Chapter 23: Small Business, No Credit
A strange look flashed in Chu Yian's eyes. He said in a cold voice, as if trying to hide his true intentions, "If I ask someone else to pass on the message, I'm afraid some people will pretend to obey but actually disobey. I've delivered the message, so be prepared. I'm warning you, you'd better behave yourself that day. If you dare to cause trouble, I will not let you off easily!"
There was a layer of frost on Lu Zhiran's face.
"Thank you for your kindness, but it's not necessary. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you'll blame it on me."
She felt comfortable staying in the yard and didn't want to go up to the front to watch their pretentious performance.
Chu Yian looked at her and said in a more serious tone, "This is an order, not a negotiation. You must go."
Lu Zhiran hit the nail on the head, "Why, are you afraid of being criticized, so you need me to show up to save face for you?"
Chu Yian's intention was exposed by her, and a trace of shame and anger flashed across his face.
"I'm a decent person, why do I need you to dress me up? I'm still willing to give you respect now, so just keep it up, or don't come begging me when the time comes."
Lu Zhiran remained calm and said, "Oh, then just wait and see if I will come to beg you."
Her stubborn attitude completely ignited Chu Yian's anger.
"Lu Zhiran, don't challenge my bottom line!"
He threatened directly, "If you dare to disobey me, I will divorce you! If you really become an abandoned woman, I want to see if the Lu family will accept you!"
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and left angrily.
Cui Fu and Dan Yan's eyes turned red with anger, "My son-in-law is really going too far!"
"Miss, what have you done to him that he would humiliate you like this?"
Lu Zhiran took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his chest.
"Don't call him uncle anymore, he won't be soon."
Lu Zhiran didn't want to have any more contact with such a person.
It's time to close the net.
The next day, Lu Zhiran was planning to send a message to Uncle Tan to close the net, but unexpectedly, a message came from Uncle Tan first.
"The purchaser from the Marquis' Mansion came to our shop to buy tea and wine for the wedding banquet. He ordered a large quantity, but he didn't pay a cent and wanted to buy on credit."
There have been many such cases in the past, but the Marquis' Mansion has never really paid off the debt. It was always Lu Zhiran who paid for it with his private property.
It was natural for the Marquis' Mansion to do such things, and this time was no exception. They had never thought that Lu Zhiran would disagree.
Tan Xuwen had mentioned this matter to Lu Zhiran in the past, but Lu Zhiran didn't care about the loss, so he didn't say anything more.
This time, Tan Xuwen noticed the change in Lu Zhiran's attitude towards the Marquis' Mansion, so he reported the matter to her immediately.
Lu Zhiran fell silent after hearing this.
In her previous life, she had done so many such things that she had forgotten that there was such an account.
Although these people in the Marquis' Mansion are hateful, I was not wronged at all in my previous life.
She should.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhiran adjusted his mood and gave instructions to the visitor.
"Tell me what I mean. We run a small business and don't sell on credit. We pay first and receive the goods second. No one is exempted."
She doesn't want to indulge these people for even a day.
"Also, tell Uncle Tan that we can start closing in."
When Jiang finds out about this, she will definitely not let it go, so she will use these people to give them a good slap in the face.
If you want to buy goods on credit, you should first pay back the money you embezzled from your own store over the years!
Li Daniu, the purchasing agent for the Marquis' Mansion, ran into trouble in several of Lu Zhiran's shops and immediately returned to the Marquis' Mansion to complain.
"Madam, I am incompetent. I have failed to complete the task you assigned me."
As soon as Li Daniu saw Jiang, he kowtowed and admitted his mistake, looking very ashamed.
He is the husband of Nanny Wen, Jiang's confidante. With this relationship with Nanny Wen, Li Daniu naturally values her very much.
Jiang frowned, "What's going on?"
Li Daniu hesitated at first, but finally started to speak.
"Yes, it was the steward who was obstructing me from buying on credit, saying that payment and goods must be received, and no one is exempt. I tried to use your name, but the steward refused to buy it. He said that no one could buy on credit, even if you were there in person!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang's face darkened.
While Li Daniu was complaining, he secretly glanced at Jiang's face. Seeing that she looked angry, he became even more indignant.
"What is the status of our mansion, and what is Madam's position? Could it be that we still owe them a few pieces of silver and don't pay them back? That Tan guy is such a mean-spirited person, so snobbish! He simply doesn't take you, Madam, seriously at all!"
The more Jiang listened, the uglier her expression became, and a ball of anger burned fiercely in her chest.
Nanny Wen added fuel to the fire, "Madam, if this matter had not been instigated by others, then I'm afraid that Manager Tan would not dare to so openly offend the Marquis's family."
She said this with a hint of meaning.
Who else but Lu Zhiran could be the “other person” who could make Manager Tan move?
Jiang raised her hand and slammed it heavily on the table.
She shouted angrily, "Go and call Mrs. Lu to me!"
After a pause, he added, "Invite the young master as well."
Lu Zhiran acted this way simply because she was upset about An'er and Zhao's wedding banquet and wanted to sabotage it. In this case, An'er must be informed of this matter.
As long as she still cares about An'er, it is impossible for her not to care about An'er's attitude.
In just a quarter of an hour, Chu Yian hurried over.
Although he was assigned a task, he could only go back to work after the wedding date, so he was still unemployed at home these days.
Chu Yian didn't know what was going on, so he asked Jiang. Jiang looked so angry that she had a headache, "When Lu comes, let her tell you herself."
When Chu Yian heard that it was Lu Zhiran's business again, he immediately became angry again.
Why is this woman so fond of causing trouble?
The weather today was a bit colder than yesterday, so Lu Zhiran became even more lazy and just stayed in the room without going anywhere.
There was a slight commotion outside. A moment later, Cui Fu came in angrily. "Miss, the Madam has indeed sent someone to ask you out. It's probably about some shopping."
Lu Zhiran lazily stood up and said, "What is coming will eventually come. Please help me dress up."
Lu Zhiran changed her clothes slowly, picked out her hair accessories, and then came out from the inner room.
The maidservant who delivered the message, Marquis Luying, was outside, and a hint of impatience appeared on her face.
"Young Madam, please hurry up. We have been waiting for a long time."
Lu Zhiran said calmly, "Slap your face."
Cui Fu walked straight forward, raised her hand and slapped the other person.
"Who do you think you are, to dare to speak like this in front of the master?"
Cui Fu just couldn't stand these little rascals. They were all snobs who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak. They didn't even think about how much benefit her young lady had given them when she was in charge.
Luying covered her face with her hands, a hint of resentment flashed in her eyes, but she didn't dare to lose her temper. She could only bow her head and admit her mistake in grievance.
"I overstepped my bounds. I was afraid that Madam would get impatient and blame the Young Madam."
Lu Zhiran said indifferently, "I'm not afraid, so why are you afraid? You're the one worrying about me."
Luying felt that the current young lady was overbearing and not as gentle and easy to talk to as before.
She lowered her head and dared not say a word. Lu Zhiran ignored her and walked out.
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