Then he pointed to the valuable items and said, "Your belt and the gold and jade jewelry on your hairpin are all valuable items. You can give these valuable items to us to exchange with the pawn shop."...
Upon hearing the shopkeeper's words, Chen Huanan immediately tightened his pockets.
He didn't have money, but he was obviously not willing to use his own clothes, after all, although it was now confirmed that his father was indeed in jail. But he couldn't change his young master's habits for a while.
Therefore, in response to the shopkeeper's proposal, Chen Huan'an said displeasedly, "I don't have much money on me now, but that doesn't mean I can't give you money! It's just these few small coins! I'll go find my uncle." , just let him settle it for you."
After the words fell, Chen Huanan wanted to throw up his sleeves and leave. However, before he took a few steps, his way was blocked by someone: "Master, where are you going?"
The store owner just asked. After hearing what the store owner said, Chen Huanan just said, "Go to my uncle's house!"
"Then why don't we let our waiter go with the young master?" the store owner suggested with a smile.
Hearing this, Chen Huanan said displeasedly, "What? Are you still worried that I will default on this small sum of money you owe me?"
In the past, when the store owner saw that Chen Huanan was unhappy, he would definitely not ask any more questions. However, today, the store owner seems to be a bit unwilling to give up.
Although Chen Huanan was dissatisfied, he also knew that everything at the moment was reality.
"What are you talking about, Mr. Chen? Aren't we afraid that it will be difficult for him to leave? So we asked the waiter to pick him up in person, so that he can feel much more relaxed."
Chen Huan'an just wanted to lose his temper, but after thinking about it, he finally held it back. He only said in a cold voice, "You are thoughtful."
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and walked out. Seeing this, the store owner quickly called a waiter and quickly followed Chen Huanan. When Chen Huanan and the waiter went out, that The waiter quickly followed him unhurriedly.
Chen Huanan's uncle opened a restaurant near Anxi Prefecture, as well as a silk shop, tea shop, and rice shop. The current uncle can be considered a big businessman with some wealth.
He was not in a hurry to go to his uncle's house. At the moment, he only went to the silk shop near his uncle's house.
At that time, the silk shop was crowded with customers. The shopkeepers were busy taking care of business, and the shopkeeper was just clicking his abacus.
As soon as he entered the door, he said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper Zhou, do you know where my uncle has gone?"
Hearing Chen Huanan's words, the shopkeeper just raised his head. When he saw Chen Huanan, he was stunned for a moment. Then he just raised his somewhat excessive smile and said, "It turns out that Master Chen is here!"
After saying that, he immediately shouted to the waiter outside the house, "Hurry and make tea for Master Chen!"
As soon as he heard this, a waiter from the store came over to bring tea.
At the same time, the shopkeeper immediately motioned for Chen Huan to sit here. However, although the shopkeeper was very considerate, he did not say a word about where his master had gone. On the contrary, he only talked about Chen Huan'an asked, "Young master, I don't know why you came here this time?"
Chen Huanan naturally couldn't pay attention to the shopkeeper. He just said, "Where is my uncle? Ask him to come over!"
Hearing Chen Huanan's words, the store owner smiled and said, "Master Chen, this is really a coincidence. I don't know where you are now. How about I send someone to look for you?"
Chen Huan'an didn't say anything. Just at this time, the waiter who was serving tea and water came over. The store owner immediately asked the waiter to come to him. Then he muttered something to the waiter in the same store, and then the waiter nodded. He left in a hurry.
The store owner continued to entertain Chen Huan'an and said, "Don't worry, young master. Let's have some tea first. The master will be here in a while."
Chen Huanan nodded naturally. Although the shop assistant who was arranged by his boss to come over to collect the debt was somewhat dissatisfied, he had no other choice at the moment. He could only continue to spend time with Chen Huanan. time to achieve the purpose of recovering the arrears.
As soon as the shopkeeper was free, he immediately chatted with Chen Huanan about a piece of gossip about Leiyang City that had recently spread to Anxi Prefecture.
"Young Master, I heard that Mr. Chen also killed the imperial faction for selling arms privately.
The inspector who came to inspect is now wanted. I wonder if this news is true? "
As soon as he heard that the shopkeeper was not opening which pot, Chen Huanan immediately glared at the other person and said, "How do I know if it is true or false? If you want to find out so much, go to Leiyang City yourself!"
As soon as he heard this, the shopkeeper immediately smiled and said, "What are you talking about, the young master? I'm just asking for the sake of the young master."
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Chen Huanan just snorted and said, "What are you asking? If you don't know how to ask, just shut up! I don't want to hear what you said."
