In just one day, he almost outran the bloody horse. An Chengshao finally came close to the process. He had not closed his eyes for a whole day and a night. He was extremely tired and his eyes were bloodshot. But he saw that there were still people in the capital.

Less than fifty miles away, a smile appeared on his lips.

How much he wanted to fly to Xu Xiuyi right now, apologize to her for breaking the appointment, and then hold her tightly in his arms and kiss her all over.

He probably never imagined that Xu Xiuyi would rather never see him again in his life.

Xu Xiuyi did not believe in Buddhism in the Su Family Buddhist Hall, but she did not deny that it was a place for meditation. She had been here all morning and had three fast meals. When the sky turned dark, Jin Yu came to ask for instructions when to go back to rest, and she suddenly realized

It's getting dark.

She stood up and said with a pale expression, "Go back."

Jin Yu was quite worried: "What's happened to grandma these days? Is there anything upsetting you?"

Xu Xiuyi shook her head: "No."

She was not in a high mood, and Jin Yu didn't know what to say. He lit up a lantern and followed her, sensing that Xu Xiuyi had something on his mind.

After returning to the house, Jin Yu ordered a cup of tea for Xu Xiuyi, and asked Xu Xiuyi if she wanted to eat pastries. She bought them from Wufuzhai. This summer's new style, ice-skinned candy cakes, was said to be filled with mint, and she ate it in her mouth.

It's cool and comfortable.

Xu Xiuyi had no such appetite and shook her head without interest.

Jin Yu saw that she really didn't want to talk in the yard, so he didn't bother her and just embroidered.

While I was embroidering, I suddenly remembered something. I got up and went out. When I came back, I had an extra purse in my hand. The embroidery work on the purse was very exquisite. A circle of auspicious cloud patterns was uniquely sewn at the opening. On the top of the purse was a rich peony with a golden jade handle.

The purse was delivered to Xu Xiuyi and said: "Grandma didn't ask Miss Qing to embroider a purse for you. If you want to give it away, Miss Qing came over in the morning. When she knew you were in the Buddhist hall, she asked me to give it to grandma."

Yes, she originally wanted to give it to someone, to Master An Cheng, but now she probably won't have any use for it.

It's difficult for Miss Qing to be careful. Different patterns are embroidered on both sides of the purse. It's a double-sided embroidery. On one side, it's rich, peony, graceful and luxurious. When you open the inside, it's embroidered with elegant ink bamboo.

Maybe Miss Qing didn't know that she was giving away a boy and a girl, and it was hard to ask her, so she embroidered it on both sides.

Looking at the embroidery skills, it is really outstanding. Even the double-sided embroidery of gold and jade cannot be done to this extent. This girl Qing's female red needlework has reached the level of perfection.

Xu Xiuyi looked at her purse and felt a little sentimental, but suddenly a thought came to her mind and she looked at Jin Yu: "Is the best embroidery shop in Beijing the Jinniang Embroidery Shop?"

Xu Xiuyi showed little interest in anything these days. It was rare for her to take the initiative to talk to Jin Yu. Jin Yu hurriedly said: "Well, it is said to be something from Jinniang Xiuzhuang, and the empresses in the palace are all vying for it.

Woolen cloth."

"Let's go see it another day."

Jin Yu didn't know what she was going to do. He just thought she wanted to buy some embroidery, so he said: "Whatever grandma wants, just teach Miss Qing to embroider for you. Miss Qing's craftsmanship is not as good as that of Jinniang Embroidery Village."

Difference."

"I know."

Xu Xiuyi rubbed her purse. This skill was really good. Instead of feeling sad for an unworthy man these days, she might as well think of ways to deal with Su Jinyi.

Although she was in seclusion in the Buddhist hall, she listened to the account books and Ah Fu's reports every time, so Su Jinyi finally took action.

Su Jinyi relied on the financial resources of Lou Yong and other partners to start a price war with Baoning Tang.

Xu Xiuyi had expected that Su Jinyi would not be so peaceful. Ah Fu said that Su Jinyi had reduced the prices of all medicines by 10%. Now that spring and summer are changing, there are many colds and fevers. Now, almost all of these passengers have entered Su Jinyi's security guard.

Baoning Hall, the business in Baoning Hall was very bleak, and the grandmother couldn’t bear it and hired a few people to serve as childcare, so Baoning Hall barely seemed to have some business.

Childcare is never a long-term solution. Xu Xiuyi has been meditating in the Buddhist hall for the past few days and just wants to take her heart away from An Chengshao. Now that she sees Miss Qing's purse, she has a plan in mind and puts her mind on

After getting down to business, he no longer worried about the matter of Master Huai An Cheng.

That night, Xu Xiuyi lay on the bed and slept peacefully. She thought that the dispute between her and An Chengshao should be over here. After five days, she had been depressed for a long time.

*

When they got up in the morning, Xu Xiuyi and Jin Yu went to Jinniang Xiuzhuang.

The boss of Jinniang Xiuzhuang is a woman. She is now in her forties and has never been married. Because she likes needlework and needlework, she runs a small workshop. Later, her craftsmanship is outstanding. Many female relatives of the royal family come here because of her reputation. The original small shop

The workshop developed into the large embroidery shop it is today.

