When Sun learned about her brother's experience, she burst into tears while she was still in confinement.
If Am hadn't said that she was going to bring some braised food to her brother, and that there must be some soup even though the place was so far away, so that she could cook some noodles for him to have more good meals, she wouldn't have given Am braised soup.
No matter how much she disliked Am in her heart, she and her elder sister also felt sorry for her younger brother. The child had been well-behaved since he was young and knew how to feel sorry for his sister.
Zhang Sanzhuang was ordered by her to call Sun Yaozu to Zhang's house.
Seeing that both of Sun Yaozu's arms were wounded, which looked even more hideous because he had just applied ointment, Sun couldn't stop crying.
She cried and gently pulled her brother's ear, "What are you afraid to say? Ada is just a show-off. He yells at everyone at home, but he never even lifts a finger at Am. Why are you afraid of him? I don't know if he's hurt. Show me!"
Sun Yaozu tugged at his clothes and refused, "I, I'm fine, I'm really fine. I won't go to the county school anymore. The teacher promised me."
Hearing her brother's slightly tentative and unsure words, Sun nodded, holding back her tears. "Okay, then, we won't go to that damn county school! From now on, you'll stay at the Qiao family, and I'll work like a slave for the Zhang family. I'll definitely be able to support you."
Sun was filled with resentment when she spoke of this. "Amu always says that she values you like her lifeblood. Shouldn't you shower when you come to her house? She didn't even notice the injuries on your body. You are not allowed to listen to her anymore."
Sun Yaozu didn't dare to refute, saying that he hadn't had time to wash it when he came back. He was also excited to know that he could ask the top scholar for advice.
He didn't blame Am, because Am was very nice to him. He only blamed himself for being too weak. He didn't dare to tell his teacher or Ada when he was bullied.
It was he who was useless and unfilial and hurt Ada Amu's heart.
If Miao Wan knew what he was thinking, she would definitely smile and assign him endless bills to settle. Everyone would be waiting for him to settle the bills and get paid, so he would have no time to be sad.
Of course, even Miao Shiren wouldn't be so cruel as to order this injured child around. He would definitely have to let him heal his wounds first.
She is now more than eight months pregnant, which does not affect the accounting. After the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, everyone stops working and waits until the fifth day to welcome the God of Wealth before starting work again on the sixth day.
Before the New Year, the amount of goods given to Bayin alone exceeded 500 taels, and the total amount of goods given by traveling merchants was even more than what Bayin gave.
Because the work was later assigned to the Lin, Yu and Yang families, the shipment volume increased several times more than Miao Wan had originally estimated.
From the Little New Year to the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the turnover was around one hundred taels almost every day.
Now everyone uses Miao Wan's daily calculations as motivation to keep themselves going until New Year's Eve.
Zhang Sanzhuang sent Sun Yaozu back to the Qiao family and began to run back and forth with his two brothers, taking inventory of the spicy skewers that he would sell at the Washi market the next day, the last batch of toothbrushes, toothpaste, fragrant soap and soap before the New Year, and six kinds of snacks.
As for the soap, Miao Wan had already given it to Qiao Ruichen along with all the rosemary essential oil and did not sell it outside.
After counting the goods, Zhang Sanzhuang was very tired, his arms were sore, and he trembled while eating. Zhang Dazhuang and Zhang Erzhuang laughed at him for being weak.
Zhang Sanzhuang snorted coldly, "If you have the guts, don't soak your feet tonight. See if your soles are swollen tomorrow."
After standing for a long time at noon, and moving things from the afternoon to the evening, even the strongest person would get tired.
His elder and second brothers were just stubborn and wanted to save face. They went back into their own rooms and crawled into their wives' beds, crying and asking their wives to give them a beating.
Just like him.
But his wife still has to take care of the children, fortunately he still has a son who can sit on his back.
Sun listened with amusement to Zhang Sanzhuang groaning as Tiedan stepped on him. Tiedan was also particularly interested in stepping on Ada. He was very excited to let Am support him and walk around on Ada.
