Chapter 112: The Cheng Family's Gossip



Chun Ying slandered in her heart, this Cheng Da is too scummy, if it was just a new and disgusting old favorite concubine to kill his wife, now he has even abandoned his integrity, I heard him say before, that friend not only married his wife and sister to him as a concubine, but also pulled him to partner in business, he didn't do it yet, so he first thought about swallowing other people's shares, why did Cheng Auntie have such a husband?

Shopkeeper Shi also said with an embarrassed face: "This ...... Not quite right, right? ”

"What's inappropriate?" Uncle Cheng disagreed, "It's rare to have a good opportunity to make a fortune, if you don't seize it, is it possible that you really want to guard this small shop and work hard for others for the rest of your life?" I know you've saved a lot of yourself, but what kind of life are you living? is a lot old, there are no wives and children, and even a girl who makes a bed with a quilt, your sister is reluctant to buy it for you. She has been married to my Cheng family for more than ten years, and she still controls your Shi family's money, so you don't have an idea in your heart? You have your own industry, and you will be a master in the future, what kind of beauty do you want? ”

Shopkeeper Shi smiled dryly and looked away: "That's not what I said, brother-in-law, my sister was originally for my good, and the owner also treated me well......"

"I didn't make his family suffer, but I just brought over a few big customers who I knew." Uncle Cheng smiled and patted his wife and brother's shoulder, "Those rich people, the hair is thicker than our waist, what are ten horses and eight silk satins?" Our new shop is not a small business, the shop is already optimistic, there are three corridors, and the four gates are facing the street! Think about it, how big is that? Brother-in-law knows that you know a lot of silk merchants with backgrounds, and another day your brother-in-law will set up wine in Jinduoge, you invite a few people to have a drink, get to know each other, and everyone will make a fortune together in the future? ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a long time, and then lowered his voice to persuade him: "Brother-in-law, this is nothing, when will you prepare the wine and call me." It's just that...... It's a great thing that someone is willing to partner with you, and in any case, you're already married...... Why bother calculating people like this? Although he knew that it was the mother's family of his brother-in-law's concubine, the shopkeeper Shi couldn't help but remind him that the businessman lost his integrity and was looked down upon, and he would not be able to gain a foothold in the future.

Uncle Cheng's face was a little unsightly, he looked out of the store with a straight face, and glanced at Chunying, who had already pretended to take a rag to wipe here and there, pretending to be a cleaning girl.

Uncle Cheng usually comes less, and he remembers it in a trance. My wife's brother's family borrowed a little girl, and they didn't take her seriously, but just said to the shopkeeper Shi with a straight face: "Don't you know what to do with me?" How can there be such a good person in the world? Nothing to do to pull you to partner in the shop, and as long as you give a small share? His family is old in business, and there is no reason to be cheap outsiders! My family's twilight mother was originally a concubine, and she had no parents, so she could only live with her sister and brother-in-law. It's still my own siblings! This time about the partnership, it was Du Niang who quietly inquired, and I found out the reason. It turned out that his family was very rich, but he was mean to others and had a bad reputation, so he had to accept the business in his hometown and find a living elsewhere. He took a fancy to the fabric business in the capital, but he didn't know people, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to keep his money. You say, if such a profiteer treats him sincerely, I am afraid that the shop will be open for a year or two, and he will kick me away when he is ready, and I will not waste my efforts?! It's better to do it yourself! ”

The shopkeeper Shi frowned when he heard this: "Since this is the case. Leave him alone, and why should he give him the money? Your concubine is related to his family, so you need to prevent it from looking bad when you meet in the future. ”

"You fool!" Uncle Cheng hated that iron could not become steel, "Without his silver. Son, where can I take down such a big shop and open such a big cloth village?! Hengzhu's family is very rich, and he doesn't care about the two thousand silver, what if he has relatives? Twilight Niang entered the door of my Cheng family, it is my Cheng family, where is there still the truth of my mother's sister and brother-in-law?! Do you want a partnership or not? If you want to take the silver, when we take down the shop, no one in the capital will dare to look down on us! ”

The shopkeeper thought about it and thought about it, and was silent, but the expression was obviously unwilling. Meaningful, Uncle Cheng's face sank, and he said angrily: "I know!" You brothers and sisters are all the way! You don't have the courage at all, and even if the money arrives in front of you, you don't know how to pick it! Your sister scolded Dui Niang for being a vixen and would only spend my money, but Du Niang knew my plan, not only did she not stop me, but also persuaded me to invest more capital, so as not to let her brother-in-law control it! This is the help of the virtuous man! Tell your sister to learn more! After that, he threw up his sleeves and went, no matter what the shopkeeper Ren Shi called in the back, he refused to look back.

