Chapter 104: Blatant Bribery
Su Yujin felt that this was a great opportunity, so she prepared cold pot skewers, garlic-flavored boneless chicken feet, fish-flavored pork shreds, fried potato shreds, minced meat and eggplant, and other exquisite dishes early, waiting for He Yanxiu to come back for dinner.
But after waiting for a long time, until it was completely dark, there was still no sign of He Yanxiu.
After asking several times and learning that He Yanxiu was still discussing matters with Qu Zhiwen and several adults, Su Yujin asked Ai Cao and others to heat up the dishes and continue waiting.
"Why don't you wait until tomorrow to find a chance to talk to the Second Master?" Ai Cao advised, "Once the Second Master starts talking about serious matters, I'm afraid he won't be able to finish the conversation."
Besides, it was too late to talk like this. Qu Zhiwen and the others would definitely not let He Yanxiu go hungry. They would ask someone to prepare a midnight snack. He Yanxiu had already eaten a full meal, so he probably didn't have an empty stomach to come here to eat.
Ai Cao was worried that Su Yujin would have prepared in vain and worked hard for an entire night in vain.
"It doesn't matter. There's nothing else important anyway. Just wait a little longer." Su Yujin disagreed.
He Yanxiu was so busy that he even changed his original plan to come back early to rest tonight. Who knows if he will have time tomorrow? When doing business, you have to act decisively. If you miss this opportunity, you won't be able to wait.
Seeing that Su Yujin insisted, Ai Cao stopped trying to dissuade her and went to heat up the food with Qingkui.
After a busy day, when all the dishes were put back on the table, there was a commotion in the yard - He Yanxiu was back.
"Second Master is back." Su Yujin greeted him with a big smile on her face. "Second Master has been busy all day, have you had dinner yet?"
He Yanxiu, who was exhausted and felt the chill of a spring night, raised his eyebrows slightly in response to Su Yujin's warm welcome.
Since arriving at Hedong Mansion and receiving his instructions, Su Yujin either went out for a stroll or stayed in the courtyard. If he did not give her an order, she would hardly show up in front of him.
Today is so passionate...
He Yanxiu looked at Su Yujin and said quietly, "If there is anything, just say it."
Seeing through it at a glance! Su Yujin laughed dryly to ease her embarrassment. "Today, Madam Qu came to discuss something with me. I didn't dare to make a decision on my own, so I thought of talking to the Second Master and asking him to help me make a decision."
"Besides, I have been idle these past two days, so I made a new dish. I thought about how you have been busy with official duties these days and are quite tired, so I wanted to invite you to try it."
After Su Yujin finished speaking, the smile on her face became more and more servile as she looked at He Yanxiu.
He Yanxiu lowered his eyes.
Did she need to find him for something, so she took the initiative to make something delicious to please him? Fortunately, he didn't think too much about it just now...
He Yanxiu coughed lightly, "What did Madam Qu want to discuss with you?"
"It's so late, you must be a little hungry, so let's eat first and chat while we eat." Su Yujin said with a smile, "I made some cold pot skewers today, would you like to try it, Master?"
"Okay."
He Yanxiu had been busy until now and his stomach was already empty, so he sat down at the table with Su Yujin and took the bunches of meat and vegetables she handed over.
The tenderloin is soft and tender, the lotus root slices are crispy, and the bean curd skin is fragrant...
All the skewers are spicy, fresh and delicious.
He Yanxiu nodded repeatedly, "Even though my sense of taste has not fully recovered, I can taste that your cold pot skewers have a unique flavor and are very delicious."
After receiving He Yanxiu's approval, Su Yujin smiled with curved eyebrows, "It is also because of the delicious taste of this cold pot skewers that Madam Qu came to me and said that her aunt, Kang, is good at business and approves the taste of this cold pot skewers. She wanted to open a few shops selling cold pot skewers with me and asked me if I agree."
"This is a profitable business, and I am quite interested in it. However, it was Madam Qu who introduced us, and the other party is Madam Qu's aunt, and she is doing business in Hedong Prefecture, so I want to ask Second Master what he thinks first to see if this business can be done."
He Yanxiu paused his chopsticks in mid-air.
Su Yujin had never told him about this when he was doing business in Qinghe County.
But this time, as Su Yujin said, there were many things involved, and fearing that it would affect his official duties, Su Yujin specifically reported to him.
She clearly wanted to do it, but was afraid that he would be unhappy and would not agree to it, so she specially prepared such a large table of delicious food? It was obvious that Su Yujin was indeed a clear-headed person and a sensible person who made people feel at ease.
only……
He is obviously not an unkind person. If you have anything to say, just talk to him nicely. Why do you have to be so careful and prepare such a large table of food to bribe him?
Furthermore, he doesn't seem to be the kind of person who would be easily influenced by the desire for food and drink.
Use food to shut him up...
He Yanxiu took a piece of minced meat and eggplant and said, "It's just a business. If you want to do it, just go for it. Besides, this is your own business. You didn't borrow any money from me. You can make your own decision."
Although He Yanxiu said this, Su Yujin did not act arrogantly and just smiled and said, "Thank you for your consideration, Second Master."
"Second Master, have some chicken feet." Su Yujin picked up a piece for He Yanxiu and asked, "I heard from Xing'an that Second Master will take a day off tomorrow?"
"Yeah." He Yanxiu took the chicken feet with a bowl.
"Second Master has been working so hard these days that he has lost a lot of weight. What would you like to eat tomorrow? I will prepare it early."
He Yanxiu paused in eating again.
Is this a thank you for agreeing to this? "All right."
All is fine.
Su Yujin thought for a while and said, "It seems like I haven't eaten hot pot in a long time. I brought a copper pot from home this time. Why don't we cook some meat and vegetables tomorrow? Tomorrow I'll ask Ai Cao and the others to buy some fish, and come back to make some fish balls and fish tofu. It's best to cook hot pot in copper pot."
"Okay." He Yanxiu nodded, and after swallowing all the chicken feet in the bowl, he asked Xing'an to bring a silver note and hand it to Su Yujin.
Su Yujin cooked for him and he gave her banknotes. This was normal interaction.
It has nothing to do with this cold pot skewers business.
Su Yujin was a little surprised to see that He Yanxiu only gave her a silver note and didn't say what it was used for.
But since He Yanxiu gave her the money, Su Yujin felt that there was no reason for her not to accept it, so she happily accepted it and said, "Thank you for the reward, Second Master."
"After all, you're moving around outside, so it's more convenient to have money in hand." He Yan added.
"Second Master is absolutely right."
It couldn't be more right.
So in the future, Second Master, you must remember to give more often.
Su Yujin smiled as she thought about what delicious ingredients to prepare tomorrow to repay He Yanxiu's generosity.
Xing'an frowned.
He Yanxiu: Am I the kind of person who has no principles when it comes to satisfying my appetite?
Xing'an: Second Master, why don't you try to guess it yourself? (End of this chapter)
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