Speaking of this, Shopkeeper He finally didn't have a sad face: "I've been to see it, but there is no business at all!" ”

He is not a saint, and seeing that his old opponent is unlucky, of course he is in a very comfortable mood, and his face is full of wrinkles with a smile: "I waited outside for a long time before I saw a woman buying vegetables enter the store. Ten feet of silk was only willing to give fifty wen, and Wang Debao's face was green. ”

At this time, the market price is ten cents for a foot of linen, not to mention the production of silk fabrics with higher requirements, no wonder Wang Debao's face is green.

Du Baozhu listened to the report of the shopkeeper He, thought about it, and decided to go in person.

Wang Debao's cloth shop is located at the mouth of an alley facing the street in Xishi, and the location is not bad, and there are people coming and going from the east, west, north and south. But as if he had fallen into an evil spirit, no one would take a step into the store.

"Phew, who are they? Do you have long eyes? I'm going to sell it to you at a low price, so I'll laugh secretly! I still don't like soaking in water, but I haven't soaked in water, can it be the current price? ”

At this time, the sun was high, and the shop was very hot, and Wang Debao was hiding under the tree in the shade while scolding in a low voice.

Today is the seventh day of the opening of the cloth shop, and the cloth that can be sold together is less than a horse, and the money earned is not even worth the rent of the store. It was not so much to open a shop to sell cloth, but to throw silver into the river, so anxious that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were hurting.

"The king's shopkeeper." The cloth seller came out of the store with his nose covered: "These fabrics have been soaked in water, and the more you put them, the more they smell, the more they smell." If you don't make a move, you'll be smashed in our hands! ”

"Aren't you farting? Lao Tzu himself has a nose, can you not smell the smell of the cloth? Wang Debao fanned the fan violently, but the more he fanned his heart, the more angry he became: "Now that the price has been pressed to the end, these dirt buns are reluctant to spend money to buy, what can I do?" ”

"Go! What are you doing standing here stupidly? He threw the fan in his hand into the man's arms, and walked into the backyard with his hands: "Why don't you quickly pick out the stinky fabric and put it in the yard to dry?" ”

The only guy in the store, that is, the henchman who has followed Wang Debao since Changle Restaurant, was scolded for a long time without a head. didn't care about the grievances, so he hurriedly took out the fabric in the warehouse and spread it out in the courtyard to dry.

The water in the canal was not very clean, and the cloth was soaked and there was no time to treat it. Not only does it stink now, but it also has mold. The originally shiny silk fabric has long since become crumpled, like moldy dried plum vegetables. Whoever sees it is not willing to spend an extra penny to buy it.

The guy looked a little distressed, and always felt that the current way of selling the shopkeeper Wang was a little inappropriate, but he was afraid that he would not be able to sell much fabric for another ten days and a half months.

But he's just a little guy who eats by people's faces, where can he manage so much. You can only do what the boss tells you to do.

In the backyard of the store, Wang Debao was tossing and drying the cloth, and a green cloth cart suddenly stopped at the front door.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a baby-faced guard of sixteen or seventeen years old with ape arms and bee waist jumped first. Immediately afterward, another eleven or twelve-year-old black-skinned and skinny boy came down. Then, down was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old maid in Tsing Yi who combed her ingots.

Wang Debao stood at the mouth of the front store and the backyard, and when he saw these people coldly, his triangular eyes immediately turned into copper bells: "It's you again!" What are you doing here? ”

"Look at what the king's shopkeeper said, when you open the door to do business, everyone who comes is a guest. How can you see a guest and get angry? A crisp and childish child's voice came from the carriage.

The maid in green carefully lifted the curtain and helped a young girl in her early teens as delicate as a snow doll to get out of the carriage.

On a hot day, the little girl wore an indigo skirt, which was refreshing and neat, and the wind was a little cooler.

However, Wang Debao's face was full of anger, and he couldn't wait to roll up his sleeves and pry people: "Hmph, I know that this kid was really bought by you!" The thief shouted the trick of catching the thief, and the little lady played it really neatly! ”

Du Baozhu followed his line of sight, and just saw Chen Niaomu standing beside Lu Ming with a wooden face, as if he had nothing to do with himself.

She smiled nonchalantly and nodded quietly at the taster.

Taste Le immediately stepped forward and sneered at each other: "Heh, is it the thief who shouts to catch the thief, or the shopkeeper Wang is too unparticular about doing things, forcing his subordinates to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and the shopkeeper Wang understands it in his heart." You didn't get any punishment anyway, so why bother to cry out later? ”

"You girl!" Wang Debao has lived most of his life, when has he ever tasted the taste of being pointed at the tip of his nose by a yellow-haired girl. Hearing this, he was so angry that his eyebrows were raised, and he rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat someone.

Taste the joy of winning the mouth, and do not love war. Seeing that Wang Debao was going to beat someone, he slipped to the little lady's side, and only poked out his head: "The shopkeeper Wang has a big temper, but he will beat people if he says it." No wonder you opened such a big store, but there was no business, and the customers were scared away by you! ”

Wang Debao was already in a hurry because the cloth shop had no business, and he was teased by the taste, and he was so angry that he almost jumped to his feet. However, before he could face the corner of his clothes, he was caught by Lu Ming: "Shopkeeper Wang, the weather is hot and dry, you can dissipate your anger first." ”

It is this group of people who quarrel, and it is this group of people who persuade, Wang Debao has always been the one who bullies, and he has never suffered such grievances.

