23. Lessons
On the morning of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, several big shopkeepers were called to the Lu Mansion in confusion.
Shopkeeper Zhao walked in the middle wrapped in a thick jacket, aiming at Shopkeeper Liu, who was also inexplicable, his eyebrows moved, and he slowed down quietly, waiting for the shopkeeper Tan behind him to come up, while walking in, while paying attention to the people coming and going, pulling the sleeve of Shopkeeper Tan, he lowered his voice and coughed: "Brother Tan, do you know what the eldest lady is in a hurry to call us over?" β
"I was about to ask you!" Shopkeeper Tan spread out his hand, shook his head helplessly, obviously full of doubts, and didn't say more, pulled Shopkeeper Zhao together, and hurriedly walked inside.
When the three big shopkeepers entered the side hall, Lu Wan and Mrs. Lin were already sitting in the room.
Several people looked at each other, their doubts were even worse, but their faces were not obvious, they were busy pausing at the door, and bowed their hands to greet each other.
Mrs. Lin raised her hand and motioned for the three of them to enter the house and sit down, let the girl bring the tea up, took a sip, put down the teacup, looked around a few people, and finally fell on Lu Wan, who was slowly sipping the tea, seeing that Lu Wan did not mean to speak at all, she paused slightly, retracted her gaze with a cold face, and said to the three big shopkeepers: "You girl heard that many places in the north have been hit by snow disasters, and she has a good idea for a while, and wants to sell a few shops to help the victims. That's a good thing, too. I invited a few of you here today, just to let you also sum up for your girls, and see how to sell those shops. β
The three of them heard Mrs. Lin's words coldly, and looked at Lu Wan, who had not spoken, and looked at each other, all of them were taken aback. Although the Shen family's industry is not as good as it was back then, the old man was still there when his aunt and grandmother got married, and the old man had accompanied his aunt and grandmother a lot, and there were hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Even if you have to help the victims, it is not to the point of selling shops!
As soon as they said this, the three of them had a guess in their hearts, but their faces were not revealed, just waiting for Mrs. Lin's words.
"Under the New Year, you shopkeepers are only afraid and not empty, but I don't dare to let you bother more." Lu Wan held the teacup, took Mrs. Lin's words slowly and methodically, her voice was soft and soft, the smile on her face was full of smiles, and her tone was extremely gentle, she raised her hand and motioned for Lu Zhi to come in with three lists from the little girl, and politely sent them to the three shopkeepers, and said with a calm smile, "I asked them to draw up a list, and a few shopkeepers will take a look at it first." When I turn around, I will bother you to go back and explain to the shopkeepers in these Zhuangzi shops. Although there has been no harvest in the shop in the past few years, I don't want to treat everyone badly, it's just a few more taels of silver, and it will let everyone go back to have a stable year. β
The three big shopkeepers listened to Lu Wanwen and gently say undoubted words, their faces were different, they took the list from the little girl's hand, and quickly read it.
Shopkeeper Zhao stared at Shopkeeper Zhao in a daze, turned his head to look at Shopkeeper Liu, whose face suddenly turned blue, and then hurriedly looked at Shopkeeper Tan, who was frowning and speechless, and swallowed his saliva stiffly, only to feel that the list in his hand was so heavy that people couldn't hold it - there were all kinds of shops on this list, and there were more than 30 shops and Zhuangzi of all colors, and so many shops and Zhuangzi accounted for at least half of my aunt's dowry! What is this to give to the victims? This is clearly to sell property! I heard that my aunt came back the day before yesterday, and the girl sold the dowry with such fanfare, which hurt the reputation of the Lu family! My aunt doesn't care?
Moreover, there is a special ...... in this list Shopkeeper Zhao thought, there was a cold sweat on his back, he couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe his forehead, glanced at Lu Wan in shock, and suddenly felt that the little girl in the hall looked familiar, and he was a little restless inexplicably - when he was a buddy in the Shen family's shop, he saw the old man talking to the shopkeeper from a distance, and the girl looked very similar to the old man......
