At the end of April, when spring was still in full swing elsewhere and the cool breeze was blowing, Baidi City, which is located in the southerner of the mainland, was already a little hot. Although the first few times it was poured back by the heavy rain that poured down, it was still cool, but in recent days, I don't know whether it was the favor of God selling the tea party, or the heat of the crowd, there was already a bit of summer feeling in Baidi City.

In the afternoon, when the sun was shining, Ah Wu was driving the car with a horsewhip and was heading from Chashan to the north of the city. I don't want to be blocked by a wagon halfway through.

The road in the eastern suburbs is not wide, and you can barely pass one every day, if you meet an oncoming carriage, you will inevitably have to pull over and give way, and the front will give way, and the back can not go. Ah Wu got out of the car with a horsewhip to take a look, and happened to see a woman coaxing a baby in her arms. I didn't look at it, but at a glance, I found that this woman was a little familiar, but this stranger's dress, Ah Wu had never seen it, and he saw that the baby almost wanted to break free from the woman.

An old woman next to her finally couldn't stand it anymore, leaned over and said, "This lady, the child is hot." He pointed to the sun in the sky, "This weather, adults can stand it, children can't stand it, untie some clothes."

I don't know whether it was hot or ashamed, the woman's face flushed, and then looked at the other pedestrians on the road, but they were all dressed in summer, so she untied the child's clothes, and said, "Thank you, mother-in-law, I have neglected these things when I ran around on the road, no wonder this boy cried when he got off the boat." ”

"The first child, children are always sensitive to the weather, and when adults don't feel hot, children are afraid that they will have prickly heat." So saying, he went to tease the child again, and he was not happy.

The carriage on the opposite side finally sped by, and the carriage on this side also showed signs of departure, so Ah Wu climbed back and prepared to leave. Siming in the car saw that Ah Wu was back, so he asked, "Can you go?" ”

Awu replied, "Yes, the owner. After a while, he added, "The group in front is so strange, obviously from the north, but it is not the same as the clothes worn by the owner. ”

"Look at you who haven't seen the world, there are more northerners who don't dress like me."

Ah Wu didn't care that he was said to be short-sighted, after all, he was born and raised in this Baidi City, and it was normal to not know what was going on outside. It's just that I still wonder why the woman is so familiar, and after thinking about it for a long time, I finally thought that if this woman was taller and thinner, there would be no difference between her and the Liang girl. In particular, the eyes are very similar, and the tails of the eyes are slightly drooping, which makes people feel very weak and amiable at first sight.

It's just that how could it be so coincidental that when I went out, I could meet my acquaintance's relatives on the road, so I didn't care about it, and turned back to the owner and said, "Boss, when will we go to find Miss Liang again?" ”

"If you want to be really greedy, you can go to Wu Qing to eat pastries another day, don't always think about meeting other girls all day long."

Hearing this, Ah Wu was a little unhappy, "It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people, I'm going to match you up, but you still complain about me here, how can I do these thankless things!" So saying, he whipped the horse again.

When the two were disliking each other, the carriage had arrived near Ma's house in the north of the city, Siming entered the courtyard from the side gate as usual, walked towards the west chamber, knocked on the door, and it was not Lu Dong's family who came out, but the guy he brought with him.

"Our host just went out for a stroll and came back in two hours."

Siming couldn't, so he had to move to Li Ming next door. The man was lying on the soft couch reading some tea books, and when he saw Siming coming, he put the book down and got up slowly.

"Li Dongjia, it's been good lately."

"How can it be bad, Master Ma is entertaining me with delicious food and drink, I almost forgot what my hometown is like, there is a saying about what, I can't think about it, I am talking about this." Li Ming came over from the soft couch with a smile, and poured water for Siming with the teapot on the table, looking like a master.

Siming also sat down, "Li Dongjia is a cheerful person, and he is used to it everywhere. It's just that if there is anything inappropriate, I hope that Li Dongjia will not be stingy with his words, and say that he will listen to me, and I will arrange it here. "What Siming did was this matchmaking thing, and anything that couldn't be put on the stage was taboo here in Siming.

