Rebirth of the backing and eating mountains

An Rubao drove the carriage all the way, heading straight to the east of Anping Town.

Looking from a distance, "Die Cui" is lush and green. When the carriage passed by the gate of Zhuangzi, An Rubao looked at the gate deliberately, but he didn't see Wu Pu, so he drove straight past without stopping.

Since the opening of Nanbei Grocery Store, Wu Shifei went to congratulate him and brought Zheng Junyu a congratulatory gift, and then went to the shop from time to time to walk around.The Wu family has a lot of power in Yuxing City, but in Anping Town, Wu Shifei only has a few shops and a Zhuangzi, plus he deliberately conceals it, so few people know his true identity, which is not very impressive, but Wu Shifei acts like this Perverse, not knowing how to keep a low profile, often not playing cards according to common sense, and likes to do extravagant behaviors such as spending a lot of money. He is also very loud in the town. Others can't find out his identity, can't figure out his thoughts, and think he is alive. The background is definitely not small, and there are many people who please and behave, but it is a pity that whoever loves whoever comes to Wu Shifei will not get face at all, which is very depressing.If it goes on like this, it's fine. I didn't expect Nanbei Grocery to fall into the eyes of Boss Wu. Every time I come to Nanbei Grocery, I have to stay for an hour.It was rumored in the town that Nanbei Grocery had a close relationship with Boss Wu Shifei Wu, and he also looked at Nanbei Grocery differently.

They didn't know that every time Wu Shifei came here, he just said some sarcastic remarks to An Rubao. The scene they thought they had a happy conversation had never happened, and An Rubao even felt that Wu Shifei was right. He was quite critical, not to mention a great friendship.However, he also had to admit that Wu Shifei, Boss Wu, had a lot of credit for their North and South groceries being able to sit alone in Anping Town in the past few years without being provoked.

At the gate of the manor, An Rubao stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and a servant ran over and said, "Master An is here." An Rubao had been to the manor several times, and all the servants recognized him.

An Rubao said: "Is your master here?" The servant said, "Yes, someone has already reported it, so you can just go in, Young Master An." Just then An Rubao handed over the reins in his hand to the servant, and walked through the door go.

After entering the courtyard gate, he didn't go directly to the main hall, but walked a short distance along the veranda with ease, passed through a hanging flower door, and entered an independent courtyard.The yard was hidden behind a clump of tall trees, and there were two servants standing at the door. When they saw him coming, they only lowered their heads slightly, and called "Master An." They didn't stop him.An Rubao knew that they were ordered by Wu Shifei, so he nodded slightly and walked into the courtyard.

The third time he came to the manor, Wu Shifei did not receive him in the main hall, but in the flower hall in the courtyard instead.

Wu Shifei was leaning on a chair in the middle of the flower hall, holding a cup of tea and drinking, when he saw An Rubao coming in, he only raised his eyes slightly.An Rubao didn't care, found a seat and sat down by himself, took a sip of the servant's fresh tea, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Brother Wu is so elegant."

Wu Shifei snorted coldly and said: "How can Boss An be so happy, he has nothing to do in the daytime, come here to drink tea." An Rubao smiled and said: "Brother Wu's words are wrong. The so-called drinking tea is a taste. , the second is meaning, and the third is friends. Those who are for quality are pure but not high, those who are for meaning are elegant but distorted, and they are all inferior. Only those who are friends can be the way of tea. .”

Wu Shifei said with a dark face: "It's just drinking tea, and you can talk about it. Sure enough, Suanru is Suanru. Didn't you say that you and I are not friends? My tea is for friends and not for you. Yes. Well, I don't think you came here to drop your book bag with me, so tell me, why?"

An Rubao put down his teacup, changed his composure just now, and said sternly: "Brother Wu is really talking, I really came to ask for something, since Brother Wu asked, then I said it. That's it. There is a new Huicheng Grocery Store in Shanghai. I don’t know if Brother Wu knows about it. As soon as Huicheng Grocery opened, they targeted us at North and South Grocery. As the saying goes, colleagues are enemies. Both of us are in the grocery business, and competition is inevitable. So we didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning, who would have thought that this Huicheng groceries would trouble us several times and use all kinds of methods, even using people in the yamen, if it was just for the sake of grabbing business But it’s a bit too much. I observed them for a few days, and I also asked someone to check the boss of Huicheng Grocery. Who knows that person hides so deeply that he has no clue after a few days, so I suspect that Huicheng Grocery It must not be simple behind the scenes, I'm afraid the ulterior motives are not drinking. We are weak, and I have no other request, but I want Brother Wu to help find out who the boss of Huicheng is. Brother Wu has great powers. Take it easy."

An Rubao and Wu Shifei have known each other for a long time, and he knows that Wu Shifei looks lazy and supercilious on weekdays, but in fact he likes to listen to good things. On weekdays, An Rubao would have to sarcasm a few words. Today, he uses others, good words It's also smooth.

Wu Shifei paused while serving the tea, lowered his eyes, and said, "What should I do? I already knew about the remittance into groceries. In my opinion, don't check it out. The shop will be closed first." Come on, get clean."

Although Wu Shifei was at odds with An Rubao in the past, there was never any ambiguity about Fan An Rubao.When Nanbei Grocery first opened, it wasn't that there were people who were not smart enough to make trouble, and Wu Shifei easily settled them all.Although An Rubao knew that most of the reason why he was like this was because of Zheng Junyu, he was very grateful to this person in his heart.If Huicheng groceries was just a pure business competition, An Rubao would never have found Wu Shifei here, but he never expected Wu Shifei to say that, so he couldn't help being startled.

