above the point of the knife

Chapter 45 The Same Boat
"Let's go, the next one!"

Zhou Sen excitedly raised the cashier's check in his hand, and smiled proudly at Bai Yulan. It was the first time he owned so much money, and the two of them got into the car and went to the next bank they chose.

on the carriage.

goooo...

Bai Yulan clutched her belly, her face was as red as rouge, she had no time to eat when she went out in the morning, her stomach was already starving by now.

"It's getting late, I'll take you to dinner first." Zhou Sen chuckled, it's not that the goddess doesn't eat fireworks, she also wants to eat.

Zhou Sen took her to Lao Sheng's mutton noodle restaurant that Ye San'er had introduced at the beginning. In winter, a bowl of steaming mutton noodles is the most pleasant thing.

"I know you're particular about life. You haven't eaten in such a small restaurant before." Zhou Sen chuckled, took out his handkerchief, and wiped his chopsticks. "My handkerchief, I haven't used it before."

Handed the wiped chopsticks to Bai Yulan.

"Thank you." Bai Yulan actually doesn't dislike this kind of small street restaurant. She was not from a wealthy family, and her early life was very difficult, but after marrying an old horse, naturally she can no longer show her face like this and casually go out to the street to eat this kind of food. Kind of a small roadside restaurant.

"Officer Zhou, is this the new police officer?" The boss brought two bowls of noodles and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Well, the newcomer." Zhou Sen chuckled and didn't deny it. It's okay for the boss to admit his mistake, anyway, his subordinate just happened to be a newcomer.

There is a big bowl of noodles, and half of the bowl is mutton, which is big and stewed badly. This bowl is very affordable. The boss makes small profits but sells it, and the most frequent customers are repeat customers.

Sprinkle a layer of chopped green onion on top of the mutton, which is so clear and green that it feels tempting just by looking at it.

"Try it, if you feel greasy, you can pour some vinegar." Zhou Sen picked some hot peppers with chopsticks and put them into the bowl, "Chili, do you want it?"

Bai Yulan shook her head, women are most taboo to eat spicy food.

Wu En on the side has long been rude, picked up the bowl and picked it up. He has a big appetite, and Zhou Sen ordered two bowls for him.

"I guess the important people in the ice city should know about our matter tomorrow morning. However, they may not necessarily guess your identity, but if you suddenly become rich, those who want to deal with you will definitely analyze and guess. Get some." Zhou Sen said while eating.

"Are you scared?" Bai Yulan ate the noodles in small bites, and the way she chewed slowly, this beauty looked good when she ate.

"I'm afraid it won't happen. Even if Su Wenqing and Qin Laoqi know, they will definitely hate you and me." Zhou Sen said.

"What do you want to say?"

"We can't just passively be beaten like this, we have to learn to take the initiative to attack, Qin Laoqi and Su Wenqing both covet you, one is an old rascal, and they want you to be his seventh concubine, so they don't even look at him Besides, his two sons are really willing to watch you enter the door. Besides, Su Wenqing, the grandma in the business world, eats black and white, and his wife died. If you enter the door, you will give it directly He's righted up, but although Su Wenqing hasn't taken a wife or concubine these years, there is no shortage of women around him, and he hasn't seen any woman give birth to him, and this guy probably won't do it either..."

It was thanks to a woman like Bai Yulan, if Zhou Sen talked to her like that, he would have turned his back on another woman.

Zhou Sen's words sound harsh, but they are all on point.

"What can you do?"

"Su Wenqing, I think you can start with his daughter Su Yun. This Su Yun just came back from Beiping. I met her once. She received a new education, but she is relatively simple and has a strong personality, but Su Wenqing dotes on this daughter very much, if she objects, it will create obstacles for Su Wenqing." Zhou Sen said.

Bai Yulan raised her head slightly, showing a little admiration for Zhou Sen. It seems that you can't just listen to rumors.

Sometimes seeing is believing and hearing is believing.

"Besides, Qin Laoqi's two sons, the eldest, Qin Xiong, controls Qunfanglou, that is, the person who has been competing with you for business. This person looks elegant on the surface, but in fact this kind of person is the most terrifying. I I think he also has plans for you, but he doesn't dare to disobey his father now. In addition, Qin Laoqi also entrusts Qin Xiong to take care of many businesses, while the second son Qin Lang is only in charge of the Taipingqiao Casino. As soon as Qin Lao Qi dies, the two brothers of the Qin family will definitely separate. The reason for suppressing you desperately is that other people just want to take a share of the guests from Ningxiang Restaurant."

"Su Wenqing suppressed the price and snatched away the big order from the same reporter, which caused your goods to backlog in the warehouse, and there was a problem with cash flow. Although you can absorb some of it yourself, the quantity is too much, and you don't want to sell it cheaply, so, It can only be stored in the warehouse, and the storage cost is not small, but the more your cloth and silk are overstocked, the less valuable they are, and in the end you will not only have no profit, but will also lose a lot of money..."

Zhou Sen's understanding of Bai Yulan's predicament is very familiar, and his analysis is meticulous, and all of them hit her pain points.

In addition to Su Wenqing's mischief, there is also the limitation of Bai Yulan's judgment on the situation, especially the dumping of a large amount of cotton cloth produced by the Japanese to the Manchurian market, which led to the price of the cloth hoarded at the beginning, which is now considered as spot stock The prices have been cut in half.

