delicious little cook

Chapter 707 Cooperation Capital

"Third brother's business partners last year were the Ou family and the Ning family, apart from the eldest aunt and Gongzhong. If they have business, they don't do it for their own people, but they do it with outsiders. It's not kind." Gu Chan muttered with her lips pursed.

"The Ning family is an imperial merchant, and Ning Peilan is now the princess of Chengjun. Gu Yun's cooperation with the Ning family will benefit both parties more than harm, and they can also share risks. The Ou family's big car dealerships are all over the capital, and Gu Hui has been growing up. The house is raised, and Gu Yun cooperates with these two companies so that everyone can earn money. What's the use of complaining repeatedly that Gu Yun doesn't take care of his brother? What capital do we have to be taken care of by him? The third aunt took money to invest in shares for Gu Jing, and the subsequent water conservancy and civil construction projects cost a sum of money like flowing water. Gu Jing has already spent more than 2000 taels one after another. It's just a small shareholder, and now that the spring plowing is about to start, high-quality agricultural tools are an unavoidable expense. Want to make money with Gu Yun? Do you have the money to invest with him?" Gu Xu naturally had a reason for saying this. Confidence, although he used Gu Jing as an example, his wife actually paid for every penny spent on the construction of the farm. If you want to make money, you have to spend it first.

Gu Chan was completely silent, but Mrs. Gu burst into tears.

"I knew it! I knew it! You think I'm poor! My sister-in-law and third sister both have money to support their son, but I don't. After all, you blame me for being poor, because I have no money!"

"Why cry again? If you don't have money, you don't have money. Why cry? Your son is already a father. How he wants to support his family is his own business. How can parents worry about him for the rest of his life?"

"I can't worry about it anymore. Where's his good wife? She didn't say a word? Don't you want to add some property to your family?"

"Relying on my daughter-in-law's money? Who am I? A softie?" Gu Xu really jumped a little. The matter of Gu Yun's cooperative farm is that his wife Tong Shi secretly took money to buy shares, and the land deed and various subsequent contracts The name of his wife is all on it. No one in the mansion knows about it. Gu Yun and Bai Kou's mouths are very reliable, but Gu Xu himself still minds being said that his wife uses the dowry to earn money to support the family.

After being yelled at by her son, Mrs. Gu finally came back to her senses, her face turned pale, and she regretted what she said just now.

"Look what nonsense you're talking about!"

Master Gu patted the table and went out with his hands behind his back, unwilling to talk to his wife anymore.

Gu Xu also turned dark, and followed his father away.

Only Gu Chan held her mother's hand and comforted her.

Although the news of the eldest master's quarrel in the room did not spread outside the second room, it could not be hidden from the two concubines and the two concubines below. They each told their sons to study hard in their own rooms. Yes, if she has fame and fame, she will be able to join Gu Yun's hands, and when she gets married in the future, the family will be separated. Of the three wives in the mansion, this second lady is the most stingy, and her own daughter-in-law and granddaughter can make such troubles, Who knows what face she will put on the daughter-in-law of the two bastards, she might as well go out and have a quiet time.

The two young masters responded to their biological mother's words and wrote back Wen Shu to prepare for the children's exam this spring. This happens once a year. If you fail the exam last year, you can continue the exam in the next year until you pass the exam.

The second room is in such a commotion, the servants keep silent and they don't talk about it themselves. Naturally, the long room and the third room didn't hear any news. It was decided to eat Poon Choi in the mansion, so Bai Kou went to bed early after dinner, and went to work in the East Kitchen early in the morning to instruct the cooks and cooks how to make Poon Choi.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Kou went directly to the East Kitchen after breakfast, and never showed his face in front of Gu Yun again. Seeing the bad weather, Gu Yun rested and studied at home. A letter came into the ear room.

"Master, there is a letter from the East Palace, and the front part says that the messenger is still waiting for a reply outside."

Without hesitation, Gu Yun quickly opened the letter and read it. It turned out to be the prince's own handwriting. The letter asked about the life-sized mirror that had been shining brightly these days. So yesterday the princess also went to the street to experience it, and today the prince wrote to ask for details.

This kind of trivial matter was sent directly from Donggong instead of conveyed by Zhan Shifu. Gu Yun's face was calm and his heart was full of joy. It seemed that he had won the favor of the princess, and he couldn't wait.

"Go, quickly call Manager Bai back, and ask for her key to open the small warehouse."

Qing Lan took the order and called Xiao Ye Zi to run errands, just as Bai Kou's preliminary preparations had come to an end, all those who were supposed to be on the stove were sitting on the fire, Bai Kou explained to Zeng Zhu how to take care of the fire, I went back to Zhongmingyuan.

"My lord, what do you want to get from the small warehouse?" Bai Kou walked into the ear room to ask for instructions.

Gu Yun was writing a reply letter, so it is necessary to explain why he didn't tell the palace immediately, but let the people in the capital know about the big mirror. When Bai Kou came back, he just finished writing, so he put down his pen and grabbed the The letter trembled in my hand.

"The prince personally wrote a letter, asking us about the big mirror. The princess went to the street yesterday, and the messenger is still waiting for my reply."

"Understood, then I'll go get some new vanity mirrors, and there are some left over, shall we bring them together?"

"Okay, it saves space."

Bai Kou then asked two third-class maids to follow her to the small warehouse behind to carry the boxes, and asked them to send them to the ear room first, while she went back to her own room and took a thick envelope that she had prepared earlier, and handed it to Gu Yun. .

Gu Yun opened it and saw that they were all sketches of furniture, some were full-length mirrors with brackets, and some were dressing tables with half-length mirrors. Of course, the drawings were not perfect, and they were schematic diagrams of children's stick figures, but illiterate craftsmen could know this after seeing them. What is it, and it can inspire new imaginations and make excellent objects.

"Okay, no problem, just take it back to the messenger."

Bai Kou nodded in response, stuffed the letterhead and drawings into the envelopes and sealed them, went to his son's bedroom, opened the cash box, took some change and packed a purse, then called the girl to carry the mirror to the front to reply to the messenger, the purse was naturally Carriage fees for others.

The messenger returned to the East Palace to return the order, and the envelope and items were directly presented to the prince. His wife and children looked around together. The new mirror in the box immediately asked them to replace the previous mirror, but they did not transfer it to the servants, but kept it properly. Keep it as a souvenir. After all, it is the first batch of finished products. It is very commemorative. In addition, the drawings attached by Gu Yun are also highly praised. Skilled craftsmen will definitely get good inspiration from this simple style drawing .

And the samples sent with the reply letter are also the first batch of vanity mirrors with movable brackets, but the quantity is only enough for the four members of the Prince Donggong's family to share. Send it to the queen's palace.

It just so happened that the sage took a nap at the empress's side today, and he hadn't left when the princess arrived. He also laughed out loud when he saw the brand new mirror and the simple blueprint. Taking this big mirror as a topic of conversation, from the fifth day to the seventh day today, people all over the capital have talked about it for several days, wondering when the official finished product will be launched, how much the different sizes cost, Ordinary people can afford it and so on.

Especially yesterday, the Princess personally went to the street to feel it, and she was full of praise when she came back. The saint already wanted to ask the household department to place an order, but he still needed to check it again, so he asked Mr. Xi to send an order tomorrow to let Gu Yun make a full-length mirror. The samples were sent to the palace, the style was decided by himself, the time was limited to the last day of the month, and Bai Kou had to deliver it himself.

Because Gu Yun is a foreign minister, he cannot enter the harem.

Eunuch Xi responded softly with a smile.

(End of this chapter)