After Li Ming heard this, he suddenly paused, and said with some seriousness, "Is my food cost a little too high?" ”

"Huh?" Siming suddenly became a little confused, what is going on with this owner, he will come here at this time, obviously for the matter at yesterday's banquet, but he is talking about some other things, according to normal merchants, either show loyalty or second, there is no need to mix this matter up with haha.

"Li Dongjia, I mean that if you have any questions about the Ma family's business, you can tell me as soon as possible, and we will solve it." To put it bluntly, you can't play anymore haha.

"How could there be? I think this Ma family deserves to be a big tea household in Baidi City, everything is good. I only regret that I didn't come to the door earlier to ask for a meeting, and I won't lose money by buying some tea and drinking it myself. Li Ming is still smiling like that, so people can't see likes and dislikes.

Seeing that he couldn't ask why, Siming said a few polite words to Li Ming, and then left. On one side is the Lu family, who is in a difficult situation, and on the other hand, the Li family, who is unknown, this year's business has not been determined so far.

Two hours later, Lu Fenglu finally came back from outside, with a smile on his face, radiant, when he heard that Siming was coming, his face sank, and he immediately restrained his emotions and paced into the main hall.

"Wang Dongjia, I've been waiting for a long time."

Siming immediately got up and went out, and said, "Lu Dongjia, don't come unharmed." As he spoke, he invited Lu Fenglu to the hall. Lu Fenglu was also polite and sat down opposite Siming.

"Presumably the Lu Dong family also knows that I came this time..." Siming, who was talking about business, naturally changed his usual cold face and laughed at any time.

Before Siming could finish speaking, Lu Fenglu had already answered, "I know, it's not that I'm picking on the thorns, it's just that my eldest brother asked me to come over, and he must let me check it, and I have to consider all kinds of situations."

Although my family is not a big tea merchant who makes rock tea, other teas also have some names and some baggage. The guests who came and went drank tea, and if they liked it, they couldn't buy it this year, and they couldn't buy it next year, and their reputation was ruined.

To put it more clearly, I bought this tea this year and will buy it next year, so whether this tea household can supply tea every year must be considered. ”

Siming knew that there would be such concerns, so he opened up and said, "It is natural for the Lu Dong family to have this concern, so the tea mountain must have been visited by the Lu Dong family, the Ma family is a smaller workshop, and no matter where else it is, it can be called a good word." Besides, this workshop will be expanded sooner or later, and Master Ma is too old to be busy. From this year onwards, the two young masters in the family will also have to help, so this will naturally be arranged. ”

"Wang Dongjia, you also draw me a big cake, this workshop is the confidence of the tea household, the confidence is insufficient, the business will naturally have problems, I knew that this year to recruit tea merchants, it must have been retouched, if it is not reluctant, how can it be the current appearance, not to mention the rumors outside, into your ears naturally more than mine."

Siming knew in his heart that in fact, what Lu Fenglu said was right, the Ma family's decline in the past few years was not for no reason, there was the Xia family sucking blood outside, and they had to deal with that group of uncles inside, so they had this miserable appearance that anyone could bully on their heads, and it was indeed much more difficult to recruit tea merchants with their current appearance than before.

"Lu Dongjia, for this, the Ma family can pay some sincerity."

The cold color on Lu Fenglu's face finally eased a little, and he stretched out his hand and made a gesture, "Eight money." After speaking, he stopped talking and waited for Siming to speak.

The lion opens his mouth! The Xia family has been friends for decades, and they only get nine guan money, how much does the Lu family look down on the Ma family to get eight guan money! When Siming came, Uncle Ma only loosened his mouth to nine times and three hundred words, how could he be willing to do this eight times money!

Siming couldn't help but put away the smile, and said quite seriously, "Lu Dongjia, the Ma family can't do this eight-money business." In the past, the Xia family gave one or two dollars for tea from here, and today I will not go around in circles with the owner, and the Ma family can compromise to a minimum of nine and five hundred yuan. I hope that Lu Dongjia understands that doing business is a slap in the face. ”