Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Si'er, don't worry too much. If there is any problem, we can find a solution together." Xie Cheng'an walked to Gu Qiongsi and said comfortingly.

The strength that Gu Qiongsi had been trying to maintain collapsed when she heard Xie Chengan's words.

She turned around, hugged Xie Chengan's arm, and burst into tears.

"Sanlang, why? Why is it so difficult for me to do anything? Why is God against me?" Gu Qiongsi cried and complained to Xie Chengan.

"Okay Si'er, don't think like that. We just encountered some minor troubles temporarily. Look, I'm working in Prince An's Mansion now, and your incense products have been recognized by so many people. Isn't this all moving in a good direction?"

Xie Chengan, who always liked to complain, was unusually patient at this moment. He gently hugged Gu Qiongsi's waist and stroked her soothingly.

Gu Qiongsi also hugged Xie Chengan tightly. Since she was reborn into this world, she has always been ambitious and has never been so discouraged. Now with Xie Chengan's comfort, she finally felt a lot better.

After crying for a while, she tried to calm down and wiped the tears from her face with her sleeves. "Sanlang, there are a batch of deposits that need to be returned to the shop. I wonder how much money you have left?"

She thought that since Xie Cheng'an followed Prince An to Jinzhou, and even if he came back halfway, His Royal Highness Prince An would definitely give him some silver for daily use.

Unexpectedly, Xie Chengan replied, "I just started working at Prince An's Mansion, and I haven't received any monthly salary yet."

As soon as Gu Qiongsi heard it, she knew that although Xie Cheng'an said that he would face it together with her, in fact, he had no intention of using the money in his hand to help her overcome the difficulties.

Gu Qiongsi knew better than Xie Chengan how Prince An did things, so Xie Chengan must have received the silver but was not willing to give it out.

"Anyway, Yipinxiang has closed down now, so I'll go back to Jianjiayuan with you tonight." Gu Qiongsi didn't want to say more to him. She thought about going back and asking Qian to see if she could raise some money.

Xie Chengan naturally had no reason to disagree, but he reminded Gu Qiongsi, "Si'er, take some Beauty Smile back with you."

Gu Qiongsi understood and didn't say anything else. She took a small jar of "Beauty Smile" and returned to Jianjiayuan with Xie Chengan.

Qian was waiting for Xie Cheng'an to come back for dinner. When she saw the two of them coming back together, she looked puzzled, "You, why did you bring her back?"

Her tone was full of disdain. The housekeeper had already briefly told her everything about the brothel, so her words were full of disdain.

"Mother, she is Rui'er's mother after all, so you'd better not say that." After Xie Cheng'an greeted Qian, he reminded her in a low voice.

"Rui'er doesn't have a mother like her, huh..." Qian was very disdainful. What does Rui'er need a mother like her, a person who will do anything to make money?

Gu Qiongsi said at this time, "Mother, I did something wrong in the past, please forgive me, I will definitely be filial to you in the future."

Seeing that the atmosphere between the three of them was a bit awkward, Xie Chengyu quickly called out to them to come over for dinner.

Gu Qiongsi was really hungry because she hadn't eaten lunch, but when she sat down at the table, she became angry again.

If I hadn't come back, there would have been only three of them eating, but they still prepared five dishes and a soup, spending the money I had worked hard to earn, but they didn't know how to be frugal at all.

However, she just felt a little sad but didn't show it, and now was not the time to talk about it.

After everyone finished their meal, Nanny Li brought Xie Rui over, thinking that since his mother was back, she wanted to be close to her.

But Gu Qiongsi had no intention of hugging her. She just glanced at Xie Rui and then shifted her gaze to Qian.

"Mother, I wonder how much silver you can take out right now? Yipinxiang has encountered some problems and temporarily needs some silver to make ends meet. I will return it to you immediately after a while." Gu Qiongsi asked with a smile.

Qian's heart skipped a beat, knowing that this woman would not come to her to show her filial piety for no reason. She never expected that she was actually planning to take her money.

But where did she get the money? How could she possibly have the money?

"Are you kidding, Aunt Gu? When Yipinxiang was in your hands, you made so much money, but we didn't even see a single tael of silver in dividends. How can the ten taels of silver sent every few days be enough for our family to spend? Do you know how much silver Rui'er and I spend on the medicine soup every day?"

When Qian talked about this, she felt full of grievances. Although she had money for daily expenses, it was just enough. How could she possibly save money?

When An Ge'er came back from Jinzhou this time, he did get more than one hundred taels of silver, but he couldn't give this silver to Gu Qiongsi himself, as it was used to help his son.

Gu Qiongsi sighed inwardly. After all, he shouldn't have held out any hope for them and their son. It was a pity that he had earned money in the past and had people send money back to them every time.

"Mother, Yipinxiang did receive some money a few days ago, but I have already used all the profits to buy spices. I want to develop better spices so that I can make more money. I have also told you this.

It’s just that something has happened and the new fragrance cannot be launched in time. Customers who have paid deposits want to return the products, so now we just need to collect enough money for their deposits.”

Seeing the expressions of the mother and son, Gu Qiongsi had to continue, "The two fragrances I am developing now will be priced higher than the previous fragrances, so once the limelight of this matter has passed, they can be launched immediately.

As long as there is no problem with our incense, we will definitely be able to earn more money."

She had to paint a rosy picture for the two of them so that they would be tempted and actually agree to help her raise money.

Qian looked at Xie Cheng'an and saw that her son had no intention of paying the money, so she asked, "How much money do you need now to pay back the deposit?"

According to the practice of Da Chu, the deposit is generally 20% to 30% of the total payment.

Gu Qiongsi opened his mouth and said, "It's only five hundred taels. I still have one hundred taels on hand. I just need to collect another four hundred taels."

"Oh, five hundred taels, that's just a return. Aunt Gu is really so arrogant." Xie Chengyu was amazed when he heard this.