Pan Jiaxiu had left the cabinet half a year ago, and she married the Feng family who were in Dongyue at the same time. Although the business of the Feng family was not as good as that of the He family and the Pan family, Dongyue was also quite prestigious. Pan Jiaxiu married The second young master of the Feng family, the young couple are very affectionate. The second young master Feng is gentle and courteous. Shen Ziqiao met him once and thought he was not bad.
"Winter bamboo shoots stewed in a hot pot with bad duck, wild mushroom and wild pigeon soup, stir-fried artemisia... Wow, they are all my favorites. Cousin Xiu, you are really my bosom friend." Shen Ziqiao entered the box and saw that Pan Jiaxiu had already ordered. He couldn't wait to sit down, and the chopsticks were already delivering the food to his mouth.
Pan Jiaxiu laughed at her unceremoniously, "You're a foodie, what's not your favorite food?"
"Don't say that, I don't like it too." Shen Ziqiao said vaguely with her cheeks like buns.
"Eat slowly, and no one will grab you." Pan Jiaxiu glared at her angrily. Her own sister didn't need her to worry about it, but this cousin always made her feel uneasy.
Shen Ziqiao took a sip of the soup and sighed contentedly, "This kind of life is meaningful, cousin Xiu, how did you get this room? I tried to find someone to book it several times but I couldn't get it."
"Your cousin-in-law knows the boss of the Jinxiu Building, so he booked it. I heard that the boss here wants to open a business on the Twenty-fourth Street." Pan Jiaxiu said.
"Who's the boss here?" Shen Ziqiao asked curiously. It's not that easy to open a business on Twenty-fourth Street. It took a lot of energy to go bankrupt.
Not only must you keep an eye on the market price, but you must also maintain a good relationship with foreign businessmen and be familiar with various overseas trends. For example, some time ago, foreign businessmen liked Dazhou tea very much, so she had to send people to Fujian to find tea merchants to purchase. It has been almost two years, although she is not as smart and capable as Mrs. Pan. But she could feel that shopkeepers Zhang and Fan had no doubts about her, which was enough for her.
She doesn't have any ambitions, as long as Tianbaohang does not go bankrupt.
"Others call him Ninth Master, but as for who he is, no one has ever heard of him." Pan Jiaxiu said.
Shen Ziqiao snorted, not interested in asking further, and casually talked to Pan Jiaxiu about family issues, Pan Jiaxiu saw that her face was no longer childish, and there was a little more charming and pretty cousin between her brows. She said with a smile, "Jiaojiao, it will be your wedding ceremony in a few days. You're going to be a big girl."
"Don't give me wrong ideas. I don't want to go with you to see some aunts and six wives, and let those people point and point at me." Shen Ziqiao immediately understood what she meant, and recently Mrs. Pan became keen to choose a bed for her again. Soon to be a son-in-law, Shen Ziqiao wanted to escape in every possible way.
Pan Jiaxiu smiled and said, "I was already engaged when I was married to Ji."
"That's you. Anyway, I don't want it." Shen Ziqiao shouted, but Qi Zheng's handsome and domineering face appeared in his mind, and his pretty face blushed unconsciously.
Pan Jiaxiu didn't continue talking, anyway, this kind of thing can't be left to this little girl, the old lady and mother will naturally take care of Jiaojiao.
The two sisters had dinner, and Shen Ziqiao wanted to go to Tianbaohang. The two came out of the box and saw two young men walking across the corridor, one wearing a royal blue net-faced silk gown. Handsome and handsome, tall, who else could it be if it wasn't He Chen? As for the other man who was wearing a lotus-colored gauze shirt with a straight skirt... Shen Ziqiao realized with a dark face, isn't this man the long-lost Ninth Prince
Probably not expecting to meet Shen Ziqiao, He Chen looked at her with a complicated expression. The Ninth Prince looked disgusted, as if he was deeply afraid that Shen Ziqiao would pounce on him.
Neither are good things! Shen Ziqiao curled her lips. Eyes moved aside, pretending not to see them.
Pan Jiaxiu doesn't know the Ninth Prince, but he is familiar with He Chen. Since we met, I can't even say hello, "Young Master He."
He Chen returned the gift to Pan Jiaxiu, but looked at Shen Ziqiao, "Second Young Mistress Feng, what a coincidence."
Shen Ziqiao turned her face to the other side.
Although she and He Chen didn't have any grudges, she would not put her hot face on someone's cold ass. From the beginning, he thought she was a savage daughter who was ignorant and only consumed Pan's kindness to others. She started to get in touch with Tianbaohang's business, and he felt that she was not doing her job properly. Anyway, every time she saw her, she was sneering and sarcastic. Shen Ziqiao had no interest in this male supporting role at all, let alone saving him from being poisoned by Sheng Peiyin. He should do it Why go.
He Chen's mood at this time was very complicated.
Before she met Shen Ziqiao, she had already heard from her father that the person he would marry in the future would be Shen Ziqiao, because Mr. He was almost able to marry Mrs. Pan, but Shen Xiao appeared halfway, and he could only hold grudges till now When he heard that Pan's daughter had come to Dongyue, Master He had the idea of getting married. Seeing him in the teahouse made Master He even more determined.
Otherwise, how could He Chen not be married at this age.
Before He Chen met Shen Ziqiao, he had already inquired about her character. She was so bad, that whenever he thought of being with such a woman in the future, he would feel disgusted and had preconceived notions. It's hard to have a good impression of Shen Ziqiao.