Her warehouse is still leased, and every day of storage requires rent and wear and tear.

There is no lack of Su Wenqing's secret tricks, making Bai Yulan believe that the price of cotton cloth will rise, and then buy a lot of it. As a result, Tongji chose the cotton cloth raw material of Wenqing Chamber of Commerce for cost control.

This batch of cotton cloth was thrown into the hands, and now it is the purchase price to dispose of it, and no one wants it, not to mention the cotton cloth on the market is not worth much.

"You want to dispose of this batch of cloth at a low price, but no one is willing to take it over, because Su Wenqing has secretly warned those who have the ability to eat this batch of cloth, if you dare to help you, you will be an enemy of Su Wenqing. Naturally, no one dares to offend him due to the power of Bingcheng, so you can’t get your funds back. There are too many people scheming, and even a tiger can’t hold back a pack of wolves. You’re a woman, and you don’t have a solid backer. Yes, they also shared the benefits, so naturally they stood by and watched, even secretly speculating about who will win you in the end."

"Can you not be so direct?"

"Don't you really like this style?" Zhou Sen asked back.

Bai Yulan gave Zhou Sen a blank look. Now she understood the man in front of her a little bit. He was a "scourge". The problem was, she had already been victimized.

"Eat noodles, eat noodles..." Zhou Sen turned his head and found that Wu En had almost finished his second bowl of noodles, and the noodles in his and Bai Yulan's bowls were a little shallower.

Bai Yulan was also really hungry. She could eat more than half of such a big bowl of noodles and mutton. She really wanted to give her a thumbs up.

"Here." Zhou Sen handed over the handkerchief and pointed to her mouth.

Bai Yulan hesitated for a moment, reached out to take it, wiped the corner of her mouth, was about to fold it, but was pulled by Zhou Sen, wiped her mouth too, and put it into her trouser pocket.

"you……"

"What are you, I don't dislike you, hurry up, if other banks get the news, it will be difficult for us to borrow more money!" Zhou Sen said, pulling Bai Yulan away.

……

"Thank you Manager Shen, we will cooperate again if we have the opportunity!"

"Master Zhou, go slowly." Manager Shen of the Loan Department of Manzhou Industrial Bank was full of joy. He made this order, and his commission was quite a lot. It is a high-quality asset.

As long as Zhou Sen doesn't pay the money, the bank can double the assets and sell them in a blink of an eye.

"Okay, I've mortgaged everything and got the money, it's up to you." Zhou Sen and Bai Yulan got into the car.

"Do you really trust me, and you are not afraid that I will take away such a huge sum of money from you?" Bai Yulan asked in disbelief.

"The money is gone, but people will keep it for me?" Zhou Sen chuckled.

"Do you really want to be with me?" Bai Yulan asked. She had never considered this question before. She was a married widow, and she was from that kind of background. She had a bad reputation. No one would marry her Such a woman as a wife.

"I said, I'm responsible for you."

"Do you think I will believe your nonsense?" Bai Yulan snorted coldly. Although she didn't believe what she said, she still felt quite comfortable listening to it.

In fact, Zhou Sen himself didn't know how long he could last, he and Bai Yulan felt a little sympathetic, maybe this was the arrangement of fate.

"Yulan, if I'm in trouble, will you help me with all your strength?" Zhou Sen asked, staring at Bai Yulan affectionately.

"Who allowed you to call me that..." Bai Yulan's cheeks blushed, and she scolded, but her tone couldn't tell that she was very angry.

"Actually, I don't want to be a policeman either. I want to engage in creative writing. I want to write scripts, novels, and act in dramas. This is my ideal." Zhou Sen said.

"Then if you don't want to be a policeman, then don't be. Is there someone forcing you to not be a policeman?" Bai Yulan asked.

"You can't help yourself in the rivers and lakes. If you didn't have Ningxiang Pavilion, you wouldn't be so tired, would you?" Zhou Sen said, "Those should not be your burden, and you are not their nanny. You should learn to let go of them. , let them find their own way out of life.”

Bai Yulan fell silent.

Yes, I did everything I could, but some people still left, and some even felt that I was in their way.

Of course, not all of them are ungrateful people. Most of the remaining ones can distinguish right from wrong and are willing to advance and retreat with her.

That's why she hasn't completely lost confidence yet.

"Front, get out of the car."

"Uh..." Zhou Sen thought she had made Bai Yulan angry, but who knew, she just wanted to change into her original clothes, so she let Zhou Sen get out of the car.

After Zhou Sen got into the car again, Bai Yulan had already changed into the original appearance of wrapping herself into rice dumplings.

"Find a quiet place ahead and put me down. If something happens, I'll let Ah Xiang come to you." Bai Yulan pointed to the set of clothes, shoes and hats that she had replaced, "This set of clothes will be sent to you." me?"

"Of course, I can't wear it either."

"Thank you, consider this the first gift you gave me." Bai Yulan nodded slightly. She had a lot of women's clothing in her closet, but this set of men's clothing was the first time in her life for her, and it meant a lot.

"Are we starting?"

Bai Yulan didn't answer, it was a tacit consent.

Already in the same boat.

(End of this chapter)