“What are you saying!”
“I was born a beggar …”
“Eh!” Su Tang knocked on his head fiercely, “You were a beggar before, are you still one? As the saying goes, heroes don’t ask about their origins, and now you are a little boss. It’s not too bad to say that! “
Seeing Xiao Mo’s muffled silence, Su Tang said, “If you think you are a beggar, you will always be a beggar! Before others despise you, you are despising yourself first!”
Su Tang wanted to continue saying something, when Zhan Yizheng walked in with a smile on his face, lowered his voice, and said, “Don’t give me these ideas! If you want to be by my side, act like a man and marry Xi Que first! “
After Zhan Yizhi said those words, Su Tang got up and greeted him, leaving Xiao Mo to contemplate on those words by himself.
Zhan Yizhi wore a sack-coloured gown today, tied with a black inlaid jade waist, so he looked even more straightforward and crowned. Seeing Su Tang wearing black clothes, he couldn’t help frown—he had seen her wearing the same clothes thrice! Did she have many pieces of the same style?
But there was only a moment of doubt, and he quickly smiled with an eyebrow: “Brother Su, I haven’t seen you for a long time, I was really worried!”
Su Tang twitched her mouth and laughed, “Hehe, hehe, it’s miss, miss. I didn’t know Master Zhan was looking for me?”
“What’s this “Master Zhan”? That sounds too distant, call me Yizhi.” As he said, he easily pulled Su Tang by her hand and went to the table—very familiarly.
His sudden move shocked Su Tang, and Xiao Mo was stunned. Just then, Xi Que yelled—”Let go!”
As he said, a figure rushed forward, pulling Yizhi’s hand, and then pulling Su Tang far away.
Zhan Yizhi looked at Xi Que, who was glaring at him with a blank expression—Why was this little girl so agitated? Why is she so hostile every time she sees me?
Su Tang wanted to explain something, but she couldn’t make up a reason, so she just laughed and said, “Come, let’s talk after sitting down.” Then, she glared at Xi Que, but who knew that she’d receive an even more vicious glare from Xi Que. Feeling her scalp go numb, she glanced at Xiao Mo, thinking about quickly marrying her [Xi Que] off.
Zhan Yizhi was still confused, but felt the softness and warmth left on his hands, and couldn’t help laughing: “Brother Su’s hands are very smooth!”
Xi Que’s eyes almost popped out at the comment. Yizhi, you are not only taking advantage of my lady, you still have the face to say it out loud! Soft your head! Tender your head! Do you think it’s tofu?!
Su Tang was embarrassed, so she said: “Let’s just get back to business, I have to rush back.”
“Oh, Brother Su is in a hurry! I’ll do one thing, I’ll leave with you and talk while we walk!” Zhan Yizhi hastened and stood up to leave.
Su Tang shouted bitterly, “No no no, just say it right here!”
“Since that’s the case, I’ll cut to the chase! Brother Su, I want to partner with you, I wonder if you’d be interested.”
“Ah?” Su Tang was startled. She blinked and asked, “Why?”
Zhan Yizhi solemnly said, “A person needs to be self-aware. I know that I have no aptitude for business, and what I do won’t end up good, but Brother Su, on the other hand, is a good businessman. That’s why I want to borrow the hand of Brother Su and earn some money! My plan is something like this: I won’t charge anything for the annual rent this year, and I can also invest in something, of course, what’s money anyway? If Brother Su is willing, let’s talk about it. Anyway, I just paid for the land, and Brother Su, you still have the shop; the administration and management will still have your final say, I’ll never intervene. So, what do you think?”
After listening to what he said Su Tang was a little dazed, “Why do you trust me so much?” Although she knew that she had good acumen for business, what this Zhan Yizhi was saying only had three facets of the plan and all faced her. How could he trust her so much? What if she decided to cheat him? Or what if she only lost money all year round?
Zhan Yizhi smiled, showing his neat white teeth, “As the saying goes, ‘once familiar, thrice a family’. I have seen Brother Su three times, so naturally, you are my family.”
