Chapter 256: The shopkeeper invites you to come in and discuss in detail
They arrived quite late today. When they arrived at Qinghuan Street, the small vendors on both sides of the street had already occupied their positions and were ready to set up their stalls. Even the good spot they had stayed in yesterday had been taken away by others.
Fortunately, Sang Yu had no intention of continuing to set up a stall there. He kept walking all the way and finally stopped in front of a teahouse he had visited yesterday to pack up his things.
The waiter at the door, carrying a white cloth on his shoulder, saw that they were trying to set up a stall in front of his teahouse and immediately shouted, "Hey, what are you doing? Don't you know that setting up stalls here is not allowed? Get out of here!"
Sang Yongjing paused and looked at Sang Yu hesitantly. Should he continue to take this thing out?
Sang Yu reached out and took the cloth bag from Sang Xingjia's back, then walked up to the waiter in two or three steps and said, "Brother Xiaoer, is your boss here? I need to see him for something."
The waiter looked her up and down and snorted again: "Hmph, if you want to see me, then go ahead. Our boss is busy and has no time to see you."
Where did this random person come from? He came up and wanted to see the shopkeeper. Did he know the status of their shopkeeper? How could she meet him casually?
Sang Yu had seen people who thought they were of noble status because of their high-end workplaces, and it was easy to control them.
She wasn't annoyed at all, and simply said something serious: "I have a business deal worth hundreds or even thousands of taels that I'd like to discuss with your boss. If you don't help inform me, I'll go to that teahouse over there. If the higher-ups blame me later, don't blame me for not warning you."
At first, the waiter still didn't quite believe what she said. After all, Sang Yu was still too young and looked like a half-grown child. No matter how serious she was, it seemed like she was just pretending.
But he was shocked by the hundreds or thousands of taels in her words. After taking a closer look at her expression, which did not seem fake, the waiter began to feel uneasy.
In the end, he finally gave in and said, "Then wait a moment. I'll go and tell the shopkeeper."
He relied on the little bit of status he had as a worker in the teahouse to pressure the vendors who wanted to set up stalls at the door. This was simply because even if the matter became a big deal, he could still say that he was thinking about the reputation of the teahouse.
But when Sang Yu stepped out of the identity of a merchant and spoke to him as a collaborator or even a partner of other competing teahouses, he had to consider whether he could afford the consequences of this matter.
The words "bully the weak and fear the strong" and "take advantage of others' power" are specifically used to describe people like him.
Not long after, the waiter came out again, but his attitude was much more respectful: "Young lady, the shopkeeper invites you in to discuss in detail."
Sang Yu didn't even look at him and walked straight into the teahouse.
The teahouse had just opened at this time and there was not a single customer inside. Even the storytelling stage that was bustling yesterday was still empty.
A bearded middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old was standing by the counter and talking to a few people. When he saw Sang Yu approaching from a distance, he waved his hand and asked them to leave.
Then he took the initiative to come forward and said, "Young lady, are you looking for me?"
When you have no idea of the other party's intentions or background, it is always a good idea to greet them with a smile. Anyone who can get to this position must have high emotional intelligence and IQ.
Sang Yu didn't keep the secret and directly stated her intention: "Boss, I see that your teahouse has a professional storyteller. I wonder if you accept stories from him?"
This seemed to have nothing to do with the business worth hundreds or thousands of taels that the waiter had just reported, but the shopkeeper did not get angry about it. Instead, he made a gesture of invitation.
"Young lady, please sit down first. Let's sit down and talk."
They found a table nearby and sat down. The shopkeeper took the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea for Sang Yu and himself. He took a sip before speaking again.
"As for storybooks, we do accept them, but...it depends on whether the story fits the style of our teahouse."
He spoke very tactfully and took the initiative to go door to door to sell his storybooks. He had met many poor scholars who thought that what they wrote was worth a fortune.
Although most of those stories are not presentable, after all, there are always one or two that can be considered good.
"Please keep it. These are the first two chapters of the new storybook. Please take a look." Sang Yu took out a copy of "Journey to the West" from the cloth bag and handed it over.
I have to say that Xie Qiujin is very meticulous in her work. She is probably used to accompanying Sang Yongjing to read and learn characters.
After copying the first two chapters of "Journey to the West" yesterday, I used needle and thread to poke holes in all the scattered papers and bound them into a book.
The shopkeeper, who had been just casually looking at the book, was stunned when he saw the bound volume. He subconsciously took it more seriously.
He opened the cover with the words "Journey to the West" written on it and began to read the story inside carefully.
Sang Yu didn't treat herself as an outsider. She waved to a waiter and asked him to bring her a plate of dried fruits. She sat beside him and stuffed the fruits into her mouth like a squirrel.
The shopkeeper's expression was quite calm when he first read the story, but gradually things started to go wrong and his mood fluctuated as the story progressed.
After seeing Sun Wukong cross the sea to search for immortals and finally become a disciple of Bodhi Patriarch, he breathed a sigh of relief and his heart was relieved a little.
It is even more heartbreaking to see that Sun Wukong learned a lot of magic but was expelled from the sect.
When he saw the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea at the bottom of the sea and the Ruyi Jingu Bang weighing more than 10,000 kilograms, he was completely impressed. This kind of imagination is not something that ordinary people can have.
He was about to turn the page to see how Sun Wukong would take the golden cudgel weighing more than ten thousand pounds as a weapon, but he was shocked to find that the next page was empty.
He rubbed the blank paper a few times with some disbelief, as if he could rub out a page with words on it with a little more force, but it was in vain.
The shopkeeper, having come to terms with reality, finally let go of the wrinkled bamboo paper and looked up to ask Sang Yu, "Young lady, what's the story behind this? What happened next?"
After stuffing the last dried bayberry into his mouth, Sang Yu looked up at the expectant shopkeeper. Instead of answering the question directly, he asked, "What do you think of this story? Will it be popular?"
Reminded by her words, the shopkeeper finally remembered that he was not just a pure reader, but also a businessman.
He quickly suppressed his anticipation and anxiety, returning to his usual calm demeanor. He nodded gently, "Although the story only has the first two chapters, it's quite unique and worth reading."
It seems to be a compliment, but in fact it is implying: your story only has the first two chapters, who knows if it will start strong but end weak, or have a bad ending.
If it was Sang Yongjing instead of Sang Yu who came to talk today, he would definitely not have heard the hint.
Sang Yu immediately understood what he meant, and was not annoyed. He even smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I also think this story is quite strange. I heard that there are plots such as going to the underworld, entering the Lingxiao Palace, and going to the Great Leiyin Temple to obtain scriptures. I don't know if it will be well written."
You will hint that the story is not good and try to lower the price, and she will also give spoilers, keeping you in suspense to see if you are eager for the sequel.
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