Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Chapter 284 Those Shops Are All Mine

In the end, the shopkeeper handed over a total of 1,300 taels of silver.

After Jiang Wei checked the accounts carefully, he found that it was indeed this number.

Regardless of how the shopkeeper had previously looked down on his customers, the mere act of falsifying the accounts meant that he was not allowed to stay in the shop.

Therefore, no matter how humbly the shopkeeper begged on his knees, the mother and daughter both turned a cold face and ignored him.

The commotion was so loud that it attracted some shop assistants and passers-by to come and watch the fun. After asking around, they found out that the shopkeeper had been cooking the books.

Falsifying accounts is a big taboo in doing business.

Everyone despised him.

The shopkeeper no longer had the face to stay and had to leave in disgrace.

However, his reputation had been ruined, and the news of his false accounting had spread throughout the streets and alleys of the Central Imperial Street. No one would ever hire him as a shopkeeper again.

"...In just a few months, he embezzled so much money. Such a person deserves to be struck by lightning!" Mr. Bai continued to rebuke the shopkeeper for falsifying the accounts, and his words were full of gnashing of teeth.

Jiang Xiaoxiao listened and couldn't help but think of him walking alone on the street with his head down. She couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Bai, you just came to Xuzhou. Are you in trouble again?"

When this matter was mentioned, Mr. Bai looked like an eggplant hit by frost. He lowered his head in frustration and said, "The shop I originally rented in Xuzhou expired two days ago..."

"Ah, how could this happen?" Jiang Xiaoxiao was surprised, "Didn't you check the time before coming to Xuzhou?"

Mr. Bai shook his head. "I was fooled by them. The lease period written on the contract was clearly two years, but they tampered with it and took back the shop..."

He had spent all his money on soap and had no money left to rent a new shop.

What should he do with the more than 3,000 bars of soap he has piled up?

After hearing this, even Jiang Xiaoxiao felt sorry for Mr. Bai.

Alas, the world is going downhill.

There are too many unscrupulous businessmen in this world who have no moral bottom line for the sake of money, and there are fewer and fewer upright and honest businessmen like Mr. Bai.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the rows of display windows in Meirenzhai, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly said, "How about this, Mr. Bai, you move those 3,000 bars of soap into Meirenzhai and sell them?"

"How can this be possible?" Mr. Bai refused without thinking, "This is your shop, how can I have the nerve to sell my things..."

"My shop is in need of a shopkeeper." Jiang Wei said, "If you don't mind, Mr. Bai, you can be the shopkeeper for a while and help me take care of the business. You can also sell your 3,000 bars of soap in the shop. Of course, if you feel bad about it, you can give me a commission."

The plan proposed by Jiang Wei is very safe.

For her, she can use these 3,000 bars of soap to open up the market in Xuzhou.

For Mr. Bai, it solved the big problem of renting a shop.

“Since Madam Jiang thinks so highly of me, I will temporarily take over the position of the shopkeeper.

Jiang Xiaoxiao also asked the two girls about some things about the shop, such as the flow of people in the shop, who would come frequently, and their wages...

The two little girls are twin sisters, one is called Chuntao and the other is called Qiuju.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao found out that the two sisters' combined wages were only twenty cents a day, she got so angry that she scolded the shopkeeper again.

In a small place like Yong'an County, her family would pay Xiao Linzi more than this. In Xuzhou, where prices are so high, how can the two sisters survive with this little money?

Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately made the decision to increase the salary for the two to thirty cents a day.

After taking care of the shop's affairs, Jiang Xiaoxiao finally had time to talk to Yu'er and several maids standing beside her.

"Sister Yu'er, do you have any rouge you like? Just pick any one you want and I'll give you two."

Yu Er was flattered and waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I still have a lot of rouge that Madam gave me, enough."

Yu Ying'er, who was standing by, came up to me shamelessly and said, "Xiaoxiao, since you are the owner of this shop, why don't you waive the cost of the lipstick I just bought? We are acquainted, so you wouldn't be reluctant to spend this little money, would you?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced at her and said coldly, "It's inevitable. I'm just a country bumpkin. Fifteen taels of silver is a huge sum of money. I still have to earn money to eat. If you can't afford it, just leave it alone."

Yu Ying'er was speechless and very embarrassed after hearing these words.

She bit her lip in regret. If she had known that the owner of this Beauty House was Jiang Xiaoxiao, a country bumpkin, she would not have said such things before.

However, there is no medicine for regret in this world.

After regretting for a while, Yu Ying'er glanced at the dazzling array of rouge and powder in Meirenzhai reluctantly. The price of each one was so high that she would have to save up several months' salary to afford to buy a box.

Why does Jiang Xiaoxiao do this?

Yu Ying'er clenched the handkerchief in her hand with jealousy and envy.

But on the surface, she still tried to pretend that she didn't care, and said in a cold voice: "Humph, what's the big deal, it's just a few boxes of powder, can't I just give it up? Yu'er, come on, let's go to the Cuibaotang in front and take a look."

Cuibaotang is the largest jewelry store on the Central Imperial Street. A few boxes of rouge and powder are nothing. All the jewelry sold in Cuibaotang are exquisite. She must buy two to show them to this group of poor people who have never seen the world.

"Cui Bao Tang?" Jiang Xiaoxiao flipped through the deed her mother had given her. "Sorry, I forgot to tell you that Cui Bao Tang is also mine."

"In addition, the teahouse across the street and the Jinxiu Pavilion that sells ready-made clothes next to it are also mine." She added, flipping through the deed in her hand quickly.

"Oh my God, Xiaoxiao, are you the owner of all these shops?" Yu'er covered her chest with her hands and widened her eyes in surprise.

Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, those shops are all mine."

Yu Ying'er, who was standing at the door, turned pale and looked at her in disbelief, her expression as ugly as if she had seen a ghost.

……

Time soon came to evening, and under the leadership of Jiang Xiaoxiao, Yu'er and several maids visited several shops.

Except for the shopkeeper of Meirenzhai, the shopkeepers of other shops were very sensible. When they saw the deed that Jiang Weiliang took out, they all took the initiative to hand over their account books for inspection.

Seeing that they were honest and there was no mistake in the account books, and the business was good, Jiang Wei kept a few of them to continue being the shopkeepers.

With Jiang Xiaoxiao as the young boss, Yu'er and several maids were treated preferentially. They were able to buy a lot of hairpins, jewelry, and some beautiful handkerchiefs at a discount.

Only Yu Ying'er had a gloomy face all the way and didn't say a word.

She felt as if she was holding her breath in her heart, which went up and down, and could not let it out.

It was not until she saw the sky gradually darkening that she smiled: "Yu'er, it's almost time to go back to see the Madam."