"How can this be sold!" Shopkeeper Liu pinched the list with trembling fingers, stood up from the chair suddenly, pointed at Lu Wan with an annoyed face, and reprimanded unceremoniously, "This is all the property that the old man bothered to put back then, and it is the dowry of my aunt and grandmother!" Never sell! There should be a limit to the girl's messing around......"
"Shopkeeper Liu is absolutely right." As if she hadn't heard Shopkeeper Liu's angry reprimand, Lu Wan lightly intercepted Shopkeeper Liu's words, took a sip of tea, nodded and said with a smile, "These Zhuangzi shops were all purchased by my grandfather for my mother, so naturally I won't dispose of them casually." However, when it comes to accumulating blessings and doing good deeds, my mother and grandfather should not object. I mentioned it to my dad a while ago, and my dad thought it was good. β
Shopkeeper Zhao was first stunned by Shopkeeper Liu's unceremonious actions, and before he came back to his senses, he was so shocked by Lu Wan's fluttering tone that he couldn't say a word. My aunt really knows about this! The last time their eldest lady brought the girl to meet them, the girl didn't say more than she did today. I didn't think that the girl was already staring at them! Most of the Zhuangzi shops on the list are under the control of Shopkeeper Liu! Shopkeeper Liu to the girl, hey...... The more the shopkeeper Zhao thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, and he raised his hand over and over again to wipe the fine sweat on his forehead.
Shopkeeper Tan glanced at Shopkeeper Zhao, who was panicked, silently put away the list, and looked at the landing night, and quickly calculated in his heart.
Shopkeeper Liu stared at Lu Wan with a blue face, the anger in his eyes couldn't be suppressed at all, he opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but before the words came out, he saw Mrs. Lin standing up with a frown, and reprimanded not very harshly: "You are also the old shopkeeper, why did you lose your temper in front of your girl?" β
Shopkeeper Liu suddenly came to his senses, looked at Lu Wan with an ugly face, endured it, Fang took a step back, raised his hand towards Lu Wan, and then hurriedly handed the list in his hand to the big girl beside Mrs. Lin, Bi Tao, and counted it down painfully: "Madam, look at these shops, Zhuangzi...... Where is the girl's purpose to help the victims, this is clearly to sell property! It's really infuriating......"
Mrs. Lin took the list suspiciously, glanced at it slightly, her face sank, she looked at Lu Wan disapprovingly, and said in a solemn voice: "I don't blame Shopkeeper Liu for his gaffe!" Your father told your uncle that you wanted to sell a few shops to help the victims, and the family thought that this was also a good thing, so they let you go. But you have a list of ...... Could it be that you want to sell your mother's dowry? What do you let people outside think of the Lu family? What do you think of your father? You're fooling around with this! β
"Is this list wrong?" Lu Wan raised her voice slightly, asked as if surprised, motioned to Lu Zhi to take a list again, looked at it carefully, and then suddenly laughed, and said apologetically to a few people, "Blame me for not saying it clearly, so they followed and listed these randomly." β
After that, Fang Fang took the pen and ink from the green branch, drew a circle in the middle of the list casually, and pointed to a few shops in the circle and signaled to a few people, "Just sell these shops, don't use anything else!" The housekeeper at home was careless, which frightened the big guys. β
Shopkeeper Liu stared straight at the circle that Lu Wan lit, and a wave of anger rushed straight to his head, glaring at Lu Wan angrily, and objected with a tough attitude: "No! Those shops can't be sold! β
Lu Wan handed the pen and paper in his hand to Lu Zhi, turned to look at Shopkeeper Liu unhurriedly, the smile on his face fell, there was more sarcasm between his eyebrows, and he looked at Shopkeeper Liu condescendingly, his voice was cold with a little pity: "What identity are you?" What am I am? When will it be your turn to say nothing about the master's affairs? β
Shopkeeper Liu was dumbfounded, his face was blue and white for a while, and his fingers trembled and landed on Lu Wan, but he couldn't say a word by Lu Wan's smiling gaze.
