Chapter 44: Robbery
Lin Jiu has been the shopkeeper of the Four Seasons Spring Cloth Store in Jiangzhou City for five years, and the Four Seasons Spring Cloth Store is the head of the Cloth Guild in Jiangzhou City, and his status as the shopkeeper should not be underestimated.
When the sun was rising, Lin Jiu was waited by the concubine in the newly bought mansion last year, changed his clothes, and rode the horse that the little maid had already brought to the cloth shop.
Now he knows everything about the business of the cloth shop, so he can go to the cloth shop every seven or eight days, look at the account books, turn over the fabrics, and then drink a bowl of tea with the steward, and live a relaxed life.
Today is the day when he goes to the cloth shop, and it is not far from home to the cloth shop, but Lin Jiu, who holds his own identity, will not go on foot, and it will not take long to walk on horseback, and he will see the exquisite colored buildings and colored flags of the Four Seasons Spring Cloth Shop, which are as conspicuous as in the past on the winter street.
But today is different from other times, there are no guests in front of the door.
"Didn't you say that you just got a batch of fine fabrics a few days ago?" He couldn't help but frown.
The little guy who was leading the horse next to him also nodded.
"Yes, yes, the Wang family brought it from the sea." He said, "The news has already been released, and it must have been scrambled." ”
So where is it like a scramble?
Lin Jiu frowned, and when the horse walked to the door, he felt even more wrong, not to mention that it was deserted, it should be said that he didn't open the door.
Only four of the six black-painted doors were opened, and there were no welcoming men standing by the doors.
Why don't you open the door without wind or rain! Delaying business is one thing, and on the other hand, it can lead to speculation and bad reputation.
Lin Jiu turned over and dismounted and walked into the hall with a little annoyance, but he was stunned.
There was not no one in the hall, but quite a few people.
On a short couch for the guests to sit on, a man sat cross-legged. He was surrounded by four tall men. On the other side, the four seasons and the stewards of the four seasons were standing aside. Looks uneasy.
Is this here to make trouble? How dare someone come to Sijichun to make trouble? Don't you know whose family it is?
"You're the shopkeeper?"
The man sitting looked at him and said with a grin.
Out-of-town accents! No wonder, Lin Jiu smiled.
"The little one is exactly." He said, "I wonder what the guest officer commands? ”
"I'm not a guest officer, I'm your superior." Steward Cao lowered his legs and sat down, looked at Lin Jiu and smiled, "I'm here to tell you that you don't have to do it, from today onwards, the shopkeeper of Sijichun will be replaced." ”
Shangguan? The shopkeeper of Sijichun has been replaced?
As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked stunned. Did they hear it wrong?
Steward Cao's gaze swept over the standing figures in front of him and stretched out his hand to point at one of them.
"You, that's you," he said, "you just said you're the steward here?" ”
The man who was being lit nodded a little stunned.
"Yes, the little one." He said.
Steward Cao nodded.
"You're not now, you're the shopkeeper now." He said.
Those present were stunned again.
Where did this madman come from? Laughing at it, right?
"This master, go out from here and go one street ahead and turn left, which is Ruyun Restaurant." Lin Jiu smiled and stretched out his finger.
"How?" Steward Cao looked at him and asked.
"Aren't you a storyteller? That's where you're going. Lin Jiu said with a smile.
The joke was so funny that some people couldn't help but laugh.
Steward Cao also laughed. With a smile, he slapped the paperwork in his hand on a few cases.
"I am a member of the Zhou family, the second master of Cheng's family, and I am ordered by the eldest daughter of the second master Cheng. It's time to collect the dowry shop. He said, "Did you say I was in the wrong place?" ”
People of the Zhou family!
Cheng Er's eldest daughter!
This time, those present were no longer stunned, but horrified.
It's not a joke! Lin Jiuyi felt a chill down his spine in an instant.
He naturally knows what this shop is about, and since last year, there have been several dark tides around this shop, whether true or fake, including the Zhou family and the Cheng family, as well as between the Cheng family...
Everything is based on the origin of this shop, which is the woman's dowry, and the woman's dowry is the woman's private property, which can be enjoyed by her children except herself.
This is also the reason why Lin Jiu felt chills down his spine after hearing the sentence of the eldest daughter of the Zhou family and Cheng Er, because he knew that he had no confidence.
But it was impossible for him to listen to this person and immediately give it up, especially since the eldest daughter of Second Master Cheng was still a fool.
