Chapter 8 The old shopkeeper

The third is sent, ask for collection, red tickets.

Thank you for the reward from the Yehe Dao people, and thank you for the little official Su!

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Su Jin and the others went downstairs to leave Hefeng Building after eating and drinking, when they came in, there were two people, and when they went out, they became five people, Su Jin was quite proud.

"The charm of personality must be so." Su Jin thought proudly, as for other decisive factors such as the temptation of heavy money, the rhetoric that beat around the bush, and the golden sign of the Su family's son, Su Jin automatically ignored them.

When the five of them walked out of Hefeng Building, behind a window curtain in the side building of Hefeng Building, a beautiful face flashed.

"Phew, this Su Gongzi doesn't seem to be a thing, and he deceived those two singers so quickly, which is enough to prove that his motives for saving people just now are dirty." The tall and pretty woman chirped.

"I can't see it, these two sisters have been singing in Fenglou and me for many days, how many rich sons have used a lot of brains and have not let them succumb, I think this Su Gongzi may have some ability." The woman in purple leaned on the brocade couch and said lightly.

"Miss, you are kind-hearted, and you look at everyone in the world well, if Miss hadn't arrived in time today, this Su Gongzi would probably have been lying on the ground humming, looking at his weak appearance, he also learned that people were uneven, and he didn't pinch his legs and stomach."

The woman in purple picked up a fan and shook it gently, and said leisurely: "I don't think so, since he dares to fight unevenly, there should be follow-up means, he is not like the kind of reckless man who is impulsive and reckless; Actually, I just didn't want them to make a fuss in the restaurant, so I showed up to help him, otherwise I would have liked to see his follow-up; Not to mention anything else, just this courage to dare to stand up, I am afraid that none of the sons and brothers in this city can compare with him, I hope he will not be retaliated against by Zhu Yanei. ”

The tall maid looked at the woman in purple a little strangely and opened her mouth to say something but didn't say anything, the woman in purple didn't say much, picked up the account book on the small table next to the couch and looked at it quietly.

When Su Jin and the others returned to Su Mansion, it was already evening, three girls were sitting in Xiaozhu's mule cart, followed by a hired mule cart filled with a lot of things purchased by Su Jin, Su Jin and Yang Xiaosi sat on the wheel and blew the evening breeze triumphantly into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, Su Jin saw Millet standing in the large garden in the front hall looking anxiously, and after seeing Su Jin's carriage, Millet hurriedly ran forward and said urgently: "Son, the old lady has been invited to the hall, and she has sent several groups of people to look for you in the market, it seems that there is something urgent." ”

Su Jin said: "Got it, I'll go to see my mother, you guys will unload your things into the study, and Sui'er will settle down for the two girls." ”

After that, he followed Xiaomi'er and walked to the side hall on the left, Su Jin wondered in his heart, what will the old lady do if she looks for herself? The biggest possibility is that the old lady who fired Zhang Deli today wants to ask about the situation, if this is the case, it is not a big deal, he firmly believes that he is doing the right thing, just analyze it to the old lady to understand.

There was a sound of talking in the side hall, an old voice was talking to Mrs. Wang, Su Jin stepped into the hall in three steps and two steps, and saw Mrs. Wang talking to an old man with a wrinkled face with a smile.

Seeing Su Jin coming in, Mrs. Wang hurriedly beckoned: "Jin'er is here, guests from the house, come and see you." ”

Su Jin hurriedly stepped forward to meet Mrs. Wang first, and Mrs. Wang got up and said with a smile: "This is Zhang Shibo, the old shopkeeper of my Su family." ”

Su Jin chuckled in his heart and immediately understood, this person's face is somewhat similar to Zhang Deli, and he is also surnamed Zhang, and he is still the old shopkeeper of his own family, and nine times out of ten he has something to do with Zhang Deli; Looking at this posture, Zhang Deli moved to rescue the soldiers and rejuvenate the division to ask for the guilt.

"The younger Su Jin has seen Zhang Shibo, who has just returned from the city, and he has not cleaned his face, which is rude." Su Jin bowed and said.

