Chapter 22: Betrayal
"Chu Zhutou, do you have a favorite girl, didn't the family say kiss to you?"
Zhang Yang's question made Chu Ming blush.
He could only happily reply: "My father and mother have passed away, and no one has told me to kiss." ”
"Really? That Chu catches the head, what do you think ......?"
"Mother, the meal is ready, don't talk."
Before Zhang Yang's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhang Zezhen.
"Got it, come, Chu Zhutou, try my daughter's craftsmanship."
"Okay, okay."
Chu Ming wiped the sweat from his head, for fear that Zhang Yang's would ask something out of the ordinary again.
"Come, Chu Zhutou, it's all some coarse tea and light rice, don't you mind." As he spoke, Zhang Zezhen brought the dishes up.
"How so?"
"This is the plum cabbage button meat I made, how about you taste and smell it."
Zhang Zezhen sandwiched a piece of meat into Chu Ming's bowl.
"Thank you, Miss Zhang."
As soon as the meat entered his mouth, Chu Ming was instantly convinced, he had never eaten such a delicious no-vegetable button meat, which did not lose the level of a chef and had the taste of home.
"How does it taste?" Zhang Zezhen looked at Chu Ming expectantly.
"Miss Zhang's craftsmanship is so good, it's just delicious."
Chu Ming didn't have time to reply, he just gulped down meat and rice.
Zhang Zezhen was also very happy when she saw that the other party was eating so deliciously.
"By the way, mother, I'm already optimistic about the store, I'll go to pay for it the day after tomorrow, clean it up and prepare to open."
"So fast?"
"Well, this is thanks to Chu Zhutou's great help."
"Okay, okay, if there is any work at that time, you can just call your family to help, and the whole family will listen to you."
"Hmm."
……
The next day, Zhang Zezhen came to look for Liao Hai, but the other party avoided it, which gave her a bad premonition.
"Xiao Er, where did your boss go?"
"Girl, I really don't know, he didn't come today."
"We said okay, pay the money with one hand and give the store with the other."
"Girl, don't embarrass me, I'm just a worker, I don't know anything."
Zhang Zezhen saw that she couldn't ask what the result was, so she pretended to leave.
Seeing that she was leaving, Xiao Er also relaxed and continued to be busy.
Zhang Zezhen saw that the other party had left, and rushed directly to the store with lightning speed.
He also shouted loudly: "Liao Hai, you don't believe in your words, are you still a man!" Kind of come out for me. ”
Xiao Er heard the voice and hurriedly came over to dissuade him: "Grandma, you be quiet, there are still guests here." ”
"Got guests? That's just right. Let's give a review, such an untrustworthy boss, aren't you afraid of being cheated of money? Maybe there's something unclean in the food. ”
This shout frightened the customers in the store, and they quickly looked at the food on the plate and the water in the teacups.
"Girl, I'm begging you, don't say it!"
"Don't say? Okay, let your boss come to see me, say good things, don't even let out a fart, is there anyone like him? ”
Zhang Zezhen made up her mind that she must see Liao Hai today, and she refused to leave anything.
"Miss Zhang, please come here!"
At this time, Liao Hai came out of a room in the back, and in the face of Zhang Zezhen, who was yelling, he could only choose to meet him.
"Yo, who is this? Boss Liao? You're finally not a turtle. ”
When Liao Hai heard this, he lowered his head and hurried back to the house.
Zhang Zezhen also followed.
"Boss Liao, let's talk about it, what's going on? Why did you suddenly go back on what you said was good? Zhang Zezhen's heart burned with anger.
"Miss Zhang, I'm sorry for you, isn't it okay? You say I can do anything, and I'm not bad for this business anyway. Liao Hai said helplessly.
"If you don't do it, you won't do it? Please give me a reasonable reason. ”
"The reason is that I don't want to sell anymore and I want to stay in business."
"Okay, it's okay if you don't say it, then I'll stay in this store from now on, every time a customer comes, I tell them that you are a dishonest, money-hungry and lustful person, I see how you do this business!"
"Why are you so vicious, woman! Isn't that something out of nowhere? ”
"Am I vicious? Boss Liao, you really underestimate me, if you don't tell the truth, I have more vicious methods waiting for you. ”
"You!" Liao Hai was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"You don't have anything to say, do you? If you don't say so, I'm going down to talk to your guests. ”
After that, Zhang Zezhen was ready to go out.
"Wait!" Liao Hai stopped her with a dark face.
"What's wrong? Boss Liao, are you ready to change your reasons? ”
"I can tell you the real reason, but you must not betray me!"
The more Zhang Zezhen listened, the more confused she became, did she offend people when she first arrived, and she hadn't lived long in ancient times?
"Okay, you can say it."
"Can you really guarantee it?"
"Hmm." Zhang Zezhen nodded.
"It's Gu Changqing who won't let me sell it to you."
"Gu Changqing? The owner of Jinyutang? ”
"Yes."
"How would he know I was going to buy your store."
"I don't know, he just said that if I don't sell the shop to you, I'll pay for my mother to find a doctor. I'm also helpless, Miss Zhang, I'm really sorry. ”
Liao Hai begged Zhang Zezhen bitterly and asked him to let him go.
"Are you serious?"
"The conscience of heaven and earth, I dare to say the slightest lie, the sky is thundering!"
