Yuan Nianyun saw him blushing and standing there stupidly. She thought he was embarrassed, so he lowered his voice and explained: "Don't take it seriously if you are joking to tease your sister."
Shu Ming's face heated up and he said hurriedly: "I know, I didn't take it seriously... By the way, these are the pastries you want. The top box is glutinous rice rolls, and the bottom box is moon cakes filled with red dates and coconut paste."
Yuan Nianyun took the two boxes of cakes and turned back to signal Cuicui to pay.
"No money, just giving you food is just a thank you for taking care of our business last time." Shu Mingzhi waved his hands repeatedly.
"How can that be done? It's not easy for you to make a little money. I'm embarrassed to be freeloaders."
Yuan Nianyun forcefully pushed the money into his hand and said: "My aunt tasted the things I bought from you last time and liked them very much. This time I want two portions and one to give away."
Then he took out another ten taels of silver from his purse and handed it to him.
Shu Mingzhi looked at the twenty taels of silver in his hand and was confused, "This can't be that much..."
Yuan Nianyun waved his hand generously, "The extra money will be considered as your travel expenses for delivery. Next time you have something delicious, remember to deliver it."
After a pause, she glanced at the trembling boy kneeling at the door, and added: "I will say hello to the concierge in advance. Next time I come, just ask the boy to pass the message."
Upon hearing this, the boy immediately kowtowed to show his loyalty: "You know, I know, next time I will definitely..."
"There will be no next time." Yuan Nianyun interrupted him expressionlessly, "Cui Cui, tell Butler Zhang that our Yuan Mansion is too small to accommodate this big shot, and let him handle it properly."
After Yuan Nianyun left, Shu Mingzhi stared blankly at the door for a long time. Finally, he slapped his thigh as if waking up from a dream and said: "Oh, you are worthy of being a young lady from a wealthy family. Not only is she kind-hearted, but she also speaks with aura.
Tsk tsk, that’s great.”
Shu Mingli shook his head disdainfully, "You are a kind-hearted person with a great aura. You are just interested in his status as the county magistrate's daughter!"
Doesn’t he know it yet? This certain person is a pure flatterer. When he sees a dignitary, he wants to hug his thighs. That’s vulgar!
"No, my fourth uncle is obviously interested in the money in his pocket!" Yan Yan, a money-lover, corrected him confidently.
"You guys don't understand anything!" Shu Mingzhi glanced at them arrogantly and walked away happily with the money in his pocket.
Then the three of them brought the remaining shredded coconut and coconut oil to Baiweilou. Even before it was time to eat, many customers came to the store.
It was bustling and lively.
Just as Shu Mingzhi was hesitating whether to go through the back door, Zhou Shengcai, who was waiting for customers in the front, spotted them, and his smiling face instantly turned into a chrysanthemum.
"Hey, little brother, you are finally here. If you don't come, I will put up notices in the city looking for you!"
Zhou Shengcai enthusiastically invited people to the backyard. After saying hello, he couldn't wait to get to the point, "How many things have you brought this time? Hurry and take them down for me to see."
The two men put down the baskets on their backs and took out the bottles and cans inside one by one. Except for the two bottles of coconut oil and two bottles of coconut mash they sold to Yuan Nianyun, there were still seven bottles of coconut oil and ten cans of coconut mash.
Shu Mingzhi was afraid that he would think it was too much, so he explained in advance: "You can take as many bottles as you want, and we can take away the rest."
However, the stingy boss stopped being stingy this time. He waved his hand and said boldly: "I've got it all covered!"
"Ah?" Shu Mingzhi was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.
Originally, he wanted to finish the business of Baiweilou and go to other restaurants to promote it and attract a few more customers. Who would have thought that Iron Rooster would change his gender!
"Are you sure you want both? These total forty-one taels of silver."
Zhou Shengcai's heart trembled when he heard the amount of money, and his heroic spirit suddenly shrank by half, "Little brother, I bought so much, do you think you can put a zero on it, thirty-five liang?"
Shu Mingzhi: "..."
Haha, you are indeed an iron rooster, the way of erasing zeros is so unique.
Yan Yan skillfully hugged her fourth uncle's thigh and said, "Uncle, why don't we sell it to another store? Ask two more families, maybe we can sell it for more money to buy candies."
Shu Mingzhi turned around and left very cooperatively.
"If you can't wipe it off, just wipe it off. Don't leave." Zhou Shengcai grabbed Shu Mingzhi and hurriedly took out his purse with his other hand. After counting for a long time, he finally collected forty-one taels of silver.
Shu Mingzhi got the money and laughed so hard, "Boss Zhou is very generous. I wish us a happy cooperation next time in advance."
Zhou Shengcai touched his chest in pain. Oh, his money. From today on, he has to skip one meal a day to make up for the lost money.
After leaving Baiweilou, the three of them walked around the county town again. They first bought dozens of porcelain bottles and the ingredients that Mrs. Shu needed, and then bought a bunch of food. They usually made meat buns and sesame pancakes that they were reluctant to eat.
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Passing by Wuweizhai on the way, Shu Mingzhi insisted on going in to humiliate the look-down boy.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the store, the clerk suddenly rushed up and hugged his arm. At the same time, he turned to the backyard and shouted: "Boss, come here quickly, the coconut oil seller has been found!"
After a while, a tall, thin, shrewd-looking man ran over. When he saw Shu Mingzhi, he was even more enthusiastic than when he met his biological father. He held his hand and called him a good brother.
Shu Mingzhi's fingers were almost broken, and it took a lot of effort to free his hands from his clutches, "No, who are you? Do we know each other?"
"We didn't know each other before, but from now on we are half-brothers." The man patted his chest and said, "I, Fang Shengtian, the boss of Wuweizhai, may I ask what your surname is?"
Shu Mingzhi led Xiaotuanzi and hid beside Shu Mingli, "There's no need to ask for your last name. Just tell me what you want to do first."
Fang Shengtian continued to nuzzle him, "I want to buy some of your coconut oil and coconut flakes. What do you think? Do you want to sell them?"
"Shopping..." Shu Mingzhi felt happy in his heart. You didn't like it last time when he took the initiative to come. This time it's your turn to beg me, right?
But he pretended to be embarrassed, "I'm afraid this is not good, we are country bumpkins from the village, and the things we make are also vulgar. How can we dare to sell them to Wuweizhai?"
"Brother, what are you talking about?"
Fang Shengtian was puzzled. He had been away from the store for something a few days ago. When he came back, he heard that Baiweilou bought two fresh things from someone and started selling pastries in the store.
The key is that the pastry was so popular that everyone lined up to buy it, causing Wuweizhai's business to plummet.
Just when he was too worried to eat, the waiter in the store came over and said that he had seen the group selling coconut oil.
He originally planned to take his assistant to camp outside Baiwei Building tomorrow, but he didn't expect someone to take the initiative to deliver it to his door.
Just from the tone of his words, it seemed like he had an opinion about him.
Shu Mingzhi glanced at the clerk and said, "You'd better ask your clerk about this, he knows it very well."
Fang Shengtian turned to look at the guy, "What's going on?"
"Just a little thing... This brother came to the store to sell something a few days ago. I didn't know the stuff was so good at the time, so I just confiscated it. How could I have known..."
The boy's voice became softer and quieter, and he shrank his neck like a quail.