Chapter 52: Weaving the Web
By the time Song Heqi walked out of the pharmacy, Feng Ying's mother and son had already walked far away, and Song Gui and the others were still kneeling on the ground, and none of them dared to get up without the head of the family. Among the few people, especially Song Gui, his face was pale, his whole body trembled, and he was almost frightened to death.
After Song Heqi went out, he glanced at Song Gui, his eyes were full of distress.
For a large family, every child is considered an immeasurable wealth, and sometimes, in the heart of the head of the family, some side branches of the family may not be as good as a family child, because the side branch may also disobey the head of the family, but the family child will definitely not dare.
In one day, he may lose two children, and they are all very capable, even if the Song family has a big business, it still makes Song Heqi a little painful.
Glancing at Song Gui with some regret, Song Heqi thought about it and said to him: "Little turtle, you haven't been with me for too long, but your ability is not bad, this time it was my family master who miscalculated, let's talk about it, what do you want to order, I will try to compensate you." ”
Song Gui's face was pale, he glanced up at Song Heqi, and when he saw Song Heqi's face gloomy, he hurriedly lowered his head again.
"The little one is a member of the family, and the one who dies is the ghost of the family. Don't dare to have any requirements for the family, how the head of the family arranges, the small one does what he does. ”
Song Heqi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Our family is still too powerful, otherwise we don't have to suffer this humiliation today, you choose an arm and turn back ......."
Song Heqi didn't finish his words, as long as the meaning arrived.
"After today's work, you can stay in the pharmacy, the medicinal materials in the pharmacy are at your disposal, try to recover as soon as possible, and from now on, you will be the shopkeeper of this pharmacy."
After listening to the words of the head of the family, Song Gui looked excited, his eyes were full of gratitude, and he kowtowed.
Song Heqi looked at Song Turtle like this, and nodded secretly in his heart, after all, only an obedient dog is a good dog, if a dog is dissatisfied with the owner's family, then there is no need to keep it.
Song Heqi was just about to leave, but he stopped again, squatted beside Song Gui, and said softly: "Song Tong, that idiot died too quickly, and the matter was not explained clearly, you go back and check, who is involved in this incident in the pharmacy, and then clean it up." ”
Song Gui's face was hideous, and he glanced at Song Heqi, who shook his head.
"If it's from our family, you can dispose of it, if not, you don't want to make a move, but you can transfer the money from the pharmacy, do you know what I mean?"
Song Gu put away his hideous expression and nodded. Song Heqi sighed, patted Song Gui on the shoulder, left the last sentence, and then got into the ox cart and went back to Song's house.
Song Heqi's last words were: "Today's matter, remember to press it down, in the next year, the business will be a little more restrained, I am still more relieved to leave it to you here, don't let me down." ”
When the people were finished, Song Gui dared to get up, touched his arm, and his eyes were full of unwillingness, but he was a child, and he really had no strength to resist, so he could only accept his fate.
Once they become the children of the family, their ancestors have been the children of the family for generations, and life and death depend on the mood of the main family, and this is the fate of these people.
Song Gui took a deep breath, called a guy in the pharmacy, turned around and went to the backyard, and soon after, a heart-rending scream came from the backyard, and the scalps of the guys in the pharmacy who were already terrified when they heard it were numb.
That night, the new shopkeeper of the pharmacy did not order dinner, he made it himself, and no one knew what he ate.
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Because they were frightened at the funeral of the ninth master, Liu Mazi and Li Aniu had no intention of forming an alliance, and in the end the two could only part ways and go back to their respective homes.
After arriving home, Li Aniu didn't change his clothes, locked himself in the house all day, and didn't even eat.
Li Aniu's father and mother knew that something was wrong when they saw their son come back in despair, but the son didn't say it, and the old couple didn't dare to ask.
When he waited for the next morning, Li Aniu got up early in the morning, went out of the house listlessly, and saw his father sitting in the yard at a glance, his sackcloth was full of dew, and he should have not slept all night.
Li Aniu glanced at his father, lowered his head and walked out.
"Ah Niu!"
Hearing his father shouting at himself, Li Aniu still stopped and agreed.
