Chapter 17: Negotiations
"Brother Lu, I remember that you just said that you had prepared the poem and wanted to recite it on the spot?"
"I also complained that Brother Beichuan stole your limelight." Tian Jiabing said half-jokingly, half-jokingly.
Hearing this, Gu Beichuan was stunned and looked at Lu Huailiang.
I said that no wonder this person has been cold-faced to me, it turns out that there is such a reason.
It is better to settle the grievance than to settle it, but it is better to resolve the grievance.
"I just arrived, I didn't understand the rules of the poetry world, I bumped into Brother Lu, and I looked at Haihan."
""Will Enter the Wine" is just a casual work, it is nothing, if Brother Lu has a good work, I hope to teach it."
Hearing this, Lu Huailiang's whole person froze instantly, and his eyes moved to Tian Jiabing little by little, as if to say, why do you want to harm me!
My attainments in poetry are not good, and the poems I have written for months are not even comparable to Brother Juan, let alone "Will Enter the Wine"?
People are in front of me, and I am writing poems at this time, isn't it humiliating myself?
What is your intention in pushing me out?
Looking at Lu Huailiang's somewhat disgusting gaze, Tian Jiabing couldn't help but shudder.
I want to resolve the contradiction between you and Brother Gu, why do you look like this?
"Brother Gu said that "Will Enter the Wine" is an excellent poem of the first class."
"The Huainan poetry circle can get Brother Gu, like a fish in water."
"Besides, we have always been meritocracy, and there are not many rules, so why bother with it?"
"It's you Tian Jiabing! What is the intention of slandering the relationship between me and Brother Gu for no reason? ”
Yes?!
Tian Jiabing was also stunned, and said in his heart that you are not a good person, how can you be kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs?
When he stopped talking, he sat aside and drank alcohol.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Pang Juanzhi hurriedly came out to play a round.
"Brother Gu, don't worry, Brother Lu is not such a petty person."
"Yes, yes, yes." Lu Huailiang laughed with him, but he only felt bitter in his heart.
It's good now, the limelight is not out, and it offended Tian Jiabing.
Lu Huailiang only felt that he wanted to cry without tears.
After three rounds of drinking, the evening breeze hit, and everyone was slightly drunk.
The beautiful scenery of a good day should be like this!
After the poetry meeting ended, everyone left one after another.
Gu Beichuan also stood up, shook his head and sobered up, looked at the back of one person, and said:
"Brother Huaicai, please stay."
Zhao Huaicai was stunned for a moment, turned around, and saw that it was Gu Beichuan, and was surprised.
He didn't have a strong sense of presence at the poetry meeting, Gu Beichuan didn't go to talk to Brother Juan or Qin Lao, what did he do when he came to find himself?
Although he was puzzled in his heart, he still gave up his hand and said, "Brother Gu, what's the matter?" ”
Today is different from the past, with the song "Will Enter the Wine", Gu Beichuan is also well-known in the Huainan poetry circle, and it is impossible for Zhao Huaicai to ignore him.
"A few days ago, I visited Brother Huaicai, but I was turned away, do you remember Brother Huaicai?"
Hearing this, Zhao Huaicai's eyes widened, his mind raced, and finally patted his head and said:
"I'll just say that Brother Gu's name is familiar, I don't know where I've heard it, so it is, so it is!"
"It's my fault in this matter, I will set up a banquet another day and ask Brother Gu for guilt."
"Brother Huaicai's words are wrong, I am not such a small-bellied person, Brother Huaicai is concentrating on studying hard for the spring of the coming year, so he closed the door to thank the guests, what is wrong?"
"Then I don't know what Brother Gu means?"
"I'm looking for Brother Huaicai, I just want to discuss the wine deed between your restaurant and my Liuji wine shop."
"If Brother Huaicai is free at this time, why don't you go to my house to talk?"
"Good."
Homestead yards.
There were two bowls of Xiu'er's freshly boiled decanting soup on the square table, and Gu Beichuan and Zhao Huaicai each had one bowl.
"Brother Gu, I'll be honest with you."
"Actually, this wine deed, even if you don't look for me, it doesn't matter."
"What do you mean by that?"
"It's a shame to say that I am dedicated to studying, but I have no intention of operating the Huaicai Restaurant left by my father."
"In addition, autumn is coming, and the spring of next year is not far away."
"I plan to sell the restaurant and exchange it for some entanglements, so that I can enter Beijing to catch the exam."
"This wine deed was made by me and Liu Ji Wine Shop, and now I am going to sell the restaurant, the deed will naturally be invalid, Brother Gu don't have to worry."
After saying this, Zhao Huaicai's face showed a little shame.
After all, it is really not a glorious thing to run a restaurant that is about to go out of business.
In a sense, it can be regarded as a kind of loser.
But who knows, when Gu Beichuan heard this, he didn't stop there, but fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he spoke: "Let me ask one more question, who does Brother Huaicai plan to sell the restaurant to?" ”
"This ...... I haven't made up my mind, but I just have this plan, and more reliable buyers still need to look carefully. ”
"In this case, Brother Huaicai might as well be a favor and sell the restaurant to me!"
"Huh?" Zhao Huaicai was obviously surprised, as if he didn't expect Gu Beichuan to make such a suggestion: "It's not appropriate." ”
"What's wrong? Brother Zhao doesn't think I'll offer a low price, and I can't do it in your restaurant? ”
"Eh, what did Brother Gu say? Qin Lao often said that seeing poetry is like seeing people. With just a song "Will Enter the Wine", Brother Gu is not such a person in my heart. ”
"In that case, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing else, it's just my brother, I'm afraid that he will come to trouble Brother Gu."
"Your brother, Zhao Tenglong?"
"Yes, my brother often said that the two restaurants of Huaicai and Tenglong are the properties of the Zhao family, even if they want to sell, they should not be sold to others, they can only be sold to him, otherwise they will sell their ancestral inheritance, which is unfilial."
"Hiss" Gu Beichuan gasped, unfilial piety is a first-class notoriety in Daqian.
Even some of the most vicious people, no matter how they say, are filial to their parents.
"Your brother is talking like this, it's a bit heavier."
"Yes, and my brother bids the polar. If I sell it to him, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get together the money to go to Beijing to take the exam. ”
Hearing this, Gu Beichuan sneered and said, "In my opinion, your brother, it is false to say that you are unfilial, and it is true that you want to annex Huaicai Restaurant." ”
"Not only that, but he doesn't want to spend too much money."
Gu Beichuan has been to the center of the city, and has also seen Tenglong and Huaicai's two restaurants.
Compare his heart to his heart, if he is Zhao Tenglong, he will definitely want Huaicai Restaurant.
It's the same as he, as the owner of Liu Ji, wants Zhang Ji's shop.
Otherwise, one place, two restaurants, will inevitably be divided into a lot of business.
But Zhao Huaicai is his younger brother after all, and he sells the restaurant in order to enter Beijing to catch the exam, so how can he be stingy with money?
Hearing this, Zhao Huaicai didn't speak, because he didn't want to say bad things about his brother secretly.
But I have to admit that what Gu Beichuan said is true.
The elder brother didn't just want to spend too much money, he just wanted to take the Huaicai Restaurant for nothing.
"Brother Huaicai, don't worry, you can sell it to me with confidence, and keep it for you at a fair price."
"As for Brother Ling, I have my own way to deal with it."
Zhao Huaicai thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay." ”
If the brother does not give money, he cannot sell it to the brother, so he can only sell it to others.
Then why can't you sell it to Brother Gu?