Chapter 363 Business

Qin Xinfang sent Bai Yitang away, stood under the hall for a while, and then went to the backyard.

Qin Wenyin was taking Niu Niu to play a game of chasing me on the grass, the two of them were blushing, and their pale sickness had long since disappeared.

He Zipei sat on the porch and watched, cheering on Niuniu for a while, and pointing to Qin Wenyin to catch Niuniu quickly. The whole garden was full of laughter and joy.

Niuniu giggled and ran around, and when she saw her father appearing, she ran into his arms and laughed loudly, "Daddy, save me, aunt is going to catch me!"

Qin Xinfang picked up Niuniu, touched her neck and said in disgust: "The sweat all over my body is about to stink to death, hurry up and take a bath with your mother."

Niuniu climbed down from her father's arms and ran towards her mother.

He Zipei hugged her with a smile, nodded slightly to the two of them and said, "Then I'll take her to take a bath first."

Qin Xinfang nodded, looked at her sister and said, "Wen Yin will accompany me to the lake."

Qin Wenyin responded with a smile.

There is a small lake in the backyard of the Qin Mansion, and there is a gazebo by the lake. The weather is already hot at this time, and it feels cool to sit in the pavilion.

Qin Xinfang stood in the pavilion facing the lake with his hands behind his back, tilted his head slightly to look at his sister and said, "Bai Yitang came here just now."

Qin Wenyin couldn't help but pause while pouring tea.

When Qin Xinfang saw it, she knew it, and said: "Wen Yin, you are already an adult, I don't need to worry about this kind of thing for you, and I won't owe you, it's all up to you. Bai Yitang came to me just to tell Yu I don't want me to meddle in your affairs."

"But I'm very happy that he thinks of you so much. Wen Yin, no matter what your future will be, just personally, I admire Bai Yitang very much."

Qin Wenyin was silent for a long time before saying: "Qinghe..."

Qin Xinfang shook her head and chuckled, "Qinghe probably knew about this a long time ago, Wen Yin, your son is smarter than you know, and Bai Yitang is also more honest than you think."

He reached out and patted her hand and said, "You are still young, and you still have a long way to go, so it's better to think carefully about this matter, but if you don't like him, don't force yourself, my sister deserves better."

Qin Wenyin's eyes were slightly red, and the arm holding Qin Xinfang was sore for a moment that she couldn't speak.

At this time, Bai Yitang, who had just returned to Gu's residence, was going out shopping with his apprentice, no, to inspect the market.

Falling in love is a very expensive thing, not to mention that he is still in the courtship stage, and he will spend more money. When he really gets married in the future, he will spend even more. So he has to generate income.

His apprentice bought him a few acres of land in Yazhou, but the annual rent is enough for him to live well. It is completely impossible to live well, especially in the capital.

It was fine for him to eat and drink from his apprentice before, but he can't eat and drink from his apprentice when he gets married, especially when his apprentice son-in-law is still his stepson.

The two masters and apprentices stood at the entrance of the street, watching the hustle and bustle, and the pedestrians coming and going were stunned for a moment before Li Baolu asked, "Master, do you want to do business?"

"Do you think Master is like a material for business?"

"Like!" Li Baolu said resolutely: "All the sects and knights in Jianghu have sent congratulatory letters. They must still remember the money that was scraped away by you years ago."

Bai Yitang left her behind and walked forward. Li Baolu trotted after her and said, "So, Master, are you going to do business? Or to farm?"

"Whether it's business or farming, your master and I are not that kind of material." Bai Yitang looked at the bustling market with his hands behind his back and said, "But now the only ways we can think of to make money in a fair and honest way are these two , so even if you are not good at closing your eyes, you have to do it.”

Li Baolu thought of her and Gu Jingyun's savings, and nodded with sympathy, "Yes, if you don't make money, you will eat dirt."

She rolled her eyes and said, "Master, why don't we try our hand with a Zhuangzi and a shop first, even if we lose money, we shouldn't lose much."

"Is it Jingyun's property?"

"Yeah, it's all for nothing anyway, and I don't feel bad even if I lose."

"What an unlucky boy. How can you say that he got it for nothing? It was the property that the Gu family gave to Jing Yun. He deserved it. If he didn't have that little property, just rely on Jing Yun's salary and the academy's training. Can you buy the left, right and back three courtyards and raise so many servants and apprentices? You really want the Qin family to support you for the rest of your life."

"Master, don't worry," Li Baolu patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't look at Jing Yun's salary is not high, he has a lot of rewards, let alone supporting us, it's okay to raise a few more." It's just that those rewards are not easy to exchange for cash. .

Li Baolu swallowed the last sentence, looked left and right, and said, "The front is our family's cloth shop, do you want to inspect it?"

Bai Yitang thought for a while and said, "Let's go."

Their capital is low, and they really can't stand the toss. In this case, it is better to use the existing resources to practice first.

