The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 281 Treating guests without paying

Butler Tang Shao heard their chats back and forth, but they didn't reach the topic, so he said:
"Butler Meng, the brothers of the Li family heard that you are going to sell the land, and would like to ask if your estate can be cheaper."

Meng Butler understood when he heard it. It turned out that the Tang family did not buy the land, but became the middleman.

Does it appear on the face:

"Brothers of the Li family, you must know how expensive the land was when we bought the land, and then we spent a lot of money to build the house. To be honest, we didn't make any money at this price. Have you seen me like this? Six months old Change!"

Butler Meng said such a miserable thing, everyone who met him before knew it, and it was indeed embarrassing for him. Can a person who doesn't know how to manage the crops be sent to manage the crops without hard work?

Pity is one thing, and a penny less is less in money.

With such an idea, Li Zhihao started to bargain, starting from a small 100 taels of silver.

Butler Tang covered his face when he heard this, but he didn't care!Let these two fight it out!
"Guard Li, are you being a bit black-hearted? Do you think that 100 taels of silver is a copper coin? We can't talk anymore!"

Butler Meng wanted to throw away the pomelo. The entire Zhuangzi was worth 400 taels of silver, which was 100 taels less. Isn't it the money for buying the land?

But they also used about 100 taels of silver to build the house. How to fill this big hole... The most important thing is that he can't pay the job!
"Butler Meng, don't be angry, isn't this a business? There is always someone to negotiate!"

Li Zhihao didn't treat him angrily because of the other party's anger, his smiling appearance didn't change at all!
"Hmph, do you think it's selling Chinese cabbage? How much will I give you?"

Butler Meng blushed with anger, and almost slapped the table, but he still had a little sense, because he was in a hurry to sell Zhuangzi.

"Meng Butler, we can't just buy it now, can't we? There will be price increases and price reductions for rice!"

Meng Butler's anger, of course, did not dissipate so quickly, and he kept greeting:
"Then you can't just go for 100 taels as soon as you go. This is not my Zhuangzi. How can I explain it? Aren't you embarrassing me? Is it necessary to talk about it?"

"Then 310 taels."

"Bullshit. Who will fill the hole of 90 taels?"

Tang Shao butler heard that they kept reducing the price from 100 taels, at first it was ten taels of taels, and later it was a copper plate.

It was also the first time he had seen this kind of business. It was really different. It was like selling vegetables. The rich people bought things, and the other party had to keep raising the price. This kind of negotiating method of reducing prices every day made him feel very funny.

The two kept talking about the dishes, but they haven't talked about a stable price yet.

Butler Meng wanted to find a buyer, and he didn't want to drop even a copper coin.

But Li Zhihao had that kind of thinking. In short, buying and selling can't be a one-size-fits-all price, as long as it can make the other party lose a copper coin, he is willing.

He felt that it was his hard-earned money and could not be wasted.

"Let's eat first, eat first, and then you can talk."

Tang Young Butler had no choice but to speak when he heard this. No matter what the price was negotiated by the other party, or who invited the guests, he felt that his task had been completed and he would leave after eating.

Will they talk about it later?He, the middle man, has done his work.

Don't waste time on their tongues.

"Eat, eat." Li Zhihao drank it in one gulp while holding the teacup, he was thirsty after talking for too long.

"Eat, we don't need to talk about it later, it will be dark if we continue talking."

Butler Meng glared at Li Zhihao, and felt that the ruptured mouth hurt even more. Was it easy for him to speak while enduring the pain?

The throat became hoarse after chatting for a while.

"Hey, I'm only eating lunch at the moment. Could it be possible that Butler Meng is still having dinner with me? That's not okay, cows don't walk when it's dark."

After eating again, the two of them were not idle, they were still bickering constantly.

Butler Tang didn't want to eat after a few mouthfuls. The two kept spitting and talking to prevent the virus. He stopped his chopsticks.

The two people who were chatting vigorously didn't care about him. In the end, the butler Tang Shao said to go first, and the two of them didn't know whether they had paid the bill.

The two who were negotiating the price, Tang Shao, butler, forgot.

In the end, the two were always bargaining for five silvers, and they stopped at 395 taels.

Li Zhihao spent a long time talking and talking, but he could only lose five taels of silver, and he didn't think it was wrong. Five taels of silver was his monthly salary.

He earned five taels of silver for himself, and he was already very proud of it. At that time, he could have killed ten taels of silver better, but Meng Butler was too much, and he was a farmer who raised prices for so long. Quite miserable.

