163 Are You Mad?
“It seems that you really don’t want to work here any longer!” The short man continued, “Hmph, I can see you’re pretty good at this. It’s not the first time, right? Do you deserve the trust of the proprietor? You can’t just accept things sent by random people!”
“Manager Li, since I am the manager of Visitor’s Aroma, you’re not in the position to say anything here. No matter what, my business in Yuanjiang County is better than yours in Shiyang County!” Manager Lin was not polite to him either.
Zhao Chuchu understood what this was about as soon as she saw it.
They were under the same boss and they were rivals!
But Manager Li had the face of a sinister villain.
It was not that Zhao Chuchu judged people by their appearance. But Manager Li had directly revealed his true nature!
“Visitor’s Aroma is also considered a long-established company in Guangqing Province. If Yuanjiang County is in trouble, do you think Shiyang County will be spared? If you want to quit, you should get out of here,” Manager Li sneered
Manager Lin’s face darkened, unable to keep calm anymore. “Don’t be a troublemaker. Take the tofu and get out, or don’t blame me for not being polite.”
Manager Li had been coveting Visitor’s Aroma, but unfortunately, the proprietor did not let him get what he wanted. So, he had been targeting Manager Lin.
Especially in the middle of the year, when they paid their bills in Guangqing Province, they were sowing dissension in front of their boss.
Manager Lin had been putting up with him for a long time.
Recently, the business in Yuanjiang County became better because of the tofu business, and after the steward of the proprietor came to check the accounts and found that the income had increased, he asked Manager Li to try to include tofu as an ingredient in Shiyang County.
That was why Manager Li came to Yuanjiang County.
Although Manager Lin tried to embarrass Manager Li, Visitor’s Aroma was not Manager Li’s property. Manager Lin did not make things difficult for Manager Li. Not only did he share half of the tofu, but he also informed Manager Li of all the tofu dishes.
No one would have thought that Manager Li would say something so sarcastic when Zhao Chuchu brought in new ingredients!
Manager Lin felt that his temper had changed for the better. If it were his younger days, he would have punched him.
“What? I can’t even state my opinions? It seems to me that you’re in a rather unusual relationship. This woman came in and smiled at you. She must be some whore. A decent woman would never smile at a man like that.” Manager Li asked as he glanced at Zhao Chuchu, “Is it possible that he’s your lover?”
After a pause, Manager Li added, “Woman, do you know that even his son is older than you? Do you want to be an aunt to his son? I see that you are still young. Why are you so shameless?”
Slap!
Zhao Chuchu slapped Manager Li so hard that he was dumbfounded.
He covered his face and stared at Zhao Chuchu in disbelief, saying the classic line, “Did you just hit me?”
“How can a man from a decent family be such a gossip? You must be out of your mind, aren’t you? I see you are quite old. Why are you so cheap and unkind? Why don’t I teach you a lesson so that you can learn how to be polite to people?” Zhao Chuchu retorted calmly.
“Little bitch…”
Slap!
Manager Li was slapped on the other cheek.
Looking at the symmetrical fingerprints on his face, Zhao Chuchu felt comfortable.
“Go on. Curse me once and I’ll slap you once.” Zhao Chuchu smirked as she said, “If you can’t behave yourself, I’ll help you.”
“Little bitch…”
Before he even finished cursing, Manager Li covered his abdomen in pain and groaned.
“Manager Lin, this is the manager of another branch of Visitor’s Aroma?” Zhao Chuchu asked Manager Lin.
Manager Lin was astonished by Zhao Chuchu’s reckless and brutal move, and he only came back to his senses when he heard her voice. “Yes, it’s from Shiyang County.”
“Although you get to decide how to make the tofu I sold to you, I have my own conditions. I don’t want to sell the tofu to Shiyang County’s Visitor’s Aroma! I don’t have to do business with someone with that attitude. He doesn’t deserve it.”
The ancient merchant’s power of speech was not that high, plus tofu was still the only market business. Also, Zhao Chuchu was famous in Yuanjiang County and she had the initiative in this business.
Visitor’s Aroma’s proprietor couldn’t force her!
“If you give it to Shiyang County, then I can only reduce the daily portion of tofu by half for you.”
“Chuchu, calm down. We’re doing good business. There’s no need to spoil our friendship because of a rat. Don’t worry. I won’t give him the tofu.”
She thought she’d just notify the proprietor that Manager Li had offended people in the first place.
What was more, Zhao Chuchu was a miracle-doing doctor and her husband Xie Heng was the former prodigy of Yuanjiang County.
Now that Xie Heng’s eyes had been cured, sooner or later, he would participate in the Provincial Examination. If Manager Lin turned his back on the two of them for Manager Li, he would definitely suffer a great loss.
“How about the tofu today? Do you still want to see it?”
“Of course. Let’s go to the back kitchen to talk.”
Manager Lin hurriedly welcomed Zhao Chuchu to the backyard.
He also turned around and glared at Manager Li, saying, “You take care of yourself!”
Manager Li’s face turned red with anger, never expecting to be beaten up by a woman.
This was a disgrace to him!
However, both Manager Lin and Zhao Chuchu didn’t care about him anymore.
Manager Li gritted his teeth since even the tofu was taken back by Manager Lin.
Manager Li went directly to Lengshui Village with the intention of snatching the tofu recipe for whatever it took.
He did not believe that he could not take care of a little girl.
Manager Li entered the village and met Madam Yang.
“Madam, I want to ask you something,” Manager Li said with a smile.
Madam Yang took a look at Manager Li’s face full of slap marks and took a few steps back. “Ok. But are you trying to take advantage of me? Don’t come any closer!”
Manager Li was a little speechless.
He cursed her in his heart. “Who the fuck do you think you are? Why don’t you take a look at your wrinkled face? Who would like to take advantage of you?”
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But he had something on his mind and saw that Madam Yang was the kind of woman who would not say no to small benefits. So, he took out a tael of silver and said, “Madam, I am trying to ask who makes tofu in your village. Can you show me the way?”
Madam Yang saw the silver and her eyes lit up. She reached out to grab it. “There’s nothing that I don’t know here. I’ll take you there.”
Before Manager Li could react, the tael of silver was in Madam Yang’s hand.
Madam Yang bit it and stuffed it into her arms with a smile.
Manager Li was speechless again.
He almost spat a mouthful of blood.
“Come on, sir. I’ll show you the way.” After Madam Yang got the silver, she looked especially pleased. “You also want to buy tofu? It seems to me that you’re one of those businessmen.”
“Well, I am indeed here to do business. If you can get the tofu recipe and sell it to me, I will give you this much,” Manager Li said and stretched out his hand.
“You mean 50 taels?”
“No, it’s 500 taels. How about that?”
Madam Yang was insanely moved. But the next moment Zhao Chuchu’s ferocious look appeared in her mind, her heart instantly skipped a beat.
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