Chapter Seventy-Six: Speculation
The fat man was the opposite of him, not tall, with a round head and a round face, and a fat body. It's a pity that his fat is not suitable for cotton, and after hiding for so long, he already knows how to turn his face blue, and he urged while sighing into his hand, "Brother Yang Jiu, why don't you catch up?" Didn't the shopkeeper want us to follow this little rabbit? ”
The thin man glared at him impatiently, and scolded in a low voice, "What are you urging, I'm thinking about business." This little rabbit cub is the person who has to be used by the subordinate surnamed Fang, so it is said that he should not be so concerned about the soil buns in these two ravines? There's got to be weird in that! ”
"What's weird?" The fat man was a little disapproving, stomped his frozen feet and said, "These two people may be distant relatives or something." ”
The thin man shook his head, "Impossible! The little rabbit was an orphan who had been begging for food on the street for a few years. Later, the surname Fang came, and somehow he took a fancy to him, so he picked him back to reward him for an errand. ”
The more he said this, the more he felt that there was something wrong, so he reached out and pulled the fat man, and said, "Let's not talk about this first, go to the grocery store of Lao Fu and ask." ”
The fat man scolded in his heart, this guy really treated himself as a gold medal to catch fast, and the cold weather had to stop. It's a pity that although he was slandered in his stomach, he didn't dare to say that he couldn't go, so he could only tighten the padded jacket on his body and go on the road against the wind and snow.
At this time, Fu Ji's grocery store was also busy, and the shopkeeper Fu shouted in his mouth as the young men sorted out the goods, but he was so annoyed that he couldn't give himself two slaps. Although he remedied it in time just now, no matter how much he thought about it, he felt that he had offended Bai Yunju this time, and he was afraid that he would have to smash the pot in the future.
At the thought that the shop would have to pay less than 30% a month, he became more and more annoyed, and the scolding in his mouth became even more ruthless, and he completely treated the two or three young men under him as scud and Hercules. The young men complained and cursed incessantly, but they did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction on their faces.
The thin man picked up the cotton curtain and entered the shop, and when he saw this busy appearance, he laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Fu, your shop is doing a prosperous business, and you moved out and sold all the goods at the bottom of the box early in the morning?" ”
Shopkeeper Fu turned his head when he heard the sound, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said with a smile, "Oh, isn't this Yang in charge?" I said why a magpie kept barking at the door this morning, and it turned out that there was a distinguished guest coming to the door. Quick, inside please! Inside please! ”
Everyone loves to listen to good words, the thin man Yang Jiu was smiling, and he returned the salute casually and strolled into the small flower hall in the backyard with the fat man.
The shopkeeper Fu warmly beckoned the two to sit down, and shouted loudly to the young man to serve tea and snacks, and the thin man stopped him for a few words and enjoyed it peacefully.
The three of them drank a few sips of tea and said a few more gossips, and then the shopkeeper Fu asked, "Why does Steward Yang have the leisure to walk around my small shop today?" If there is anything missing in our restaurant, just send a young man to run it, and I'll have someone send it. This windy and snowy weather still bothered Steward Yang to take a trip, but it was too undeserved. ”
Yang Jiu smiled and narrowed his eyes, and responded, "The shopkeeper is polite, we are also doing things for the owner, how dare you not care." ”
"That's, that's, Steward Yang is the most useful manpower under Boss Qian." Shopkeeper Fu secretly guessed the intentions of these two people in his heart, thinking that no matter what they did, they had to find a way to take it. After all, he just lost the business of Baiyunju, and he can't offend Fuguilou anymore.
Yang Jiu saw his expression in his eyes, and immediately threw out a fat bait, and said with a smile, "Our restaurant has been doing a good business recently, I heard the shopkeeper say that I want to buy more sundries the day before yesterday, and I will make a fortune after paying the shopkeeper." ”
The shopkeeper Fu was really fooled, and swallowed the bait with a smile and responded, "That's great, take advantage of the good words of the steward, and you must invite the steward to drink when the time comes." ”
Yang Jiu said a few polite words, and then asked casually, as if inadvertently, "I saw that the people from Baiyunju also came to buy just now?" Those big boxes are enough for a few months, if you are not familiar with it, you still think that Baiyunju is going to open a grocery store. ”
The shopkeeper Fu made a bitter face and complained, "Don't mention this matter, I'm worried." Where is Baiyunju buying things, it was Fang Dongzi who led his brother and sister-in-law to take advantage, not only did I not earn a penny, but I also put up a few dollars of silver, which is really a loss. ”
"Oh, and that? Isn't Fang Dongzi an orphan, why did such a pair of brothers and sisters-in-law suddenly appear, this is a strange thing. ”
The shopkeeper Fu pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "That's it, when he was begging for food on this street, I also gave him a few cakes, but now people are angry, and they enjoy happiness with Fang Gongzi, where do you remember who we are."
