Su Shi only slept for more than an hour last night, but it didn't affect him from getting up early today.
After running around the general's mansion three times, he was able to walk into the mansion on his own. Su Shi was still very satisfied with the results of his training over the past month.
But he became increasingly dissatisfied with the food at the General's Mansion. When Lin Mo brought the gruel, pickles and steamed buns, Su Shi's eyes widened.
"The General's Mansion doesn't seem to be short of money now." Su Shi murmured: "But why is the food in the General's Mansion getting worse and worse? I'm not saying that every meal requires seven or eight dishes, but at least one should be changed. Let’s change the pattern, why is this the same thing every day for breakfast?”
Lin Mo said with a bitter face: "Master, you can eat some first. This is the rule set by Butler Wu."
When Lin Mo mentioned Butler Wu, even Su Shi lost his temper.
Even when facing his father Su Nian, Su Shi might have to contradict him for a moment or two, but for Butler Wu and everyone in the general's residence, no one dared not smile when they saw him.
Butler Wu is loyal, fair, rigorous and meticulous in his work, so everyone in the general's house respects him. The more important reason is that when Su Nian, the master of the General Mansion, was wearing open pants, Butler Wu followed him and took care of him.
Wu An entered the government at the age of eight. He has worked in the General's Mansion for sixty years and spent his whole life in the General's Mansion, so every time Su Shi saw him, he was respectful.
"I also know that as people get older, they take money more seriously, as if money will give birth to babies in the cash box." Su Shi couldn't help but said distressed: "In fact, money needs to be used out before it can be called money."
Lin Mo naturally didn't understand, but when he saw the young master complaining constantly, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Last month, the young master took 50,000 taels from the house to pay off the debt. Butler Wu couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep for several days. Now, now When I finally saw the money come back, I naturally attached great importance to it, for fear that the young master would squander it again in the blink of an eye. If the General's Mansion can't even come up with the betrothal gift, wouldn't it become a joke in the mouths of others."
Su Shi glared at him: "Don't you tell him that the General's Mansion is not short of money at all now."
"For Butler Wu, the money in the cash box is money. Otherwise, no matter how extravagant your talk is, he will just think you are talking nonsense."
"But Young Master just needs to be patient for a few more months."
Su Shi was stunned: "Why?"
Lin Mo smiled naively: "In a few months, Butler Wu will be sixty-nine years old, and Miss Qin Nan will also come in."
Su Shi couldn't understand even more, because he really didn't understand what these two things had to do with his breakfast.
Lin Mo explained with a smile: "Steward Wu said that he would prepare to take care of himself at the age of sixty-nine. At that time, Miss Qin Nan happened to come in and naturally took over the general's mansion. How could Miss Qin Nan be willing to let the young master eat such simple meals every day? ? Even if the young master wants to eat dragon meat from the sky, she will probably have to find a way to get it for him."
Su Shi never expected that the seemingly honest and honest Lin Mo would actually make fun of him. He drank a sip of porridge and couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "The world is really going downhill now. Masters are no longer masters, and servants are no more like servants."
Lin Mo had followed Lin Mo for a long time and knew that this sentence did not mean to blame at all, so he laughed silly again.
Su Shi picked up the bowl and drank a few mouthfuls of porridge gloomily, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "When will Nangong Yu and Liu Zhi come?"
"At this moment, I must be on the way now." Then Lin Mo said again: "Aren't you going to have guests at noon? I can inform the kitchen to prepare one or two more dishes."
Su Shi put down the bowl and sighed: "Can the food in the General's Mansion be used to entertain guests? Even I, the master, feel a little shabby when I see the food. Besides, these two people are here to take advantage of me. Logically speaking, they should treat me." right."
Lin Mo said angrily: "Since they are here to take advantage of the young master, then don't even serve them tea."
Su Shi couldn't help but exclaimed: "Damn, is it true that the more you go back to the General's Mansion, the more guests come and you don't even have to drink tea? Is it true that the richer a person becomes, the stingier he becomes?"
Then he looked at Lin Mo suspiciously: "Have you changed your gender? You talked more this morning than you did in the three or four days combined."
Lin Mo immediately shut his mouth and became silent.
Su Shi said hurriedly: "I don't mean anything else." Then he couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, it's a very happy thing to have someone to talk to. Eating alone is really boring."
Then he looked at Lin Mo sincerely: "Thank you."
Lin Mo scratched his head in embarrassment: "There isn't much I can do to help you."
Su Shichang sighed: "You don't have to blame yourself, you have helped me a lot, but there are some things that no one can help me with, so I can only face them by myself."
At this moment, two luxurious carriages came from a distance, and then stopped in front of the general's mansion. Two young men in brocade clothes and jade robes slowly got out of the carriages, and then looked at each other and smiled.
One of them was wearing a white robe, with an elegant look and elegant manner. The other man was dressed in green, with a proud look on his face.
Su Shi had already been waiting in front of the door. When he saw the carriage approaching, he had already walked down the stone steps and was now in front of the two of them.
The young man in white clasped his fists and said, "Nangong Yu, I met Mr. Su."
Then Liu Zhi also saluted and said, "Liu Zhi, I have met Mr. Su."
Su Shi returned the greetings one by one, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Nangong, Mr. Liu, please come in."
The three of them came to the hall. After taking their seats, a servant had already brought tea and put it on the coffee table, and then quietly retreated.
Su Shi made an invitation gesture: "Brother Nangong, Brother Liu, please have some tea."
Nangong Yu and Liu Zhen said at the same time: "Thank you, Mr. Su."
After the three of them drank together, Nangong Yu was about to speak when Su Shi smiled and said, "We are all young people and we don't need to imitate those old scholars, so we might as well get straight to the point."
Nangong Yu and Liu Zhi were startled at the same time. They didn't expect Su Shi to speak so clearly and neatly, but both of them were used to the world. After being slightly startled, Nangong Yu smiled and said, "Young Master Su is a generous man, so let's just tell him our purpose."
Then he glanced at Liu Zhi and continued: "We are here this time to do business with Mr. Su."
Su Shi was not surprised, but he thought about it and asked, "I wonder if you two want to do business with me yourself? Or do you represent the Nangong family and Liu Mansion?"
"Of course we are talking about cooperation with Mr. Su on behalf of our respective families."
"No problem." Su Shi agreed: "It is also my wish to join hands with these two aristocratic families to do business."
Nangong Yu and Liu Zhi were startled again. They never expected that Su Shi would agree so happily.
Originally, they thought that negotiating business this time would be difficult because no one was willing to take out the meat that had already been eaten.
However, who would have known that less than a quarter of an hour after entering, Su Shi had already agreed to their request for cooperation.
Just because Su Shi agreed so quickly, Liu Zhi didn't believe it: "Master Su really agreed to cooperate with us?"
Su Shi smiled and said, "How dare I joke with these two brothers? Of course it's true."
At this time, Nangong Yu asked slowly: "I wonder how Mr. Su wants to cooperate?"
