After all this trouble, Li Jingyue stayed to chat with everyone, while An An went into the house and saw Lu Yan standing on the windowsill. Lu Yan was tall, and his height on the windowsill was almost as high as the roof. When he was sweeping the house with a broom, his head was still half lowered, for fear of hitting his head. Seeing the busy Lu Yan, An An's heart suddenly warmed up for some reason, and she said crisply, "Yan Yan, come on!" Brother, come down!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Lu Yan stopped what he was doing and jumped down from the window sill. He put the broom aside. Before he could come to his senses, he felt a sweet taste in his mouth. He turned around and saw An An grinning like a little fox. He asked, "What did you give me to eat?" His mouth was stuffed with something bulging and sweet. It tasted good. An
An smiled cunningly, "Sugar-roasted chestnuts, still warm! So sweet." When he just came from the store, he met a big man selling sugar-roasted chestnuts. An An bought a lot of them!
After talking outside, she peeled off several of them and kept them in the palm of her hand. When Lu Yan came down from the windowsill, she secretly stuffed them into Lu Yan's mouth. This was because Lu Yan had no defense against An An. It would be difficult for others to get close to him, let alone feed the food deep inside. Lu Yan was so happy in his heart. With a smile in his eyes, he asked, "Why did you come here so early?"
"There's nothing going on in the store, so I came here earlier to help." As soon as An An finished speaking, there was a noise outside. She and Lu Yan looked at each other, and then hurried out of the house. When they saw the guy, this was terrible!
The entrance of the shop was crowded with people, including strong men, children, and old people. It was really a gathering of the whole family, young and old, and it was obvious that they were not easy to deal with.
An An was not wrong. This group of people were indeed not easy to deal with. They were from the Xu family. This morning, they heard that Xu Heizi's branch had actually sold the shop facing the street, so a lot of people gathered on the spot. Look! They turned around and smashed the place at the entrance of the shop. It
was obviously not the first time for these people to do this. They were very familiar with it. After the old man came, he fell to the ground and then burst into tears. When the old man cried, the children saw their elders crying, and naturally they also cried.
The wailing sound broke the eardrums.
As for the strong men, they were even more arrogant. Some of them held rolling pins and some held hoes. They were all here to fight, and even their family members were well prepared.
When An An came out, Li Jingyue was already talking to the old man over there, but! It was really like a scholar meeting a soldier, unable to explain himself clearly. No matter what Li Jingyue said, the old lady lying on the ground just burst into tears, "I have a miserable life! My good shop was sold by the useless descendants of the Xu family. I will be ashamed to face the elders after my death!"
Li Jingyue tried to persuade her, "Old lady, please explain yourself. We bought this shop from the owner with real money. If you say it is related to you, then show us the evidence."
After hearing this, the old lady lying on the ground just cried and wailed, as if she didn't hear anything. The voices were getting louder and louder, but they ignored Li Jingyue. Li Jingyue was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. The big man next to him was still staring at him, obviously ready to attack at any time.
An An understood everything when she saw this. This was the group of tribesmen mentioned by Xu Heizi. She glanced at Lu Yan, broke free from Lu Yan's wrist, and rushed to the front.
Before everyone could come to their senses, she stuffed three candies into the mouth of the grandson held by the old lady. His mouth suddenly felt sweet. How could a five or six-year-old child care about that? The child was crying and making smacking sounds while eating.
The crying sound suddenly became half quieter.
The old lady panicked and immediately raised her hand to hit the child, but was grabbed by An An. She always respected the elderly, but the elderly in front of her was not worthy of respect.
She pinched the old lady's wrist and increased her strength. Seeing that the sarcastic old lady's face changed and she was about to curse, An An took out a handkerchief from her pocket like a magic trick and stuffed it into the mouth of the sarcastic old lady.
She Looking up, she found that she had a sharp knife in her hand, looking at the sarcastic old lady's face from time to time. She winked, and Lu Yan took the child away with one hand, and with the other hand, he firmly stopped the big man who was about to come up to make trouble.
A place was left for An An, only her and the sarcastic old lady. An An's movements became lighter and lighter, but when the sharp blade scraped on the face, it was painful, but there was no wound from the outside. An An was calm and said in a flat tone, "Are you still howling? ", just like asking how the weather is today.
The bitter old lady was so frightened that she shook her head and even forgot to cry.
