But in the end, he did nothing. He said to Xinguan expressionlessly, "You can take her away after you finish eating the noodles. I don't have time to take care of her."
Although Xinguan felt that his performance was inexplicable, he didn't think much about it and nodded.
After Chen Ke left here, he began to find out where his brother and sister-in-law were on the street.
He didn't ask casually. He remembered that the village said that his brother and sister-in-law first opened a rice and grain shop in the east of the town.
Maybe they are in the rice and grain shop.
Thinking of this, he just went straight to the shops in the east of the town. He was almost staring at the rice and grain shops in the east of the town. However, no matter where he looked, he did not see him in any shop. The figure of brother and sister-in-law.
Then in his frustration, he only thought of one more possibility.
Could it be that his brother-in-law hired the shopkeeper?
Once he figured this out, he was no longer confused.
He only walked into a cloth store next to the rice grain store.
At this time, the proprietress of the cloth shop was tying yarn on the side, and there were no customers in her store at all.
Now we finally saw a visitor. The proprietress of the cloth shop thought that this handsome young man was coming to cut clothes, so she immediately greeted him with a smile on her face.
"Brother, are you here to buy ready-made clothes? Or are you here to make custom materials?" the cloth shop proprietress asked.
The young man whispered, "I'm not here to make clothes. I have something to ask the landlady."
Hearing this, the landlady was obviously a little disappointed. However, she still smiled and responded, "What do you want to ask, sir?"
"I would like to ask, among the rice and grain shops in the east of this town, which one is run by Chen Yue?" the young man asked in a low voice.
When the lady boss heard that she was asking about Chen Yue, her face fell. She just said listlessly, "If you are looking for Chen Yue, any house you look for will belong to him. Why did you end up at my house?" "
"You can find any one? What do you mean?"
Upon hearing this, the landlady just snorted, "Tell me first, what do you want to do here? What is your relationship with Chen Yue?"
Hearing what the landlady said, Chen Ke just whispered, "Of course I came to see him. I have something to ask him. Chen Yue and I are brothers."
"Brother? Why haven't I seen you before?" the landlady asked curiously.
Chen Ke only whispered, "When I was young, my family was poor. In order to survive, I left my hometown far away."
Hearing this, the landlady just said, "You didn't hear that your brother was rich and wanted to come over to join him, right?"
Chen Ke immediately retorted after hearing this, "How could I take refuge in him! I came to him because I have something to ask him."
The landlady then said, "It's not just a matter of seeking refuge. If you don't have money, your brother will definitely kick you out. If you have money, you have to be careful not to let your brother discover your money. Don't blame me." When you arrange him, he has that kind of temperament, and he is the master who will pluck out the feathers of the geese that pass by."
Then she pointed to the shops on the street, and then whispered, "Did you see it? These shops are almost all your brother's property. He used many illegal means to get other people's shops at low prices, and even Some stores give it away for free.”
"Have you noticed that there are a lot more beggars in our town? This is all caused by your indifferent brother. He takes over other people's shops and uses various methods to disgust people if they don't agree. Many shop owners I lost my job and had to beg on the street.”
Chen Ke was obviously a little unbelievable when he heard what the landlady said.
After all, no matter how evil his brother was, he never thought that one day his brother would be so evil.
The landlady then said, "If you want to find him, just go into any shop and ask. I'll make sure you find him."
After hearing what the landlady said in such detail, Chen Ke just thanked the landlady.
Then he was ready to leave.
But he didn't expect that when he was about to leave, several big men suddenly walked into the store.
At first, he thought that these two big men were also here to look at the fabrics, but as soon as the two men came in, they grabbed his hands. "Brother, are you looking at the clothes? There are no good products in this shop. I'll give them to you."
Can you recommend a good store where the clothes are cheap and affordable? "
When the lady boss saw them dragging Chen Ke away, she seemed to be used to it.
Anyway, ever since Chen Yue came to buy her store and she refused to agree, Chen Yue began to use various means to punish herself. If it weren't for her brother who was a master in the county, Chen Yue would probably have done it long ago. Directly using violent means.
He didn't dare to use violence, so he could only use these despicable methods to force himself to leave.
But she refused to let him get what he wanted, so the proprietress of the cloth shop was against Chen Yue.
Anyway, thinking about it, Chen Yue didn't dare to use other means to treat the guests. At most, he would just pull them out and leave them alone.
On the contrary, Chen Ke was unaware of the situation and immediately started dancing, "Let me go! Who are you!"
