Chapter 238: Sweet After Bitterness

A few days later, in the city,

In front of a cloth shop, two men in coarse cloth robes were waiting anxiously.

After waiting from sunrise to Yuzhong and pleading several times, a steward with a mustache finally came out and said impatiently, "Are you done yet? It's like you don't understand what I'm saying! What on earth do you want to do?"

Lin Dalang bowed hastily and said, "Manager Zhou, the money for the escort of our convoy..."

"What escort money? How dare you mention escort money?" Manager Zhou rolled his eyes. "I've already told you that you soaked a whole cart of goods for us! All of them are top-quality silk! Do you know how much silver it costs for a cart of goods? Not to mention escort money, even if I ask you for another 200 taels, you can't even compensate me! I didn't ask you for money out of kindness, but you're still blaming me?"

Lin Dalang smiled and said, "Manager Zhou, please don't joke. You saw it with your own eyes the whole way. We almost slept with these goods. We hurried to the store to sleep when there was a drizzle. Even the carriage was not wet at all, so how could the silk inside get wet?"

Manager Zhou chuckled: "If I say it's wet, it's wet! I'm a big cloth shop, how can I cheat you?"

"Of course not," Lin Dalang smiled bitterly, still bowing repeatedly: "The steward may have read it wrongly. Our family is still waiting for the settlement of the silver so that we can celebrate the New Year. Steward, can you check it carefully again? Could you check it carefully again?"

He bowed repeatedly and begged with a smile, but Manager Zhou turned his nose up and ignored him.

In the distance, Mrs. An and a few others were sitting together in a daze.

This trip, round trip, took a full seven or eight months. This week's manager was very arrogant and had many faults. He would slam the table and smash the stools and lose his temper if something was not right. The whole family treated him like an ancestor every day.

Originally, that would have been fine. After three years, his temper had been smoothed over. He just served me. But he didn't expect that after the goods were finally delivered, he opened his mouth and complained that the goods were wet and he refused to pay him.

Mrs. An was also born in Jianghu and was good at martial arts. The Lin Family Escort Agency was now out of manpower. Every time they went out, the whole family, young and old, went together. There was no one at home and no money. Without this silver, they could not even eat for a few days and could not even celebrate the New Year! What's more, there was also the sister-in-law.

When she thought of her sister-in-law, Mrs. An couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

When she got married, her mother-in-law had passed away. Lin Mulan was still a little girl. She had been with her since she was a child and was no different from her own daughter.

When the Tang family got into trouble, my father-in-law also said that the comfortable life in the past few years was thanks to the Tang family, and he did not just take advantage of them without worrying about right and wrong.

She knew this in her heart, so she couldn't blame the Tang family for her suffering. She felt sorry for her sister-in-law and wanted to help her, but these past few years... were really too tiring and too hard. It was okay for her to suffer a little, but how could she not blame them when she brought her son to suffer with her? Seeing that her eldest son was already 20 years old and still hadn't found a wife, she didn't know what to do in the future.

Who should I blame? Blame God! The woman with a dark red face had tears in her eyes.

Lin Dalang was still begging, a man as tall as the tree, with his back bent, looking extremely humble.

Manager Zhou rolled his eyes impatiently, turned around and wanted to leave, but Lin Dalang got anxious and grabbed him.

Manager Zhou was startled and his eyes widened: "What do you want to do!!"

Lin Dalang smiled bitterly and said, "Manager Zhou, we dare not do anything, but..."

Manager Zhou sneered, "I don't think you would dare! If we hadn't been so kind as to give you business, you would have gone bankrupt long ago! Why don't you get out of here!"

"Manager Zhou," Lin, the old escort, stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "When we brought the goods back yesterday, you checked each box in front of everyone, but after one night, you said the goods were soaked. This is against the rules. Your cloth shop has been moving south for many years. It's not a good idea for you to do this."

Manager Zhou chuckled: "What, are you threatening me? Let me tell you, our boss is related to Chaotianmen! If it weren't for our pity for you and our desire to take care of your business, we would have gone straight to Chaotianmen!"

Not far away, a young man on horseback suddenly turned back.

The steward with a mustache sneered and leaned his fat and stupid face over, staring at him: "Old Escort Chief Lin, what's the matter? You want to offend both the government and Chaotianmen? This is not the way to seek death! Let me tell you..."

Before Chief Escort Lin could say anything, he felt someone jumping up from behind, pulling him away, and then kicking Manager Zhou several feet away. His fat body flew straight into the shop, and he let out a scream after a long while.

All of a sudden, many people cried out in surprise and rushed out to support the manager.

The young man turned around and bowed to the old escort leader Lin, "Junior Wei Yan, greetings to Master Lin."

The old escort leader Lin hurriedly returned the greeting: "I dare not, I dare not, who are you?"

The people inside had already helped the manager out. Manager Zhou grimaced in pain and shouted angrily, "Who are you? How dare you hit someone in our Zhu Family Cloth Shop?! Did you know that our shopkeeper is related to the Chaotian Clan?"

Wei Yan kicked him to the ground again. He took a step forward slowly, stepped on the steward's chest, and pointed at the logo on his clothes: "Did you see it clearly? You rely on our Chaotian Sect to bully others, but you don't know me?"

Manager Zhou took a glimpse of this and his face turned green. He said anxiously, "It's a misunderstanding, we..."

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Wei Yan was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to the people, "Call your shopkeeper out."

The shopkeeper was actually inside. Hearing this, he rushed out and bowed repeatedly: "Master Wei, I am the shopkeeper of this shop. Master, please sit inside..."

"Forget it!" Wei Yan sneered, "Why don't I remember that we have ever received money from you for security? What's the matter? You are so good at making a big deal, asking the Lin family to escort you but not paying them? You want them to work for free? You are breaking the rules! If everyone is like you, the escort company will be left with nothing."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Sir, I am Shen Shuozheng's brother-in-law..."

Wei Yan chuckled: "Who the hell is Shen Shuo? How dare you show off to me? Besides, if you dare to show off to a worthless brother-in-law, do you know who the Lin family is?"

The shopkeeper was stunned, and even the Lin family members outside were stunned.

Wei Yan compared himself to Grandpa Lin and said, "Grandpa's grandson is the direct disciple of our master! My dear uncle!"

He took a step forward, grabbed his collar, and pressed him against the wall: "What's the matter? You, a nobody's concubine and nobody's relative, are bullying our family members. You don't take us seriously at Chaotianmen!!"

The shopkeeper's face turned green: "I dare not, I absolutely dare not! I really don't know!"

"If you don't dare, then give me the money!" Wei Yan sneered, "I can't pay you a penny less for the escort. You've been making trouble for no reason and have been delaying the payment for so long. You should also pay the interest!!"

The shopkeeper agreed without delay and rushed to get the banknotes, presenting them with both hands. He not only gave double the amount, but even triple the amount.

(End of this chapter)