Chapter 211 Evil Intentions
Shopkeeper Yao was moved and took Zhang Juexia's hand. "What can I say?"
"Then don't say anything. You helped me when I was in trouble.
Even the shop I have now wouldn’t be able to run without you.”
Shopkeeper Yao stood up quickly and poured Zhang Juexia a cup of tea. "Then I'll use tea instead of wine and toast you!"
After Fang Lan came out of the pawnshop, she first wandered around the door of Yaoji Cloth Shop for a while, then stood at the door of Shengxia Embroidery Shop for a while, and then she reluctantly returned home.
Liu Hong took the silver from Fang Lan and ran out.
Fang Lan couldn't stop him and was pushed to the ground by Liu Hong.
"You damned bitch, you're still controlling me. You've ruined my good life, and you still dare to control me."
Fang Lan pleaded bitterly, "Don't drink. Our family can't afford to suffer like this."
"At worst, you can just sell the land again! You've already sold it once, so you won't have to worry about it a second time."
"What a sin! I sold the land because of you!"
"Don't talk nonsense. If you had a little bit of common sense, our family wouldn't be like this."
Before Fang Lan could get up from the ground, Liu Hong had already run out of the house.
Seeing that it was still early, he went to the cannery to take a look.
Ever since the Chinese New Year, the business of his canned food shop has been getting worse day by day, and there has been no business for several days in a row.
Zhou Jiu looked at the people coming and going in front of the shop and said, "This is really weird. The canned food at Manfu Restaurant is so expensive, but the business is so brisk. Our canned food is cheap and affordable, so why is no one buying it?"
Liu Hong stared outside, "Maybe these people don't know what's good, brother, let's go out for a walk.
We'll go to Manfu Restaurant for a drink later and try some of their canned food."
"Brother, I've tried so many cans. The canned oranges are delicious, but we can't buy these oranges. What are we going to do?
And the canned hawthorns, I have to admit they do taste better than ours."
Liu Hong glared with bloodshot eyes, "How dare you boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige?"
Zhou Jiu waved his hands repeatedly, "How could that be, big brother? I didn't mean that. Our business is so bad, I'm just worried! Big brother, didn't Sanle marry the daughter of the county teacher?
Is he familiar with the Li family? I heard that Shopkeeper Wan got his goods from Miss Li through someone else's help.
Otherwise, how could his canned food taste so good."
"The Li family?"
"Mr. Li's niece, who is also the magistrate's niece, is said to be doing a thriving canned food business.
It would be best if Sanle knew her, so that he could help her get some canned food to sell.
It's better than us trying to make something at home that still tastes worse than what others make. If we can lower our prices even further than Shopkeeper Wan's, I don't believe no one will buy it."
As Liu Hong listened to Zhou Jiu's words, things gradually became clear in his mind, "I see."
Zhou Jiu was confused. "Brother, Sanle really knows the Li family. That's great!"
Liu Hong answered irrelevantly, "I still don't believe it. I've lived to such an old age, and I can still be ruined by a little girl."
"That's right. How can a little girl be so smart? I heard that the Li family made a lot of money last year, thanks to this canned food business."
Liu Hong pulled Zhou Jiu to another street.
He became jealous and crazy when he saw the endless stream of people in front of Shengxia Embroidery Workshop.
"Damn it! All of this originally belonged to me. If she hadn't robbed the shop, this good business would have been mine."
Zhou Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "Humph, if it weren't for them, we brothers wouldn't be in jail."
The two of them just complained from a distance, not daring to get any closer, for fear that if one of them was not suitable, they would be thrown into jail again.
Liu Hong turned around and glanced at Zhou Jiu. "Didn't you say you had a brother who knew Ren Xiaoyao in the mountains?"
Zhou Jiu was shocked, "Brother, you have to be careful about this!"
"I'm already in this state, why should I be cautious? Call your brother and let's have a drink together."
Zhou Jiu stood there without moving.
"Go now! Do you think I'm not the same as before and won't listen to me?"
Zhou Jiu shook his head repeatedly, then ran off to do his work.
Liu Hong specially called a secluded private room in Manfu Restaurant, and Zhou Jiu brought his little brother Lu Xiaoliu into the room.
After the introduction, Liu Hong got straight to the point, "I heard from Zhou Jiu that you can contact Ren Xiaoyao."
Lu Xiaoliu looked at Zhou Jiu warily and stood up to leave when Zhou Jiu stopped him. "My elder brother sincerely wants to meet King Xiaoyao."
Liu Hong got straight to the point. "Ren Xiaoyao's name is well-known in our area. I've been a bit upset in this town recently, and I'd like to ask King Xiaoyao for help. As for the price? It's negotiable!"
Hearing about the silver, Lu Xiaoliu's face twisted with laughter, "Brother Liu is so straightforward. Look at you, if you have something to say, you should say it earlier to avoid misunderstandings from the brothers."
Liu Hong drank a glass of wine and gradually vented his complaints. "I've never been treated like this in my life. Brother Xiaoliu, do you think I should do this?"
"It should be done, but I don't know where this person is from."
Lu Xiaoliu explained with a smile, "Brother Liu, don't misunderstand me. You know that every industry has its own rules. If you want them to do this, you have to find out the details clearly, otherwise..."
Lu Xiaoliu made a beheading gesture on his neck, "Although what the brothers did was just to put their heads on their belts, everyone wants to keep their heads on for a few more days, right?"
Liu Hong drank another glass of wine and said, "You may not believe it, but we are a couple living deep in the mountains. Our home is in Yejia Village."
Lu Xiaoliu looked at Liu Hong in disbelief, then glanced at Zhou Jiu. Zhou Jiu picked up his wine glass in frustration and drank it all in one gulp. "Xiaoliu, this is exactly what my brother and I are frustrated about. Don't tell me you don't believe it. I still don't believe it, but it really happened."
"So I want to avenge this grudge."
Lu Xiaoliu looked at the two people gritting their teeth, and he knew what was going on. He held up two fingers and said, "Not a penny less. This is a deal that will pay you back."
"Twenty taels?"
Lu Xiaoliu stood up and was about to leave. "We won't do business with someone who isn't sincere, Brother Liu."
Liu Hong quickly pulled him back and said, "I was just joking. Two hundred taels?"
"We charge per person, one hundred taels per person. Of course, if Brother Liu feels that it's too expensive to deal with two people at once, we can do it alone."
"No, just two people. Two hundred taels of silver is two hundred taels of silver."
"Okay, Brother Liu, pay a deposit of one hundred taels of silver, and I'll notify the people on the mountain right away."
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