor, he also asked him to write down the evaluation and then click on a chapter.
The doctor, who was not willing to press the seal, heard that he had made a bet with someone, and when this was the grade certificate, he was very happy to press his private seal.
Not only that, the doctor also graciously helped Bai Shan find several doctors, and everyone circulated them for evaluation.
In the end, the article was passed from Guozixue to Taixue, and then to Simenxue. It is said that it was also passed on to Law and Mathematics. After a circle, it fell into the hands of Kong Jijiu.
Kong Jijiu looked at it carefully for two days, so he also wrote a gift on it and signed a private seal.
So at this moment, Man Bao couldn't find a reason to refute, after all, this slip of red stamp was stamped on the back.
So she had no time to talk to Bai Erlang, and asked very dissatisfied: "Why?"
She took the article and asked Mr. Zhuang, "Sir, haven't you thought about the consequences of neglecting farming?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Farming is not so easy to waste. Besides, this is an article. I only read this article. He convinced us, so we gave him a gift. If you are not convinced, you can also write An article to refute him."
Standing beside her, Bai Shan turned his head and asked her, "Are you going to write an article to refute me?"
Man Bao: ... how can she be free now
But she was still not convinced, so she nodded fiercely, "Refutation!"
"Then you write it," Bai Shan said, "but we bet on whether my article can pass. Now the gentlemen have not only passed it for me, but also given me an award. It is your writing that refuted my article. That's another thing, you have to admit defeat."
Zhou Lixue asked Bai Erlang curiously, "Sister-in-law, what did they bet on?"
Bai Erlang shook his head, "I don't know, I'm not interested."
Bai Shan had already asked Man Bao with a smile, "I'll take a rest the day after tomorrow, how about we go the day after tomorrow?"
He said: "In a while, the peach blossoms in the mountains will be all in bloom."
Man Bao nodded: "Okay, then the day after tomorrow."
Although she was very unconvinced in her heart, she considered herself a person who was willing to gamble and admit defeat.