Chapter 23: Confession
Zhang Fugui appeased Conghe to return to the lotus shop, and Xia Zhi estimated that he was taking a break to fill in the bid. Sure enough, soon his bid was handed over to Chen Huan.
Listening to Yuxuan, Chen Huan looked at Zhang Fugui's bid, and after reading the bidding, he didn't look too surprised, and still recorded the price truthfully. Sensing that Xia Solstice had been peeking in this direction, he said, [If you are so interested, do you want to watch it together? γ
Xia Zhi turned his head, [I am not interested, in case it is a trade secret......] I realized that it was not right halfway through, isn't this not three hundred taels of silver here? Hurriedly covered his mouth and looked at Chen Huan with a weak heart.
[The bidding is over and the final results are just about to be announced, so it's not a secret, so it's okay to take a look.] Chen Huan put down his pen and beckoned to Xia Zhi to come over. Xia Solstice was not very reluctant to move over.
Chen Huan spread out the prices of each bidder, [This is the bid that Zhang Fugui just handed over, what do you see? γ
Xia Zhi's eyes wandered, and he couldn't say anything in black and white that he couldn't see it, so he could only say hard, [The lowest price? That's the standard in his house. γ
[Well, that's good. But don't you think it's strange? You have also been to his farm, and the rice is of high quality, and the price is actually lower than that of the same lower quality. Chen Huan pointed out a few merchants, all of whom were farms that Xia Zhi accompanied him to visit, and the varieties and maturity of the rice were slightly inferior.
[Maybe he wanted to make this deal at a low price to show his sincerity, after all, it was a long-term deal. γ
[Even if this reason is true, how can he set the price in this right place, only a few cents less than the current minimum bid.] γ
[No coincidence is not a book......] Xia Zhi continued to be hard-mouthed, [Do business, who is not to do business, you can't discriminate against people because Zhang Fugui has a big belly, looks like a profiteer, and has the title of iron rooster. γ
There is no good word in this series, and it can be seen that Xia Zhi has no good impression of Zhang Fugui subconsciously.
[Here's the problem.] Chen Huan knocked on the table a few times, and Xia Zhi's heartbeat was disturbed and irregular.
[It is impossible for a person like Zhang Fugui to do a discounted business, this price is not much higher than the purchase price, does he just want to make a good reputation? Not to mention long-term business, farms are all about the harvest of the sky, who can guarantee that the next year will be fruitful or unharvested. So the difference here, he will definitely make up for it from other places. γ
After Chen Huan mentioned this, Xia Zhi seriously thought about the doorway here. Selling first-hand agricultural products, the profits are indeed not as abundant as other commodities, and Zhang Fugui is a gift and a purchase, and now he has quoted a low price, and the cost is quite high. If you want to make a profit on this basis, you can only do it in the product itself.
[Shoddy? The only answer after thinking about the summer solstice.
[That's right. Do you remember the old rice granary that Uncle Li mentioned? I guess that's what he thought. Chen Huan also thinks the same way.
[Huh? So what to do? Otherwise, you secretly change the bid so that the bidder wins. Xia Zhi has heard the kitchen in the backyard complain that there are unscrupulous merchants who mix old rice with a certain proportion of new rice and then sell it at the price of new rice, which is quite profitable. The rice used in brewing is more demanding on its quality, and the slightest negligence can lead to a rat ruining a pot of soup.
[I would like to, but doesn't he already have the price of all the bids?] How do you do this? γ
How do you know? Xia Zhi subconsciously asked rhetorically, was it seen through by Chen Huan?
[What do you say?] Chen Huan leaned back against the desk and crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking at Xia Zhi and smiling unfathomably. [I deliberately put the angle of the tender, and the peekers didn't pay attention to the neatness. As long as the are asked to interrogate who has entered Tingyuxuan, the result is self-evident. γ
All kinds of signs seem to have been revealed, and Chen Huan must have his intention to discuss so much with her as a layman. Xia Zhi weighed it and decided to confess, [that...... There is something I want to confess to you, I copied a copy of the bid to Zhang Fugui, but I didn't expect him to be so bad. γ
γHmm......γChen Huan supported his chin with one hand, [So he gave him the bid price under the corridor just now?] How much good did he give you? γ
[Five hundred taels. a deposit of fifty taels and a silver ticket of four hundred and fifty. Xia Zhi knew that he had made a mistake, and he felt guilty and wanted to make up for it, [What, how about two hundred taels to you as a remedial fund? As he spoke, he handed over two silver tickets.
Chen Huan didn't speak, just looked at her straightly.
Xia Zhi tearfully added a silver ticket, [Three hundred taels? γ
Chen Huan still didn't move.
Xia Zhi gritted his teeth, waved his hand and handed it over, [This is the final bottom line, you think that you have a reason for the bidding documents to be placed indiscriminately......] It has reached the point of panicking, Chen Huan is finally willing to stretch out his hand, take the silver ticket and count it, [Okay, read it for the sake of your repentance, this time it's over. γ
The fat in her stomach that she had already eaten was about to spit it out, and the summer solstice was so painful that she couldn't do it, but Chen Huan still had the conscience to leave her a hundred. Wait, what does Chen Huan's outstretched hand mean, and he hooked his fingers, signaling her to hand in the last silver ticket?
[If you say that you are good about four hundred taels, you will not be to blame in the past? Summer Solstice protects the silver ticket behind him. Although he knew that what he had done in this matter was not kind, but the rivers and lakes were sinister, which was an indispensable lesson to him to guard against others, and it could be described as well-intentioned.
[You still owe me a thousand taels, forgot? What do you want to do if you don't pay back the money? γ
β¦β¦ Demon! The last silver has to be squeezed clean, and she hasn't been very hot yet!
[Hurry up, do you still want me to show the contract documents?] Chen Huan urged.
Xia Zhi's five fingers clenched the silver ticket tightly and handed it over tremblingly. I couldn't bear to see my beloved silver ticket leave me, and gritted my teeth and brushed my head.
Chen Huan nodded the silver ticket with satisfaction, [Very good, so your debt is only nine hundred taels, isn't it very happy?] Eh, what kind of pitiful eyes are you, don't say I don't leave you money for self-defense, this, take it to buy candy. After Chen Huan collected the silver ticket, he threw a tael of silver over.
Xia Solstice reflexively caught it and protested, [I'm not a child again! What candy to buy! γ
[I also said that I am not a child, I just cried my nose today.] The evening is inexplicably good, and the weather in June is like a child's face that changes when it says it changes, and it really makes sense. Chen Huan pointed his finger at her face and shamed her, although Xia Zhi has a penchant for money, but he maintains the innocence of a child in many things, should it be said that it is rare or contradictory.
Chen Huan didn't say that it was okay, but when he mentioned this summer solstice, he couldn't help blushing, and lowered his head to stir the corners of his clothes, [Why am I crying, don't you really know? γ