C169 (1/2)

Every year, in the middle of September, Gu Yun would settle his annual accounts. Thus, starting from August, there would be shopkeepers in Shang Jing who would gather at the Suddenness Garden every single year, and it was Gu Yun himself who would appear. This year, coincidentally, Xie Jingxi was here, so naturally, this task was put up to her.

Counting it, more than half of the businesses under Gu Yun's name had already been handed over to Xie Jingxi, which meant that she was the true owner now, and it was reasonable for the shopkeepers to meet her for reports, which was also the first time they had officially met. Xie Jingxi was unavoidably a little nervous.

In this period of time, she had grown a bit fatter, not as thin as she had been in the past two months. Things also started to eat, and it was still as if her belly grew even faster, and not even five months had passed. She looked like she had lived for five or six months, and Gu Yun would walk with her around the courtyard whenever she had nothing to do, afraid that their daughter would become too difficult to produce.

”You don't have to do anything, just recognize them when you meet them, leave the rest to Bai Cao and the others. With you in the array, I think they won't make things difficult for you, it's better than me coming out.” With Old Man Ji watching his at all times, Gu Yun didn't worry about anything else, he was only worried that she would be too tired.

Xie Jingxi was tired from walking so she went to the pavilion to rest. Listening to what he said, she asked curiously: ”Will they still make things difficult for you?”

Gu Yun helped her sit down beside him, ”Some shopkeepers can't help but think of ways to get more benefits, some can even have their own ideas. There are arguments and disputes between people, and if you encounter something that's hard to explain or you don't understand, you can pretend that you don't know it, it's not a big deal, so you don't need to think too much, just don't get tired of it.”

Xie Jingxi had probably also heard from Bai Cao before, other than a few shopkeepers who had followed Gu Yun for many years, most shopkeepers were actually purely interested in hiring, some even had shares in them, thus it was hard for them to not make their own plans. They were all intelligent people, and it was not like she had never seen a Manager Li who could not control their Shen Family before.

She was originally nervous, but was even more uncertain after Gu Yun's words. She was afraid that if she failed to accomplish anything for him, she would call Bai Cao over when she was free, and ask her to explain the business in detail to her.

It just so happened that shopkeeper Cai and the Manager Lu had entered the Suddenness Garden, so Xie Jingxi dressed and went to meet them in the outer courtyard. The rooms at the front half of the Suddenness Garden were now in use, and all the storekeepers and storekeepers were temporarily staying here. The Clear Wind Pavilion was used as a guest hall, and when she arrived, the two shopkeepers had already been waiting here for a while.

Seeing Bai Cao and Xie Jingxi enter, the two shopkeepers hurried to greet them, ”Greetings Grand Mistress.”

Xie Jingxi sat in the leader's seat and said politely: ”There's no need to be so polite, two shopkeepers.

Manager Cai was the first to speak: ”Grand Mistress has troubled you. I was originally in the capital and could only travel a few steps. However, it was slightly more difficult for Manager Lu to come all the way from the northwest.”

Shopkeeper Cai had been in the capital for a long time, so he was very good at dealing with officials and nobles. From the sound of his words, Manager Lu was clearly a type of boorish person, probably Tian'er who was not used to being a tiger in the capital. Her long robe was covered with sweat, but it prevented the female shopkeeper from displaying it, causing his to be even more stifled, and panting more harshly than the others.

Xie Jingxi looked at him, ”Manager Lu has been working hard all this time, feel free to tell Zhao Zhang anything that's inconvenient, this place is the same as staying at home.”

”Grand Mistress is indeed considerate.” Manager Cai poked the person beside him. ”That's right, Old Lu.”

”Oh, thank you Grand Mistress for your understanding.” Manager Lu didn't even bother to look at his eyes as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Xie Jingxi still knew how to judge people, it was not because the Manager Lu did not know how to read eyes, it was because he did not take her seriously at all.

Manager Lu also thought that way. It was his first time in the capital this year, and he thought that he would be able to see Gu Yun, but who would have thought that he would actually send such a delicate young mistress who could even sneeze down on him. He did not dare say it out loud, let alone doing business with his.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to turn cold, Manager Cai spoke in his place: ”Grand Mistress, this year, Qing Hu City has opened a branch family in the northwest, Manager Lu is the main matter there, he has followed our Eldest Young Master for a few years, but it's his first time entering the capital, so it's not a big deal, because the market is just opening, it's not possible for him to make profits, but the situation is still not bad.”