Great Imperial Merchant

Yang Zhongyuan usually looks easy to talk to, he always has a gentle attitude, whether it is to the guests or the boys in the shop, he seldom shows embarrassment.

But at this moment when he looked at Xiaoshi's expression, he looked very cold. He squinted his eyes, and there was a faint smile on his mouth, which made people feel uncomfortable.

If a person has no ghosts in his heart, no matter how much Yang Zhongyuan threatens him, it will be useless.But if you have ghosts in your heart, just take a look at it, and you will feel uneasy, as if you have been seen through.

After hearing Yang Zhongyuan's words, Xiao Shitou saw him staring at him gloomyly, his expression froze immediately, he looked away almost imperceptibly, and replied loudly: "I really didn't mean it, the boss did it too." He didn't say anything to me, I've already taken the punishment he gave seriously, what else do you want?"

His voice was very loud, like a stone falling into still water, causing layers of waves to be stirred up for a moment.

Yang Zhongyuan patted Xu Xiaotian's shoulder reassuringly, the hand holding the teacup didn't shake at all, he hardly even raised his eyelids, but said: "You worked in the teahouse for three years, only the first year you were told by the shopkeeper because you were young. A few times, it was nothing more than broken dishes and bowls. In the past three years, during a thousand days and nights, you have never broken half a liang of tea leaves. It is precisely because of this that you put the green tea that you will use this afternoon You and Ronghua are all in trouble, and your boss only fines you to clean the back kitchen. I said it, right?"

He doesn't know about Xiaoshitou's past, but the shopkeeper knows it well. While waiting for Xiaoshitou to come, the shopkeeper has already explained Xiaoshitou's situation clearly. , without any hesitation.

Until now, Yang Zhongyuan has to lament that Cheng Weizhe is still very accurate in seeing people.If the shopkeeper didn't have the whole family in Danluo, he really wanted to take everyone away with him.

He and Cheng Weizhe have no shortage of money, no lack of craftsmanship, what they lack are contacts and talents!

Yang Zhongyuan sat Xu Xiaotian on his lap and brought him a teacup to tease him to drink.One afternoon, the child was so frightened that he didn't even drink water, and now his lips were a little chapped.

On their side, the father is kind and the son is filial, but Xiao Shitou's heart has caused huge waves.

Yang Zhongyuan glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and saw that his face was full of struggle and hesitation, and he knew that the matter had taken shape: "Why did you act, just tell me, and I promise not to fire you."

"What?" Xiao Shitou raised his head abruptly, his face full of shock.

Yang Zhongyuan looked at him lightly, without any superfluous expression on his face: "I will do what I say, and your boss should also listen to me."

With the guarantee of his words, all the entanglements and thoughts in Xiao Shitou's heart were completely wiped out. He knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and directly kowtowed three times to Yang Zhongyuan.

The sound was bang bang, Xu Xiaotian grabbed Yang Zhongyuan's skirt nervously, his mouth was tightly pressed, but he didn't speak.

He didn't quite understand why Uncle Yuan brought him to see this, but he should think that what Uncle Yuan did was right.

"Get up, don't do these fake things, I just want to know the truth."

Little Shitou struggled. He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Yang Zhongyuan. He said in a trembling voice, "My brother owes a lot of money for gambling. My father said he would sell me if he couldn't pay. I have no choice..."

After he finished speaking, he secretly raised his eyes to look at Yang Zhongyuan, saw that he was still drinking tea with a blank face, and finally plucked up the courage to say: "At this time someone came to me and said that as long as I help with one thing, he will give me 30 taels." Money. I don’t want to be sold out, so I agreed to come down.”

When Xiao Shitou said this, he finally choked up and cried. He was only a half-grown child. Hearing that his father was going to sell him for his brother, how could he not feel resentment in his heart?How can you not be afraid?But his behavior was not sympathetic.

"Your brother's gambling debt is only 30 taels. Why don't you borrow it from your boss? With your performance all the time, I don't think he will not lend it to you. You have worked here for three years, don't you know him? "

"Do you know how your boss was beaten up while you were cleaning the kitchen?"

When Yang Zhongyuan said this, his voice was trembling because he was angry.

Life is alive, who dare to say that his life is smooth sailing?People say that the emperor is the emperor of ninety-five years, but what kind of life did the current emperor live before?It's not that he got everything he has now.He has been in the palace for many years, and he has seen too many stories about the joys and sorrows of the royal family. Even those nobles are not happy every day, let alone the little people like them.

But when encountering difficult problems, he can actually discuss with others. Cheng Weizhe has always been a gentle boss. He has always been very casual with Xiao Er and the guys. The food is also better than many Xiao Er's own home. Xiao Shitou has worked here for three years and is very familiar with the people in the shop.But if he was willing to ask everyone at that time instead of choosing such a path by himself, the situation would be different.

When Xiao Shitou heard this, he was naturally shocked.He thought about many possibilities of confessing, but he never expected that Yang Zhongyuan would tell him such a sentence, and his behavior caused the boss to be injured.

