Chapter 14: Downfall
Xia Zhongda never figured out how Ma Pinyuan fell, and his hand didn't touch him, could it be that he wanted to frame him, maybe. But he still went out immediately while the Ma family was still in chaos, and he didn't think about where to go to pass the time after a few circles on the narrow streets, even though most of the small city didn't seem to have changed, it was still a strange place.
I have come to this Baidi City many times, at first I followed the old man, and I followed it several times a year, and then when I did it myself, I didn't come often, and I also talked to the old man many times openly and secretly, I don't like to do the tea business, but the old man didn't listen, and even if he said something, even if he put it on a name, let Xia Zhongji do it. What the old man doesn't know is that people who want to come to the tea business have long been hollowed out by themselves, can they do business in this world, and when my jade makes money in a few years, you will all know that all these years of tea business have been done in vain.
At this time, it is a dilemma, returning to Ma's house is bound to be difficult, and there is no place to solve the problem. Unconsciously went around to this place with a bad idea, and said that Ma Bin was not there, Ma Pinyuan was sure to take care of it, once he was forced, he would definitely rush to find his brother-in-law of the Gao family to quarrel, when the trouble was known all over the city, and then some outrageous rumors were spread, and the operation called the Ma family to stop work, and the Ma family would definitely come to beg to buy tea, and he became a savior.
Now the savior has not been done, but has become a demon king of the mixed world, and he may not even be able to live in the Ma family when he goes back, this year is really unfavorable, and it is often said that every three is not smooth, and this year is not good for three or three.
Before he arrived at the gate of Lilac Garden, Liang Xian had already come out to greet him, as if he expected to come, but the news was not the same as expected. Sure enough, his face changed, and the respectful look was gone, in exchange for an impatient tone.
"You mean, Ma Pinyuan just fell?" Liang Xian no longer bent over his back as he did yesterday, and sat directly opposite Xia Zhongda, with the tone of an old acquaintance, and there was nothing polite to say.
Xia Zhongda is like a frosted eggplant, he has long lost his spirit yesterday, and he no longer cares about the change in Liang Xian's attitude towards himself, when he went out, he heard that Ma Bin was already on the way back, it seems that the illness is fake, and it is true that he doesn't want to do business.
"I saw him very energetic yesterday, but today he looks like a dead man, with a miserable white face, I went to look for him early in the morning, but he fell headlong, who knows if it's pretending."
Liang Xian is still so helpless, he wanted to start with Ma Pinyuan, and the rumors created are more credible, but now Ma Pinyuan is sick, and his father is sick. This shop contract can be as big as a part of the Ma family's industry, and small is a matter of a few silver tickets, and even if such a shabby shop is given to the Liang family by the Ma family in the end, the Liang family can't look down on it, and the wishful thinking of relying on this shop to pry the big stone of the Ma family is now a little unsounding.
But the arrow is on the bow, I have to send it, the previous preparations can't be let go of it, but at this time, Xia Zhongda completely offended the Ma family, and now if you pay too much attention to it, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction with the Ma family, and after thinking about it, this is also an opportunity.
"Xia Dongjia, I still have a plan." Liang Xian said that, he walked over and leaned over to Xia Zhongda's ear and whispered.
Xia Zhongda was happy when he heard this, and he got up to go back to Mafu after a cup of tea, but the guy outside the door saw the opportunity to come over and say to Xia Zhongda, "The old lady has arrived at the dock, and I sent someone to spread the word that I want the uncle to go to Wanxianglou in the city to call a room and wait." ”
Xia Zhongda listened, the joy of a moment just now turned into melancholy, the old lady was famous for his fiery temper when he was young, and he would mix the rivers and lakes for a while because of fate, even at this age, he spoke with a taste of rivers and lakes, and his voice was thicker than usual, and he poked at the sore spot when he scolded people, making people red-faced and red-eared.
Wanxianglou is located in the center of Baidi City, usually Ma Bin also feasted here to invite the merchants who came and went, Xia Zhongda has always been invited to sit in the carriage, and it is the first time for him to book a room, fortunately, the coachman knows the way, and pulled Xia Zhongda to the door of Wanxianglou, and there are immediately men inside to greet him, "Guest officer, how many of you, please inside." ”
Xia Zhongda paused suddenly, when he was out before, he only heard that the old lady was coming, but he didn't say that a few people were coming, except for the old lady's personal service Zhang's mother, and some guys. I don't know if Xia Zhongji came with him, this kind of lively thing has always been indispensable to him.
"Slightly bigger."
The guy hurriedly invited Xia Zhongda inside, passed the porch, went up to the second floor, bypassed a noisy room, and went to the room with the three big characters of 'Willow Leaf Pavilion' hanging on the door number, pushed the door in, not too big, not too small, a round table can accommodate seven or eight people, but it is a little bigger.
Looking out of the window, in the distance was a small hill, the hill was lush and green, and it was like a tree, and it was shorter, and it was taller and neater like grass, and there were a few people walking back and forth in it, just submerging their knees.
The guy saw Xia Zhongda looking outside stunned, and while serving tea, he said, "Guest officer, this room is the best location in this store, I see your eyes, I must have not been to this Baidi City a few times, our location is definitely the best in Baidi City, you can watch the tea picking while drinking tea, there are few in Baidi City, and the scenery of our home is unique." ”
Xia Zhongda was unmoved after hearing this, and only asked, "Whose house is on the other side?" The guy was also surprised, and said quite proudly, "This is my boss's, the Long family's property." ”
The guy saw that Xia Zhongda did not refuse, and he was sitting here alone and bored, and only regarded Xia Zhongda as a foreigner for the roasted tea conference, so he continued, "The mountain opposite is called Jiming Mountain, which is the first place for our owner to plant tea, and it is also the starting point of our owner's fortune, and now the tea tree is the third generation, and this generation of tea is also the tea tree twenty years ago, which is earlier than my family came to this Baidi City." ”
The guy was still talking, but Xia Zhongda didn't plan to tell him to shut up, but he didn't listen to him, just thinking about how to deal with the old lady for a while. And what the guy said is nothing more than the most commonly said in this Baidi City, such as Long, Hou, Gou, Zhu, She, Liu, Ma, Yang Eight families in Baidi City are known to everyone, no one knows, but seven of these eight are not as good as a Long family, in the early years, it is not too much to say that one is a big one, and the other families are just helpers, tea farmers, even if it is not as good as it was back then, the Long family still holds the best position tightly.
The guy suddenly said mysteriously, "Although our owner is already calling for wind and rain in Baidi City, the leader of the family is very low-key, and all kinds of external affairs are also managed by the housekeeper, and the real owner rarely appears, like I have been a partner in this Long family for many years, but I have not seen anyone once." I heard that last year's roasted tea conference was attended by our young boss Long Ping, and I shouldn't have been on duty that day, so I went to see it, but I was surrounded by people on the inner and outer three floors, but I didn't see anything. ”
The man was about to say something, but he heard someone outside the door calling for tea, so he answered again.