Half an hour after Lee's departure.

Chen Heyun and his wife led a carriage to the door of Gu's house.

The curtain opened, and a man dressed in a fancy costume came out.

He estimated that he was about forty years old, and his eyebrows were a little calm and sophisticated under the precipitation of many years of wind and rain, and his eyes were slightly squinted, and he was shining.

With a smile on his face, he gives the illusion of being approachable.

"Steward Lin, I'll knock on the door first to see if anyone is home, you wait a while."

The man, that is, Steward Lin, bowed slightly.

The door of the Gu family is not closed during the day, but the number of etiquette that should be there cannot be lost, in the end it is someone else's house, and it must be agreed by others.

Chen Heyun stood outside the threshold, gently knocked on the wooden door, and shouted inside, "Brother and sister of the Gu family, are you at home?"

Su Mo, who was busy with dinner, heard it and guessed that it was the Li family who came.

Just as the food in the pot was cooked, she put it on a plate, then scooped water and washed her hands, and while wiping her hands with a rag, she responded, "Here we are."

With that, she walked out.

Gu Ping'an, they also heard the sound and went out into the courtyard.

"Peace, bring the food into the hall."

Su Mo's gaze swept over the three of them and said, "You eat first, don't wait for me."

Gu Ping'an and the three nodded, serving the dishes, and entering the hall room.

Su Mo walked out and was the first to speak, "Come in and talk about it."

It's dark, and it's not like to stand at the gate.

Su Mo led everyone into the study.

Candles were lit inside, and the warm yellow candlelight was flickering.

Chen Heyun was about to open his mouth to introduce Steward Lin to Su Mo, but was interrupted by him raising his hand.

"Polite words don't need to be said."

Steward Lin raised his chin slightly to look at Su Mo, his wise eyes became deeper and deeper against the candlelight, and there was a sense of arrogance in his demeanor and speech.

"Madam Gu, right?

Lin Manager of Xiachang Lake Commercial Bank, I came here this time to learn that you have a batch of watermelons from Chen Shanglu."

Although Chen Heyun became a businessman, he did not rent a shop, and he was a businessman.

"I wonder if Mrs. Gu can let me go down to the melon field to have a look?"

Su Mo raised his eyes and directly met the sharp gaze of the Shanglin manager, neither humble nor arrogant.

"I've picked almost all the melons in the field today, and there are only a few melons left that won't be in time.

Moreover, the melon field is on the mountain, and it is already night at this moment, and it is inevitable to go forward.

Why don't you go and take a look at the melons I picked?"

I want to be a steward by myself for more than ten years, and Changhu Commercial Bank is an imperial businessman, and when he goes out, he is flattered.

Over time, it is inevitable that he has the momentum of a superior person, and most of the ordinary people are timid and nervous when they see him.

Mrs. Gu in front of her was a little interesting.

But also, people who can grow watermelons in autumn and have a study in the courtyard are mediocre.

Steward Lin thought to himself, and immediately corrected his attitude towards Su Mo.

"I'm still bothering Mrs. Gu to lead the way."

Su Mo picked up the candles and took them to the next room, which was the storeroom.

She moved all the things from the previous warehouse to the west side room, and when she pushed the door open, she saw big watermelons all over the ground.

Steward Lin's eyes flashed slightly, and his heart moved.

"I wonder if Mrs. Gu can let me pick a melon out and cut it open?"

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Su Mo was full of confidence in her watermelon, and she had no opinion, she made a gesture of please, and said, "Of course you can, Manager Lin please."

"Thank you."

Steward Lin bowed his head, raised his legs and walked in, his eyes swept over the watermelon on the ground, and seemed to be pointing at it casually.

"That's it."

Su Mo and the three of them walked over, and the watermelon picked by Steward Lin was medium in size, not very good in shape, and it could be regarded as a crooked melon.

Chen Heyun and Li's faces suddenly changed slightly, and they wanted to persuade Steward Lin to change one.

Su Mo bent down and picked up the watermelon, "Okay, I'll take it to the kitchen and cut it."

Steward Lin nodded slightly and watched Su Mo take melons and leave.

