Lady forced to seek prince

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, there was a heavy snowfall in Taozhou, and it was extremely cold, but this did not stop the bustle of the market. After a busy year, it was finally the New Year's Eve, so it was natural to buy something.

Two cars had already parked outside Xue Ji's shop, and another mule cart came over, the cart was already full of New Year's goods, before the cart stopped, the person in charge of dressing jumped off the cart and walked into the shop quickly.

The guy rushed forward to close the curtain.

The steward immediately asked, "Has the fur jacket we agreed upon arrive?"

"It's here," the man said with a smile, "Don't worry, the shopkeeper has reserved everything."

While talking here, a voice came from the room: "Isn't there another one? Why aren't you selling it?"

Shopkeeper Xue said with a smile on his face, "I have already paid the deposit before, how can I sell it to someone else?"

"You man, why don't you add five pennies? My second master saw that the second master of the Lu family was wearing it, so he wanted the same one. If he couldn't buy it, it would be a bad New Year's Eve."

Shopkeeper Xue cupped his hands and said, "These few things are really not good..."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again: "I'll go to Fengxia Village to have a look later, if they still have one in their hand, I'll definitely give it to you."

"Then why wait a while," the man said anxiously, "Come with me now? To tell you the truth, I have been to Fengxia Village myself, but no matter what I say, they don't sell it, they say they will order it all for you gone."

The man said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper Xue did a great job on this deal. Before others knew about Fengxia Village, you took all the leather jackets there."

Shopkeeper Xue said with a smile: "It's also a coincidence." It wasn't a coincidence, the girl from the Zhao family found Xue Ji's shop by herself, and he quickly made a decision to do this business with Fengxia Village for a long time.

The girl from the Zhao family is also like what she promised him before, even if there are individual visitors, she will not sell them. However, it was agreed at the time that Fengxia Village can sell fur coats by itself, but the price is more expensive than Xue Ji, but this time, he He bought all the leather jackets from Fengxia Village, and took fifty guan as a deposit, and Fengxia Village promised not to give them to anyone else.

Shopkeeper Xue secretly rejoiced that he agreed to sell the leather jacket on consignment at that time, otherwise he would only have to stamp his feet to regret it.

While the two were talking, the manager of the leather jacket who entered the door said, "Master Xue, let's get the leather jacket that has been ordered."

Shopkeeper Xue greeted the guests with a smile, and then took out the wrapped leather jacket from the inside for the steward to inspect the goods. After a while, the steward left Xue Ji's shop under the eyes of everyone envious.

The person who spoke before couldn't bear it any longer, and grabbed shopkeeper Xue's arm: "Quick, my car is outside, now go to Fengxia Village with me, or I won't be able to go back tonight. Just rely on your shop."

Shopkeeper Xue had no choice but to hand over the shop to the second shopkeeper, and then drove to Fengxia Village with that person.

"The leather jackets in Fengxia Village are pretty good," the man chatted with shopkeeper Xue in the car, "but I heard that the people there are not very nice, and they bully the immigrants from other villages."

Shopkeeper Xue was startled, he raised his eyes: "Who said that?"

The man lowered his voice, "Maybe you've been busy in the shop recently and don't know about it. It's not that Fengxia Village's reputation has spread because of its well-made leather jackets. Many people secretly inquired and asked for some news."

Shopkeeper Xue didn't speak, but listened carefully to what the man had to say.

The man said: "Didn't Fengxia Village find a lot of migrants to help with needlework? They gave those women twenty Wen a day."

Hearing twenty words, shopkeeper Xue was taken aback for a moment: "So little?"

The man nodded: "It's not just one person who said it, many people discussed it in private."

Shopkeeper Xue still didn't believe it: "Twenty Wen, someone can do it?"

"Give me some food," the man said, "Those people do a day's work, so Fengxia Village gives some food, wild vegetable cakes, coarse grains and so on. These migrants were originally short of clothing and food, so they had something to eat. I’ll admit it if I have less money, but I heard that if the work is not done well, the wages will be deducted.”

"This is to see that the migrants have to stutter no matter what, and suppress wages to death. Our family also has a lot of fields, and people will come to cultivate them. This Fengxia Village is more ruthless than us."

