"What's the meaning?"
"Are you unwilling to sell it to me?"
Zhang Xiaozhu asked in astonishment after hearing what the tea shop manager said. He never expected that he just refused the request to buy tea from him, and he immediately fell out.
"Haha, Mr. Zhang, please don't misunderstand me. When you open the door for business, you will always have customers, let alone such a distinguished guest as Mr. Zhang. How dare I neglect you? But I really don't dare to disobey the orders given by the superiors. Please, please Mr. Zhang is considerate."
"If Mr. Zhang really wants to buy Feng Jian'er and Blue Blood Blue, then book them in advance. But I'm afraid I won't be able to get them this year. I'll have to wait until June or July next year."
The tea shop steward said sincerely.
Zhang Xiaozhu's head was filled with confusion after hearing this, and he cast an inquiring look at Qian Ruoyun.
This guy banged his chest last night, saying that he would be able to buy Feng Jian'er and Blue Blood Blue, but why did he become mute at the critical moment?
Qian Ruoyun's face turned red and his eyes were filled with anger, but he seemed to be very afraid of the tea shop steward. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he still dared not open his mouth to say a word.
The tea shop steward even turned his head and glanced at Qian Ruoyun contemptuously.
The reason why he dared not to take Qian Ruoyun seriously was because he controlled Qian Ruoyun's economic lifeline. With just one word from him, Qian Ruoyun's monthly income would be reduced by half, and he might even be fired. Monthly suspension.
The Qian family does not support idlers. Disciples of the family like Qian Ruoyun, regardless of whether they are legitimate children or common children, will be assigned a certain amount of sales tasks when they reach adulthood. They need to complete the designated sales tasks before they can receive monthly income.
This sounds like it will be beneficial to Qian Ruoyun. If he can expand his network while completing sales tasks, accumulate a large number of customers, and even open up a sales market, then even if he is a bastard, he can still occupy a certain foothold in the family. .
However, it is not that easy in fact, because the legitimate children will not give them a chance to turn over.
The mid-to-high-end tea market has long been divided up by legitimate sons, leaving only the low-end tea that is not easy to sell, and the sales market for low-end tea is already saturated, let alone opening up new sales markets. Even completing the monthly sales tasks is difficult.
However, the legitimate sons did not kill them all and allowed them to entrust the sales task to the tea shop. Even if they failed to complete the task, the superiors would usually turn a blind eye and not care about them.
Qian Ruoyun's monthly sales tasks are managed by this tea shop.
If the tea shop manager reports that Qian Ruoyun's sales task has not been completed, Qian Ruoyun will suffer endless hardships once he is investigated.
Because as long as the manager of the tea shop gives a warning to other Qian's shops, Qian Ruoyun's monthly sales tasks may have nowhere to go, and from now on he will have to squat on the street to sell tea.
The key is that his mother will also suffer.
Qian Ruoyun was controlled by others, so he dared not speak out when he was angry.
But at this moment, when he saw Zhang Xiaozhu's questioning eyes directed at him, he felt that this was not only a question, but also a question on his ability.
He felt that if he could not handle this matter well and could not give Zhang Xiaozu a satisfactory answer, then the good image he had established in Zhang Xiaozu's mind would be in vain.
The contemptuous look in the tea shop steward's eyes suddenly made him extremely angry.
Snapped!
Qian Ruoyun slapped his hand on the table and stood up suddenly. The stool under his butt flew out and the tea bowl on the table jingled and bounced.
He glared and was about to argue with the tea shop manager, but as soon as he opened his mouth and before he could speak, he saw the tea shop manager also slapped the table and stood up, harder than him.
boom!
Click!
The poor table suffered an unreasonable disaster and fell apart under the hands of the tea shop steward.
"Qian Ruoyun, if you dare to slam the table in front of me, you will be blinded!"
"Do you have the final say here, or do I have the final say?!"
"Don't forget who is helping you with your sales tasks. Do you believe that I will make you lose your place in Qian's tea shop with just one sentence, and make you squat on the street selling tea every day from now on?"
"You are a piece of stinking shit yourself. You can fall into any stinking mud ditch no matter what, but you'd better think about your mother."
"Should you let her live on the streets with you, or should you continue to live a happy life with no worries about food and clothing?"
The tea shop steward raised his finger and pointed at Qian Ruoyun, scolding him.
Spit sprayed all over Qian Ruoyun's face.
Qian Ruoyun's mouth was open and he didn't say a word, but it made a lot of tea shop stewards salivate.
When he was scolded at first, his eyes were on fire and his orifices were filled with smoke. Now he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to attack the tea shop steward.
But when he heard the last words of the tea shop steward, his angry expression suddenly trembled, and his whole body suddenly withered like an eggplant beaten by frost.
