Suiyu is a well-located shop with an elegant interior.
The servants inside the shop were dressed uniformly, giving them a noble and formal impression.
Since its opening, the jade shop has been attracting customers who either browse or make purchases.
Business is much better than in Baiyang.
However, a large part of the reason for the business's success was actually because of Gu Qian.
As for why?
Here comes another woman.
That's right, Qiu Yan just saw a woman off.
At that moment, another beautiful young woman dressed in a turquoise dress arrived.
As soon as she came in, she glanced at Qiu Yan.
"Excuse me, are you the General's wife?"
“Exactly.” Qiu Yan nodded in reply.
"This humble woman, Bi'er, greets the General's wife."
Bi'er stole a glance at Qiu Yan and carefully performed a curtsy.
Qiu Yan gently supported herself with one hand.
"Miss Bi'er, please don't stand on ceremony. You are a guest, and you have come to our shop for jade. Please take a look at the jade in our shop, and see if there is anything that catches your eye?"
She said that, but that wasn't really the case. She knew that these women had ulterior motives.
Bi'er examined the jade counter closely, looking at it from left to right.
They were all too beautiful; she couldn't choose.
Seeing this, Qiu Yan smiled and stepped forward, taking out a pair of jade earrings from the cabinet.
"Miss Bi'er, this green color suits you very well, why don't you try it on?"
“I also think these earrings are beautiful.” Bi’er smiled as she took them, first removing her original silver earrings, and finally trying on the jade earrings that Qiu Yan handed her.
Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, Bi'er smiled with satisfaction.
After inquiring about the price and paying, she did not remove her earrings.
“Today, I hit it off with Madam immediately. May I visit the General’s Mansion as a guest in the future?” Bi’er asked Qiu Yan with a smile.
Qiu Yan smiled faintly as well.
"Of course you can, but Miss Bi'er, I'm very busy with business and don't spend much time at home. To avoid you making a wasted trip to the General's Mansion, it would be better if you came directly to Suiyu Er'an to visit me."
Today, Bi'er is Gu Qian's fifth admirer.
Qiu Yan rejected five offers in a row.
After Bi'er left, the shop fell silent.
Qiu Yan talked a lot, so Feng Hua thoughtfully handed her a cup of hot water.
"Madam, if these people come again in the future, just have me tell them to leave." Feng Hua really disliked these women.
“That’s right, chase them away one by one, and see who dares to come looking for our lady again. Unless they’re shameless,” Liu Sha chimed in.
She shared the same feelings as Feng Hua.
As the lady's personal maids, they naturally put the lady's needs first.
However, Qiu Yan shook her head.
"Why go back? Don't forget, your wife is a businesswoman."
"..." Liu Sha chuckled to himself, "Madam's thinking is truly different from others."
“What you say is true, Madam.” Feng Hua nodded in agreement. “Our Madam is very clever.”
Their wives don't do things the usual way.
Of course, it's also because she's very confident.
In recent days, Feng Hua and Liu Sha have also learned that the general is extremely obedient to his wife, and the feelings between the couple cannot be changed by these women.
Furthermore, they also realized that the lady was wealthy.
The other servants in the shop quietly went about their work and dared not join in the discussion.
"Alright, stop praising her." Qiu Yan shook her head at Feng Hua and Liu Sha.
Seeing that there weren't many customers left in the shop, she left one of the waiters behind.
Then, she gathered the other servants in the shop together and began to explain the jade knowledge she had diligently learned from the Western Regions.
"Good jade, besides having good color and fine texture, also has excellent toughness, is not easily broken, and is wear-resistant..."
"Only perfect jade can be exquisitely carved into a fine finished product..."
"Some jade can even be flawless. Like this beautiful piece of jade..."
As Qiu Yan spoke, she picked up a jade pendant from the counter.
After carefully examining it, let's continue with the science lesson.
"This mutton fat jade pendant is flawless, and it is consistent inside and out. It is exactly what is meant by 'the flaw does not detract from the beauty, and the beauty does not detract from the flaw.'"
"Remember this carefully, so that when you introduce jade to customers in the future, you will have something to say if they ask about it."
"Madam knows so much," Qiu Yan said, and Liu Sha added.
Qiu Yan then realized that she, as a maid, was actually a sycophant.
When I first saw her, she was as obedient as a quail, only knowing how to keep her head down and do her work.
As he got to know her better, he became bolder and bolder.
On the other hand, Feng Hua smiled and echoed Liu Sha's words.
"That's right, Madam is Madam."
But in an instant, Feng Hua's previously beaming face fell.
"Another one!"
"This is never going to end!" Liu Sha's expression was also not very good.
Qiu Yan was originally facing away from the shop door,
She waved to the servants, signaling them to go about their business.
Immediately, she turned around and saw a woman in an orange dress, supported by her maid, stop and begin to carefully examine their jade plaque.
The young lady was none other than Sun Wan, the daughter of the Minister of Rites.
"Miss, Miss Qin said that this jade shop was opened by General Gu's wife." Her maid Qing'er followed Miss Sun's gaze and looked at the jade shop.
"Suiyu Er'an, that's a catchy name," Sun Wan said, blinking her big, watery eyes.
"But Qing'er, when did the general get a wife? How come I didn't know?"
“Miss, have you forgotten? We already heard about the general having a wife from the matchmaker.”
The maid Qing'er didn't understand the meaning behind Sun Wan's words at all, and just scratched her head with one hand to correct her.
"Hmm? Is that so? I almost forgot." A hint of regret flashed in Sun Wan's eyes.
"General Gu, it's been ten years since we last met. How come you're already married? Why didn't you wait for Wan'er? Wan'er said when she was eight that she would marry no one but you."
"Miss..." Qing'er wanted to say, "Miss, isn't it inappropriate for General Gu to be married at his age?"
Qiu Yan, who was inside the shop, heard the entire conversation between the master and servant.
She thought to herself, "Another one who secretly loves Gu Qian."
Just as I was thinking this, I saw Miss Sun and her servant enter the shop.
"This is so annoying! Can't we just let Madam have some peace and quiet?" Liu Sha couldn't hold back his words. Seeing Miss Sun and her servant enter the shop, he wished he could drive them away.
Feng Hua's complexion wasn't much better.
"Liu Sha, keep your voice down, this woman is no ordinary person."
"What are you afraid of? Our lady has the general protecting her. Madam, let me throw them out!" Liu Sha seemed even angrier than Qiu Yan.
She also knew that Miss Sun's father was the Minister of Rites, so what if the general really took a liking to the woman and their wives fell out of favor?
However, Qiu Yan simply said...
"Guests are always welcome." Qiu Yan was much calmer than her two maids.
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