Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 79 The Shrewd Second Wife

"So what if you know? So what if you don't know?" The second wife sneered.

"Ma'am, Fu Mou sincerely wants to discuss a business with you this time." Steward Fu clapped his hands, and a servant came in with a small box and opened it. "Here is 1000 taels of cash. Ma'am, please take a look."

The silver in the small box was stacked neatly, shining in the afternoon sun.

The daughter-in-law of the second room refused to look away even though her eyes hurt from the reflection of the silver. She greedily grabbed two pieces of silver ingots and bit them vigorously in her mouth.

"Oh... real money, it's real money!" The second wife said excitedly.

She stretched out her hand to pull the box into her arms, but unexpectedly, the boy was one step ahead of her, and moved the cash box away first, and then began to tear the money into the second wife's hand until she was sweating all over. Only then did he tear the few pieces of silver back and put them into the cash box again.

The daughter-in-law of the second room swallowed reluctantly, feeling as if there were nails growing on her ass, and she couldn't sit still.

"The money is given and then taken back. How can there be such a reason for doing business? Fu Guanshi really has no sincerity at all. If this is the case, then there is no need to talk about it." The second wife got up and made a gesture to leave.

"Don't worry, ma'am." Manager Fu took out three more contracts from his arms, "As long as Madam signs the contract and tells me the secrets of handling wild bracken and pig offal and the recipes of those dishes, then you will not only get 1000 taels of silver, after we open a restaurant on every pier in the north of Dalongchao with these things, you can still get one-tenth of the dividends of these shops, and the settlement will be made monthly!"

"You, what are you talking about? Dividends from all the wharf shops in the whole north?" The second daughter-in-law was stunned, "Is this impossible? Can there be such a good thing in this world?"

"You have to thank shopkeeper Xiaoye for your ignorance, otherwise, how could you have such a good opportunity today? Madam is in Jiuwei Restaurant, and you can get a dividend of 80 taels of silver every month, right?" Manager Fu leaned on the back of the chair On the top, slightly raised his chin, like a master of the situation, with a calm smile.

"That's right," the daughter-in-law of the second room nodded and sneered, "The money is indeed too little. If it weren't for the fact that we are a family, I, You Yue'e, wouldn't be able to save my face and make trouble. How could we let her bully our second room like this?"

"Madam is right," Manager Fu nodded in satisfaction, then stared at her, and said word by word, "If Madam is willing to cooperate with Wu's Chamber of Commerce, from now on let Wu's small, medium and large piers in Beidi open What about a thousand restaurants? Madam can get 8 taels of silver every month, and 96 taels of silver a year, isn’t Madam not tempted?”

When Manager Fu said this, he thought to himself sarcastically, it's not easy for me to fool you, an ignorant village woman?
The second daughter-in-law was indeed tempted, she licked her lips, and greedily looked at the three contracts in front of her.

"Ma'am, as long as you press your fingerprints, after one year, you will have 96 taels of silver, and you will become the richest man in Yiling County!" Manager Fu emphasized his tone, and motioned the boy to take out the ink pad .

The boy took out the ink pad from his arms, lifted the cover of the ink pad, and put it in front of the second wife.

The second daughter-in-law looked at the ink pad and stretched out her hand.

Just when Manager Fu thought she would dip in the ink pad and stamp the three contracts with her hand, the second daughter-in-law's hand stopped.

She withdrew her hand and picked up the chopsticks to pick up the food again.

"Such a good opportunity is right in front of you, why don't you seize it?" Steward Fu tried his best to maintain his composure, already a little anxious in his heart.

"This is a big deal, I have to think about it," the second daughter-in-law said vaguely while eating the dishes with relish, "you go out first, I can't figure it out for a while, don't delay your business Damn, I know that busy people like you will lose one tael of silver for every quarter of an hour you delay, which is different from bastards like us!"

"Madam, Fu believes that you are a smart person, and will never give up this opportunity."

"I, You Yue'e, am not stupid. How can I leave 96 taels of silver and don't want it? If 96 taels of silver fell on my head, it wouldn't be smoke from my ancestral grave, but my ancestral grave was on fire! That is The coffin boards of my ancestors can’t hold it down anymore, so they insist on sending me money! It’s just that I suddenly have so much money, I’m a little flustered, I want to be quiet,” the second daughter-in-law frowned, “You first Go out, let me be alone, and ignore me, an ignorant village woman. I'm in your Wu family's restaurant, and I can't escape."

Manager Fu was helpless, so he had to say: "Okay, then Fu will give Madam a quiet environment. If Madam thinks it through, just put your finger prints on these three contracts. We each have one copy of this contract, and we will give you one more." Go to the government office to register. Madam, please hand over the contract to my valet when you go out, and he will definitely give you the 1000 taels of silver when the time comes!"

After finishing speaking, Manager Fu left the private room.

The boy left with the box of silver.

The private room immediately fell silent, only the sound of the second wife's chewing could be heard.

The daughter-in-law of the second room unhurriedly finished a table of meals, touched her round belly, hiccupped repeatedly, and took several sips of tea to suppress it.

