Black-bellied Xianggong: Cute wife is not easy to mess with

Chapter 156: Overhand (Part [-])

Although autumn is still a few days away, the pattering rain has already begun to fall.Shi Tianci was sitting by the window in Tongru Bookstore, with a pot of hot wine and two dishes of side dishes in front of him, drinking very comfortably.Gu San sat in front of him, holding a pot to pour wine for him, with a smile on his face.Shi Tianci looked at the full wine glass, laughed too, and asked, "Aunt Huang is so refreshing this time?"

Gu San put down the jug, with a look of color on his face: "Brother, I'm not boasting, brother, I can't do anything else, I'm definitely good at giving gifts. I first asked Lai Fuyi at the back door of Bai's house, and I learned that Aunt Huang just gave birth, and it's I got a young master, so I immediately turned around and left. I went to the gold shop and bought gold locks and bracelets, and in your name, big brother, I bought a whole set of suet jade heads. The big girl at home."

The head of suet jade!That's not cheap, he won't spend all his savings from time to time, will he?Shi Tianci secretly felt distressed, and asked: "You can just buy a gold lock and gold bracelet to congratulate Aunt Huang on her precious son. Why are you still currying favor with his eldest daughter?"

Gu San laughed complacently: "Brother, you don't know about this, I thought to myself, this Aunt Huang just gave birth, it must be inconvenient for the director, she must entrust it to the confidants around her, and her grown-up son A daughter, her son has already died of Hualiu disease, and there is only one daughter left. Can you not entrust her to take care of this business matter temporarily? Brother, don't feel bad about the money. , The eldest girl of their family revealed the news to us, I think their eldest girl is very straightforward, and she is easier to deal with than Aunt Huang."

Okay, okay, as long as you can find out the news, it will come back after the money is gone, Shi Tianci comforted himself silently in his heart, leaned forward and asked, "Then what does the eldest girl in their family say?"

Gu San leaned closer to Shi Tianci and lowered his voice: "Charcoal! It's charcoal! This year, I want two thousand catties of charcoal for nothing!"

Shi Tianci asked anxiously, "Is the news accurate?"

"Accurate! Definitely accurate!" Gu San vowed, "In fact, Bai Caiban has already got the exact information, but he just kept it secret and waited for others to inquire about it, so that he could sell it for a good price. But don't worry, big brother, Mr. Bai Family Both the girl and Laifu said that we were the first to inquire about the news, and no one in Xing County, Quanyang has received any news yet."

"This old fox!" Shi Tianci couldn't help cursing.Bai Caiban had promised the Mu family early in the morning that he would cooperate with the Mu family, but when he got the news, he still kept it secret. Who was he waiting to sell it to?Sure enough, officials are less honest than business people, and they cannot be trusted at all.Fortunately, he was quick-witted and asked Gu San to inquire about it, otherwise when Bai Caibian opened his mouth, how could he make any money!

After Shi Tianci scolded Bai Caiban, he stood up decisively and said: "We can find out this news, and others will certainly be able to. I have to order charcoal quickly!"

"Okay, brother, you go, I'll guard the store for you." Gu San hurriedly went to get an oiled paper umbrella, and handed it to Shi Tianci.

Shi Tianci opened the umbrella and walked out of the store, a gust of cool wind hit him, which made him shiver involuntarily. Gu San wanted to get him some clothes to wear, but Shi Tianci thought it was troublesome, so he just shrugged his shoulders went.

Although it is starting to get colder today, it will take at least three months before we can use charcoal. If you order charcoal so early, you will definitely get it at the lowest price.Thinking happily, Shi Tianci stepped into the first shop selling daily necessities and asked the boss about the price of charcoal.

However, the shopkeeper told him directly: "The guests don't need to ask, this year's charcoal has been booked by a big merchant, and even the deposit has been paid."

Because it was only the first store, Shi Tianci didn't care, and immediately went to the next door. However, the shopkeeper of the next door had already heard his question clearly, and waved at him repeatedly before he entered the door. : "Guest, you don't need to inquire, all the charcoal on our street has already been bagged."

All the charcoal on the street was packed by someone?How is this possible?Shi Tianci didn't believe it at all, and still went to inquire next to him, but the result was beyond his expectation. Just as the shopkeeper of the second shop said, all the charcoal was booked by others, and even the deposit was paid. .

How is this going?Didn't Gu San say that they were the first to hear the news?How could the charcoal be preempted by people? !He wished he could go back to Tongru Bookstore right now and ask Gu San by his collar, but time waits for no one, especially in this situation, he has to inquire as soon as possible to see if there is anything he missed—— As long as he can buy charcoal, he is not afraid of buying charcoal in vain. After all, the agreement signed at the beginning is still there in black and white. Mu Changguang is working in the same yamen.

Yangxing County is not big, so he rented a horse and galloped all the way. In less than half a day, he asked all the shops in the county, even the wooden barrel shop that could not sell charcoal, and finally found out There are two stores that still have stock.But just as he breathed a sigh of relief, troubles came again—these two stores are not very big, and there are only half of the goods left—the total amount is less than five hundred catties, which is less than two thousand catties. The goal is far away!
Shi Tianci was so anxious that he begged one of the shopkeepers: "Can you get me some more goods?"

But the shopkeeper shook his head again and again: "The charcoal has already been ordered from someone in the mountains, and I can't change it. Or, the guest, you can go to the neighboring county to see it? There must be some in the neighboring county."

Of course he knew that there would be one in the neighboring county!But this is two thousand catties of charcoal, two thousand catties!How much trouble would it take to ship them back, and how much would it cost? !Don't make calculations in the end, it's a loss!

Shi Tianci was so irritable, but he was helpless, so he got on his horse and galloped back to Tongru Bookstore, and yelled at Gu San as soon as he entered the door: "Didn't you tell me that we were the first to know about charcoal?" What?!"

Gu San was stunned by the yelling, and after he realized it, he hurried to close the door of the bookstore, and hurriedly said: "Brother, keep your voice down, and be careful not to be picked up by others, this news cost a lot of money to buy. of!"

"Pick up, pick up a P!" Shi Tianci was so angry that he threw the oil-paper umbrella on him, "All the charcoal in Xing County of Quanyang has already been ordered, and you still take this news as a treasure! "

"How is this possible?!" Gu San couldn't believe it, ignoring the pain in his chest from being hit by the umbrella, he jumped up and said, "Laifu told me personally that the eldest girl in their family said that so far, apart from us, there are still No one has gone to Bai Caiban to inquire about this news!"

Shi Tianci stared at him without speaking, his face was frighteningly dark.

Gu San flinched for a moment, and began to beat the drum in his heart, saying: "Why don't I ask again?"

(End of this chapter)