Jinniang is a legendary figure in the capital. Few people have seen her in person. Her natal brother and sister-in-law are in charge of the entire Xiuzhuang. When Xu Xiuyi went there this time, the person who received her was naturally Jinniang's brother and sister-in-law.

A woman in her early fifties, slightly fatter and getting better, was sitting in the inner hall with Xu Xiuyi, talking politely to her.

"How come Grandma Su San has time to come here today?"

Regardless of her age, she can be called Xu Xiuyi's mother, so Xu Xiuyi naturally respects her.

"Mrs. Wei, I came today because I have a business to do with your embroidery shop."

"Oh?" Wei Shufen was surprised and said, "Is the third grandma going to start a silk and satin business?"

There is only one line of business that deals with them, and that is silk and satin shops and ready-to-wear shops.

The silk and satin shop supplies the goods and the ready-made clothing shop picks up the goods. All she can think of is that Xu Xiuyi wants to enter this industry.

But I heard Xu Xiu recall: "It's like a mountain across the street. How can I get into the silk and satin business? I came here because of fame and for a request."

"Grandma Su San, could you please tell me what's going on?"

Wei Shufen had heard a little bit about Xu Xiuyi. Before meeting her, she was curious about how such a fierce and capable character could actually make the second master of the Su family so angry that they split up the family.

After meeting her, she was quite surprised. She was a very delicate-looking woman, but her words and demeanor were full of distinction and extraordinaryness.

She was willing to listen to what Xu Xiuyi wanted, and if she could help, she would be willing to help.

Xu Xiuyi lowered her voice and whispered a few words in her ear. She was a little surprised at first, but quickly nodded and said: "This is not difficult to do. How can we say that the third grandma wants to do a profitable business?"

As for me, this is a win-win situation for us."

Xu Xiuyi felt that Wei Shufen was really refreshing, and she felt very satisfied. She got up and took the double-sided purse from Miss Qing last night and gave it to Wei Shufen: "This purse was embroidered by the girl from my big house. She knew I was coming, baba."

Please beg me to bring this over. I want to ask Aunt Jinniang to show it to me. Mrs. Wei, I would like to trouble you to pass it on."

Wei Shufen took the purse, looked at it twice, her eyes lit up, and praised: "Good workmanship, good workmanship."

"Mrs. Wei, let's settle our matters first. My niece is very good at needlework and admires you very much. I will bring her to see the world someday. I will leave today."

Wei Shufen walked her to the door, Xu Xiuyi got into the carriage, and the carriage went to Baoning Hall.

In the car, Jin Yu asked her curiously: "Grandma didn't buy anything?"

"No ah."

"Then what on earth is grandma here for?"

"Build a brand."

She said brand, but Jin Yu couldn't understand it either.

"what?"

"You'll know in a few days. I want to take a walk around the counter. I want to see how proud Su Jinyi can be."

Speaking of Su Jinyi, Jin Yu was filled with indignation: "It's really disgusting, he actually lowered the price of medicine, grandma, otherwise we would lower the price too, and suppress him no matter what, otherwise he would think we are afraid of him."

Price war?

This is definitely not a wise move. Xu Xiuyi knows clearly that the consequence of a price war is that both sides will suffer losses. However, Su Jinyi is a partner, so the three of them can bear the pain together. She is different. She cannot make fun of Baoningtang's temper.

"Let's talk about it in the store."

Everyone in the store, including Su Jinye, Ah Fu, and Chen San, basically had the same opinions as Jin Yu on this matter. They also said that the price would be lowered by 20%, and it would definitely be lower than Baoantang.

"If this continues, the business in the store will be wiped out. We have imported so many medicinal materials in the past few months. If they cannot be sold, they will be stored and moldy."

It was Chen San who said this. He still feels that Xu Xiuyi is a little eager for quick success. In order to cancel the contract purchase cost, he purchased so many medicinal materials at one time. These medicinal materials are now hoarded in the warehouse. At this rate, and Su Jinyi is interfering with it, he is afraid that

We won't be able to sell them all by next year, so we have to wait for them to get moldy and throw them away.

Xu Xiuyi heard the complaint in his words, so she wasn't angry. She just stood up and looked at everyone.

"It is unwise to lower the price. So Su Jinyi wants to defeat us in terms of price. If we lower the price by 20%, he will lower the price by 30%. If we lower the price by 40%, if he lowers the price by 50%, can we still lower the price?

"

There was silence in the room, and the accounting clerk opened the door first.

The voice was full of worry: "If we don't succeed, we will lose money."

Xu Xiuyi nodded: "If you lose money, it's better to close down. Why bother to work so hard and still not make money? The key is to make this breath go away. Listen, everyone, I have my own way to deal with that Su Jinyi. Just do your own thing well.

Don’t panic, don’t be angry, I have everything under control.”

Her words are extremely powerful and admirable.

Ah Fu stood up first: "We believe Third Grandma."

Then came Su Jinye, whose voice was not as loud as Ah Fu's, but still very sure: "Third brother and sister, I believe in you."

Afterwards, everyone stood up and shouted slogans: "We believe in the Third Grandma."

This passion and trust were very useful to Xu Xiuyi. She nodded to everyone: "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Let's go to work. If there are no guests, then each of us will bring his own apprentice."

"Yes, grandma."

Everyone dispersed. Xu Xiuyi's words were encouraging, but she really couldn't come up with any countermeasures. As long as she said she had a solution, everyone would trust her.
To be continued...