When had the bitter old lady ever encountered such a scene? In the past, if they heard that someone else had taken over the shop, they would act like a big show and send a few strong men.
Then she let her hold the youngest child in the family and walk to the door of the shop, and there would be a burst of dry howling. She found that when she took action, it was even more effective than strong men, because she was an old woman, holding a child in her arms, and the owner of the shop didn't dare to touch her at all.
This method has been tried and tested, and it never fails . Initially, she was ruthless and forced several families to leave.
How come today, when she came here, this little girl looked well-behaved and clean, but she came up with a knife, which scared the old lady.
Some people around her felt sorry for her. After all, the old lady looked to be in her seventies, with gray hair, wrinkles on her face, and she was very thin. It was really unfilial for a young girl to hit her face with a knife. Immediately,
an uninformed woman spoke up and defended her, "You little girl, they came here to talk about something, why did you pull out a knife for no reason? Believe it or not, I will call the police!"
After hearing this, An An just raised his head and glanced at the woman calmly, "Go ahead! I also want the police to judge, what is the relationship between our shop and this old lady and the group of people in front of us?"
"So our self-sufficient shop is open for business, and we still want this group of old and young to come to our shop to make a scene, right?" Seeing An An's confident look, the woman's arrogance suddenly subsided a little. Someone who knew the situation whispered a few words. After hearing the whole story, the woman's face suddenly became like an overturned palette. She secretly sneered at the old man on the ground, "Disgusting! "
The old lady had nowhere to hide and could only take it, but she felt so embarrassed.
An An's expression did not change when she saw this, but the knife in her hand never left the old lady's face from beginning to end. She looked at the two big men who were subdued by Lu Yan, and shouted, "This shop is now owned by Gu, and has nothing to do with the Xu family! If you still want to bring the elderly and children to make trouble! Okay, but don't blame us for being merciless!"
She paused, then changed the subject, "Of course we are not cruel people. We can let the ignorant child go, but what about this old woman? At worst, we can break her leg and throw her away. We are not short of money, and we can afford to support a lame old woman and take care of her until the end of her life. ", saying this, she glanced thoughtfully at the old lady she had pressed to the ground.
An An's eyes were cold, as if she was looking at a commodity. Even though the old lady had lived her whole life, it was the first time she had seen such a girl. She looked innocent, delicate and soft, but she was cruel and ruthless inside.
The old lady was startled by her gaze and curled up her legs subconsciously.
An An continued, "I wonder if your children will support you if you become lame, old lady?" You should attack the heart of the person. An An didn't believe that the children of such a shameless old woman would be filial to her.
If the old lady really became lame, she would have a hard time in the future.
As expected, as soon as she finished speaking, the old lady immediately broke away from An An's hand, threw the five yuan in her pocket in front of the strong man, and ran away. Before leaving, she didn't forget to curse, "I don't want to do it anymore, I'll give you the five yuan back!" As soon as the old lady left, the child who was eating candy next to her was startled and ran after the old lady.
There were no old and young people left, and the only ones left were these two young men. The older one was called Xu Hongcai, and the younger one was called Xu Hongyun. He was Xu Heizi's cousin and the child of his uncle.
Seeing this, everyone is not confused, this is obviously a scam!
Or was it Xu Hongcai and Xu Hongyun who hired someone to cause trouble in front of the shop, with the purpose of driving away the original owner of the shop as before, so that the shop would return to Xu Heizi's hands again. They would not believe that Xu Heizi would not return the shop to the clan after a few more years.
These two men were brothers, strictly speaking, they were Xu Heizi's cousins, but because of the problem of the shop, the two families had completely turned upside down.
To be honest, Xu Hongcai and Xu Hongyun were both tall and mighty, and they had good reach. At least they had come here so many times before, and they always scared the shop owner to death. This time was an exception. One of them was kicked
by Lu Yan. The other was strangled by Xu Heizi. Xu Heizi, who was originally outside to get medicine for his mother, heard that someone from the clan had brought people to the shop to cause trouble, so he stopped getting medicine and rushed to the shop.
But when he arrived, he found that An An and the others had already dealt with them. For outsiders, the most difficult people here are the old and the child. The old man can't be touched, and the child is even more untouchable.
