When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 45 45 Madam Xi

On the way back, Gu Hua accidentally saw a shop with a plaque of Jinyuanfang. Thinking of the gossip in the teahouse, he turned around and walked in.

The space inside this store is indeed large, with two floors, but there are only a few goods displayed on the counters.

Perhaps it was because of the noise he heard downstairs, Gu Hua looked up and saw a pretty woman with frowned brows, a worried look on her face walking down from upstairs.

The woman saw Gu Hua and the others coming in and forced herself to cheer herself up. She smiled and asked, "Sir, what do you want to buy?"

"Although we don't have many products here, the quality is very good. If you want them, I can give you a discount."

Gu Hua saw the traces of tears in the woman's eyes, but she was greeting them with a bright smile. He couldn't help but feel moved. It is not easy for a woman to live independently anywhere.

"We're just looking around, we're not buying anything." Gu Hua said this deliberately.

The waiters in the store would feel somewhat unhappy when they heard the customers say that.

Gu Hua just wanted to see if this lady, who was known as the gossip girl in the teahouse, would give them the cold shoulder after hearing what she said.

"Please feel free to look around, dear guest," Madam Xi said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you don't like anything. You're welcome. Come back next time if you need anything."

The polite and thoughtful answer made Gu Hua nod secretly.

This person should be like the original owner of this body. As she is the only daughter in the family, she must have received special education when she was a child, so she can make the most reasonable response to the guests.

"We have come from afar and are a little hungry." Gu Hua said with a smile in his eyes, "I wonder if my wife can treat us to a meal."

Madam Xi was stunned. It was obviously the first time she heard a customer entering the store make such a shameless request.

But she was still polite and said, "This is not a restaurant, and it is not convenient for me to entertain you at home.

If you are really hungry, turn left and there is a restaurant not far away. The food there is good and the price is very affordable..."

Gu Hua, who went out today dressed in men's clothes, understood the meaning of the lady's words. First, it expressed that her home was not a restaurant for dining, and secondly, it was not convenient for her, a woman, to entertain a group of male guests.

What satisfied Gu Hua the most was that she did not compromise or get angry in the face of such unreasonable demands, but had her own opinions and bottom line, and was able to point out the places that were truly suitable for them in a dignified manner.

Gu Hua said directly, "Looking at the current situation of your store, you must have encountered some difficulties or financial problems.

If you continue like this, I’m afraid you won’t make it through the winter, and your Jinyuanfang will go bankrupt.”

"What exactly do you want to say?" Madam Xi asked calmly when she saw that although Gu Hua's words were unpleasant, there was no malice on his face.

Gu Hua didn't beat around the bush and said bluntly: "I want to invest in this store."

After being shocked, Madam Xi's face showed disbelief, and then she showed hesitation and struggle.

Gu Hua glanced at the few goods on the shelves, "Or do you want to see this store that your parents worked hard for their entire lives to build? But because they had no funds and insufficient goods, they couldn't continue the business, and were eventually forced to sell it and the store was replaced by a plaque."

Gu Hua's last words were like a sharp sword stabbing into Madam Xi's heart, causing her face to turn pale instantly.

This shop was opened by her father, a shoemaker, with great effort. It was once very prosperous in Wanping Prefecture. At that time, her family's shop was one of the best in the industry.

But after her parents passed away, the store was handed over to her son-in-law, and it became worse and worse each year. In the end, he ran away with his lover and the money.

Only one shop and a few unsold goods were left. Madam Xi looked sad, tears flashing in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall. If her father had not told her before his death that the shop deed must not be handed over to that bastard, I'm afraid that she and her daughter would not even have a place to hide at this moment.

"How can you prove that you are not liars?" Madam Xi asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

If Gu Hua and his friends can prove that they are not scammers, Madam Xi is willing to cooperate with them. After all, if they don't invest in themselves, the store will inevitably close down due to lack of funds to purchase goods.

"Lie!" Gu Hua: "What do you have here that is worth us lying about?"

Madam Xi looked at Gu Hua, whose fair and rosy complexion, slender figure, and cold and unworldly temperament, and shook her head. She really had nothing worthy of being deceived except this empty shop.

Gu Hua valued Madam Xi because she had business talent. He also heard about her experience and felt that they were somewhat similar. Helping her family's store to reopen would not conflict with his own interests.

In order to reassure Madam Xi, Gu Hua introduced himself: "I am Gu Hua, the head of the Jiangzhou Gu family."

Although Wanping Prefecture is hundreds of miles away from Jiangzhou Prefecture, the names of businesses in various prefectures are still well-known.

Madam Xi: "Are you the head of the Jiangzhou Gu family?!"

"Yeah." Gu Hua: "Do you believe it?"

Madam Xi finally invited Gu Hua and the others into the backyard of the shop's residents.

"mother."

A little girl about two years old with pigtails ran into Madam Xi's arms with a happy smile when she saw her come back. But when she saw Gu Hua and the other strangers following in, she shrank back into her mother's arms and dared not say a word. From time to time, the little girl would sneak a glance at them with her big watery eyes.

Gu Hua: "What's your name?!"

Encouraged by her mother, the little girl timidly said, "Xi Yating."

"Oh, can I call you Xiao Tingting?"

"I have a nickname," the little girl said, blinking her big watery eyes cutely, "Mom calls me Nannan."

Gu Hua took off the jade pendant Xia He had put on him when he went out today from his waist and handed it to her, "I didn't bring anything interesting with me today, so I'll give you this as a gift, okay?"

Since they want to cooperate, Gu Hua is not a stingy person. Giving a gift to other people's children when he sees them is considered a kind of etiquette here.

After seeing Gu Hua take out the trade certificate issued by the government to merchants, which stated her name and place of residence, Madam Xi finally believed that Gu Hua was the head of the Gu family.

After Gu Hua had agreed with Madam Xi about investing in Jinyuanfang, he brought her to the inn where they were staying temporarily and saw the nearly 100 carts filled with furs.

"This...this is too much!" Mrs. Xi's eyes almost popped out of her head, "This much leather must be worth a lot of money."

Gu Hua looked at her with a smile and teased, "Based on my strength as the head of this family, do you still think I'm a liar?"

"I was wrong." Madam Xi glanced at Gu Hua's chest with a flicker of her eyes. A hint of understanding flashed across her eyes. She leaned forward and bowed, "Thank you so much!!"

Madam Xi was not a stupid person. She could see that Gu Hua was trying to help her overcome the difficulties and revive Jinyuanfang's business.

(End of this chapter)