A few days ago, he brought a dirt bun to the door, I have given a lot of help, I thought that the person came to buy again today, I should earn some hard money. I didn't expect to be rushed by him to grab a meal of white, and I, a small businessman, didn't dare to offend others, so I had to put up a lot of silver! ”
"He shouldn't be doing this, it's hard to do business, and he should leave some hard-earned money." Yang Jiu's small eyes were dripping, and he asked suspiciously, "However, why did this kid suddenly appear with a pair of brothers and sisters-in-law, and he still stammered people like this, where did the couple come from?" ”
"Noble?" Shopkeeper Fu's face was full of disdain, and he sneered, "If they are nobles, I will be a relative of the emperor." I heard that it was a farmer family in Nangou Village, and I didn't know how to take the line of Shangjia. After the last time I came to buy, I still took the Fang family's horse to climb the plow back, and I really treated them as honored guests. I don't know what this Fang family has in mind, so it won't be that this Fang Gongzi has a crush on which village girl in that ravine, right? ”
After he said this, he laughed, but Yang Jiu's eyes were bright, he tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and reluctantly laughed a few times, and at the end he made an excuse and pulled the fat man who was munching snacks to say goodbye and leave.
The shopkeeper Fu originally thought that the two of them were going to take care of his business, and he didn't want them to leave like this, which caused him to have a stomach full of doubts and nowhere to ask, so those young guys were unlucky again, and they were scurrying around like headless flies.
Not to mention how it was in the grocery store, it was said that the thin man Yang Jiu walked all the way back to his restaurant, and as soon as he entered the door, he pulled the young man and asked the shopkeeper and the owner in the backyard flower hall, and he was even more happy in his heart, and hurriedly trotted to find it.
The fat man is not really stupid, so he naturally won't miss it when he asks for merit in front of the owner, and shouts one after another, "Brother Jiu, you wait for me." Then he chased after him.
Qian Dafu has seen that Baiyunju's business has become more and more prosperous in the past few days, and there is a posture that the threshold has been stepped on, but they are cold here, and the little flame in their hearts is really three feet high. But all the maids, even his favorite concubines, will be scolded as long as they appear in front of his eyes.
And the fat shopkeeper who followed the master every day to serve was even more unlucky, and he almost washed his face with spittle. But he couldn't conjure up fresh vegetables out of thin air, and could only hope that the two stewards sent out could have some good news and save him from the wrath of his master as soon as possible.
At this moment, he had just brewed a good pot of tea, hoping to lower the anger of his master, and he walked cautiously into the hall, and the figure that stabbed out of him unexpectedly knocked him into a big stumble, and he immediately glared and scolded, "What a damn thing, you don't have long eyes when you walk." ”
Yang Jiu hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him, and said with a smile, "The shopkeeper, the little one got good news, and he ran too quickly for a moment of joy." ”
"Good news, what good news?" The fat shopkeeper grabbed Yang Jiu's arm in surprise and asked loudly, leaving the anger just now behind.
Yang Jiu stretched out his hand and took the tray and handed it to the fat man, then said, "The little one found out where the fresh vegetables in Baiyunju were bought." ”
"Is that true?" Without waiting for the old shopkeeper to respond, Qian Dafu, who heard the movement in the house, opened the door and heard the news loudly.
Yang Jiu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile, "If you go back to the owner's house, the little one will find out the exact news." ”
"Come in and say, if the news is true, there will be a reward!" Qian Dafu was also happy, turned around and went back to the house to sit on the main seat, and asked again without waiting for Yang Jiu to stand firmly, "Tell me quickly, where did the fresh vegetables come from?" ”
Yang Jiu thought about it in his heart, so he carefully explained how hard he followed Dongzi, how he talked from the shopkeeper Fu, etc., and said at the end, "Dongjia, didn't the person surnamed Fang come back with a plow to transport vegetables the day before yesterday, and when I heard the shopkeeper Fu say this today, the little dare guessed that the person surnamed Fang definitely went to Nangou Village to walk around." The people who eat this kind of food must also be in Nangou Village. ”
The fat shopkeeper thought for a moment, and felt that this matter was likely to be true, so he opened his mouth and agreed, "Yang Jiu is reasonable, the so-called no profit is not early, and if there is no benefit, the surname Fang can't contribute." It must have been him who had to go in and out of the village to help the villagers carry groceries. ”
Qian Dafu nodded in agreement, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth deepened, "Okay, I'm afraid I didn't expect that I would be able to find the vegetable seller so quickly." Shopkeeper Sun, I'll leave this matter to you. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Nangou Village, no matter how much I will pay double the price of vegetables, I must get the vegetable source back! I want to see if the surname Fang has no fresh vegetables, how can he call me! ”
"Yes, the host, the little ones will go out of the city early tomorrow morning, and they will be kept by the master to transport the fresh vegetables back." The fat shopkeeper hurriedly patted his chest in response, Yang Jiu was afraid that the master would forget his credit, and he also interjected with a smile, "The little one will give the shopkeeper a car tomorrow, and the little one has been to Nangou Village twice, and the road is also familiar." ”
The fat man also hurriedly agreed, "The little ones are too, the little ones are not capable, and they will run errands for the shopkeeper when the time comes." ”
Qian Dafu is not a stingy person, and he also understands some clear principles of rewards and punishments, so he said casually, "You have done a good job, you will go to the account office to receive two taels of silver for a while, and obey the instructions of the shopkeeper tomorrow." ”
Yang Jiu and the fat man were overjoyed, immediately knelt on the ground to thank the reward, and walked out backwards at the end.
Not to mention how the fat shopkeeper and Qian Dafu discussed the details, and how to start the dream of defeating Baiyunju, just said that the fat and thin duo received the reward in the account room, and they were so happy that they walked with the wind, and their faces were even more smiling like flowers. The young men, cooks, and others who were good friends with them on weekdays surrounded them begging for wine, shouting that they must be happy.