134 Go with the Flow
Soon the food and wine were served and the two men temporarily suspended their discussion.
Sun Sicheng was determined to succeed, so he started drinking openly. Soon his ears and eyes became red, and his speech became slurred.
In fact, he can drink a lot, but his face gets red when he drinks.
"Brother Sun, let's stop drinking. It's not good to get drunk." Zheng Qiuyang hurriedly stopped the wine. He was the young master of Huichuntang. Business could be discussed, but it was not good to take advantage of others in distress. That would make people hate him for the rest of their lives.
That's not necessary.
"Okay, I'm in high spirits today, so I won't drink."
"Brother Sun, can you consider my suggestion? A hot spring villa with a particularly good location can be passed down from generation to generation."
He also saw his father and grandfather were depressed, and he had been strong all his life, but he was suppressed by the up-and-coming Baicaotang.
"Brother, you put me in a difficult position." Sun Sicheng sighed, "I really miss that manor, even in my dreams, but my family will not agree. I can keep it a secret, but I will lose a lot of profits every year. My grandfather and father will be angry if they know. Let me think about it, let me think about it. I'm leaving today. I don't want to eat anymore."
After Sun Sicheng left, Zheng Qiuyang started laughing.
No one could refuse that hot spring villa, even if he was as capable as Sun Sicheng. The Sun family started late, and the hot spring villa not far from the capital had already been taken by someone else. His family was lucky to have one child, one big and one small. The small one was given to someone by his grandfather after he cured an old illness.
The Sun family is now mainly headed by Sun Sicheng. The second oldest Sun hardly cares about these matters, and the two elders are wholeheartedly devoted to medical skills, so Sun Sicheng is capable of being the head of the family.
The Zheng family has more brothers, but he and his brothers are the only two direct descendants. His younger brothers always follow his lead. The other cousins and half-brothers want to make decisions, but they can't.
The only thing that makes him weaker than Sun Sicheng at the moment is that his father still makes the final decision on major family matters, but this matter was originally proposed by his father.
Now the bait has been thrown, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Three days later he will make another appointment with Sun Sicheng, and he estimates that he has a 70% chance of getting 40% of the demand.
You can make money by supplying the military, but there are some things that money cannot do.
Sun Sicheng felt very happy and did not go home directly. Instead, he went shopping, which was rare for him, to buy some food for his five children. As for his little apprentice, he did not buy anything for him. It was really troublesome to carry things along the long journey, especially in the cold winter.
Before leaving, he asked Sun Wen to give Ping An a bag of gold leaves and a bag of silver leaves during the New Year. It was not much money, but the child loved these shiny things.
In the evening, the three men of the Sun family discussed things in the study, while Sun Siyuan went to his father-in-law's house.
Sun Yinan and his old father looked at each other in bewilderment. It couldn't be such a coincidence, right? One wanted to throw and the other wanted to catch.
To be honest, business in the military can still be done. Even if the weather is not good next year or the year after, you will just make less money, but you won't lose much. You can make it up in the next two years.
But the Sun family is different. There are only two brothers in the direct line of the family. Siyuan is not willing to take care of these things. He is already very reluctant to be able to manage Baicaotang in two prefectures.
It is already very good that the side branches pay them 10% dividend every year. The equity should not be touched by others, otherwise there will be trouble later.
"Sicheng, if you give up 40%, what will you do with the remaining 20%? Or just do 20%. What will the Zheng family think if you give up everything? Also, just pretend that you didn't tell anyone about this. The manor will be yours. We can just act out another play later."
It's nothing more than family discipline, of course it's fake, but fake also hurts face.
Sun Sicheng curled his lips.
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Fang Xiao finally agreed to go with Ping An to pick the last batch of drunken flowers.
Fortunately, there wasn’t much snow in the winter, so the trail led down the cliff, otherwise the last batch would have been missed.
Master Qin had no kung fu and Master Ping'an was young, so Fang Xiao finally taught his apprentice Xiao Wu. This kid's lightness kung fu could be said to be better than his master's. In this aspect of lightness kung fu, he was no worse than himself.
Ping'an was wearing a tight cotton jacket, with small trouser legs and cuffs, sheepskin boots, and carrying a backpack. He looked neat and tidy.
He stood on the edge of the cliff, watching Fang Xiao leading Master Qin down. It was a very steep path covered with dead grass, and it would be invisible if you didn't pay attention.
"Master, I'll take you down."
"Master Xiao Wu, you see, I'm not in a hurry to go down. Master Qin is here to pick the flowers. You protect me and I'll go down slowly by myself. I've learned Qinggong for a year, and I want to try it myself."
He has put a lot of effort into martial arts, especially Qinggong, and seems to have learned it well. It's a good opportunity to give it a try today.
Xiao Wu also agreed. With him around, nothing would go wrong. It wasn't that difficult to get around here. People who learn martial arts will never be good if they are too timid.
But he took the backpack.
The path was only one foot wide and was winding. Some places were very steep, but Ping An felt that he could handle it. He did not let Xiao Wu lead him in the two particularly difficult sections.
Xiao Wu should have the same mentality as him in this regard. He should not be worried or afraid of doing anything.
Quarter of an hour later, when Fang Xiao was waiting anxiously, Ping An and Xiao Wu reached the bottom of the valley.
"Sorry, Uncle Fang, I wanted to try it myself, so I'm a little slow."
"It's okay, but Master Ping'an, you are only eight years old and have been practicing martial arts for less than a year. You still have to be careful in the future." Fang Xiao spoke in a gentle tone, but turned his back to Ping'an and glared at his apprentice fiercely.
After another quarter of an hour, we found an underground river under the cliff. The water was quite strong and it was two or three miles away from the mountains on both sides. The opposite side was almost steep, and it was impossible to go up or down from the bottom of the cliff.
"Uncle Fang, whose mountain is that over there?"
Fang Xiao shook his head: "It seems to be ownerless. Apart from our eldest son, few people buy these mountains. But Huichuntang seems to have bought some mountains in recent years. They grow herbs like us, but not here."
Master Qin is already picking flowers.
Ping An actually saw a mandala, and not far away was the Mansha Pearl Flower. He looked at Fang Xiao.
Fang Xiao said in a serious tone: "Master Ping'an, not many people know about these flowers. The white one is called ghost flower, also known as the flower of death. It originally grew here, and there are only a dozen of them. The eldest master has never allowed us to plant more of them. The whole plant is poisonous.
The red one is the drunken plant. Only the rhizome is poisonous. The pollen is also poisonous, but the poison does not take effect quickly. If Erqiang and his friends had come into contact with the former that day, they would have died long ago.
Xiao Wu, take Master Ping An to the nearby area and don't let him pick the flowers. Don't run too far. Stay nearby. Even though it's the twelfth lunar month, it's not particularly safe."
After saying that, he put on a face mask and gloves and walked towards Master Qin.
Ping An certainly wouldn't force himself to pick them. There was no need to take the risk. Besides, there were not many flowers left, they were sparsely scattered, and there were even fewer daturas.
He chose the right path to walk, and Xiao Wu followed behind him aimlessly.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Wu had two fat rabbits in his hands, and the two of them blocked the hole directly.
"Master, let's go over there. The masters picked them up quickly, and there aren't many."
Ping'an nodded and looked at the towering mountains on both sides. People in the valley seemed so small. Wait, there seemed to be a cave entrance on the far opposite side, covered by branches, appearing and disappearing.
He told Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu took a look and then laughed: "Master, that's normal. There are many caves in the mountains."
Ping'an nodded, but thought to himself that he would definitely take Xiaowu over there to have a look in the spring.
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