Su Tang felt embarrassed, she hadn’t heard such a saying.
“As the saying goes, trust is borne from the heart. I can see that Brother Su is full of spirit and has a lot of wisdom reflecting from his brows, and has clear eyes without malice. It can be seen that you have a very good heart! I have never seen these qualities in someone else. Well, except for one person, but that person is an enigma that can only be seen once in 500 years, which is an entirely different story.” Su Tang didn’t know the experiences he had gone through to show such a rueful smile while mentioning the enigma, however, he soon recovered and said, “So, I have reason to believe that Brother Su is a trustworthy person!”
What kind of reason was this? Su Tang felt that this Zhan Yizhi was always absurd and full of dumb ‘sayings’.
“I don’t know what Master Zhan thought of this year?” His looks belonged to someones whose age couldn’t be easily identified. In addition, his talking and acting style made it hard to judge.
Zhan Yizhi laughed, “I was born in the year of the chicken. I am 21 this year and have yet to marry. But when I went out this morning, I met a fortune teller and he said that I will be hit by a red star, so I have been waiting, but it’s weird. I’m a handsome man, but I’ve yet to have any peach blossoms in all these years.”
Su Tang was speechless when saw him go on. I only asked you for your age. What is all this useless talk?
Su Tang interrupted, “Do you want to partner with me?”
“Naturally!” Zhan Yi’s heartbroken expression just now, suddenly, turned serious.
“Well then, let’s write a one-year contract first. The rent will be free, and for the time being, I don’t want you to take any more money. You can get 20% of the profit every month, how about that?”
Originally, the monthly profit was at most about 100 liang in Ping City, but here, it was at least double the amount. Then, she could get a profit of 480 liang a year. If she deducted the rent, that is 360 liang, there was only 120 liang left. Although Su Tang was somewhat unwilling to pay the cost, this cost couldn’t be saved anyway, after all, there was still a shop named Rong Ji on the fork of the three roads. Even the boss there looked like he was a good-for-nothing, he was not someone she could deal with easily and he had a lot of backers behind him. If he came to her for trouble one day, it would become a big issue, this was the reason why Su Tang wanted to quickly find a backer for herself. Although Lord Zhan Yizhi was only a magistrate ranked deputy-Seventh in the government, he was picked by the emperor himself, so the meaning behind his identity was very different! Now Lord Zhan Yizhi had come to her with the proposal for cooperation, if she still dealt with perfunctorily she would be a real idiot.
Therefore, Su Tang simply agreed and opened up the conditions: she could only give 20% of the profit, because there were others like Xiao Mo in the store, as well as the group of maidservants, and more. The store couldn’t go around by itself.
Zhan Yizhi didn’t mind if it was 20% or 30%. He is satisfied as long as he could join the group so that the old man at home will not say at least that he “is idle and earns nothing”. Of course, with his income, he would not worry about being shy in the pocket after spending his salary at the beginning of each month.
His thoughts were very simple. This brother Su was not a bad guy. Besides, even if he was a bad guy, he was an official belonging to the Imperial Court, so he didn’t have any fear that the other party might play tricks on him. What’s more, he just paid for the land, and he could make money for nothing when others were busy, how cost-effective! If he Pfftt money in the future, he could still do business by himself!
Master Zhan was also excellent.
In the end, the two discussed again and set up the required documents to sign the deal. Of course, Xiao Mo was the one who took the initiative to sign, which made Zhan Yizhi puzzled. Before he had a chat with Xiao Mo, he was already aware that Brother Su was the big boss.
Su Tang explained: “I have a very strict house, and I’m prohibited from doing any business. Which is why I’ve entrusted this duty to my confidant.”
When Zhan Yi heard the words, he nodded unconsciously, and then sighed, “Every promising young man’s home has a serious old-fashioned antique!”
Su Tang nodded again and again, right!
Zhan Yizhi continued: “… which is called a father!”
“…”
Pfft!
