The boss naturally sent a box over and was busy cutting the stewed vegetables. Luo Yuzhu had already gone over to pick vegetables.
"I really can't drink. I'll quit. A box of wine will definitely make me drunk." The fat man said sternly.
Tang Xiaobao laughed and said: "What are you afraid of? Just come back to the hotel with me when you are drunk. I won't throw you on the street."
What else did the fat man want to say?
"Damn it, fat man, we are still not brothers. Why have you become like this? You were never such a mother-in-law before!"
The fat man hesitated and hesitated, and finally muttered: "I don't have enough money at that moment, so you will pay the bill."
"When did I say that you must pay the bill? Who among us brothers is following the other? I must pay the bill." Tang Xiaobao smiled.
Luo Yuzhu came back and chuckled: "I guess it's better for me to pay the bill."
"That won't work. You are my younger brother and sister. How can I let you pay the bill?" said the fat man.
Luo Yuzhu's face turned red.
Tang Xiaobao said quickly: "Hey, hey, hey, don't mess around with me. This is the niece of a friend of mine. She happens to be traveling here these days."
"Ahem, Brother Tang is my godbrother, and I am his godsister. Brother Xiang, don't get me wrong." Luo Yuzhu also said.
Fuck my sister?
The fat man glanced at Tang Xiaobao with disdain.
Tang Xiaobao felt aggrieved and could no longer explain, so he could only nod in agreement.
"Come on, let's drink." Tang Xiaobao poured the wine and asked Luo Yuzhu: "Do you want to drink?"
"No." Luo Yuzhu said with a smile: "It seems that you will all be drunk in a while, and I have to stay awake. By the way, Brother Tang, you drank with Secretary Yuan at night, so don't drink too much."
The fat man was stunned: "Which Secretary Yuan?"
Tang Xiaobao smiled and said: "That secretary of the county government."
The fat man said oh, his expression a little unnatural.
"Don't worry, although I drank a little, these bottles of beer are still fine. Even if I'm drunk, it's worth it to accompany my brothers." Tang Xiaobao smiled and raised his glass: "Here, one of us will go first."
The two of them had a drink.
The fat man kept coughing.
"Got a cold?"
"Yes, my throat is a little uncomfortable, so why don't I drink a bar?" the fat man said quickly.
Tang Xiaobao rolled his eyes at the fat man: "Go away, drink, even if you are sick, come back to me for treatment, and I will cure it for you."
Damn, the miracle doctor is so tough when he talks.
After saying that, he started to pour the wine again and urged the fat man: "Hurry up and pour the wine. You are the boss. I have to pour you the wine. Damn it, don't even think about slipping away tonight. Each person has six bottles of wine, one bottle
Nothing less.”
"Really want to drink?" The fat man said with a bitter look on his face.
“Must drink!”
"Okay, then I'll drink with you!"
The fat man also became more generous. Maybe he had something on his mind. It was a rare opportunity for him to take the initiative to pour wine and have a drink with Tang Xiaobao.
Next, the food arrived.
The three of them were eating and chatting. Of course, the wine didn't stop.
Tang Xiaobao knew the fat man's drinking capacity. He could only drink four bottles of wine at most, but now he had six bottles, just enough to make him drunk.
It's good to be drunk. Only when you are drunk can you tell the truth.
Tang Xiaobao naturally wanted to help his brother when something happened, but the fat man refused to tell him, so he had to use this method.
Sure enough, after four bottles of wine, the fat man's face turned red and he started talking more.
Tang Xiaobao laughed secretly in his heart, and then he started to change the topic to the fat man, and asked casually: "Have you been selling books this year?"
"No, it was sold just a few months ago," the fat man said.
"Why don't you help your parents take care of the business? Isn't your family's business doing very well?"
"What the heck, that was in the past. Now we are heavily in debt. Creditors are coming to close our doors these days." The fat man complained.
After saying that, he took the initiative to pour the wine and said, "Come on, drink!"
Tang Xiaobao drank another bottle with him.
"Why did your business suddenly fail and you still owe other people's debts?" Tang Xiaobao asked curiously.
The fat man curled his lips: "It's just someone who plotted against me. It's all because of that Lu Liang."
"Lvliang?"
“Lvliang Decoration and Building Materials Company!”
"The competition failed?"
"Shit!"
The fat man said dissatisfied: "Luliang, a newly opened building materials company, can't have as good a business as ours. After all, we are also locals from Tongjiang. Over the years, our connections have been much stronger than his."
"Then how could he be tricked?" Tang Xiaobao asked curiously.
"Luliang's boss, named Peng Hui, is somewhat related to Liu Qiang from our school. Originally, our two families were inseparable, but one time, when we went out for supper at night, we bumped into him. At that time
Liu Qiang was also present, and in the end the two sides had a fight over disagreements. Later, the matter was coordinated by the police station. My parents also came, and seeing that they were acquaintances, we didn’t argue with them, and we ended up being private."
"Then what?"
The fat man took a sip of his wine and said, "Later I took it as a matter of course. Who knew that not long after, a boss from Shiniuzui Development Zone came to my dad and said he wanted to purchase a batch of materials, and he didn't contact us.
After bargaining, the two parties also signed a contract. This was a big deal. In the end, my father had no choice but to find someone to loan him one million in interest before he could get the goods back. But who knew, he found someone there temporarily?
It’s an excuse to break the contract.”
Tang Xiaobao frowned: "Are there any liquidated damages?"
"At that time, I didn't expect that they were going to break the contract. The contract was also drawn up by others, and the liquidated damages were only symbolically written at 10,000 yuan. As a result, the goods were suppressed. I wanted to return it but couldn't. It was nothing at first, but from then on
Later, several of our original long-term customers suddenly stopped buying our stuff. When my dad asked, they were vague and finally revealed that someone was putting pressure on them and there was nothing they could do."
The fat man drank a drink by himself, lit up a cigarette, took a long puff, and started coughing again. He kept coughing until his face turned red.
Tang Xiaobao quickly patted him on the back, took the cigarette and put it out: "If you can't smoke, then stop smoking."
"I'm fine." Fatty said, biting his lip.
Tang Xiaobao thought for a while and said, "Then the bank started to come to collect payment?"
"Yeah, I was just thinking about a short-term loan. According to the contract, I could get the payment within a week. But who knew, someone tricked me and the creditor came to collect the money. Oh, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, if
If I can't get another million, they said that the store will be owned by them, and that's what was written in the agreement at the time," the fat man said.
Tang Xiaobao frowned and said, "How big of a problem is it that you can't think of a solution for a million dollars?"
"It's hard to borrow money these days." The fat man smiled bitterly.
Tang Xiaobao was speechless.
Only then did he realize that ever since he became rich, he really had no idea about money. It seemed that before, his family could not borrow a thousand yuan anywhere.
Tang Xiaobao sighed inwardly and asked: "By the way, your store is still in the Nanmen Building Materials Market?"
"Yes, Xiang's Building Materials." The fat man said casually.
Tang Xiaobao didn't ask again and said: "Come, have a drink." (To be continued)