Lady Wan Guan

Chapter 17 Some Rumors
Five days later, Yahang sent a group of people.

Jiang Wan Ning asked Nanny Liu to pick someone, and then bring her to see them after they were done.

Not long after, Grandma Liu brought someone over.

"Madam, we have selected a total of 16 people for this round, five men and eleven women. They are all of clean origin. Some of them have also worked as part-time workers in wealthy families or in shops. They are diligent and do not need to be trained. They can directly Come in handy."

Jiang Wan Ning coughed a few times, seeming to be holding back her discomfort. Her "illness" was getting worse!
Some weak eyes swept over everyone: "Who are you talking about?"

Aunt Liu called the names: "Zhou Li, Zhu Sheng, Hemerocallis, Yu Niang, Mei Fang... came forward to meet the eldest lady."

Several people came out.

"The servant has seen the eldest lady."

"The young one has met the eldest lady."

Jiang Wanning looked at them one by one: "They all look good, with upright appearance and bright eyes."

Grandma Liu smiled and said: "My slave told Ya Xing that people should be clean and fresh, work diligently, and have a sharp mind."

Jiang Wanning praised: "Mama Liu is good at handling things. I am relieved that you will be in charge of the inner courtyard."

Aunt Liu's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "Madam, I trust this servant. I dare not fail to do my best."

Yesterday, the eldest lady had announced her as the manager of the inner court in front of all the managers in the mansion, and she finally felt at ease after having been hanging for several days.

Aunt Cui asked her to find an opportunity to trip up the madam. She was not stupid. She would not take the reward of 100 taels and take advantage of others. If she messed up the madam's birthday party, wouldn't she be the unlucky one?Can Madam get around her?
It can be seen that Aunt Cui is the bitch of Lady Xu.

Jiang Wanning smiled and looked at those people: "Who is Zhu Sheng?"

A young man said: "Back to the eldest lady, the younger one is Zhu Sheng."

"What will be done?"

"When I was young, I worked as a busboy in a wine shop. I could do any job and was not afraid of hardship."

Jiang Wan Ning nodded and looked at the fat man in his early twenties next to him: "What's your name? What are you good at?"

The man bowed his head and raised a smile before he spoke: "Back to Madam, little Zhou Li used to work in a horse and carriage shop, running errands for his boss and receiving visitors. He is considered good at socializing."

Jiang Wan Ning laughed. Mr. Wen knew what she wanted.

"Mama Liu, doesn't Manager Zhong need a discerning errand boy? I think Zhou Li is suitable."

Aunt Liu: "I have taken note of it."

Jiang Wan Ning asked the three women again, seizing on Yu Niang's advantage of being good at making snacks, and said: "I am short of manpower in the house, so you can come to my place!"

Yu Niang happily agreed.

"Mama Liu will make her own arrangements for the rest."

After receiving the instructions, Grandma Liu took the people down to resettle her, but she didn't say anything about it for the time being.

Today is also the day when Wu Niang goes to the jewelry store to pick up customized velvet flowers.

Since the velvet flowers produced in Qincheng were included as tributes, they have become "palace flowers" and are highly sought after by women in Daqi. The daughters of officials and rich families are too embarrassed to go out without wearing a velvet flower on their heads.

Therefore, velvet flowers are very popular in Jiangcheng, and they usually need to be customized.

"Qiu Niang, have the velvet flowers I ordered arrived?"

Qiuniang is the manager of this jewelry store.

Seeing Wu Niang from the Song Mansion arriving, Qiu Niang said with a smile: "It's here, the goods that just arrived are still in the warehouse. I haven't had time to sort them out, so I'll go get them right now."

Qiuniang ordered people to invite Wu Niang to the elegant room, served tea, and then went to the backyard warehouse.

Wuniang drank tea leisurely and enjoyed the treatment that only VIPs can get.

If you buy something over 50 taels in this jewelry store, you will be invited to the private room for tea.

