Han Du had already changed into casual clothes when he arrived. He nodded after hearing what Mr. Huang said.
Huang Lao then stepped forward to talk.
Before he entered the door, Mr. Huang shouted loudly: "Dong Gao's family, are you there?"
Someone inside heard the sound and came out. When he saw Mr. Huang for the first time, he quickly greeted him, "Hey, Mr. Huang, what kind of wind brought you here today? What do you want to buy today?"
Han Du followed behind and saw the man with gray hair on his temples. He was wearing dark, coarse cloth with stains on his clothes and his hands were thin and weak.
Gao Dongjia glanced at Han Du, who nodded with a smile.
"Come on, come in and sit down."
Gao Dongjia quickly asked Mr. Huang and Han Du to sit down.
As soon as Huang Lao sat down, he sighed: "I didn't come here to buy copperware today."
"What's that for?" Gao Dongjia took a sip of coarse tea and looked at Mr. Huang in confusion.
He has his own copper workshop here, which only sells copperware. He specializes in making various copper pots, copper basins, copper pots, copper foot stoves, etc. for customers. He also specializes in making copper locks and copper collars for children.
Of course, he runs this place on his own, on a small scale, which means he can barely make a living. However, his house is not small, with three entrances, and a small kiln specially built for copper smelting.
In order to prepare the Gao Dong family mentally, Huang Laoxian said soothingly: "This matter... is a bit presumptuous. Please forgive me in advance."
Gao Dongjia didn't care, nodded and agreed, "Brother, it's okay to just say it, we'll listen."
An ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her parents-in-law. No matter how hard it is to say something, she has to say it out to know whether others agree or not.
Mr. Huang took a breath and sighed: "That's all, brother," he pointed at Han Du and introduced to Gao Dongjia: "This is...is~"
At the critical moment, Mr. Huang suddenly felt that he didn't know how to introduce Han Du.
Seeing this, Han Du smiled and added: "My surname is Han, and I am a good friend of Mr. Huang."
"Yes, yes," Huang Laorumeng nodded repeatedly and continued: "This friend of my brother wants to buy a workshop and make a living. I wonder what you think of Gao Dongjia?"
At this time, the Gao Dong family still doesn't understand what Huang Lao means? He frowned and glanced at Huang Lao and Han Du, as if hesitating.
Han Du and Mr. Huang waited quietly for the Gao Dong family's reply. After all, it was such an important matter and it was impossible for people to agree immediately. They had to give others time to think.
Therefore, Han Du was not in a hurry.
After a long time, Gao Dong's family looked up at Han Du and asked, "Is this young master's surname Han?"
"Yes, my surname is Han."
There is nothing special about the surname Han. There are so many people surnamed Han in the world. Sometimes two people surnamed Han meet together. Although they all have the same surname, they are not even relatives of each other.
Therefore, Han Du didn't think too much, nodded and admitted openly.
Gao Dongjia looked at Han Du, then at Mr. Huang, and asked tentatively: "Is this young master in front of Master Han Du?"
Han Du was surprised. He never thought that one day he would be called out by a stranger by his name.
Is he so famous? Now, even Han Du himself was confused.
"Do you know me?"
When Gao Dongjia heard this, he immediately laughed and shook his head while laughing, "You are so lucky to be able to know Mr. Han, and it is only today that you have the chance to meet Mr. Han."
"Then how do you know that I am Han Du?" Han Du was confused.
Although Gao Dongjia is not young and has a rough face, his eyes are extraordinarily bright. "I know that Brother Huang works as an errand in the banknote bureau. In addition, you are here with Brother Huang, but Brother Huang is here."
But I didn’t even know how to introduce him to the adults. So I tried to make a guess."
After hearing this, Han Du also had a smile on his face and sighed: "You have perfected your ability to observe words and emotions. Yes, I am Han Du and I want to buy your workshop. Let me know whether I want to sell it or not.
Right. But you can rest assured that even if you don’t want to sell it, I will never pester you.”
Facing Han Du's status as an official, Gao Dongjia did not have the same fear as ordinary people when seeing an official. He nodded and said: "I believe that if you want to buy and sell by force, there is no need to come in casual clothes.
He even deliberately called him Huang’s best friend.”
After finishing speaking, Gao Dongjia smiled, and quickly changed his tone and said: "I originally had the intention of selling this workshop. I have no children, and none of the apprentices I taught are successful. Instead of using this
The workshop has been handed over to them and has failed, so it is better to take out the money and go back to my hometown to spend the rest of my life."
"Really? That's great." Mr. Huang was delighted when he heard this. He didn't expect that the first house he visited would have such a consensual result.
Gao Dongjia waved his hand to stop Mr. Huang's words, and said apologetically: "Brother, don't be anxious, let me hear what I have to say first."
Mr. Huang immediately shut up and smiled, waiting for Gao Dong's next words.
"Originally, I was planning to take action, but since Master Han wants to buy it, I don't want to take action anymore."
Huang Lao was paused when he heard the words, and asked absently: "Why, why is this?"
Yes? Why is this?
It was originally meant to be sold, but now that he is selling it, he doesn't want to sell it? Could it be that what he said just now was just to amuse himself.
Han Du frowned. No matter how good-tempered he was, facing such entertainment, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.
After giving Gao Dong's house a cold look, Han Du was about to get up and leave.
But Gao Dongjia quickly stretched out his hand to stop it and explained: "The reason why I don't want to sell it is that I want to partner with the adults."
partnership?
Han Du pondered for a moment. Partnerships are very common. One person can do business alone, or two people can work together as a partnership. Not only ordinary people, but also those officials who do business secretly, most of them use this partnership method.
In this way, firstly, it can prevent the official from losing money because he does not know how to run the business; secondly, it can also ensure the interests of the other partner, so that the official will not work in vain and rely on others.
But Han Du has never thought about who he wants to partner with in this matter. This is not to say that Han Du is greedy and wants to monopolize the benefits, but that he feels that partnering with others is too troublesome. By then, if there is a relationship between the two
Because there is a conflict of opinions, who should be listened to?
So, Han Du shook his head and refused: "Let's forget it. Since I have no intention of selling, please forgive me and say goodbye."
After saying that, he got up and left.
But Gao Dongjia stopped Han Du again, "Sir, don't be anxious."
Han Du sat back on the chair in confusion, not understanding what Gao Dong's family meant. They were selling or not selling, but they insisted on keeping him.
When Gao Dongjia saw Han Du sitting down, he explained: "Didn't you wonder why the young one guessed your name just now?"