This depression, but because I ate too much, I vomited it out.

The daughter-in-law of the second room looked at the spit out chicken, duck and fish, feeling very regretful.

Her eyes stayed on the contract for a moment, and she sneered silently.

She, You Yue'e, has lived for decades, is she still that dreaming girl?
She wants to see what is written in this contract and whether it is really legally binding.

The second daughter-in-law took out one of the contracts, folded it, and carefully stuffed it into the lining of her clothes. Then, pretending to be nonchalant, she pushed open the door.

"Have you done your fingerprints, ma'am?" the servant asked hastily.

"It's not quiet yet," the second daughter-in-law waved her hand, "I guess it will take a few more days. Don't worry, it will definitely not exceed three days!"

"Then... alright." The boy nodded in embarrassment.

"I'm your honored guest, order some food and take it away, is it okay?"

"Wait for me to ask Manager Fu." The boy said bravely.

"I still want to ask? Your restaurant is so stingy, you don't even want to send some meals to the distinguished guests. I think it will be finished sooner or later!" The second wife sneered, "I am a distinguished guest who will soon become the richest man in Yiling County. Can you afford to offend me?"

This boy was really no match for the sharp-tongued second wife, so he ran away.

After a while, the boy came back, and respectfully said to the second wife: "The manager Fu agrees, Madam, please order."

"Okay!" The second daughter-in-law went downstairs to the lobby on the first floor, pointed to the four signs on the far left and said, "What are these?"

"Here are four appetizing pickles." The servant replied.

"Is there any pickles?"

"Gone."

"Okay, then these four..."

The boy sarcastically thought to himself, it really is an ignorant village woman, who can be dismissed with a few pickles.

Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law of the second room said: "Then don't want these four, and give me all the other dishes on the wall! By the way, a few more people will bring these meals to the carriage from Qinghe County back to Qili Town."

"Those soups..."

"Then send some cups and earthen pots, is it difficult?" The second daughter-in-law curled her lips, "Your big restaurant is still short of this money, I feel ashamed for you!"

The boy blushed a little at what she said, but in his heart, he felt that her skin was too thick, and she would take it even if she ate it, but she still wanted to beat her up!
Forget it, forget it, this kind of person should stop fussing with her!
The boy went to the back kitchen and told the kitchen staff to cook all the dishes quickly.

Fortunately, it was late afternoon at this time, and it was not time for dinner, and there was not much business in the restaurant. In addition, most of the dishes were processed in advance, so after half an hour, the dishes requested by the second wife would be prepared get up.

The daughter-in-law of the second room jumped on the cart of the restaurant, sat in a pile of packed meals, and was pushed to the place where the carriage was rented in the town.

The people in the restaurant left after paying for the chartered car, and the second daughter-in-law said to the coachman, "Wait for me here, and I'll go to the opposite side to ask something."

Opposite the carriage and horse shop was a small stall, and behind the stall sat a half-aged scholar, who sold some calligraphy and paintings, and wrote and read letters for others.

The daughter-in-law of the second room went to sit down opposite the scholar, looked around cautiously, and after seeing that no one was watching her nearby, she pursed her lips and took out the contract she had stolen, and handed it to the scholar.

"You help me see this."

The scholar said, "Ten coins."

"Look first." The second daughter-in-law said eagerly.

The scholar spread out the contract and read it word by word.

The more I read, the more gloomy the second daughter-in-law's face became.

After the scholar finished reading, the daughter-in-law of the second room sneered, gritted her teeth and scolded: "Well, you have a dark heart, Manager Fu, I know you have no good intentions, and you still want to fool my mother? Bullying my mother is illiterate, in the contract It is written to let the old lady give you the prescription and recipes willingly, and still not take any money? If the old lady presses the fingerprint, then the old lady has lived in the stomach of a dog for decades!"

The daughter-in-law of the second room snatched the contract and tore it to pieces, but she was still puzzled and threw the scraps of paper on the ground and stepped on them twice.

"Elder sister, ten pennies." The scholar said.

The second daughter-in-law took out five copper coins from her purse, threw them on the table, and said coldly, "That's all!"

"Sister, you..."

"It's true that if you've read a little, a single word is worth a thousand gold? Giving you five copper coins is already a respect for you. If you dare to pester me again, you won't even think about taking the five coins away!"

After finishing speaking, the second daughter-in-law got up and gave him a glance, then turned and left.

When the second daughter-in-law returned to the pier in Qili Town in a carriage, today's dinner was sold out.

She directed the coachman to bring in the food from the cart, and set up several tables in a dazzling array.

Xiang girl asked while sweeping the floor: "Mother, what a good day today, why did you buy so many vegetables? Isn't it too expensive?"

"It wasn't your mother who bought it, it was a gift from someone else," the second daughter-in-law recounted what happened in the afternoon, and at the end, she glanced at Ye Qiongdan, "Adan, is your second aunt sincere to you? Ah, don't let down your second aunt's wishes."

(End of this chapter)