The wives of the Zhang family and the Li family often boasted in front of her that every time they came to this jewelry store, they always drank tea in the private room, and Qiuniang personally brought the jewelry to the private room for them to choose.

"I heard that the eldest daughter of the Song family was not promised to the eldest son of the Song family." "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true. Xiao Zhao heard it from the clerk at Jiangji Silk and Satin Store when he went to check out. How can it be false?"

"If you're not promising to the eldest son of the Song family, then who are you promising to? Is it the fourth son of the Song family?"

"You are stupid, where is the Song family's eldest lady from?"

"Ningchuan, who doesn't know that the Jiang family is the richest man in Ningchuan?"

When Wu Niang heard someone talking outside, she tiptoed to the door and put her ear against the door to listen carefully.

"Isn't this right? The Master of the Song family previously worked in Ningchuan, and the Erlang of the Song family was with Master Song. I heard that the Jiang family was interested in the Erlang of the Song family."

"Erlang of the Song family is a concubine, but he is a better match for Madam Jiang."

"Eh? That's not right. Since the Jiang family is interested in Erlang of the Song family, why did the eldest son of the Song family marry Lady Jiang in the end? Everyone in Jiangcheng doesn't know that Langjun Song and Madam Xu were childhood sweethearts. The two families have been engaged for a long time."

"Who knows? I heard that Aunt Zheng of the Song family is even more proud."

"Tsk, tsk, Mrs. Song is so useless."

"Perhaps Mrs. Song doesn't think much of her eldest son. Otherwise, who would agree that her son, and also his eldest son, would marry a merchant's daughter? If it were me, I would fight that Aunt Zheng to the death."

Wu Niang got the velvet flower and absentmindedly left the jewelry store.

She wanted to tell herself that those people were talking nonsense.

But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that what they said is worthy of scrutiny.

It is an indisputable fact that my father favors Aunt Zheng. In addition, Aunt Zheng has the support of her grandmother and her methods are better than her mother. Her mother is no match for Aunt Zheng.

Aunt Zheng followed her father to Ningchuan to take office. Not only did she go with her, but she also brought Song Jing and Song Xuan with her. Her mother cried and hanged herself and tried all kinds of methods, but she couldn't stop her.

Besides, Jiang Chunmao, although he was extremely rich and wanted to get married to the Song family, he was not so ignorant that he wanted to be the eldest son of the Song family, so it was only reasonable for him to fancy Song Jing.But it was my brother who was unlucky in the end.

The more Wu Niang thought about it, the more she felt sorry for her brother. She was wondering whether she should tell him about this?

After much deliberation, Wu Niang decided to hide it.

It's a done deal, what's the point of saying it?It's just more troubles.

The back door of the jewelry shop leads to a secluded alley, and a carriage is waiting in the alley.

Qiuniang came out of the back door and came to the carriage: "Mr. Wen, what you said has been done."

"Are you sure she heard you?"

Qiuniang said: "She must have heard it. I saw that her face changed and she was uneasy."

"Thank you."

"Mr. Wen, you don't have to be polite. It's just a little effort." Qiuniang said with a slight smile.

The person in the carriage handed over a paper ultimatum: "This shop will be yours from now on."

Qiuniang took the document, her slightly trembling hands revealing her inner excitement.

She founded this jewelry shop by herself, but she lacked capital at the beginning and had to cooperate with others. Originally, she had [-]%, and the other two had [-]% each. She still had the final say in the shop.

Who would have thought that after the shop became famous, the two people would join forces to squeeze her out, but she didn't want to give up her hard work to others, so she would rather pay a high price to buy back her share.

Negotiations between the three parties failed many times.

Now, she just followed Mr. Wen's instructions and arranged for a few people to say a few words to the fifth lady of the Song family. Mr. Wen helped her settle the matter, and from now on, the shop will completely belong to her.

The carriage started and slowly drove out of the alley and merged into the lively street market.

No one knew that a transaction had just taken place in the secluded alley next to it, and the most famous jewelry shop in Jiangcheng would only be named Qiu from now on.

(End of this chapter)