At the end of all the banquets, people just brag to each other.
The banquet, which was mainly for the girls, also involved bragging at the end, but the bragging method was a little more subtle - it was expressed through poetry and songs: how empty life is to do nothing every day, and it doesn't matter how much rouge you buy, how many naps you take, or how many songs you listen to.
It's like Versailles.
It’s... hard to comment.
Xianjin, who couldn't drink, rolled his eyes when he heard this, and hated himself for having such a low level of education that he could even understand such sour words and clichés.
When everyone had almost finished drinking, they used Xiong Youyou's name to ask for a post - "Sister Youyou, are you going to see Fubai tomorrow? Do you have a guest? I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I can accompany you to have fun."
After saying that, the two Ertong looked at Xianjin with sharp eyes.
Xianjin very tactfully presented a wooden sign for admission with both hands.
At the end of the party, Xianjin gave out nearly twenty wooden sticks, and almost every young lady present got one. Only the Wu Niang from Hengji was independent and stood out from the world. Everyone else was drunk, but she was sober.
Xianjin held the last wooden entry stick he brought today in his hand, and nodded to her gently and generously.
The guests left in twos and threes. After saying hello to Xiong Youyou, Xianjin took the yawning Huahua Xiaobaozhu out of the Xiong Mansion, preparing to walk back slowly to digest the food.
As soon as I turned the corner, I was stopped by a haughty and self-righteous voice.
"He, Shopkeeper."
Xianjin looked in the direction of the sound and saw a petite figure walking out from the darkness in the corner.
Xianjin smiled, "Miss Hengwu."
"You can call me Ah Xi." Heng Wu Niang smiled, and her small round face looked very friendly at this moment. "Xuan paper is close to water, so you named me Heng Xi."
Xianjin nodded, "Could it be that you have a sister named Heng Kiwi?"
Paper medicine is needed to make paper pulp, and the juice of kiwi vine is it.
Heng Wu Niang was stunned for a moment, "No, I only have one younger brother, his name is Heng Zhu."
Oh, the paper-making bamboo curtain might as well be called kiwi fruit. The juice of kiwi vine plays a much more important role in paper-making than bamboo.
Xianjin thought casually, and as he thought, he walked forward with a relaxed pace.
Heng Wuniang stood there for a while, preparing to create an atmosphere for herself. She lowered her head, and just as she looked up with great grace, she saw Xianjin walking away with his hands behind his back.
Heng Wu Niang:? ? Why don’t you wait for her?
Heng Wuniang took a deep breath and finally caught up.
"Manager He, tomorrow 'Fubai' will open. Would you like to welcome Hengji to visit the store and learn a thing or two?"
Heng Wuniang's voice was very steady, just like before, she was confident in her tone, "When doing business, don't look down on each other. We are all well-known paper companies in Xuancheng Prefecture, and we are also the leading paper companies in the entire Southern Zhili. If we don't help each other, we will undermine each other..."
Xian Jinyun nodded calmly, "I totally agree with your words that colleagues should not look down on each other."
Heng Wuniang smiled and was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Xianjin -
"Excuse me, Miss Fifth was at the party just now, why didn't she ask me for the entrance stick?"
Xianjin smiled casually and continued to walk forward slowly as if he was taking a leisurely stroll.
Heng Wuniang stood there in a daze.
Xianjin continued to walk away.
Heng Wuniang was awakened by the evening breeze, and when she came to her senses, she hurriedly chased after him, "There are so many people at the party, and all the sisters are asking for their entrance signs, so I wanted to wait until you were free so I could talk to you alone..."
Xianjin stopped walking.
Heng Wuniang almost bumped into Xianjin's back.
"No."
Xianjin shook his head calmly, "Miss Wu felt that it was embarrassing to approach Chen Ji in front of everyone, so she hid until now, hiding behind the wall, and approached me when no one was around. Since you feel embarrassed, why should I bother to approach you? You are arrogant, but Chen Ji is not humble to the bones. People in the same industry should not look down on each other, and this sentence is also appropriate to say to you."
Xianjin said it very bluntly.
Heng Wuniang's face turned pale and blue. She opened her mouth to explain, but she really didn't know where to start.
Xianjin suddenly asked again, "Fifth Miss, you haven't taken over the family business yet, right?"
Otherwise, how could one be so naive as to not only fail to accomplish the task but also offend others?
Heng Wuniang raised her eyes and quickly glanced at Xianjin, then lowered her head and said softly, "The elders in the family are in their prime, so I will only help with the accounting and clearing out the goods, but I will not be considered taking over."
After a while, the voice became lower, as if whispering, "The family is undergoing an upgrade, and my younger brother is going to take over the business, so someone has to serve as a pawn in the battle."
A pawn in front of the battle?
Did you abandon her to pave the way for your brother?
"It sounds like the Fifth Miss is also well-educated and not just a smart-headed young lady." Xianjin said softly.
Heng Wu Niang nodded gently, "Although my Heng family is a merchant family, we also give girls the opportunity to study. I have read the Four Books and Five Classics with my teacher..."
Xianjin stopped walking completely, turned around, crossed his arms, looked at Heng Wuniang calmly for a while, raised his chin, and asked in a rhetorical question, but his tone was firm, "Do you want to be the head of the family?"
Heng Wuniang was shocked and refused reflexively, "No, no! How can a girl like me manage a household?"
There was no answer of yes or no.
Xianjin nodded in understanding, and suddenly changed the subject, "Why didn't Baiji come today? Is there no girl of the right age?"
Since the Chen family and Hengji have come, why didn’t Baiji, one of the three major paper-making giants in Xuancheng Prefecture, show up?
Heng Wuniang smiled and said, "The girls from Hengji can still study with their brothers, but the girls from Baiji are very good at embroidery. In the mansions of high-ranking officials in Nanzhili, most of them are second wives or concubines. The girls in the boudoir are also strictly disciplined and will not show up easily."
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