Shi Wei first went to the dim sum shop. This dim sum shop was bought by her grandmother when she got old and felt nostalgic.
This shop only sells old-fashioned traditional dim sum, so the customers are mostly elderly people or those who plan to give gifts to the elderly.
Some families hold banquets or festivals, and will buy some to cater to the preferences of the elders at the banquet, and often mix them with new dim sum to serve on the plate.
The Lu family's dim sum shop has only been open for over a year. It is located right next to his dim sum shop and sells the same traditional and old-fashioned dim sum.
Shi Wei was a little confused. This didn't seem like a coincidence. Why did it seem like they were deliberately going against her?
Shi Wei went to see two more cloth shops, and the situation was almost similar. One of the two cloth shops sold cloth, traditional homespun cloth, or various cloths with colors and patterns that looked old-fashioned to Shi Wei, and they were all bought by older people.
Another shop sells ready-made clothes and can also make tailor-made clothes, basically making clothes for the wives and elderly ladies of each family.
The two stores of the Lu family are almost identical. They are located next to each other. They sell cloth next to the cloth store and ready-made clothes next to the clothing store. The styles and patterns are also those that older people like.
Shi Wei felt that the Lu family had already openly challenged her, but because the Shi family's main business was grain farming, they were not too concerned about these miscellaneous shops, so they did not pay much attention.
But now the profits of these dozen stores have declined sharply, and they have all been picked out by my sister-in-law. Looking at them so concentratedly, it is almost like guarding the master's store and opening an identical one opposite it.
Shi Wei wondered if our family had offended someone. Did the Lu family have a grudge against us? Had we been enemies before? Or had we taken over their business? That wouldn't be the case, considering our two families' livelihoods were quite different.
Shi Wei went to two more grocery stores. The stores sold daily necessities, needles and thread, pots and pans, and all kinds of goods.
The Lu family has more than a dozen traveling merchant horse teams, and the grocery store was their original main business. Could it be that our grocery store has taken away their business?
Shi Wei called the shopkeeper over to ask, and was surprised to learn that the suppliers of these grocery stores of the Shi family were all the Lu family. In that case, it seemed that there was no such thing as stealing the Lu family's business, and these five grocery stores had existed for many years.
But the grocery stores opened opposite the Lu family were only opened this year. What’s even more amazing is that until now these grocery stores of the Shi family are still supplied by the Lu family.
Shi Wei was confused by this matter.
If it wasn't about the grocery store, then could it be that someone was offended by the tea shop?
Shi Wei visited another tea shop, which mainly sold tea produced in Pyeongchang County.
There were teas produced by various local tea houses, the most famous being the Junxin Lake in the county. There was an island in the lake, and this island produced a special tea that, when brewed, resembled a blooming chrysanthemum, then a silver needle-like sea of tea. The Shi family's shop had obtained the exclusive sales rights for this tea, so business was relatively good. It was the Lu family's tea shop that saw its profits decline relatively little after opening nearby.
In addition to selling tea from local tea houses, the Lu family's tea shop also sells tea from its own tea house. Its main feature is selling specialty tea from other counties, such as tea from southern Yunnan.
It seems that the Lu family's tea shop is doing well. After all, the two tea shops have their own characteristics.
At this moment, Shi Wei had no choice but to focus on the timing. After all, all these stores that were opening close to each other and competing with each other happened a year ago.
Shi Wei had an idea. The caravans had another traditional product, rouge and powder. They would buy rouge and powder from towns and cities along the way, and sell it to young girls and wives from rural villages and markets along the way.
So Shi Wei went to her family's rouge and powder shop, and sure enough, Lu's rouge and powder shop was not far away.
I went into the store and asked the owner. I found out that the Lu family store was suddenly opened about a year ago. They sell the latest models in Beijing and their business is very good.
But the specialty of the Shi family is that they have five outstanding makeup artists who take turns to apply makeup for customers in the store, which has attracted many people. The rouge and powder that customers choose are always made to look particularly good by them. So the business is also good.
Shi Wei wondered: The Lu family wasn't just targeting those fourteen stores; it was just those fourteen stores that couldn't hold up, and their initial profits declined. So, what exactly happened over a year ago? Why did the Lu family suddenly attack the Shi family?
Shi Wei then asked the shopkeeper, "Did anything major happen to the Lu family or our Shi family more than a year ago?"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "About a year ago, the old man of the Lu family passed away. He was a few years older than our old lady, and our old lady went to pay her respects.
The old lady and old man of the Lu family are a well-known loving couple, just like our old master and old lady, they are a couple for life and have no concubines. "
Shi Wei thought: Could it be that the death of Mr. Lu has something to do with the Shi family?
Then he asked, "How did the old man of the Lu family die?"
The shopkeeper said, "He had been bedridden for two years before his death. He was old and sick..."
Shi Wei was confused after hearing this and thought of going home to ask her grandmother.
As they got on the carriage and headed back, Luzhuer suddenly said, "Miss, the shop selling small soup dumplings is just ahead."
Shi Wei looked at her.
Luzhu said, "Shall I buy a basket of hot food for the young lady? She was in a hurry to go out this morning and didn't eat much breakfast." After saying this, she felt a little guilty.
Shi Wei said: "I will marry you to the young master of this bun shop.
Go buy it.”
Dewdrop didn't care about her mistress's teasing and happily got off the car to buy buns.
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