Chapter 155: Liang Ji Grain Store
The shopkeeper of the Lou Ji Grain Store in Zhenyuan City is also surnamed Lou, with a single name and a stop word, ranking fifth in the family, so he is called Lou Wuye. Since all the grain stores in the city were closed half a month ago, Lou Wuye also returned to his house in Zhenyuan City with peace of mind, and before the new instructions of Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family, arrived, Lou Wuye had to wait patiently. However, he didn't have time to wait, although the fifth master of Lou was dark and thin, he was greedy for cups, and he was in his fifties, and he actually married two concubines in a row last year. Taking advantage of the fact that the grain store was not open for business for half a month, Lou Wuye stayed in the two-room concubine's room all day long, turning clouds and rain, and lived a comfortable and happy life.
On this day, the fifth master of Lou spent the night in the concubine's house, and was awakened early in the morning by a rapid sound of knocking on the door. Lou Wuye shouted irritably to the door: "Who? ā
Outside the house, Wu Side, the second shopkeeper of the grain store in the side building, whispered outside the door: "Fifth master, something happened." ā
"The sky is falling?" Lou Wuye shouted.
"It's not." Wu Side said: "There is a grain store in Zhenyuan City that has opened for business. ā
Lou Wuye suddenly sobered up, put aside the naked concubine who was lying on him like an octopus, put on a coat randomly, walked to the door and pushed the door open, stared at the second shopkeeper Wu Side and exclaimed: "Which grain store is so blind?" Don't even give Loujiabao face? ā
It is said that since Lou Chuan, the eldest son of the Lou family, decided to teach the Zhenyuan County Ya a lesson, and after greeting the grain stores in Zhenyuan City, all the grain stores had to close their doors because of the prestige of Lou Jiabao, so as not to offend the Lou family. Now Lou Wuye actually heard that a grain store was opened, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Fifth master, it's not the original grain store in the city," Wu Side, the second shopkeeper, explained: "It's a newly opened family, what is it called Liang Ji Grain Store." ā
"Where's the store? Take the old man to see it. Fifth Master Lou rolled up his sleeves and shouted menacingly.
"It's across the street from our Lou Ji grain store." Woodsd Road.
"What?!" Lou Wuye was even more annoyed when he heard it, he didn't listen to the greeting of the Lou family, and even opened it privately, but he actually opened it to the opposite door of Lou Ji Grain Store.
As soon as the fifth master of Lou shook off his robe, he was about to go out.
"Fifth Master?" Woodsted stopped, "You don't change your clothes? ā
Lou Wuye glanced up and down at himself when he heard this, and saw that he only had a long coat on his body, the inside of the coat was almost vacuum, the thighs full of leg hair were exposed, and a cool breeze was pouring into it along the corners of his clothes.
Lou Wuye felt chest tightness and shortness of breath for a while, returned to the house with a black face, slammed the door, and changed his clothes in the house.
Lou Wuye dressed up again, and the second shopkeeper Wu Side came to the front of the newly opened Liang Ji Grain Store in a menacing manner, and saw that there was a long queue to buy rice at the door of the store, and the buyers who couldn't stand on the street had already stood under the door of the Lou Ji Grain Store opposite. There is another sign under the plaque of Liang Kee Grain Store, which reads, "The new store is open, there are buy and give." All rice is four dollars per catty. ā
Lou Wuye remembers that on the last day of the city's closure, the price of rice has been raised to 12 wen a catty, and now the newly opened Liang Ji grain store has directly pressed down to 4 wen, isn't this a deliberate attempt to slap the face of other grain stores?
Lou Wuye and Wu Side squeezed into the store, wanting to find the store of Liang Ji Grain Store to ask clearly, entered the store, reported the name, Liang Ji's guy was very polite, personally led the two through the back door into the backyard, the guy walked to a palace beauty and whispered a few words, the palace beauty turned around, but it was Xu Liang's wife, Feng Suqin. She greeted the two of them, stood slowly, her lips opened lightly, and her voice was tactful: "It turned out to be Lou Wuye from Lou Ji Grain Store, fortunately, fortunately." ā
Lou Wuye was stunned by the moving demeanor of the woman in front of him, and asked in surprise: "Are you the shopkeeper of this store?" ā
Feng Suqin chuckled: "It's not a shopkeeper, there are other people in charge, and I am half an owner." Unexpectedly, as soon as our store opened, Lou Wuye and Shopkeeper Wu came to the door to congratulate them so stubbornly, which was really unexpected. Two distinguished guests, talk about it quickly! ā
"No need!" Although Lou Wuye was angry in his heart, it was not good to directly exert it on such a delicate beautiful woman, suppressed his anger, and said in a stiff tone: "The old man came here today, just to find out who opened this grain store." Since it's you...... Uh, haven't you asked the young lady for your name? ā
After talking for a long time, Lou Wuye remembered that people didn't say their name at all.
