13. Unhappy dealings
Zhao Zhenshan reluctantly took over a business on the rivers and lakes, and the deposit was also collected, but the clinker watched the business fly and eggs, and it was in front of the owner, which was really embarrassing.
This kind of nest thing, Zhao Zhenshan has never happened, he regards his reputation as higher than the sky, so he decided to go to the door to return the deposit and apologize to Boss Fang.
Although it is not enough to compensate a dead body to others, no matter what, Zhao Zhenshan definitely wants to be a character on the scene.
"Sir, the foot of the car is ready. The chief steward Cao Yi came in and said.
"Have you made an appointment?" asked Zhao Zhenshan.
"They are all settled in the best Yuelai restaurant in Shouzhou City, just waiting for you to come to the door to open a banquet. ”
The reason why Shouzhou City Center is called the center is that the best of ten should benefit from the existence of Yuelai Restaurant, because the business of Yuelai Restaurant is really hot, even if the wind is strong and the rain is strong, it can't extinguish the popularity here.
It is because this is the largest and most magnificent hotel in the city, you can live and eat, eat and live in one stop, not only have the best and most comfortable rooms in the city, but also have the best delicious and beautiful dishes cooked by the best chef in the city, so dignitaries and businessmen love to come here for leisure.
Second, the hotel owner Tang Lanxiang is a woman who is exquisite, and a smile will reveal two deep dimples, her disdain, tepid and just the right style of hospitality is unforgettable, so that guests want to stay, go and want to return.
As the saying goes, flies don't bite eggs, and a woman's charming and enthusiastic style can only make men reverie, but they can't swallow it. Being a woman, especially a woman who runs the rivers and lakes, can do this, and what she gets is often not coquettish, but respect.
Such a woman is really smart.
As soon as Zhao Zhenshan stepped into the door, Tang Lanxiang greeted her, her face and mouth seemed to be coated with honey, smiling but not lewd, charming but not charming, and Zhao Zhenshan's heart was almost sweet and sour, until she entered the private room and saw the leader of the tea gang Fang came to her senses.
Because Fang Gang Leader's face was taut.
Of course, Zhao Zhenshan knew why he was stiff, and without saying a word, he beckoned, Cao Yi came in with a silver box in his hand, slowly opened the lid of the box, and presented a stack of silver tickets to the Fang gang leader.
Tang Lanxiang was very interested, closed the door casually and withdrew.
Zhao Zhenshan bowed his hand to the Fang gang leader and said sincerely: "Brother Fang, please forgive Brother Fang for failing to complete the business you assigned." According to the rules, I, Zhao, specially came to apologize and am willing to double the compensation for your losses. This is twenty thousand taels, ask for forgiveness. ”
Gang Leader Fang's face cracked: "Brother Zhao, what kind of joke are you making, can a mere 20,000 taels replace my loss of 300,000 taels!"
"What, 300,000 taels?!" Zhao Zhenshan was a little confused.
"Three hundred thousand taels!"
"Just that broken corpse?" Zhao Zhen was on the mountain.
Although the corpse was broken, there was a silver ticket worth 300,000 taels hidden in the corpse, but it was not broken at all. ”
"Brother Fang can't be blackmailing me, right?"
"Brother Zhao is rich and rich, if you are blackmailed, why not a million, ten million?"
Fang Gang Leader finally stood up, and was a little helpless to Zhao Zhenshan: "Brother Zhao, I'm not unreasonable, you and I have been running the rivers and lakes for so many years, you and I are called brothers and sisters, and there is no gap between hearts, but this time I am also entrusted by others......!" I trust you so much, just because you have always done things safely, you are old in business, business affects all directions, everyone will give you face when you walk on the business road, and give you a gong to open the way, so that you have no business that you can't do, and you have today's glory, but this time you actually messed up, how do you ask me to explain to others. In any case, Boss Zhao, you have to give me an explanation, 300,000 taels is not a small amount!"
