Chapter 112 Visiting Zhao Tong
When Xu Miaomiao heard this, she looked at Gu Yuanniang in confusion. Seeing that Gu Yuanniang also shook her head to indicate that she didn't know, she looked at the man in front of her and said, "I'm the shopkeeper here. We also pay taxes on time when we open a shop. I wonder if there's anything wrong?"
"But you are a woman!" The man looked at her and said, "Our Chamber of Commerce manages the shops in this area. How can we let a woman disrupt the market? I will pay you back for the breach of contract, but you should go home early to take care of your husband and children!"
With that, the man laughed and turned away.
The shop was cordoned off and no one was allowed to enter. Xu Miaomiao had no way to do business and could only keep the door closed.
Song Weiwei rushed in, quickly picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
"How is it? What did you find out?" Gu Yuanniang hurried forward to ask.
"The Zhao Chamber of Commerce manages all the shops in Lingnan. If they don't want people to do business, then it will definitely not work. The head of the Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Tong, didn't pay attention to us before, but now that he found out that we are a woman's shop, he wants to take it back, saying that we are destroying the market."
"Boss?" Gu Yuanniang was a little puzzled: "Isn't Wang Yanei the one who manages this place?"
"How can Wang Yanei be compared with Zhao Tong?" Song Weiwei immediately added: "This Zhao Tong manages a lot of stores. He is someone we cannot afford to offend."
Xu Miaomiao frowned and rubbed her nose: "Okay, it's getting late, let's go home first. I'll go meet Zhao Tong tomorrow."
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Xu Miaomiao drove the carriage alone and didn't know how far he had gone. He had been walking from morning until almost noon, and now he saw a bustling courtyard.
Outside is a bustling market, and inside is a prosperous courtyard.
This courtyard is even better than Mr. Cui's, Xu Miaomiao sighed in her heart.
"Please inform me that Xu Miaomiao from the department store wants to see you." Xu Miaomiao said to the man in front of her.
The guard at the side looked Xu Miaomiao up and down and said to her, "Who are you? Are you qualified to see our master?"
"presumptuous!"
A voice came from inside, and when I looked closely, I saw it was a nanny.
She wore a scarlet jade ring on her hand and looked very noble: "This must be Madam Xu."
The woman spoke, and Xu Miaomiao nodded in response.
"The master expected you to come. Come in." The nanny waved her hand, and the guards beside her tactfully stepped back.
"Madam Xu, please wait here. Our master will be here soon."
The nanny took Xu Miaomiao to a room, looked at her and spoke.
Xu Miaomiao leaned forward slightly to show her gratitude.
"If you feel bored, just walk around."
Having said that, the woman stepped back.
Xu Miaomiao walked around the room, looking at the ancient house with incense burning in the middle.
Following the fragrance of flowers, Xu Miaomiao walked to a garden. The beautiful scenery of the garden made her stop and she didn't want to leave.
I saw a man kneeling on the ground in the middle of the garden with a little girl of six or seven years old on his back.
"Ride a big horse!"
The little girl was very happy riding on him, and the man kneeling on the ground spoke carefully: "Niuniu, be good, be careful not to fall."
"Beautiful sister!"
The little girl turned her head and saw Xu Miaomiao standing there in a daze. He raised his hand awkwardly and waved at the girl.
She was just strolling in the garden, and now he was sitting upright in the house. When she saw the man, she felt that he had an extraordinary temperament, but she never expected it to be Zhao Tong. She thought that she would not be silenced after seeing that side of him.
Thinking of this, Xu Miaomiao trembled a little.
"take it easy."
The man suddenly spoke and handed the cup in front of him to Xu Miaomiao: "Have some tea."
"Mr. Zhao knew I was coming?" Xu Miaomiao asked tentatively.
The man nodded and looked at her: "A woman who can open a store, I am a little curious about what kind of person she is."
Xu Miaomiao bowed slightly: "Mr. Zhao, you are joking. Although I am a woman, I also have a world in my heart. I have done nothing wrong. You want me to close the door for no reason. Isn't it unfair to me?"
Hearing this, the man looked up at him curiously: "I've known you're great, but I didn't expect how great you are. But you're a woman, and you're out in the open without caring about your husband's reputation. If all women in the future learn from you and start their own businesses, how can my Chamber of Commerce continue?"
"My dear, although I am a woman, there is nothing I cannot do as well as a man. You cannot use this as an excuse to deny our efforts."
Xu Miaomiao spoke every word with power and force, and she was not afraid of the man in front of her at all.
"Sister, eat candy."
The girl next to her picked up a dessert and handed it to Xu Miaomiao.
"Thank you." Xu Miaomiao smiled and took the cake in her hand: "Mr. Zhao, you also have a daughter, you probably don't want her to die without her husband in the future."
The man was silent and thought, looking at the little girl in front of him: "Niuniu, come here."
The little girl turned her head away when she heard her father shouting: "No, I want to be with my beautiful sister."
The hand stretched in the air froze for a moment, then was retracted: "Madam Xu, what you said is right. I work so hard just to make her life better in the second half of her life. So, Madam Xu, you have convinced me."
Xu Miaomiao looked at the man and raised his head happily: "So what you mean is that I can continue driving?"
Zhao Tong nodded slowly: "Not bad."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Zhao."
The woman immediately thanked him, the joy in her tone irresistible.
"But I have a condition." The man continued.
"What?"
"I hope you can teach my child how to manage accounts. After all, I will hand over such a huge family business to her in the future. But I am not at ease to find a man." Zhao Tong touched the little girl's head with heartache and spoke to the woman in front of him.
"No problem." Xu Miaomiao touched Niu Niu's head. The child was adorable and she liked it too. It wouldn't be difficult to take in another apprentice anyway.
"Then Niuniu, are you willing to learn from this sister?"
Zhao Tong spoke softly, which was very different from his serious look just now, and asked the little girl in front of him carefully.
Niuniu nodded and looked at Xu Miaomiao with a smile: "I want to be with the beautiful sister."
"Okay, then Niuniu will study with you during the day, and I'll send someone to pick her up at night." Zhao Tong looked at Xu Miaomiao and continued, "But let me be frank first. My precious daughter is in your hands, and you must not let her get hurt in the slightest!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao. I will definitely treat her well and will not let her get hurt."
(End of this chapter)
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