Feng Suqin bowed in all directions and said, "The concubine's surname is Feng." ā
"It turned out to be Mrs. Feng." Lou Wuye said.
"The concubine's original surname is Feng, but my father-in-law is not surnamed Feng, but Xu." Feng Suqin corrected.
"Uh, Mrs. Xu." Lou Wuye felt that he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he endured it for a while before he said: "Mrs. Xu's store has just opened, and there are some situations that I don't know. As early as half a month ago, my eldest son had already said hello to all the grain store managers in the city, and no one was allowed to open a grain sale in Zhenyuan City without the order of our eldest son. ā
"Oh?" Feng Suqin was so shocked that she took two steps back, looked scared, and asked, "Who is the eldest son of your family?" ā
Lou Wuye said proudly: "My eldest son is Lou Jiabao's eldest son, Lou Chuan. The prestige of the Lou family must have been heard of by Mrs. Lou, and Mrs. Lou still obeyed what Mr. Lou said. ā
Feng Suqin blinked in confusion, looking innocent: "It turns out that your eldest son of the Lou family is so famous, but unfortunately my husband and I have never heard anyone mention it." Alas, my father-in-law and I were forced by life, and we originally wanted to open a grain store to make a living, but we didn't expect to accidentally violate the taboo of your eldest son. How good is that? ā
Feng Suqin looked innocent and pitiful, and the fifth master Lou also felt pity. Lou Wuye waved his hand very generously and comforted: "Madame don't have to worry, it is also unintentional to read Mrs., you will quickly close the door of this store, and then the old man will explain the reason to the eldest son, and he will not blame him if he wants to come to the eldest prince to be generous." ā
"Alas, Fifth Master Lou said lightly," Feng Suqin said: "If I close the door of this store, there will be hundreds of people in the family, will it be difficult to drink the northwest wind in the future?" ā
"Madame can do something else to make a living, cloth shops, restaurants, teahouses." Lou Wuye kindly built yƬ road.
"Ah, Fifth Master Lou is really thoughtful." Feng Suqin said in surprise: "My father-in-law also thinks the same way, yes, I asked people to open two more cloth shops in this town, a blacksmith shop, a restaurant, ah, and a pawnshop." Alas, it was not a problem to make a living from these stores, but my family saw that there was no one selling grain in the huge town of Yuancheng, so he thought that the business of opening a grain store would be very good. Hehe, what a surprise. ā
Lou Wuye secretly scolded that if it weren't for the closure of other people's houses, how could you still have any business in this newly opened new store, so his face darkened and said, "Madam, our Lou family is also a well-known family in the entire northwest region. Our eldest son is angry, and the ground in Shaanxi will tremble. The old man advised his wife to close the business immediately, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ā
When Feng Suqin heard this, she was suddenly scared and embarrassed. pinched the handkerchief and hesitated for a while, then hesitated and said apologetically to Lou Wuye: "Since Lou Wuye said so solemnly, then I will discuss with Xianggong tonight, if Xianggong also agrees, I will close this grain store according to my words." ā
"That's very good." Fifth Master Lou nodded with satisfaction, "Then the old man will come back tomorrow." Leave. ā
"Lou Wuye walks slowly." Feng Suqin leaned over to send Lou Wuye and Wu Side out, got up again, and when she returned to the house, a yellow-clothed girl jumped out, covered her mouth and chuckled: "Young lady, you acted too well." ā
Feng Suqin burst out with a smile, threw up her handkerchief and hit Yahuan Chun'er, and said with a smug smile: "The two old immortals still want to put up a shelf in front of Miss Ben, and they can't kill them." ā
Lou Wuye and the second shopkeeper walked out of the Liang Ji Grain Store, walking on the street, seeing that there were people carrying bags to the Liang Ji Grain Store to line up to buy grain, thinking of the cute appearance of the proprietress surnamed Feng quietly, and said to Wu Side with great emotion: "I can't imagine that there is such a stunning woman in Zhenyuan City, and I don't know which bastard has such a blessing, and it is really a blessing to be able to marry such a woman as a wife." ā
Wu Side, the second shopkeeper on the side, frowned and recalled the appearance of Mrs. Xu, and said hesitantly: "Fifth master, how do I think I have seen this Mrs. Xu before, where is it, why can't I remember." ā
Lou Wuye straightened his face and said: "You are a little shopkeeper in a grain store, and you still want to see Mrs. Xu, don't daydream." Hurry up and go back and hug your fat lady to wash and sleep. Oh, and besides, Ming'er remembered to come over early in the morning and call the old man. ā
"Ah, what do you want to do?"
