Time Traveling: The Man and Wife Heads the House

Zhang Chi felt that his footsteps were extremely heavy. He didn't expect that after only two months, he actually wanted to borrow money from someone.What he didn't even expect was that he would come to Wang Yinghong's house to borrow money.

Zhang Chi believes that there are already teahouses like Pinxiangzhai and Songxuange in Gucheng Town, and they cannot be like them. Only by maintaining their own characteristics can they survive.He looked at the young man by the window who was drinking tea while reading, as if he had seen himself sitting in a cafe in his previous life, his heart moved and he had an idea.

He told Gu Xihe and Cui Jingshun about his idea.

Gu Xihe naturally supported him, Cui Jingshun stroked his beard, "The proprietress's proposal is unique, maybe it will be successful."

With the support of two people and a clear positioning, Zhang Chi has confidence.What makes him helpless is that their money has bottomed out.

To rearrange the teahouse and negotiate cooperation with the shop, Zhang Chi had to borrow money.

Zhang Chi's first consideration was that the person to borrow money was Gu Xibao. He was straightforward and straightforward, and Zhang Chi had a special fondness for him.What I didn't expect was that it was the busy time of summer. He heard from Mr. Gu that Gu Xibao's family had all moved to Hetian Village and was not in the town. Zhang Chi could only dismiss this idea.

Don't worry about his natal family, it's fine if you don't come to ask him for money, and will you lend him money?But what surprised him was that for such a big event as the opening of his teahouse, that Chen Guihua didn't come.

He said that he would visit her often, and later went to Zhang Qing's house twice, but Chen Guihua was not at home both times.It doesn't matter if he's not at home, to be honest, he didn't have much to say to her.

The second person who can lend him money is Gu Xihe's father, Gu Zuocheng.But Zhang Chi didn't have the face to go. At the beginning, he was confident that he could run the teahouse well, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon.

Gu Zuocheng would definitely give him the money, maybe he didn't even have to type out the IOU, but that was why he didn't go, he didn't want Wang Yinghong to make irresponsible remarks.

Therefore, after struggling again and again, he decided to come to Gu Xicai.

One reason is that Gu Xicai is Xihe's eldest brother. From the perspective of family relationship, he should help them.Another reason is that Gu Xicai's rice shop business is very good, and Zhang Chi thinks that he should have more money on hand.

Originally Gu Xihe wanted to come, but Zhang Chi didn't want him to be wronged.

"Brother Chi, after all, I am the younger brother of the eldest brother, and my sister-in-law will not make things difficult for me."

"No, Xihe, you're too bookish. I'm afraid Wang Yinghong will bully you, so I'll go."

Gu Xihe couldn't say no to Zhang Chi, so he had to let him come alone.

Standing at the gate of the Gu family, Zhang Chi took a deep breath, and then mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

"who is it?"

Wang Yinghong opened the door while asking.Seeing that it was Zhang Chi, she was very surprised, and then raised her eyebrows, with a surprised and clear expression on her face.

"Hey, isn't this Zhangchi? You're not in the teahouse, why did you come to me? I heard that someone's teahouse is very deserted, is it going to close down? Oh, who was the one who patted his chest and said that he would do business? ? Fortunately, the old man didn't give you the rice shop, otherwise, wouldn't you be blind for nothing?"

Zhang Chi ignored her cynicism and walked in the door.

"I'm here to find my brother."

"Your elder brother...he's not at home."

Wang Yinghong said that she was about to close the door.To be honest, she didn't want to deal with Zhang Chi.

"It's okay, I'll go in and wait for him."

As Zhang Chi said, he strode into the room and sat down on the grand teacher's chair in the room.

Wang Yinghong blushed with anger, and said bitterly: "You, why are you so thick-skinned?"

Zhang Chi smiled faintly, "Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong, shouldn't it be right for a younger brother to come and see his elder brother? What does this have to do with being thick-skinned?"

After finishing speaking, he raised his legs and looked around the room freely.

The room is big enough, the windows are half open, and the sun shines in the room very brightly.There was a square table and two chairs in the middle of the room. At this time, he and Wang Yinghong sat on one of them.There are several round stools under the table, which should be made for guests.On the flower shelf in the corner, a pot of Chlorophytum was growing very lushly with green silk ribbons hanging down.

It seems that Wang Yinghong also has merit, at least she keeps the house very clean and tidy.

"I've never seen such a person. They don't welcome them, and they're still sitting here with a shameless face..."

Wang Yinghong muttered in a low voice, but made sure Zhang Chi could hear her.

Since Zhang Chi is here, he naturally doesn't care what she says.

He tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and said with a smile, "Is this how a sister-in-law treats guests? Not even a cup of tea?"

Wang Yinghong stared at him, curled her lips, "You came here uninvited, what kind of guest are you?"