The old shopkeeper Zhang had already gotten up and clasped his fists in return: "Where did the young owner say something, he came to visit and disturbed the young owner." ”

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "I'm afraid Jin'er doesn't know that Mr. Zhang has been the shopkeeper of the cloth village in my Su family for nearly 20 years, but my son is obsessed with poetry and books, and I am afraid I haven't met a few times." ”

The old shopkeeper Zhang said: "Hmm...... The last time I saw the Shaodong family was three years ago, but I didn't expect that in three years, the Shaodong family would be a talented person, which was really a great blessing for the Su family. ”

Su Jin saw that the old shopkeeper looked sincere, everything was natural, and there was no dissatisfaction, and he was even more puzzled in his heart.

"Shi Bo praised, the younger generation has not been out of the house for many years, and the old shopkeeper is not careful with courtesy, and he also hopes that the old shopkeeper Haihan; I see that the old shopkeeper's face is a little familiar, but it is quite similar to the Zhang Deli Zhang shopkeeper of Su Ji Buzhuang that I fired today, I don't know what the shopkeeper has to do with Shibo? Su Jin didn't want to beat around the bush, he always had to come, so he directly mentioned the matter.

The old shopkeeper's face was embarrassed, and the smile on his face faded a lot: "Deli is an old man dog, hey, the dog is incompetent, and the young owner is worried." ”

Su Jin was about to speak, and Mrs. Wang said with a straight face: "Jin'er, how can you resign from the shopkeeper today, the three generations of the Zhang family are loyal to my Su family, how can the Su family's industry get to this point without them; You don't discuss this matter with your mother, this matter has been done too much, tomorrow Zhang Deli will return to Buzhuang to continue to be the shopkeeper, you don't care about this matter. ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "It turns out that the Zhang family is so related to my family, but I was reckless." ”

The old shopkeeper praised with a tall finger: "The young owner knows how to advance and retreat, and the lintel of the Su family will inevitably be carried forward in the hands of the young owner in the future; Tomorrow, the old man asked Deli to make amends to the young owner, he must be at fault, and the young owner will punish him. ”

Mrs. Wang also smiled and nodded, thinking that this matter would be over, but Su Jin suddenly said: "There is no need to make amends, I have already changed the position of the shopkeeper, and it is unlikely that Zhang Deli wants to go back to Buzhuang to be the shopkeeper." ”

"What?" Mrs. Wang and Old Shopkeeper Zhang were stunned, and the two looked at Su Jin in disbelief, a little unbelieving their ears.

"As far as I know, Zhang Deli has been in charge of the cloth village for a year, the cloth village business has declined sharply, so far it has lost 3,700 yuan, the cloth village was originally the most profitable one in my Su family's industry, if the management is done properly, the annual income is not a problem, a cash cow will be operated into a stinky tree, as the shopkeeper even if it can not go further, but also to keep the industry to be qualified, so that the cloth village can only go bankrupt."

"What? Is that really the case? The old shopkeeper didn't believe his ears even more, "This bastard didn't mention the operation of the cloth village in front of me, and he was so embarrassed that a cloth village was tossed like this by him." The old shopkeeper's face was flushed, and he was about to say goodbye to Mrs. Wang by hiding his face with his sleeves.

Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said: "Jin'er, there are losses and gains in business, you are not deeply involved, and you don't understand this truth, that is, your father also lost tens of thousands of yuan due to misjudgment of the situation back then, and the three generations of the old shopkeeper have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for my Su family, and they will be dismissed because of a slight loss, and others will say that my Su family is cold and thin, and I forget my righteousness." ”

Su Jin bowed down to the old shopkeeper and Mrs. Wang and said, "I understand this truth, the real reason why I fired him is not because of this, but for another reason." ”

At the moment, he told Chen Gui about the matter, and finally said: "Treat the guys in the store so meanly, without any compassion, when I talked to him about this matter, he prevaricated to me under the pretext of maintaining my Su family's industry, even if he can't make the decision, he should report to his mother; He didn't save him when he saw death, and he took it upon himself to conceal the matter, I think this is the real trap of my Su family in unkindness and injustice, this is the real move to cut off my Su family's property, is it wrong for me to do this? ”

The two of them in the hall were silent, and the whole society in the Song Dynasty was permeated with a Confucian atmosphere, whether it was the official gentry, the doctor or the businessman, the vast majority of them followed the simple Confucian concept of honor and disgrace, if it was really as Su Jin said, Zhang Deli's move did touch the moral bottom line, then he was definitely not suitable to be the shopkeeper of the Su family.

