Chapter 65: Haunted
Zheng San bought 4,000 catties of salt without much effort, and when he wanted to show off in front of his wife, he saw Liu Yong coming. Hurriedly pushed his wife into the back room, he was afraid that the red apricot in the house would go out of the wall. Greeting Liu Yong with a smile, please sit down and pour a set of tea and ask Liu Yong what is the matter.
"I want to ask Third Brother Zheng about which sauce in Meizhou City is the cheapest." Liu Yong explained the intention.
"Oh, ask this, then Brother Liu, you are asking the right person. I sell sauce in this shop, mainly selling sauce from Ma Ji Sauce Factory, because they make the most fragrant sauce at home, but the price is also expensive. However, in addition to Ma Kee Sauce Factory, there are three other sauce shops, and the sauce made is also very good. One is Rongxing Sauce Workshop, one is Piaoxiang Sauce Workshop, and the other is Wangji Sauce Workshop. The sauce produced by these three families is actually on par with Ma Ji's. It's just that Ma Ji's name is more famous. The four of them are known as the four 'generals' of Meizhou, and they are the generals' generals. It's a metaphor to say that they are the four most powerful sauce makers within a radius of 100 miles. And these four have been fighting openly and secretly, and everyone wants to dominate the fresh sauce market in Meizhou. ”
Zheng San paused, and then said: "The story of them fighting for me is almost better than the Three Kingdoms Hegemony." However, in addition to these four large sauce shops, there are more than a dozen small sauce shops, and they can only make cheap sauce to buy. Because of the fierce competition, some small sauce shops are difficult to maintain. ”
After listening, Liu Yong nodded and asked, "Third Brother Zheng, are you familiar with those small sauce shops?" ”
"There are a few that I still know well, because they all want me to sell their sauce?" Zheng San replied.
"Then ask Third Brother Zheng to take me to meet him." Liu Yong said.
Zheng San was stunned and asked, "Brother Liu is going to buy sauce?" ”
"Well, I'm going to sell a cart of sauce to Western Xia." Liu Yong directly said the reason, "But I only want cheap ones, and the taste is similar." ”
"Ah, this is easy to do, I'll take you there." Zheng San got up and walked to the inner room, explained a few words to his wife, and went out with Liu Yong. He set up a carriage and drove them out of town.
On the way, Liu Yong said to Zheng San: "Third Brother Zheng, I won't tell you, I want a cart of sauce that I want to take credit first." ”
Zheng San was puzzled and asked, "Brother Liu, this cart of sauce doesn't have much money, why do you still owe it on credit?" ”
Liu Yong had to tell Zheng San about his financial constraints.
Zheng San pondered for a long time and said, "Yes, the money for those twelve ox carts is enough to give people a headache." That's a lot of money. ”
"So, am I going to take credit!" Liu Yong said.
Zheng San nodded and said, "Well, I understand, let's take a look, I'm not sure that people can give you Brother Liu credit." Liu Yong nodded, thinking: "If you can give it on credit, if you can't give it on credit, you can cash it, and there is not much money anyway." ”
In this way, Zheng San took Liu Yong to several sauce shops, one of which was willing to give Liu Yong on credit, but asked Zheng San to guarantee it. Zheng San was a little embarrassed at first, but seeing that Liu Yong was a very safe person and didn't have much money, he readily agreed.
Liu Yong was very happy, and after setting the time to pull the goods, he said goodbye to the shopkeeper and returned to the city with Zheng San. Passing by the dilapidated sauce shop on the way, Liu Yong couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Liu is a newcomer, so naturally he doesn't know. This sauce shop used to be a big sauce shop, and the shopkeeper was a declining family in Meizhou City, and the owner's surname was Li. He built a sauce shop here, and the business started very well, and it was very likely that he would only come to the top later. Exceeding the Big Four will be just around the corner. But just a year later, strange things began to happen one after another. First, a young man died, and then the eldest son of the Li family fell ill and died. At that time, it was the eldest son who was in charge of the sauce shop. Later, several men died of a violent illness. The rest of the men were scared and scattered. The huge sauce shop went out of business. ”
"Later, some people said that the sauce shop was haunted, and those who died were killed by ghosts. In this way, no one rushed here to take over, and even if there were no ghosts, it made people feel panicked. Brother Liu, who doesn't want to be lucky in business? Zheng San said that the spittle stars were flying all over the sky, but he was also embarrassed.
Liu Yong sighed as he watched the dilapidated sauce shop gradually turn into a small spot and disappear from sight.
Back in the city, Liu Yong found a tavern and invited Zheng San to have a drink, which can be regarded as thanking others for their help.
The sauce has been settled, and the rest is cloth, and in the evening he led Yingying to visit the night market again. At this time, Liu Yong was already a celebrity in this Meihua Street, and almost all merchants knew him. Even the ladies of Wangchun Tower, who come out of the day and night, know his name. The ladies didn't have the habit of going out on the street during the day, but in order to see Liu Yong's animal, they had to come out in the morning and dress up as a folk girl to take a look.
No, a few young ladies standing on the street recognized Liu Yong. One of them came to talk, even if it can't do business, it's quite fun to flirt with a handsome guy. As for Liu Yong, he walked by quickly and didn't give them a chance.
A stall owner smiled and said, "Liu Langjun, why don't you go up and have a dash?" ”
Liu Yong knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "Why don't you have a fear of heights and don't dare to go up to that dangerous building!" ”
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Liu Yong led Yingying into several silk houses and discussed with the bosses, but most of them were unwilling to give Liu Yong cloth on credit. In peacetime, it might be possible, but now that it is wartime, it seems that it is more difficult to go to Western Xia than to ascend to the sky. These bosses are all known. Now Liu Yong didn't want to explain too much, so those bosses sent Liu Yong away with a look of embarrassment.
Liu Yong didn't care either, and bought a few feet of green silk with dark flowers and a few feet of small blue silk cloth at the last one. led Yingying to the streets of plum blossoms.
He certainly can't forget about the date.
"Uncle, are you waiting for Sister Lin here again?" English and English are heaven-shattering.
Liu Yong pinched Yingying's face, "Yingying is smart." ”
"Yingying still knows." Ying Ying tilted her head, mysterious and mysterious.
"What else do you know?" Liu Yong asked.
"The silk that my uncle bought was given to Sister Lin." Ying Ying's chubby fingers pointed at the silk in Liu Yong's hand.
"Yingying, what did you give to Sister Lin?" Just as Liu Yong and Ying Ying were talking, Lin Qingrou appeared.
After getting along overnight, Yingying and Lin Qing were as familiar as apples on the ground. Ying Ying immediately pounced, and Lin Qingrou took her into her arms. After making out for a while, the three of them went to the lake again.
There is a wind tonight, and the wind moves the weeping willows. There is no moon tonight, and the lake is rippling with stars.
There is lingering love on a romantic night.
At this time, Liu Yong and Lin Qingrou sat side by side on a stone, and Yingying threw stones into the lake a few steps away with the faint starlight. The thump made her giggle.
No matter how quiet the place is, as long as you have children, you will become happy.