Let's say that Lu Kun was angry with his father, and the neighbors all scolded angrily, scolding Lu Kun for being a typical loser. And use this example to educate their own children not to follow Lu Kun's example.

Lu Su didn't care about the scolding of his neighbors, since his father was angry to death, not only did he not repent, but he felt that without his father's obstruction, he played more crazy and enjoyable.

Often with a group of fox friends and dog friends, a group of people who are not careful, happy in the morning and twilight, and even all night long, intensified.

Lu Jian left nine shops, which can be regarded as a family property, and rented to others to do business, so Lu Jun has a little rental income. Because of the large expenses of eating, drinking and playing, he often can't make ends meet, and he soon loses all the cash at home.

Lu Su is used to playing, where can he get his thoughts, and he wants to sell the bottom industry.

Originally, there were nine shops, and only one or two were sold.

I also feel that sporadic sales are not enough to consume and squander.

simply posted a public notice and sold all nine rooms. 5,000 taels of silver each, a total of 45,000 taels, and demanded a lump sum payment.

These more than 40,000 taels of silver are not a small amount.

In this place of Hezhou, it can be said that there are very few and few that can be taken out at one time.

Except for a few large families, the poor cannot take it. Therefore, no one dared to take over at all.

Lu Kun waited until the end of the year, but when he saw that no one came to sell it, and he lacked silver in his hand, he had to sell it at half price.

When Zhou Hai heard this, he inquired about the prices of the surrounding stores, and compared with the price offered by Lu Kun, he felt that it was relatively low. So he rejoiced and rejoiced, and wanted to buy it.

However, Zhou Hai didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he had to go back quickly and discuss with his family.

Zhou Hai returned to him and talked about the past in detail.

Zhang Cui proposed: "Invite a tooth man to negotiate first, and then reduce the price." How is it? ”

The so-called tooth man is the person who lived between the buyer and the seller in the old days, and made a match between them to obtain a commission. Nowadays it is called an intermediate broker. They don't have any money, they rely on a mouth with sharp teeth.

The mouth opens to speak, revealing a mouth full of big teeth, which makes people think of Pianpin, thinking that teeth are a tool for biting, hence the name "tooth man". For this title, there is a sense of disgust and spurning.

Because some people have poor professional ethics. Eat the seller, and eat the buyer. Raise and underestimate, cheat and deceive. That's why it's disgusting.

Zhou Hai heard Zhang Cui say that when he went to find the tooth man, he felt that it was inappropriate and said, "Don't go to the tooth man." It's so cheap, what if the tooth man gets in the way and eats a kickback? Without further ado, it's better to go straight to the conversation. ”

Lu Gui agreed with Zhou Hai's statement, asked Zhou Hai to talk to Lu Kun directly, and asked, "How can you find Lu Kun?" ”

Zhou Hai said: "When I was reading the notice, there was an old man next to me who knew about it. The old man's name was Lu An, and he was the owner of the shop, and he lived across the street from the shop. I asked him to go to Lu Su to negotiate with me. ”

Lu Gui said: "In this case, it is better for us all to go, so that we can take care of it." ”

Zhou Hai from it. That night, I called to pack my bags. I heard that Lu Kun likes to drink, so he went to Changzhen again and bought a few catties of good soju.

The next day, Zhou Hai, Zhang Cui, Zhou Shao, Lu Gui, and Jiang Xian secretly hid the gold, silver and jewelry in their baggage after breakfast.

Before leaving, Lu Gui asked, "Do you want to call Zhou Zhoujiang?" ”

Zhou Hai said: "Don't call him, otherwise, if he sees it, his eyes will be red again." ”

Zhang Cui said: "Call him up!" As the saying goes, brothers, break bones, connect tendons. No matter how bad Zhou Jiang is, after all, he is also your brother. Besides, this is not a trivial matter, it is not trivial, many people, come up with ideas, there is a reference. ”

Lu Gui said: "What my daughter-in-law said makes sense. By the way, borrow Zhou Jiang's carriage. After all, it's faster to get in a car than to walk. ”

Zhou Jiang agreed, and Lu Gui went to invite.

Lu Gui went to Zhou Jiang's house and talked about it.

When Zhou Jiang heard that Zhou Hai was going to buy a shop in Hezhou, he was skeptical and asked, "Where did he get the silver?" ”

Lu Gui said: "This, you don't have to worry about it, it's too hard to grow crops, Zhou Hai wants to do some business in the city." ”

Wang Lan said on the side: "Buy a small shop and do some small business." What's the big deal, what's the matter with us, you want to show off in front of us, no way, we won't go. ”

Zhou Jiang didn't know what Zhou Hai wanted to do, so he was a little relieved and said, "No, I'm going." I'm going to find out. ”

Lu Gui said: "Borrow a carriage for use." ”

Wang Lan said: "Yes, but there is a fee." ”

Lu Gui said: "How much you receive, we give." ”

Generally speaking, from here to Hezhou, hire a carriage, at most three taels of silver, but Wang Lan took the opportunity, and the lion opened his mouth and said, "I will collect thirty taels of silver." With that, he smirked, and Mako trembled on her black face.

Lu Gui didn't say a word, and happily took out thirty taels of silver with Wang Lan.

Wang Lan happily took it and asked Zhou Jiang to catch the carriage.