"It's over, I've been pinched to the death point."
Zhang Xiaozhu knew that Qian Ruoyun was a filial son, so when he heard the tea shop manager threatening his mother, he knew that Qian Ruoyun was about to take action.
"Fourth uncle, my dear fourth uncle..."
"Three taels of Phoenix Pointer and Blue Blood Blue, these are the rights that the family tacitly agrees to give to the disciples every year. I just want to control my share, and it has not touched your interests. Why are you so difficult?"
"I don't respect you less on weekdays."
Qian Ruoyun said angrily and sadly.
"Why…"
"It's not that I want to embarrass you, Fourth Uncle, but that you have been restless and some people can't stand you. Do you understand?"
"Listen to Fourth Uncle's advice and be more peaceful in the future."
"Be calm. With your cleverness, life will definitely get better. Otherwise, it will only get worse."
"If it affects your mother, you will regret it."
The tea shop manager sighed and waved his hand to Qian Ruoyun, as if he was doing it for your own good.
"Is it Qian Ruohong?"
"He...he is so afraid of me and can't stand me, okay?"
"No wonder...no wonder everything has gone wrong for me in the past few years. Many good things have obviously been accomplished, but things always go wrong at the last moment. It turns out that my good brother is secretly causing trouble."
Qian Ruoyun immediately guessed who "someone" was referring to.
Qian Ruohong is his half-brother.
The steward of the tea shop did not answer Qian Ruoyun's question, but apologized to Zhang Xiaopou, who was still sitting on the stool, and said: "The Qian family's housework made Mr. Zhang laugh. Mr. Zhang also heard it. If you want to buy Feng Jian'er and Bixuelan can only be bought from Lao Chan. If you insist on buying them from Ruoyun's name, it will harm him."
"You, the Qian family, are really interesting. You even sell tea with such intrigues and thrills." Zhang Xiaozhu teased.
The steward of the tea shop was not angry after hearing this. He smiled bitterly and said: "There are more wolves and less meat. If you don't take what others have, others will take what's yours. This is not true for all families in the world."
"Huh..." Qian Ruoyun breathed a sigh of relief, as if letting out the depressed air in his heart, and said: "Fourth uncle, I won't argue with you anymore. You can sell the tea to Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang is - —”
"Okay, that's it, I won't buy any tea today." Zhang Xiaozhu interrupted Qian Ruoyun's words, stood up and raised his hands to the tea shop steward: "Thank you for the hospitality, I'll take my leave."
After saying that, he walked away.
Ye Mingyue stood up and followed.
Qian Ruoyun looked at Zhang Xiaozu's leaving figure, and his body suddenly collapsed.
He knew that his image in Zhang Xiaozu's heart was completely ruined. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was ruined, and his heart suddenly became empty.
He regretted not telling the identity of Zhang Xiaozu's specially invited alchemist in advance. If his fourth uncle knew that Zhang Xiaozu was the specially invited alchemist, there would be no way he could refuse Zhang Xiaozu's request to buy tea.
Alchemists, especially powerful alchemists, are the ones that all big families compete to make friends with.
"Hey, your cleverness is mistaken for your cleverness. You deserve nothing."
Qian Ruoyun cursed himself in his heart.
The reason why he didn't tell his fourth uncle Zhang Xiaozu's identity as an alchemist was because he was worried that his fourth uncle would snatch Zhang Xiaozu away if he knew about it. But if he had known that this would be the outcome, there would be no way he could have concealed Zhang Xiaozu's identity, at least. We must first ensure that Zhang Xiaopeng can buy tea, instead of making a fatal move like now, without any room for relaxation.
"Master Qian..."
Zhang Xiaozu suddenly stopped when he reached the door, turned to look at Qian Ruoyun and called out.
Qian Ruoyun responded with an embarrassed expression, thinking that Zhang Xiaopou was going to ridicule him for his boastful talk at the wine table last night.
"I have a deal I want to discuss with you. Are you interested?" Zhang Xiaozu asked with a smile.
"Ah?" Qian Ruoyun looked startled.
"Don't want to?"
"No, no, no, I am willing, I am so willing. It is my lifelong honor to work for Mr. Zhang." Qian Ruoyun felt that he had survived a desperate situation. He was so excited that he almost cried. He yelled in his heart: "I don't feel the same. Wrong, this Young Master Zhang is the noble person I am destined to be."
"Then don't hang around and let's go."
"Let's go, let's go." Qian Ruoyun immediately strode towards the door.
"Stop!" the tea shop manager suddenly shouted, opened his arms and took a step across, stopped Qian Ruoyun, and shouted: "You can't go!"
Some people died, but not completely...
