The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 345 Marketing Ningfu
Since Aunt Xue's birthday, whenever Yuanyang thought about the events of that day, she would cover her lips and blush like fire. She also hoped that Jiao Shun would come to hear soon, and was also afraid that he would rush to ask her out and do something embarrassing.

But just waiting and looking forward, four or five days passed and there was no movement, she couldn't help feeling resentful, and she was even more worried that Jiao Shun was trying to calm herself that day, so she just coaxed him casually.

Just like that, I saw May 22.

This morning, she served the old lady for breakfast, and she was talking about her 'enemy' in the wing room, when Ping'er opened the door and walked in.

Yuanyang subconsciously got up and looked over with hopeful eyes, met Shang Ping'er's playful smile, and sat back reservedly, knowingly asked: "You are not guarding your second grandma at this time, what are you doing here?"

Ping'er saw that there was no one around, so he took out a small box from his sleeve, shook it at the mandarin duck and said, "I was entrusted by someone today, and I brought you a present."

If someone else is greedy for benefits—such as Second Sister You, I'm afraid they will smile when they hear this.

Pian Yuanyang heard that he was here to give gifts, but he was really annoyed. He tilted his head and said with a sneer, "I haven't heard from you for a few days. It's okay to worry about it. But when I came here, I said it was a gift. Am I right?" Is it for his benefit?"

Seeing this, Ping'er smiled, stepped forward and sat opposite the mandarin duck, and said, "Look at you, you didn't even ask what gift he gave you, and you just provoked the thorns first—here, look at this for yourself." What is it?"

As he spoke, he lifted the lid of the box, put it on the Kang table, and pushed it in front of Yuanyang with his pale fingers.

Yuanyang glanced at it pretending to be unwilling, but saw that it was a green translucent glass bottle, and through the bottle body, one could faintly see small white things inside.

"This is……"

She has been by the old lady's side for many years, so she can be called well-informed. She immediately recognized the origin of this thing, and then said suspiciously: "This seems to be the medicine of Westerners, right? I am not sick or disaster, he gave me this What does something do?"

"Humph~"

Ping'er gouged her out and said with a stern face: "What a heartless little hoof, didn't you jump out of a crack in the rock? You can't use this thing, so can your father also not use it?"

Yuanyang came to a sudden, stretched out his hand to hold the box carefully, and the room asked in disbelief: "This, this is for my father's treatment? How did he know that my father is sick?!"

"Of course they asked me."

Ping'er laughed and said: "He said that you are not an ordinary woman, if you send some gold and silver jewelry over, it will spoil your character, but if you don't show it at all, you will feel that you have failed your heart, so I took great pains to find this thing Come—I heard that Marquis Baoling was entrusted to ask the Western envoys to ask for it, and it is most effective in treating phlegm disease!"

As he said that, he deliberately put on a bitter and jealous look and said: "I have known him since childhood, but I have never seen him be so enthusiastic, especially for you girl..."

Yuanyang carefully held the bottle of medicine, her heart was as sweet as honey, but she said perfunctorily: "He and his sister are used to each other, so naturally they don't need to waste any more effort."

"Okay, since it's useless, I'll pay him back for you!"

Ping'er said, wanting to seize.

Yuanyang hurriedly hid behind her back, Ping'er chuckled, and she couldn't help pursing her lips in joy. .

After a long while, seeing that Ping'er still didn't say anything, Yuanyang couldn't help but ask shyly: "He...did he say, when...we will meet again?"

If she had never taken the initiative to ask about this when they first met, it shows that the gift was very sweet.

Ping'er shook his head and said, "He didn't say that."

Seeing that Yuanyang's disappointment was beyond words, she added with a smile: "He only said that he will take a rest tomorrow, and he will be there anytime when it is convenient for you."

"Bah~"

Yuanyang spat hard: "It's true that those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black, and they love to play tricks just like your master!"

Immediately he became embarrassed, and said helplessly: "The old lady can't leave me for a moment, and I don't know when I will be free."

As he said that, he suddenly remembered the medicine in his hand, and hurriedly said: "I'll ask for leave tomorrow to go home and deliver something, when the time comes..."

"Then you set a time and place first, and let him wait for you when the time comes."

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Ministry of Industry, Neifang official treasury.

There was still an hour before the separation of the Yamen. The ambassador in charge of the treasury was at his desk copying the records of entering and leaving the treasury. The tall man in the trousers walked into the duty room.

And the voice of ringing the pendant came from the belt around the other party's waist.

This belt should be made of boiled cowhide, about four fingers wide, with a hammer and sickle buckle in the middle, four or five copper rings hanging on each side, and they can't stop rattling with the footsteps of people coming. There is a crisp sound.