"I don't see a few shopkeepers, and I don't blame you if you don't know my temper. But if you teach your children and grandchildren a few words at home, come to me to train people, then you don't know what to do! After that, he turned his head to Tan Zhao and instructed the two shopkeepers, "Shopkeeper Liu is old, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he is confused, if the two shopkeepers are free, they will persuade Shopkeeper Liu more." Okay, it's not too early, let's all disperse. As he spoke, regardless of the shocked and stunned faces of the people in the room, he said goodbye to Mrs. Lin with a gloomy face as usual, and turned around with a few girls and went out.
Shopkeeper Tan realized it, got up from the chair in a hurry, and saluted towards Lu Wan for a long time, until Lu Wan walked away, Fang straightened up, hurriedly said goodbye to Mrs. Lin, and regardless of the shouts of the shopkeeper Zhao, hurriedly went to the gate of the Lu Mansion and got into the carriage, all the way back to the house in shock, and went to the old lady Tan's house, and told the matter of the Lu Mansion in the sharp eyes of the old man Tan, and at the end, he hesitantly added: "...... Before the Laba Festival, Mrs. Lin took the girl out to meet the Hui people, saying that the girl should learn to manage things, but the words were not clear, and the girl did not say anything at that time...... The son now had a book of accounts vacated for the girl to send overβ"
"Bastard thing!" Without waiting for the shopkeeper Tan to finish speaking, Old Man Tan slammed his crutches and scolded, "Lao Tzu told you that you should respect the girl!" Be respectful! Do you hear the dog go in the belly? What did I tell you in the first place? My aunt is not a petty official who looks at people's faces, he is a capable minister of the feudal territory! Not to mention a few women in the house, even the eldest lord of the Lu family has to weigh and speak in front of his aunt! Why don't you want to think about it? How can his daughter tolerate being bullied by others? β
Old Man Tan said, angrily knocked a stick over, and said angrily: "After my aunt and grandmother went, my aunt and grandmother stayed in the capital for three years!" Three years! I deliberately picked such a lowly step-room before...... Auntie's love for the girl, can't you see it? Yes? You are also a father, you can't see how parents treat their children? My aunt has a weak temperament and is not good at women, but she protects her daughter to the extreme. Don't you want to think about it, if the girl doesn't have the slightest ability, can the aunt put her mind at ease and keep her in the capital? β
Taking a breath, Old Man Tan was so angry that his beard trembled, he leaned on the chair and slowly took a breath, and then he slapped his cane on Tan's shopkeeper, hating that iron is not steel and pointed at Tan's shopkeeper: "Old man was ...... back then." What a style! The Shen family accounts for half of the businessmen in the world! The other half is pointing to the Shen family to live! The girl is the descendant of the old man, she has the blood of the Shen family in her body, and she was taught by the aunt himself, can she have any ability? The woman in the house in the Lin family is short-sighted, and she has been pressing the girl with the identity of the elder, and the shopkeeper outside also doesn't take the girl seriously, has the girl ever said a word in the past few years? β
Old Man Tan's crutches almost pointed at the nose of the shopkeeper Tan, both heartbroken and emotional, "No! The girl didn't say a word! Do you really think girls are so easy to fool? Lao Tzu sues you, don't say, it's not that you don't know, but you're waiting! Yue Xiuzhuang's joke, just an old woman, a few horses, and the bloodless blade forced Mrs. Lin to back down, this is a dignified and upright scheme! It is also the girl's kindness, leaving room for the big guys! Lao Tzu warned you at that time, asking you to go to see the girl in a proper manner, and you took Lao Tzu's words as a deaf ear? Yes? Why did Lao Tzu raise such a son as you? β