Hearing Chen Ke's words and remembering his identity, the proprietress saw Chen Ke struggling for a moment, and then immediately said, "Don't hold on to him. He is not here to buy anything. He is your boss Chen Ke." Brother Yue, please let him go quickly, or else your boss may come to settle a score with you in anger."
The boss's wife's cynicism was naturally ignored by these people.
They just continued to hold Chen Ke and walked out.
"Our boss has no brothers, so don't be ridiculous."
The landlady then looked on coldly and said, "If you don't believe it, forget it. When your boss comes to trouble you, don't say I didn't warn you."
Then the landlady acted as if it had nothing to do with her.
Perhaps it was also because the boss lady's reaction was too calm, and those few people really didn't dare to do anything to this young man for a while?
The young man said, "My name is Chen Ke. If you tell my brother that Chen Ke is here to see him, he will definitely know who I am."
Seeing that Chen Ke's expression didn't look like he was joking, those people naturally didn't dare to take Chen Ke's words as a joke.
They could only say, "How do you prove that you are our boss's brother? Our boss has many things to do, but he is very busy."
Chen Ke only straightened his sleeves, and then whispered, "I am from Lulin Village. I gave your boss all the money when he came to develop in the town. If you don't believe it, you can go to Lulin Village and find someone there to confirm." "
Hearing Chen Ke's indifferent words, the two big men only glanced at each other, and then one of them said, "There is no need to confirm. Since you are sure that you are our boss's brother, come with us. We will wait for the boss to have time." , will contact you."...
Although they know that if they admit their mistake, they will probably get scolded, but if the other party is really the boss's brother. Then their behavior is not as simple as being scolded.
Then they quickly arranged for Chen Ke to wait in the rice store.
While Chen Ke was waiting in the rice store, the shopkeeper of the rice store also walked out.
He looked at the two boys and said, "Who is he?"
The waiter whispered, "He's the boss's brother."
Upon hearing this, the shop owner's eyebrows became much more enthusiastic.
"It turns out he's the boss's younger brother."
Then the rice shop owner just asked Chen Ke to sit down in his shop.
After the two guards left, he seemed to want to find out what Chen Ke was doing now. However, the business at Mipu was so good that he could only leave for a moment before the waiter started calling the shopkeeper.
Therefore, the shopkeeper could only say sorry to Chen Ke, and then went to the counter in front.
Although Chen Ke was sitting in the reception room at the back, he could still clearly see what was happening at the counter in front. In front of the counter, he saw a thin old man carefully taking out ten copper coins from his pocket. Then he whispered, "Boss, two liters of rice."
However, looking at the ten copper coins, the shopkeeper did not move. The old man looked at the shopkeeper strangely and heard the shopkeeper say expressionlessly, "The price of rice has increased recently, and ten copper coins are only enough to buy one liter of rice."
"What? Why is it so expensive? It's only been a while, why has the price increased again?" The old man said he didn't understand.
But the shopkeeper said impatiently, "If it goes up, it will go up. Anyway, the price will be the same if you go to other stores to buy it. Do you want to buy it or not?"
Rice is the basis of human existence, but the shopkeeper just keeps raising the price again and again.
If you put it up, you will be held accountable wherever you go, but even so, what can they do?
If they don't buy the rice here, they have nowhere else to buy it. After all, almost all the rice shops in the town belong to the Chen family.
Although there are some families in the town who secretly trade rice grains directly with farmers outside, as long as the Chen family finds out, the farmers will have their farmland confiscated. Therefore, after several such incidents, most farmers do not dare to use their own land anymore. The rice grains were sold privately to others.
The Chen family can be said to be more domineering than the local rich people, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the imperial power does not go to the countryside.
Even if they want to appeal, they have no way to appeal.
So the old man just sighed and said, "Shopkeeper, I have two children at home who are really hungry. Isn't there cheaper rice?"
"Cheap ones? Of course there are, but they are all old rice. Chen rice costs one copper per liter. Do you want to buy it?" the shopkeeper asked.
The old man thought about it and realized that the money he got from cutting firewood was not enough. In the past, he could not even afford two liters of rice when he came to the city, so he would go hungry for several days.
If he cuts it in half again, it would be unrealistic for him not to eat.
So the old man thought for a while, and then whispered, "Just two liters of Chen rice."
The shopkeeper nodded, then made a look to the waiter to take the old man's cloth bag, and then went to the warehouse to scoop out rice. After a while, the waiter scooped out two liters of rice.
The old man took the bag tremblingly, then opened it and took a look at the rice in the bag. Just looking at the rice, the old man suddenly said, "Why has this rice turned black like this? Can it still be eaten? Besides, The rice is already moldy, why do you have the nerve to sell this kind of rice?”