Yeah, why didn't he ask then?Even if you ask the last sentence, you get a rejected answer, which is more acceptable than your own direct choice.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry boss." Xiao Shi cried out with a headache.

Yang Zhongyuan patted Xu Xiaotian's back lightly, but said to Xiaoshitou: "You can tell your boss about these things when he is ready. I only need to know two things now, one is who asked you to talk about this matter, The second is what he said at the time."

Xiaoshitou cried and said: "The person who came to look for me was the servant of the second young master of the Cheng family. Just because he came to look for me, I thought it was just their own business, so I simply agreed. His exact words That is to say, as long as I don't let the boss show up at your noodle shop at noon."

Hearing that it was Cheng Weishu's servant who said it, Yang Zhongyuan suddenly had a clue in his mind. He just couldn't understand why those people wanted to show Cheng Weizhe a favor, but didn't ask him to go.Then how can you make him look good?

Xiao Shitou watched him bow his head in thought, and didn't dare to speak much, just stood aside and wiped away his tears.

Yang Zhongyuan thought for a long time without a clue, and was a little worried about Cheng Weizhe who was still at home, so he put Xu Xiaotian on the ground, stood up and walked to the little stone.

He bent down and fixed his eyes on Xiao Shitou's: "First, I don't want others to know that you have told the truth. Second, you take the money that the Cheng family gave you, so you don't have to worry about it. Three, just this one time, not the next one. For your family, I would like to advise you to get out as soon as possible, and that’s all for now.”

After speaking, he dragged Xu Xiaotian one by one and disappeared at the door of the private room, leaving only Xiao Shitou hugging his head and sitting on the ground, weeping silently.

Some things, once you choose, there is really no way out.

The way from the tea shop to home was very short, yet seemed very long, Xu Xiaotian was obediently led by Yang Zhongyuan, and walked slowly home.

Yang Zhongyuan's hands were very warm, and he was always very considerate. Xu Xiaotian couldn't figure out what he would do if his father passed away without Uncle Yuan.

But what has happened in the past is not what it should be. Now he, Uncle Yuan Zhe and his grandfather's family of four are living very well. Xu Xiaotian gradually let go of his guard and regards them as his closest family members.

"Uncle Yuan, is Uncle Zhe injured? Is he okay?" Xu Xiaotian asked.

Yang Zhongyuan lowered his head and smiled at him, his eyes were very gentle: "Well, he is injured, although it will hurt, but he will be fine."

Xu Xiaotian's small face suddenly became less tense, and he asked again: "Where's grandpa? Where's your leg?"

This child is very observant: "Grandpa is fine, but my leg hurts a little. It will be fine in a while."

After getting this answer, Xu Xiaotian finally felt relieved. He took Yang Zhongyuan and ran home, but was shocked by the mess in the shop: "Uncle Yuan..."

Yang Zhongyuan patted his head: "It's okay Xiaotian, we will have a shop bigger than this in the future, do you want to go with me to see your Uncle Zhe?"

"Is Uncle Zhe awake? I'd better wait until he wakes up and go see it. Father said that he should sleep well when he is sick." Yang Zhongyuan had experienced so many things this day, his thoughts were full of ups and downs, the shop was destroyed and sad, Cheng Weizhe was killed After hitting him, he felt like his heart would burst. Luckily, Xu Xiaotian and Zhou Quanxu are fine, that's the most important thing.

The child's innocent and immature words, full of concern and apprehension, finally let Yang Zhongyuan relax after struggling for a day, and his eyes gradually became less sharp: "It's okay, Xiaotian, maybe your Uncle Zhe also wants to see you .”

With his encouragement, Xu Xiaotian first ran to look carefully inside and out at Zhou Quanxu, and then was led lightly into the side room by Yang Zhongyuan.

Because Cheng Weizhe had been sleeping, the lights in the room were not turned on. At this moment, the moonlight came in through the window, illuminating the bright stars in Cheng Weizhe's eyes.

"Azhe, are you awake?" Yang Zhongyuan was taken aback for a moment, then exclaimed ecstatically.

Cheng Weizhe wanted to grin at him, but accidentally pulled the corner of his mouth, so the gentle smile turned bitter.

"I..." Cheng Weizhe said a word, but was stopped by the hoarseness in his voice.

"I'll get you some water." Yang Zhongyuan pushed Xu Xiaotian to go over and talk to Cheng Weizhe, then turned around and left the room.

Zhou Quanxu was making medicine for Cheng Weizhe, when he saw his son come out of the house suddenly, and was hugged by him.

"Father, he's awake, Ah Zhe is awake." Yang Zhongyuan said, almost choked up.

"Well, he woke up, you should be happy." Zhou Quanxu patted his back lightly, his eyes were a little moist, "Let him drink some water first, and eat the rice porridge when he is more energetic, and then he can take the medicine. "

Yang Zhongyuan calmed down after a while, turned his back, poured water, and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

You can be relieved when you know that there is nothing serious inside him, but you can be completely at ease when you really wake up.

Cheng Weizhe, I really cannot live without you in my future life.