Chapter 255: Big Brother Was Cheated
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Second Manager You laughed heartily, then immediately raised his cup and clinked it with hers.
“Then I’ll wish your Spring Breeze Pavilion a prosperous business in advance!” “Thank you, Second Brother You!” Ji Zhao replied with a smile.
She already had a detailed plan. This year, she had to run the fried snack shop well. After earning the first bucket of gold, she would go to the prefecture to choose a suitable small shop. No matter what, she had to successfully build the brand of Spring Breeze Pavilion!
“By the way, Second Brother You, there’s one more thing I want to ask you.” Ji Zhao hurriedly asked, “I wonder if you’re familiar with Shopkeeper Zhao from the Zhao’s Rice Shop? Is this Shopkeeper Zhao a reliable person?”
“Are you referring to the Zhao’s Rice Shop at the entrance of East Street?’ Second Manager You was stunned at first, then asked curiously, “If you had asked me this question half a year ago, I would have told you that Old Zhao was honest and honest. Usually, when someone went to his place to buy rice, he would only give more and not less. However, half a year ago, Old Zhao fell and gambled with his brother-in-law. He became a gambler who did not care about his life. Naturally, the business of the rice shop plummeted. ‘
“But I heard that he has already found his next target, right? I wonder which fool is willing to take over Old Zhao’s mess. I reckon that Old Zhao owes at least a thousand taels of silver!”
Hearing this, Ji Zhao’s heart skipped a beat, and her face turned extremely pale.
Indeed, pies would not fall from the sky for no reason. What fell could only be a trap !
“Ah Tao, what’s wrong?” Second Manager You noticed that she did not look too good and asked anxiously, “Are you feeling unwell?”
“Second Brother You.” Ji Zhao squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.
“The person who took over Zhao’s Rice Shop is my eldest brother.”
“Eldest Brother?” Second Manager You ‘s eyes widened in surprise. “How did Eldest Brother Shen fall for it?”
“Big Brother felt that the shop was big enough. In addition, Shopkeeper Zhao lowered the price of the shop again and again, so Big Brother was tempted.” Ji Zhao smiled bitterly. “l only found out about this today.”
What was even more frustrating was that Brother Shen had even signed an unfair contract with Shopkeeper Zhao.
“Before Old Zhao leaves, let Eldest Brother Shen repent of this contract!” Second Manager You hurriedly stood up. ‘Today, I’ll give up this old face and be a middleman. Ah Tao, let’s not waste any more time. Quick, go to Shen Ji to find Eldest Brother! ‘
An hour later.
Eldest Brother Shen looked at the empty rice shop and slowly squatted down.
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have believed it— It turned out that all of this was a trap set up against him!
“Shopkeeper Zhao has already left the city overnight.” Second Manager You sighed softly. “If I’m not wrong, he left the city overnight after you signed the contract with him.’
Eldest Brother Shen buried his head in his hands, unwilling to admit this fact.
“Big Brother?” Ji Zhao looked at him and was really worried. “Don’t worry too much. There are always more solutions than difficulties.”
“Ah Tao.” After a moment of silence, Eldest Brother Shen slowly stood up. His eyes had unknowingly turned red. “Can you promise me not to tell your Eldest sister-in-law about this?”
“Dongmei… She’s about to give birth in a month. I don’t want her to worry.”
“Alright.” Ji Zhao immediately nodded. “But Big Brother, have you thought of what to do?”
“Tomorrow morning, I’ll go to the county office first.” After calming down, Brother Shen had already thought of a solution. “Let’s prepare a case in the county office first. Then, I’ll think of a way to get the county magistrate to help. Other than that, I can’t think of any other good solution…”
“Okay.”
The night wind blew, and the shadows of the trees floated. The air seemed to be filled with the residual fragrance of plum blossoms.
When Ji Zhao returned to the guest room of the restaurant, she felt exhausted both physically and mentally.
“Ah Tao?” Shen Yao immediately walked to her side and thoughtfully handed her a cup of snow pear soup. “How is it?”
“Big Brother has been deceived.” Ji Zhao looked up at him and said in a distressed tone, “Now that Shopkeeper Zhao has gone missing, we don’t know how this matter will develop in the end… Zhao’s Rice Shop owes a total of 1,235 taels of silver!”
Even if they sold Shen Ji, they probably wouldn ‘t be able to gather so much money.
“I don’t know if I’m too sensitive, but I keep feeling that Shopkeeper Zhao was up to no good when he approached Big Brother!” Ji Zhao wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned against his chest. She said in a low voice, “And all of this seems to be a trap deliberately targeted at Big Brother.”
“Don’t think too much.” Shen Yao gently rubbed her head and said gently, “Things haven’t reached the worst situation yet. We can’t panic yet. Ah Tao, you’ve been tired for a day. Have a good rest. ‘
Okay! ‘
The next morning, Eldest Brother Shen was stunned when he opened the door of Shen Ji.
There was actually a large group of fierce-looking people standing outside the door of Shen Ji. Those people were all holding sticks and looked like they were not to be trifled with.
“Everyone, it’s not time for Shen Ji to open for business yet!” Eldest Brother Shen calmed himself down and said with a smile.
“Pfft! We’re not here to buy pastries!’ “Let me ask you, are you the new owner of Zhao’s Rice Shop on East Street?”
“Did that bastard Zhao Xu run away?’
“He owes us brothers a lot of money. You know that, right?”
“Since you’ve become the new owner of the rice shop, please settle our salary first!”
Those people spoke one after another, surrounding the entire Shen family.
Eldest Brother Shen anxiously wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and hurriedly shouted, “Everyone, don’t be anxious. Let’s talk things out. Can we sit down and discuss it slowly?”
“Pfft! I won’t discuss it with you unscrupulous merchants!’
“Isn’t that so? You unscrupulous merchants only know how to squeeze the value of poor workers like us! ”
“In short, since you’ve taken over Old Zhao’s shop, you have to settle the salary of us brothers first!
“If you’re not willing to calculate it clearly, then we won’t leave today! Come on! Brothers, let’s stand in front of the door of Shen Ji today. I want to see who else will buy your Shen Ji’s pastries!”
Eldest Brother Shen did not expect the workers in the rice shop to be so unreasonable.
“Little brother, can we negotiate nicely?” Eldest Brother Shen said anxiously.
“Yes, I wanted to buy Zhao’s Rice Shop at first, but I didn’t expect Old Zhao to owe you money! But we have to be reasonable, right? The person who owes the money is Old Zhao. If you want to find him, you should find him. Don’t you think that makes sense?”
“Pfft!” The tall man in the lead spat on Eldest Brother Shen’s face. “You unscrupulous businessman, do you think I don’t know? Old Zhao said that the new owner has already signed the contract.. He will settle the salary of the brothers! This contract is in my hands!’