Chapter Seventy-Three: Sudden Disaster
Cheng Chumo's expression was very cool, Li Su couldn't help but suspect that he had made a windfall, and wanted to discuss the possibility of a partnership windfall with him......
It is said that he is also a child of a big family, Cheng Chumo's behavior made Li Su secretly disdainful, and he found a place to lie down casually, no matter how much dust was on it, and when he looked up at the sky, he held a dog's tail grass in his mouth, it is said that the juice of the rhizome part of this thing is indeed a little sweet, but Li Su still didn't dare to try it...... How dirty.
Since the little grandfather is lying down, it seems that he will not leave within an hour, Li Su wants to leave, but he feels that it is not polite, but he really has nothing in common with this little grandfather.
After thinking about it, Li Su still decided to waste his precious youth and talk about life with this little grandfather, although he had no interest in the life of the little grandfather.
Li Su struggled to move a large flat stone, wiped the dust on the stone with his hands with a disgusted face, until the stone was wiped smooth as a mirror and spotless, Li Su ran to the roadside canal to wash his hands, washed over and over again, and washed until his hands were about to peel off before he walked back slowly and sat on the stone.
Cheng Chu looked at him with interest and said with a smile: "You should have been born in a big family." ”
Li Su smiled lightly, when he really became a big family, how could he do more than that? It's going to be outrageous.
"The little grandfather is in a good mood today, why is it so refreshing?" Li Su had nothing to say, looked at the sky, and decided to send this guy away within half an hour, there was no one to supervise the construction of the house at home, and there was no time to talk nonsense with the gentlemen.
Cheng Chumo grinned widely: "Today, I smashed a shop in Xishi again, and I didn't dare to hurt anyone, but the store was smashed to pieces, and I haven't smashed it so fragmented for a few years, so that the shopkeeper looks down on people." ”
I don't understand Cheng Chumo's cool points, but Li Su doesn't intend to understand him, the gentlemen, especially the sons of the old Cheng family, must not be guessed by common sense.
"Little grandpa did a great job!" Li Su applauded with a clear conscience, anyway, it's none of his business, let's coax him away first.
Cheng Chumo laughed, and then shared his experience of smashing the store: "That is, in the past, when you smashed the store, you had to blast the customers out, and then start smashing from the door, then the tables, chairs, and jars, but now they are smashed very fragmented, and the pens sold in his store are also broken, the paper is torn, the ink strips are broken, and even a dog in the store has been discounted by me...... Damn, he doesn't care if he talks to the shopkeeper well, he doesn't have to say that there are too many people who print books, and he has to queue up, is Cheng the kind of person who queues up? ”
Li Su listened to this, and his smile gradually stiffened......
"A book printing shop?" Li Su asked hesitantly.
"Yes, a family in the corner of the south of the West City, originally sold paper and pencils, and then the shopkeeper somehow came up with a new book printing trick, a book was printed within two days, and now the business is booming, my wife believes in Buddhism, someone borrowed her a scripture, the old lady likes it very much, and asked me to print two volumes as it is, who knows that I have to line up after I go, his mother, no matter what, smash it and say."
Li Su's face was a little pale, and he had a very ominous premonition.
Sitting on the stone, Li Su didn't make a sound for a long time, and Cheng Chu didn't hear movement for a long time, so he couldn't help shaking him: "Hey, what's wrong with you?" ”
Li Su turned his face and said faintly: "There is something I want to ask you." ”
"You say."
"If I want to fight a lawsuit with my little grandfather, will you beat me?"
Cheng Chu was silent for a moment, and said blankly: "Why did I recruit you?" ”
"You've really recruited me."
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After spending 20 yuan to borrow an ox cart and an old man who drove the cart from the village, Li Su rushed to Chang'an City, entered the city and went straight to Xishi.
The West Market is still as prosperous and picturesque as ever, the bustling crowd walks on the wide avenue and sells it, the Hu merchants lead a team of camels and walk in the crowd with low eyebrows, bow when they see people, for fear that the etiquette is not good and invite trouble, the people of the Tang Dynasty walk in the West Market, everyone holds their heads high, and there is a sense of superiority of the Heavenly Empire in their bones, and even the smile of the Hu Shang seems to be a gift from the Kingdom of Heaven to the barbarians.