Sun was a little worried. "I think you'll have to stand for quite a while tomorrow. Can you handle it? How about asking Ada to help? And bring a few more of the Wuzi from home."
Zhang Sanzhuang waved his hand, "No need. If you bring more, there will only be room for the guests. Let them line up. When we're done tomorrow, we can rest for six days at once. We can rest for a while anyway."
Everything is ready. We just need to wait for the goods to be shipped smoothly tomorrow and then we can prepare for the New Year.
"Awan said she'd like to have New Year's Eve dinner at our house and cook some fresh food for us. I heard it's even better than spicy skewers."
Sun was originally worried that her brother would feel uncomfortable spending the New Year at the Qiao family, but if he returned to the Sun family for the New Year, she was afraid that Am would cry endlessly again and cry away all the good luck for the year.
By then, Ada will yell and his younger brother will be scared, and they will definitely not have a good New Year.
If I spend the New Year at Zhang's house, then I don't have to ask my brother to go home, which is perfect.
After the couple finished talking, they both went to bed early.
The next day, when they went to Wa City, Zhang Sanzhuang directly pulled all the goods to his tent, saving the traveling merchants from having to make an extra trip to his house.
Because there were so many things, all three brothers of the Zhang family came over.
Zhang Sanzhuang smiled and bowed as he saw the person. "I'd like to wish you a happy new year in advance. I wish you prosperity and peace in the coming year!"
Among those queuing up today were many traveling merchants who were concerned about how to place orders before leaving the Northwest next year. They also wished Zhang Sanzhuang a happy new year.
"Boss Zhang, that's right. As long as you open your business earlier after the New Year, we can make a fortune together!"
"Good luck, Boss Zhang! What Brother Chang said is right. When the time comes, we can go to your house and give you a New Year's gift. Let's make a lot of money together and have a prosperous business!"
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Zhang Dazhuang seldom comes to the stall, but now seeing his younger brother talking to others like a fish in water, he felt quite impressed.
In just a few months, this younger brother of mine, who used to be a bit of a scoundrel, has grown a lot and is like a completely different person.
Zhang Sanzhuang was now in front of a group of very impressive guests. Everyone called him "boss", but he remained calm and just kept bargaining with them with a smile.
In this way, he sold all the spicy skewers smoothly, delivered all the goods he brought, and in return he got a heavy money box.
Today's cash box is particularly heavy, weighing down people's breathing a little faster, as they are always afraid that someone will come and snatch it.
This weight does not refer to the weight of the copper coins, but the amount of silver inside is more than before. There is even a merchant who uses gold coins to settle the bill, saying that it is to add good luck to the Zhang family's last day of business before the New Year.
Zhang Sanzhuang was indeed very happy and immediately gave the last can of yogurt directly to the guest.
No one doesn't like gold, especially collecting gold and silver on the last day, which is a good omen for making money in the coming year.
The Zhang family had never been in such close contact with gold before. Everyone took turns to look at it for a while, and then couldn't wait to pack up and go home, wanting their family members to share in the joy.
Who knows what you fear will come true. Just when they were halfway through packing up, someone suddenly came in from outside, roughly lifting the tent curtain.
Zhang Sanzhuang was startled and stuffed the skewers in his hand into the stall cart. He stood up and greeted politely, "Excuse me, dear guest, we are closing the stall today. If you want to eat spicy skewers, please wait until after the New Year..."
"Who cares about your filthy food!" The leading man in military uniform interrupted Zhang Sanzhuang in a rough voice, and the iron armor on his wrist slammed with a clang, which made everyone in the tent feel a pang of fear.
"I heard that your Zhang family is very capable. Those things like gold ingots and blessing noodles sold in the county town recently, are they all made by your family?"
Zhang Sanzhuang answered carefully, "This... is because my father-in-law has good skills, and he earns his hard-earned money. I wonder what you are..."