It is not easy to be a slave in the official family.

When Butler Meng mentioned this price, it was not impossible to bargain, ten taels or five taels of silver was still acceptable, the manor was in a hurry to sell, and asking for such an expensive price was actually not a buy-it-all price.

The high price was set for others to kill the price. The manor has been in operation for half a year, and it has more or less returned a little bit. It is not considered a loss. It has been hard work for half a year without profit.

Butler Meng also talked about the products in Zhuangzi, such as unfinished vegetables, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, and cattle.

Li Zhihao gave him some more money.

The two finally decided on the price, and Li Zhihao put forward another condition, that the sale and purchase of the manor should be kept secret, not like their master said, the Ye family and the Li family bought the manor together.

"Why this condition?"

Butler Meng felt that when they took over the manor, others would know about it sooner or later, so why didn't they let the Meng family know about it.

"Steward Meng, we adults don't have any grudges. I'm afraid that your lady will have an idea. One more thing is better than one less thing. As long as we can make Mamai, you can go to the capital with the master's family."

Although Li Zhihao didn't quite understand what Li Zhihao said, Butler Meng immediately understood what he meant when he listened carefully.

Their lady seems to have a feud with the little girl of the Ye family. Heard of several encounters and quarrels, according to the character of their lady, she knows that the manor bought by the Ye family and the Li family may really not be sold to them.

As Li Zhihao said, he was so anxious to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

When Butler Meng thought about it, he felt that it would be better to only mention the Li family. When the land deed was signed, it was already done. Besides, he didn't lie, so there should be no problem with such a small matter.

The lady seems to have packed her luggage and is ready to go to Beijing, so she shouldn't pay attention to who bought the manor.

The two reached a consensus, only to find out that Tang Shao's housekeeper was gone, so they were full, and prepared to write paperwork, draw deposits, and give money.

When they were about to leave, they asked the waiter, who said that the money had been credited to Mr. Tang's account.

Butler Meng didn't have much thought about going out first, and was very happy that the business could be done.

Li Zhihao was even more happy, the middleman found the right one from the Tang family, and he didn't need to pay for the treat, and this time the transaction was reduced by five taels.

When Li Zhihao went downstairs, he wanted to hum a ditty happily. He glanced at Butler Meng in front of him, and felt that he would be happy after making a deal.

Li Zhihao took the ox cart out of the courtyard of the restaurant, got on the ox cart to drive the ox cart, and glanced at Butler Meng who also came out of the courtyard with the horse.

Following him to drive the ox cart, he wanted to hum a song proudly at this time, but when he saw Butler Meng who was riding a horse and turned to look at him, he didn't dare. If he was too proud, he might offend this person.

Butler Meng brought Li Zhihao to the yamen, took him to find the master, and finished the matter within half an hour.

Li Zhihao came out to negotiate this time, but he brought the money from the two joint ventures, and the money was in his baggage.

Some of them are silver bills, three or 400 taels doesn't sound like much, but it would be a lot if it were copper bills.

There is also a lot of money, and the bank notes are easy to store. In order to store less money and not keep so much money at home, the brothers' money in the past two years has been exchanged for bank notes.

The brother-in-law also gave a bank note, and it is said that it was a dividend just distributed by the factory.

On the sales contract, Li Zhihao wrote the names of several companies, one person acted as the representative, and wrote three documents. For this matter, he had to give the master some money and pay taxes.

As the seller, Meng Butler stood aside and drank tea leisurely, received a document, received the money and left.

It was already afternoon at this time, Li Zhihao looked that it would be evening soon, if he didn't hurry home, it might really be dark.

Before leaving, did Li Zhihao treat his master to dinner, and politely said that he will drink tea when he is free in the future.

"Well, I'll wait!" The master didn't take this sentence as a joke. If he works here next year or in the future, there will always be a chance to deal with it.

Li Zhihao finished his work, touched the paperwork in his arms on the way back, and then went home humming a little song proudly.

When he returned to Huilong Town, he didn't go home immediately, but went to invite his brother-in-law to the manor managed by his elder brother.

Secretly in the room where the eldest brother lived, he handed over the three documents.

Li Zhihao smiled triumphantly.

"Okay, brother-in-law, I underestimated you. I thought it would take a few days to get the results. I didn't expect you to finish it in one day. We don't have to go to the county seat."

Acer gives a thumbs up to the proud brother-in-law in front of him.

