Khan, this little girl knows everything, Lin Wanrong said: "Since you know everything, why do you ask me?"
"Lin San, you are too bad, how could you go to that kind of place?" The little girl looked at him and said sternly.
There is really no way to answer this question. Could it be that telling her that it is to meet her physical needs is not teaching the children badly.
"Hehe, this, as you know, is Miss Qin Xian'er who kindly invited us to go. She appreciates the talent of Young Master Biao, so I had no choice but to go with Young Master."
"Hmph, I heard my sister tell my mother. But you can fool my sister, but you can't fool me. That person surnamed Qin must not appreciate his cousin, but appreciate you. Don't think I don't know." Xiao Yushuang gritted her teeth and said, Very angry.
Alas, I didn't expect this little girl to know me best in the Xiao family compound. Lin Wanrong sighed a little in his heart. The person he had the most contact with here, besides Guo Wuchang, was Xiao Yushuang. Although this girl is sometimes too unruly, but generally speaking, after her own education, she has changed a lot, at least she is no longer so self-willed in front of her.
"Lin San, is that Qin Xian'er really good-looking?" Seeing that Lin Wanrong hadn't spoken for a long time, Xiao Yushuang couldn't help asking.
"It's very beautiful." Lin Wanrong nodded honestly.
"Then is she as beautiful as me?" Xiao Yushuang said proudly, puffing out her chest.
This Xiao Yushuang is indeed an extremely beautiful woman. In time, she can even surpass Miss Xiao. However, she is still young, and she is still a bit young. Considering Lin Wanrong's age and experience, this girl is indeed too young , It will take a few years to fatten up before killing.
"Is it because I'm not as good as her?" Xiao Yushuang asked Lin Wanrong's arm anxiously.
"No, you are still young, and there is no comparison with her. After a few years, when you grow up, you will definitely be more beautiful than her." Lin Wanrong said.
Xiao Yushuang's face turned into a flower with a smile: "Really?"
Seeing Xiao Yushuang's cute expression, Lin Wanrong also felt a little joy in his heart, so he nodded and smiled, "Sure, sure, and sure."
Xiao Yushuang snorted softly and said, "I knew that a prostitute could not compare to me."
Lin Wanrong frowned and said, "Second Miss, everyone has their own experience, so don't underestimate others casually. Even though that Qin Xian'er has fallen into prostitution, she can keep herself clean. Just because of this alone, she is much better than others." Little girl, born in a wealthy family, has a natural sense of superiority, otherwise she wouldn't play tricks on servants like that.
"Understood." Xiao Yushuang stuck out her little tongue and said, "I will listen to everything you say."
"You listen to everything I say? Why?" Lin Wanrong asked strangely.
"Because you are kind to me." Xiao Yushuang said as a matter of course: "You are different from others, you don't cater to me, dare to refute my words, and dare to hit me—" She blushed a little, and continued: "You will sing Poetry, painting, singing, and storytelling, I like it very much."
Today, I guess you will like a comic talk talk better. Lin Wanrong smiled wryly.
"Lin San, you agreed to do my portrait yesterday, when can you start?" Xiao Yushuang asked with great interest.
"This—I'll have to wait until I get the materials ready." Lin Wanrong said, in fact, there is nothing to prepare, but the improvised pencil is still at Qiaoqiao's place, and I have to get it.
Xiao Yushuang didn't know how he painted, but thought that he had to prepare a lot of powder and ink like those painters, so she nodded obediently.
"Lin San, you are so capable, I wonder if you can help my family?" Xiao Yushuang suddenly sighed.
"Help? What can I do for you? The second lady is joking, what can I do as a little servant?" Lin Wanrong said with a smile.
Xiao Yushuang said softly: "I don't know why, Lin San, I always feel that you have this kind of ability, you have many ideas, flexible brains, and wide knowledge—"
"Okay, okay, besides, my face is blushing." Lin Wanrong said with a smile, "What is it that makes our Second Miss Xiao so sad?"
"I don't know very well. I just heard my mother and sister talk about it, but they always treat me like a child and don't want me to participate. I heard a little bit occasionally, and I heard that someone wants to talk to us. Family joint venture—" Xiao Yushuang said with a small mouth, obviously a little dissatisfied with her mother and sister who despised her so much.
"Joint venture?" Lin Wanrong was taken aback. Has the concept of joint venture existed these days
"Did you see Mr. Tao last night? It was he who proposed that the three families should join forces. Apart from our family, there is another family named He. I don't know the specific situation. I just heard about it from my mother and sister." so much."