He thought she was just playing around with Tianbaohang, so even if shopkeepers Zhang and Fan went to his Hejia firm to do business, he wouldn't care too much about it, but she didn't expect that she would care so much about Tianbaohang.
It's been almost two years, and he hasn't heard anything bad about her. The owners of the commercial firms on Twenty-fourth Street mentioned her with knowing smiles on their faces, as if everyone liked her very much.
I heard from others that the Pan family back then was not as popular as her.
Could it be that he misunderstood her
"Miss Shen San..." He Chen looked at her and called out in a low voice, "I hope I can talk to you about your bank's pledge to buy rice."
Shen Ziqiao reluctantly turned her face away, "Just talk to shopkeeper Zhang, I'm a little girl with no talent and no morals and I don't understand anything."
A year ago, after He Chen found out that Shen Ziqiao had meddled in Tianbaohang's business, he once said that she had no talent or virtue, so don't get involved in Tianbaohang. Shen Ziqiao, who is stingy and hateful, remembers it to this day.
"After all, you are the boss of Tianbaohang, so it's better to talk to you." He Chen said.
Shen Ziqiao finally turned her gaze to the Ninth Prince who was already clouded beside him, and said with a half-smile, "Young Master He wants to talk to me right now, right?"
Only then did He Chen remember the Ninth Prince next to him, "I'll talk to you another day."
"Then we'll talk about it another day." Shen Ziqiao pulled Pan Jiaxiu up and was about to leave, "Please go ahead, Young Master He."
The Ninth Prince felt that his heart was blocked. The moment he saw Shen Ziqiao, he thought she had appeared on purpose to meet him again. After listening to their conversation, he realized that he was being passionate.
She never looked at herself from the beginning to the end.
It was completely different from the flushed cheeks and excitement when seeing him before.
It seemed that she had changed completely. She no longer took him seriously. This recognition made the Ninth Prince feel very uncomfortable. He could no longer use a word of ridicule and scolding that he had prepared.
Shen Ziqiao and Pan Jiaxiu have left Jinxiu Tower.
"The man standing with He Chen just now seems to be Master Jiu." Pan Jiaxiu said.
"Ah?" Shen Ziqiao's eyes widened in surprise, "No way, what kind of business does he open? He also opened Jinxiu Building..."
Pan Jiaxiu glanced at her, and saw that Shen Ziqiao seemed to know the Ninth Master, "Have you met him in the capital? I heard he is from the capital."
Shen Ziqiao rolled her eyes, "He is the Ninth Prince!"
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The Ninth Prince opened a restaurant and set up a business in Dongyue
Any fool knows who he is for! Sheng Peiyin's shops and business in the capital were squeezed out by Mrs. Pan so much that she couldn't keep going. Ninth Prince, the infatuated cannon fodder, continued to pave the way for her to be a heroine because she came to Dongyue. It seemed that Sheng Peiyin was already in Dongyue. .
I don't know if I have met He Chen or not, but Shen Ziqiao badly fantasizes about their three tortuous and entangled love triangles.
She really wanted to ignore Sheng Peiyin's affairs, but this woman continued to dance for a day, and Shen Ziqiao felt that her fate of cannon fodder could not be lifted. She asked someone to inquire about Sheng Peiyin's news to see what she was doing.
The next day, Shen Ziqiao went to Tianbao to read the account book, and before she finished reading it, she heard the waiter say that Young Master He had come.
It seems that He Chen wants to talk to her about the recent rice price.
"Let him in." Shen Ziqiao didn't bother to go out to greet him, put down the account book, and waited while eating rose cake and drinking honey tea.
He Chen came in quickly, and as soon as he came in, he saw Shen Ziqiao holding a teacup and sighing with satisfaction, "It's such a beautiful afternoon, it would be nice to watch a movie."
"Miss Shen San." He whispered, staring at her.
As he expected, the moment Shen Ziqiao saw him, the bright smile on her face immediately withdrew.
"Young Master He, what a distinguished guest." Shen Zi Qiaopi greeted with a smile.
He Chen sat down opposite her, with a serious expression on his handsome face, he glanced at Shen Ziqiao, "Miss Shen San, what do you think about the current rice price in Dongyue?"
"What's the decision of the Chamber of Commerce?" Shen Ziqiao asked. Last time, because of the news of the defeat in the Northwest, the rice merchants in Dazhou deliberately released the rumors, which caused the price of rice to be driven up. Although the price of rice in Dongyue was later suppressed by the Chamber of Commerce, However, the price of rice in other places has remained high, which still affects Dongyue to some extent.
At that time, in order to control the price of rice, the Dongyue Chamber of Commerce asked 24 commercial firms to spend 20,000 silver each to import a large amount of white rice from overseas to prevent the rice price from being raised again in Dongyue, and the life of the people would be even more difficult. up.
The He family and the Pan family took the lead in contributing one hundred thousand taels, and Shen Ziqiao also pledged twenty thousand silver to donate rice.
A few days ago, the rice had been shipped to Dongyue, but the price of rice had dropped half a month ago. The price of rice in Dazhou is now lower than before. If they sell this batch of rice at the purchase price, not only If you don't make money, you will lose money.
Both the He family and the Pan family can afford it, but other firms are in a bit of a difficult situation.
As the general merchant of the chamber of commerce, He Chen naturally wanted to ask Shen Ziqiao about her decision, and he didn't want her Tianbao to lose money.