Chapter 7 Inquiries
Chang Xiaojiu pulled Tianguo to the side of the imperial concubine's couch and looked at Tianguo nervously.
"Miss Jiu, last evening, two young men came to my shop. I happened to be there, and I heard their conversation. They were very surprised. After they arrived, they did not buy pastries first, but asked questions.
One of the young masters first asked if there were new pastries recently, then asked if our house was the main shop of Fanji Pastry Shop, and finally asked if the master who launched the new snacks was at the main shop.
However, my father didn't tell them the truth. Nine Lady, I'm sorry. By the time I avoided my father and chased me out, it was too late." Tianguo said guiltily.
Because of the new styles of snacks taught by Jiu Niangzi, not only did the business of my own shop improve, but the other shops in the Fan family are the same.
The most important thing is that the father's branch was not very valued in the clan, but now it is completely different.
During the Chinese New Year, the general shop not only sent someone to give New Year gifts, but also gave the juniors at home a New Year's money of ten taels of silver.
Two months ago, Tianguo's grandfather, Guosheng, also came to the main shop to send birthday gifts.
These were impossible in the past. Now, Tianguo and her family are aware of why the head of Fan’s dim sum shop attaches so much importance to her family.
All of this started with the newly launched snacks in our shop, and these were from Chang Xiaojiu’s sweet fruit.
When he was teaching, Tianguo's father wanted to give money. One was to thank him, and the other main reason was that he hoped that Chang Xiaojiu would teach others again.
Everyone can make it, and they sell dim sum, but there is no one unique to the Fan family.
At that time, Chang Xiaojiu refused to check in and made it clear that he would not teach others anymore. Chang Xiaojiu also had one condition, that is, she taught it, but if a customer who bought pastries deliberately asked about these pastries, he must tell the other party.
Chang Xiaojiu said it very clearly at the time. She just wanted to meet someone who asked about the pastry and would not teach the other party the recipe and method of the pastry, and no matter how much money the other party gave, she would not teach it.
When the Tianguo family knew Chang Xiaojiu's identity, they naturally knew that she was not short of money. They also knew that the fact that she taught the pastries was not revealed to the public was also because of her father's identity. Although they were still very curious about the reason for Chang Xiaojiu's actions, they did not dare to ask questions when they saw that she refused to say it. After all, she was the great benefactor of the Fan family.
In the past six months, those new dim sums have been very good to sell, and customers who come to buy them have also inquire, but they just asked casually, saying that your Fan family dim sum has made great contributions and has produced several delicious and novel dim sums at once.
Even if other snack shops are jealous and want to get the recipe and production methods, they will only arrange for people who are young to buy them back and taste them and try them, but they will not be able to make the same taste in the end. Even if they make what looks like, the buyer is very tricky and compared with the Fan family, they will not buy them again after eating.
I have been deliberately inquired, but it is really the only one to date.
Tianguo felt really uncomfortable about her father's approach. She didn't agree but dared not contradict her father.
She didn't dare to tell Chang Xiaojiu that after the two guests left the evening before, her father seriously told her not to tell Chang Xiaojiu about this.
Tianguo didn't sleep well this night. This morning, while my father went out to buy ingredients for snacks, he found an excuse to sneak out to find Chang Xiaojiu. After telling Chang Xiaojiu in person, although he was very guilty and still felt ashamed of his father's behavior, the big stone pressing on his heart seemed to have been moved away, not as depressed as before.
Looking at Chang Xiaojiu in front of him, she was so excited that she could not help herself after listening to her words, Tianguo became more sure that she was right here.
"Miss Tianguo, can you tell me about the passage, the conversation between the two young men, their appearance and clothing characteristics, what direction did they leave after leaving the shop, and the followers they brought, the few people, their clothing characteristics, the more detailed the better." After finally trying hard to calm down his excitement, Chang Xiaojiu spoke again.
Tianguo nodded and started from the beginning again. Although it was the second time, her speaking speed was much slower than before. She recalled while talking, fearing that something would be missed.
Chang Xiaojiu, who was pricking up his ears and was concentrating on his fear of missing some important information, stood up after listening to the description for the second time.
It does not sound like other snack shops want to ask for information and poach people. After all, colleagues who want to poach people will not ask so directly.
Sixth Brother? Is this Sixth Brother Ye Fan?
The heartbeat continued to accelerate, allowing Chang Xiaojiu to hold his hand involuntarily.
"Jiu Niang, are those two young men the ones you are looking for?" Tianguo looked at the door, confirmed that no one came in, and asked in a low voice.
When Chang Xiaojiu heard this, he looked at Tianguo and recalled that he had told her before that he wanted to find someone. Immediately, Chang Xiaojiu laughed at herself secretly. If you think about what Tianguo and her father said, you will think of it.
Tianguo thought she shouldn't have inquired, so she immediately regretted and apologized; "I'm sorry, Jiu Niang, I have no other intentions."
Seeing that Tianguo was scared, Chang Xiaojiu quickly smiled, "It's okay, by the way, I'm hiding it from my family. If this is the case, I won't dare to keep you for too long."
She didn't explain the problem that Tianguo had just had, nor did she want to explain it.
After hearing what she said, Tianguo nodded embarrassedly and stood up at the same time. "Okay, if I go back and see if my father hasn't come back, I'll go out and see if I can meet those two young men."
"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Chang Xiaojiu did not have the kindness to reject Tianguo. She had seen those two people, and it was always good to help her with one more person.
Besides, she is the only one who helps.
"Tianguo, wait a minute, I'll give you a look." Chang Xiaojiu stood up as he said.
Tianguo originally wanted to say that she didn't need to give it, but she opened her mouth and finally didn't say it.
Chang Xiaojiu is the daughter of the prefect, and she is the girl of the dim sum shop. Logically speaking, the two of them will not have any intersection, but she is so lucky.
Because I met this lady of the Chang family and learned some new styles of snacks that were very profitable, I always valued my brother and younger brother's father, and my attitude towards her also changed a lot. I would not scold her just because she did something wrong.
On weekdays, she would give her pocket money, ask her to buy rouge and pollen, and would buy her jewelry.
That's why she took the risk to come to Changfu to find the lady of the Chang family.
Chang Xiaojiu reached out and took Tianguo's arm, walked out while chatting, and Xiaoxing outside saw him and followed behind.
Xiaotao also saw it, but when Xiao Xing followed her, she didn't come.
Along the way, when I met the servants in the mansion, they all asked Jiu Madam with a regular attitude.
"Jiu Niangzi just sent Tianguo here." When he arrived at the gate, Tianguo stopped and said.
"It's rare that you came to my mansion last time. I couldn't keep you for dinner. I feel very happy. If you don't send you there, how can you make sense?" Chang Xiaojiu said, raising his foot and continuing to walk forward by the doorman.
Tianguo was held by her, so she had to follow her and walked forward.
Xiao Xing followed, and saw that her wife had been sent out of the mansion and had not stopped yet, she suddenly felt a little uneasy. Could it be?
The master and his wife both told them to look at Niangzi and not let her go out!
Xiao Xing was nervous, but she didn't dare to come forward to remind her to dissuade her. She bit her teeth and followed her with a bite.
Chapter completed!