The room was quiet, with only the candlelights in the sheep horn lanterns, and the lights were bursting from time to time.

After a long time, Shi Jingshu said softly: "Mu Qing, there is nothing perfect in this world. Do you know why I set off for Kyoto before I finished the New Year?"

Chen Muqing was about to ask her.

Hearing this, he nodded immediately.

Shi Jingshu looked at the candlelight with a daze.

"At the beginning of the year, I found out that there were problems with the accounts of several shops managed by the third brother of the fourth uncle's family. At that time, I talked to the third brother in private. The third brother said that because there was something wrong with the third sister-in-law's family's brother's business, he took it to transfer the money privately. It was common for relatives to borrow accounts. I used the money from the public servant to settle the accounts and told him that if he could not take back the money before the New Year, he would tell me that he would think of other solutions at that time... In September, the third brother was very pleased to pay back the money. I thought, this matter was over. Who knew that it wasn't long before he paid back the money. I went to Zhenjiang to clear the accounts. When the boat was halfway through, it suddenly overturned."

Chen Muqing looked at Shi Jingshu in shock.

"The boat capsized!" Shi Jingshu looked at her and nodded with a bitter smile, "The boat, which is more than three feet long and five feet wide, has actually capsized."

Chen Muqing's mouth was dry and his tongue was dry: "Is it your third brother..."

"I don't know!" Shi Jingshu's eyes flashed with sadness, "Only my uncle knows about the matter of my trip to Zhenjiang to check the accounts. The person in charge of the boat was a nephew of my sixth aunt's house. Before I got on the boat, I didn't tell him where I went. And the stranger thing was still behind. In mid-October, my seventh uncle was having a play at home. I was sitting in the water pavilion with several aunts and listened to the play. When I got up to go to the clean room, a pot of roses fell from the roof. If the Zijing hadn't pushed me aside, the flower pot would have fallen on my head. You think, why did the roses go on the roof?"

Chen Muqing had no way to answer.

"I'm busy, so every year in late November, I'll send New Year gifts to my uncle. When I walked to Lion Bridge with a warm sedan chair, a group of people rushing over... If I hadn't been kind enough and called the best-in-class guard in my family to accompany me, you might not have seen me!"

"Is it a coincidence?" Chen Mu Qingyan comforted Shi Jingshu insincerely.

Shi Jingshu smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I hope it's a coincidence, too." She picked up the teacup in front of her and looked down at the green tender leaves clustered together in the teacup in three or three. "My uncle lives next to Confucius Temple and goes to Lion Bridge because my second uncle asked me to help him bring the duck oil pastry cakes there..."

"But this is too obvious..." Chen Muqing couldn't help but say.

Shi Jingshu ignored Chen Muqing's words, lowered her head, and continued to whisper: "The problem is that there are duck oil pastry cakes in Confucius Temple, but the second uncle just lit up the Lion Bridge... I also know that if these things are a conspiracy, either the person in charge is too stupid, or someone wants to blame others..."

Chen Muqing already understood a little.

"I want my grandfather to help me decide and find out the reason for the matter. But my grandfather gave me 10,000 taels of silver and asked me if I would like to come to Kyoto and use Uncle Shen's power to do some small business." Finally, there were crystal tears in the corner of her eyes. "The Shi family has been in Nanjing for three hundred years. It is Zhongming's prosperous family. The older generation, and there is also an aunt who has never married for life. She has been fostering in the family temple and has lived peacefully for the rest of her life... But she insisted on sending me to Kyoto... I never thought that one day I would leave the Shi family, and my wealth was worth only 2,000 taels of silver... My mother hugged me and cried, saying, "Who made me a daughter? Who made me too capable?"

Shi Jingshu's tears fell down and dripped on the black painted kang table. Under the light, only a piece of water was seen.

Chen Muqing thought of what Shi Zimo entrusted Chen Zhen.

Shi Jingshu, I'm afraid she will never go back to Shi's house again, right?

She gently held Shi Jingshu's hand: "Sister Jingshu, I am the only girl in my family. Sometimes when things happen, there is no one to discuss. She envies others for having sisters. Are you my sister?"

Shi Jingshu raised her head and was already in tears.

*******

Chen Muqing has always believed that only women who are economically independent can have independent thinking.

Early the next morning, after asking Chen Zhen for peace, Chen Muqing and Shi Jingshu returned to Tingyuxuan and began to discuss the opening of a restaurant.

Shi Jingshu first expressed her opinion.

She was planning to open a restaurant that specializes in selling wild vegetables, and talked about her idea of ​​the restaurant.

What Chen Muqing said was that she wanted to open a relatively high-end restaurant.

She couldn't help but feel worried.

To open a high-end restaurant, you must be on the bustling West Street on the road, but that place is full of time-honored brands and it is hard to find a shop. Even if you spend a lot of money, it will probably be difficult to make those owners tempted...

Shi Jingshu also did her homework before coming. Seeing Chen Muqing frowning, she could guess what point it was.

"I don't have much capital now. I can see if I can set up a shop near West Street..."