But she happened to meet An An, a monster who didn't play by the rules. She first coaxed the child with some candies. In An An's eyes, what does this five or six-year-old child know? He just follows the adults and learns what the adults do.
But the old lady is a black-hearted person. Seeing that the child lay on the ground with ease, it was obviously not the first time. An An would not be soft-hearted. The old lady didn't expect that those who were most afraid of touching her before would now take the initiative to approach her. Not only that, they also waved a knife in her face and wanted to break her legs. The old lady was just a tough and young person. How could she not
be afraid when she saw this! It's
okay for her to come to help, but it's not a big deal if she loses her life for five dollars.
Moreover, the old saying is always right, the strong are afraid of the bully, and the bully are afraid of the desperate. An An is such a desperate person. An An knows her limits very well. She will not kill, but just scare.
Unexpectedly, she guessed it right.
The old lady ran away, and An An slowly put away the knife. The palm-sized knife was directly put into her pocket. However, after this, the people around looked at An An with obvious awe in their eyes.
Even Old Man Zhang and Cheng Yanqiang, who looked down on An An before, looked at each other. It was really unexpected. The little girl's methods were cruel. No wonder her family would let her, a young girl, open a shop.
An An didn't care about the awe of others. This was originally a world where the strong preyed on the weak. She wanted to open a shop in Shanghai. First, she had Li Jingyue's help. Second, she had to stand up on her own. Otherwise, someone dared to act wildly in front of the shop on the first day of opening. If they didn't handle it well, more people would come to make trouble in the future.
Seeing this, Li Jingyue's eyes had changed from looking at the younger generation to admiration. It was not easy for a girl of seventeen or eighteen to have such decisive tactics and the ability to cope with emergencies. He glanced at his niece again. Xu Chengcheng's eyes widened at this time, full of disbelief, and she was obviously shocked. Li Jingyue sighed. Sure enough, there are still differences between people.
An An walked to the side of Lu Yan. The person under Lu Yan's foot was Xu Hongcai. His footsteps were quite heavy. It was estimated that half of Xu Hongcai's ribs collapsed. Xu Hongcai groaned in pain, but no one paid attention to him. He could only look to Xu Heizi for help, "Heizi! I'm your third cousin! You can't let outsiders bully me?"
Xu Hongyun, who was pinched by Xu Heizi's hand, also followed with a roll of his eyes. Seeing that he was out of breath, he did not forget to threaten, "Heizi, if you continue like this, you will make all the people in our Xu family suffer. "I'm sorry. After your mother dies, she won't be able to enter the Xu family's ancestral tomb! You can only be a wandering ghost." It
would have been fine if he didn't mention Xu Heizi's mother. As soon as he mentioned his own mother, Xu Heizi's hand strength increased a bit, obviously with resentment, "We don't care about the Xu family's ancestral tomb!" Xu Heizi was tall and had served in the army in his early years. Naturally, his hand strength was not comparable to that of ordinary people. Seeing Xu Hongyun's teeth hitting each other, biting and creaking non-stop, he was about to faint.
An An shouted, "Brother Heizi!" At this moment, Xu Heizi came back to his senses and threw Xu Hongyun out, not forgetting to kick him, "Get out!" He almost killed someone. When he pinched Xu Hongyun before, he really wanted to kill him. It was these two ungrateful bastards. When he was young, he had no idea how many meals he had eaten at their house. Since his father left, these two so-called cousins took the lead in bullying their branch.
His mother had no idea how much she had been angry with him.
An An knew that Xu Heizi had hatred in his heart, so she immediately regretted it and said, "How about, Brother Heizi, go beat up Xu Hongyun to vent your anger?" Hearing that he was going to be beaten, Xu Hongyun didn't care about the pain in his neck and the shortness of breath, and he ran to the street, fearing that Xu Heizi would follow and beat him.
He even ignored his brother Xu Hongcai.
Xu Heizi deliberately said, "How about I break his legs? So that he can't come to the shop to make trouble in the future!"
Xu Hongyun didn't hear anything else, but heard the three words "break legs", and ran faster.
Only Xu Hongcai was left, still like a dead dog, kicked under Lu Yan's feet. An An squatted down, took out the knife from his pocket, and started the same action as before, looking at Xu Hongcai's face in a casual manner. Maybe the blade was too sharp, and it accidentally scratched Xu Hongcai's face. Blood gushed out. An An's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of shock. An An reacted slowly and said softly, "Oh! Sorry, my hand slipped."
