Chapter 67: Forced to move to a new home
Auntie? Daddy ?
Depend on……
Because of the huge blow he had endured, this word kept floating in Su Luo's mind for a long time...
Poor thing, I didn't expect it! I didn't expect it! Su Luo always felt that her life was hard enough, because she was poor and had to endure it all to become an old maid, not to mention that she couldn't get married, and now she was told: HEY! Girl, your mother is a concubine.
It was not difficult to see from her family's previous situation that her mother was a useless concubine. Su Luo didn't know whether concubines were really so worthless and easy to bully in this era when concubines were rampant. She only knew that the new concubines four hundred years later would be very rampant. Of course, those in the future would not be called concubines. They had a groundbreaking and loud name - mistress.
Is Su a mistress? Probably not, because she is not rampant and does not deserve to be called a mistress. She is just a concubine, a concubine who has been abandoned by her husband for many years but still waits for him to come back. Su Luo sympathizes with her concubine mother, but sympathizes more with her steamed bun lady. Let alone anything else, just say that a woman who watches her husband hug another woman and tells herself that this is normal is quite sympathetic in itself.
Thinking of this, Su Luo seemed to be more pleased with the drooping eyes of the Mantou lady. Out of sympathy, without Su's hint, he called out, "Auntie."
The Bun Lady seemed to roll her eyes at her. Su Luo didn't see it clearly. Even if she did, she would have persuaded herself to endure it. Who can blame her for being pitiful? The pitiful are the most pitiful!
"Xiao Xian." Auntie Mantou said with a sullen face, "You are such a girl and you really don't know the rules at all. You have been away from the Su residence for so many years, you won't forget the rules, right?"
Su was obviously familiar with all the rules for concubines. She knelt on the ground with a "thump" and pulled Su Luo with an anxious look on her face, "Luo'er, don't make me angry. Pay your respects to me quickly."
It was really strange that Su Luo was willing to kneel. She was born under the red flag and grew up in the new society. She had always regretted not having this kind of experience. Now she finally had the chance to pat her back and say, "My legs are made of poplar wood and would rather break than bend!"
Aunt Mantou's eyes narrowed and she said, "This is really out of control, out of control..." Her voice was so sharp and piercing that it hurt Su Luo's eardrum.
Su's face lost all color and she kept pulling at Su Luo's clothes. Su Luo shook her off and said to the mantou lady impatiently, "Alright, alright, stop rebelling. What something to say, just tell me. Don't be so formalistic."
Aunt Mantou was obviously prepared to get mad here, but she didn't expect to run into someone as tough as Su Luo. She was a little confused for a moment and pointed at Su Luo: "You, you, you..."
"I, I, I..." Su Luo felt a headache. What did these people have to do with her? Why did she have to be pointed at here? "What are you doing here? If you have something to say, leave. I'm spending millions of dollars for this second. Can you afford to compensate me for wasting my time?"
The steamed bun lady glared at him, and Su Luo got angry and asked first, "What's the matter?"
Aunt Mantou was obviously used to speaking first. She didn't know how to respond after being beaten to the punch. She just choked. Father Mantou was still wiping his sweat. He didn't even dare to look at Su Luo and Su. But the girl jumped up and said, "I think you don't want to go back to the Su residence. Humph! Mom, let's ignore them and go back!"
Another person who seemed to be her brother also jumped up and pointed at Su Luo and shouted, "You little bitch, how dare you be rude to my mother? Kneel down and apologize!"
"I'll pay you back with my head!" This was the first time since she was a child that she was described as "cheap". Su Luo almost threw the stool next to her over. If Su Luo originally had some sympathy for the steamed bun lady, this sympathy had disappeared without a trace in just a few minutes. Who had she offended?
She couldn't stay here any longer. If she stayed, Su Luo was afraid that her blood vessels would burst. She ignored the Mantou family who were still shouting. Su Luo turned around to leave, but was startled by a sudden voice "Luo'er!". She turned around and saw that it was Mantou's father. He was sweating profusely and standing next to Mantou's mother, holding her arm tightly. "The overall situation is more important, the overall situation is more important."
Mrs. Mantou's complexion finally improved a little. She stared at Su Luo as if she had used up all her strength. Su Luo shuddered again. If it was before she died, this look would probably mean "die with eyes wide open" or "I will not let you go even if I become a ghost".
Su Luo was more curious about the "big picture" that Mantou's father mentioned. What kind of big picture could calm a jealous and angry woman down? And what did it have to do with her?
Aunt Mantou called her son with a cold face, and the little boy really stopped talking without saying a word. He really has no personality at all.
The room finally became quiet. Su Luo waited patiently for a while. No one spoke. Mantou Dad sat back in his seat and wiped his sweat, as if the action just now had exhausted all his courage. Mantou Auntie closed her eyes and rested. It was unclear whether she was calming down or starting another show of power. Su Luo was in a hurry to go to the store to find Bao Zixing to discuss how to sell the store so as to make a fortune for Fatty Xue. She had no time to waste on them. Seeing Su's respectful attitude, it seemed impossible to persuade her to leave. So she gave up and ignored the Mantou family. She told Su and left the house. Su didn't dare to stop her. Her cautious appearance made Su Luo feel that she was quite unfilial.