Chen Muqing had other ideas.

"Or why don't we open a restaurant, but a normal restaurant." Chen Muqing pondered, "Opening a restaurant is a mixture of fish and dragons. I'm afraid that those scoundrels will make trouble."

Shi Jingshu smiled and said, "On the contrary, everyone knows the depth of Kyoto. The more you open a restaurant, the less others bully you, the more people come to make trouble; the more you open a big restaurant, the less others don't know your depth. No matter how real and real we are, the less others dare not come to the door easily. If someone really comes, with your popularity, it shouldn't be difficult to find a way to get a dock at a time."

Somehow, Chen Muqing thought of Xiao Sa.

That guy is the same, he often does things like real and real.

Shi Jingshu is indeed more courageous than herself... If she were herself, she would only dare to make a small fuss. For example, Yiwen Tea Shop, she would be afraid that the tree would attract the wind and make others look at Chen Zhen.

"Mu Qing, it seems that this matter needs to be discussed with Uncle Shen." Shi Jingshu pondered, "If you can find a few major shareholders through Uncle Shen to invest, the risk of this business will be a little less."

What I fear most when doing business is love and not distinguishing money. In Shen Muqing's impression, people in ancient times liked to talk about love but not money, but because of this, they created a lot of gaps, and in the end they lost money and broke the love.

Shi Jingshu saw Chen Muqing silently, and guessed that she opposed her opinion.

When he started his Yiwen tea shop, Chen Muqing politely declined his franchise.

But she is a businessman and she has to find a way to overcome difficulties.

She said bluntly: "Mu Qing, what do you think? Why not speak bluntly."

Shi Jingshu is an open-minded and visionary businessman.

Chen Muqing thought for a moment and expressed his worries: "... Everyone must make a contract, responsibility, obligation and authority in advance..."

Shi Jingshu nodded: "That's natural."

"We are businessmen and can understand this approach. But will others accept it?"

Shi Jingshu smiled: "Mu Qing, do you know why big merchants like the Zheng family in Jinzhou and Yue family in Lincheng can stand for a hundred years without falling?"

Chen Muqing shook his head.

She doesn't know much about this society.

But when Shi Jingshu mentioned Xiao Sa's foreign family, Jinzhou Zheng, she couldn't help but prick her ears.

"Because they know that relying solely on personal strength is not enough to make a family prosperous for a long time." Shi Jingshu's eyes were bright, "Only everyone works together can the family last forever! They usually live together. The rich house has to spend a lot of money to maintain the school and pay for the expenses of sacrificing the fields, so that the children of the entire family can go to school and give each child a fair chance to learn. If any child wants to do business but has no capital, he can Borrow money from wealthy relatives, but under the witness of the clan members, you must make a document in the ancestral hall, how much money, how much money, and when to pay it back, so that they have the opportunity to try it. So families like the Zheng family in Jinzhou usually have the current situation of this house and the other house has increased... But no matter which house is replaced or which house is increased, your descendants have the opportunity to enjoy the opportunity to study and borrow money like other people's children. In the eyes of outsiders, no matter which house is replaced or which house is increased, they are all from the Zheng family in Jinzhou.

People who really do business have to look at love and money separately. This is also the reason why I hope to find a partner through Uncle Shen’s relationship... Ordinary people may find it difficult to meet my requirements. Dazhou also has some officials with unique vision!"

Chen Muqing pondered: "Sister Jingshu, I seem to know the Zheng family in Jinzhou very well..."

Shi Jingshu looked at Chen Muqing and smiled loudly: "Or why should we find someone from the Xiao family in Lincheng to join forces? Speaking of which, although their family is at the bottom and is a Xinyiqi family, if it is just about money, I guess their family is the richest."

Chen Muqing jumped up: "Why do we have to do business with the Xiao family? Can't we find the Yue family? Can't we find the Wang family in Huzhou?"

Shi Jingshu bent over with a smile.

Chen Muqing was angry and embarrassed, and tears were about to fall: "I tell you the truth, but you bullied me!"

Shi Jingshu hurriedly coaxed her: "No, no! I think you agree with establishing a contract to do business first, so I made this suggestion. I really didn't laugh at you! Don't cry, I really didn't laugh at you!"

The two were making a fuss, and a little maid outside reported, "Manager Pang asked for a meeting!"

This made Shi Jingshu's eyes curled up.

Chen Muqing glared at her fiercely and asked the little maid to tell Pang Debao.

*******

Pang Debao stood there from a distance, saluted Chen Muqing, and said, "Auntie, it's going to be spring. As spring begins, there are more people coming out to walk around. Look, do we come in from Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a penny of tea and buy it at a bargain price? Or do you find a way to find a tea farm to buy goods directly and earn some money?"

Lin Ruichun didn't come back during the Chinese New Year and stayed at the teahouse in Shijia, Nanjing.

Now Shi Jingshu can't go back, and it doesn't make any sense for Lin Ruichun to stay there.

Chen Muqing glanced at Shi Jingshu.
Chapter completed!