Chapter 9 Bear All Debts
In the end, at the insistence of the old man, the eldest lady Wyeth and Zhen Bang finally left the ancestral hall, and the punishment for them was also abolished by the old man halfway.
The old man shouted at his son Zhen Jili with a fierce voice: "This matter is a piece of filial piety of my grandson, if you dare to do bad to their mother, even if the old man dies, he will not let you go." ”
In the end, the old man almost fainted, and the house was in chaos, and he couldn't take care of the eldest lady and Zhen Bang.
The old man is a person who has come over, and he also knows the dispute between wives and concubines in this big house, as long as it does not hurt the fundamentals, the old man adheres to the idea of the golden mean and the rule of inaction, and follows the trend. But now that the grandson's filial piety has been used and turned into a bargaining chip in the fight, the eldest lady has been divorced, which means that the grandson has no one to shelter, how can he not be in a hurry.
It was only at night that everything settled down. Zhen Jili, under the instigation of Xia Xiaoniang, threw the pot that caused the old man to faint on Zhen Bang, because the old man was eager to protect the calf, and that piece of filial piety was a joke in the eyes of mature people, and even felt that it was necessary to find more reliable excuses.
Zhen Bang also felt uncomfortable, and even made the big daddy angry, hurt his body, and didn't know how to avoid the pot that was thrown.
In the end, in order to take care of the old man's body, but also to punish the main house to set an example, and said that Xia Xiaoniang should do her best for the development of this family, so the main house lady and the concubine Xia Xiaoniang were responsible for the industry exchanged, that is, let Xia Xiaoniang be responsible for managing the old profitable restaurant, to get a comfort, and the eldest lady went to manage the new restaurant on the bank of the Qinhuai River, and spent a lot of effort.
The result was a great success. Although Xia Xiaoniang failed to fill the position in the main house, she retreated to the second, got rid of this bottomless pit of deficit, and got a long-term meal ticket industry. After this incident, the status of the eldest lady was even more hit, and she naturally became the real person in charge of the family's backyard.
And the big lady who has endured the psychological pressure of being homeless after a day of leave, thinks that it is unfilial piety to tamper with the family tree without authorization, and it is a big unfilial piety to be above the father-in-law, at this time can still keep the position of the family, and there is a place to provide for themselves, which is already very satisfying, although the new restaurant is not as good as the old restaurant, but the location is prosperous, and it is said that the business is still good. Of course, what she heard was what Xia Xiaoniang said in order to show her ability after picking and choosing on weekdays.
When Zhen Feng heard the news, he was also relieved. This treatment is a good thing for him and for the second uncle's family. Although the eldest lady is weak, she is still better to get along with. Maybe for Xia Xiaoniang, the new restaurant is a place for a bunch of abandoned children, but for Zhen Feng who wants to do something in his heart and win the dignity of survival by his own efforts, this place is cleaner.
Sometimes, others abandon it as if it were a discarded walk, and some people are willing to do it. A few days after the eldest lady took over, after a series of struggles and games, the second uncle Zhen Jian inexplicably became one of the owners of this new restaurant. But Zhen Jian's face is pale, pies will not fall from the sky, and those who fall will often be stoned to death. But for Zhen Feng, it is a huge piece of good news.
After the eldest lady took over, she just learned the truth about the operation of the restaurant, and she really didn't think about it. In the six months after the opening and operation of the new restaurant, there was almost no excess money and grain on the books, and a bunch of credit accounts were almost made into dead accounts, which were difficult to recover. This does not include the more than 10 foreign debts owed during the operation of the restaurant, including various food suppliers, the purchase of additional materials, and some fat powder jewelry expenses, which have accumulated more than 200 yuan in half a year. The loss is enough to rent another restaurant. In addition, it is said that many people who come and go, as well as wealthy officials and merchants, scoff at opening a restaurant here.
And the day after she took over, the crisis of the new restaurant also broke out. It is said that the creditors heard that the owner of the restaurant had changed, and they were afraid that they would not admit the debt, so they came to ask for the debt with IOUs. At first, they were dissatisfied that only Zhen Jian received them, and in the past, Xia Xiaoniang personally promised them, so the eldest lady had to come forward. For a woman who attaches great importance to women's virtues, she feels that this is a great shame.