What appeared in Shopkeeper Xue's mind was the appearance of a girl from the Zhao family. That girl didn't look like that kind of person. If she really cared about money so much, she wouldn't give up the price so generously. He sees people who are open to money Yes, you can recognize it at a glance without saying anything, but you can figure it out once you do a business.

He didn't believe those words from the bottom of his heart, the Fengxia Village that man said was very different from what he saw.

Shopkeeper Xue asked, "Will someone intentionally slander you?"

"I don't think it's possible," the man said, "One said it was bad, and the other said they? We know each other well, so I just remind you, pay more attention to Fengxia Village, don't be fooled by them."

"What can you lie to me?" Shopkeeper Xue said with a smile, "It's all about taking the goods and then giving the money. I still have this point of view. You just need to rest assured."

After saying this, Shopkeeper Xue fell into deep thought again. He remembered that when he went to Fengxia Village last time, he saw people from other villages talking around the girl from the Zhao family.

He glanced at it from a distance. Although he didn't know what they were talking about, he always felt that these people respected the girl from the Zhao family very much.

He intentionally said a few words to that person, but after thinking about it further, he didn't know what that person's intention was, so he didn't open his mouth.

When the two arrived at Fengxia Village, shopkeeper Xue got off the car and walked into the village.

When he first came to Fengxia Village, there were some changes. The people here wore thicker clothes. He guessed that there might be shredded fur inside. There were also a lot of chickens and ducks in the village. The smoke was curling up, and there were a lot of steamed pastries in the yard, which were prepared for the New Year's Eve.

Shopkeeper Xue entered the village, just happened to be seen by Grandma Xu, who stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper Xue, you are here, are you looking for our sister Luo?"

Shopkeeper Xue nodded.

Grandma Xu said: "Sister Luo and the others have gone to the stockade and are not at home. But Sister Luo said, if shopkeeper Xue comes, let us say that there are really no leather jackets in the village, and there are not enough people inside and outside. I can’t do it anymore, you still want to come back on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.”

Shopkeeper Xue responded, turned to look at the man, and found that the man was looking into the village.

Shopkeeper Xue coughed, and the man withdrew his gaze.

"Let's go," Shopkeeper Xue said, "I'll tell you that it's really gone. If you still don't believe it, it's a waste of time."

Shopkeeper Xue said goodbye to Grandma Xu, and led the man out of the village.

The man walked out of the village and couldn't help but said, "Didn't you say that all the immigrants from the surrounding villages came? Why..."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a commotion in Fengxia Village, and a man shouted: "You are not willing to give twenty cents? It's the New Year's Eve, and the family doesn't even have food, and you are not short of this wages." .”

This is the end of the man's words. A few half-children walked out of the village and said a few words to the man, and the man walked towards the village entrance dejectedly.

Before shopkeeper Xue came back to his senses, the person next to him had already taken two steps forward, obviously going to meet the man.

Shopkeeper Xue frowned immediately. The person he brought today was the steward of the Ding family. The Ding family is a wealthy family in Taozhou. They have a caravan at home. The second master of the Ding family fell in love with the leather jacket of Fengxia Village.

Shopkeeper Xue didn't pay much attention to it at first, fur coats made of the stockade's fur are rare in other families, but the Ding family doesn't necessarily have to, just ask. Unexpectedly, from then on, he came to buy them every day.

I have already bought two pieces, which means that the second master of the Ding family has to wear them himself...

Thinking over the whole matter carefully, shopkeeper Xue has a bad feeling, he didn't do anything bad, right?Would rashly bringing the Ding family here cause trouble to Fengxia Village?
Did the Ding family really want the leather jacket, or did they have other intentions?
Shopkeeper Xue thought of this and became prepared, he was very unwilling to reveal more with the steward of the Ding family.Instead, he was in a hurry to take the steward of the Ding family away.

However, the steward of the Ding family obviously had his eye on the man from the outer village, and after walking a few steps, he said to him, "What's the matter? You're still quarreling with the people in Fengxia Village? The people in this village are nice. I don’t know how many people have been supported by work!”

When the man heard the words of the steward of the Ding family, his face showed an angry expression: "How do you know? Who did they support? Do you know how much they pay? After working for half a month, it is less than [-] yuan. This is to let us live starve!"