Manager Ma waited outside for almost half an hour, constantly looking around the room.
Unable to wait any longer, he found the old servant sweeping the courtyard and prepared to muster his courage to ask Magistrate Lu for an audience.
Old servant: "Stop knocking. The county magistrate said he has a headache and has gone home to rest."
"ah?"
A wave of immense panic swept over him.
Fear, horror, regret, jealousy...
"Damn! They took my money but have no intention of doing anything..."
Like a defeated dog on the street, she frantically ran out the door!
He muttered to himself, "I can still be saved! Don't panic! The more critical the moment, the calmer you need to be!"
right!
Food street.
Like a drowning person grabbing at a piece of duckweed in the water, desperately pulling at it.
When he was almost at the food street, he found a clothing store, changed into clean clothes, and fixed his hair.
Then, feigning composure, he went to the vendors he had once exploited so ruthlessly.
The leader's surname was Huo, and his given name was Lao Wu.
Manager Ma walked up to him, feigning calmness.
"Old Huo, do you know what's been happening on the food street lately?"
Huo Laowu looked uneasy.
"Sir, what do you mean?"
The horse owner acted casually, "No, it's just that the Chen family might try to slander me, saying I charged them too much for the management fee for their stall. What do you think?"
Huo Laowu said with a smile, "The person in charge must be quite tired managing such a large place."
Moreover, the food sold at Chen's stall was very greasy, and the oil and soup that fell on the ground was quite troublesome to clean up.
His sanitation management fee is higher than others, which is perfectly reasonable.
Manager Ma nodded slightly.
"You must remember that the Chen family's sanitation management fee is two coins a day, which is one coin more than yours."
Did you understand?
Huo Laowu stared at him blankly, wondering if the man in front of him had gone mad.
"The person in charge isn't thirty days a day..."
"Three what? I never said that the Chen family's stall was worth three coins a day?"
Why are you slandering me?
The sudden reversal caught them off guard.
I instinctively felt that there must be something strange about this.
Seeing their doubtful expressions, Manager Ma spoke decisively.
"I won't beat around the bush with you anymore. Do you know who's behind me?"
Are there many things beyond my control?
Everyone was stunned once again.
A slight sigh.
Troublesome, it's a bit silly of you guys to ask me who's behind me right now.
Old Huo mustered his courage and asked, "Sir, who is behind this?"
"land."
Huo Laowu suddenly became excited.
His surname is Lu, could he be that person?
"Sir, if you have any orders, we will certainly obey them."
"very good……"
Feeling a pang of regret, he pulled out a silver note from his pocket.
"Fifty taels each, divide them up."
Led by Huo Laowu, the three men stared excitedly at the silver note, somewhat incredulous.
"Sir, this is too much of an expense."
Manager Ma pretended to be magnanimous and waved his hand.
"You all need to be careful when working for the adults. I want you to tell the truth. I only asked the Chen family's stall to pay an extra coin for sanitation management fees because the food they sell makes the ground too greasy and difficult to clean. Do you understand?"
"I understand!"
Huo Laosan had some doubts.
"Why do you think Manager Ma gave us so much silver?"
"Why do you care so much? Just do as he says."
Moreover, according to him, the person behind him holds a very high official position, and ordinary people like us can't afford to offend him.
“If those big shots just wave their hands, their subordinates can guess their intentions, and a lowly official can crush us.”
Those people chuckled.
Huo Laosan gave them a mocking look, "Idiots!"
Ma Jinping is a pig-and-dog kind of person. If we take a single penny from him, we'll have to squeeze every last drop of blood out of him to pay him back.
Now they've given each of us over fifty vehicles. A bunch of dimwits, do you know what that means?
For no reason, the image of the Chen family, who ran a stall, popped into my mind.
Then I thought of those scholars who kept coming to the food street to inquire about the Chen family.
It was full of the bizarre and irrational.
I wanted to ask around, but my business still needed someone to look after it.
Suppressing his doubts, he began to attract customers.
...
Day four.
The Chen family set up their stall at the food street as usual, and the other vendors looked at them with a hint of mockery.
They actually came!
"If you ask me, Old Man Chen, you shouldn't set up a stall anymore. Go sell something else."
"How can you possibly survive on a stall management fee of thirty coins a day?"
"Yes, you've offended Manager Ma. How can you possibly survive in the food street now? I wonder if you've sent anyone to Manager Ma's house to apologize these past few days."
An untimely voice rang out.
Yuan Laoliu, the one who had taken money from Manager Ma, sneered, "I advise you to leave here quickly, lest Manager Ma takes his anger out on us. You are a farmer just like us, so why are you so brave to stand up to him?"
Why not just give him ten coins? Now your family has to pay an extra twenty coins; it's utterly foolish.
It was chaotic.
Chen Dazhu and Chen Erzhu came here today specifically to accompany Chen Xian.
Chen Erzhu gave his father a deep look.
When we arrived, my father told my aunt that she didn't need to come with him to set up the stall today.
He knew that his father might take action today.
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