Chapter 40 New Owner (Good Luck on the List)

It was none other than Su Datou.

Su Datou looked around and said, "How could this ghost come from such a broad daylight?"

Liu Laoer also reacted. Yes, there was a bright sun above his head, so where did the ghost come from?

"No, come out and walk a few steps so we can see if you have a shadow."

Those who came to collect debts and those who came to watch the fun all agreed. Yes, just take a few steps and take a look. It will be clear at a glance whether it is a human or a ghost.

Su Datou was confused and took a few steps. Well, this was really a living person. The crooked shadow couldn't deceive anyone.

"Su Datou, why aren't you dead?"

Su Datou: "Why should I die?"

"Since you're not dead, why don't you go get some wine?"

Su Datou: "From now on, I will quit drinking!"

After saying that, Su Datou turned around and went back, and with a bang, the door closed again.

Everyone looked at each other. Su Datou was not dead, but his brain seemed to be filled with water.

A moment later, the door opened again, and this time, Su Datou was holding a purse in his hand.

He walked up to Liu Laoer and said, "This is the two taels I owe you."

Then he walked up to Zhang Xiaoer and said, "Here's the twenty cents I owe you. Your peanuts are delicious. I'll buy more from you in the future."

Then, Su Datou paid back the money he owed to Aunt Li and Zhang Damazi. Then, he clasped his fists in front of everyone and said, "In front of all the neighbors, I, Su Dahong, have changed my appearance and become a new person. Everyone should come to my house to buy tea in the future. I guarantee that I will never cheat you."

Everyone: Su Datou’s head was not flooded, but kicked by a donkey.

After sending away all the neighbors, Su Datou shook his head, brushed away the messy hair that was blocking his eyes, and walked into the tea shop.

The tea shop opened its doors wide to welcome guests, but unfortunately no one came in. Instead, a big yellow dog peed in front of the door.

Su Datou went up the stairs to the second floor and stopped outside the innermost room. With a smile on his face, he said to the sturdy young man who was picking his nails at the door, "Brother Dazhuang, is the boss taking a break?"

Da Zhuang hummed, "No need to go in and answer. The boss knows everything you did and said outside just now."

Su Datou was a little embarrassed and quickly smiled: "The boss has been very kind to me. My life belongs to the boss."

At this moment, a lazy voice came from the room: "Then keep your life for me."

Su Datou fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed in the direction of the sound.

After bowing, Su Datou got up, boiled a large pot of water, and washed himself clean.

Liu Erniang was not wrong. Two nights ago, he got drunk again and cried bitterly while holding an empty wine jug. As he cried, he didn't want to live anymore.

In fact, this was not the first time he had thought about dying, but it was just a thought. He was afraid of death and dared not die.

It is said that alcohol makes cowards brave, but after getting drunk, Su Datou suddenly became no longer afraid of death.

He found a hemp rope, tied it to the beam, stood on it on a stool, and put his head into the noose.

At this moment, two people suddenly appeared in front of him. Su Datou didn't even know how these two people got in.

One of the two men is strong and the other is weak. The strong one is Dazhuang, and the weak one is his boss.

Da Zhuang waved his hand, and the rope he had tied with great difficulty broke. He fell off the stool and lay on the ground.

He tried to raise his head, and several banknotes fell from above his head. Then, he heard the most beautiful voice in the world: "This tea shop belongs to me. Go and get the fish scale book."

He was startled and half sober. What? This tea shop was sold?

"No, no, I can't sell it!" he said vaguely.

"Why can't it be sold?" the voice asked.

"It's a haunted house, unlucky. Whoever buys it will be unlucky. Look at me, I became like this because I bought this tea shop." Su Datou said.

The boss said, "In that case, you should sell this place so that you can pass the bad luck on to someone else."

"No!" Su Datou shook his head like a rattle. "You can't hurt anyone. You can't hurt anyone. I said I won't sell it. I won't sell it!"

The boss nodded and said, "How about this? I'll buy this place and hire you as the manager. You'll be in charge of it from now on. With you around, bad luck won't fall on anyone else. What do you think?"

This time, Su Datou woke up from the remaining half of his drunkenness, and woke up with a start.

He pointed at his nose and said, "What did you say? You want me to be the shopkeeper? Are you stupid? There's no business here. No one comes to buy tea. Why do we need a shopkeeper? Wouldn't that just be a loss?"

The boss said calmly, "I have money and can afford to pay."

Su Datou couldn't believe it. He rubbed his eyes, looked at the person in front of him carefully, and suddenly understood.

"I understand. You're sick and incurable, and you don't have many days left to live. But you still have a lot of money, and you're worried you won't be able to spend it all by the time you die, so you came here to let me compensate you."

The boss said: "Smart, then you can pay for me."

Da Zhuang threw over a purse, which was heavy with at least thirty or forty taels of silver.

"This is your annual wages. Go and pay off all your debts and look your best. Also, clean up this shop. From now on, this is my territory. If you dare to drink again, I will castrate you and make you die without the face to see your ancestors.

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At this time, Zhao Shiqing had already left the Princess's Mansion and found an inn. The eleven of them stayed there in three groups.

This is the closest inn to Prince Liang’s Mansion.

The eight kings all had palaces in the capital, but none of them were located in the imperial city. These palaces were bestowed by Taizu. At that time, they had all been enfeoffed, but Taizu ordered them to send their eldest sons to the capital to study.

Everyone in the world knows that these princes came to the capital as hostages, but since they are doing it under the guise of studying, they cannot make things too obvious.

So they were arranged to live near the Imperial College. At that time, the dynasty had just been established and many houses of former ministers had been confiscated. Taizu selected eight of them that were closest to the Imperial College and gave them to the eight princes.

These eight palaces occupied three entire streets, which were also called Palace Front Street, Palace Middle Street and Palace Back Street.

Prince Liang's Mansion is located on Prince Liang's Mansion Front Street. It takes only two cups of tea to walk out of the inn and reach Prince Liang's Mansion.

No one in the capital knew Zhao Shiqing except the eldest princess's family.

She and Lingbo changed into the white silk jacket and blue skirt with white flowers bought from the ready-made shop, turned around, and both of them smiled.

"Are flowery skirts like this popular in the capital? I've never seen anyone wearing them like this in Liangdi."

Ling Bo smiled and said, "I heard this was woven by a weaving workshop called Huaji. It just came from Wu three months ago. In addition to our blue and white floral ones, there are also red and white and pink and white ones. They're all very beautiful and not expensive. They're very popular with women from lower-class families, but the ladies of the rich and powerful wouldn't be interested in them."