A few days ago, when Shopkeeper Wu came to deliver the clothes, he returned the drawings to the eldest young lady.
Liu Wanyun threw it to Si Xi, but when she was suddenly asked about it, she had no choice but to let Si Xi go back to the house to look for it.
Fortunately, Si Xi was a reliable maid. She kept all the young lady's things safely and got them back quickly.
Mrs. Shen looked at the drawing again and again, still a little unsure, "Is this dress really beautiful? Do you all like it?"
She was asking about Ruonan and Zhaodi.
The two thought their mother wanted to make two more for them, so they quickly nodded in agreement!
"Okay! However, I think this drawing is pretty rough. Wanyun, could you please redraw it in a more detailed way? Do you have other designs in this style? Could you draw some as a backup?"
Of course Liu Wanyun nodded in agreement, which meant that her aunt approved of the style of the clothes and planned to promote it in the silk shop!
Then my reputation as a "designer" has been recognized!
When the time comes, if you can get some dividends or shares, it will be easier to ask for it.
Shopkeeper Wu was also very happy. It seemed that he had made the right move. He didn't spend any money out of his own pocket. He just spent a little time to help the young lady make this dress, and he did her a favor. Now he has the priority to use this drawing. Isn't it the icing on the cake for the shop he manages?
He was all ready to take over the drawing from Mrs. Shen.
As a result, Mrs. Shen put the drawing away and said to him:
"If those ladies come asking again, just tell them that our shop is preparing to make this dress ready-made. You can come to the store to choose it in a month!"
"Let's whet their appetite first! I'll send it to you after the young lady redraws the draft!"
Shopkeeper Wu really wanted to say, I have done it once, so there is no need for too detailed drawings. As long as you agree, I can immediately order people to start work.
But the boss’s arrangement makes sense!
He could only obey!
Liu Wanyun, who was standing aside, felt that A'gu's action seemed to have ulterior motives!
But she couldn't guess it for a moment!
Sure enough, after dinner, when everyone put down their chopsticks, Mrs. Shen told Mr. Shen that she wanted to take back the two silk and satin shops in the west of the city and manage them herself.
Mr. Shen was a little surprised. Although these two shops were his wife's dowry shops, it was completely reasonable for her to want to manage them herself; but they had been in his hands all these years, and it was inevitable that he felt reluctant to let them go when he suddenly wanted them back!
I even think her decision is a little unusual!
"I manage the shop well. You just need to collect the money every month. Why bother with all that? Besides, we have a lot of new people in the mansion now. You will be too busy to handle all the affairs!"
Madam Shen was unmoved and insisted, "It's okay! Another thing I want to say is that I plan to hand over the affairs of the mansion to Wanyun and the other two little by little, so that they can train themselves and take over the management of the housekeeper as soon as possible!"
Seeing that Madam Shen was willing to put aside the affairs of the mansion, Master Shen was very happy. "That's great. You can leave the affairs of the mansion to the young people. As for you, you can play mahjong, appreciate the flowers, listen to music, or invite the ladies to a banquet every day... You don't have to worry about the shop. I will take care of it for you!"
Mrs. Shen looked a little unhappy, "Why are you stopping me from taking back my shop? Did you do something shameful?"
Liu Wanyun and Guan Xiaoyu looked at each other and both guessed that the old lady had been out for several days and must have gone to investigate her shop.
He was so focused on enjoying the show that he forgot to object to the idea of taking over as the housekeeper.
Mr. Shen felt a little guilty. He hadn't paid attention to Madam Shen's two shops - Qiluoxuan and Siyunfang for a long time!
Since he opened three new silk shops, he has focused all his attention on the new shops. If there are any new styles or fabric designs, he will use them in the new shops.
The shopkeepers of the old shops saw that their bosses were not paying attention, so they also did not care and just wanted to ensure a certain profit every month!
Being questioned in front of the children, Master Shen's face immediately fell. "What are you talking about? What can I do? Aren't the profits from your shop delivered to you on time every month?"
Mrs. Shen did not argue with him and turned to ask Boss Shen, "Donger, now that you have taken over the grain store, is the daily profit of the store the same?"
Boss Shen didn't understand what his mother meant and could only answer truthfully, "It's different!"
Mrs. Shen asked again, “Will the monthly profits be the same?”
"There should be more and less, it's different!"
After getting the answer, Madam Shen turned around and looked at Mr. Shen, "The profit from my silk shop has been a fixed amount every month for so many years. Do you think it is reasonable?"
After going around in circles and finally getting to the point, Mr. Shen's face looked a little embarrassed, and the three Shen brothers looked at their father with a different look.
Merchants value profit and are calculating!
This is nothing wrong in itself, but it is a bit unkind to plot against one's own wife.
For the three brothers of the Shen family, their father's behavior of plotting against their mother is even more shameful!
In front of so many people, Master Shen naturally wouldn't admit it. "Ahem! Madam, you don't know, this is the rule I set for the shop owner. They must guarantee a certain amount of profit every month and pay a fixed amount back home to encourage them to actively generate income! As for the monthly profit and loss, they can adjust it themselves."
It seemed to make sense when put this way, but I always felt that there was something wrong... Mrs. Shen didn't know how to refute it, and was about to force it back.
Shen Lao Er spoke up, "Father's method is good, but if used for too long, the shopkeeper might take advantage of it and either become lazy or pocket the excess profits..."
The implication is that these may be people below who are pretending to obey but actually disobeying.
He was a man of quick thinking. No matter what happened in private, he had to push the blame to the people below him openly, otherwise his father and mother would feel alienated, and the three young ladies would laugh at him!
Following his words, Boss Shen also spoke, "Let the two shopkeepers hand in their account books to Mother for review every month! Leave the management matters to us, Mother won't have to worry about it herself!"
In Shen Chaodong's mind, a woman's only responsibility is to be beautiful at home. It is a man's job to show up in public and make money. A woman just needs to collect the money at home and then spend it!
But his words sounded completely different to the woman. She felt that he was on her father's side!
Liu Wanyun glared at him with a look of disgust. It seemed that this man was in trouble again!
Madam Shen also frowned. These sons were raised in vain. They all spoke for their father!
She didn't hesitate to be so polite and said directly, "No need! Starting tomorrow, I will take over those two shops and reorganize them!"
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