si-mexico Chapter 223: Madam, what's wrong? I see that you don't look well, but what happened?
Chapter 223: Madam, what's wrong? I see that you don't look well, but what happened?
"Fang Qing, this is your favorite fish. Come on, eat more!"
General Cao put a piece of fish with chopsticks into Cao Fangqing's bowl and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Dad. Please try this braised pork. Mother specially ordered someone to make it for you!"
Cao Fangqing was very happy to see her father picking up food for her. She stood up, picked up a piece of meat and put it in front of General Cao, urging him to eat quickly.
After hearing his daughter's words, General Cao helped Zhao Ting'er pick up another piece of food with his chopsticks and said that she had worked hard.
The family was happily eating lunch, and Zhao Ting'er was delighted to see her husband and daughter. At this time, Aunt Zhao came to her and whispered a few words. Her face changed drastically, and she glanced at her husband and daughter who were still eating, whispered a few words to Aunt Zhao, and Aunt Zhao quietly retreated.
"Ma'am, what's wrong? I see you look bad, but what happened?"
General Cao, who had been paying attention to Zhao Ting'er, suddenly asked.
Zhao Ting'er's face immediately filled with smiles. She looked at General Cao and said, "Master, it's nothing serious. It's just some chores in the shop. I'll take care of it after we finish our meal."
"Do you need my help?"
General Cao asked with a concerned look on his face.
Feeling her husband's care, Zhao Ting'er felt warm in her heart and smiled from the bottom of her heart: "I can handle it, Master, don't worry."
Hearing this, General Cao nodded. He finished the food in the bowl in a few bites, stood up and said, "Madam, you and Fangqing can eat slowly. I have some things to do in the army, so I will leave first!"
After saying that, he raised his hand, touched Cao Fangqing's head, and strode away.
Zhao Ting'er quickly stood up to see him off. When she saw General Cao walking away, the smile on her face gradually disappeared. She said to Aunt Zhao standing behind her, "Aunt, come with me to the front hall to meet them!"
After saying that, she asked Cao Fangqing to continue eating, and she hurried to the front yard with Madam Zhao.
"Meet Madam!"
When the shopkeepers waiting in the front hall saw Zhao Ting'er coming, they quickly stood up and saluted her respectfully.
"No need to be polite, please sit down and tell me what happened in the shop?"
Zhao Ting'er sat down on a chair, waved her hand to ask several old shopkeepers to stand up, and looked at them with a serious face and asked.
"Madam, I don't know what happened today. The people who supply food to the restaurant suddenly changed their minds and said they would no longer cooperate with our restaurant. Now the guests are coming in, but there is no food to serve them. I went to talk to them, but they avoided me!"
"Madam, the supplier of fabrics for our shop suddenly sent someone to deliver a message today, saying that the cooperation with our shop would be terminated. I went to find several other suppliers, but they all said that they would not do business with our shop."
"Madam, several craftsmen who worked with our jewelry shop suddenly said they wanted to go back to their hometowns, and then they disappeared after leaving a letter. There are still many custom-made jewelry that have not been made yet..."
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Several shopkeepers talked at once about what had happened today. They felt that this matter was too strange, so they hurried to the general's mansion to report to Zhao Ting'er. Unexpectedly, they met other shopkeepers at the door, and they came in together.
Before Zhao Ting'er came over, they discussed what had happened in their respective shops, and they all felt that someone was targeting the General's Mansion.
After listening to the words of several shopkeepers, Zhao Ting'er frowned tightly. Who is going to deal with their general's mansion? Those who can do this must not be ordinary people.
She thought carefully to see if she had offended anyone recently. She realized that she had only had an argument with Leng Linglong, but Leng Linglong didn't like running a shop and was unlikely to do such a thing.
Leng Linglong's son Zhao Junhuan is a good businessman, but he only runs a restaurant. It is impossible for him to be involved in so many industries at the same time and take over her shop. He does not have that ability.
So who is manipulating these things behind the scenes?
After thinking about it for a long time, she still had no clue. She looked at the old shopkeepers who had been with her for many years and asked, "Do you have any countermeasures?"
"Madam, those big suppliers have already said they don't want to cooperate with us. I can only go find those small suppliers to see if they are willing to cooperate with us!"
"Madam, I'll try to meet the two masters who supply us with fabrics and see if I can get any information from them. After all, we have been working together for so many years. It's unreasonable for them to suddenly do this!"
"Madam, I have an old acquaintance who is quite skilled in making jewelry. I'm going to talk to him and see if I can let him work in our jewelry shop for a while."
After hearing what the shopkeepers said, Zhao Ting'er nodded, thought for a while, and said to the shopkeeper of the jewelry shop, "Shopkeeper Zhao, go and quietly contact the craftsmen of other jewelry shops, offer them huge profits, and see if you can poach them!"
After seeing Shopkeeper Zhao leave, she discussed with the shopkeepers of the restaurant and the cloth shop for a few more words. After the two hurriedly left, Zhao Ting'er rubbed her temples and closed her eyes in contemplation for a while, then instructed Madam Zhao behind her, "Madam, go call Hongmei and ask her to quietly come to my yard to see me!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
Seeing that the lady had a headache, Nanny Zhao did not dare to delay and hurried downstairs to look for Hongmei.
Zhao Ting'er quickly returned to her own yard and waited for Hongmei in a side room.
"Greetings, madam. What can I do for you?"
A quarter of an hour later, a woman in black and tight-fitting clothes suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Ting'er and saluted her with her fists.
"Hongmei, take your people to check who those people who suddenly terminated their cooperation with my shop had contact with recently. Once you find out any information, report it immediately!"
Zhao Ting'er looked at the woman in front of her and gave the order in a cold voice.
Hongmei was sent by the mysterious man to protect her and do things for her after she saved him many years ago. She knew that Hongmei had a group of capable people under her command, and these people were under the orders of the mysterious man and could not stay too far away from her.
She was afraid that her husband would know Hongmei's existence, which would lead to the discovery of the mysterious man and harm Zhao Yan'er, so she would not easily ask Hongmei to do anything, nor would she easily see her.
Today's incident was too strange. The person who attacked her shop must be no simple person. She couldn't just sit there and wait for death. She had to find this person as soon as possible, so she took the risk of letting Hongmei come to see her.
"Yes, ma'am!"
Hongmei accepted the order respectfully.
Seeing Hongmei was about to leave, Zhao Ting'er suddenly thought of Leng Linglong, and thought that she could ask Hongmei to get rid of Leng Linglong at the same time, so she called Hongmei and gave her some instructions.
After Hongmei left, she showed a sinister smile on her face and murmured, "Humph! No matter who you are, since you are against me, you must be prepared to be punished!"
After sitting quietly in the room for a while and calming herself down, Zhao Ting'er went to find her daughter Cao Fangqing with a smile on her face.