After being divorced for three years, the bad husband brought his son to ask for forgiveness

Chapter 5 I'm Not Incompetent

"The fine cloth used this year is indeed not made by the weavers of our Chaojinfang, but by the weavers who have long-term cooperation with Chaojinfang. Those weavers have to take care of the elderly and raise children, so they cannot go to the embroidery workshop to work. The embroidery workshop provides them with looms and threads, and they take time to weave at home."

"Please take a closer look, bosses."

The second manager, Li Xia, presented several rolls of fine cloth with various patterns for all the merchants to take a closer look. Yan Chaonian was not worried that they would not like them. These weavers had been cooperating with her uncle's family for many years and had superb skills. If they were not hindered by trivial matters at home, they would have been able to weave brocades.

Boss Zhang was the first to speak again, "I trust the owner of the shop and the Chaojinfang brand. The owner only needs to arrange the goods."

The other merchants echoed, and Yan Chaonian picked up the book in his hand and said, "Boss Zhang is our old customer, so I will match it for you first. Among them, there are 100 pieces of three-color coarse cloth, 80 pieces of each color of fine cloth, 30 pieces of plain brocade, 20 pieces of each patterned brocade in previous years, and one piece of the latest improved Baoxiang flower pattern and broken branch plum blossom pattern this year. How do you think?"

Boss Zhang wanted to get more, "Master, one is too few, can we have one more each?"

"Two weavers with extraordinary skills need one and a half months to produce a piece of precious pattern brocade on a loom. Even if we have added more looms and weavers, the amount of brocade we can produce is still limited."

When the merchants heard that they had to use so many materials to get only two pieces of new brocade, they felt jealous. They also thought that last year's style brocade cost two thousand taels of silver for one piece, and the goods they could get were still not much. The quantity has increased this year, and even if they can't get the latest one, they can get two more pieces of last year's.

Yan Chaonian added, "There will be a competition in three days. Two pieces of fabric from our Chaojinfang will participate in the competition. If one of them wins by chance, the one with the highest bid will win."

The guests present became excited again. Since five years ago, the government and the Brocade Chamber of Commerce have jointly organized the Brocade Competition at this time every year. No matter whether it is a brocade workshop or an ordinary family, anyone who has confidence in their own brocade can have a try.

The winner last year was Chaojinfang. Those who witnessed the event last year will remember the brocade from Chaojinfang. The brocade had more than four colors of plum blossoms and was simply stunning. I heard that it was finally bought at a high price and given to a noble in the capital, who reaped great benefits.

This also established the status of Chaojinfang.

Boss Zhang nodded, and then came Boss Wang, who had almost the same goods as Boss Zhang. The next person only had one piece of new brocade. When it was Boss Xiong's turn, he also thought he only had one piece, and was still trying to comfort himself, but at the end he heard the voice behind the gauze curtain saying, "How about one piece of new brocade with a round longevity and fortune pattern and a round diamond flower and bird pattern?"

Happiness came too suddenly, and Boss Xiong was suddenly at a loss. Although they were all merchants, he knew that there was still a big gap between him and Boss Zhang, Boss Wang and others. Such big bosses only had two horses, so how could he have two?

Feeling several envious glances, Boss Xiong immediately held his head high and said, "Master, I have no objection to your arrangement. Thank you very much, Master."

Yan Chaonian nodded. She liked anyone who made Jiang Wencheng unhappy.

When the merchants went downstairs and went to the back to check the goods and pay, one of them approached Boss Xiong and asked, "Boss Xiong, are you looking for a way out?"

"If there is a good way, could you help introduce it?"

The people around pricked up their ears. Boss Zhang and Boss Wang were both curious and believed that Boss Xiong must have used some connections, otherwise how could he have got two new pieces of brocade?
Boss Xiong, who knew nothing, had a red face and was quite proud. He pretended to be someone with a backer, but what he was actually thinking about was how to give a gift to the abbot. He was very honored today.

