Chapter 7. Cheeky Eat Enough
The wind roars and snowflakes flutter.
The knock on the door outside stopped.
Then I heard someone shouting outside, "Is anyone at home?"
"Who is coming here so late?" Liu Da got up and opened the door.
In fact, since the Liu family fell into ruin, few people have interacted with his family. The old man Liu Da always asked someone to borrow money. At first, it was okay, but he was afraid of borrowing it by borrowing it. Therefore, it was too late for everyone to avoid it, so how could he take the initiative to come to the door?
The door opened, and a servant in green came in. When he saw Liu Da and Liu Wenyang, he gave a casual greeting, and then greeted someone: "Take all the things in!"
Then I saw two or three people bringing things in, and it turned out to be some rice, grain and bedding.
"Are you guys?" Liu Da couldn't help asking.
The servant in blue clad his fists and smiled, "I guess you are Mr. Liu, this is what our master ordered!"
"Your master?" Liu Da was a little stunned, as if he had not made friends with powerful people.
Just when he was surprised, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes and fatty clothes walked in. As soon as he saw Liu Da, he politely said, "Brother, do you really don't know me anymore?"
"Ahem, are you?" Liu Da was a little confused when he looked at the guy who looked like a fat man.
"Do you remember that you were telling fortunes in Chenghuang Temple three years ago and met a down-and-out merchant who said that his name was not good, and he gave him thirty cents at the end?" The fat man asked sincerely with his eyes narrowed.
After he said this, Liu Da's brain lit up, "Are you the... Wu Youcai?"
"By the way! I am him! I came here from Shuzhong to do business, but I encountered misfortune. Not only did the goods be lost, but the travel expenses for the trip home were gone. If it weren't for your kind help, I wouldn't be the same as I am today!" the fat man said excitedly.
Liu Da didn't expect to see an old friend suddenly. He was pitiful to the other party at the beginning. In addition, the other party was good, so he might become rich and powerful in the future, so he took the risk of giving away money. Unexpectedly, he really got a good reward today.
"It seems that you are already developed?"
"Of course, you said my name was bad. Wu Youcai was equivalent to having no wealth, so I changed my name to Wu Baiwan. Now my wealth is at least five million!" Wu Baiwan said proudly, "So you see, the eyes are really amazing. In order to repay your kindness, I came here specially today. This is a small meaning, and it is not worthy of respect!" As he said that, he took out another ten taels of silver and handed over to offer it.
Liu Da was stunned. He only gave him thirty cents, but he sent so much food and clothing. It is not good to collect so much money now.
Liu Wenyang looked at it carefully and thought, if Wu Baiwan was really just to come and repay his kindness, why would he have to make such a big fanfare and give him some silver? Why should he have to make some rice, flour, and bedding, just like poverty alleviation and disaster relief?
Seeing that many people gathered outside their homes, they all widened their eyes and looked in, Liu Wenyang immediately understood that they were probably acting in order to gain a good reputation.
In fact, Liu Wenyang guessed correctly. Wu Baiwan was determined to open a store in this area and serve as a purchase dock, but it was impossible to open a reputation around this area in just a few years. So he thought about it and came up with a trick. He found his old account book, found Liu Da's residence, and came to "repay kindness". Unfortunately, the old man in front of him was not up to the point, did not cooperate at all, and cried bitterly without any emotion, and looked grateful, let alone shouting for righteousness and kindness. He would only look foolishly at the ten taels of silver in his hand, and dare not take it!
Poor people are poor people, I guess they have never seen the world!
Just as Wu Baiwan was thinking, he took the money with one hand and said, "Thank you, you are dedicated to repaying your kindness. If we don't accept it, we will be embarrassed!" The person who spoke was naturally Liu Wenyang.
Wu Baiwan was surprised. This kid is very thick-skinned, well, has a future.
While speaking, Liu Wenyang took the silver and shouted to the surroundings: "Look clearly, Boss Wu is so righteous and kind! My father only gave him thirty cents, but he also returned ten taels of silver! The old saying goes, "A drop of water should be rewarded with a spring, and you will be given a hundred-year sacrifice to others. It can be seen that Boss Wu is kind and knows how to repay kindness! He is a kind of sincere gentleman and serious businessman!"
