"Okay, you go and rest, you don't have to wait for me." Chu Yan said, picked up his shirt and went out.

Su Liuye looked at the two sleeping children beside him, thinking that Chu Yan was going to sleep in the next room for a while, and it was not interesting to wait for him, so he simply went to bed.

By the time she woke up, it was already early the next morning.

Su Liuye was about to go out with the Zhang family after breakfast, but Chu Yan wanted to join them temporarily.

Su Liuye was a little surprised, "Husband, we are going to the dock today, don't you have anything else to do?" ”

Chu Yan has to go to the yamen to help these days, the two go to different places, and they often don't see each other for a whole day, Su Liuye thought that he was going to the yamen today.

"I don't have anything else to do today, so I'll follow you." Chu Yan said.

Hearing him say this, Su Liuye didn't think much about it, and called the Zhang family to go out together.

What Zhang is going to find today is a shipyard shopkeeper who was familiar with her father at the beginning. This person had already handed over the business to his son a few years ago, but Zhang's relationship with his son was not familiar, so he had to trust the relationship so that he could meet.

This person's surname is Zhou, his name is Zhou Changjiang, and he is also a figure in Luoxi Town, and he used to be the largest shipping owner in the town, but later Boss Liu intervened in the shipping, not only the silk village, but even the shipping company was monopolized.

Zhou Changjiang's boat company has also cooperated with Boss Liu for a long time, and the Zhang family brought Su Liuye to him this time, and he doesn't know if he can negotiate.

"Shopkeeper Su, this way."

Zhang led her to a small restaurant near the dock.

It's a sparsely decorated restaurant, with a total of only one floor, and many tables are set up on the street, but there are so many customers that at a glance are all boatmen from the docks.

Zhang took her to the courtyard at the back of the restaurant, and at a glance saw an old man with half-white hair sitting under a tree drinking tea.

Seeing Zhang's coming, the old man immediately put down the teacup and ushered in, "Qing'er, you are here!" I heard you were looking for me this morning, and I've been waiting here for a long time! ”

"Uncle Zhou, you don't have to be so polite, I came to you this time and wanted to ask you for help." As he spoke, Zhang handed over the box containing the pastries in his hand, "Uncle Zhou, these are cyclamen pastries, I specially brought them to you, can you taste them?" ”

"Good, good!"

Zhou Changjiang seemed to like Zhang's specially, and when he heard that she brought him pastries, the smile on his face couldn't be stopped, and he immediately took out a piece of pastry and exclaimed, "Qing'er, your pastry is really exquisite!" With that, he put the pastry in his mouth, and his face immediately showed surprise.

"Uncle Zhou, is it delicious?" Zhang took the initiative to pour him a cup of tea, "I know you like salty food, this is specially made for you." ”

"Delicious, delicious! Haha, Qing'er, after so many years, you are still the most careful, and you still remember what I like to eat as an old man! ”

Zhou Changjiang was very happy, and pulled Zhang's to chat for a while before asking, "Qing'er, you didn't come to me today just to get me pastries, right?" ”

"It's still Uncle Zhou's eyes." Zhang said with a smile, "That's right, Uncle Zhou, Shopkeeper Su is going to open a silk village in the town recently, but you also know that the fabrics in the town are all transported from other places......"

"Now the boat shops in the town are basically owned by the Liu family, and Boss Liu has opened so many silk villages in the town, and others have long been not allowed to transport fabrics." Zhou Changjiang answered, his expression solemn, "Qing'er, it's not that Uncle Zhou doesn't help you in this matter, it's not that it's not easy to help." Although it is said that there is a new Lord Xiao in the town, at present, we don't know if Lord Xiao is on the side of the Liu family again, and I don't dare to promise you anything rashly. ”

As he spoke, he sighed, "It's not that Uncle Zhou won't help you." As you know, once the ship coming back from outside docks, the people of the Liu family will come over to count the goods, and if there are more, they will definitely know. ”

"Uncle Zhou, I naturally know about this, but ......"

Zhang looked back at Su Liuye with a look of embarrassment.

Su Liuye also probably guessed his difficulty, and took the initiative to smile, "Uncle Zhou, you don't have to worry about this, I know that Lord Xiao will not allow the Liu family to be so arrogant again." ”

"The Liu family's current monopoly is equivalent to only allowing their Liu family to make money, and others can only share some small broth at most."

"That's true." Zhou Changjiang nodded, frowning a little harder.

He has been running a boat in the town all his life, because of the intervention of the Liu family, his business has plummeted, and he can only take orders related to the Liu family, and there are already boats in other towns that belong to them, even if he wants to go elsewhere to make a living, it is impossible.

The list of the Liu family was only enough for him to maintain his aggravated livelihood, and many old employees had to be dismissed.

He has been friends with Zhang's father for more than ten years, after the Zhang family's accident, he originally wanted to take Zhang's family to take care of him, but the boat company was changed, he was busy dealing with these things, and when it was dealt with, Zhang's had also married into the Wu family, and the two gradually lost contact over the years.

Now that Zhang Qing'er took the initiative to come to him, he didn't know how happy he was.

Hearing Su Liuye say this, he thought seriously for a moment, "Shopkeeper Su's consciousness, the new Lord Xiao will suppress the Liu family?" ”

"Yes."

He was silent for a moment and said, "That's fine! As long as the Liu family doesn't get in the way at that time, I will definitely help Shopkeeper Su transport the goods! I also heard about Qing'er and the Wu family before, so I'm really ashamed. I have been friends with Qing'er's father for more than ten years, and I promised him to help take care of Qing'er, but because the Liu family suddenly intervened in the ship, I-" Speaking of this, he sighed heavily.

Zhang knew what he wanted to say, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort, "Uncle Zhou, those things have nothing to do with you, and I didn't want to go with you at the beginning." ”

"Why? Is it because of Tao'er? Zhou Changjiang exclaimed.

"......" Zhang opened his mouth, and finally shook his head and didn't speak, "Uncle Zhou, don't think about it, these things have already passed." ”

"I knew you minded." Zhou Changjiang sighed, "I did want you to marry Tao'er, but if you don't want to, just tell me directly...... It's all because I wasn't careful enough, and I almost made a big mistake. Qing'er, don't worry, no matter what happens, I already treat you as my daughter, and I'm really happy that you are willing to come to me today. ”

Seeing that there was an elder who cared so much about him, Zhang's eyes were slightly red, and he said softly, "I know, Uncle Zhou, it's me who has been bad all these years." ”

"Hey...... It's all because Uncle Zhou is useless, and now this boat is all supported by the waves. But if Lord Xiao can really suppress the Liu family, everything will be easy to say! ”

"Uncle Zhou, don't worry, I will never lie to you about this." Su Liuye said.