Li Sufeng walked into the West Market in a hurry, and soon came to the bookstore where the book was printed, and then was stunned by the devastated scene.
Cheng Chumo's description is still too modest, where is he smashing the store, the entire store is about to be demolished by him, even the roof tiles have collapsed more than half, the store is miserable as if a bomb has just been dropped by terrorists, no wonder his expression was so cool when he came to him today, and it was really very fragmented, and he didn't have the heart to applaud him at the time, praising him for smashing beautifully......
The shopkeeper surnamed Zhao sat in the rubble, silently hanging his head and wiping his tears, his clothes were a little messy, but there was no sign of being beaten, and there were no scars on his face, but he looked very sad.
Wiping away his tears for a while, Shopkeeper Zhao raised his eyes and saw Li Su, couldn't help but be shocked, and then grinned and cried.
Li Su had no choice but to comfort him: "Don't cry, talk about it, what's going on?" ”
Shopkeeper Zhao turned his head and pointed to the pile of rubble behind him, crying, "What's the matter? Isn't that obvious enough? The store was smashed! ”
"Why did you mess with people?"
Shopkeeper Zhao became more and more crying: "Am I messing with others? Am I messing with people? Who do I dare to mess with? Today, the big man walked into the store, I almost knelt down, there were too many people waiting for the book to be printed in front, and queuing was the rule, but he still didn't listen to persuasion, and smashed the store without saying a word......"
"Do you know who the person who smashed the store is?"
Shopkeeper Zhao sobbed: "I heard that it is the little grandfather of the Lu Guo Mansion...... If I had known, wouldn't I have arranged for a guy to print it for him first, until he finished smashing the store before revealing his identity and killing me! ”
Well, the characters and events are all right.
Li Su had mixed feelings in his heart, and he couldn't cry or laugh a little, Lao Cheng's family was really ...... in Chang'an City The name is well deserved, fortunately, I have a little friendship with Cheng Chumo, this account can be calculated, those who have been smashed in the past and have no friendship, I am afraid that they can only consider themselves unlucky.
"I'll ask him for an explanation!" Li Su pulled out his legs and left.
Shopkeeper Zhao was shocked and grabbed his sleeve: "I can't go!" Can't go! Let's admit it, don't look for him......"
Li Su smiled bitterly: "I know Grandpa Cheng......"
"Huh?" Shopkeeper Zhao was dumbfounded.
Li Su patted his hand, then quickly retracted his hand, and rubbed it vigorously behind his back, he was not used to contact with human skin, and how many bacteria would he get when he touched it.
"Don't worry, be reasonable, Grandpa Cheng is not an unreasonable person, today is a misunderstanding, the Lu Guogong Mansion will lose money, you hurry up and calculate the loss, I can report to him."
He was about to leave, but found that his sleeve was still being held by the shopkeeper Zhao, and Li Su looked at him suspiciously.
Shopkeeper Zhao's face turned pale, and he shook his head stubbornly at him: "I still can't go, Li family baby, this matter is not so simple." ”
Li Su raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?" ”
"Cheng Xiaogong left after smashing the store, and it didn't take long for someone to find me, throw me fifty yuan of money, and send someone to pile the money in front of me consistently, saying that he wanted to buy movable type printing......" Zhao's shopkeeper said very clearly: "He said that he would buy them all, and only he could do this business in Chang'an in the future, and no one else, including me, was allowed to do it." ”
"What do you say?" Li Su's face gradually became solemn.
"Of course I don't want to, if the store is smashed, it can be repaired again, if the printing technique is gone, what will my family rely on to eat? How can I explain it to you? ”
"And then?"
"Then the man took the money and left, and before leaving, he said that I didn't know how to lift, and that I was looking for death."
Li Su said in a deep voice: "Is it from the Lu Guogong Mansion?" ”
"I don't know, that person didn't show his identity, he just looked at his dress, and he really looked like he was doing things in a big family."
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PS: There is only one shift today, and I have a party with friends......
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