Chapter 243: Intervention
The two little young masters of the Lin family and the Zhou family do not let each other go, and the subordinates on both sides are also angry eyes for their masters, this is a commercial street, there are a lot of pedestrians coming and going, seeing that there are seven or eight adults and children here and arguing together, many people are also curious to gather around to see what is going on, the so-called curiosity everyone has, the more people gather, the more people who want to see the excitement, and it will not take long to surround the three layers of impermeable air in the three layers outside, roughly calculated, there must be thirty or forty people, And the more people gather, the more people from the Lin Zhou family can't back down, because at this time, whoever gives in is equivalent to saying who is cowardly and afraid. The big family pays attention to a face, the sugar person is small, the face is big, at this time, who is soft and makes the main family lose face, do you still want to have good fruits to eat after you go back? So the confrontation between the two sides became tougher, and they would never agree without distinguishing a result, but they only pity the old man who sold candy, and for no reason became a tool for the two little masters to compete for victory, like a mouse in a bellows, angry at both ends but no one could afford to provoke him, and he could only beg under the threat and intimidation of his family members on both sides, and he almost knelt down and kowtowed.
"What's going on, the crowd in broad daylight is blocking the way, is it trying to make trouble? Get out of the way, don't get out of the way yet! ”
This is a downtown area, and there should be no government officials who maintain order and manage law and order to patrol the streets, and when I saw that a group of people suddenly surrounded here, even half of the road was blocked.
Seeing that it was the people from the government who came, everyone avoided giving way to a small alley, and three poor people in official clothes walked in with a swagger, the leader was less than thirty years old, tall and strong, with big ears, a face full of horizontal meat, and the handle of the waist knife under the ribs, with sharp eyes and a bit of domineering. While walking slowly, he glanced at the crowd of onlookers, and everywhere he looked, no one dared to look at him, or retreat, or bow his head, for fear of causing trouble.
When the three messengers came to the circle, they naturally stood in the middle, dividing the two sides of the conflict on either side.
"What's going on, why is there a mess here?" In an official tone. The leader asked.
"Yo, it turned out to be Liu Bantou, it's great that you're here." Seeing that it was an official, the steward of the Lin family hurriedly greeted him.
"Liu Bantou, are you on duty today?" The housekeeper of the Zhou family also hurriedly rushed to this person.
"Uh, who are you?" Seeing that the two of them were dressed as subordinates, and seeing that they were not only not afraid but also dared to come up and take the initiative to make friends, Liu Bantou was also a little surprised, as for the other party knowing himself. That's not surprising, he is the official in charge of handling errands and maintaining law and order on the ground in the county government, and he has to patrol the streets almost every day. There aren't many people around here who don't know him.
"Oh, I'm Zhong Hao, the housekeeper of Lin Baoliang's Lin Mansion", "I'm Yuan Jing, the housekeeper of Zhou Depei's Zhou Mansion." The two housekeepers were busy introducing themselves, and they also deliberately told their identities in front.
You are the bell steward of the Lin Mansion. Are you the Yuan Steward of the Zhou Mansion? The leader of the errand asked in surprise when he recognized these two people, wondering how these two people could have a conflict on the street, and knowing the family behind these two people. Liu Bantou's attitude has also eased, at least the domineering in his eyes has been taken back - just kidding, these two families are extremely rich in Yangzhou, not to mention the Jiangdu County Ya, even the prefect of the state capital is often a guest, the so-called seven-grade official in front of the prime minister's door, he is absolutely unprovoked by this kind of fast-catching squad leader in the county government.
"The Lin family and the Zhou family are both big families with heads and faces in Yangzhou, why did the two housekeepers quarrel on the street, and the matter is big, I'm afraid that the reputation of the two heads of the family is not a good thing, right?" Knowing the background of the two sides of the conflict, Liu Bantou decided to make the big thing small, the small thing, and minimize the impact of the matter, if this kind of thing is not handled well, causing dissatisfaction between the two families, maybe their own team leader will be the end, on the contrary, if it is handled beautifully, so that both parties can be satisfied, and give a little reward with the wealth of the two families, it is enough to let themselves spend a while.
"Bad master, I also want to make such a big fuss, the problem is that the Zhou family is too unreasonable, obviously our little young master has taken a fancy to a sugar man and wants to buy it for a friend, but his Zhou family has inserted a lever to come in and fight. Our Lin family is a reasonable family, as long as they don't come to make trouble and no longer fight with each other, we will naturally be happy to settle things. Steward Zhong replied.
"Say what? Your Lin family is a reasonable family, isn't my Zhou family? That candy man is still on the shelf at this time, and the stall owner hasn't decided who to sell it to, so why should it belong to you? The meaning of my little master is also very simple, the sugar man belongs to us to buy, everyone returns to the bridge, the road returns, each goes its own way, and each is busy with its own things. Steward Yuan retorted-for-tat.
"There is a first-come-first-served first-served in everything, obviously the sugar man was chosen first by my little master's friend, and my little master said he wanted to buy it first, why should I give it to you?" Steward Zhong is arguing with reason.
"Since ancient times, one hand to pay money, one hand to deliver, silver and goods two transactions can be reached, since your Zhou family's money has not been handed over to the stall owner, the stall owner has not said that the sugar man was sold to you, why should you get it?" Steward Yuan is not a good stubble, and he also put on a big reason to argue, so you quarreled again in the two words.
"Stop!" The two housekeepers are both clever and eloquent, this debate is really a chess opponent, will meet good materials, listen to the onlookers shouting and enjoy, but the noise made Liu Ban's head hurt, and he raised his hands and shouted at the moment, which stopped the two housekeepers who were fighting hard.
"Who the hell are you going to sell the candy man to?" -- If it is an ordinary market dispute, he can stare at it and make a decision immediately, even if one party is dissatisfied, he usually does not dare to offend him, but this time the two sides of the dispute are different, no matter which side is not provoked by him, so he must deal with the matter fairly, justly, and openly, at least on the surface, so that the two sides feel like that, so he puts the offending thing on this old man who sells sugar, and he only needs to do what the old man says, if the two families are dissatisfied, If you want to retaliate, you will find that old man, and you will not find your own head.
"Official, I, I said that no one will sell it, isn't it?" The small vendors on the street are most afraid of these people wearing official clothes, and the old man who sells candy sees that Liu Bantou is planning to move the water eastward, so he hurriedly shouted. (To be continued......)