After the system ran, I took off with my family

Lin Shuyue casually flipped through the other small items and then put them away in the carriage. After getting on the carriage with the two little girls, she told Qingsheng to drive away.

She had already noticed that some of the managers who had not snatched anything were frequently looking in her direction, perhaps because they had seen Qingsheng snatch something and had become interested in it.

The sun was already high in the sky when they left the dock and returned to the city. After Lin Shuyue put the things she bought into the space, she took the three of them to a random, elegantly decorated restaurant to have lunch.

After lunch, Qingsheng went straight to the Jade Market in the south of the city at Lin Shuyue's instruction.

The Jade Market occupied half of a long street in the south of the city. Jade shops were lined up next to each other. Some were crowded, while others were deserted. Lin Shuyue fanned herself and looked at each shop curiously.

When I was wondering which store to go into, I suddenly heard a roar coming from a shop in front, followed by a burst of noise.

"Let's go and take a look!"

Lin Shuyue put away her fan and walked quickly towards the shop. Qingsheng, Qinghe and Qingzhi hurriedly followed behind her.

"You liar! Give me back my money!"

Just as she reached the door of the store, Lin Shuyue heard a familiar roar coming from the crowd. Qingsheng, who was following closely behind her, saw that his young lady was curious, so he took the initiative to step forward to make a path for her and protected her to the front.

In the circle surrounded by the crowd, a tall and strong man was glaring fiercely at a middle-aged man standing in front of the counter, as if he was about to rush up and hit him. There was another man who looked somewhat like him next to him, hugging him tightly and constantly urging him to calm down.

Hey, no wonder the voice sounded familiar, it turned out to be the two brothers who had an argument in the lobby of the inn last night.

The middle-aged man standing in front of the counter was wearing a brocade robe that wrapped around his plump body, looking like a wealthy businessman.

He waved his fan and said innocently, "Brother Hu, you lost money on gambling on stones, how can you blame me? And you even said I was a liar? You can't arbitrarily accuse people!"

"Mr. Zhao is an old customer of our store, how could he be a liar?" The kind-looking manager Gao who was standing behind the counter helped to speak, and then he glanced at the crowd of onlookers obliquely.

In the crowd, several men's eyes flashed, and then they said, "That's right, Mr. Zhao's caravan comes to Jin'an Prefecture every year, how could they be liars?"

"To be fair, the rough stones that Master Zhao's master picked for you all turned out to be jadeite. Why didn't you call them liars?

"I saw with my own eyes that you picked the rough material at the back yourself. You can still blame Mr. Zhao for producing waste material? And you even call him a liar? You are too unreasonable."

"That's right, gambling on stones is all about luck. If you lose, you can't blame others."

The others echoed.

"You're talking nonsense! The raw materials behind this were all bought by Master Wu!"

"I was about to give up, but he assured me that the rough stones I selected would definitely produce green jade, so I bought them.

Who knew that nine out of ten pieces turned out to be scraps, and three were bricks! All the money I earned from selling the goods is gone! You liar! Give me back my money! ! "

Hu Lei was so angry that his face turned red, and his red eyes stared at Master Wu.

Originally, this business trip was something he and his father had begged for. Their family was not wealthy and only owned a grocery store in town.

This time when he went on a business trip, his father took out all his savings and asked him to collect a lot of nitrated furs and cured wild animals and transport them to Jin'an Prefecture, hoping to make a fortune.

I was lucky the day before yesterday and met several purchasing managers from wealthy families at the dock. I quickly sold out the goods I brought and earned 250 taels of silver.

Yesterday when he was shopping for goods, he met Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao was very good at talking and he could coax him into a state of confusion with just a few words. After that, he coaxed him into following him to gamble on stones over a meal and a drink.

At the beginning, Master Wu was really good. He picked out five pieces of raw materials for him, and three of them turned out to be green.

One of the jadeite pieces was of good quality and was bought on the spot by a gentleman for three hundred taels of silver.

In addition, the remaining two smaller pieces of jade were also bought by others for two hundred taels of silver.

Hu Lei only spent 125 taels of silver and earned 500 taels of silver. He felt like he was floating in the air as he held the silver note.

Before he could recover from the shock, Master Wu mysteriously pulled him to a corner and told him that he had seen a lot of raw materials that were sure to produce green, and asked him to buy some more, which would easily make him three or four thousand silver coins.

When Hu Lei heard this number, he was so excited that he almost fainted, and his mind was full of thoughts about how he was going to get rich.

So, despite his second brother Hu Guang's objection, he took all the raw materials that Master Wu told him about. In the end, there were a total of 28 pieces of raw materials, and the raw materials alone cost 700 taels of silver.

But Hu Lei only had a total of 625 taels of silver on him, including the silver he had just earned, and he still needed 75 taels.

Mr. Zhao, with a look of regret, advised him to give up the three pieces of rough stone, but Hu Lei, who was angry, would not listen. He directly approached Manager Gao to discuss whether to buy the 75 taels on credit first and then pay him back after the jadeite was sold.

The kind-hearted Manager Gao agreed immediately and wrote him an IOU and asked him to sign and put his fingerprints on it.

As you can imagine, in the end, he stared at the waste on the ground with bloodshot eyes, his head was buzzing, a chill filled his whole body, and he couldn't even stand steadily.

It’s all gone, all gone. Not only the money from selling the jade is gone, but also the money from selling the goods is gone. I even owe Manager Gao seventy-five taels!

He regretted it! He hated himself for being too greedy. Why did he just seem to be possessed by a demon, with his mind full of gambling on stones to make a fortune, and he didn't listen to his second brother's advice at all?

When he was regretting so much that his intestines were turning green, his second brother whispered in his ear to remind him that he might have been cheated by Master Wu.

Even if he had bad luck, it was impossible that 26 out of the 28 pieces of raw materials he picked were waste and only three were brick materials.

There is only one possibility, that is, Master Wu deliberately picked a bunch of waste materials for him.

At this time, Master Zhao touched his bulging belly, looked at Hu Lei with a dazed expression, and asked, "Brother Hu, you said that Master Wu instigated you to buy those scraps. What evidence do you have?"

"I..."

Hu Lei was speechless for a moment, staring at Master Zhao with his eyes fixed, the anger in his eyes seemed to burn him.

He really couldn't produce any evidence. At that time, Master Wu deliberately pulled him aside to talk, under the pretext that he was afraid that others would hear and snatch the raw materials from him. So no one heard what Master Wu said, and no one could testify for him.

Seeing him like this, Mr. Zhao felt even more proud, but his face was filled with regret. "Brother Hu, I didn't expect you to be such a person. You slander Zhao without any evidence. Zhao is really heartbroken!"

After saying this, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve, but no one noticed the slightly raised corners of his mouth behind his sleeve.

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