Zhang Chi was not annoyed, but still smiled, "Sister-in-law said that we are all a family, and it's natural to say that we are guests. Then sister-in-law should give her saliva to drink."

Wang Yinghong has lived for more than 30 years, and she has never met someone as thick-skinned as Zhang Chi.She poured water reluctantly, and placed the glass heavily on the table.

Zhang Chi said thank you lightly, then picked up the cup, hehe, it turned out to be boiled water.cut!How stingy!Zhang Chi took a sip of water and stopped talking.

The two of them were sitting dryly, Zhang Chi looked at the house while drinking water on his own, with a look of contentment, not caring about Wang Yinghong's unscrupulous gaze.

Wang Yinghong couldn't hold back anymore, and asked, "Zhang Chi, I know, you wouldn't come to my place if there was nothing wrong. Your elder brother is not at home, just tell me if you have anything to do."

Zhang Chi said lightly: "I'm not in a hurry, I can wait."

"you!"

Wang Yinghong's teeth itched with hatred, but there was nothing she could do about him, she couldn't drive him out, right?

But he heard the door knock, and then heard someone walking in the yard.

Zhang Chi stood up with a smile, "It should be the elder brother who is back?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xicai walked in.Wang Yinghong rolled her eyes, this dead old man, why didn't he come back sooner or later, he came back at this time.

Gu Xicai was also surprised when he saw Zhang Chi, but immediately put on a smiling face.

"Zhang Chi is here? What a rare visitor!"

Zhang Chi bowed to Gu Xicai, and said politely, "Brother, I'm sorry."

"It's all a family, why don't you bother me? Yinghong, serve tea."

With a long face, Wang Yinghong reluctantly went to make tea.

Gu Xicai sat on the chair and made a gesture of inviting tea, "Zhang Chi, this is the Tieguanyin you sent last time. I drink it very well."

Zhang Chi picked up the cup, "Brother likes it, I'll give you a few more boxes some other day."

"No, no, you still have to do business!"

"You can't do business without drinking from your family!"

The two exchanged a few words, and Zhang Chi said: "Brother, to tell you the truth, our teahouse has encountered some problems, and now the capital turnover is difficult, and I want to borrow some money from you to tide over this difficulty. "

Gu Xicai glanced at Wang Yinghong subconsciously, and Wang Yinghong winked at him.Having been married for many years, Gu Xicai naturally knew what she meant.

But Zhang Chi is the daughter-in-law of the Gu family after all, so he came here to represent Gu Xihe.

"How much do you want to borrow?"

"30 taels."

"So much?" Gu Xicai looked distressed, "Zhang Chi, it's not that the elder brother doesn't help you, it's that the elder brother is also in trouble! This year's crops are not good, and the price of rice is [-]% higher than last year. I just collected a hundred Tammy, money is also very tight."

He turned his head to look at Wang Yinghong, "Yinghong, first lend Zhang Chi the 20 taels of silver I gave you yesterday..."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Yinghong said: "What a coincidence! I have already lent out the 20 taels of silver you gave me."

Gu Xicai frowned, "Who did you lend it to?"

"My natal brother! Why, no?" Wang Yinghong glared at him angrily.

Gu Xicai knew Wang Yinghong's narrow-mindedness, and Zhang Chi had offended her, so she would definitely not borrow the money.

He had no choice but to say: "Zhang Chi, what a coincidence. So, go to the rice shop tomorrow and see if there is any money left in the account..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yinghong stood up, with a calm face, and said coldly: "Gu Xicai, when I asked you for money, you said no, but now your family borrowed it, and you are willing to give it? I told you You, my eldest brother has taken a fancy to a house and has already negotiated with him, the 20 taels I gave him is not enough, if you have money, give it to my elder brother first."

Gu Xicai's face was also not good-looking, "Yinghong, if your elder brother doesn't have enough money, what house should he buy? First give the money to Zhang Chi and let him turn around..."

"That can't be done! Gu Xicai, do you still have a conscience? The rice shop's business is so good, isn't it because of my natal family? Now you want to borrow money from you and you won't even give it?"

"That was not what I meant…"

"Then what do you mean? You are willing to lend it to your brother, but you are not willing to lend it to my brother? How can there be such a reason? Let's go to Dad to reason!"

"Oh! Such a trivial matter, why bother our father?"

"Hmph! You say it's a small matter, but I think it's a big one!"

"... "

Zhang Chi watched the two quarreling, and smiled helplessly.He knew it would be this result.Forget it, let him think of a way!

He walked out of the door gently, looking a little frustrated, what else can he do?

"Zhang Chi!"

Zhang Chi turned his head, but saw Gu Zuocheng standing at the moon gate in the middle of the courtyard.

