A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 244 Do You Believe Those Outside?
The date set by the magistrate Zuo Chengjin, tomorrow and the day after will be the day when merchants submit samples for quotations.

When Xu Chenfang took the sample clothes and looked back and forth, the steward beside him was clattering his abacus to calculate the cost of materials, and then told him: "Young master, we only need to quote 35 yuan or more for the price of this winter coat, and we will not pay you." will lose."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, there was a waiter outside who raised his voice: "My lord, Miss Feng is here."

Everyone thought that Feng Wu was Xu Shenfang's woman, now that she came to Ah Dae Kee's shop, the staff below naturally didn't dare to stop her.

As a result, before the buddy finished speaking, Feng Wu had already stepped forward and entered the inner hall.It means that she has been outside the inner hall before.

The steward retreated with a wink.

Without waiting for Xu Shenfang to ask, Feng Wu opened his mouth and said: "I heard that this year's cloth at A Niang Ji Cloth Village is cheap, I came here to choose some cloth to make clothes, I didn't expect Mr. Yu to be here too."

Xu Chenfang raised her eyebrows, and said: "There are all kinds of materials in the cloth shop, you can choose whatever you want."

Feng Wu blessed Fu Li, turned around and walked out, walked a few steps, then looked back at him and said: "By the way, I passed by Qingfang Zhai earlier and bought some new dim sum and soup, which should be hot Yes, young master, do you want to try it?"

Xu Shenfang always likes to buy dim sum from Qingfangzhai, when Feng Wu said this, Yan'er had already placed the food box on the table, and slowly opened the lid.

The dim sum plate under the lid is divided into five or six plates, and each plate contains different dim sum.

Xu Shenfang picked it up and took a sip. It was fragrant in the mouth, and it was indeed something from Qingfangzhai.

At the same time, Yan'er took out the soup cup below, the soup was still warm and fragrant.

Xu Shenfang asked: "Where did you buy this?"

Feng Wu said: "Not far from Qingfang Zhai, I happened to see a special seller of this soup. Let me use this one, I will buy another one on the way back."

Yan'er hesitated to speak, but was glanced at by Feng Wu, and stood silently by the side with her mouth pursed.

Xu Chenfang hadn't had lunch yet, so she simply ate a few mouthfuls.

Then Feng Wu cleaned up the unfinished dim sum soup, and went out of the inner hall, planning to pick some fabrics in the cloth shop.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Meng Yan and Yin Heng also happened to pass by, and they also wanted to buy some fabrics. When they saw Xu Shenfang's shop, they thought that of course the fat and water would not flow into other people's fields, so they went into the shop together.

The two just saw Xu Shenfang and Feng Wu coming out of the inner hall together.

The four faced each other and remained silent for a while.

Feng Wu still recognized Meng Yan, nodded to her, and then moved to the side to choose materials.

Meng Yan looked at Xu Chenfang, and gradually revealed a clear expression.

Xu Chenfang was a little embarrassed, and said, "It's not what you think."

Meng Yan suddenly said: "I haven't asked anything yet, do you know what I'm thinking?" She turned her head to look at Feng Wu's side, and said, "She is the Oiran girl you bought with a lot of money two days ago. ? When I saw it today, it was really extraordinary and beautiful."

Anyway, Xu and Shenfang were hard to argue with.

Meng Yan said again: "I said why I haven't seen you recently, so I was busy picking up girls, could it be that she is really pregnant with your child? You, who used to be famous for being romantic, but you are also a brave and responsible person. People who can bear the responsibility, today I see you two in pairs..."

Xu Chenfang's face darkened the more she heard, and interrupted her quickly: "... Where did you hear these nonsense things?"

Meng Yan blinked and said: "Don't you know, the streets are full of scandals and gossip about you, and it's almost spread. Some people even say that Miss Hua Kui is pregnant with triplets this time."

Xu Chenfang rubbed the center of her brows, and said, "Do you believe those outside?"

Meng Yan said: "So I didn't meet you, so I asked you by the way."

Xu Shenfang took a deep breath, looked at her and Yin Heng, and said: "You should prepare well for your marriage with him, don't worry about my affairs, and don't believe me." After finishing speaking, he turned around and waved to the shopkeeper. Come over, and ordered, "Go and bring her a new batch of silk brocades that came in a few days ago."

Meng Yan heard the words and said: "You actually hid silk brocade, is your silk brocade expensive? I can't afford it if it's too expensive."

Xu Chenfang tensed her forehead: "It's not expensive!"

When the shopkeeper took out the cloth, he saw that it was all red.

The wedding is coming soon, and most of the materials used in Meng Yan's house are mainly red.Even if Meng Yan doesn't come today, he will send these materials to her home for her to choose in a few days.

Finally, Meng Yan picked out two pieces of material, and left with Yin Heng.

Before leaving, Feng Wu nodded to her again.Meng Yan also replied politely.

In Xujiabu Zhuang, samples of clothes have also been made.Although the cotton padded clothes are made, the foundation is thin.Xu Mingyou's steward told him that such a dress can be made for thirty Wen.

The steward said: "Second and third masters have already discussed with us, and agreed to offer the same price as us."

The three Xu family have a little cotton in their hands, but it is not enough to take over the business alone.That's why Xu Mingyou reached an agreement with the second master and the third master. No matter who the government's order falls to, the other two can get rid of the cotton in their hands, and there will be no loss anyway.

Anyway, everyone used to be from the Xu family, and they also used the Xu brand name. It is better to do business together than to fall into the hands of outsiders.

Xu Mingyou picked up the sample clothes and looked at them. Just like this cotton clothes, the price of [-] yuan is still profitable.

However, businessmen are of course focused on maximizing profits, so they need to compare prices with their competitors to know how much room they have to raise prices.

The person in charge added: "Now our biggest opponent is Ah Dae Kee. As long as we know how much their quotation is, we can lower it a little bit than them, and we can basically succeed."

Xu Mingyou said: "You will always know what you should know."

The steward was relieved, it seemed that the eldest son had a solution.

That night, someone rushed to Xu Mingyou's place to spread the news, saying: "My lord, I have already found out the quotation of Ah Nanji, and their quotation is forty yuan!"

The steward was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "That's really great, this way we will be safe!"

The next day, in order to demonstrate fairness and avoid malicious competition, Zuo Chengjin adopted a non-public quotation on the day of sample clothing quotation.That is to say, when each merchant sends a sample garment, he secretly writes his own quotation on a piece of paper and submits it to Zuo Chengjin for review.

After Zuo Chengjin checked the sample clothes one by one, he also looked at the prices, and finally selected two more advantageous ones, which were undoubtedly the Xu family and the Ah Nanji family.

In front of all the merchants, Zuo Chengjin publicly reviewed the quotations of Xu's family and Ah Nanji at the same time. As a result, Xu Mingyou's face immediately darkened, and the expressions of the managers around him also changed drastically.

Because the prices on the two quotations are exactly the same, both are 35 Wen.

(End of this chapter)