The little guy next to him frowned, leaned over and whispered to Steward Lin, "Master, aren't you worried that she will replace the melon?"

Steward Lin glanced at him and was very sure.

"She won't."

He has seen too many people with these eyes, whether they are people or ghosts, he can see through them at a glance.

This Mrs. Gu's eyes are clear, her words and deeds are generous, and there is no hint of hypocrisy.

Moreover, this is something to be sent to the palace, and they dare not disobey it.

"But..."

The little guy wanted to say something, but Steward Lin raised his hand to interrupt him, and glanced at Chen Heyun and his wife on the side, which could not be denied.

"Liu Er, be cautious."

Liu Er immediately lowered his head and swallowed the sentence "people's hearts are unpredictable", but he was still a little depressed in his heart.

Liu Er is the son of the family in the Lin Steward's Mansion, and he has been with the Lin Steward since he was more than ten years old, and he is full of thoughts about the Lin Steward.

And he believes that all things are "for himself", that human nature is inherently evil, and that those who are good are also hypocritical.

Therefore, Liu Er has never agreed with his master to judge human nature based on his own experience, but he is just a slave, and he doesn't dare to say much on weekdays, but secretly slanders a few words in his heart.

How could Steward Lin not see it, he shook his head slightly in his heart.

After so many years of training, he still hasn't grown, and it seems that Liu Er is no longer suitable to stay by his side.

Chen Heyun and Li didn't think they heard the conversation between the two, took a few steps forward, bent down slightly, and asked respectfully, "Steward Lin, do you see us going to the kitchen and looking?"

Changhu Commercial Bank is not only an imperial businessman, but also the helm of the Huzhou Business Gang.

Chen Heyun went to Huzhou Mansion with Chen Cihai to sell apricot paste before, and the goods that Chen Cihai pledged belonged to the low-level merchants of the Huzhou Business Gang.

The two paid for gifts, and after climbing this line, they were able to successfully sell the apricot paste at a high price in Huzhou Mansion.

Steward Lin bowed slightly, and did not change his attitude towards Chen Heyun and his wife because of his appreciation for Su Mo.

"Yes."

But for Chen Heyun, he can only feel at ease when Steward Lin is high, and if he is approachable, he is afraid that he will be so panicked that he can't find the north.

"Your side, please."

The kitchen was next door, and when a few people passed, Su Mo had already cut the melon.

The bright red melon pulp is particularly eye-catching in the candlelight, and the juice is left on the cutting board, and the air is filled with the unique fragrance of watermelon.

Su Mo saw someone coming over and put down the knife.

"Steward Lin, try it?"

Steward Lin walked over with his legs raised, picked up a piece of melon casually, and took a bite.

Sweet and juicy, refreshing and refreshing, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, and he already had a plan in his heart.

After eating melons, I naturally began to negotiate the price.

"I won't be polite to Mrs. Gu below, all the melons in your yard and melon field are three hundred taels."

Steward Lin knew very well that the benefits that this batch of melons could bring to the Changhu Commercial Bank, three hundred taels, for the peasant people, they had to save for fifty or sixty years without eating or drinking.

When Chen Heyun and Li heard this, their pupils shook visible to the naked eye, and they swallowed their saliva excitedly.

Li quietly pulled the hem of Su Mo's clothes, and gave her a frenzied look, telling her to respond quickly.

Su Mo shook his head and added one hundred taels very calmly.

"Four hundred taels, if you agree, you can take the melon away tonight, and as for the watermelon in the field, you can pick it in seven days at the latest."

Steward Lin frowned.

Liu Er seemed to grasp Su Mo's handle, his eyes widened angrily, and he said to Lin Steward:

"Master, since this Mrs. Gu has no sincerity at all, why bother talking about it again..."

As he spoke, he paused, cast a disdainful glance at Su Mo, and deliberately did not restrain his voice.

"It's just some watermelons, it's a lion's mouth, if we don't buy it, she won't be able to sell it in the future."

With the name of their Changhu Commercial Bank, as long as the news is released, this batch of melons can only rot in this broken yard.

I like that after death, I became the cannon fodder mother of the three protagonists

Sui years old