Chapter 40 There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door

Chen Zhao's name, Zhao Ruya. Zhao Ruya's father, in modern times, is a scientist who studies cosmetics. Zhao Ruya's father improved and invented several kinds of fat powder, and also owned a small fat powder shop and a small workshop for making fat powder. Weishenme's business is not big? Because in the Ming Dynasty, there was no advertising, and the word-of-mouth of goods mainly relied on word of mouth. Zhao Ruya's father only has an only daughter of Zhao Ruya, Zhao Ruya married well, she Gao Pan married into the big family in the capital - the Chen family. A few years ago, Zhao Ruya's father died of illness, and before his death, he naturally left his fat powder shop and small workshop to his daughter and son-in-law.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of businessmen was relatively low, and although Zhao Ruya, the daughter of a small businessman, Gao Pan married into the Chen family, her husband's status in the Chen family was also relatively low, and he was a side branch. However, these two couples live quite harmoniously and beautifully, and they also gave birth to a cute little girl - Xiaojie.

But gradually, the reputation of this small fat powder shop has been made, and the business is getting better and better. The Chen family's direct branch was red. It's like a family soap opera, anyway, zuihou is a clever snatch, and the direct line has taken away the small workshop and the small fat powder shop. Only give Zhao Ruya and her husband a fixed annual annuity, so that the two of them can maintain a well-off level at most. This made the two couples very unconvinced.

Because Zhao Ruya's father also gave Zhao Ruya a few fat powder formulas before he died, the two of them scraped together some money and relied on those formulas to open another fat powder shop. In order to prevent the direct family members from competing for the family property again, they spent a high rent to borrow the house of the Hou Mansion of Gongshun to open this fat powder shop. They also have a vague taste of using the prestige of the Hou Mansion to protect their family business. Because although the Chen family is a big family, it is a common people's family after all, and it is always not on the same level as Xungui.

But now two things have happened: one is that there is also a daughter in the direct line of the Chen family who married a noble family as a concubine; The other is that Zhao Ruya's husband also died of illness a month ago because of his previous anger and hard work in the fat powder shop. In this way, the direct family is pressing Zhao Ruya step by step, hoping to receive this fat powder shop to the direct family. Moreover, Zhao Ruya received another news from the steward of the Gongshun Hou Mansion. The Gongshun Hou Mansion has given this shop to Wu Shigong and has become Wu Shigong's family property. This made Zhao Ruya a little confused. Today, she suddenly heard that Wu Shigong was coming to visit her, so Zhao Ruya wanted to find out Wu Shigong's bottom.

And the main reason why Wu Shigong wanted to see the two shops his father gave him was that he wanted to use one of them to open a gambling house. Wu Shigong also opened an underground casino in his previous life, and he is also familiar with this business. Besides, the rent of these two shops is not high, and the rent for one year is equivalent to Wu Shigong selling the quota of three soldiers. Yesterday, he already knew that the shop on the side of Xuanwumen had become a ruin, so he wanted to see this fat powder shop today.

At a glance, Wu Shigong was not satisfied, the area of this fat powder shop is not large, although it is on the side of Chongwenmen, but the location is not lively. There is another reason, he really likes the little girl named Xiaojie, this Chen Zhao is a widow, and it is not good to bully orphans and widows. Therefore, he had already decided just now to build a building on the ruins of Xuanwu Gate and put the gambling house there. Anyway, his father-in-law Xue Lian had already promised him to let the Ministry of Industry help him build a building for free.

So, after saying a few words that were not nutritious, Wu Shigong and Zhao Ruya had no topic. Wu Shigong also said to Zhao Ruya casually: There is still room for improvement in the business of the fat powder shop. After listening to Wu Shigong's words, Zhao Ruya became interested, and she asked Wu Shigong to explain in detail. Wu Shigong suggested: Let Zhao Ruya divide the fat powder shop into two rooms, one for male guests and one for female guests. And asked Zhao Ruya to prepare some exquisite boxes and make fat powder into a set to sell. In fact, this idea is not new, in modern times, it is nothing more than men's cosmetics and cosmetic set gift boxes. But Zhao Ruya's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she had a feeling of being sudden. Seeing that Zhao Ruya was more interested, Wu Shigong jokingly said to Zhao Ruya: He also came up with an idea, if Zhao Ruya uses this idea and loses money in business, don't go to him, he will not take this responsibility.

Seeing that there was no other topic, Wu Shigong wanted to say goodbye and leave. But Zhao Ruya looked like she wanted to say something, Wu Shigong waited for a while, and saw that Zhao Ruya still didn't say anything, so she didn't care about anything, and got up from the chair to leave. At this moment, there was a quarrel outside the door of the inner room. What's going on? So, Wu Shigong and Zhao Ruya both walked out of the inner room.