A group of merchants went downstairs, and another group went upstairs. Seeing that the ordering meeting would not be over for a while, Jiang Wencheng, who was waiting outside, went to several other brocade workshops on the street for a tour. Then he became more and more convinced of the ultimate value of Chaojinfang, and decided to meet the owner alone today, one to apologize, and the other to improve his good impression.

He waited from morning to afternoon, and the number of pedestrians on the street changed one after another. As the sun set, no one came out. Until he saw the last group of merchants walking out of Chaojinfang, talking and laughing, and even the carpet at the door was taken away, he had a bad feeling in his heart, "Go ask if the owner is still there."

The follower ran away and returned with regret, "The people at Chaojinfang said that the owner has left."

I didn't find out when he left or where he left from.

Anger surged into his heart, Jiang Wencheng's face gradually turned blue, and he stood up and left without saying a word. When he returned to the inn where he was staying and found that Jiang Chongyuan had just returned, he immediately got angry, "What a bastard, what else can he do besides eating, drinking and having fun, he can't do anything good, but he is always causing trouble, and he doesn't have any ability at all."

Not to mention that he had learned to read at the age of three and recited poems at the age of five, Yan Shi also had some business skills and was good at managing household affairs. How could she give birth to such a useless waste? !

Jiang Chongyuan shrank his neck in fear, and the more he was frightened, the angrier Jiang Wencheng became. Fortunately, the steward who followed him was sensible and said a few nice words to lead Jiang Chongyuan into the house. Jiang Wencheng then ordered people to find out where the owner of Chaojinfang lived, and he wanted to visit him in person.

"The man waited until the last few merchants left before leaving."

The person in charge of monitoring Jiang Wencheng was Yan Chaonian's personal servant, who was also the one who married into the Bo Mansion with her that year, named Luo Jin.

Yan Chaonian, who had changed her clothes, was playing with her son using a rattle. She looked up and said, "Find someone to keep an eye on him, don't let him show his hand."

"But if he wants to find out, he may find out."

Yan Chaonian straightened up, "So what if we find out?"

If we were in the capital, we would naturally avoid him, but this is the southwest, not Jiang Wencheng's territory.

As soon as Luo Jin left, Li Chun and Li Xia came with smiles on their faces. Both of them were Yan Chaonian's uncles, and they were also the ones who made the decision to make Yan Chaonian the owner of Chaojinfang.

The kid holding Yan Chaonian walked towards the two of them with a smile, calling out "Uncle" in a vague voice.

"It's my great uncle."

Li Chun bent down and picked up the little kid, "Well, our Xun'er has become heavier again."

The little kid was amused and giggled. Yan's mother came over with a smile, chatted for a few words, then took the kid away, leaving Yan Chaonian and the others to talk.

Li Xia is Yan Chaonian's youngest uncle, only 30 years old this year. He is the most talkative person in the Li family. Normally, once he opens his mouth, no one else will have a say. However, he does not act according to the rules and likes to do shady things behind the scenes.

Fortunately, none of the Li family had seen Jiang Wencheng before, so they naturally did not recognize him today, otherwise Jiang Wencheng would not have been able to leave Jinfang so easily today.

"We would never have imagined a scene like this three years ago. Fortunately, you are back. Year after year, you are the lucky star of our family. Look at those people today. They want to kneel before you with silver in their hands and beg you to accept it. It's so glorious to have such a business. It's really glorious."

"There are too many swindlers these days, and they dare to say anything. The people below saw that swindler sitting in the teahouse across from our Jinfang for half a day today, and I'm afraid he won't give up. I tell you, you'll see him next time."

“He’s not a liar.”

Yan Chaonian didn't intend to hide it from them, "He is indeed from the Bo Mansion."

Li Xia slapped his thigh fiercely, "Oh no, didn't we offend the uncle?"

The steady Li Chun looked at him helplessly, without realizing who the "liar" was.
(End of this chapter)