Qu Biqian stared at Gu Qingdai in disbelief. Is she still the sister she had been with?
She admitted that her partnership with Qin Liu'er as a clock player was motivated by her own ambition. She could bear Mr. Dong's insult to her, but couldn't it make up for today's mistake?
Moreover, Zhong Ling also made mistakes. Didn't the relationship between them begin at Na's Silk Shop?
"What Qingdai said is true. I am a dirty person in the secret door. How can I get into the elegant hall of your tea house?" Qu Biqian wiped away her tears and forced her fair face up.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Qin Liuer quickly tried to mediate it: "Xiao Qian, don't misrepresent Shopkeeper Gu. She has never discriminated against you!"
Gu Qingdai simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly: "Xiao Qian, you have to make it clear that it's not that I discriminate against you, but that your current status makes others look down on you."
"I am an innocent young lady, why do you look down on me? If we really talk about it, it is not certain who is inferior to the other!" Qu Biqian became more and more angry and was no longer as docile as usual.
"Why are you so excited? Listen to what shopkeeper Gu has to say. After so many years of sisterhood, don't you understand what kind of person she is?"
Qin Liu'er held Qu Biqian's arm and rubbed her heart back and forth with her fingers to smoothen her breathing.
Gu Qingdai threw the account book on the table, and Mr. Dong stood up immediately and backed out wisely.
"You are a servant in the study apartment. Except for the occasional blatant unruly ones like Lian Yuchuan, the other patrons and the madam respect you." Gu Qingdai walked over and slammed the door of the accounting room.
Closed with a sound.
Qin Liu'er was used to seeing Gu Qingdai's approachable appearance, but her sudden solemnity really shocked her to the point of trembling with fear.
"But ask yourself, are the recent humiliations all because of this identity? Don't you understand? Only by regaining your freedom as soon as possible can you live an upright life like Qin Liu'er!"
Qu Biqian shed tears of grievance again, "Then you won't tell me properly? Do you have to drive me away from your place with a straight face? I must have a share of the credit for the smooth resumption of the Lion Dance Teahouse, right?"
"I will definitely be happy if you come here every day, but can you be happy yourself? Today I fought with Zhong Ling and did not suffer any loss. Tomorrow it is Song Yueting and his like. If he hits you, do you still dare to fight back?"
"I..." Qu Biqian was so resentful that she was speechless.
Gu Qingdai hated her so much, "I have reminded you more than once to make plans for your redemption. If you can't find the love you want, don't put your hopes on men. Let's rely on ourselves and Shu Yu."
Negotiate terms."
"How can I talk about it? The madam keeps raising the price for me!" Qu Biqian wrung the ropa in her hand angrily.
"The teahouse was in trouble before. You gave me your money and lent me an jade ring. You even invited Qin Liu'er back for me. I remember all of this."
"You have done many things for me, and I still remember them."
"I never dared to promise you anything, because I felt I had no confidence at that time. Now that the teahouse is on the right track, I will leave it at that. I will do my best to redeem you."
Qu Biqian was so moved that she stepped forward and hugged Gu Qingdai, sobbing uncontrollably.
Qin Liu'er seemed to feel the same way, and she clung to Qu Biqian's back and began to cry together.
Qu Biqian finally listened to Gu Qingdai's words and returned to her study to work diligently in order to escape from the world as soon as possible.
Through this incident, Qin Liuer gained a deeper understanding of Gu Qingdai, and she decided that Gu Qingdai was her target.
She is also an independent woman with little foundation. In the future, she will also have her own career like Gu Qingdai, instead of just relying on one skill to make a living.
Later, Qin Liuer found an opportunity to express this thought to Gu Qingdai.
Hearing this, Gu Qingdai held her hand affectionately and said, "Liu'er, it's great that you think so! Let's just roll up our sleeves and make money hard. The only way is to have a bulging purse."
In this way, Xingshi Tea House is running smoothly.
As expected, Mr. Dong was dizzy from doing abacus calculations every day, and now the teahouse's daily turnover has almost equaled the sum of the previous half month.
Gu Qingdai even formulated several business plans.
For example, true tea lovers hope to have the opportunity to drink at the same table with Xu Xuannian.
In response to this mentality, Gu Qingdai never designated a day for Xu Xuannian to come to the teahouse, so they had to book a private room here and wait.
Or maybe some theater fans like a certain actor, so Gu Qingdai and Xiao Zhong have made an agreement that this person's plays will be concentrated for a period of time and can only be heard in the Lion Dance Tea House.
As time goes by, the actors in other theater troupes will feel that if they have not been on the stage of the Lion Dance Tea House, they are not considered real actors at all.
Gu Qingsong was so tired that he fell asleep every day, and several of his workers didn't even have time to go home.
On this day, everyone had lunch again after noon.
"Sister, do we need to add more manpower? It's really unbearable for us old people to do the work!" Gu Qingsong, as a representative, formally proposed to Gu Qingdai.
Gu Qingdai said "hmm" while picking up the vegetables, "It's just a matter of time to recruit people. I want to wait until after the new year."
Everyone was immediately discouraged and showed great displeasure. They had been working too hard recently.
"I promised you before that I would give you a double salary increase. The new year is coming soon, and dividends are indispensable. If we recruit people now, they will also get a share. Why don't I give it to you all? Let everyone have a good time.
Isn’t the new year more beautiful?”
Gu Qingdai continued to eat, but everyone present felt as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood. The sluggishness just now was gone and everyone was full of energy.
Everyone went about their work one after another, and only the whole room came to Gu Qingdai's side little by little.
"You are not someone who hides things. If you have anything to say, just tell me." Gu Qingdai put down the bowls and chopsticks, leaned on the table with her elbows and looked at the whole hall.
Mantang rubbed his head and giggled, "Shopkeeper, I really have something that I've been holding back in my heart for a long time."
"Say it."
"On the day we opened, I knew that Miss Qu and Boss Zhong had a fight in the backyard."
"Point."
"I watched Song Yueting go over there. He should have seen everything, but he didn't step forward to stop him." Mantang expressed his doubts.
There were so many people on the opening day that Gu Qingdai couldn't keep an eye on everyone even with her head and six arms.
"Perhaps Zhong Ling is not very important in his heart, so he is too lazy to come forward to take care of it?" Gu Qingdai said this deliberately, thinking that it would eliminate Mantang's doubts.
Mantang had already reported Song Yueting's abnormal behavior to Lian Beichuan, and it was Lian Beichuan who asked him to use this method to remind Gu Qingdai.
After the renovation, every part of the teahouse has been reinforced, and the safety hazards that once existed have long been eliminated.
But as Lian Beichuan once said, even impregnable thieves have ways to sneak in.
Is there any connection between Song Yueting and the treasure map?
Why is he hanging around behind the teahouse?
Gu Qingdai fell into deep thought. This chapter has been completed!