Chapter 178: Intensifying
Due to the snow, in the past month, no one has come to Zhao's snack shop.
There is no way, in order to save costs, Li can only give the hired guys a long vacation.
Of course, before the holiday, the monthly money is also settled.
As for when to go to work, because the situation in the city is not clear, Li Shi did not give a specific time and date, only said that there is news and will be notified in time.
The shop has no hired guys, and Zhao Yu is not used to it at first, after all, it is always a little strange that the lively environment suddenly becomes deserted.
Later, when she got used to it, Zhao Yu gradually discovered the benefits of no one, at least she didn't have to avoid people in what she was eating.
At present, only the three sisters of Zhao Yu and Zhao Shanxing of the Li family are left in the Zhao snack shop, as well as the sisters Zhao Jinyan and Zhao Yinyan, who come over every three or five times.
Whewβββ
Because she had something to discuss with the Li family, Zhao Yu ran out of the warm room, but as soon as she entered the shop in front of her, she saw her grandmother pulling the fourth uncle into the kitchen.
The curtain of the kitchen door is one of those straw mats, which is hard and will be half-open and half-closed when hung.
When Zhao Yu looked over, he saw that the two of them were facing away from her, revealing looming figures, and they didn't know what they were talking about with their heads down.
Zhao Yu tilted his head, curiosity aroused, and he raised his foot and touched it directly silently.
ββ¦β¦ Mother, this matter, it is estimated that eight or nine are not far from ten, Wei Jin and they got the exact news, saying that the above is urgent, before the New Year, the county order will follow a wave, you hurry up, hurry up and prepare the money and account books of the last three months at home, we have to rush before the county order, and send these things to the other party, "Otherwise, it will be too late to stop the other party, and it is likely that something will happen."
After all, they have a shop, business is booming, and the whole city is very eye-catching, and it is difficult not to attract the attention of the other party.
Li Shi listened, waved his hand, and sighed, "How easy is this?" β
Not to mention the money and account books in the shop, it is difficult to simply hand these two things smoothly in front of the other party without attracting the prying eyes of the other party.
It is important to know that sometimes the shop is too hot and it is also a problem.
People are selfish, why should they share it with others if they can monopolize it.
Take the shop as an example, if the other party really takes a fancy to it and uses family and other means to force the Li family to make money for it, can the Li family still resist?
The enemy is strong and the enemy is weak, and this is a very serious problem.
Zhao Shanxing didn't understand the meaning of Li's words, the matter had come to this, they had done everything they had done, and the contract they had shared had been handed over, if the other party still didn't let them go, then they could only accept their fate.
As the old saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials.
Even though Zhao Shanxing has all kinds of ideas, he is just a white-bodied scholar himself, and he can play a very small role.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shanxing couldn't help clenching the fists in his hands, and at the same time felt remorseful, if he had participated in the county exam in August and had the name of Xiucai, perhaps, they wouldn't have to be so entangled now.
However, it is useless to say more, after all, time has passed, and it will be useless for him to regret it.
For a moment, both of them began to fall silent, and the air around them became much quieter.
The atmosphere is not right.
Zhao Yu was lying outside the kitchen, looking at the situation inside, puzzled.
Because Zhao Yu didn't know what Zhao Shanxing meant, he listened to it for a long time, but he didn't understand what the two were talking about.
Well, is there anything else she doesn't know about?
Listen, it's a bit like a shop.
While touching his chin, Zhao Yu continued to poke his head forward and carefully observe the two people in the kitchen.
Not to mention the question that the two of them just said, Zhao Yu suddenly thought that the hot pot soup base she made this morning seemed to be good.
Sniffing, it was clear that there was a nice aroma wafting through the air.
It's also too boring to stay in the shop, Zhao Yu strongly suggested that her milk put out the hot pot.
Compared with Malatang, it is still more atmospheric than hot pot.
For this reason, they deliberately spent a sum of money to go to the blacksmith shop to make more than a dozen of those slightly ancient copper hot pots.
The copper hot pot had already been sent over as soon as it was ready, so early this morning, Zhao Yu told Li that he would eat hot pot at noon.
As a result, looking at the current situation, I'm afraid I can't eat the hot pot.
After weighing it in her heart, Zhao Yu planned to wait at the door for a while, if her milk really didn't come out, then it would not be too late to move this hot pot to the evening and eat it again.
"Little Si, how sure can you be about this?"
At this juncture, Li Shi opened his mouth and looked at Zhao Shanxing with a faint expression, "This matter, if you want to do it now, then you can't lose,"
Without waiting for Zhao Shanxing to answer, Li continued, "No one is a stupid person, with Zhao Shanfeng here, I'm afraid they got the news early in the morning, and the probability of our shop being targeted is too great,"
"Even if you hand over all the money and account books you have earned in the past few months, it is very likely that you will not be spared,"
"Do you know that the shops in front of them that have something wrong are either out or closed, and no one can reopen," there is such an ending, which is a threat to them themselves.
"Mother, that day, it was because I didn't think about it and didn't think about it comprehensively......"
Zhao Shanxing's expression was astringent, and his tone also carried a trace of annoyance, "It's still different, how the county commander's daughter is favored, it's not as good as the county magistrate's fancy for the power in his hands, not to mention, there is Zhao Shanfeng at the moment, and the risk is even greater." β
Since the opening of the shop, every month there will be several shop owners who are taken away by the county government for various reasons, and this kind of thing happens a lot, which will naturally arouse the vigilance of others.
Not to mention anything else, Zheng Zhongcheng of the grain and oil shop next door has openly and secretly mentioned this matter to the Li family.
It's just that Li pretended to be stupid and didn't say anything more because of this, and the other party had no choice but to give up.
"Mother, right now, I can only start from Mrs. ...... county order"
Clenched his fists tightly, Zhao Shanxing still laid out the final plan.
"Mrs. County Commander, what do you want to do?" Li Shi's tone was surprised, and he looked up at Zhao Shanxing, as if he didn't expect him to say this.
Zhao Shanxing smiled faintly, "Mother, leave this matter to me, although we have seen the division of the shop in the hands of the county commander's daughter, but the county commander's daughter is not in charge of mundane things on weekdays, these things are in charge of the people around her,"
"Mrs. County Ling is very worried about her daughter, and there are many people around her daughter who are wives," Zhao Shanxing did not continue to say this.
Who is the Li family, thinking about it below, I also figured out what Zhao Shanxing had not finished speaking.
"Won't it be okay to do this?" Li frowned, and said in his heart that he didn't work hard for two masters, and the business of the shop would provoke both mother and daughter, and I was afraid that it would not be good.
After all, the shop is a foreign object, and the mother and daughter are family.
"How so?" Zhao Shanyu raised his eyebrows, "Mrs. County Ling is the mother in the end, no matter how her daughter is, she will not be angry with her mother, besides, Mrs. County Ling has more than a dozen people in her family, and her daily expenses also require a lot of silver turnover,"
What's more, according to Wei Jin, Mrs. County's maiden family had some problems, so that the relationship with her daughter was not very good, and there were some strange contradictions between the two.
Moreover, Mrs. County Ling loves money, and the income of their shop is enough to make people blush.
There are various reasons listed, and even if Mrs. County Ling knows, there is no reason to refuse.
After such an operation, Zhao Shanxing is at least seventy percent sure that he can successfully keep the shop at home.