Chapter 51
After he tasted it, he felt that it was indeed true.
After pondering it for a while, he came up with an idea: "I can recommend a pastry shop for you. You can sell these small fried dough twists to them, so you don't have to go into the city. Of course, you must compromise on the price. How much do you sell these small fried dough twists for now?"
Gu Daniu breathed a sigh of relief. He had just thought that He Song had wanted to do this business on his own. For a moment, he thought that he had been luring the tiger to chase away the wolf. Not only had Qian Zhanggui not been driven away, but now He Song had come. They could find a way to ask He Song to deal with Qian Zhanggui, but if He Song himself had evil intentions, could they go to the provincial capital to hire someone else to deal with him?
What if the person coming from the provincial capital has other ideas?
When Gu Daniu heard He Song say that he was just introducing them, he felt that this was acceptable.
"Two cents each," Gu Xinxin said. He Song pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know much about business either. How about this? I'll take you there later and you can discuss it with him. If we can reach an agreement, I'll ask for twenty taels of silver."
It’s considered as the middleman’s fee.
Gu Xinxin understood this and nodded quickly: "Okay, as long as we can make this deal, I will definitely repay Attorney He's kindness."
Gu Daniu reached out to tug at Gu Xinxin's clothes. Gu Xinxin gave He Song an awkward smile and stood up: "Dad, where is the tea? Lawyer He came in and didn't even drink a sip of tea. Where is my stepmother?"
Gu Daniu quickly followed: "Put it in the cabinet, I'll get it for you. I don't know where your stepmother has gone. I'll scold her later."
After he entered the house, he became anxious: "From what Lawyer He said, if we want to deliver it to the county town, we have to lower the price?"
Gu Xinxin nodded: "Don't worry, you won't lose money. If you sell more, the profit will go up. If you can't sell it, it will just sit there for nothing. Where will the money come from?"
Gu Daniu hesitated for a moment: "Now it's three taels of silver a day..."
You can only sell more if you don’t lower the price, right?
Gu Xinxin was helpless: "When the time comes, we will sell it in the county town. We can earn ten taels of silver a day. If we don't have enough manpower at home, we can hire someone and ask Daya to help. Stepmother should stay at home and work with Qiuhe."
Gu Daniu couldn't figure this out. He could do the math, but it was relatively simple. If it got a little more complicated, he wouldn't be able to figure it out.
Gu Xinxin said, "Trust me, if you make money, I can live a good life. I won't harm you. Hurry up and make some tea for Lawyer He. Also, since her milk didn't come out just now, tell her not to come out for the next few days."
If you didn't come out to see the guest when he first came, it would inevitably make the guest feel uncomfortable if you came out again.
Gu Daniu went out silently with the tea. As it was getting late today, Attorney He stayed at Gu's house for one night. The next day, he asked Gu Daniu to drive him to town in an ox cart. Gu Xinxin also followed, wanting to hear how Attorney He negotiated with Shopkeeper Qian.
When Attorney He entered the shop, he asked to see Shopkeeper Qian. "I'm from the county town, my name is He Song. I heard that Shopkeeper Qian has a sister who is a concubine in Zheng Yan's house. Coincidentally, I have some friendship with Zheng Yan."
Shopkeeper Qian was in the kitchen at first. He came out after hearing the message. When he saw He Song, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Oh, Mr. He, is it? May I ask what you are doing today..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Gu Xinxin standing behind He Song. The smile on his face froze, but he was a businessman after all, so he smiled again immediately: "Are you here with Miss Gu?"
Then he said about Gu Xinxin: "I didn't know Miss Gu knew Mr. He."
"We didn't know each other before. I'm a lawyer. Miss Gu was looking for a lawyer and she just happened to find me." He Song was a smart man. He immediately exposed the shopkeeper Qian's dirty thoughts. Gu Xinxin was at the right age and would be getting married in the future. It was not a good thing for someone to randomly tell her that she knew a man.
People always like to think too much. How could a girl from the countryside meet a man from the county town? Gu Xinxin is not a little girl anymore.
Shopkeeper Qian's expression changed: "Lawyer?"
"Yes, Shopkeeper Qian went to the Gu family to buy the secret recipe. The Gu family didn't know how much it would sell for, so they went to the county town to inquire." Lawyer He said with a smile, and asked Shopkeeper Qian, "Is Shopkeeper Qian going to tell anyone about this?"
Later on, when they bring up the matter of your boss Qian framing you, please don't be ashamed.
Shopkeeper Qian naturally knew what was coming next. After a moment of silence, he came out from behind the counter and gestured, "Let's go to the backyard to talk. I'll make a pot of tea for Master He."
He called the waiter and asked him to pick up some snacks and bring them over.
Lawyer He went to the backyard with Shopkeeper Qian, and Gu Xinxin followed them all the way. However, she did not speak unless necessary, leaving everything to Lawyer He. She was afraid that she would say something wrong and become a pig-like teammate, and then hinder Lawyer He.
Lawyer He first talked about the Gu family's business of small fried dough twists, emphasizing the date when the Gu family started selling them and which families bought the small fried dough twists from the Gu family at that time - these families must have names and surnames, which means they can serve as witnesses for the Gu family and prove that the Gu family started selling small fried dough twists first.
Then we compared the taste of the two small fried dough twists, as well as the day when Manager Qian’s shop started selling small fried dough twists.
The timing is very telling.
In fact, this lawsuit was not complicated at all. At that time, Manager Qian thought that the Gu family was a country family. The information he found out was that they didn't know any important people. It was just that Gu Xinxin had a serious illness and it was said that she got enlightenment with the guidance of her deceased mother.
So he thought that if he gave the Gu family a scare, they might get scared and give him the prescription.
I never expected that Gu Xinxin was so brave. Who, a country boy, would dare to go to the yamen?
She was so good that she hired a lawyer first.
Take the term lawyer, for example. How many country folk have ever heard of this title?
Shopkeeper Qian knew that if they went to court, their family wouldn't necessarily win—the Gu family had the evidence, and all he could rely on was a constable. Zheng Yan might not even be willing to speak up for a concubine's family. Of course, for the sake of the money, he'd probably still help his family.
But the constable cannot help the county magistrate make decisions.
Furthermore, litigation is costly and time-consuming, and you may not win.
The money for Zheng Yan alone would probably be no less than one hundred taels. If Zheng Yan took some to bribe others, two hundred taels might not be enough. But two hundred taels was still enough to buy the Gu family's secret recipe.
"I don't think Shopkeeper Qian is the kind of profiteer who would kill people. What happened before might have been a result of a momentary obsession. So I was thinking, could we discuss and resolve this matter? I do have a plan. Would Shopkeeper Qian be willing to listen to it?"
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