beauty heart thorn

Chapter 18
In the evening, Gu Mingzhu wrote two letters, one to Chu Qiu and the other to Second Uncle.

Early the next morning, Gu Mingzhu asked Ah San to inquire about the news, and based on the bits and pieces of information he got, he probably confirmed the authenticity of the matter.

When Gu Cheng arrived, it was already dark, and the two were talking about it while having dinner.

"It's really unreasonable!" Gu Cheng said angrily: "The Gu family raised them, but they did such a thing! It's really disgusting!"

Gu Mingzhu always felt that this matter was not so simple. It was the same for Pingjing and Licheng. Both ended up closing down. Is this a coincidence?

She thought about Qian San when she first came here, thought for a while, and asked, "Second Uncle, there is something I want to ask you. When I first arrived that day, Qian San seemed to have something to tell you?"

"It's about the business of the Xiangbei shop. There have been some problems in the cloth shop recently. The Shan family's business has always overwhelmed us in the past few months. The Huachao Festival is about to come. The Shan family has already made preparations, and we will also Think about countermeasures."

"The two compete?" Gu Mingzhu said.

Gu Cheng nodded: "Exactly, Qian San said that if the competition cannot beat the Shan family this time, then the cloth business in Xiangbei may not be easy to do in the future, so we just lowered the price..."

Gu Cheng looked hesitant.

Gu Mingzhu sighed helplessly, but she couldn't say it directly on the face, so she could only say: "Second uncle, you never thought that if you do this, the shop in Xiangbei will soon be the same as Pingjing?"

Gu Cheng was taken aback, and soon understood what she meant, and said, "Qian San is not such a person."

"There is no one who remains unchanged. What if I offer better conditions?" Gu Mingzhu took out Yueyan's letter from yesterday afternoon: "My people have already found out the news in Pingjing. The reason why there is a problem in the Pingjing cloth store The reason is that Qian San instigated and colluded with other families, the purpose is to make the Gu family's business unable to continue!"

Gu Cheng received the letter with a dull and shocked expression: "What good does he do?"

"I'm afraid he wants to be the shopkeeper himself." Seeing his ugly face, Gu Mingzhu knew that he couldn't accept it for a while, and said again: "If the second uncle doesn't believe me, then we will go back to Xiangbei, and I will confront him face to face."

Gu Cheng opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know what to say. After a long while, he murmured: "I have always regarded him as the most trusted person, but I never thought that he... actually..."

Gu Mingzhu remained silent.

After reading the letter, Gu Cheng found out that he was someone who had seen the storm, and quickly said: "Since that's the case, let's do business, our Gu family is determined not to keep such a person!"

The two discussed the current affairs in Licheng, and soon decided to go to Gu's Restaurant tomorrow.

The next day, the carriage stopped in front of the Gu Family Restaurant where there were already guests. Gu Mingzhu got off the carriage and entered with Gu Cheng.

The shopkeeper was a man in his fifties. He was about to greet Ah San who was the first to enter the door, when suddenly a man and a woman followed behind him. He took a closer look and hurried forward: "Second Master Gu."

Gu Cheng snorted, glanced at him, and said, "Close the door, it's closed today."

The shopkeeper looked suspicious, but he closed the door obediently.

Gu Cheng led Gu Mingzhu to sit in the lobby, Gu Cheng said with a sullen face: "Go and count the guys in the restaurant one by one, and call them all. Missy has something to ask."

Soon there were nearly 20 people standing in the lobby.

Gu Cheng looked at Gu Mingzhu, Gu Mingzhu turned cold and said, "Who is in charge?"

Then a man and a woman stood up.

It seems that this is Fang Dequan and Hong Sanniang.

Gu Mingzhu asked: "Hong Sanniang, let me ask you, when Guan Da was here last year, you said he molested you, didn't you?"

How could you ask about last year?

Hong Sanniang was puzzled from the bottom of her heart, and replied: "Miss Hui, it was Guan Da's intention to cheat on me. Fortunately, Fang Dequan found out and saved me."

