Chapter Ninety-Six: Filling the Pit
At this time, in the Lin family's flower hall, after Steward Lin sent Zhao Sheng away, he came back to Lin Qingwan and asked, "Grandma, what should I do about this, is it delayed, or is it ......?"
Lin Qingwan smiled, "What should I do, tell Fang Datong and them, I will give them a holiday, they can expand their business a little more, they don't have to stick to Suzhou City, and the county and town next door can also go around." ”
"Grandma is going to fight with Zhao Jiaming?"
"Of course not," Lin Qingwan sneered, "I originally wanted to fight quickly, but he gave me a wake-up call." ”
Lin Qingwan said that Zhao Sheng was willing to let the Zhao family bookstore sell some of the rice paper, she sneered: "The bamboo paper has not been made yet, and the straw paper has not yet borne fruit. Go back and ask Steward Liu to go to Zhao's bookstore to buy paper, remember, the price must not be higher than the price we took from Xuancheng in the past, and we will keep talking if we can't talk about it. ”
She wants to see who succumbs first, anyway, the situation of Han Mo Zhai can't be worse, but the gluttonous building can be closed directly.
It depends on whether Zhao Sheng wants to suffer a small loss in the bookstore, or directly closes the gluttonous building.
Of course, Zhao Sheng couldn't close the gluttonous building, seeing that the villagers and tenants of the Lin family's courtyard not only confiscated the collection, but also intensified the production, so that there was a smell of tofu inside and outside Suzhou, and I heard that there were several restaurants that negotiated business with the Lin family's villagers, and they would buy directly from them in the future.
For this reason, the chef has also researched several recipes.
After he learned from Shopkeeper Hu that the Lin family's Liu steward had been suppressing the price of rice paper and couldn't talk about it for a long time, he understood that Lin Qingwan was waiting for him to give in.
Zhao Sheng didn't expect Lin Qingwan to be so suppressed, and couldn't help but go to his sister for help.
But Second Mrs. Shang is not even as good as him, because Lin Jiang died, there is one less layer of concern, and Second Mrs. Shang treats Lin Qingwan's aunt and nephew with affection, if the old lady is not still there, she will not let these two people come to the door.
Zhao Sheng suddenly came to her to intercede, she was a little confused, but she quickly reacted, pondered for a moment and said: "I'm afraid that it's not enough for me to come forward in this matter, it's better to ask the old lady to intercede." ”
Zhao Sheng's eyes lit up, "It's naturally better for the old lady to come forward, sister, then I'll leave this matter to you." ”
Second Mrs. Shang nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely do it for you." ”
But she was soon slapped in the face, because Mrs. Shang was indifferent to her request, and even said something for Lin Qingwan, "She is a master, she can't compete with the minions for profit, and the skills that have been taught are naturally not good to take back, your brother is capable, there are thousands of recipes in the world, and it is unknown if you can change a batch." ”
Second Mrs. Shang's eyes widened, obviously she didn't expect Old Madam Shang to stand on Lin Qingwan's side.
Old Madam Shang sneered in her heart, originally there was a conflict between the Lin and Zhao families, she must have mediated in the middle, but since the Zhao family dealt with the Lin family first, she didn't speak at that time, of course, it was impossible to help the Zhao family persuade the Lin family in turn at this time.
In the final analysis, when it comes to intimacy, the granddaughter is closer than the daughter-in-law's maiden family.
Mrs. Shang Er panicked and mentioned Danzhu and Mingjie, but the old lady was not soft-hearted this time, and the two children were not useful.
If it weren't for the sake of the two children, she would have wanted to ask the second wife of Shang, what kind of hatred the Zhao family had against the Lin family, and how to harm the aunt and nephew like this?
Mrs. Shang was a little anxious when she saw that the two children were useless, and after thinking about it, she borrowed the name of the old lady to send a letter to the Lin family's courtyard, saying that the old lady missed Lin Yubin and wanted to take her over to live for a few days.
In the past, even if Lin Qingwan would not let Lin Yubin live in Shang's house, she would take her to see the old lady when she was resting, which could be regarded as letting Lin Yubin do her filial piety.
But this time the words were sent, and the next person came back to report: "Steward Lin said that Auntie's anniversary festival is coming, and Aunt Lin plans to go to the temple a month in advance to do things. ”
Mrs. Shang frowned, waved her hand, and said, "Let's go down, wait," Mrs. Shang thought for a while and said, "Give the Lin family another post, and say that I will visit tomorrow." ”
But Mrs. Shang's post was returned on the grounds that Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin were going to live in the temple for three days, bath and fast, and begin preparations for Lin Jiang's anniversary festival.
On the third day, the gluttonous building couldn't wait, and Mrs. Shang was so anxious that she turned around twice, and finally turned around and said, "Hand over the post to Mrs. Xie, and say that I will visit tomorrow." ”
The little guy who was talking ran out breathlessly, and only ran back when it was close to evening: "The people in the Lin family's courtyard said that Mrs. Xie didn't live there anymore, but went back to their Xie family's courtyard. ”
Mrs. Shang Er slapped the table angrily and said hatefully, "Then send it to the Xie family's courtyard." ”
The little servant wiped the sweat on his forehead, held the post and ran to the Xie family's courtyard again, and the housekeepers guarding the door were very sympathetic to him, "The second wife sent you to work again?" ”
The little guy smiled bitterly, "The post can't be sent, there's no way." ”
The family members were surprised, "Who is the post for, and someone dares not to accept the Shang family's post?" ”
The little guy looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "Who else, naturally, it was sent to the Lin family, but the aunt and nephew are going to make an anniversary sacrifice for the uncle, so they don't have time to see each other." ”
Thinking of Uncle Zhao's face when he came to the door today, his eyes flashed, and he also lowered his voice and said, "Is this the Zhao family having an accident and asking the Lin family for help?" ”
"My uncle is gone, who can help?"