Lou Wuye glared at the second shopkeeper Wu Side, and said dissatisfiedly: "Naturally, I will go to verify that the Liang Ji Grain Store is closed." ā
Wu Side suddenly smiled all over his face, waved his hand and said: "How can such a trivial matter disturb the fifth master, Ming'er will go and see it in person, and report it to you when I turn around." ā
Lou Wuye raised his face and said fiercely: "Shopkeeper Wu, the opening of Liang Ji Grain Store is a big event, it is related to the instructions of the eldest son, such an important thing The old man is the big shopkeeper of Lou Ji Grain Store, how can he fake the hands of others?" Doing it yourself is the principle of the old man's work! ā
Wu Side saw that the fifth master of Lou had set up a shelf, hurriedly put away his smile, and stretched out his thumb with admiration on his face and praised: "The big shopkeeper has taught him a lesson." The big shopkeeper is so rigorous and pragmatic for Loujiabao, which is really ashamed of the small! ā
Lou Wuye listened, nodded with satisfaction, paced square steps, and walked away with a sly smile.
Early the next morning, Lou Wuye took the second shopkeeper Wu Side to the front of Liang Ji Grain Store, and saw that the door of the store was wide open and it was still open normally. Lou Wuye's face showed anger, but he smiled in his heart.
Sure enough, this Mrs. Xu was really reluctant to close the door of the store, so she took this opportunity to sue in front of the eldest son, took the opportunity to cross the Liang Ji grain store, and then thought of ways to get this delicate Mrs. Xu into hands, not only to make a contribution in front of the eldest prince, but also to grab the beauty, such a good thing, how can you not surprise the fifth master of Lou.
When he saw this Mrs. Xu again, Lou Wuye's face was full of regret, and he said to Mrs. Xu that Liang Ji did not close the door according to the order, and he had to report it truthfully, and Mrs. Xu would be punished by the Lou family.
Then seeing Mrs. Xu's face full of panic, Lou Wuye vaguely said that he would find a way to give some grace, as long as Mrs. Xu made a slight sacrifice.
Feng Suqin was still pretending to be pitiful there, thinking about teasing Lou Zhi again, and seeing Lou Wuye's eyes sweeping around on him, he couldn't help but feel disgusted, he couldn't imagine that this old guy was not old-hearted, and he actually wanted to fight his own idea. At that moment, Feng Suqin put away the pitiful look and said coldly: "I understand the kindness of the fifth master of Lou. It's just that my family said that the business of the world is done by people all over the world, and we Liang Ji will definitely not close the door for a sentence or two from the eldest son of the Lou family. Lou Wuye, please go back, it's best not to come back in the future. ā
Lou Wuye was surprised to see that Mrs. Xu, who had just looked like a frightened deer, suddenly became so tough, and was about to pretend to persuade a few more words, when he suddenly saw the door of the hall open widely, and four men with sticks walked in from the outside, staring at him in front of Mrs. Xu, and couldn't help but be furious, slapped the table, and said angrily: "The old man is kind, I can't imagine that you two are so ignorant." Then don't blame the old man's subordinates for being ruthless, if there is anything unexpected for your family in the future, don't blame the old man for not reminding you today. ā
I only heard Mrs. Xu snort coldly, and replied proudly: "I will definitely bring the words of Fifth Master Lou to my father-in-law, if Fifth Master Lou is not afraid of death, just go to my father-in-law for trouble." ā
Lou Wuye was shocked when he heard this, and asked weakly, "Who is your father-in-law?" ā
"Xu Liang, the former governor of the former town!"
It's him! Lou Wuye almost sat on the ground when he heard this, got up in a panic, didn't dare to stop for a while, and pulled Wu Side, who suddenly realized, to crawl on the ground and ran out of Liangji Grain Store in a panic.