“What are you saying!”
“I was born a beggar …”
“Eh!” Su Tang knocked on his head fiercely, “You were a beggar before, are you still one? As the saying goes, heroes don’t ask about their origins, and now you are a little boss. It’s not too bad to say that! “
Seeing Xiao Mo’s muffled silence, Su Tang said, “If you think you are a beggar, you will always be a beggar! Before others despise you, you are despising yourself first!”
Su Tang wanted to continue saying something, when Zhan Yizheng walked in with a smile on his face, lowered his voice, and said, “Don’t give me these ideas! If you want to be by my side, act like a man and marry Xi Que first! “
After Zhan Yizhi said those words, Su Tang got up and greeted him, leaving Xiao Mo to contemplate on those words by himself.
Zhan Yizhi wore a sack-coloured gown today, tied with a black inlaid jade waist, so he looked even more straightforward and crowned. Seeing Su Tang wearing black clothes, he couldn’t help frown—he had seen her wearing the same clothes thrice! Did she have many pieces of the same style?
But there was only a moment of doubt, and he quickly smiled with an eyebrow: “Brother Su, I haven’t seen you for a long time, I was really worried!”
Su Tang twitched her mouth and laughed, “Hehe, hehe, it’s miss, miss. I didn’t know Master Zhan was looking for me?”
“What’s this “Master Zhan”? That sounds too distant, call me Yizhi.” As he said, he easily pulled Su Tang by her hand and went to the table—very familiarly.
His sudden move shocked Su Tang, and Xiao Mo was stunned. Just then, Xi Que yelled—”Let go!”
As he said, a figure rushed forward, pulling Yizhi’s hand, and then pulling Su Tang far away.
Zhan Yizhi looked at Xi Que, who was glaring at him with a blank expression—Why was this little girl so agitated? Why is she so hostile every time she sees me?
Su Tang wanted to explain something, but she couldn’t make up a reason, so she just laughed and said, “Come, let’s talk after sitting down.” Then, she glared at Xi Que, but who knew that she’d receive an even more vicious glare from Xi Que. Feeling her scalp go numb, she glanced at Xiao Mo, thinking about quickly marrying her [Xi Que] off.
Zhan Yizhi was still confused, but felt the softness and warmth left on his hands, and couldn’t help laughing: “Brother Su’s hands are very smooth!”
Xi Que’s eyes almost popped out at the comment. Yizhi, you are not only taking advantage of my lady, you still have the face to say it out loud! Soft your head! Tender your head! Do you think it’s tofu?!
Su Tang was embarrassed, so she said: “Let’s just get back to business, I have to rush back.”
“Oh, Brother Su is in a hurry! I’ll do one thing, I’ll leave with you and talk while we walk!” Zhan Yizhi hastened and stood up to leave.
Su Tang shouted bitterly, “No no no, just say it right here!”
“Since that’s the case, I’ll cut to the chase! Brother Su, I want to partner with you, I wonder if you’d be interested.”
“Ah?” Su Tang was startled. She blinked and asked, “Why?”
Zhan Yizhi solemnly said, “A person needs to be self-aware. I know that I have no aptitude for business, and what I do won’t end up good, but Brother Su, on the other hand, is a good businessman. That’s why I want to borrow the hand of Brother Su and earn some money! My plan is something like this: I won’t charge anything for the annual rent this year, and I can also invest in something, of course, what’s money anyway? If Brother Su is willing, let’s talk about it. Anyway, I just paid for the land, and Brother Su, you still have the shop; the administration and management will still have your final say, I’ll never intervene. So, what do you think?”
After listening to what he said Su Tang was a little dazed, “Why do you trust me so much?” Although she knew that she had good acumen for business, what this Zhan Yizhi was saying only had three facets of the plan and all faced her. How could he trust her so much? What if she decided to cheat him? Or what if she only lost money all year round?
Zhan Yizhi smiled, showing his neat white teeth, “As the saying goes, ‘once familiar, thrice a family’. I have seen Brother Su three times, so naturally, you are my family.”
