"Knock, knock, knock! Knock, knock, knock!"
The door knocker was banging violently.
Qiqiqi in the back room opened the door sleepily. Through the crack in the door, he saw two pairs of identical bright and round eyes looking at him excitedly.
Like two toads.
Boss Qiang suppressed his excitement and asked, "Where's Boss He?"
My king! I have brought you some food!
Qiqiqi and Boss Qiang looked at each other for a moment. They saw the dazzling golden light and smelled the fragrance of burning money in each other's blazing eyes.
Qiqiqi narrowed her eyes, "What is this?"
Boss Qiang's knuckles turned white from grabbing the door. "Big customer! Big customer from Shandong!"
Shandong?
take an exam?
Exam paper?
No more questions!
Qiqiqi immediately turned around and shouted, "Boss He! Boss! The golden toad is here!"
He is the one who fails to recognize the value of gold and jade!
What a toad!
It's a golden toad!
Where is the golden toad with bulging cheeks!
Boss Qiang arrived a little late, and the lights in the Orange Courtyard were turned off early in the morning. Before leaving, Qiao Dacongming insisted on giving the house a name with a stroke of his pen, and he simply sang "The whole mountain is clear and yellow like a lamp, and the shadows of the trees are welcoming the fragrant breeze."
Xianjin clapped his hands: "What a literary talent! What a literary talent!"
Qiao Hui waved his pen and said, "Why don't we just call it Orange Courtyard?"
Xianjin:...
A very simple and crude way of naming.
Xianjin thus obtained a property that sounded very sweet.
The lights in the Orange Courtyard lit up one by one from the outside. Qiqiqi led people to the main hall with a hunched back and a sweet smile, and handed them over to Suo'er, who had a harmless smile on his face.
As soon as they sat down, Zhang's mother smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed. She leaned over and handed over a plate of fried peanuts, four pieces of pastry, and a bowl of black sesame dumplings shaped like persimmons: "It's so late, you must be hungry, right? Eat quickly! If it's not enough, I'll make you more!"
Huo Dabing stared with round eyes, thanked him repeatedly, picked up the big dumpling, took a bite, leaned over and smiled to Boss Qiang, "It smells so good!"
Boss Qiang looked at the empty table beside him and forced a smile: Eat, eat, you just keep silent, wait and see how Boss He will trick you...
After Huo Dabing finished eating the glutinous rice balls, a figure in a dark jacket came quickly from the alley. Boss Qiang, with his sharp eyes, immediately went to greet him, saying something in a respectful manner.
Both of them walked very quickly, and soon the friendly and steady laughter of a girl was heard.
"...This is Boss Huo, right?!"
Xianjin greeted him with a smile.
Huo Dabing quickly put down the big glutinous rice balls and stood up. Xian Jinxu supported him and said to Boss Qiang on the side with a smile, "No wonder the bosses in the north are making money! They are still doing business so late! If we were this hardworking, we might be able to do business as far as Goguryeo--"
Then he said to Huo Da Bing in a familiar way, "Please sit down, please sit down..." He leaned forward with a smile, "Our Zhang Ma's sesame and peanut stuffed dumplings are both delicious. What filling did you get?"
With just these three sentences, Huo Dabing suddenly felt at home.
Damn, it feels like going home!
The nervousness of arriving for the first time suddenly faded a lot. Huo Dabing glanced at the empty bowl, then looked at the young shopkeeper in front of him. He was twenty-eight years old this year and was definitely much older than this girl, but when he looked at this shopkeeper He, he really couldn't treat her like a younger person.
Shopkeeper He has a natural sense of power and strategizing that makes people feel relaxed, but no one dares to underestimate her.
"Sesame filling." Huo Dabing rubbed his hands together, looking depressed, and only answered the questions asked by Xianjin.
Xianjin's eyes moved. He was a quiet and taciturn person.
Silent and taciturn people are usually not moved by words and only care about real benefits.
Xianjin smiled, his long and slightly upturned eyebrows curved, and he looked in a good mood and complexion, "Our customs in Huizhou are different from those in Shandong. I heard that Shandong also has jujube paste dumplings, steamed dumplings, and soybean flour dumplings... Our sesame dumplings and purple rice dumplings are also delicious - eh? Where in Shandong is Boss Huo from?"
"From Jinan Prefecture." Huo Dabing scratched his forehead.
"Jinan Prefecture is a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery. It is the place with the most scholars in the Central Plains." Xianjin smiled friendly, "Boss Qiang said you want to buy paper to print a series of books on the imperial examination? In fact, your business does not require rice paper as the raw material - bamboo paper and hemp paper are actually very suitable. It not only reduces your capital investment, but also reduces the burden of scholars studying."
Huo Dabing smiled innocently, "After Xuan paper became a tribute, my uncle wanted to use Xuan paper as raw material."
One sentence explains why such a big business was such a big deal and why he was asked to do purchasing alone.
Huo Dabing paused and continued, "My uncle said that if the quality of paper improves, the reading experience of readers will also improve... If the price of Su Xuan paper can be negotiated down, then the price of books will not increase."
Xianjin nodded in understanding, "Your uncle is an ideal merchant." The young shopkeeper He lowered his eyes slightly and continued with the other party's words about "price", "Twenty thousand Suxuan, I should be able to give you the best price."
Huo Dabing had a simple smile on his face, his plump cheeks stretched his eyes into slits, "Your workshop is too small, you can't handle this $20,000 bill."
Boss Qiang glanced at Huo Dabing in surprise: Wow! This guy is not stupid!
Xianjin's smile did not disappear at all.
Even if it is a family business or nepotism, the fact that they dare to let one person take charge of such a large order means that this person cannot be a waste.
"Then why don't you go to Hengji?" Xianjin smiled clearly, "Nowadays, the streets and alleys are full of stories about Boss Heng turning the tide. Boss Heng will definitely be happy if you give him this big business."
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