But the white-faced kid in front of him looked inconspicuous, but his kung fu was good, he couldn't break free from this kid after a few struggles, and had to bluff with a calm face: "What are you doing?" Do you want to make trouble in broad daylight? ”

"Hmph, Du Xiaoniang, a certain skill is not as good as others, and you kicked it out of the wine shop and recognized it. Now that a certain person has started a new stove and doesn't care about the past with you, why do you want to kill them all? ”

Wang Debao was pinched by Lu Ming's wrist and couldn't move, and what he said was really like that. Immediately, a few passers-by who loved to watch the excitement on the side of the road stopped and pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

Only then did Du Baozhu glared at Lu Ming and Yule reproachfully, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Don't let go of the king's shopkeeper?" I've been learning the rules at home for so long, how can I forget them as soon as I go out? ”

Taste the pleasure and stick out his tongue, retract behind Du Baozhu in a regular manner, and Lu Ming also obediently let go of Wang Debao. However, there was no remorse on their faces, and they obviously did not take these two rebukes to heart.

Wang Debao was not satisfied with Du Baozhu's understatement, twisted his wrist and snorted coldly: "If the little lady sincerely apologizes, how can she talk about it?" In my opinion, it's just acting for us to see. ”

"Or else?" Du Baozhu glanced at him strangely, and asked with a smile: "When he was in the court, didn't Boss Sun do this for the people to see?" I'm just learning from it. Since the shopkeeper Wang is dissatisfied, he might as well go to the prison for a few days and set an example, so that I can let Yule and Luming learn from you. ”

"Humph!" Wang Debao didn't expect that these words could be said back to his head, and his face couldn't help but darken.

He knew that he was no match for so many people in the verbal battle, so he simply turned his head back to the store and instructed his men to plug in the door panel: "Bad luck!" I didn't look at the yellow calendar today, but I opened the door and met the plague god. It's closed! ”

"Hey, shopkeeper Wang." At this time, the paving door panels are all wooden boards one by one, and you have to toss for a while to close the door. Du Baozhu was not in a hurry, and looked at Wang Debao and his buddies with a smile: "It's rare that business comes to the door, and you don't accept it." I'm afraid that if the door is closed today, it won't be able to open for the rest of the day. ”

Wang Debao was stabbed by Du Baozhu, and his teeth itched with anger, but he didn't dare to scold back. I had to lose my temper at the guy: "Your hands and feet are so slow, haven't you eaten?" ”

"Ouch." Taste Le covered his nose at the right time: "I can smell it when I get out of the car, why is it so stinky on the streets that extend in all directions here?" Did anyone die a mouse? ”

As soon as she spoke, several onlookers-by also smelled a foul smell. It's like dead fish and rotten shrimp, and it's like something is moldy, and the more you smell it, the more disgusting it feels.

There was nothing lively to see, and several people hurriedly rolled up their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses, and left in a hurry.

When Wang Debao saw this scene, his face became even darker. But he refused to let him go, stretched out his nose and sniffed, and pointed sharply at the cloth shop: "Little lady, the slave smells as if the smell is coming from the shopkeeper's shop!" ”

"Fool, why do you need to smell like this, you should guess just by guessing."

"The slave is not as easy to use as the little lady's brain, you can tell the slave how to guess it."

The master and servant sang a harmony one by one, and then said at the door of the cloth shop: "Do you know that the reason why the king's shopkeeper's batch of cloth is discounted is because it has been soaked in the river. ”

The owner of the goods was afraid of leaking the news and degrading the price of the goods, so he did not dare to dry the cloth and hurriedly entered the warehouse. This stinky water has been soaked and placed in the cloudy warehouse, and the fine silk has been soaked into a rag, not that they stink, what else can it be? ”

"I see." "Shopkeeper Wang, you have always been astute, why are you so confused this time, what are you doing when you buy a batch of stinky cloth?" Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sell it in your hands? ”

This is what he wants to buy, it is obvious that Boss Sun forced him to sell it.

Wang Debao is like a mute who has eaten Coptis chinensis at this time, and he can't say anything about his suffering, so he has to plug his head into the door panel. I hated him for being greedy and wanted to sell the cloth quickly, so he deliberately rented a store with a very wide storefront, and the door panel could not be placed behind closed doors for a long time at this time.

The annoying pair of servants outside the door were still talking: "You guessed right this time, the king's shopkeeper's batch of cloth is destined to be smashed in his hands." ”

"Why?"

"Don't look at the fact that these fabrics are all fine silk shipped from Jiangnan, just think that you can sell them at a discount. Who of our aristocratic and wealthy families in Chang'an lacks this bit of silver, and instead of buying clean and good cloth silk, they want to buy this goods that have fallen into the water? ”

"It's cheap, why don't you take advantage of it?"

"Fool, when a rich old lady buys something, she doesn't just look at the money, but also the face. If they are greedy to buy some rotten cloth and are known, won't they laugh at them for having no money to fill their households? They don't want to do this face-hurting thing. ”

"The rich man won't buy it, so sell it to the poor man who has no money." He tilted his head and said with a smile: "The slave's monthly money is not enough to buy good silk, so it's not bad to buy a cheap product that has fallen into the water to try it." ”

"A bargain that has fallen into the water is more expensive than linen. What's more, you have to wash and incense to get rid of the smell when you buy it home. How many ordinary people are willing to spend so much effort to buy a piece of clothing that won't last for a long time? ”

In these years, incense and pulp washing are all tricks that rich people can afford. Ordinary people's families, with this silver, it is better to buy two catties of meat and fragrant mouth.