Chapter 207: The shopkeeper kowtows and apologizes
"Big brother, don't worry, it's just a peasant girl who has never seen the world, a few good words, a few good things can be enveloped." Zou Yuwan said.
Zou Yuzhen reminded her: "Don't look down on those families. How did the Lu family get so badly damaged? It's not all because of those families, you should be careful, handle this matter well, and the third brother will take you to Fucheng to attend the birthday banquet of the old lady of Qifu. ”
Zou Yuzhen knew Zou Yuwan's thoughts, and revealed to her: "Mr. Qi's two nephews in the capital will also come back." ”
Zou Yuwan's eyes lit up when she heard this, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and said to Zou Yuzhen: "Third brother, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter for you." ”
If Mr. Qi's nephew can take a fancy to her, then she can marry in the capital.
Even if she can't marry the two noble sons of the Qi family, going to the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Qi Mansion will be of great benefit to her.
The Qi family is considered a prestigious family in Fucheng, and there will be many official wives to attend the birthday banquet of Mrs. Qi, if she can be favored by those ladies, even if she can't marry in the capital, she can marry into Fucheng, and she doesn't have to be trapped in Tianfu County, a broken county town, for the rest of her life.
After the two siblings said this, they went back to their rooms to rest.
The next day, before dawn, two mule carts drove into Dafeng Village and stopped in front of the Lu family's mansion.
The person in the car was the shopkeeper of Fuguilou, who listened to the orders of the third young master and specially brought two cars full of generous gifts.
After coming to the Lu family, he didn't dare to call the door, but waited until Zou Yuzhen's brother and sister came out with Mr. Qi with his subordinates, and he hurriedly greeted him: "Zeng Da paid a visit to the third young master and the fifth miss, and asked the third young master and the fifth miss to say goodbye." ”
Zou Yuzhen's face turned cold, and he scolded Zeng Da: "It's your fault first, when you get to the Gu family's workshop, you have to apologize, otherwise, you don't have to do it, the shopkeeper of the rich building." ”
Zeng Da hurriedly said: "Third Young Master, don't worry, the little one must apologize to Qin Gu and Luo Tian's family." ”
Mr. Qi next to him just glanced at Zeng Da and did not ask. Zou Yuzhen is a smart person, long before he came to Dafeng Village, he told him that Fuguilou wanted to buy Gu's tofu recipe at a low price, but he didn't buy it, and the two parties had a disagreement.
Zou Yuzhen dared to tell Mr. Qi this, first, he knew that Mr. Qi did not like people with a lower status than the Qi Mansion to deceive him; The second is that there are domestic slaves in all parts of Dachu who use the name of the master's family to oppress the people, which is very common, and there is nothing to hide. On the contrary, it is very rare for him to bring his subordinates to apologize, and it can earn him a good reputation.
Zou Yuzhen and his entourage walked towards the end of the village, and after a while, they came to Gu's workshop.
Gu's workshop is in full swing.
He Laoguo and they have already come to work, and they are taking out the soaked soybeans and preparing to grind the soybeans.
He Yang's family and the others also came, and they were queuing up in the hall to receive medicinal materials with Gu Jinli and prepare to grind spices.
Gu Dashan and Gu Dafu were calling tofu to He Dacang and Liang Zhuzi who came to get tofu.
Outside the door of Gu's workshop, there was a group of people around, all of whom came to ask for tofu and spices.
Village Chief He was taking the He family and He San Leper to stop those people.
The third grandfather shouted to them: "Fellow villagers, our Gu family's workshop has just opened, and the tofu we make is limited, so we have to supply it to people from our own village before we can sell it to other villages." ”
Those who came to ask for tofu also knew that tofu was difficult to get, and when they saw that they couldn't get it, they asked, "Where are the spices?" I heard that you can grind dozens of catties a day now, so many seasoning spices, you can always give us some even, right? ”
He San leper pulled his throat and said, "What is even!" On the day of the opening of our workshop, the county lieutenant brought his brother over and ordered a batch of seasoning spices from our workshop. The people in our workshop are busy with this big business, and we don't have any extra spices for you. ”
He San is very good at pretending to be a tiger, and took out the name of Jiang County Lieutenant and said: "Our workshop is covered by Jiang County Lieutenant, you guys hurry up, don't shout here, if you are in a hurry, the county lieutenant will send troops to arrest you!" ”
The third grandfather hurriedly scolded He San's leper: "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about, the county lieutenant will never bully the peasants with his power." ”
He also said to those who came to ask for tofu and spices: "Fellow villagers, rest assured, as long as you don't commit any crimes, the county lieutenant will not arrest you." However, our workshop did receive a big order, and we had to be busy with this business for two months, and the villagers wanted to spice up and have to wait for a while. ”
When the villagers heard this, they could only leave in a huff.
They are just peasants, where do they dare to rob their brothers from the county governor?
When Mr. Qi heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he quickly let go again.
After the group of people left, Zou Yuzhen and the others stepped forward and said to the third grandfather: "Old man, here is the third son of Zou Xiancheng, and the grandson of the Lu family. ”
After speaking, without waiting for the third grandfather to answer, he directly called Zeng Da: "Don't kneel down quickly and apologize to Old Man Gu!" ”
With a plop, Zeng Da knelt on his knees and said three heads to the third grandfather: "Little Zeng Da, some time ago, the lard was blinded, and he fell in love with your family's tofu recipe, and used some shady means, which caused a lot of trouble to your family, please don't be angry, forgive the little one this time." ”
As soon as Zou Yuzhen came up, he showed his identity and intention; Zeng Da even kowtowed and apologized as soon as he came up, but the third grandfather was stunned by them and didn't react at all.
Gu Jinli heard the voice, ran out of the hall, saw Zeng Da kneeling on the ground, and sneered: "Isn't this the Zeng shopkeeper of Fuguilou, why do you kneel in front of our workshop?" Is this another way to grab tofu? Why didn't you bring Lu Sanye and the thugs raised by the Lu family this time? ”
"That's right, you are a descendant of the Cheng family in Zou County, you think you are an official family, you just rob a good people, you don't need a thug at all, just say a word, which farmer dares not to give it? If you don't give it, you have to go to the county government to squat in prison. ”
"I heard that the shopkeeper Zeng also accepted a new beautiful concubine a year ago, and the days are going well, I am here to congratulate the shopkeeper Zeng."
Gu Jinli's words were like a cannonball, and he directly caught Zeng Da and Zou Yuzhen off guard.
Zou Yuzhen glanced at Mr. Qi, saw him frowning, a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face, and immediately kicked Zeng Da, and said angrily: "You are a dog slave, you dare to take a concubine, you are still a woman from a good family, the criminal law of Da Chu, a slave cannot take a concubine, let alone marry a good person, you are, you are ......."
Zou Yuzhen was so angry that he couldn't speak, he really didn't expect that a little peasant girl not only had no scruples about talking, but also knew so much, even knowing about Zeng Da's concubine.
It is not a new thing for subordinates like Zeng Da to take concubines, but they are generally hidden and tucked away, and they will not be publicized outside. It seems that this Gu family has checked Zeng Da, otherwise it would be impossible to know about this kind of secret thing.