Jianghu people are good at making friends, but they are also good at turning their faces and being ruthless, and they laugh with you when they can use you, once they lose their interests, many people will immediately turn against each other.
Fang Gang Leader belongs to this kind of person.
After listening to the words of the Fang gang leader, after thinking about it, Zhao Zhenshan seemed to understand the seriousness of the transaction, the reason why the Fang gang leader entrusted him to transport a corpse was actually to use his strength and integrity to secretly transport a financial situation, he did not expect this plan to secretly repair the plank road, and the reason why the Fang gang leader did not want to tell him must be for the safety of this finance, who would have thought that there would be a huge amount of silver tickets hidden in the corpse? But there were unforeseen circumstances, and what caught Zhao Zhenshan off guard was that he snatched the body that night, and disappeared into the vast night sky together with the so-called 300,000 taels of silver tickets in the corpse, nowhere to be found.
The deal that Zhao Zhenshan took over was planted, and it was inexplicable, and it was very bad.
Who is to blame? Blame the leader of the Fang gang for not saying anything? Blame himself for negligence? Blame Widow Chen for snatching the corpse?
At this time, Zhao Zhenshan really regretted taking over this yin and yang business, he went south and north to do business for decades, and he had never been so embarrassed in this business today, he really couldn't figure it out, so he scolded in his heart:
Why did the Qilin Gang Xu hide such a large sum of money in a corpse, isn't this a trick!
And that evil widow Chen, why did she have to get along with herself and snatch the corpse!
Okay now, do you want to pay 300,000 out of thin air?
Money is not worried, people are worried, this incident made it difficult for Zhao Zhenshan to swallow a breath for a while, and he was unwilling.
Alas!
When Zhao Zhenshan walked out of Yuelai Restaurant solemnly, Tang Lanxiang still showed two beautiful dimples, and sent him away like a fart, but this time she didn't say a word, showing the absolute professional norms.
Because the fool also saw that Zhao Zhenshan and the guests were unhappy.
In Tang Lanxiang's memory, few people would walk out of this Yuelai Restaurant with a stiff face and unpleasantly, especially a rich and famous person like Zhao Zhenshan, so she didn't want to be bored.
A sedan chair creaked at the door of the lotus mill, and Song Xueyan came in like a lady.
Xia Hehua stopped the needlework in her hand, raised a rice paper face and smiled at her. Road:
"What job?"
"There's no work, I'm here to propose. Song Xueyan had a condescending expression.
"Propose, to whom?"
"My son-in-law and your daughter. Song Xueyan said it in a calm and natural tone, with a noncommittal tone.
Xia Lotus was stunned, then squinted her eyes and smiled, and said, "Dare to ask which big family Madame is?"
"Zhao Mansion, Zhao Zhenshan. ”
Xia Lotus was stunned again, and then smiled again, and said: "Yo, it is really a blessing from our poor family to climb the Zhao family in our previous life, but this thing is too sudden, my little woman is naughty, and she is definitely not worthy of your young master, besides, this kind of thing is not counted by our parents, and the child has to nod his head." Madame said yes. ”
"This matter is not up to them, I am in charge of my children, you are in charge of your children, agree on a good day and do it, I believe that our Zhao family will never treat your little daughter badly, I will treat her like my own daughter." Song Xueyan's tone of voice seemed to be irreversible.
"Madame, why are you in such a hurry? Xia Lotus was still smiling.
"Ahh
Song Xueyan sighed deeply and said: "Master Zhao is busy with his livelihood all day long, and he neglects to discipline Zhao Gongzi, so that he does not seek progress and is arrogant, I can still manage him at home, if I go out and no one cares about him at home, do you say that he is not a ruffian? I see that your little woman is smart and cute, and her temperament is strong, and she is just right for my son-in-law. I swear to you here as a mother, after passing the door, I will never treat my daughter badly, you have the final say on the amount of dowry, we will agree on an auspicious day, and then the Zhao family will definitely come to marry the little girl in a lively and lively manner, how about it, yes. ”
Xia Hehua has been listening, but she didn't look at Song Xueyan squarely, while listening, she picked up the needlework just now, bit off a thread, got up, shook off the clothes, hung it in the finished product area with a hanger, and turned around before refusing:
"Our poor family of orphans and widows can't afford to climb the richest Zhao family in the city. No, it won't work!"