Su Tang felt embarrassed, she hadn’t heard such a saying.
“As the saying goes, trust is borne from the heart. I can see that Brother Su is full of spirit and has a lot of wisdom reflecting from his brows, and has clear eyes without malice. It can be seen that you have a very good heart! I have never seen these qualities in someone else. Well, except for one person, but that person is an enigma that can only be seen once in 500 years, which is an entirely different story.” Su Tang didn’t know the experiences he had gone through to show such a rueful smile while mentioning the enigma, however, he soon recovered and said, “So, I have reason to believe that Brother Su is a trustworthy person!”
What kind of reason was this? Su Tang felt that this Zhan Yizhi was always absurd and full of dumb ‘sayings’.
“I don’t know what Master Zhan thought of this year?” His looks belonged to someones whose age couldn’t be easily identified. In addition, his talking and acting style made it hard to judge.
Zhan Yizhi laughed, “I was born in the year of the chicken. I am 21 this year and have yet to marry. But when I went out this morning, I met a fortune teller and he said that I will be hit by a red star, so I have been waiting, but it’s weird. I’m a handsome man, but I’ve yet to have any peach blossoms in all these years.”
Su Tang was speechless when saw him go on. I only asked you for your age. What is all this useless talk?
Su Tang interrupted, “Do you want to partner with me?”
“Naturally!” Zhan Yi’s heartbroken expression just now, suddenly, turned serious.
“Well then, let’s write a one-year contract first. The rent will be free, and for the time being, I don’t want you to take any more money. You can get 20% of the profit every month, how about that?”
Originally, the monthly profit was at most about 100 liang in Ping City, but here, it was at least double the amount. Then, she could get a profit of 480 liang a year. If she deducted the rent, that is 360 liang, there was only 120 liang left. Although Su Tang was somewhat unwilling to pay the cost, this cost couldn’t be saved anyway, after all, there was still a shop named Rong Ji on the fork of the three roads. Even the boss there looked like he was a good-for-nothing, he was not someone she could deal with easily and he had a lot of backers behind him. If he came to her for trouble one day, it would become a big issue, this was the reason why Su Tang wanted to quickly find a backer for herself. Although Lord Zhan Yizhi was only a magistrate ranked deputy-Seventh in the government, he was picked by the emperor himself, so the meaning behind his identity was very different! Now Lord Zhan Yizhi had come to her with the proposal for cooperation, if she still dealt with perfunctorily she would be a real idiot.
Therefore, Su Tang simply agreed and opened up the conditions: she could only give 20% of the profit, because there were others like Xiao Mo in the store, as well as the group of maidservants, and more. The store couldn’t go around by itself.
Zhan Yizhi didn’t mind if it was 20% or 30%. He is satisfied as long as he could join the group so that the old man at home will not say at least that he “is idle and earns nothing”. Of course, with his income, he would not worry about being shy in the pocket after spending his salary at the beginning of each month.
His thoughts were very simple. This brother Su was not a bad guy. Besides, even if he was a bad guy, he was an official belonging to the Imperial Court, so he didn’t have any fear that the other party might play tricks on him. What’s more, he just paid for the land, and he could make money for nothing when others were busy, how cost-effective! If he Pfftt money in the future, he could still do business by himself!
Master Zhan was also excellent.
In the end, the two discussed again and set up the required documents to sign the deal. Of course, Xiao Mo was the one who took the initiative to sign, which made Zhan Yizhi puzzled. Before he had a chat with Xiao Mo, he was already aware that Brother Su was the big boss.
Su Tang explained: “I have a very strict house, and I’m prohibited from doing any business. Which is why I’ve entrusted this duty to my confidant.”
When Zhan Yi heard the words, he nodded unconsciously, and then sighed, “Every promising young man’s home has a serious old-fashioned antique!”
Su Tang nodded again and again, right!
Zhan Yizhi continued: “… which is called a father!”
“…”
Pfft!