"This, this is without the permission of the eldest master, you dare" Lin Jiu shouted, before the words fell, the steward Cao in front of him propped up the short couch with his hand, and raised his feet and kicked over while getting up.
Caught off guard, Lin Jiu was kicked down and hit the counter opposite with a howl.
"See if I dare!" Steward Cao stood up straight, shook his shirt, and snorted.
Relying on this pair of feet, Steward Cao kicked out the two shops and the two shopkeepers of the two Zhuangzi in the course of the day, and simply appointed the new shopkeeper among the rest of the people who looked stupid.
When the last shopkeeper of Zhuangzi entered the gate of Cheng's house crying and shouting, Master Cheng was already furious.
"Shut up! Don't cry! ”
He pointed to the head of the village who had just entered the door and was about to cry.
Zhuang Tou, who opened his mouth wide, had to swallow his cry back, looking at the other three people sitting in the room, his eyes and nose were red, it seemed that the old man was annoyed by crying, so he sobbed and shouted twice The old man knelt down and sat down, and when he lowered his head, he quickly communicated with the other three people, confirming that he was not the only unlucky person.
"It's a shame to be thrown home." Master Cheng paced back and forth, his face was pale and pale, "I was beaten by a few foreigners, are you missing arms or legs compared to others?" You are still the serpents of the land! ”
That's true, but...
"Master, they are from the Zhou family, and they say that they are collecting dowries for the little lady, and they are still holding the papers..."Lin Jiu, the former shopkeeper of the Four Seasons Spring Cloth Shop, said.
Master Cheng gritted his teeth and hated, this fool dared!
From this, he was even more sure that all this was arranged by the Zhou family, first let this fool appear brightly, and then tempt him with a group of relatives in the capital, and then show his true face and take the dowry!
"So what?" He looked at these shopkeepers and shouted, "She is the daughter of my Cheng family, the marriage is arranged by my Cheng family, and the dowry is also arranged by me, what qualifications does she have to jump out of a late-born descendant, even if she wants this dowry, she should come and tell me, although this is her mother's, but who has bothered to operate for so many years, it is us, how can there be such a reason to jump out and rob, when they jump out to rob, it is they who are to blame, and they are the ones who should be beaten." ”
The shopkeepers bowed their heads.
Yes, that's right! They're stupid.
"What else are you doing here?" Master Cheng shouted, "Why don't you go and call someone back, a subordinate of the Zhou family, the child of my family who relies on you is in trouble, and you are stupid and beaten in vain?" ”
At this point, he paused, sneering.
"But this week's family did one thing right, it's really not wrong to kick you out, you really don't deserve my heavy responsibility."
The four people in front of them were ashamed, ashamed and angry, yes, they were also frightened, although they had made trouble many times before because of this dowry, but it was the first time that the old men exchanged words at home behind closed doors, so it was the first time that they knocked on the door in full view of everyone.
"Don't go yet!" Master Cheng shouted, "Are you still waiting for me to fight those subordinates in person?" ”
The four of them hurriedly got up in fright and rushed out, and the chaotic you fought for me.
"Sir, just look at it." There are also people who do not forget to perform and shout.
Master Cheng snorted, brushed his sleeves and sat down, his chest rose and fell violently, and he raised his hand and smashed the table on the side.
At the same time, Steward Cao and others were also telling Cheng Jianniang what they had done today.
"The momentum was created, and it scared them, and those new shopkeepers who were randomly clicked by me were afraid that their hearts would inevitably flutter twice, and people in this world love to go to high places, just see if there is a chance." He laughed.
Cheng Jianniang nodded.
"What is the lady going to do next?" Steward Cao asked.
At present, they just jumped out and hit each other with a dull stick, and it is impossible to really get those two shops and two Zhuangzi like this.
If this is a battle, their actions today are just beating the drums of war, and the real battle has not yet begun, and you don't need to guess to know that the people over there have already come back to their senses and are about to fight back.
"You hit someone." Cheng Jianniang said, "Then go to the government to confess and turn yourself in." ”
What the? Go to the government to confess? What is this?
Steward Cao looked up in surprise, and Banqin on the side also looked at Cheng Jianniang with a stunned expression.
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PS: Generally, after the update, we will check and modify the typo, the name and the details of the error, such as the money, the number of names, the gender, the age of the son-in-law, the age of the spring, summer, autumn and winter, the length of time... (Well, I'm just a guy who writes about the past and forgets...) It has no impact on the plot, and the details of the controller remember to go back and watch it again. (To be continued......)