Just as Lin Zhu and Lu Mingtao had settled on their future cooperative relationship, and while Lin Zhu and Lu Mingtao were discussing some related issues regarding her idea of building a bamboo garden, a group of uninvited guests came to the front door of Lin Zhu's house.
Butler Li, on Li Dabai's order, came to Lin Zhu's home and wanted to get some good watermelon seeds from her. However, Li Dabai looked down on Lin Zhu and thought she was a nouveau riche (Lin Zhu was actually a
Nouveau riche), he was still a young upstart who had neither father nor mother, and no supporter in Song County. They heard all this from Lin Feng. To be honest, Lin Feng was very dissatisfied with Lin Zhu.
I understand that Li Dabai did not do a good job in investigating Lin Feng, which doomed him to failure.
Although Butler Li is a servant, he has been with Li Dabai for a long time and has seen a lot of the world. Moreover, he is extremely snobbish and looks down on ordinary people at all, let alone country people who are called mud-legged. So although Lin Zhu holds the
They had what they wanted, but Butler Li still had a condescending attitude. "Knock on the door and ask Lin Zhu to come out to see me." He was very pretentious and brought four or five guys over, and then asked one of them to come forward.
Go knock on the door.
These clerks were the same as him. The clerk was not polite at that moment. He banged on the door of Lin Zhu's house loudly and urgently, without any courtesy at all.
"Who are you looking for?" One of Dr. Zhang's guards happened to be patrolling in the front yard. When he heard someone knocking on the door, he came over to open the door. Since he was a guard, of course he looked powerful. He asked in a rough voice.
The boy was startled.
"You are so rude, why do you suddenly come out to scare people?" The boy slapped him, which made the guard a little angry, "Who is causing trouble here, please leave quickly." You waved your hand to the guard as if you were shooing away flies, but you didn't recognize them.
, and thought about closing the door.
"Wait a minute." The young man became anxious, "We are sent by Mr. Li, member of the Communist Party of China. You should quickly ask Lin Zhu to come out and pay a visit to our steward Li." He ordered him unceremoniously.
"What did you say?" The guard turned around due to his arrogant words and stared at the young man. This young man only helped in the shop on weekdays, and usually only interacted with ordinary people. Now the battle
The Li family also wanted to show off their power, but they didn't expect to run into Old Doctor Zhang's guards as soon as they opened their mouths. They had also met some dignitaries with Old Doctor Zhang on weekdays, and even those people's servants would not treat them like this.
Rude, the guard was a little angry at his attitude and looked at him with a fierce look in his eyes.
The young man was frightened by his appearance. He flinched a little. Butler Li was sitting in the carriage and heard their movements. He coughed and said, "Go tell Lin Zhu. I was sent by Mr. Li.
She came out to pay her respects." Butler Li's voice was loud and condescending. Normally, his demeanor could scare some people. However, the guards we met today were all people who were accustomed to the world in the capital.
He could tell by looking at them that they were not high-profile people. Not to mention inviting them in, he didn't even bother to say anything to them, so he closed the door and turned around to go back.
For a moment, the scene was very quiet. Only the leaves blown by the cold wind floated past in front of Butler Li and his party. The feeling of being ignored was uncomfortable, and the feeling of being ignored in public was even worse.
Thinking of being so humiliated here, Butler Li came out of the carriage with a livid face. He had been Li Dabai's butler for more than ten years and had never received such treatment. This made him furious.
"You're so brave. If you don't eat the toast, you'll be fined. Then don't blame me for being rude." He looked at the closed door angrily, "Go and smash the door for me, smash it as hard as you can." Butler Li pointed out.
He gritted his teeth and said, "This little servant is willing to be so arrogant. He clearly doesn't take the Li family into consideration and gives me a hard hit." In fact, in Song County, even if such a thing happened, Butler Li would
He would not break down other people's doors rashly. He underestimated Lin Zhu, so he brought misfortune to himself.
The four or five guys stepped forward and banged on the door. Even the guy who knocked on the door just picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the door.
The loud bang not only startled the people inside the door, but also the people outside.
A large piece of paint was knocked off Lin Zhu's newly built door. "Steward Li, is this okay?" The man who got into trouble looked at Steward Li with some fear. "Humph, it's just a door for a country bumpkin.
, If you smash it, it will be smashed, what can happen?" Butler Li snorted disdainfully.
The door was suddenly opened wide. Chang Shi took the guard from before, followed by several people who were guards of Dr. Zhang, and walked out of the door. Seeing the paint that had been smashed off the door, he pointed at it with an unkind expression.
The place asked sharply: "Who did this?"
Chang Shi and several guards stood at the door, and his fierce aura immediately scared the boys back. The boy who smashed the door with rocks did not dare to step forward and huddled behind the others.
