Chapter 045: Rectifying the Tavern

Chapter 045: Rectifying the Tavern

As soon as he said this, Xie Huaiguang laughed.

His smile was very faint, with the elegant and cold arrogance of a scholar, but his eyes were gloomy. He had a great style and innate temperament, as white as frost and snow, and as transcendent as jade.

Su Jin blinked her eyes and thought that it would be nice to go back to ancient times. It would be really cool to look at handsome guys of all kinds of images and temperaments.

"Does the lady think so too?"

Xie Huaiguang stared at her with a half-smile on his face. He was obviously very handsome, but it made Su Jin feel creepy.

She smiled directly and turned to look at Shopkeeper Ma: "Since it is a new type of wine, what is its name?"

"Call……"

Shopkeeper Ma's head began to spin rapidly: "It's called Huma wine, yes, Huma!"

"Oh!"

Su Jin smiled and said, "How much did you pay for this Huma wine? Who did you buy it from? Which wine dealer? What's your last name, your name, and where do you live? Tell me the truth."

Are you lying to her? Don't you know that one lie requires a hundred lies to cover it up? The more you say, the more mistakes you make, Shopkeeper Ma, keep making up stories!

Shopkeeper Ma was sweating profusely.

The CPU is about to burn out.

Isn't it easy to fool the lady? Why is she not so good this time? She even knows how to ask so many questions. How could she know this?

He gritted his teeth and wanted to tell the person who brought the wine on the account, but Su Jin spoke first: "Bring the account here, I want to check it."

Shopkeeper Ma's heart skipped a beat.

Isn't it all over if we reconcile the accounts? There is no such wine as Huma in the accounts!

He still wanted to show off and argued, "Madam, this wine just arrived today and has not yet been credited to the account..."

"It doesn't matter. Give me the old ones too. I need to reconcile the accounts. I should know how much wine I bought and how much is left, right?"

Finally, Shopkeeper Ma's knees weakened and he fell to the ground. He could no longer show off. Instead, he knelt down and kowtowed to Su Jin: "Madam, please spare my life. I have been blinded by greed. Please spare me, Madam."

They knelt down and kowtowed, and many onlookers outside were pointing and talking inside.

"Madam, please check your shop carefully!"

"That's right. The food at Su's Restaurant used to be delicious and affordable. I don't know when it started to serve some rip-off food!"

"All the regular customers have left. You, a lady, can't manage a household, and you can't even manage your own shop. Fortunately, you found out today. Otherwise, I've been eating at this time-honored restaurant for many years, and I've lost my interest in it!"

Many of those who spoke were old customers.

Some of Su Jin's shops had always been managed by the Su family, and some were purchased later. After the purchase, the chefs and runners remained unchanged, so the business remained prosperous for several years, until Manager Ma discovered that the original owner was incompetent and became deceitful, which led to the restaurant business plummeting. However, he, the manager, made a fortune.

Su Jin didn't say anything, but only told Yuchuan: "Go and call Sun Lan's family."

"yes!"

Yuchuan turned around and told her attendant to call someone. When she came back and saw Su Jin, she pursed her lips, then swiftly took out some good tea from behind the counter and made two cups of tea, one for Su Jin and one for Xie Huaiguang.

Xie Huai looked at the tea, then at Su Jin. The woman looked very young, as if she were 28 years old. She sat there, very steady and with a normal expression, making it hard to guess what she was thinking.

Xie Huaiguang even felt that such a person was worthy of the identity of the daughter-in-law of Marquis Yong'an. After all, if the person in power was incompetent, not only would the family be in chaos, but the country would also be in chaos, and then everything would be over.

So, he simply sat down calmly and started drinking tea without Su Jin's invitation.

Mm, this tea is good.

Soon, Sun Lan's family arrived.

The man who came was a middle-aged man in his early forties. He looked honest and simple. When he saw Su Jin, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Madam."

Su Jin nodded and pointed at Shopkeeper Ma: "You, go check his account."

Sun Lan's wife was stunned for a moment, then she turned her head to look at Shopkeeper Ma, and saw him kneeling on the ground with trembling legs and sweat all over his forehead. She realized that something must have been discovered.

But, were all of them discovered?

When she was confused, Su Jin picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea, then slowly said, "Sun Lan, you have been working for me for more than ten years, right?"

Sun Lanjia nodded repeatedly: "My dear, it has been sixteen years."

"Well, I consider relationships, but I also look at your ability. If you can do this job, then continue to do it. If not, I have a lot of farmland in my hands, so you will definitely have a meal."

Sun Lan's heart skipped a beat. She had always heard that the eldest lady was different. Now she saw that she had really changed, and she had changed a lot.

Originally wanted to fool around, but now, Sun Lan's family didn't dare to fool around at all. They quickly found the accounts and checked them one by one.

"Madam, Shopkeeper Ma enriched himself. He took away two taels of silver just from the wine and drinks every month. He also tampered with the ingredients in the kitchen, passing inferior ones off as good ones. This is another three taels of silver..."

Every time Sun Lan's wife said something, Shopkeeper Ma shuddered.

In the end, it turned out that Shopkeeper Ma could take as much as seven or eight taels of silver from the restaurant every month.

Su Jin thought about how she was so extravagant that she didn't even dare to spend money, but in the end, they took eight taels of commission every month. It was really, tsk tsk tsk~

"And the daily meals, did Shopkeeper Ma also bring them home?"

Shopkeeper Ma nodded tremblingly: "Yes... yes..."

"Sun Lan's family, find someone to write a petition and send it to the authorities."

At the sound of sending him to the official, the shopkeeper Ma kowtowed repeatedly and cried, "Madam, I can't send you to the official. If you send me to the official, I will be skinned alive even if I can get out. Madam, please have mercy on me, please have mercy on me!"

"I gave you a chance early on. When I asked you about the wine, how did you answer me?"

Su Jin said calmly: "You lied to me that the wine was new, a new variety. From that moment on, you ruined your own chance, Shopkeeper Ma, you can only blame yourself."

"Sun Lan's family, why don't you go!"

“Yes, yes!!”

Sun Lan's wife was so frightened that she crawled twice before she got up. Before she even left the house, Xie Huaiguang said, "Madam, there's no need to find anyone. I'll write the petition."

After saying that, he asked for pen and ink, picked up the pen and started writing. Su Jin watched from the side. One can only say that the male protagonist is the male protagonist, and the handwriting is also perfect.

"Madam, please spare my life. I have no merits but I have worked hard. Please have mercy on me, Madam!"

Shopkeeper Ma was still begging for mercy, but Xie Huiguang had already spoken coldly: "When you were greedy for money, did you ever think about this day? No! When you were spending the money of the restaurant, did you ever think about the kindness of the lady? As a servant, you don't know how to be loyal. When you are about to die, you still want to deceive your master. How can you have the face to ask for mercy from others?"

"Madam, you are already being kind by being sent to see the official. Otherwise, if the accounts are investigated, none of you will be able to escape responsibility."

Shopkeeper Ma was in complete despair.