"Naturally, it's Aunt Lin," the little girl lowered her voice and said, "Don't forget, she is still the county lord, and our family cousin is also the county lord, and she can speak in front of the emperor's old man." ”
The family members were speechless, and they all got out of the way and said, "Then you go and do things quickly, but don't be discovered by the second wife, so as not to be angry." ”
The little guy pulled down his shoulders and ran to the Xie family's courtyard to deliver the post.
This time, the subordinates of the Xie family's courtyard accepted it, but they said: "Our wife is copying scriptures for the second master behind closed doors, and now she is closing the door to thank guests, I will accept this post first, but if people don't see it, they have to ask Mrs. If we set a time for the meeting, we will go to the house to let you know. ”
When Mrs. Shang heard such a reply, she was so angry that she couldn't even eat. After suffering all night, Second Mrs. Shang still went to see Zhao Sheng, shook her head and said, "Lin Qingwan doesn't see me, I can't do anything at all." The old lady was reluctant to come forward. ”
Zhao Sheng's face was slightly cold, and he asked, "Old lady, does this have an opinion on my Zhao family?" ”
Mrs. Shang hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems that our matter against that pair of aunts and nephews was noticed by the old lady, after all, it is her granddaughter......
Zhao Sheng sneered and said, "Mingjie is still her own grandson, our Zhao Shang family is both prosperous and lossy, don't forget, even my brother-in-law agrees to this matter." ”
Second Mrs. Shang sighed, "So the old man has never dared to let the old lady know about this, otherwise it will ......"
The son has to deal with his granddaughter, and the old lady will definitely be bad if she knows it.
"Forget it, you don't care about this, I'll go find her myself."
"Didn't you go to her once?"
"Go to her again," Zhao Sheng sneered: "There are some things that have not been said last time, does she think that the Lin family is still the Lin family when Lin Jiang was there?" ”
But this time, even Zhao Sheng couldn't see Lin Qingwan, Lin Qingwan directly closed the door to thank the guests, and didn't see the guests at all.
Zhao Sheng wanted to break in directly, but the guards of the Lin family directly drew their knives to block in front of them, and at that moment Zhao Sheng suddenly had an intuition, if he dared to break through, they would dare to really cut it.
Although Zhao Sheng was unwilling, he didn't dare to really fight with his life, so he could only restrain his expression and leave with the words "visit another day" and leave.
"Let the shopkeeper Hu loosen his mouth and promise to sell the rice paper to the Lin family at the price that Xuancheng gave to the Lin family before." After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Sheng was still unwilling to drag it out any longer.
The shopkeeper of the gluttonous building was shocked, "In that case, wouldn't our Zhao family's bookstore lose money?" ”
You must know that this batch of rice paper was snatched from the Lin family by raising the price, and it didn't make any money in the first place, but now it's good, and it is directly transferred to the Lin family at a price lower than the cost, so they toss this meal, isn't it their Zhao family who suffers?
Of course, Zhao Sheng also understood this, so he was even more annoyed, "Come to Japan, let's solve the matter of the gluttonous building first." ”
Zhao Sheng gave an order, and the next day Steward Liu bought a batch of rice paper from the shopkeeper Hu, and signed the contract.
Lin Qingwan saw Zhao Sheng at this time.
Zhao Sheng looked at Lin Qingwan with a smile and said, "Sister Wan is more powerful than Brother Ling, what's the matter, now that the scriptures have been copied?" ”
"No, isn't it because Second Master Zhao is in a hurry, so I can only put down the scriptures for the time being and take the time to meet you?"
"Now that there is rice paper in Hanmo Zhai, the tofu thing is ......"
Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Second Master Zhao, don't worry, I'll let Steward Lin order, the tofu that has been made today is not counted, and from tomorrow, my Lin Qingwan's farmers and tenants will definitely not make tofu for sale without my permission." ”
Zhao Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Qingwan took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "But I can't stop what I eat." ”
Zhao Sheng picked the corner of his mouth and said: "I made my own food, so naturally I can't stop it, as long as I don't sell it anymore." ”
When the tofu disappears from the market, and people who have already eaten tofu can't find a place to buy tofu, they must still have to go back to the gluttonous building, and then he will find a way to reverse the impression of the taotaolou.
Although the bookstore had lost a sum of money, Zhao Sheng couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly when he left the Lin family.
Steward Lin silently watched him get in the car and leave, pouting in his heart and thinking, he is still a veteran in business, not even as good as his aunt and grandmother.
Lin Qingwan said to Steward Lin: "Tell Fang Datong and them, don't make tofu during this time, and focus on the ground, just in time for the winter wheat to start farming." ”
"The tenants ...... there"
Lin Qingwan curled her lips and said: "As long as I am a tenant of my Lin family, I can no longer sell tofu during this time, and if I find out, I will cancel my tenant qualification next year, but if they make it and give it to relatives and friends to eat, or teach them how to do it, I have no opinion." ”
"...... over there"
"Don't care," Lin Qingwan said with a smile in her eyes: "I can manage the farmers and tenants under my hands, but I can't control the clansmen in the clan." ”
Steward Lin couldn't help but smile when he thought of the recipe that Lin Qingwan sent to the clan a few days ago, but he was still worried: "After this incident, I'm afraid that we and the Zhao family will not only fight in secret." ”
Lin Qingwan said indifferently: "Light and dark are not much different from us, as long as they can get by on the big picture and don't make people feel that it is the fault of the Lin family." ”
She sneered: "Anyway, our two families can't be good anymore. ”