"The cloth shop makes money. It mainly deals with the middle and lower class and the middle class. It can't compare with the profits of those silk and satin shops. However, small profits but quick turnover, and the accumulation of small profits can make a lot of money every month," Li Baolu said. : "I checked their account books, and I also asked people to check the business of the same cloth shop. Although my cloth shop is not the best, it can still be ranked first, so I can't think of anything that can be improved. "

Because of this, she seldom intervenes in the operation of the store. As long as the new shopkeeper and clerks don't want to make fake accounts to fool her, she is willing to let them handle the affairs of the store by themselves.

Bai Yitang followed the flow of people into the cloth shop, and found that there were quite a few people inside, most of them ordinary people in cotton and linen clothes, gathering in twos and threes to choose cloth.

As soon as Bai Yitang entered the door, he was greeted by the waiter with a smile. When he looked up and saw Li Baolu, he almost jumped up in shock. Fortunately, he tensed up, and a little nervously asked the two of them to go to the private room on the second floor to rest.

Li Baolu waved her hand and said, "No, you can greet the customers, we don't need you here."

The shop clerk wiped the cold sweat from his forehead to greet the customers, and secretly gave a little boy next to him a wink, telling him to go to the back warehouse to find the shopkeeper.

The host's wife is here, and it seems to be a private visit, which is a big deal!

He prayed in his heart that the new shopkeeper would never offend his wife. He didn't want to change another shopkeeper and experience another raid.

Bai Yitang picked up a few pieces of cloth and asked the price, looked around the shop again, turned back to Li Baolu and said, "This shop is indeed doing well, the price is reasonable, and it should be an old shop that has been open for many years. Most of the people who go in are old customers."

Li Baolu nodded: "Exactly, so I can't find anything to improve."

"It's better not to change such an old store easily. It already has a good reputation. After the change, there may not be new customers, but it may lose old customers."

The new shopkeeper hurriedly came from the back warehouse, saw Li Baolu was about to salute, but Li Baolu stopped him with a wave, smiled and comforted him and said: "Shopkeeper Liu, I just passed by here to take a look, the business in the shop has been slow recently fine?"

"Mrs., business is good. I just sorted out the small account books in spring. Why don't I check them for you?"

"No need, you can send it to the house with the other shopkeepers when it's time for the report." Li Baolu looked around the shop, asked some more questions, and left with Bai Yitang, as if they were just passing by.

Shopkeeper Liu and the buddy breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads together.

Although they have done nothing wrong, but every time they see their wives, they still feel nervous and afraid, what should they do?

"Hey, why didn't Madam take the carriage?" Shopkeeper Liu realized something was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed the waiter and said, "Follow me and see where Madam has gone. She is only checking my family. Or have you checked other stores?"

"Hey, let's go, little one."

"...There is a grocery store whose business is not good, but the location is a bit remote, and it is not easy to do business. I can't think of how to rectify it for the time being. Why don't we go and have a look at that store?"

But Bai Yitang looked at the cloth shops, garment shops and silk shops around him and said: "Business is nothing more than basic necessities, and this cloth is clothes, and all the cloth, cotton and linen are cheap, but there are more white people in the world. , so you can make a lot of money by accumulating a little, but you only have one store, and there is no advantage in purchasing goods. Your store can only be regarded as a small success, and you can’t make much money after removing the cost. Anyway, it’s not enough for you to buy. A few potted flowers."

"so……"

"So why don't you expand your business, make this business bigger, and accumulate more small profits together to turn them into big profits?"

"It makes sense, but Master, I have never done business, so I dare not do it." Li Baolu stared at him, "Why don't you come with me?"

Bai Yitang slapped her on the head, "Be serious with me, don't worry, Master will not be embarrassed at all about taking advantage of you, so you don't need to bother to find reasons for Master."

"However, Master won't let you suffer too much." Bai Yitang said with his hands behind his back: "Your Master, I have traveled all over the world for many years, and I know quite a few people, including many who are in the cloth business. It is still possible to find one or two suppliers and reduce the cost."

"Maybe when you expand your business, you can also be a supplier to other cloth shops and resell the cloth in your hands to other shops."

Li Baolu was taken aback, and clapped her hands as if she had opened up Ren and Du's two veins: "Master, you are so smart, why didn't I think of it, don't we have a large raw material supply place?"

She said with piercing eyes, "Isn't Sin Village in Qiongzhou weaving and selling cloth now?"

Bai Yitang was taken aback, yes, how could he forget those people from Qiongzhou? It seems that there are apprentices and Gu Jingyun's shares in the cloth business, isn't that what they sell and collect?

Really, the fat and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders!

Li Baolu said with piercing eyes: "Because of their special status, they suffered a lot when setting the price, but if we can produce and sell ourselves, not only our cost can be reduced, but their price can also be reduced." Improving a little bit is a win-win situation!"

"The premise is that your store can make a profit."

"That's right, so Master, this matter depends on you!"