Hearing Liao Hai's assurance, Zhang Zezhen did not press each other hard, but turned around and left.
After leaving the store, Zhang Zezhen couldn't figure it out, what she had just said the day before yesterday, except for Chu Ming and her family, she didn't tell anyone the news, even Da Lang didn't know, who spread the news?
Could it be that during the meal, a certain guest heard something that reached Gu Changqing's ears?
No, business was deserted that day, and when the three of us were talking, there was no one around.
Think about it another way, even if there are people around, how do they know who they are?
But excluding the relationship with the outside world, the only thing left is Chu Ming and his family.
Let's talk about Chu Ming first, if he wanted to sabotage this deal, why did he introduce Liao Hai to himself at that time, isn't it a contradiction?
In this way, only the family remains.
Among the people who ate that day, there were their own mothers, as well as the second brother, the third brother, and the second and third sisters-in-law. The three children went to play in the yard, and the father went back to the room to rest.
The mother should not hinder herself, in the memory of the original host, Zhang Yang's favorite is her, A-Niang would rather be wronged than treat her daughter badly.
The rest are the two brothers and two sisters-in-law, although they do not agree with their own approach, but there is no need to use tricks.
None of the money they earn is missing them, why do they harm themselves?
The more Zhang Zezhen thought about it, the more unclear she became. The top priority at the moment is to find a new store, since Gu Changqing is sincerely going against himself, then let's see? Don't blame me for not being emotional.
Not far from home, she saw her second sister-in-law laughing with a woman, and Zhang Zezhen was about to step forward to say hello when she suddenly heard some angry conversations.
"Your news is quite accurate, the lord is very satisfied, don't worry, the benefits are indispensable to you." The woman whispered.
"Really? Then I'll thank Master Gu in advance. ”
"Yes, it's you, you betrayed your little sister, don't you feel a little guilty?"
"Guilt? Hum! This is her retribution! Showing off her cooking skills and money in front of her mother every day, the whole family seems to be unable to do without her, and I have to teach her a lesson. ”
"You can be careful, if your father-in-law hears this, he will have to take a break from you?"
"How dare he? I was busy for this family, but the whole family only surrounded that Zhang Zezhen, who knows the bitterness in my heart? ”
"Hahaha, then I'll go first, and when it's done, I'll send your share of the bounty back."
With that, the woman looked around and saw that there was no one, so she sneaked away.
Li also hurried back to the house, for fear of being discovered by others.
Zhang Zezhen, who heard all this, was angry and hateful, she worked hard, all for her family, but she didn't expect that there would be such a scourge in the family, it was really a bowl of rice to raise a benefactor, and a bucket of rice to raise an enemy, so it couldn't be too good for them.
Since the Li family is unkind, he can't blame himself for being unjust.
Zhang Zezhen brewed her emotions for a while, she tried to think about the sad things in the past, and tried to shed a few tears, and when they were all ready together, she picked up the handkerchief and wiped her tears while calling her mother.
"Mother, mother, mother!"
Three shouts frightened Zhang Yang to come out.
"My precious daughter, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you? Mother will take revenge on you! ”
Zhang Zezhen did not reply, but continued to cry.
"Daughter, my precious daughter, you are talking, what is the matter? You're going to die in a hurry! ”
"What's going on?" Zhang Shanren heard his daughter's cry and hurried out.
Immediately afterwards, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephews all came to check on the situation. You must know that Zhang Zezhen was bullied, it was a major event in the family, and whoever dared to slack off would definitely be scolded to death by Zhang Yang's family.
"Little sister, what's wrong? Which kid bullied you? Brother will take revenge on you! Zhang Zeshui said.
"My shop...... Gone! ”
"Gone? How could it be gone? Didn't you say it well the day before yesterday? Zhang Yang asked.
Zhang Zezhen wiped away her fake tears, and said with a sob: "Originally, it was said that it was good, but Boss Liao said that Gu Changqing wouldn't let him sell it to me!" ”
"Gu Changqing, who has been cut by a thousand knives, dares to play tricks behind his back, wait for the old lady and I will find him with a kitchen knife!"
"Don't be violent, listen to your daughter finish the story!" Zhang Shanren interrupted Zhang Yang's words.
"Daughter, don't worry, say slowly, why did Gu Changqing do this?"
"He's going to force me to go to Jinyulou, otherwise, I'll never want to have my own restaurant in town."
"Humph! A dignified boss was actually done such a dirty thing by the latter! Zhang Shanren said angrily.
"Tomorrow, I'll go to him, let go of this old face, and my father will get justice for you."
"Yes, my mother will also accompany you, I can't let you be wronged, are we afraid that he won't succeed?"
"Dad, mother, you two elders have to make decisions for your daughter! Someone deliberately framed me to cause this situation! ”
"What? Who do you say? As soon as Zhang Yangshi heard that someone was going to frame his daughter, he immediately changed his face.
"I don't know, Boss Liao said that someone in our family grasped the news of the pan shop and told Gu Changqing, so he will know."
Since Zhang Zezhen had no direct evidence to prove that it was the Li family, she could only attack her and force her to take the initiative to admit it.
"Our family?" Zhang Yang looked at his son and daughter-in-law incredulously, glared at them fiercely, and then said, "Who is it?" I advise you to take the initiative to stand up, otherwise, let me find out, but there will be no good life for you! ”