Chapter 61: Qiao Ping'er
Here, as soon as Lin Yun walked out of Jia Mu's courtyard, he was blocked by someone. After taking a closer look, it turned out to be Jia Lian.
Jia Lian smiled at Lin Yun and said, "Brother Yun, as a favor, why don't you come and sit in my room?"
Lin Yun naturally knew what Jia Lian was thinking. He said bluntly: "Second brother Lian, you want to talk about opening a perfume shop together, right?"
"Exactly, you are going to study at the academy tomorrow. It would be better to settle this matter early."
"Okay, it just so happens that I also want to discuss cooperation with you."
"Brother Yun please."
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Lin Yun followed Jia Lian to the small courtyard where he and Sister Feng lived. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a young girl wearing a lotus green feather satin double-breasted gown and a side bun, walking out of the house with several maids.
Come out to greet you.
The girl in green took the lead and saluted Lin Yun, who was approaching, and said, "Ping'er, please say hello to your young nephew!"
Lin Yun smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Second brother Lian, this must be my sister-in-law, right?"
The girl in green was none other than Wang Xifeng's personal maid Ping'er. As soon as Lin Yun said these words, she immediately blushed with embarrassment.
Jia Lian said hurriedly: "Brother Yun, don't say this nonsense. If your sister-in-law hears it, she will think that I asked you to say it on purpose."
Lin Yun pretended to be surprised and said: "Second brother Lian, are you a strict wife?"
Jia Lian looked puzzled and asked: "What is strict wife control?"
"I'm just afraid of my wife."
"This~"
Jia Lian was immediately embarrassed. When Ping'er saw this, he quickly said softly: "Second Master, young nephew, it's cold outside, so you'd better go sit inside."
"Thank you sister Ping'er!"
Lin Yun thanked him and walked into the house first.
Walking to the door, a little maid raised her hand to lift the door curtain and said respectfully: "Master nephew, please."
Lin Yun walked into the house, looked around for a few times, and then said with a smile: "Second brother Lian, when I see your house, I feel that my house is really shabby. I have to earn more money quickly so that I can catch up with your treatment as soon as possible.
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"Brother Yun is still young and has a long road ahead."
After Jia Lian finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to invite Lin Yun to sit down on the heated kang, and then ordered Ping'er to have wine and food served.
Lin Yun tried to dissuade him: "Brother Lian, there's no need to drink alcohol this morning, right?"
Jia Lian sat down opposite and said with a smile: "Since you are here to be a guest, you must have a few drinks, lest your aunt turn around and blame me for treating you slowly."
While they were talking, several maids walked into the house carrying dishes. Ping'er introduced the dishes to Lin Yun while placing plates on the Kang table.
Although it is winter, the food here in Jia Lian is really good, including lamb, braised pheasant, braised pheasant, sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup and ham stewed elbow.
After setting the dishes, Ping'er took a pot of hot rice wine from the maid's hand and poured wine for the two of them.
Lin Yun: "Sister Ping'er, you'd better sit down and have a drink with us."
Ping'er smiled lightly and said: "My nephew and my second master are drinking together, how can I not obey the rules? It is my blessing to be able to serve on the side."
After saying that, she handed the filled wine glass to Lin Yun with both hands.
Lin Yun quickly stood up and caught it with both hands.
Jia Lian sat still, enjoying the attentive service of the little maid.
When Lin Yun sat down again, Jia Lian raised his glass and toasted to him, "Brother Yun, I congratulate you on being admitted to Yichen Academy."
Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Second brother Lian, it's such a winter to go to the academy to suffer from cold and hunger. How can it be such a happy event?"
Jia Lian said happily: "You can only be a good person if you have to endure hardships."
After saying that, he raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass.
Lin Yun frowned, took a sip, and then put the cup down.
Ping'er picked up the food for Lin Yun and said with a smile: "Young nephew, the second master drank it all in one gulp, but you drank less."
"Sister Ping'er, you are wrong about this."
Ping'er asked doubtfully: "What did I say wrongly?"
"First of all, I'm underage, so I shouldn't drink. Besides, I've just been admonished by my ancestors, so I can't drink and cause trouble. Also, I have to go to Prince Xuan's Mansion later, so you can't let me drink.
Are you drunk and going to see the prince?"
"Uh~" Ping'er had nothing to say now.
Jia Lian laughed at the side and said: "Ping'er, if you want to challenge Brother Yun, you are asking for trouble."
Lin Yun joked: "Brother Lian, you are not being kind. Sister Ping'er is speaking for you, how can you make fun of her."
"I made a mistake and I accept the punishment."
Jia Lian said with a smile, picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of wine as a punishment.
Ping'er picked up a chopstick of minced quail meat for Lin Yun and put it on the plate in front of him: "Since you can't drink, let's eat more food."
"Thank you!"
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After a few people joked for a while, Jia Lian asked Lin Yun: "Brother Yun, what's the deal with the perfume?"
"Second brother Lian, I can give you 30% of the shares in the perfume business here in the capital. You don't have to pay any money, you just need to open a shop."
Thirty percent of the shares were in line with Jia Lian's expectations.
He nodded and asked: "Brother Yun, what are your requirements for the store?"
Lin Yun: "First of all, the location should be close to the area where rich people live. Secondly, the decoration of the store should be high-end. It will make people think that this kind of perfume is very high-end and worth spending dozens of taels of silver to buy it."
"Do you have any other requests?"
Lin Yun thought for a while and said: "We also need to select a capable steward to be responsible for decorating the store and selling perfume."
Just when Jia Lian was about to agree, he heard Lin Yun say again: "This steward must not be chosen from among the stewards of your Jia Mansion."
"Why is this?"
Lin Yun reminded: "Second brother Lian, you forgot about Lai Da so quickly?"
Jia Lian suddenly said: "Are you worried that the stewards of the Jia family will enrich themselves in the perfume business and embezzle public funds?"
Lin Yun picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "It's not that I'm worried, but that something like this will definitely happen."
Jia Lian hesitated and said: "But I can't find a suitable candidate in my eagerness."
"I heard that there is a descendant of the same clan named Jia Yun in this mansion, so let him try it first."
"Jia Yun?"
Jia Lian just felt a little confused. This Jia Yun was the descendant of the fifth house, which was a bit far away. He didn't even know Jia Yun well. How could Lin Yun know that there was such a person?
Lin Yun took out two contracts from his pocket, handed them to Jia Lian and said: "Second brother Lian, this is the share contract. Look at it carefully. If you have no objection, sign your name and fingerprint it."
Jia Lian picked up the contract and asked, "Brother Yun, how much money can you make from this perfume business in a year?"
Lin Yun smiled and said: "Brother Lian, are you stupid? This is my personal money that I gave to you. If Sister-in-law Feng knows the details, will you still be able to live a stable life in the future?"
Ping'er thought to himself: "This young nephew is really bad. He is clearly instigating the second master to hide private money behind grandma's back."
She glanced at Lin Yun again, only to see the other person winking at her and smiling: "Sister Ping'er, you are not allowed to tell Sister-in-law Feng this."
Chapter completed!