"It's really fast!" Li Zhijun smiled admiringly to himself, and sure enough he asked his younger brother to go faster than him.

"Needless to say, hehe, I spent a lot of talking today, you can reward me when you have time!" Li Zhihao was praised by the two of them, not to mention how happy he was.

"Okay, let's have a drink on the second day of the new year."

Acer did not say to drink to celebrate today, but chose to celebrate when he returned to his natal home on the second day of the new year.

"Okay, it's too late, brother-in-law, you go home first, and we brothers go home first."

Acer agreed, took his contract and went home to collect it.

Li Zhijun put away his contract. The two brothers have a tacit understanding. Although they have not separated and have married, this contract is to be handed over to his wife.

Li Zhijun drives the ox cart by himself when he returns home, and Li Zhihao enjoys the thoughtfulness of his elder brother at this time.

When Hongji returned home, he gave the contract to his daughter-in-law and told her what happened.

Mrs. Li knew that she could not hide anything in her room. The contracts of the two manors and some important items were handed over to her youngest daughter for safekeeping.

It's strange to say that even if the mother-in-law went to search the little girl's room, and searched their room as before, she didn't find anything important.

The little girl kept her money even tighter, not revealing it at all.

When Mrs. Li gave her daughter to hide things, the contract to buy the manor was completed, and she also told her younger daughter about the process.

Knowing what had happened, Ye Shiqi was relieved that her Niu Dali sapling had land to plant.

The Spring Festival will be in five days. The staff of the manor don't have much holidays. They need to stay in the manor to do work. Of course, the wages given are a little more than usual, and others are willing to work on days with a little more wages.

The Acer factory is preparing for a holiday, and the employees are starting to finish the work, and all the materials are transported to the warehouse.

Other wood that has not been used up is also put into the warehouse for storage.

The wood factory began to prepare for the general cleaning. Some employees had to be on vacation, but the guards had to be on duty every day. There must be an employee and a gatekeeper every day.

The factory is full of valuable wood, and the finished products have been shipped away.

Before the holiday, the factory finished distributing this year's benefits, and also gave employees bonuses before the Chinese New Year, and invited all employees to a restaurant in the town for a meal.

If the guards at the gate failed to go, someone would pack them up.

Since I came to work in this wood factory, in the past two or three years, the employees of the wood factory have had the opportunity to be invited by the boss to a restaurant for a meal.

Many employees have the attitude of not eating for nothing. Today, it is a joy to drink and eat.

The shop next door to the restaurant in the town, Zhong Xianggui's parents were guarding the shop, saw so many people eating here, and after asking, they found out that this was an employee of the wood factory.

This has been the case for two or three years. When people hear about it, they are very envious of the people who work in the wood factory for such treatment.

Zhong Xianggui and his wife were guarding another shop, and Ye Shuzhi was already confinement, but the weather was too cold to take the little girl out.

The couple will put the little girl in the small room inside, and work when there are guests. When the girl cries, she will finish the business first. When there are no guests, Ye Shuzhi will rest in the small room.

Hearing the bustle of the restaurant, her eldest brother would not show up every festival in the wood factory.

Before she was married, her parents said they would have a meal when they came to the town, and their sisters also came with them.

Only the eldest brother, sister-in-law and niece did not come. They thought that the conditions of the family would be good in the future. After the conditions were improved, the parents would not come out in such a cold day, and she was married.

……

Four days before the Spring Festival, the Meng family, who had been preparing for a long time, finally set off for the capital.

This morning, the weather was still cloudy, and it was hard to see whether it was going to rain or the sun would come later.

In order to get to the capital earlier, they set off before dawn.

Breakfast is still prepared in the middle of the night, and it is not easy for so many people to travel a day in winter.

Before getting into the carriage, Meng Zhaojun glanced back at the dark street, but she didn't see the sender. She really wanted Tang Shunyan to see her off.

It's a pity that I only saw them when I turned around. Maybe I didn't inform others, and I set off before dawn. It was just past the third watch. In the dead of night, when the bed was warmest, no one came to see them off.

Meng Zhaojun bit his lip. He didn't see the person who sent her, so he couldn't be reconciled and could only get on the carriage. The escort of the carriage has already started?
The group of them set off with the horse. The horse walked on the quiet street, and there was a loud noise, and the wheels of the wheels squeaked.

There are quite a few people in their group, apart from the guards, their family's luggage, and several other carriages with people.

(End of this chapter)