The shopkeeper obviously had this purpose, so when Chen Huanan retorted, he was not angry. At that moment, he even gently persuaded, "Why are you so angry, young master? We can't talk, please forgive me, but since Master Chen asked me to leave, so I will go back to work. Master, wait here slowly!"
After saying this, the shopkeeper ran away.
Chen Huan'an obviously didn't realize that this was the shopkeeper's routine. He didn't want to waste time with Chen Huanan here, but followed the shopkeeper's understanding of his boss.
This boss just couldn't afford to go early. In the past, when Chen Huanan's father was still alive, in order to get preferential treatment when purchasing goods in Leiyang, he would naturally provide his nephew with delicious food and drinks.
But now that his nephew's father is gone, why should he pretend to be a grandson?
Therefore, it was precisely because he had figured out his boss's thoughts that the shopkeeper's attitude towards Chen Huanan was different from the beginning.
And the fact at the moment was just as the shopkeeper thought. Chen Huanan only waited until almost noon but his uncle didn't come.
As for the uncle, he was actually in the wine shop not far away, and the shopkeeper had already arranged for the clerk to tell the uncle the news. Unfortunately, the uncle obviously did not want to meet his nephew.
So I got the news immediately. The uncle was also indifferent.
"He'll come as soon as he comes. Tell your shopkeeper to find any reason to get rid of this kid."
"But the boss came with him as well as the waiter from Su's Restaurant. Judging from his appearance, I'm afraid this young master owes money again and wants you to repay it for him." The waiter in the store only whispered. Said.
When he heard this, the boss was wiping his hands with a handkerchief. As soon as he heard this, he just threw the white handkerchief into the basin.
"What a joke! I repay the loan for him? Who does he think he is? In the past, his father treated him favorably, but does he really think that I am a cash machine? He doesn't even look at his current moral character! Is he still Master Chen?"
After saying this, the shopkeeper then said to his clerk, "Okay, if this guy continues to refuse to leave, you can tell him that I have gone away. If it doesn't work, you can send me one or twenty taels of silver." That’s it.”
After hearing the shopkeeper's words, the young man came over belatedly.
The big boss on the other side only recruited one more boy. He murmured with the boy for a while, and finally said, "Okay, tell your wife what I just said without missing a word." "
After hearing what the big boss said, the boy nodded immediately.
Seeing that it was almost noon, the waiter at Su's Restaurant couldn't help but said to Chen Huan'an, "Master Chen, is your uncle coming? We've been waiting all morning. We have to go back and take care of the little one." It’s business.”
Chen Huan felt a little uneasy, wondering if his uncle didn't want him anymore.
Fortunately, after waiting for a while, the guy who went to find someone just now finally came back.
When he saw the guy coming back, Chen Huanan was even more excited than the shopkeeper. "How's it going? Where is my uncle? Is he back?"
However, in response to Chen Huanan's words, the waiter just shook his head.
"Master, this is really unfortunate. I went to Huzhou today to purchase goods. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back without anyone."
Upon hearing this, Chen Huanan immediately became gloomy.
"You said my uncle went to Huzhou."
"yes!"
Seeing this, the shopkeeper was not surprised at all by this answer, but at this time he still came up to him hypocritically and said, "This is really unfortunate."
Hear what the shopkeeper said. That guy from Su's Restaurant
He couldn't help but look at Chen Huan'an and said, "Master Chen, how about you advance some money with the shopkeeper first? If we stay here for a long time, the boss will be angry with us if he finds out."
Hearing this, the owner of the silk shop couldn't help but glare at the clerk in the Su's Tavern, but the clerk just didn't know.
When Chen Huan'an heard the waiter's words, he looked at the silk shop owner and said, "Shopkeeper, I still owe some money to Su's Tavern. Do you think you should ask my uncle to advance the wine money for me?"
Hearing Chen Huan'an's words, the shopkeeper just sneered in his heart. It seemed that the owner still didn't understand his current situation. He just thought that he was still the young master who responded to everything in the past.
However, although the shopkeeper continued to sneer in his heart and even felt that Chen Huanan could not tell the difference between east, west and north, he could not directly kick the young master of the Chen family out at the moment, so he only smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's hard for me to come forward regarding the young master's matter." Come and do it, but the master didn’t say anything. I misappropriated the money privately, and I’m afraid my job will be lost.”
Upon hearing the shopkeeper say such words, Chen Huan'an's expression suddenly changed. But he really couldn't say anything at the moment.
The shopkeeper then smiled and said, "Young Master, how about this? I will give you twenty taels of silver privately."
After saying this, the shopkeeper asked someone to bring him twenty taels. He originally wanted to use these twenty taels to send Chen Huanan away.
Unexpectedly, Chen Huan'an was also an arrogant person. When he saw the twenty taels of silver, he threw the money at the shopkeeper's feet angrily.