"If you don't like your daddy's nagging, I won't ask you what's going on. I am also a medicine picker, and I know that the inside of the pharmacy is not clean, and it was my idea to exchange a mallet for you to enter the pharmacy back then, on the one hand, because I know that we can't keep this kind of good thing, and on the other hand, because I and your mother want you not to eat in the field like the two of us in the future, it's too sinful. ”
Li Aniu didn't say anything, and he didn't annoy his father as before.
"You actually had a good temper when you were a child, and now your temper is actually deliberately raised by me and your mother, no way, your father and I have been honest people all my life, and I have suffered a lifetime of losses, and I know that if people are honest, life in the town is not good. You got more and more angry later, in fact, your father and I are very happy, and I think that this way you will not be bullied. ”
Speaking of this, the old man sighed.
"Later, I sent you to the pharmacy, you survived the apprenticeship and became a thug in the pharmacy, although I didn't say anything to your mother, but we are happy for you from the bottom of our hearts, after all, who wants to let their son be the one who was beaten?"
After the old man said this, he paused, and his voice trembled a little.
"But son, you remember, let's just eat together, you are a person who works and eats with others, don't fight too hard, the pharmacy really has something to see the shame, don't participate if you can't participate, it's really not okay, we won't do it, our family has been saving for you in the past few years, your salary plus the money I and your mother went up the mountain to dig medicine, it's enough for you to get a wife, it's really not good, I and your mother can run in the mountains for another two years, no matter what, you can support this family, you don't necessarily have to work with people in the pharmacy."
"Dad doesn't have any skills, and he can't tell you a big reason, I just want to tell you so much, son, don't feel that you have done something bad to see people, don't blame you, if something really happens, it's your father's fault, it's the fault of the pharmacy, nothing is wrong with you, look at it."
Listening to his father's words, Li Aniu glanced back at the white-haired old man, shook his head, didn't say anything, and went out of the courtyard directly.
This time, the old man didn't call his son, and his son never looked back.
After Li Aniu went out, he closed the courtyard door casually, and then glanced back at the gate that had just been able to stick to the Spring Festival couplet door god for a few years, his eyes became firm, and he strode towards the pharmacy.
After Li Aniu left, his mother walked out of the house, with tears in her eyes, looked at her old man, opened her mouth, but said nothing.
Li Aniu's family has been bitter for generations, to put it bluntly, he is the kind of person who has a meal and does not have a meal. There have been several major disasters in the town before, and many of them can only survive by relying on the town's wealthy gateway relief, like Li Aniu's family, relying on the former Lu family, but they can eat people with soft mouths, as long as they eat other people's things, they want to raise their heads in this life. Like Liu Mazi, why is he so upright when he is down-and-out and begging? Doesn't it all depend on the incense left by the ancestors?
Back then, why did Li Aniu's father know that it was easy to be poked in the backbone by the villagers when he worked in the drug delivery shop, and he still sent his son in? It's not that you don't want your son to end up like you? Life is gone, who can take care of conscience. If Li Aniu really quits, will it really be as easy as his father said when he comes back? Not to mention that the source of the family is gone, just what Li Aniu did before can make it difficult for him to move an inch in the town. Judging from the appearance of his son yesterday, this incident is by no means a trivial matter, combined with the reason why his son did not go to the pharmacy yesterday......
The old man didn't have any heart, but it didn't mean that he was stupid, so he didn't sleep all night just to say these words to his son.
The work of the pharmacy is important, but it can't compare to my son.
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When Li Aniu walked to the door of the pharmacy, he rubbed his face, and he became the same Li Aniu again, and before he entered the pharmacy, his face was full of flattering smiles.
Today, the door of the pharmacy is closed, which makes Li Aniu a little curious, you must know that the pharmacy is not closed all year round, and it is indeed a little strange that the door is suddenly closed.
Li Aniu knocked on the door, and it was a young man in the store who opened the door, and the guy saw that it was Li Aniu, just like seeing the mourning star, and turned around to close the door, but was stopped by the quick-eyed Li Aniu.
After all, the pharmacy is so full of people, and they must have seen each other, so Li Aniu is swearing when he speaks, but his voice is very small.