The group soon arrived at Hezhou City.

Without much effort, Zhou Hai found Lu An, gave Lu An two taels of silver, and said that he was looking for Lu Su to buy a shop, and agreed to meet and discuss at Cuihua Restaurant tomorrow morning.

The reason why I made an appointment at the restaurant instead of the teahouse was Lu Gui's idea.

Lu Gui said: "In the morning, it is not time to eat. Drink tea first and talk about buying and selling. After the negotiation is settled, we will eat and drink by the way. In this way, you can save money on tea. Besides, the restaurant environment is very good, better than the tea house. ”

Zhou Hai praised his father for being thoughtful.

Lu An happily took the silver and turned to report to Lu Kun.

At this time, in the smoke willow alley, Lu Kun was looking for fun. When Luan finds him, he speaks for himself. When Lu Kun heard that there was a buyer, he was overjoyed and overjoyed.

On weekdays, Lu Kun is in a tobacco, alcohol, teahouse, or brothel, and he is not at home at all, but he does not go out on this day. Eat and wash up early, and come to Cuihualou in advance to wait.

The decoration of the restaurant is very exquisite, the store façade is painted with red and green doors, red and green curtains, red and red curtains, orange lamps with gold and red yarn, flowers and trees in the corridor of the hall and courtyard, and the lights and candles are brilliant.

In addition to eating, the restaurant also has tea and drinks.

Lu Kun didn't wait long, and Zhou Hai and his party arrived.

Seeing that it was Lu Kun coming, Zhou Jiang was taken aback.

It turned out that Zhou Jiang went to Hezhou City, and the place where he sold mountain goods was Lu Jianzhi's acquisition shop. After going back and forth, Lu Jian became familiar with Zhou Jiang, and introduced his son Lu Su to Zhou Jiang.

Later, Zhou Jiang heard that Lu Su was angry with his father to death, and he wanted to sell the shop with only the family property. Unexpectedly, what Zhou Hai bought turned out to be the Lu family's shop, and Zhou Jiang's heart was suddenly unbalanced.

Zhou Jiang thought to himself: "Lu Kun, a loser, wants to sell nine shops, a total of 45,000 taels, and then half of it, it also costs 22,500 taels." It's a lot of silver. ”

Immediately, he thought: "I don't believe it, Zhou Hai can come up with so much silver, does Lu Kun want to sell it in retail, even so, a shop, it will cost 2,500 taels." ”

Zhou Jiang was puzzled and greeted Lu Kun.

When Zhou Hai saw Lu Kun, he proposed to look at the shop first.

Lu Kun agreed, leading the way in front. After walking a short distance, I saw it. These nine shops, located in a prosperous area, are all rented to others.

There are three rouge gouache shops, two antique shops, one incense and candle shop, and three groceries. Now they are all open, and business is quite prosperous.

Zhou Hai and the others, seeing it, were quite satisfied.

Then return to the restaurant.

came to the large private room for dinner, sat down with the guests, and then the guy brought tea.

After tea, Zhou Hai asked: "Brother Lu, the price you posted on the notice before must not be changed?" ”

Lu Kun said: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." It won't change, at a fixed price, nine shops, 22,500 taels of silver. After the money is paid, I will terminate the agreement with the tenant and hand over the shop to you. ”

Zhou Hai said: "Okay, refreshing! In this case, write the contract first, and then exchange the silver. ”

Lu Jun agreed.

So, I asked the restaurant for pen, ink and paper. Lu Jun picked up his pen, waved his hand and wrote the contract, in duplicate, and drew the pledge. Zhou Hai took it and signed it.

At this point, the contract for the sale and purchase of the shop officially came into effect.

Zhou Jiang looked at the sales contract, and it was clearly written that there were nine shops. I thought I was dazzled, I didn't believe it, I rubbed it, and then I looked at it, it was indeed nine. I was so frightened that I stuck out my tongue and couldn't retract it for a long time.

Lu Kun and Zhou Hai each received the contract.

From the front desk of the restaurant, I borrowed a long scale, put it on the table, and prepared to weigh the silver.

Lu Gui poured out the silver from the baggage, silver nuggets or silver ingots of large, medium, and small ingots, in addition to broken silver.

Zhou Jiang was secretly surprised in his heart: "So much silver! ”

It's the first time I've seen it grow so big.

So, in the eyes, the fire of jealousy was released; Inside his throat, smoke of envy is rising. I can't wait to push everyone away and grab all this silver into my pocket.

In the midst of Zhou Jiang's stunned climbing, the silver was redeemed.

Afterwards, the crowd gossiped for a while.

Just at noon, he asked the restaurant to put out the best dishes.

During the banquet, Lu Kun drank the best soju brought by Lu Gui, and praised it repeatedly: "Good wine, good wine." So he drank several more glasses, and before he knew it, he was drunk.

Drunk people, talkative, clingy.

If Lu Kun didn't leave, everyone was embarrassed to go.

Lu Gui and Zhou Hai were also happy, put on an open shelf, accompanied Lu Kun to drink, and those who came clinked glasses did not refuse. Only Zhou Jiang didn't have a taste in his heart, and he owed something in his heart, so he snorted straight and drank very much.

The crowd drank until late at night.

Lu Gui checked out and left.