"Hmph! Some people saw you and Fang Dequan doing things together, what can you say?"

"This..." Hong Sanniang turned pale, and looked at Fang Dequan involuntarily: "Miss, I am wronged..."

Fang Dequan hurriedly explained: "Miss, this is nothing! The relationship between Sanniang and I is pure and clear, and there is absolutely no personal relationship!"

Gu Mingzhu sneered: "No selfishness? You think I'm easy to fool? What did you do last night the day before yesterday?"

Fang Dequan's face turned pale: "I...I didn't go anywhere..."

"Lie!" Ah San yelled, "I've been with you all day, but you went into Hong San's house in the middle of the night and didn't come out until dawn!"

Gu Mingzhu said: "You hooked up with Hong Sanniang and even framed Guan Da, you are really wolf-hearted!"

The two of them were so drunk by her sudden blow to the head that their knees became weak, and they knelt down involuntarily.

Gu Mingzhu looked at the shopkeeper and smiled faintly: "Shopkeeper, do you know about this matter?"

The shopkeeper laughed along: "Back to Miss, I don't know."

"Oh?" Gu Mingzhu's tone raised: "That's weird, you were the one who asked Guan Da to teach Fang Dequan the eleven signature dishes on the second floor, why didn't you know about it in the end?"

"I... I asked Guan Dajiao to cook, but I didn't know about the collusion between Hong Sanniang and Fang Dequan. I was just out of good intentions at the time!"

"Bah!" Before Gu Mingzhu could speak, Fang Dequan couldn't help but said, "You old bastard crossing the river and demolishing bridges! It was clearly your idea to drive Guan Da out of the restaurant, but now you say such shameless words!"

"Nonsense!" the shopkeeper said angrily.

Fang Dequan resented: "I'm talking nonsense? Do you think I don't know about you and Qian San? Get rid of Guan Da, and half of this restaurant will be abandoned. You designed to bring down this restaurant, and you dare to pour dirty water on me !"

boom!
Gu Cheng slapped the table angrily, and asked the shopkeeper, "Is what Fang Dequan said true?"

The shopkeeper's face was pale, he staggered two steps, and was suddenly speechless.

"I'm so blind! I actually believed him!" Gu Cheng got angry and stood up: "I'm going back to Xiangbei now! I want to ask him why he did this!"

"Hey Second Uncle..." Gu Mingzhu was not in a hurry to stop him, sighed and shook his head, sat down again, and looked at the twenty or so people in front of him.

She ordered: "Kick these three people out of the restaurant. From now on, they will not be allowed to use them in any of the Gu family's shops. The restaurant will be closed for half a month. I will arrange twice the repatriation fee. Everyone can make their own plans."

"Ah San." Gu Mingzhu said: "You calculate the repatriation fee for everyone."

"Yes."

When the bill was settled, it was already noon, and Gu Mingzhu lost her appetite for lunch after being so noisy all morning, so she put down the bowl and chopsticks after a few mouthfuls.

If Gu's Restaurant wants to reopen, it will need to recruit new chefs, new staff, and the menu will have to be re-drawn, and the prices will naturally have to be re-set.

Seeing her frowning, Ah San couldn't help but said: "Miss, isn't there a candidate for the chef? Chef Guan."

Gu Mingzhu shook her head, she didn't intend to let Guan Daqu here, so it's really hard to find the master.

Gu Mingzhu personally drew up two recruitment orders and asked Ah San to find some people to post them.

At noon the next day, the door was closed.

Gu Mingzhu was calculating the amount of money needed to open a new restaurant, when she saw Guan Da, she was a little surprised: "Uncle Guan, why are you here?"

She soon found the recruitment order in Guan Da's hand: "Couldn't Uncle Guan want to be the chef here?"

Guan Da shook his head: "If Miss really wants me to be the chef here, then the recruitment order will not be posted. I am here today to recommend someone."

(End of this chapter)