107 Slightly Pretentious
After a day and night of preparation, Chu Tiantian and Chu Tianxiang took An Ruoruo and Gu Changling to stay in Fahua Temple in a carriage, while Chu Yu went to Linglong Village.
When the shopkeeper saw Chu Yu enter the door, he greeted him with a sad face, "Miss, you are here, what should I do now?"
Early this morning, the shopkeeper sent someone to Chu's house to discuss with Chu Yu. As the flood season approached, many merchant ships had stopped going to sea. The freighters from other places either temporarily raised the price of shipping goods or came from wrong. For a time, the goods were severely out of stock in Linglong Village. Originally, the farm with the most complete fabric in Linzhou was sold out, but now it was sold out. Even some of the remaining good materials last year were sold, but the new materials were not available for a long time.
"The most important thing now is that the wife of the Lin family customized a batch of summer shirts for the female family in the mansion a few days ago, but now... the materials are not in. If they are dragged on, this batch of goods may be breached."
Chu Yu first checked the warehouse, then looked at the few pieces of cloth on the counter, and his brain hurt a little.
"Why didn't this happen in previous years? How could there be such a flood season this year? It's just that our family can't take a sea boat, or is it the same for other families?"
The shopkeeper hesitated for a while and said, "Miss, I have sent someone to inquire and said that there is no problem with other people's houses, only our goods cannot take the sea boat. I suspect someone is causing us a stumbling block."
Chu Yu also thought of this, "Whoever orders or ships the ships for our family will not be given to us?"
The shopkeeper was stunned and didn't quite understand Chu Yu's meaning, but he replied according to the truth: "Mrs. Lin signed the goods order first, and the next day we received a notice that our goods could not be taken to the sea boat."
Speaking of this, the shopkeeper seemed to understand a little, but...
"Miss, there is no conflict between our family and the Lin family, not to mention that Mr. Gu is now the prefect, and the master of the Lin family is a co-master, and he is also a superior and subordinate relationship. Could it be that his family can still hinder our family?"
Chu Yu seemed to have figured out something. If there is a Han family in the middle, what if it is a superior or subordinate?
The Lin family and the Han family have a close relationship. These two families have dominated Linzhou for many years, so it is normal for them to have some of their own forces.
"What materials did the wife of the Lin family have ordered? Can those materials be found except our family?"
The shopkeeper brought the account book, read it carefully, pointed to one of the pages and said, "Mrs. Lin's family ordered all the best materials in our family. On weekdays, the clothes they ordered were expensive forty or fifty taels, but this time the clothes were all hundreds of taels. I looked at the order at that time and thought it was strange, why did Mrs. Lin suddenly become so generous? Now I think I want to get the silver that we breached the contract after we broke the appointment."
Chu Yu sneered and sat down without any worries, "Does other people have any materials? If you have one, buy it and deal with the Lin family's order first."
Although the shopkeeper was angry, he nodded, "In Linzhou City, there are only the silk and satin farms that can be compared with our Linglong Village. I will send someone to ask."
Guan Family?
Chu Yu raised his eyebrows and waved his hand to stop the shopkeeper from calling, "I'll go there in person."
The Chu family, Guan family and Liu family are both famous local rich men in Linzhou. Although the latter two are not as rich as the Chu family, they are also people who stomp their feet and Linzhou City shake three times.
The Guan family has only one daughter in this generation. She is the daughter of Heli and has not remarried. She has always helped Mr. Guan manage the Guan family's big and small business, and is known as the Iron Lady of Linzhou.
Even Liu Ruyan praised him from time to time.
Chu Yu was wearing a men's outfit when he went out today. The dark blue color made her skin look very white. She held a folding fan in her hand and occasionally shook it in front of others, which made the girl beside her shy.
"Young Master, are you choosing materials or making clothes?" The shopkeeper immediately came forward attentively when he saw Chu Yu enter the door. Looking at him as he looked rich, he knew that he was coming to a big business.
Chu Yu walked around the store leisurely and did not see the fabric ordered by Mrs. Lin, and asked, "Are the good materials in your house here? It's very ordinary."
The shopkeeper could not bear it, and immediately said, "Young Master, our materials are top-notch in Linzhou, how could they be average? What style of clothes do you want to make? Why would I recommend it to you?"
Chu Yu picked up the corner of his robe, sat down on the chair, and said carelessly: "Your family is so embarrassed to say that these materials are better than Linzhou's first-class ones? Compared to Linglong Village, there seems to be a little gap."
The shopkeeper's face immediately became dark. His colleagues were enemies, not to mention that the customer positioning of his family and Linglongzhuang was very similar, and he had long been enemies among enemies.
"Young Master, are you here to make clothes or..." The shopkeeper couldn't help but look at Chu Yu up and down, always feeling familiar, but he was sure that he had never seen him before.
Seeing that he was like this, Chu Yu stopped talking nonsense, "Ms. Guan is here?"
The shopkeeper immediately looked at Chu Yu with caution, "Young Master, what are you doing with us ladies? If you have anything, you can tell me."
Chu Yu smiled, glanced at the store, and said politely: "Tell me to Miss Guan that Chu Yu is here to visit."
The shopkeeper was stunned, and looked at Chu Yu again with a little more exploration. Then he smiled politely and said apologetically: "Miss Chu is here, I hope to forgive you if I am not well-received. I will go to find the lady now."
In the backyard, Guan Susu was checking the account book in the study. Listening to the shopkeeper's report, he was a little confused. How could Chu Yu come to find her?
They are not familiar with each other, and they are not even aware of each other.
"Please go to the flower hall for Miss Chu."
Chu Yu entered Guan’s house for the first time. Although it was a small courtyard behind the shop, it was also very delicate. You can tell at a glance that the owner often rested here.
He was introduced into the flower hall by the shopkeeper. As soon as Chu Yu entered the door, he saw the stunning beauty sitting on the main seat. Although she was dressed as a young woman, her unfortunate experience and traces of time did not seem to leave any marks on her body or face.
"Chu Yu has met Miss Guan." Chu Yu bowed politely, and a kind smile appeared on his face. Even Guan Susu, who was full of confusion, couldn't help but smile, "Miss is a rare guest, please sit down."
Chu Yu was not polite either. After sitting down, he said straight to the point: "I came here today because I have something to ask for."
Guan Susu put down the teacup in her hand and looked over with a serious look on her face, "Miss, please speak."
"Can the Guan family have Yan Yunjin stock now?"
Chapter completed!