"Li Tiezhu, what the hell are you doing when you close the door, you can see clearly, I'm your brother Niu."
This Li Tiezhu is a newcomer who has just come to the pharmacy for a short time, and Li Aniu took him for a few days when he came.
Seeing that Li Aniu was angry, Li Tiezhu was a little stunned of him, but remembering the words of the new shopkeeper, Li Tiezhu still said carefully: "Brother Aniu, the pharmacy has changed the shopkeeper, after you came, you were not there, and the new shopkeeper said that you will not be allowed to come back in the store in the future, and whoever dares to let you in will be driven away directly." Brother Niu, you can do well, my family will live on my money. ”
After hearing this, Li Aniu's face was a little stiff, and he said with a dry smile: "Tiezhu, this joke can't be made." ”
Tie Zhu was a little afraid of Li Aniu, so he kept speaking carefully.
"Brother Niu, really, I don't lie to you."
Li Aniu's face was a little gloomy, and he was about to push the door in without saying a word, and he still shouted: "I don't believe it, you get out of the way, I'm going to find the shopkeeper." ”
Li Aniu almost shouted, so scared that Li Tiezhu was about to cry, and seeing that he was about to be unable to stop it, a foot suddenly kicked out of the door, and kicked Li Aniu down the steps with one kick, and before Li Aniu could stand up, he saw a one-armed young man appear at the door.
The young man looked not much older than Li Aniu, but his face was a little pale, his severed left arm was tied with strips of cloth, and a bloodstain could be seen.
After the young man came out, he glanced at Li Tiezhu, and was so frightened that Li Tiezhu hurriedly knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head.
"What's noisy in the morning, don't you know if the pharmacy hasn't been open for the past two days?"
Li Tiezhu knew that the person in front of him was left by the head of the Song family, so he was afraid of this young man from the bottom of his heart.
After scolding his family, Song Gui turned around and was about to go back, Li Aniu hurriedly called out to Song Gui.
"This brother, I want to see the shopkeeper, can you help me spread the news."
was shouted at, Song Gu was not annoyed, looked at Li Aniu with a smile and said, "This guest, I am the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, what are you looking for me?" ”
Li Aniu couldn't believe that such a young man was actually the new shopkeeper of the pharmacy? But seeing Li Tiezhu's appearance, he couldn't believe it or not.
Li Aniu changed his face and smiled: "It turns out that you are the new shopkeeper, my name is Li Aniu, and I am also a guy in the store, but this Li Tiezhu won't let me in." ”
Song Gu patiently listened to Li Aniu's words, and then said with a smile: "It turns out that you are Li Aniu, I'm really sorry, you are no longer our partner in Yuanrentang, and now that our pharmacy is not open, naturally we can't let you in." ”
After Li Aniu listened, the whole person was like being struck by lightning, and he was about to cry, when he heard the smiling young man say softly: "Don't make trouble, if you make trouble, then don't blame the pharmacy for calling people, you have also been in the pharmacy, you should know the rules here." ”
Thinking of the rules of the pharmacy, Li Aniu quickly closed his mouth.
"Let's go, let's get together and disperse, don't be embarrassed, your salary will be settled later, go back first."
Seeing Li Aniu leave in despair, Song Gui turned his head and asked, "Are you sure that Li Aniu went to the Ninth Master's house with Liu Mazi to make trouble?" ”
Li Tiezhu replied in a trembling voice: "The shopkeeper, I also heard about it, it should be right." ”
Song Gu thought about it, looked at Li Aniu's back and said to Li Tiezhu: "You go back and find Liu Mazi and ask him to work in the medicine shop." ”
After listening to this, Li Tiezhu whispered: "Shopkeeper, this Liu Mazi's reputation is not very good." ”
Song Gu glanced at Li Tiezhu dissatisfiedly, and snorted coldly in displeasure.
"If you want to go, you'll go, so much nonsense."
Li Tiezhu hurriedly responded, not daring to say another word.
After Song Gu finished arranging things, he turned around and went back to the backyard.
It's just killing people, it's not a big deal, who from a big family doesn't have a few bloodless means? No matter who dies, no one should blame anyone, who made you incapable and took on the dirty work? That's fate.