Seeing An An's playful look, Lu Yan smiled indulgently, "You naughty girl!"
Xu Hongcai wanted to die now. Not only did his chest hurt terribly, but his face suddenly felt hot, and then dripping, the bright red blood dripped from his cheek, faster and faster, and soon a lot of blood dripped onto the ground.
Xu Hongcai reluctantly raised his hand, pointed at the blood, trembling, "Blood?" Then his eyes rolled back and he fainted completely.
"Ah! Fainting blood! You're really not good enough!" An An took out a handkerchief from her pocket as if nothing had happened, and wiped the blood stains on the knife cleanly. Her dark eyes were full of accusations, "Brother Yan! I haven't had enough fun yet!"
Lu Yan kicked the fainted Xu Hongcai on the ground and comforted him, "Be good! Next time if someone with no eyes comes to mess around, you can have fun!"
The two of them talked as if no one was around, and the people watching the excitement around them were shocked. How could this be a human being! This is clearly a devil.
Have you ever seen a teenage girl carrying a knife with her? When she sees someone she doesn't like, she pulls out the knife. She has already scared the person to death, but she still complains innocently that she didn't have enough fun.
But the man is also a pervert. He even said that he would continue to have fun next time.
There is no need for An An and the others to explain. After a while, everyone who was excited dispersed. As for Xu Hongcai, who had fainted, Xu Heizi carried him up like a 200-pound piece of pork. It was obvious that he was going to make a big fuss about the Xu family.
When Xu Heizi left, he apologized, "Old Four, I am sorry for causing you trouble."
An An smiled, "No, no! Just bring a few more next time so that I can have enough fun! Otherwise, it's not fun at all when we're halfway through the fun."
Xu Heizi, "..." Oh my god! ! What kind of little monster did Old Four find as his wife! So scary!
When the people who were about to leave heard An An's last words, their feet were greased and they ran even faster. The owner of this newly opened shop must be a crazy woman.
She's the kind of girl who looks well-behaved on the surface, but is actually a crazy woman inside.
After seeing everyone disperse, An An shrugged innocently, "It's so boring." She was just joking! How can you just leave like that?
Lu Yan tilted his head to look at An An, tenderness flashing in his eyes, "Are you ready to
play?" An An nodded like a chick pecking at rice. Lu Yan knew that this girl was playful, so he cleared the battlefield from the beginning and let An An have fun alone.
He finally understood that this girl was not as well-behaved as she looked on the surface. She was obviously crazy inside. If anyone dared to provoke her, she would be stubborn and crazy regardless of everything. However, this distinct personality and flesh-and-blood appearance made Lu Yan like her even more. Sure enough
, his own little girl was good no matter how you looked at her, even if she was a little silly, she was still pretty.
An An smiled happily, "Brother Yan, you still understand me!"
Li Jingyue and Xu Chengcheng beside them swallowed their saliva at the same time, and felt that they had to re-evaluate the little girl in front of them. Xu Chengcheng spoke first, testing, "An An, is it An An?" How could An An, who was usually so well-behaved and easily bullied in her eyes, suddenly become so fierce! It was like a completely different person.
An An patted her chest proudly, "It's me! Absolutely!"
Xu Chengcheng stretched out his hand and pinched An An's face. Lu Yan stared at Xu Chengcheng's hand next to him, and his eyebrows could pinch a mosquito to death.
Noticing Lu Yan's gaze, Xu Chengcheng subconsciously retracted her hand. She said cautiously, "What about you?"
An An burst out laughing, "What, did I scare you too? It seems that I pretended very well and am quite suitable to play the villain."
Xu Chengcheng breathed a sigh of relief, "So it was an acting!!"
An An nodded, a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed in her eyes, but soon disappeared. Xu Chengcheng could not accept such a cruel Gu An An, but Lu Yan could accept it.
On second thought, what she had done before was indeed a bit out of line, and it was not surprising that Xu Chengcheng would react like this, and even Li Jingyue. An An smiled and returned to her usual well-behaved appearance. She said proudly, "Uncle, you don't have to worry about the Xu family coming to make trouble in the future. I will beat them every time they come, and I will beat them in pairs if they come in pairs!"