Seeing this somewhat 'weird' attire at first, the warehouse ambassador couldn't help frowning, but after seeing the facial features of the visitor, he hurriedly got up and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Why are you here in person? What's the use? Yes, send someone to inform Beizhi, and Xiaozhi will send it to you."

"There are some things that only the official can use."

The visitor said with a smile, "Bring the bicycle made by the craftsman, and I'll ask you to make a loan record—let's borrow it for half a month first."

This person is naturally Jiao Shun, and what he is wearing is the newly finalized work-student uniform—it is also because he has been busy with the finalization of the uniform these days that he has no time to come here until today. Take that bicycle.

The Warehouse Ambassador was already planning to send someone to pick it up, but he hesitated when he heard that it was a loan, and cautiously reminded: "If it is a loan, I am afraid that it must be registered for the specific purpose."

If it is only used in the Ministry of Industry, it is enough to go through the procedures for leaving the warehouse. The word lending actually means embezzlement, so it must be more rigorous. Only go through a set of procedures for reporting to the next batch.

"You just register."

Jiao Shun said with a helpless smile: "This bicycle has been made for some time, and no one in the yamen is optimistic about it. I don't want to go my own way, and I don't want to bury it. Naturally, I can only find a few donors outside and make a batch. Let's see if anyone is willing to buy it—I've already reported this matter, and it's agreed that our Ministry of Industry will take [-]% of the shares based on our car-making skills."

The Cangguan ambassador was relieved, and said: "The lowly position understands, the lowly position understands, and the things made with painstaking efforts are put on the shelf like this. If you change to the lowly position, you must be unwilling."

With that said, he took the corresponding number plate and handed it to the handyman to pick it up.

When the handyman came out of the warehouse pushing the bicycle, Jiao Shun had already completed the exit procedures, so he bid farewell to the ambassador, and pushed himself to the corner gate of the yamen.

Along the way, it naturally attracted everyone's attention.

The appearance of this so-called craftsman-made bicycle looks like the [-]th bar of the later generations, but the overall appearance is a bit clumsy - there is no way, the material is not strong enough, so naturally it can only be piled up.

However, after all, this thing is the hand of a master craftsman in Neifang. In terms of the exquisiteness of the appearance and the treatment of local details, it greatly exceeds the mass production.

When he got out of the corner gate and came to the street, Jiao Shun hooked the pedal with his left foot until eleven o'clock, stepped on it with a sudden effort, and got on the bike while the bike was jumping forward. He walked away with surprised eyes.

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The back house of the Ning Mansion.

This day, Mrs. You brought her daughter to the door as usual, but unexpectedly, she bumped into a soft nail in front of Youshi. She only had lunch before she had to return empty-handed.

But Mrs. You is not in a hurry, although she will basically lose her income after the year, but with that pair of sapphire earrings as the foundation, it will be enough for this year.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they came out of Youshi's baby-raising courtyard and were about to go to the two gates, the mother and daughter were suddenly stopped by Yindie.

Only Yindie laughed and said: "Uncle Jiao from the west mansion just rode an iron horse. I heard that this iron horse has no legs, but it runs fast on two wheels. Now everyone in the house is going to watch the excitement. Now, do you want to go over and have a look at the old lady and the second girl?"

Hearing the word 'Uncle Jiao', Mrs. You's eyes lit up first, and without asking her daughter's meaning, she nodded repeatedly and said: "It's rare to meet, so I'm going to see a rare one, I'm going to see a rare one of!"

Second Sister You raised her hand to touch the old gold earrings on her earlobe, then she pursed her lips resentfully and said, "Mom, go by yourself, I won't go."

"why are you not going?"

After hearing this, Mrs. You became anxious, and while winking at her daughter again and again, she persuaded her: "Have you ever seen an iron horse without feet? Let's go and have a look, and we won't waste much time!"

Second Sister You naturally understood that her mother wanted to take the opportunity to ask Uncle Jiao for some more benefits, but why didn't she herself look forward to it?
But Second Sister You still pouted and shook her head, "How dare I go like this?"

Mrs. You was inexplicable, and was about to ask what "this way" looked like, when she saw Second Sister You raised her hand again to fiddle with the gold earrings, and then she realized that her daughter's beating around the bush was just trying to ask herself for those earrings. Pair of sapphire earrings.

On the one hand she resented her daughter for being disobedient and unfilial, on the other hand she wondered when the second sister learned to be so scheming.

But right now is not the time to care about these things, Mrs. You smiled apologetically at Yindie, dragged her daughter aside, and scolded her: "You girl! Mom is just afraid that you will accidentally lose it, so I will help you keep it for now." It’s just wearing the earrings, can’t I still be greedy for your things?”

Second Sister You didn't answer, she still raised her hand to touch the earrings.

"Good good!"