In desperation, she could only bring her only maidservant, son Zhen Bang, and nephew Zhen Feng to come forward, which can be regarded as a witness. For everyone's debt collection, the eldest lady is simply ashamed.
"Big lady, the old man is doing a small business, it's really hard to turnover, the valuable ones in the family are pawned, and in a few days it's time to pawn his wife's beard, ask the big lady to do well......"
"Big lady, it is natural to repay debts. Today, you will happily leave a sentence, if you still don't pay it back, if you don't pay it back, a certain family will go to Jiangning Mansion to beat the drum and voice the grievances......"
"Everyone is a victim, from today on, everyone will cut off the supply of ingredients, don't do this business, let's see who can consume energy and who ......"
The poor, the shouting, the threatening, the soft, the hard, the dead...... The eldest lady who has never encountered such an embarrassing situation feels her brain buzzing. Even if you sell this restaurant and sell everyone, you won't be able to pay off the debt of hundreds of dollars. These debts were all pressed down by Xia Xiaoniang, for the eldest lady, the best way is to play Tai Chi and push the debts on Xia Xiaoniang, but the eldest lady is not ruthless enough, and when she heard these words, she apologized again and again, and made her own momentum so weak that she could be bullied by any person.
There were more than a dozen of these people, and when they came to the door at the same time, Zhen Feng noticed the abnormality. Those IOUs have the Zhen family as an endorsement, and the debt repayment time has not expired, so it stands to reason that this kind of scene will not occur, and the only possibility is that someone deliberately stabbed Lou Zi and instigated these people to come to the door to embarrass them. It seems that this is to give the eldest lady a horse, and transfer all the debts out, except for Xia Xiaoniang, who else can there be?
Originally, it was the uncle who owed the debt, but this sentence was said to a thick-skinned person, Xia Xiaoniang just saw that the eldest lady was gentle in character, and she couldn't help but have no bottom line for others. I really didn't expect Xia Xiaoniang to be a palace fighting character, so she took herself out of this bottomless pit in three or two clicks, pushed an unpleasant one into the pit by the way, and then buried it in the soil.
Zhen Feng slapped the table heavily and said coldly: "Everyone, if you want to get money and want to continue to make money, be quiet, listen to me." If you don't want to take the money, you can take the IOU now, go out and turn left, and take a cup of tea to Jiangning Mansion. ”
Since the repayment deadline on the IOU has not yet arrived, why fear? If you kidnap with favors, Lao Tzu won't tell you about favors, it's a big deal to sue the official. When everyone heard this, they also guessed that Zhen Feng saw the flaw in the IOU.
"When everyone does business together, they help each other, and when everyone has difficulties, they pull each other and save a feeling. Our Zhenjia Restaurant is also a time-honored brand in Jiangning Mansion for more than ten years, and it has always been trusted by the big guys, and the little nephew has thanked you here for the eldest lady. Everyone has difficulties, our Zhen family also understands, now it is the season of autumn and cool, the restaurant is about to exert force, it is better to do this, if everyone can be trusted, we re-sign an IOU, the Zhen family can give an additional interest, before the first day of the year even the principal with interest, everyone has a good year, but everyone has to supply ingredients as usual. Of course, if you don't want to, then do things according to the IOU, when should you repay the money, and the Zhen family will not be short of this money, but it will not be good for everyone to continue to do business in the future, please don't be surprised. ”
After Zhen Feng made his own assertion, he said to the eldest lady: "Big lady, what do you think of this?" ”
The eldest lady seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and hurriedly agreed, no matter what the conditions were, she could pass the hurdle in front of her first, and she would no longer be looked down upon by others. In the end, most of them signed new IOUs in front of interests, and only two walked away.
A few days ago, Zhen Feng's abnormal performance in the Zhen family, everyone thought that he had changed his personality, but today he returned to his original form, and under Zhen Feng's fanning of the flames, the eldest lady not only took all the debts, but also spent an extra profit. He's not stupid, who's stupid?