Liu Wenyang spoke in plain language, and everyone around him could hear it clearly. Someone couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Good man!" "Yes, he's a gentleman!" "There are fewer business people like this now!" "A lot of people have been taken away after taking money, who will repay the kindness?!"
People were talking about it and expressed their views on this matter.
Then what Wu Baiwan wants is this kind of reputation!
When doing business, having a reputation means having credit. Only with credit can you travel around the north and south and gain a lot of money.
Seeing that Liu Wenyang praised himself as if he was a flower, Wu Baiwan, who had a fat head and big ears, bowed humbly and said, "I have nothing to say for everyone to respect me. I am a businessman. What does a businessman pay attention to? It's honesty! I am already satisfied with finding a benefactor today. Originally, I prepared thirty taels of silver and prepared to repay the grace of a drop of water a thousand times, but I was afraid that my benefactor would not accept it, so I only took out ten taels of silver..."
Before Wu Baiwan could make the scene perfect, Liu Wenyang shouted, "Boss Wu, you are too worried!"
Wu Baiwan said intimately, "Not good", why did he forget that this guy is a shameless guy?!
Sure enough, Liu Wenyang said with emotion as if he was singing an opera: "Although the thirty taels of silver is a little more, but seeing that you are so sincere and come here so far, if we don't accept it, we will look down on you! Only by accepting it can you achieve the feat of repaying your grace a thousand times! Therefore, for your feat, we will accept the other twenty taels!"
Wu Baiwan was stunned. He didn't expect that the other party was so sloppy. He didn't see that he was just talking casually. He was actually climbing along the pole... He couldn't get rid of the tiger, so if he didn't give it, he would be ridiculed and cheated. If he gave it, he couldn't bear to pay an extra twenty taels. You know, these twenty taels are enough to buy a mu of fertile land!
In fact, the silver in the early Ming Dynasty was precious, and ten taels of silver was about 6,600 yuan in the previous life, and thirty taels were almost 20,000 yuan. How could Wu Baiwan not feel distressed?!
However, he had already said that he was embarrassed to regret it. Wu Baiwan had to slap himself hard and stuff twenty taels of silver to Liu Wenyang. He hoped that Liu Wenyang would politely reject him a few times, and then he would go down the road and collect the silver to him.
But what made Wu Baiwan speechless was that Liu Wenyang didn't even mean to act. He put the silver notes in his arms and then clasped his fists and said, "Boss Wu, be polite!"
You're welcome!
Wu Baiwan felt a breath of blocking his heart, and had to squeeze out his smile, "Where are, these are what I should do! If it weren't for the thirty cents, I wouldn't have been today!" He specifically said "thirty cents" very seriously, and the meaning was very obvious: boy, I just took you thirty cents, but you took me thirty taels away. My heart was so dark!
Liu Wenyang would not understand. He had long seen the charm in Boss Wu's sad little eyes, so he smiled and said, "This person, you can't take money too seriously. Sometimes many things in this world cannot be bought by money. For example, Boss Wu, your kind and righteous act will probably spread all over the country in the past two days!"
Wu Baiwan blinked his eyes and understood the meaning. It seemed that this kid was going to help him promote it - you know what he knew!
"Haha, I'm just here to repay my kindness, how could I seek this false reputation?" Facing everyone, Wu Baiwan was righteous and looked noble and noble.
"I hope my actions today will be a role model in the world and let more people understand the principle of repaying a thousand gold medals!" Wu Baiwan said this, then looked at Liu Wenyang with pure water-free eyes, and said in a chaste and strong tone: "Remember, Mr. Liu, don't publicize this for me. I just did what I should do, not deserve your praise, nor worthy of your praise! Alas, he is rich and kind, and he is righteous, and his sons are not caged by the king and minister!
While chanting ancient Chinese, Wu Baiwan thought about it, hoping that this little bastard would help him promote more, otherwise he would be wasted.
A comedy ended in a cheerful atmosphere. When Wu Baiwan came to ask about Liu Wenyang's condition with great care. When he heard that he had been dismissed from the scholar, he couldn't help but sigh and said he had lost his talent. Finally, he held hands and said goodbye to Liu Da, and repeatedly thanked the gift, which made his eyes red and touching.
Liu Wenyang has to admire Wu Baiwan's acting skills. He is worthy of being a businessman. It is true and true, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Chapter completed!