After leaving the house, Su Luo went to Yun Lang's residence, picked up Yun Lang who was sleeping soundly, and asked him to go home and keep an eye on him, so that the Su family would not suffer any loss, and then went to the cash box. As for the "overall situation" that Mantou's father mentioned, it was related to them anyway, so she was not afraid that she didn't know.
When they arrived at Qiangui, Bao Zixing had just arrived and was directing the servants to clean up. Seeing Su Luo, he hurriedly came up to him and said that he had come up with an idea last night. He could contact some familiar customers who didn't have time to come, and give them some benefits park their carriages in front of Qiangui in the evening and send them back after an hour. Because each carriage had certain markings, it would create the illusion of a constant flow of customers, attract new customers, and gain some market value for the sale of Qiangui.
Su Luo chuckled, isn't this the same principle as the free parking spaces that will be opened in front of restaurants in the future? People are willing to join in the fun, and those who eat there will think that the restaurant with the most cars and better license plates in front of it must be good.
Patting Lao Bao on the shoulder with approval and saying "thank you for your hard work", Su Luo then expressed her own ideas. The parking space method could be tried out, and at the same time, she wanted to hold a karaoke competition in the name of Qiangui, asking all the KTVs on this street to select representatives to participate, and the champion would be rewarded with fifty taels of silver. First, she would stir up her own momentum, so that she would not be afraid that Fatty Xue would not take the bait.
Bao Zixing pondered for a while and felt that the idea was feasible, so he immediately contacted various KTVs. Su Luo stood in the shadow of Qiangui's door, staring at the flower cabinet opposite with a grin, while thinking about what new projects to develop after Qiangui was sold.
In this age where patents are not protected, it is far from enough to rely on just one or two new ideas. If you want to get rich, you have to stay ahead of everyone else.
In the afternoon, Bao Zixing came back with good news and bad news. The good news was that all KTV businesses were willing to mobilize consumers to participate in such activities in order to stimulate the development of the industry; the bad news was that everyone was very interested in this venue, and since the idea was from Qiangui, this event could be named Qiangui, but the venue had to be discussed.
Su Luo scratched his chin. This is difficult to deal with. It seems that merchants in ancient times were not stupid. The most important thing about the entire event is the venue. Whoever holds it will naturally leave the deepest impression in the minds of consumers. What's the point of just giving it a name? There are so many cabinets on the street.
After thinking about it, Su Luo asked, what if we propose a vote? Each store cannot vote for its own store, and then vote on the final venue.
Bao Zixing said that voting was okay. After all, our store is the founding store in this industry and has certain competitiveness. But at the same time, there are two other stores. One is the flower cabinet opposite, which is large and luxurious; the other is the writing cabinet at the end of the street, which only does business with literati and poets, and the consumers there are even higher-end than ours. These two stores are quite strong competitors. If there is a real referendum, we may not be elected.
Su Luo had a headache. He closed his eyes and drew circles on his head with his hands. Click, click, click, click, click, click... Ding! Got it!
Su Luo looked up and said to Bao Zixing: "Just go to the referendum and vote. No matter which store you choose, we just need to keep the naming rights."
Bao Zixing was a little worried, but Su Luo urged him to go quickly, saying that he had a way to make everyone remember Qiangui, and told Bao Zixing to cast a sacred vote for Huagui in the referendum. It would be best to let Fatty Xue win the rights to the land so that he could have fun first.
Bao Zixing became even more confused. Su Luo pulled him over and whispered something like this and that. Bao Zixing was happy and said that this would definitely work. That fat guy always uses girls to steal our customers. He will be pissed to death this time!
The two were having fun when Yun Lang arrived. He looked a little depressed and rolled his eyes at the overjoyed Su Luo. "Have fun while you can. Enjoy it as much as possible, so you don't have to miss another chance in the future."
"Ah?" Su Luo didn't understand, "Those few buns in my house are gone?"
"Gone." Yun Lang touched his nose and asked the boy at the door to pour him a glass of water. He drank it all up and wiped his mouth. "Not only are they gone, but your mother is gone too."
"ah?"
"Ahhh, what's wrong?" Yun Lang curled his lips. "They came here today to pick you and your daughter up to go back to the Su family mansion. Your mother originally said to wait for you to come back to discuss it, but that woman said no, so she asked your mother to go back with them first, and sent someone to the official school to take Xiao Yi away. You won't be able to stay for long, and you will have to go to the mansion to be a lady. It will be difficult for you to go out in the future."
Su Luo was furious. "Whatever she said is the truth? You didn't stop her?"
Yun Lang snorted, "That's your mother, and she could be my future mother-in-law. She nodded, how can I stop her? Should I tie her up and throw her in a small dark room?"
"Definitely... there is a conspiracy!" Su Luo bit his thumb, "Damn it, what on earth do they want to do?"
"What else can he do? He's just coveting your small business." Yun Lang saw it clearly.
Su Luo also thought of this, but she didn't believe that someone would let go of her husband's sharing rights for money. Or was it that Aunt Mantou was sure that she could keep a close eye on Daddy Mantou and not let him cross the line?
There is a conspiracy. No matter how you think about it, there is still a conspiracy.
"You are a lady, your whole family is ladies!" Su Luo said without thinking and rushed out the door.
Yun Lang took a long time to react before he remembered that he had said 225 words ago that she wanted to be a "lady". This guy reacted really quickly...