Chunying grabbed the stone shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, don't pay attention to him, let's go and have a look first. Ma'am. The latter gave up.

The back stairs came lightly. With the sound of light footsteps, Aunt Cheng, who had lost a lot of weight, walked down, looked at her husband who was far away in a daze, sat on the staircase with her buttocks, picked up the handkerchief and cried: "Kill a thousand knives...... I've been married to him for more than ten years, what did I do wrong? He actually said that I am not a good wife, I bah! Woowoo...... It's not because I'm fascinated by that little slut......"

The shopkeeper stepped forward to persuade her, sweating profusely: "Sister, don't cry...... ......He looked outside, and saw that no one was paying attention to the situation in the store, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and persuaded his sister a few words, and said: "My brother-in-law is also angry for a while, so he talks nonsense." In fact, if the businessman really partners with his brother-in-law, it will also be good for his brother-in-law, who doesn't want to have his own shop? My brother-in-law has been a businessman for more than ten years, and it's time to stabilize. Sister, what if you take out some of the money and give it to him? It's what he has earned for many years, and if you don't give it to him in your hands, it doesn't make sense to say anything. What's more, when my brother-in-law opened a shop, he didn't have to run from south to north, he just had to stay in Beijing. You look at him so much, and it saves him from having any more outside thoughts and getting a few concubines to anger you. ”

Aunt Cheng scolded when she heard this: "I won't give it!" Who knows what he will do with the money? It's all spent on that vixen, aren't my son and I going to drink the northwest wind?! After a pause, he choked up aggrievedly: "Now he doesn't take me seriously, when the shop is really opened, the slut's mother's family has become your brother-in-law's rich man, where is there still a place for me to stand?" When the time comes, you will give me a random charge, and you will divorce me, and I will still dream! She cried louder and louder.

Chun Ying also nodded thoughtfully: "Aunt Cheng is right, it is more stable to keep the silver in your hand." Aunt Cheng glanced up at her, and seemed to be very pleased, but the shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said: "Xiaochun, you don't say a few words, if my sister really turns her face with her brother-in-law for silver, it will be difficult to turn around in the future!" ”

Chunying said: "There is one and there are two, Uncle Cheng accepted a concubine, who knows if he will accept a second one in the future?" Look at what he says and acts, if he doesn't have no money, where will he put the eldest lady in his eyes? gave him all the money, how will the eldest mother and Su Luosuyi live in the future? Do you really want to see the face of that concubine? If a man changes his mind, he is no longer reliable, it is better to take the money himself and not ask someone to come. ”

This made Aunt Cheng feel relatable: "That's exactly what happened, if I don't have children, I don't care about him, and I can live back to my parents' house, but I can't leave my two sons behind......" She cried again.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh: "In this case, my sister will leave all the money, but my brother-in-law finally got the opportunity and has to help him." Another day, I introduced him to a few familiar silk merchants, and then scraped together two hundred taels of silver to send them over, saving my brother-in-law from really turning against my sister, and the family became enemies. ”

Chunying hurriedly dissuaded: "Shopkeeper, don't be busy giving money yet." I've always felt that something was wrong. How can it be so cheap? If you pay 20% of the money and find a store, you can account for half of the shares? He wants to find a local partner, how many powerful businesses can't find it, but he wants to find Uncle Cheng? Cheng Da is just a mere businessman, and he grabs a lot of money in the capital, but Chunying doesn't dare to say this, but just says: "Since he is a notoriously mean person, how can he be so stupid?" Don't be a lie, right? ”

