Chapter 550: Affair with Peach Blossoms
Zhuang Qingning has better spinning and looms?
Meng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and it took her a while to come back to her senses, "Ning girl, you mean, you have spinning and looms, and you want to open a weaving workshop yourself?"
"Aunt is half right."
Seeing that Meng was puzzled, Zhuang Qingning smiled and said, "It's true that you want to open a weaving workshop, but this workshop is not for me to open by myself, but for you and me to open it together."
What? Mrs. Meng was stunned again. ——When Zhuang Qingning said goodbye to Zhuang Yutian and Mrs. Meng and left, it was already the afternoon.
Just as she had guessed, Zhuang Yutian and Meng were very interested when they learned that she wanted to open a weaving workshop with them and had improved looms and spinning machines.
This is not surprising. After all, people who have been doing business for many years can easily calculate whether they can make money and how much money they can make.
Spin yarn and weave cloth by yourself, and as Zhuang Qingning said, with the same cotton, the cloth produced can be 20% higher than that in Songjiang. In this way, cotton cloth can be woven locally, eliminating the trouble of transporting back and forth. The price advantage is much greater than that of cloth bought from outside.
In this way, not only will the shop no longer have to worry about the goods in the future, but if the business can be done well, the cloth may be able to supply the entire county in the future.
Zhuang Yutian and Meng agreed to this matter immediately, and decided to follow Zhuang Qingning's suggestion. They first took the blueprint and found someone to make the spinning machine and loom to see how it worked and familiarize themselves with the process.
Once they started talking about this, they couldn't stop talking. It was not until Zhuang Qingning saw that it was really late and said she wanted to leave that Meng and Zhuang Yutian hurriedly sent her out.
After politely declining Zhuang Yutian's offer to drive her back home, Zhuang Qingning strolled around the street, bought some food and other things, and then headed home.
In the following days, Zhuang Qingning looked after the workshop, occasionally visited the shops in the town, and did some daily tasks asked from a certain Wu to earn diligence points. His life was fulfilling and busy as usual.
While being busy, I also gained a lot.
For example, Cheng Ruize came to visit and brought good news about the incense tasting conference in Yangzhou.
Ban Yue Xiang won the second place in the fragrance tasting competition because of its delicate, refreshing and long-lasting fragrance.
Although they did not win the first prize, among the various spices participating in the Fragrance Tasting Conference, those who can win the top three will surely become famous and sought after by the world in the future.
Ban Yuexiang is relatively niche, and those who like and follow it are mostly literati and poets. To be able to get the second place is already very impressive.
By the time the incense tasting conference was over, merchants had already come to discuss the purchase of Banyue incense, and local businessmen in Yangzhou also had more respect for the Cheng family.
It is inevitable that Ban Yuexiang will sell like hot cakes in the future, and it is also only a matter of time before Zhuang Qingning gets a lot of money.
Cheng Ruize was happy because the Cheng family business was going to flourish in Yangzhou, while Zhuang Qingning was quite satisfied because he could just sit back and count money and earn diligence points without doing anything in the future.
"Oh, I almost forgot something." Cheng Ruize took a cloth bag from the side and handed it to Zhuang Qingning. "I went to Cheng's Pharmacy before I came here. Doctor Zhuang probably heard that I was coming to visit Shopkeeper Zhuang, so he asked me to bring this thing back to Shopkeeper Zhuang."
"Doctor Zhuang said that he knew that Shopkeeper Zhuang liked to stew things for himself, so he prepared some herbs for stewing meat and vegetables. He said that in the spring, Shopkeeper Zhuang would stew some medicinal food. The taste is not bad, and it can also reduce noise and internal heat, and nourish the body."
"Doctor Zhuang also said that he was supposed to bring it to Shopkeeper Zhuang when he was about to come back, but the pharmacy was busy and he had no time to spare, so he asked me to bring it back."
Zhuang Qingning felt warmed in the heart when he heard this.
I have to say that Zhuang Wencheng is really a very good brother.
"Then please ask Manager Cheng to thank Brother Wencheng for me when he goes back, and also say hello to Brother Wencheng on my behalf. I will go to see him when I have time to go to the county town." Zhuang Qingning took the things and thanked him.
"I will definitely pass on this message." Cheng Ruize said, and laughed, "It's fine if Shopkeeper Zhuang asked me to pass on a message, but if Shopkeeper Zhuang wants to visit Doctor Zhuang, it's best not to go recently."
"Why is this?" Zhuang Qingning was quite surprised.
"Doctor Zhuang has been having an affair lately..." Cheng Ruize touched his nose and said with a smile, "He's had some romantic encounters."
"Huh?" Zhuang Qingning's eyes widened even more, and then he smiled, "Brother Wencheng is lucky in love?"
"I don't know whether it's luck or not, I just know that it's probably a disaster for our pharmacy."
Cheng Ruize sighed helplessly. Seeing Zhuang Qingning's confusion, he quickly explained, "It's a coincidence. My uncle's youngest daughter, my youngest cousin Yan, ran away from home to play during the Lantern Festival. But she had the courage to run away, but she didn't dare to wander around. She just came to find me and played here."
"That day she was out shopping and saw someone selling candied haws outside so she bought one out of greed. As she was eating it, she tripped and the red fruit got stuck in her throat. She rolled her eyes on the spot. Doctor Zhuang happened to pass by and helped her get the red fruit out of her throat. Cousin Yan luckily saved her life."
"Cousin Yan was filled with gratitude and wanted to thank Doctor Zhuang handsomely, but Doctor Zhuang refused to accept the valuables she gave him. Cousin Yan said that even a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring, let alone this life-saving grace. So she offered to help Doctor Zhuang as a way of repaying his kindness."
"Especially after knowing that the pharmacy where Doctor Zhuang works is Cheng's pharmacy, Cousin Yan feels more at ease. She goes to the pharmacy every day to help grind the medicine and sort the herbs. Unfortunately, Cousin Yan is not a careful person. She has been causing a lot of trouble in my pharmacy recently."
"No matter how I persuaded her, she wouldn't listen. She just said that she was repaying a favor and doing serious things, and asked me not to use her to fool around..."
"But anyone with a discerning eye can see that my cousin is not trying to repay a favor. She is clearly attracted to Doctor Zhuang, and that's why she's clinging to him so desperately."
Cheng Ruize said with a smile and tears, "And I don't know where my cousin heard this, but she believes that if you want to impress someone, you have to start with the people around them. Now, the doctors, shopkeepers, and clerks in the drugstore are all given food and drink by her every day, and she takes good care of them. Now, the people in my drugstore avoid her when they see her."
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