Wu Shifei glanced at him with complicated eyes, and suddenly changed the topic, and asked, "Did you receive letters from Yuxingcheng these days?" He changed the subject quickly, before An Rubao could react, he subconsciously said: "I just received it a few days ago..." Then his expression became concentrated, he stood up with a "swipe", looked at Wu Shifei and said, "But where is the big brother..."

Wu Shifei raised his hand to block his next words, and his face was not very good, but he just said: "Then you wait for a while. I can't tell you that there are too many Huicheng groceries here, but I can only tell you that they are sure. It’s for Nanbei groceries, to be precise, for you. There were people who had the same thoughts in the past two years, but they were powerless and ended up with nothing. Now they finally got a chance, and they will not let you go easily. You have to do it yourself."

An Rubao opened his mouth, then lowered his head.Although he hasn't met Zheng Junyu these years, he has been exchanging letters frequently. He just got Zheng Junyu's letter two days ago. Because the content of the letter is the same as before and the signature is the same as before, he is not worried about Zheng Junyu's situation. Now hearing what Wu Zhengfei meant, it was clear that something had happened to Zheng Junyu.

An Rubao clenched his fists.He should have thought about it a long time ago, the moment Huicheng grocery came to Anping Town, he should have thought that Zheng Junyu's place was not safe.It's just that I know now, but I can't help at all.This realization made him a little more powerless besides worrying.

An Rubao didn't stay in the manor for too long, and Wu Shifei didn't stay too long as he seemed to have something to do.After An Rubao bid farewell and left the courtyard, the curtain on the west side of the flower hall moved, and Wu Pu came out from inside.

Hearing the sound, Wu Shifei turned his face to the side and waved at him. Wu Pu walked up to him in a few steps and called out, "Master."

Wu Shifei motioned for people to come forward with his hands, and when they approached, he suddenly stretched out his arms around Wu Pu's waist, and pressed his head against it, rubbing his head vigorously.Wu Pu stood upright, allowing him to move, but his expression became very gentle. After the other party had rubbed enough, Fang said: "Why did you tell him those things? After you said it, why didn't you tell him the truth directly?"

Wu Shifei said angrily: "Why should I tell him, hmph, he is like a treasure, you really treat him like a treasure, and you hold him in your mouth for fear of falling or touching him. I just want to see what is so special about this treasure of his." place."

Wu Pu said: "Why are you bothering? It's Young Master Zheng who treats him as a treasure, and his subordinates just admire him. To be honest, I really don't understand why you don't like him."

Wu Shifei said: "You all find him pleasing to the eye, so naturally I'm the one who doesn't like it." After finishing speaking, he withdrew his hand vigorously, pushed Wu Pu aside, got up and walked into the house, not far away He looked back at Wu Pu.Wu Pu stared at him blankly, sighed in his heart for a long time, and had no choice but to keep up.

After leaving Zhuangzi, An Rubao didn't go home, but drove to the shop.

Along the way, An Rubao thought about Wu Shifei's words, and also thought about what Zheng Junyu said when they met for the last time. His heart was ups and downs, and all kinds of thoughts came in one after another, like a knotted thread, entangled, but he couldn't find it. a clue.

The villa is not too far from the shop, and the carriage arrived at the door of the shop in less than a quarter of an hour.Influenced by the North and South groceries, there have been quite a few Shuili shops in the town in the past two years, and the North and South groceries have lost their abruptness and novelty at the beginning, and seem extremely ordinary.

The shop is closed, with a closed sign on the door.All the guys in the shop were there, seeing Song Chu's carriage through the window made of glass, Xiao Jin was the first to run out with a smile, and called out "Little Boss." He reached out to take the reins of the carriage.

An Licheng, who was standing behind the counter on the first floor, also saw An Rubao, and ran out in a hurry, and was greeted by An Rubao when he reached the door.An Licheng was anxious, and while walking back, he asked, "How is it, Rubao, have you thought of any good ideas?"

An Rubao looked at the other party's eager and expectant expression, feeling a little sour in his heart.In the past two years, he was busy studying, An Hua was busy taking care of Chu Li, and busy sourcing goods. The two bosses didn't come to the shop much, and An Licheng was busy working alone in the whole shop. All of An Licheng's painstaking efforts and expectations have been poured into the shop. To him, the current situation is no different from someone hitting his child. The distress and anxiety are naturally more than others.

An Licheng patiently followed An Rubao to the second floor. An Rubao couldn't see any expression on his face, which made him a little uneasy. After they both sat down, he couldn't help but said: "Rubao, then Huicheng Groceries are really deceiving people too much. At first they just started making troubles, finding some rogues to make trouble, but recently they have become more and more serious. They even started to order people from the yamen to deal with us. Those who come to the shop these days There may be [-] to [-]% of the fewer customers, and they all ran to Huicheng Grocery. I'm afraid that if this continues, our shop will not be able to open, we can't sit and wait for death."

An Rubao lowered his head, remembering Wu Shifei's half-warning and dissuading words, some thoughts that had formed in his mind became clearer and clearer, he gritted his teeth secretly, and finally made up his mind.

After An Licheng finished speaking, he waited for An Rubao to speak. After waiting for a while, An Rubao raised his head, looked at himself quietly, and said, "Brother Licheng, I'm sorry, our shop may be temporarily closed."