Aunt Cheng stopped crying, widened her eyes and asked, "Won't it?" I've seen that man, dressed in great wealth, and his wife's gold jewelry is enough for a hundred taels! is the little slut, who is also covered in silk and satin, and knows a few words, can play the piano and paint, and is clearly a rich lady. ”

Chunying felt a little funny: "I can recognize a few words, I can play the piano and draw, this is called Miss?" It's not that I said, it's really a young lady from a rich family, where is she willing to marry into a merchant's family as a concubine? If that businessman wants to do business in the capital and has nothing to rely on, wouldn't it be okay to marry his wife and sister directly to the official? Didn't you say she was beautiful? can't climb to the big officials, there are more rich businessmen with heads and faces! Where is Uncle Cheng's turn? "He is old, he has a wife and children.

"Is my man very bad...... Aunt Cheng muttered, feeling that Chunying's words made some sense, and couldn't help but feel panicked, "This ...... Brother, what do you say? ”

The shopkeeper also hesitated: "If it's really a lie, just stop your brother-in-law, but if it's not ......"

The more Chunying thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was correct: "I haven't seen Uncle Cheng's concubine, but Xiao Fei Ge has seen it, he has done fat powder business at home, and he is very clear about these things, he told me that the brand of rouge powder used by the concubine will not be used by women from good families in Jiangnan, only those women in Qinglou, or those who are concubines, will use it." ”

Aunt Cheng grabbed her arm excitedly: "Is this true?!" Chun Ying was in pain and nodded reluctantly, and she immediately stood up excitedly: "I'll expose her!" Frightened, Chunying and Shopkeeper Shi hurriedly grabbed her: "I can't help it!" Go now, no one will believe it at all! ”

Aunt Cheng shouted angrily: "Since she is a liar, she should have been exposed earlier, told her to go to the yamen to be boarded, and drove out of the door of Cheng's house!" One step later, the Cheng family's money told her to move away! ”

Chunying and the stone shopkeeper stopped her and made a mess, Hu Fei finished greeting the neighbors and wanted to find Chunying, but as soon as he walked into Yunxiang Pavilion, he was stunned: "This is ...... What are you doing? ”

Chun Ying hurriedly explained the matter briefly, Hu Fei frowned and said: "Aunt Cheng, if you go to say it now, it will be in vain, but it will startle the snake, it is better to look at it coldly and wait for her to do it." ”

Aunt Cheng didn't follow: "Is it possible for me to watch my money being cheated out by her?!" ”

"Isn't the silver still with you?" Chunying whispered in her ear, "Auntie, you should not give money, even if Uncle Cheng is cheated of money in the future, he will not lose all his money?" When the time comes, you will be a great good wife and a savior in his eyes! Aunt Cheng's eyes lit up, glanced at Chunying, and scolded her face with a smile: "Little girl, it turns out that you are not a fool!" ”

Chunying was so painful that tears came out, and she scolded in her heart, but she still had to squeeze out a smile on her face. Finally appeased Aunt Cheng, she listened to the other party's YY Uncle Cheng's conscience found out what the prodigal son would do after he turned back, and it took more than half an hour to get out, Hu Fei had already talked to the shopkeeper about the rest of the store.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "I forgot about you, I was about to throw away all the scraps, since you came to take it, you can simply take it in the future, just give a few hundred dollars to invite the guys to eat and drink." After making a fortune, don't forget us. ”

Chunying muttered in her heart, didn't it turn out to be free? But a few hundred dollars is not a lot, and I finally settled a heartfelt matter. She and Hu Fei glanced at each other, and there was a smile in their eyes.

The rest of the materials were loaded with most of the carriage, Chunying and Hu Fei went to a few familiar embroidery jobs nearby to send ** around, purchased a batch of cheap and exquisite purse handkerchiefs and other things, and by the way inspected the prices of several fat powder shops, and saw that it was not early, so they went home happily.

Chunying looked at the embroidery work in the car, and suddenly thought that the cost of acquisition was too high, and she couldn't do it herself, and if she wanted to sell it at a high price, she still had to ask for fresh patterns?。.。