It turned out that there was a pair of middle-aged men and women outside the door, and they wanted to enter the inner room to find Zhao Ruya. But Xue Yong and Xue Qiang, who were guarding the door of the inner room, of course didn't let them, the lesson they received yesterday was still showing on their faces. Seeing that Wu Shigong and Zhao Ruya were out of the inner room, the two sides stopped arguing. Wu Shigong motioned for Xue Yong and Xue Qiang to come over and prepare to leave together. The middle-aged man and woman also found Zhao Ruya, the main master, and quarreled together on Twitter.

Wu Shigong listened to two sentences coldly on the side, although he didn't fully understand the ins and outs, but he also understood that the middle-aged man and woman and Zhao Ruya were a family, and they had a dispute over what family conflict they were for. After understanding, Wu Shigong turned around and was about to leave. He doesn't have the leisure to pay attention to that kind of, and it is difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs.

The dispute between the middle-aged man and woman and Zhao Ruya became more and more intense, zuihou, the middle-aged man and woman began to scold Zhao Ruya. The main player was the middle-aged woman, and the middle-aged man also helped from time to time. The foul language that scolded was endless, and Zhao Ruya was in tears. Seeing this situation, although Wu Shigong was somewhat sympathetic to Zhao Ruya's experience, he was still ready to stand by and watch and not be prepared to meddle in other people's housework.

But at this time, the middle-aged woman's scolding insinuated Wu Shigong. We know that the ignorant woman likes to scold each other for the problems of male and female life in the scolding. That's the case with middle-aged women. Seeing that Wu Shigong and Zhao Ruya came out of the inner room together just now, they took Wu Shigong in while scolding Zhao Ruya for her life style. Of course, the middle-aged woman was not completely brainless, she knew that Wu Shigong was an official. But from the pattern on Wu Shigong's official robe, she also knew that Wu Shigong was not a civil official, and if she was a civil official, she would not dare to scold her ten dares. In addition, the middle-aged woman's daughter married into a certain Guixun's family as a concubine, so the middle-aged woman felt that she had also joined the ranks of Guixun, so she was a little carried away.

Wu Shigong was already holding back the fire in his stomach this morning, and immediately launched a counterattack against the middle-aged woman's provocation. Of course, it is with his mouth, Wu Shigong has not yet done it to the point of doing it to women at will. Xue Yong and Xue Qiang also immediately helped, but the middle-aged man persuaded Wu Shigong again and again because he was an official. Unexpectedly, the middle-aged woman's fighting power on the lips was quite strong, one against three, she didn't fall behind. Anyway, in the quarrel, there was nothing good to say, the middle-aged woman Zuihou scolded Wu Shigong and said: Who is Wu Shigong that Zhao Ruya, and wants Wu Shigong to take care of the housework between them? Wu Shigong's head was hot, patted his chest and said: In the future, he will still be in charge of the affairs of the Chen Zhao family.

At this time, the quarrel was heard, and Wu Shigong's guards and several servants of the middle-aged man and woman also came to their side. Wu Shigong's head suddenly lit up, and he thought: What do you want to compare with that old lady? Who is Wu Shigong? Wu Shigong is the supreme leader of the state violence organ in Nancheng. And this fat powder shop is located in the south of the city, and he can use violent means to arrest the middle-aged man and woman!

So, Wu Shigong ordered the guards to arrest the middle-aged man and woman, regardless of their scolding and begging for mercy. When sending Wu Shigong and his party out of the fat powder shop, Zhao Ruya's eyes were bent into a crescent moon, and she said to Wu Shigong Yifu: "Thank you little marquis today." ”

The title of the little marquis came again, and Wu Shigong felt that the guards around him shot that strange gaze again. However, after the middle-aged man and woman heard Zhao Ruya call Wu Shigong "Little Marquis", they completely shut up and were stunned.

Wu Shigong continued to pretend to be confused, and ordered the guards to escort the middle-aged man and woman back to the yamen. On the way back to the Yamen, Wu Shigong also understood: Zuihou that Chen Zhao called himself Little Marquis, that must be deliberate. She's using herself as a shield. Use your name as a gunman. The little widow doesn't look like a good thing either. However, although the little widow has a mosaic on her face, looking at her figure and her daughter Xiaojie's pink carved appearance, she must not look bad, if ....... However, now that I don't get anything, I have become a shield for no reason, which is simply standard: I didn't eat the mutton but caused a commotion. Wu Shigong couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It's really a widow who has a lot of rights and wrongs in front of the door!" ”

At this time, Xue Qiang put his pig's head in Wu Shigong's ear and asked, "Uncle, what kind of crime are those two people going to be guilty of?" ”

Wu Shigong was not angry in his heart, and shouted loudly: "You are a pig's head? Find two charges at random, spitting or defecating anywhere. Still ask me? Wu Shigong's voice was very loud, he just wanted to spread his words to the ears of the middle-aged man and woman, and continue to disgust them.