"You ask who we are?" The man pointed at himself and sneered.
The person behind him praised him and said arrogantly, "Don't you know who is in charge of the Wa City? Even foreign merchants have to pay us, and you sell food, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and what else? You sold a lot of soap and soap, didn't you?"
The man kicked the copper basin next to Goudan hard, and Goudan was so scared that he whimpered and hid in Zhang Dazhuang's arms.
Zhang Erzhuang also quickly grabbed Ludan to protect his son.
Zhang Sanzhuang was also trembling in his heart. Why did these people only come at this last moment when they didn't cause trouble earlier or later?
Even if it's a little earlier, those merchants will still be there and will definitely help out.
Little did they know that these people had long known that the Pig Butcher's Spicy Skewers business was booming, and they even knew that today was their last day open before the New Year.
Why didn't you come earlier? Of course, it's because the merchants paid!
Small merchants are not afraid, but there are some big merchants who are even feared by the garrisons above them, so they naturally dare not block other people's wealth.
But if you want to know when the Zhang family will close their stall and whether there are any outsiders in the tent, it is very easy.
It was Yu Maocai who approached them in the beginning. There were many merchants eating in the restaurants on the street, so it was easy to find out what the Zhang family had sold.
The restaurant is also close to the entrance of Washifang. It is very convenient to find someone to keep an eye on it and notify the merchants to come over after they have left.
Zhang Sanzhuang didn't know this, but he didn't dare to provoke these people.
He felt that these people had the same aura that only Qiao Ruichen had, even more fierce than Qiao Ruichen's. He probably had seen blood... or even human life.
He suppressed his trembling voice and asked, "Excuse me, what tax is it? We must not miss the tax we are supposed to pay."
In fact, stalls in Wa City charge fees, and hiring someone to watch the tents charges fees, but I haven't heard of any other taxes.
The leading man nonchalantly stepped on the thorn that hadn't been retracted yet, supported himself with his arm and said to Zhang Sanzhuang with a smile: "Well, I can't explain this to you clearly. Just think of it as a donation to the higher-ups for military pay."
Zhang Sanzhuang's pupils suddenly shrank. Military pay?!
Are these people from the Gubei Army?
My God, when the Zhang family sold pork to the Gubei Army, they didn't dare to charge too much money, and they had to give some money as a gift from time to time.
Even so, I still served carefully, for fear of making the general unhappy.
You know, the Gubei Army had fought with the Xiban people on the battlefield, and they must have lost lives!
His legs felt a little weak, his face pale, and he asked, "I don't know how much I want to donate?"
"Well... your family has been doing business for three months, right? You've missed three months of payment, so just give me one thousand taels." The leading man took the money box snatched from his men, opened it and took a look.
"These don't look like enough. So, send someone home to get them. My brothers and I will wait here."
One thousand taels? Zhang Sanzhuang took a deep breath, and even felt an indescribable anger in his heart.
They worked hard for three months, and the three companies together only earned a little more than this.
This group of people is asking for too much.
Does this mean I will have to pay more than three hundred taels of silver every month from now on?
So what are the gains of so many people working so hard every day, going through wind and snow?
"Not happy?" The man grinned and reached out to pinch Zhang Sanzhuang's face, his eyes fierce. "I'm not someone who's hard to talk to. If you don't want to give me the money, just hand over the recipe."
He paused, then sneered, "I see your business is doing well, and there's still a lot of time to come. You also want to celebrate the New Year with your family, right?"
The Zhang family and Uncle Geng all understood that this man was threatening their lives.
Just when they were scared and angry and didn't know what to do, a cold snort came from the door of the tent. The words came in before the person came in.
"What? Is the Qin garrison planning to steal our Wuliangha's business? Could it be that the Qin garrison plans to exempt the Wuliangha from donating military pay next year?"
The person who was speaking was more arrogant than the man who reached out to pinch people's faces. When people came in, wow, they were taller and stronger than this man.