The old shopkeeper sighed loudly, and saluted Mrs. Wang and Su Jin: "The old man is embarrassed, such an unworthy son, it is really ridiculous that the old man still listens to his words and comes to the old lady to theorize." ”

Turning his head to look at Su Jin, he said with a smile on his face: "The young owner is sensible, the prosperity of the Su family is just around the corner, madam, the old man is really happy for you, and there are successors to the old owner's industry." His eyes were moist, obviously happy from the bottom of his heart.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Su Jin, and said busily: "The old shopkeeper is comparable to the river, Jin'er is young, and there are many offends in his words, so don't care about the old shopkeeper; Your son...... Ling Lang's family allowed the slave family to arrange another position for him, and he would not disappoint the old shopkeeper. ”

The old shopkeeper smiled: "Madame underestimated me, the old man understands that the deficit is so serious, and the old lady did not inform the old man of this matter, this has already given this unscrupulous son room to maneuver, how can he blame others for his incompetence, the Su family has done its best to be benevolent, and the old man will never complain." ”

Su Jin saw that the old shopkeeper was broad-minded, and his expression and words did not seem to be fake, but he was a little embarrassed in his heart, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, so he said to Mrs. Wang: "Mother, but I don't know where the old shopkeeper Zhang is currently in my Su family?" ”

Mrs. Wang said: "After the old shopkeeper Su stepped down from the shopkeeper of Buzhuang to Deli last year, he returned home to retire, and he should enjoy happiness after working hard for most of his life. ”

Su Jinxin said: It turned out that he left early to let his son take over, but it was a bit of a fist to the parents' hearts, but unfortunately Zhang Deli is not that material.

"Old shopkeeper, Su Jin has a reluctant request."

"Young owner, please speak, you don't have to be so polite to the old man."

"The younger generation wants to invite the old shopkeeper to go out of the mountain to take charge of the cloth business."

"Didn't the young owner say that someone had chosen someone?"

"That person is just a temporary generation, the qualifications are acceptable, the old shopkeeper can appoint him as the second shopkeeper after he goes out of the mountain, and the old shopkeeper will teach him how to be a qualified shopkeeper, the Su family's industry has the blood and sweat of the old shopkeeper, and the old shopkeeper doesn't want no successor, right?"

The old shopkeeper pondered for a while and said: "Cheng Shao's family is kind, but the old man is dying, and I am afraid he won't be able to help much." ”

Seeing that he refused, Su Jin thought that he still had a pimple in his heart, and immediately resorted to the method of agitation, and said a little rudely: "Is the old shopkeeper afraid of being unable to reverse the loss of Buzhuang, so he is afraid of difficulties?" ”

Mrs. Wang changed color and said, "Jin'er is rude. ”

Su Jin looked at the old shopkeeper with a smile and didn't say anything, the old shopkeeper's face turned red, his beard was upturned, obviously he was angry because he was questioned about his ability.

"The old shopkeeper, I might as well tell you directly, I already have a plan for the next step of the Buzhuang's operation, and now the most important thing is for the old shopkeeper to go to the Buzhuang, even if you don't do anything, as long as you sit in the Buzhuang counter, my plan will be successful, so the younger generation implores the old shopkeeper to help the juniors this time, it can be regarded as making up for the mistakes made by Ling Lang, this matter I plan to ask Ling Lang to be my Su family's collection of tenant farmers and rice grain Mr. Bill, he is more suitable for this; But only if you're old. ”

The old shopkeeper stared at Su Jin's face for a while, and suddenly laughed and said: "Blue is better than blue, the young owner is definitely not worse than the old owner, the old man has convinced you a little, this feeling is the first time since the death of the old owner." ”

Su Jin was overjoyed and said, "Did the old shopkeeper agree?" ”

The old shopkeeper smiled: "Is there any other choice?" ”

Mrs. Wang looked at the two of them in disbelief, she wanted to ask the old shopkeeper to come out of the mountain more than once, but she was politely rejected without exception, but she didn't expect Su Jin to do it in a few words, and the old lady's mouth was about to be stuffed with a duck egg.

The old shopkeeper had dinner at Su's house, and he didn't understand it until he returned home, obviously he was here to help his son intercede, and later he would follow others to despise what his son did, and he also got in, and his happy old age was about to be lost, and this Su family kid was going to squeeze the last drop of oil in his bones.