Mrs. You had no choice but to say: "I'll give it back to you when I get back, is that okay?!"

Second Sister You immediately smiled, covered her mouth and said, "This is what Mom said by herself, I must never go back on my word!"

"Dead girl!"

Mrs. You poked her finger on her forehead angrily, and said angrily: "Who are you thinking of as your mother? The third girl is a reckless person. My mother will depend on you for the rest of her life. How could she still be able to deceive you?!"

Second Sister You had achieved her goal, no matter what Mother Ren said, she just smiled.

Seeing this, Mrs. You scolded a few more words, until Yindie waited impatiently and urged her, then she hurriedly pulled her daughter to see the big benefactor who was riding an iron horse.

When they arrived at the open space in the front yard, they saw that the surrounding area was full of water, and it was not the You family's mother and daughter who were considered half masters. It was wishful thinking to try to squeeze in with strength alone.

After finally breaking away from the crowd and entering the inner circle, Jiao Shun can be seen from a distance showing the functions of the bicycle to Jia Zhenjia Rong and his son.

Today, he is more upright than usual in his attire, standing out from the crowd while leaning on his bicycle. Jia Zhen and his son, who are in contrasting togas and sleeves, are a bit chunky.

Yindie looked at Jiao Shun's hulking waist, imagining the contours of the muscles under the clothes, her face gradually turned red.

At this time, Mrs. You also discovered the New World, and she pulled her daughter excitedly and said, "Look at those rings on his waist, darling, I'm afraid it will cost more than a dozen taels of gold, right?"

Second Sister You is also thinking with bright eyes, if this is made into jewelry, it may be enough to fill her head.

In the eyes of her mother and son, given Uncle Jiao's wealth, the clothes he wears are naturally either gold or jade. If you get a silver one, you may not be able to show it to people, but how can you imagine that it is actually a few things made of pig iron and copper plated.

The two of them were pointing and pointing, when Jiao Shunli got on the bicycle, pedaled twice and waved to a boy.

The boy gritted his teeth and hurried to catch up and jumped onto the back seat. He swayed twice and grabbed Jiao Shun's belt. Then he felt offended, and hurriedly let go of his hand in panic, but he just caught up with him. Jiao Shun started to speed up, completely lost his balance for a moment, and fell on his back with a whoop.

Seeing this, everyone around laughed in unison, and even Jia Zhenjia Rong and his son laughed.

Jiao Shun squeezed the handbrake and flicked his tail, and rode back in front of the boy, crying and laughing on one foot: "You are crazy, you are already sitting firmly, why did you let go of your hand all of a sudden?"

The boy sat up with grinning teeth, wrinkled his face and said with a smile: "The villain is afraid of disturbing the old man riding this hot wheel, so he hastily let go."

Jiao Shun rolled his eyes speechlessly, rode his bike up to Jia Zhenjia Rong again, patted the back seat and said, "The hunchback in this car must be fine, that kid is purely self-inflicted."

As he spoke, he patted the girder in front of him again: "When you are proficient in riding, you can also carry a boy or a girl on this girder, and then put two baskets on the back, so it can easily hold a hundred and ten catties."

Jia Zhenjiarong just stopped laughing, stepped forward to feel where it was pinched, and asked if it was a good thing to learn.

In order to sell, Jiao Shun naturally took care of everything: "You pick a few smart boys, and I'll come over tomorrow when I have time to give pointers, and then let them practice on the dirt road for a few days, and they can learn it even if they keep it."

"That's easy to say."

Jia Zhen hurriedly said: "I'll let Lai Sheng select candidates in a while, and then borrow the school ambassador from Xifu. Let's go there to practice tomorrow!"

After two discussions, Jiao Shun generously left the bicycle to Jia Zhen and his son for safekeeping, and asked them to study it overnight.

Seeing the three chatting and laughing, they rushed to the flower hall of the back house, Mrs. You panicked, but in front of so many people, her mother and daughter couldn't follow, so she scratched her head anxiously.

At this time, Yindie suddenly laughed and said: "If the old lady is really curious about this iron horse, why not stay for dinner, then I will find a chance to lead you over, or invite Uncle Jiao to come, what do you want to ask?"

"That's a good feeling!"

Mrs. You was overjoyed, and just about to nod her head in agreement, she suddenly sensed something was wrong, and hesitated: "Is this, is this appropriate?"

"Old lady, you are a discerning person."

Yindie said with a pun: "It's not appropriate to put it on someone else, but you and the second young lady are our wife's natal family, and if everyone prospers and the other loses, there is nothing wrong with it."

These words are tantamount to completely breaking through the secrets that were originally tacit to each other.

Yindie was so straightforward that Mrs. You felt a little uncomfortable for a while, subconsciously smiled a few times, and then said: "Then, then I will be in trouble."

(End of this chapter)