The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Third Sister You wants to open a private club in Chang'an City. Although she has her uncle as a backer, the difficulty is still much greater than in later generations.

The first thing that stands in the way is the world's demanding attitude towards women.As the saying goes, there are many right and wrong among women.In this era when men and women do not sit at the age of seven, the most important thing to create a private club is to take care of reputation and safety.

From the point of view of the aristocratic daughters You Sanjie met and the customers she wants to face after opening a private club—to be honest, if there is any scandal, it is not just about business It's a matter of death and revenge.

Therefore, Third Sister You must think carefully.It is better not to have some uncertain links than to have hidden dangers.

But fortunately, after the third sister You crossed over, the most familiar method was to pull the banner and pull the tiger's skin.So after she made up her mind to open a private club, the first thing she thought of was how to hook up with the palace——

For example, they hired nuns who came out of the palace to train the maids, and bought some innocent boys who could not enter the palace as servants. It was necessary to ensure that there would never be any men in the clubhouse.

The business model of the club cannot be as frequent and random as later generations.Instead, like the current camellia party, it is held regularly several times a month.

Members in the clubhouse are divided into four levels: Purple Gold, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.The clubhouse is not open to the public, only members are entertained.The annual fee is charged every year—that is, the annual fee standard for Zijin members is 2000 taels of silver per year, and the annual fee standard for gold members is 500 taels of silver per year.The annual fee standard for silver members is 1000 taels of silver per year, while the annual fee for the lowest bronze membership is 1000 taels of silver per year.Outsiders who want to join the club must have a gold member as a referral...

For another example, the business items in the clubhouse can include rouge powder, clothing and jewelry, beauty and health care... After all the members get acquainted, they can also set up some charitable groups similar to Huiyan Yaji according to the situation.

You must know that although people say that women are virtuous without talent, it is precisely because of the words of these parents and matchmakers that people pay more attention to being well-matched.Therefore, the expectations of the husband's family and the mother's family on the woman's shoulders are much higher than those of ordinary people in later generations——

For the same reason, see those commercial or political marriages in later generations.It can be seen that this has been the case throughout the ages.

The third sister You, who came from time travel, has lived here for 11 years, and she is used to seeing her daughter's husband and child, and being trapped in the inner house.However, she didn't want to be trapped in the Sifangtian of the courtyard for a lifetime.

So she has high hopes for this clubhouse.Therefore, I look forward and backward, and be cautious.I'm afraid that if there is a slight omission, it will spoil the overall situation and harm the Chen family.However, Third Sister You also firmly believes that as long as this matter is properly planned, the benefits to the Chen family will be obvious——

Of course, there are many smart people.At least uncle Chen Gui also smelled the ambition contained in this plan.

"...The clubhouse is only for the inside and not for the outside world. Members introduce members..."

Chen Gui flipped through the note in his hand, Chen Zi, and smiled at Third Sister You: "I didn't expect that Third Sister would be so rough... Once you open this club, it will be convenient for everyone to accumulate contacts."

Third Sister You also smiled when she heard the words: "It's natural. Maybe after the establishment of my clubhouse, there has been a wife diplomacy in Chang'an City. You must know that women talk and do things with women, sometimes they are more serious than outside men. easier."

One sentence was sharp and crisp, but it exposed the third sister's ambition.

Uncle Chen Gui frowned meaningfully upon hearing this.Yin said: "It's very inconvenient for you to be a girl who hasn't left the cabinet. Some things can be entrusted to your mother and your aunt. We are a family, so naturally we have to help each other."

The third sister You was overjoyed when she heard the words, knowing that her uncle had complied with the matter.He couldn't help laughing and said: "That's natural. After the establishment of Xianyuanji, it is necessary for my aunt to worry about the labor. Otherwise, I am a girl's family, how can I have the face to invite such noble people!"

The so-called Xianyuan Collection refers to the deeds of filial, virtuous and chaste women handed down from the previous dynasty.The third sister You named this book for the women's gathering, which shows her scheming and ambition.

Chen Gui naturally knew what Sanjie You wanted.Hearing this, he pondered for a while, then waved his hands and smiled: "There is no need to rush this matter. You should repair the place first, and when everything is ready, and only owe the nobleman, uncle will naturally have a better candidate."

The third sister You and her uncle have always had a tacit understanding.Hearing this, my heart skipped a beat, and I hurriedly said with a smile: "Sure enough, Uncle is very thoughtful. If that's the case, I will entrust it to Uncle."

When Chen Gui heard this, he happily responded with a smile.

Afterwards, with Chen Gui's support, Third Sister You started to repair the clubhouse.Because years ago, Chen Gui had bought a five-stage mansion for Third Sister You in the bustling area of ​​central Beijing.The third sister You took this land as the base, and begged her uncle to invite Shan Ziye to plan the construction, and repaired the house according to the wishes of the third sister.And mention this house as "Chen Yuan".

Later, through the prince's connections, Chen Gui hired ten old maids from the palace to train the maids.These maids are all girls from innocent families bought by Chen Gui.As for the castrated servants, they were also boys with an innocent family background and a handsome appearance found through the eunuchs in the palace.