"Huh?" Chang Shi glanced at several people coldly, "No one admits it?" Finally he looked at Butler Li, "You seem to be their leader, who did this?" Chang Shi didn't even know how to do it.
He didn't care about the name of the person opposite him, so he just stared at Butler Li.
"Are you Lin Zhu's servant? Just in time, call her out. We are from the Li family." Butler Li finished speaking calmly. At this time, he hoped in his heart that Chang Shi and the others would fight against the Li family's reputation.
They are more polite.
"Li family? Which Li family?" In fact, Chang Shi knew very well who sent them, but these were too arrogant. Chang Shi couldn't help but greet his mother in his heart. He came to beg for help and was so arrogant that his head was kicked by a donkey.
The guy who got it.
"Our master is Mr. Li from Song County. You, a little servant, dare to be so rude." Butler Li was a little concerned about face at this time. "My master can make you unable to stay here with just a wave of his hand. If you kneel down
If you kowtow, I can spare you once."
"Hmph, you are so majestic, and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue." Chang Shi snorted coldly, "I tell you, leave here immediately, I don't care whether you are from the Li family or the Wang family, you are yelling in front of my house.
You smashed the door again, pay twenty taels of silver, and get out of here, or don't blame me for being rude to you." As soon as he finished speaking, several guards behind him were eager to walk towards Butler Li and others.
"You, what do you want to do?" Butler Li was a little panicked. The name of the Li family could not suppress them. These people had a more powerful aura than the bandits, which frightened him and kept him back.
"Butler Li, let's go back first." The boy was scared. If he really wanted to start a fight, he wouldn't be able to dish out the dishes if he didn't have enough people. He would definitely be dealt with badly, especially when they were making fists as big as a casserole.
He very wisely chose to retreat.
Butler Li was actually afraid, but he still forced himself to be calm and said, "I, let me tell you, my master thinks highly of that Lin Zhu, so he uses her watermelon seeds. Don't you know how to praise her? You will be good to me in the future."
." After he finished speaking with a stern expression, he quickly got into the carriage and ran away.
Chang Shi looked very unhappy. He didn't expect the Li family to come to his door so quickly, and he didn't seem to be asking for help at all. He had to tell Lin Zhu about this matter immediately. "Thank you for your help, brothers." Chang Shi
He bowed his hands to the people standing behind him. "No, I live here, so I should help." These guards live here very comfortably. Not only do they have good food, but they also have leisure time. Basically
I just did a patrol every day, and then I took turns being a sparring partner for Chang Tianlei, so I became very familiar with Chang Shi.
When Lin Zhu heard the news, he frowned. The Li family was too arrogant. Even a servant was so arrogant, let alone Li Dabai himself. Not to mention that Lin Zhu didn't want to give the second-generation seeds to people outside the Lin family village.
Even if he wanted to give it to the Li family, he would not give it to the Li family. Of course, if he got a special watermelon from other places and could keep the seeds, that would be a different matter.
"I won't give him even one seed." After listening to Lin Zhu's words, Lu Mingtao said softly, "Miss Lin, although the Li family has some influence in Song County, it is nothing in the eyes of Muyue Trading Company. Since
, Miss Lin has chosen to cooperate with us, so I would like to consider it as a gift to thank you for taking care of us. I will find someone to solve this person."
"I heard that the Li family is related to the county magistrate." Lin Zhu glanced at Lu Mingtao and saw that he didn't care. He knew in his heart that Lu Mingtao's methods should not put the magistrate in his eyes. It seems that Muyue Trading Company
He has a great background. As the saying goes, a current official is not as good as a current manager. In the land of Song County, he is not afraid of the county magistrate wearing small shoes, which is enough to show that Muyue Trading Company has "someone on top".
"Don't worry, Miss Lin, Dong Jisheng will still give Lu some noodles." Lu Mingtao nodded affirmatively.
"Then thank you Mr. Lu." Lin Zhu stood up and saluted him. "Miss Lin gave you too many gifts. This is also part of our cooperation." Lu Mingtao smiled and didn't care. He was not afraid of solving Lin Zhu's troubles.
He was afraid that Lin Zhu would not cooperate with them in the future.
The cooperation agreement discussed by the two people before did not discuss how long it would take, but he felt that Lin Zhu would not agree to cooperate with them permanently. From this point of view, the more help Mu Yue Trading Company provided to Lin Zhu, the more likely it would be a long-term cooperation.
The bigger it gets.
Lu Mingtao saw that it was settled, so he said goodbye and left. He had to prepare a contract. Although the two of them had agreed, there still needed to be a more detailed contract.
After Lin Zhu left, he also asked Chang Shi to go back and rest. He had heard what he said just now and would definitely understand what to do. If the Li family was not a threat, then she should handle Lin Feng's situation by herself.
You can't let him hide in the dark and cause trouble for you. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
ps: There are a lot of things going on these two days, so I can only do double updates, and will resume triple updates from tomorrow.