Such childishness made Li Jingyue breathe a sigh of relief. He laughed, "Then I have to thank the female thug An An."
"You're welcome! I'm doing this for my family!" An An's playful look immediately dispelled the haze left in the hearts of Li Jingyue and Xu Chengcheng.
The bad guys were finally driven away, and the shop became quiet. Several people walked back one after another. When they were no longer in the shop, An An asked directly, "Uncle, when do you plan to open the shop?"
Li Jingyue was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect An An to be so anxious. He said, "The tailoring will arrive tomorrow. As for the fabric, I have asked someone I knew in the past to transport it to Shanghai. The earliest it will arrive is this afternoon, and the latest is tomorrow!"
An An seemed to be thinking about something. "Let's find some sisters-in-law who don't have time to stay at home! They need to be good at sewing. At the beginning, three or five people will be enough. Let's start ." We'll build a small room behind the shop to make clothes for these young sisters-in-law. As for sewing machines, can you get second-hand machines from the clothing factory? Get three or five machines and let the old tailors teach these young sisters-in-law first. If they get the hang of it, they can start making clothes! As for the drawings, I'll make a few of them when I go back tonight, and then we'll follow the drawings!"
An An seemed to have thought about everything she could think of, and she added, "If you see anything missing, tell me."
Li Jingyue was thinking about the feasibility of what An An said.
Xu Chengcheng was curious, "An An, why do you want to find a younger sister-
in-law?" "Because they are free to take care of the children at home and need a job more than anyone else. Besides, they are younger and more convenient to use than some aunts." They are also more obedient. This is the truth. An An's identity has now changed to a businessman, and what she wants to think about is maximizing profits.
After listening to An An's explanation, Li Jingyue's eyes became brighter and brighter. Suddenly, several candidates came to his mind. He said directly, "In recent years, several pregnant female workers have been kicked out of the garment factory and are now taking care of their children at home. They have good skills and are experienced and can get started directly."
In this day and age, it is not said that workers can take maternity leave if they are pregnant like in later generations. If they have no relatives, getting pregnant and having a child is basically equivalent to losing their job. After all, working in a garment factory is a lucrative job. There are so many people eyeing these positions every year. Basically, as soon as someone leaves, the vacancy is immediately filled.
As for the younger sister-in-law who has just given birth, she can only stay at home and take care of the child. If she meets a good husband's family, they can still be understanding. But if she meets a vicious mother-in-law and an inconsiderate husband, then her life will be really miserable.
When An An heard that there were indeed female workers who had retired from the textile factory, she was delighted. "Uncle, you should check in the front. It would be best if you could hire a sister-in-law who is clear-headed and can make her own decisions." If you finally hire someone, but the relatives from the family come to make trouble every now and then, will you still want to open the shop? At this point, An An had an idea. "Give priority to widows or divorced sisters-in-law! Their lives are more difficult." Having a job can also help her focus more, and more importantly, there are no rotten things at home.
Li Jingyue nodded, "Leave it to me."
"Where's the fabric? When will it arrive?" The flow of goods in the market is now much more open than before. For them, this is a good sign, and it also means that Li Jingyue will have a lot less trouble when he goes out to get the goods.
Li Jingyue, "I greeted my old friend yesterday, and he said he would leave me a batch of Dacron and corduroy fabrics. I haven't heard the exact amount yet, but I guess it won't be too much. They are the supplier of the clothing factory, and they are generally unwilling to deal with retail investors like us." This is also because he has been in the position of purchasing for the clothing factory for so many years. In the past, he also brought a lot of convenience to that friend. After all, he is not an outsider, and this time he helped him keep some fabrics.
An An thought for a moment, "Then hurry up! I can't stay in Shanghai for much longer." After all, she had been out for so many days, it was time to go back, but the shop here was not open yet, and she felt like a stone was pressing on her heart. If she waited until the shop opened before leaving, she would have more confidence.
"I'll hurry you up!" Li Jingyue changed the subject, "Won't you stay a few more days?" According to his estimate, he would stay for at least a month.
I didn't expect it to be so urgent.
An An glanced at Xu Chengcheng and said, "This is my first time out for so long. I miss home a little bit."
Hearing An An say this, Li Jingyue laughed and realized that the little girl in front of him was only seventeen or eighteen years old. It was just that An An's performance again and again made him have an illusion that he was treating her like a person of the same age.
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