This time, Xia Lotus spoke without a smile, and was categorical.
If the meeting between Zhao Zhenshan and Fang Gang Leader in the business field of Yuelai Hotel was unhappily dispersed, then Song Xueyan's proposal to Xia Lotus ended unhappily.
For three days in a row, Xia Lotus was preoccupied, her amiable squinting eyes and smile were gone, and her face was gloomy when she worked.
At noon on the fourth day, two people walked in the lotus mill.
One is fat without a chin, and the other is thin as a handful of tendons.
The two of them didn't say hello to Xia Lotus, and directly put the items they brought with them on the big table of tailoring.
Four pieces of cloth, four boxes of clothing. They are all half-wrapped in bright red paper, which is very eye-catching.
Xia Hehua said strangely: "What do you want to do?"
"It was a gift ordered by Mrs. Zhao. The fat man said.
"Don't, don't, take it, take it!" I had never seen Xia Lotus so flustered, but I saw her quickly throw the two items off the table to the ground as she spoke.
The thin man said: "If you don't take us back, it's not good to explain to Mrs." ”
The fat man said: "Madame has taken a fancy to your girl and wants to recruit her as a daughter-in-law, this good thing that fell from the sky, you are not happy, I see that your brain is in water." ”
"Go back and tell Mrs. Zhao, I still say the same thing, we can't afford to climb high, I don't agree with this matter. ”
Although Xia Hehua's tone was calm, her chest was obviously fluctuating rapidly.
"If you don't agree, you have to send it, you have to send it, you have to send it until she agrees, as long as it can promote the marriage of the son. ”
After Song Xueyan finished speaking, she threw away the full sheep's hair in her hand, and Ren Hao's pen immediately leaked a strange ink on the rice paper.
The fat man and the thin man stood aside. The fat man asked, "Madam, what will you send next time?"
"Send hairpin beads and ornaments, and send silver. ”
Song Xueyan paused: "However, you should be sincere to others, and you must not be arrogant and unreasonable, so as not to let people talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the Zhao family." I don't believe it, my sincerity and gold and silver jewelry can't exchange her mind. ”
Although Song Xueyan has a weak personality, she will not hit the south wall in this matter, and she is willing to do anything for the sake of her son.
It's also a deal.
"My Xia Lotus has hands and feet, and it is enough to support the mother and wife through hard work, these jewels and gold and silver are not rare, if you don't agree, you don't agree, it's useless to give anything, please take it back!"
As soon as she saw the things in the hands of the fat man and the thin man, Xia Lotus didn't look at it, twisted her head and waved at them.
The fat man was angry, and the thin man pulled his sleeve, so he had to suppress his anger and place the thing directly on the table.
"Hear, take it back and leave, I don't welcome you. ”
Seeing that the fat man and the thin man didn't say a word and left their things to leave, Xia Lotus was really angry and said, "Slow! Take it and take it away!"
Xia Lotus grabbed the things they had just sent and threw them into their arms, and when she saw that they still refused to leave with the things in their arms, Xia Lotus shouted at the back room:
"Biwei, let me let the scorpion sting them go!"
I only heard Bi Wei answer in the back room, and grabbed a lot of scorpions in her hands, and the scorpions all had poisonous tail spines.
The fat man had learned so much that he was too frightened to stay, and he fled out of the door with the jewel and silver box in his arms, and the thin man also followed. Because they were so panicked, they lost a shoe for everyone.
They could all hear Bi Wei's giggling laughter all the way away.