He hurried over and called out respectfully, "Father."

Gu Zuocheng didn't make a sound, turned around and entered his yard.

Zhang Chi followed, feeling uneasy. Did the old man overhear the quarrel between Gu Xicai and his wife?can't you?Although the two courtyards are connected, they are separated by a wall after all, the old man should not be able to hear it, right?

Gu Zuocheng sat down in the room before he said, "I haven't seen you and Xihe coming over recently, why is the business of the teahouse so busy?"

Zhang Chi looked up at Gu Zuocheng, what does the old man mean by this?Did he know the current situation of the teahouse?

He smiled, "It's, it's okay!"

"Okay?" Gu Zuocheng looked at Zhang Chi with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Then you still need to borrow money?"

Sure enough, he knew.

Zhang Chi blushed immediately, and murmured: "Father, the business of the teahouse is really not very good now, but I have a new idea, if I persist, maybe it will get better."

"What are your thoughts, talk about it."

"That's what I thought, I'm going to..."

Zhang Chi said his thoughts again, and looked at Gu Zuocheng's reaction nervously.

During his explanation, Gu Zuocheng didn't say a word, but just sipped his tea silently.After he finished speaking, he was also silent.After a while, he opened his mouth slowly.

"Zhang Chi, it's good to have ideas, but it's very difficult to realize them."

Zhang Chi nodded, indeed, in just two months, he realized the very skinny reality.

"However, I am still optimistic about you. Although you are young, you have a lot of ideas. People are not afraid of having ideas, but they are afraid of not having ideas. In this way, I still have some money on hand, and you use it first."

"No, dad, I can't ask for your money."

Gu Zuocheng raised his eyelids, "You can ask for the boss's money, why can't you ask for mine?"

Zhang Chi lowered his head and whispered, "I went to my elder brother's house to borrow money..."

"This money is considered to be lent to you by me. If you are afraid of what the boss and his wife will say, just write an IOU."

Having said that, Gu Zuocheng said, "Sister-in-law Gui, call the boss and his wife over here."

"Yes!"

After a while, Gu Xicai and Wang Yinghong came over.

"Father, you called us?"

"Well. Zhang Chi came to ask me to borrow money, and I agreed. This is the IOU written by him, please take a look. I don't want to hear people say that I gave Zhang Chi money secretly."

Gu Xicai hurriedly said: "Father, we don't think so."

Wang Yinghong twitched her lips, "Cut! I don't know if I still have to pay it back!"

The sound was not loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly.

Gu Zuocheng changed his expression before he was about to speak. Zhang Chi said lightly, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. When I pay back the money, I will invite you and elder brother to be witnesses."

Gu Xicai had already seen Gu Zuocheng's unhappy face, and hurriedly said, "No need, we are all family. How can I not trust you?"

Gu Zuocheng said: "Zhang Chi, you can go back after taking the money! Run the teahouse well, I also want to see a different teahouse."

"Thank you dad."

Zhang Chi left, Gu Xicai stood up, "Father, if there is nothing else, we will go back too."

Gu Zuocheng snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Xicai, you are a big man, but you can't even be the master at home? Zhang Chi just wants to borrow 30 taels of silver, but you can't get it out. Isn't your rice shop Are you going to close too?"

"No, no." Gu Xicai's forehead immediately broke out in sweat, "Father, the rice shop's business is good, but I just bought a hundred tans of rice, so money is a bit tight."

Gu Zuocheng sneered, "Hehe, money is a little tight? Then, do you want me to fill you in?"

"No, no, I can still turn around."

Gu Zuocheng looked at this son, he was quite flexible when doing business, but at home... how many times have I told him?It's a matter of being nice to my wife, but I can't always listen to my wife... Forget it, I'm an old bone, why bother so much?

He waved his hands impatiently, "Okay, you guys go back!"

After leaving the door, Wang Yinghong whispered: "Let me just say, our father prefers to be with them. Didn't he say that he wouldn't give money before, so he gave it again?"

Gu Xicai said angrily: "Okay, shut up! It's because you yelled so loudly that my father heard it."

"You blame me? If you don't quarrel with me, can I be so loud?"

"It's only 20 taels of silver, just lend it to Zhang Chi, and it's not like he won't pay it back. Now it's good, we've become bad guys."

"Why should I lend it to him? Let me tell you, I don't lend it to anyone just because I see him unhappy! If you are a bad person, you will be a bad person. Anyway, in Zhang Chi's eyes, I am no longer a good person!"

"Didn't you make it yourself?"

"Cut! It doesn't matter, he doesn't like me, and I don't like him!"

"You! You are unreasonable!"

"Gu Xicai, what did you say? Say it again!"

"... "

Gu Zuo let out a long sigh as he heard the quarrel between the two gradually fade away.