Lin Wanrong frowned. He knew that the biggest business of the Xiao family was selling cloth and silk. Although this kind of thing had a certain profit, it was a mass business, and anyone with money could do it, so the competition was fierce. The Xiao family used to be the leader of this business, but in the past few years more and more businesses have been engaged in this business. In Jinling City alone, there are already several companies that are comparable in size to the Xiao family. Business is getting harder and harder to do.
"What's the matter with Mr. Tao? What's the matter with the family surnamed He?" Lin Wanrong asked with a frown. He has seen a lot of things like joint ventures in his previous life. It is a very beneficial business method to join forces and jointly seize the market. However, there will be many problems in this kind of joint venture, such as the problem of profit distribution and resource scheduling. To put it bluntly, it is a double-edged sword. If it is done well, everyone will make money. Annex the game.
"Mr. Tao's family has the same business as ours. In recent years, the scale has continued to expand, and now it has surpassed our family. The family surnamed He is also second only to my family in scale. Our Xiao, Tao, and He families are here. Jinling City is even the largest cloth shop in Jiangsu and even in the whole country.”
Then what is Tao Dongcheng's background? How can Tao Dongcheng's business be bigger than this Xiao's family in a few years at such a young age? Lin Wanrong was puzzled, and said, "Mr. Tao, what kind of background does his family have?"
Although Xiao Yushuang was young, she came from a noble family and knew a lot of things. She nodded and said, "Mr. Tao's uncle was the servant of the court. He was my grandfather's student. His father was weaving in Suzhou."
Suzhou weaving? This is no wonder, Lin Wanrong understood in his heart, this Tao Dongcheng's family has such power, it is no wonder that the business cannot be done.
Jiangnan is the most affluent place in China. Throughout the ages, there has been a saying that Jiangnan is full of abundance. In addition to agriculture, Jiangnan is most famous for its Three Ways in the South of the Yangtze River. The so-called three ways of Jiangnan are Yangzhou Salt Road, Jinling Tea Road, and Suzhou Weaving. These three are the most profitable businesses in Jiangnan. Mr. Tao's father is in charge of Suzhou Weaving, which is the source of all cloth supplies. It is not surprising that he can expand his business.
After figuring out the ins and outs of this, he understood what Tao Dongcheng meant last night when he said that they would soon be united as one. With Suzhou Weaving as the backstage, this joint operation must be done.
It was inconvenient for Lin Wanrong to explain the stakes to Xiao Yushuang, so he said, "Let the young lady and madam worry about these things, it's useless if you think too much."
Xiao Yushuang frowned and said: "But I see that my mother and sister are both worried. It seems that they haven't made up their minds yet. I don't know whether they should join forces. I am their relatives, so of course I want to share their worries. But I can't help at all. Come on, am I useless?"
Lin Wanrong was moved by the little girl when she heard what was on her mind, so she comforted her with a smile and said, "Second Miss, I can understand your feelings. But you are still young, and you don't have the ability to help them right now. The most important thing to do is to make yourself happy so that they don't have to worry about you."
Xiao Yushuang hummed lightly, curled her lips and said, "But it's not like I'm useless at all, at least I can still attract talents, Lin San, you are so capable, help my mother and sister, okay?" good?"
Lin Wanrong smiled wryly and said, "Second Miss, you're flattering me too much. I'm just a servant, so it's not my turn to intervene in such an important matter."
Xiao Yushuang shook her head and said: "Lin San, in my eyes, you are the most capable person, even my sister praised you last night."
"Miss praises me?" Lin Wanrong asked strangely, she didn't beat me to death, I was already considered lucky.
Xiao Yushuang said embarrassingly: "My sister came to my room to talk to me last night, and when she saw the booklet, she saw the portrait you drew for her, and she was in a daze for a long time, and said that it was her who never Those who have never seen it say that you have the talent of a master."
"No way?" Lin Wanrong said, "Didn't you promise me to keep it a secret?"
Xiao Yushuang hastily explained: "Don't worry, I remember everything you said, I just said that I picked up the picture book, I don't know who painted the picture, and then my sister took the booklet away gone."
Seeing Xiao Yushuang's aggrieved face, she knew that letting her lie in front of her sister was embarrassing her, so she couldn't bear to blame her right now, so she just said, "Don't worry, I didn't blame you." I just didn't know that the album fell into the hands of the eldest lady , What will happen again
"Lin San, just help sister, okay, I beg you?" Xiao Yushuang grabbed Lin Wanrong's arm and begged softly.
She said it so many times, Lin Wanrong said helplessly: "Okay, let me think about it, and I will tell you when I think of a way."
Xiao Yushuang smiled through tears: "Lin San, I knew you were the best, so come to my room tonight!"
"What?" Lin Wanrong was taken aback, his jaw almost dropped.