Hearing the familiar voice, the man immediately withdrew his hand, and his fierce look disappeared. He just looked at the door with a dark face and frown.
When Zhang Sanzhuang saw Bayin, who was competing with him to sell goods, for the first time, it was like seeing his close friend Ada.
Bayin looked at him with disdain. "What are you looking at? Didn't I tell you that I asked you to help me with the work because your family presented me with the recipe, so that you could have some soup. Now someone is trying to steal my money, and you still dare to give it to them? Do you think I, Bayin, am some kind person?"
Zhang Sanzhuang: “…” Yes, yes, yes, I know you are not a good person.
Please, please, please, please don't be a piece of shit.
Bayin didn't intend to listen to Zhang Sanzhuang's answer. A group of ordinary people were frightened by the private army, and few of them could say anything.
He turned his head and looked at the man coldly, "Are you Qin Laoba or Qin Laojiu? The Qin family's dog really has no sense of propriety. Are you still waiting for me to come and ask Qin Shoubei in person?"
"Qin Ba has met Mr. Wuliangha. It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding." The man smiled with gritted teeth. He had just squeezed Zhang Sanzhuang's hand, but now his veins were bulging and he arched his hand towards Bayin.
"We just heard that someone is violating the rules of Wa City and illegally selling large quantities of goods, disrupting Xining Town and Xiping County, making it impossible for merchants to do business. That's why we came here to demand an explanation."
Bayin scoffed. "Come on, I wonder if General Chen knows how his men behaved when he left the Northwest. I'll have my brother Agula write a letter of divorce and ask General Chen about it. He's the people of the Northwest and the most honored guest of us Northern Mongols. He can't let his men ruin his reputation."
Qin Ba's face turned pale, and he quickly knelt on one knee, his head bowed. "Please forgive me, Mr. Wuliangha. It was all because of my greed that I was tempted by your words. I didn't realize that the Zhang family was working for you. I promise you, Mr. Wuliangha, I will never dare to touch your business again."
"Is that it?" Bayin hugged his arms and refused to give in.
"Weren't you quite arrogant just now asking for the recipe? Is it you who wants it, or your master? If it's Garrison Qin who wants it, I can give it to him to protect General Chen's reputation."
Qin Ba took a deep breath. If Bayin really found his master and slapped him in the face, he would be dead soon.
He said firmly, "It was my greed. My master was unaware of this. I will go to your presence and plead guilty. After I am dealt with according to military law, I will come to your house to apologize to Mr. Wuliangha!"
Zhang Sanzhuang and the others understood. After the beating, we will come to your house and ask you to check. If you are not satisfied, we can continue to beat you.
They slowly calmed their pounding hearts, secretly saying in their hearts, "Serves you right!"
Bayin had no intention of really going against the Qin garrison. General Dingbei was not in the northwest, and Qin Mao was now the one who had the final say in Xining Town. If they really provoked him, the Wuliangha clan would make enemies for nothing.
But he still had to make things clear. Bayin nodded calmly, "You don't need to apologize to me. I believe in Lord Qin's ability to control his subordinates. Just remember, don't believe everything you hear. If you let others use you as a tool, you will lose face for your master."
Qin Ba tightened his cheeks, "Yes, I'll remember that."
After leaving the tent, the group hurried out through the gate and passed by the door of a restaurant on the street.
Yu Maocai, who had been watching the situation, trotted over and asked, "Sir, did Zhang Sanzhuang hand over the prescription? Let me tell you, his family and his father-in-law have quite a few prescriptions, all of which are very profitable. Furthermore, this father-in-law and son-in-law are particularly cunning, so don't trust them."
Qin Ba looked at Yu Maocai steadily, and after a while he waved at him, "Come here, come here and let me tell you what I got."
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Yu Maocai: Oh, I don’t know what these blood-sucking worms want. I’m really curious.
Qin Ba: Come, come closer, closer, I will tell you.
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