Mingmen Family

Chapter 57
There is only one road from Lin'an City to the mountain.Ye Chongming, in case of Meng Chengwei's mischief, had already sent someone to say hello to the teahouse family on the roadside at the foot of the mountain.

The family of the old man Wang who opened the teahouse also had a tea garden on the mountain, but the family has a large population and few tea gardens, and their brains are active, so they opened a teahouse for tea merchants and tea pickers to drink tea and rest.Old man Wang and Ye Chongming also knew each other and had a good friendship.

Meng Chengwei was not at ease with Meng Liang's work, so he sent his confidant Liu Qilin to the mountains.

Liu Qilin also knew that these villagers were familiar with the Ye family, and as a stranger, if he went into the village to speak ill of the Ye family, he would have to be beaten with a big stick.

He decided to start from the teahouse.

Be it teahouses or teahouses, they are all places where gossip is spread.If the people in the teahouse knew about the Ye family, it meant that all the farmers on the mountain knew about it.

So he dressed in silk and satin, dressed like a rich man, and went to the teahouse with two entourages.At this time, another steward dressed as a tea merchant had already arrived.

The two pretended to be strangers who came from the capital, chatted leisurely, and finally talked about the latest news of Lin'an City.

"It's spread all over the city that Ye's tea bank was robbed. Some time ago, they did a loss-making business and lost a lot of money. So they can't afford to reserve tea."

They didn't dare to tell about Ye Jia's private tea because Ding Jian was arrested.The incident became serious and investigations began, and Meng Chengwei couldn't run away by himself.

So Liu Qilin and the others did not dare to talk about it.

Speaking of this, Liu Qilin seemed to think of something suddenly, and asked Wang Youcai, the son of old man Wang: "By the way, which farmers here have reserved tea for Ye's family? Something happened to Ye's family now, your tea , haven’t reserved it for his family yet, sign a contract with his family, right?”

Wang Youcai and his wife Wang looked at each other, pretended to be very surprised, and said to Liu Qilin, "Really? Yes, yes... But we have already signed a contract with his family."

Speaking with a very anxious look, he said to his wife: "What should I do?"

Mrs. Wang suggested to him: "Why don't you send Dali down the mountain to find out the news? If this is true, we have to inform other people as well, so we can make plans early."

"Okay, okay." Wang Youcai threw down the rag in his hand, and bowed to Liu Qilin, "Thank you for reminding me, guest officer."

As he spoke, he shouted loudly, "Dali, Dali."

A strong boy in his twenties ran in and said in a buzzing voice, "Father, what's the matter?"

"Go down the mountain and inquire about the affairs of the Ye family." Wang Youcai gave some serious instructions.

Wang Dali agreed, untied the donkey tied beside him, and rode down the mountain on the donkey.

Liu Qilin and his companion looked at each other, put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said to him: "Brother, take a rest slowly, I'll go first."

"I've rested too." The companion also stood up, and the two groups left the teahouse together.

They are not afraid that people from the teahouse will inquire about it.Anyway, in the city, Meng Liang was pretty good, and hired a group of punks to spread rumors everywhere.As long as this shop enters the city, they will definitely hear the news of the decline of the Ye family.

Over there, Wang Dali went down the mountain, went straight to Jixiang Tea House, and told Ye Chongming about the matter.

Ye Chongming asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that what he said is true?"

"How is it possible?" Wang Dali said carelessly while eating the snacks brought by the waiter, "My father said, your Ye family has a lot of money. Not to mention that your tea bank was not robbed, it's just a rumor, just say that Lin'an Any shop in the city or the capital, if you sell one, it will be enough to prepay the tea silver for the farmers of our entire mountain. You are just doing Baofeng Bank a favor by sending out that tea coin."

Thinking that he was exhausted, he picked up the teacup beside him and drank it in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and said, "Besides, the owner of the bank is not stupid. If your family really fell into ruin, he wouldn't partner with you to issue any money." What about 'tea coins'?"

Ye Chongming couldn't help being amused, and stretched out his hand to pat Wang Dali's head: "Your brain is quite smart."

"Really? My parents still call me stupid all day long." Wang Dali complained.

"Then are you willing to come to my teahouse as a waiter?" Ye Chongming asked.

This time the Wang family helped him a lot, and he deserved something in return.

I used to see Wang Dali as a naive boy, but I heard him speak quite well, so I can let him work as a clerk to practice.

The salary of the guys in the teahouse in Lin'an City is quite high, at least better than the income from the teahouse opened by Wang Youcai.The most important thing is to get in touch with many people, and it can train people very well.

Besides, Wang Youcai and his wife are enough in the teahouse, Wang Dali is not needed at all.

Young people always yearn for prosperous places, Wang Dali's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Can I do it?"

"I'll ask someone to take you around more, you try it first." Ye Chongming didn't dare to speak out.

Being a waiter in a teahouse requires not only good physical strength and nimble hands and feet, but also sharp eyes and a clear mind. Otherwise, if you burn someone, or open your mouth to offend someone, you may cause a big disaster for the owner, so not everyone can do.

"When you discuss it with your parents the day after tomorrow, ask your father to lead you to the teahouse to find me." Ye Chongming said, "I'll go out for a while, you eat slowly, there will be more. When you go back later, give your grandpa and grandma Both your parents brought some."

"Hey." Wang Dali responded honestly, and continued to eat snacks.

Ye Chongming went out, his eyes turned cold.

"Shopkeeper Lin, you go to my house, call Jiaxing, go up the mountain with him, and explain the matter to everyone, so as not to cause panic. You tell the tenants that if everyone helps my Ye family get through this difficulty, If you don’t go to the bank to cash it, I will add one hundred cash to the tea coin next spring when you exchange it for one tael of silver.”

"Yes." Lin Zhensheng replied.

"Ask more escorts from the escort agency to follow." Ye Chongming urged again.

Lin Zhensheng knew about the injuries of Ye Hongchang and Ye Jiaxing and his son, so he was extremely careful, so he went to the bodyguard bureau to hire bodyguards, and then went to Ye Mansion to call Ye Jiaxing, and they went up the mountain together.

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Meng Chengwei's rumors were only aimed at the guests in the teahouse.And these guests are rich and leisurely, even if they spread gossip to the outside world, the gossip will not easily reach the Song family.

In order to lay a foreshadowing, Ye Yaming asked Madam Xia to go again, deliberately letting Xiaoxiang know about these gossips.

So Xiaoxiang hurried back after buying the vinegar, and told Mrs. Yu, who was instructing the cook to cook the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, that the Ye family had been robbed of tea silver, the elder of the Ye family was seriously injured, and that the Ye family was about to go bankrupt. Yu Shi.

That's right, the rumors passed around, and it became "The Ye family is going bankrupt".

Mrs. Yu was overjoyed when she heard that, she slapped her hands and said, "Oh, God bless you, how dare his family look down on you. No, I have to offer a stick of incense to the master."

Saying that, she hurried to the Buddhist hall and offered a stick of incense to her husband.

Xiaoxiang couldn't help curling her lips.

(End of this chapter)