During this period, Third Sister You drafted and designed the membership card herself——Sister You named it Xianyuanjian.Xianyuan paper has complicated patterns and is divided into four kinds of materials, namely purple gold paper, gold paper, silver paper and bronze paper.There are five pieces of Xianyuan paper made of each material.I plan to give these virtuous notes to the noble daughter who should be sent after the completion of the Chen Garden.

As for the two shops that Chen Gui gave her, they also sold spices, rouge, clothes and jewelry.Both were renamed Jinghuayuan.

Everything was in a hurry, and when Third Sister You came back to her senses, it was already July.Looking ahead, it is July 21, the birthday of Mrs. Chen.

Because Chen Gui is now an official of the second rank, and the high position and weight are in the heart of the emperor, there are naturally a lot of guests who came to celebrate his birthday these days.

Not to mention the old friends who have a lot of contacts on weekdays, the officials and colleagues are the relatives of the emperor, and many princes and grandchildren have come - at least the third prince, the sixth prince and the twelve princes who have dealt with Chen Gui are all He brought the prince and concubine to the door to congratulate him.Even His Highness the Crown Prince brought the Crown Princess and the Empress Dowager over.

Before the banquet began, the Ministry of Rites ordered the saint to give birthday gifts, needless to say.

Seeing the popularity of the Chen family, the guests present couldn't help being jealous and envious, and their eyes almost turned red.Fortunately, His Royal Highness and the princes and nobles are busy, but they just sat down and left.Even so, after the news spread, there were still nobles from four kings and eight princes who came to Chen's mansion with rich gifts to congratulate him on his birthday.

The members of the Chen family never thought that there were so many people celebrating the birthday that the banquet could not be arranged, and they almost neglected the distinguished guests and made them laugh.

At a time of crisis, fortunately, Third Sister You had an idea. Taking advantage of the stalls where the female relatives accompanied the old birthday party to celebrate birthdays in the main courtyard of the back house, she ordered the maids at home to withdraw some of the seats and place them in the back garden. After a buffet, it will be interesting to invite young female relatives and girls from various families to watch flowers and listen to music, and occasionally have meals.

After attending the show for a while, a little girl who hadn't left her head came down to the steps holding the playbook, and handed it to the daughter-in-law who was in trouble first.The daughter-in-law picked it up, turned around and handed it to Nanny Wang, the chief supervisor of the inner courtyard.Nanny Wang put the tea on a small tea tray, came close to the curtain, and handed it to Bixi, Feng's personal servant girl, Bixi took the tea and gave it to Feng.Only then did Mrs. Feng carry her to the upper table.

Because after the crown princess and the princes and concubines went to celebrate their birthdays, the most honorable female family members in the hall were the four female family members of the county prince's mansion who just came to celebrate their birthdays.Among them, Concubine Nan'an is high and virtuous, so Mrs. Chen naturally respects Concubine Nan'an.Concubine Nan'an couldn't accept her resignation, she ordered an auspicious opera, and then asked Princess Beijing, Princess Xining County, and the other female relatives to play according to the time of day, ordering them to sing whatever they wanted.

Third Sister You doesn't like listening to operas or music by nature, even though she is sitting by the side entertaining guests, she is still quite absent-minded.

After tea for three rounds, because of internal urgency, I said sorry to everyone, and went for a walk outside.Who would have thought that when passing by the Chaoshou verandah, she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind.When Third Sister You looked back subconsciously, she saw a handsome little actor dressed as Xiao Dan standing there.Seeing Third Sister You stopped and turned around, she stepped forward slowly and said with a smile: "So it's really you, I thought I was wrong."

As soon as he uttered a word, his voice became clearer and fuller, and it even carried some deep voices of a teenager, almost frightening Zhen'er and Wei'er.Huarong suddenly exclaimed palely: "Why are you a man?"

After saying a word, he was afraid of arousing the attention of others, so he hurriedly looked around.Zhen'er even stood in front of Third Sister You, pointing at the little actor and cursing: "Where did you come from that unruly wild boy? You don't even look, this is also a place where you can wander around as you please. If you disturb the distinguished guests, are you dead or alive?"

Wei'er also followed Zhen'er and scolded: "I don't know what the nuns in charge think of people. Why do you ask this brat to wander around at will."

The boy didn't take it seriously after hearing the accusation.Still staring at Third Sister You with clear eyes, she asked hopefully, "Do you remember me?"

The young man's face is covered with paint and ink, and the third sister You can't tell it.But she has lived for 11 years, and she has seen only a handful of outsiders.What's more, there is only one person who likes to play opera and sing songs in the Dream of Red Mansions——

Third Sister You raised her eyebrows, and blurted out: "You are Liu Xianglian."

Hearing these words, Liu Xianglian felt a warm current spontaneously from the bottom of her heart, immediately filled her whole body with comfort.He scratched his head a little at a loss, and said in a condescending manner: "Just now on the stage I saw that it was you, but I didn't dare to mistakenly admit it. I looked at you for a long time, but I saw that your words and demeanor are all like old Shan, I dare to confirm it. It’s just that I don’t dare to ask other people because there are so many people talking about it. I only dare to come out when there is no one at the moment. Please forgive me for being rash and reckless.”

Liu Xianglian said, and looked at Third Sister You with burning eyes, hesitated, and asked a little shyly: "Dare to ask Miss... Whose family is it?"