Chapter 93: Brutal Business War
Ma Huateng sent Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua out of Yanzhi Lane and went back. He still had to get medicine for his mother.
Tong Huaqiong's heart was filled with excitement. She was confident that she could buy the shop from Ma Huateng.
Although it is a bit like taking advantage of someone else's misfortune, but then again, it is better for her to rob than to let others do it. At least she is an honest and kind person.
Within two days, the shop in Yanzhi Lane became her private property.
It’s not easy. With Tong Dajiao’s help, she was able to earn enough to open a shop of her own.
In the past, the reason why more and more girls bought houses was simply because they felt safer when they owned property.
She is an only child and everything in the house belongs to her. As soon as she was admitted to graduate school, her parents bought her a house near the school. She didn't feel much about having a house and a shop under her name.
It was only here that she experienced for the first time the excitement of owning a stable property.
What's more, this shop was earned by her own hands, so the sense of accomplishment was doubled.
"Mom, buying a shop costs a lot of money. Do we have enough money? I think it's better to rent one." Gu Taohua said.
The shops in Yanzhi Lane are not cheap.
My family has made a lot of money these days, but it may be difficult to buy a shop.
Tong Huaqiong said confidently: "We have to buy a shop no matter how much money it costs. Gu Taohua, let me tell you, people only feel safe when they have their own business."
Gu Taohua was a little confused.
Tong Huaqiong continued, "This is our family's first shop, so it's naturally under my name. When we have more shops in the future, I will transfer some of them to your name. When you get married, it will be used as your dowry. If you don't want to get married, it will be protected as your private property."
Gu Taohua didn't have a deep understanding of security and private property, but she understood one thing, that is, she would have a shop under her name in the future.
This is probably the first of its kind in the entire Qinghe Bay.
Who wouldn't consider their son first if they had a shop or land? But I considered her first.
This shows her status in her mother's heart.
These days, I accompanied my mother to work hard in business from morning till night, and all the hard work she put in was swept away in an instant.
"Mom, you really love me." Gu Taohua said a little touched, "Mom, I must follow you in doing business, and I can manage my shop myself in the future."
She was stimulated by Ma Huateng's pub that was on the verge of bankruptcy, and she decided to follow Tong Huaqiong to do business well in the future.
Otherwise, even if you own a shop, you will lose money if you are not good at running it.
"It's best if you think this way." Tong Huaqiong was very pleased that Gu Taohua had such an understanding.
Gu Taohua smiled.
That smile dazzled Tong Huaqiong's eyes.
These days, Gu Taohua has been working hard with her at the stall, and has been intentionally controlling her diet, so she is obviously thinner than when Tong Huaqiong first became her mother.
A fourteen-year-old girl is already in her youth, and with her fair skin, if she loses a little weight, her beauty will come out.
Tong Huaqiong was sure that she definitely did not have a motherly filter for Gu Taohua.
She must keep a close eye on such a good girl, and absolutely cannot let such a damned person like Fan Tong intercept her halfway, and must not create another scandal of pregnancy before marriage like she did in her previous life.
As the mother and daughter were talking, they estimated that Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe would have come to pick them up, so they walked towards where Grandpa Xu's ox cart was parked.
When we arrived at the ox cart, Gu Dashu was indeed squatting there waiting with a flatbed cart.
But there is no Gu Jingzhe.
Gu Dashu came over and explained that the wheat in the fields was almost ripe, and Gu Jingzhe wanted to clear the threshing floor at home to grind the wheat.
Tong Huaqiong was happy that Gu Jingzhe took the initiative to do the heavy work.
It doesn’t matter whether Gu Jingzhe comes to pick her up or not, as long as Gu Dashu can take her home.
Tong Huaqiong directed Gu Dashu to put his belongings on the flatbed cart, then he lifted his legs and sat on it. Gu Taohua also got on the cart.
Gu Dashu gritted his teeth and lifted the handlebar. If he hadn't been afraid of Tong Huaqiong scolding him, he would have wanted to complain about Gu Taohua's weight again.
When the flatbed cart passed by the Sushi Garden, Tong Huaqiong felt, perhaps by her sixth sense or something else, that someone was staring at her with vicious eyes, as if they wanted to poke two holes in her body.
She raised her head and looked towards the second floor of Sushiyuan, but there was no one there.
Tong Huaqiong felt a little hairy.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Gu Taohua felt Tong Huaqiong shiver and couldn't help asking.
"Nothing." Tong Huaqiong said.
Although she said it was nothing, Tong Huaqiong felt a little panicked for some reason.
Gu Dashu habitually took a shortcut, and the flatbed cart staggered through the grove between Yanguan Town and Qinghe Bay.
This is where Tong Huaqiong and others met the Lu brothers and sisters.
Since Gu Dashu was pulling the cart alone, they went a little slower than usual when Gu Jingzhe was around. When they reached the woods, it was already dark.
At this time, there was a rustling sound coming from the woods, and Tong Huaqiong thought that they might not be robbed.
The next second, a group of men appeared from behind the woods.
These people blocked the way with knives.
Gu Taohua was so scared that she screamed, and Tong Huaqiong hugged Gu Taohua.
This is a robbery.
Tong Huaqiong thought, if they want money, then give it to them, it's just enough for one day's cakes. If they want to rape me or something, then fight them to the death. If they want to rob people, then sacrifice Gu Dashu.
"What are you doing?" Gu Dashu was almost scared to death, but for the sake of his widowed mother and sister in the car, he forced himself to ask.
"What are you doing? Let Widow Tong come out and talk." The leader said.
The first thing Gu Dashu thought of was that the Zheng family came to take revenge.
Tong Huaqiong broke off the engagement with the Zheng family and used such a method to fool the Zheng family, so it is not surprising that the Zheng family retaliated.
"Who are you? Do you have the qualifications to let my mother speak?" Gu Dashu was angry.
No matter how much of a scoundrel he is, he would never hand over his mother to others even if he dies.
Otherwise, is he still a son and a man?
The leader drew his knife towards Gu Dashu.
"I am Widow Tong. Are you robbing me for money or for sex? Tell me." Tong Huaqiong said as she stepped out of the car.
Robbery?
The leader's mouth twitched. He was not interested in robbing a widow who already had a grandson.
As for robbing money, he did want to rob.
But Shopkeeper Feng said that all he needed to do was ask Widow Tong to hand over the recipes for cookies, taro pastries and other pastries.
"We don't rob people of their sex or their money. Do you know that you have offended people?" said the leader.
Tong Huaqiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that she would not be raped.
"Mom, please get in the car quickly. I'll block it here." Gu Dashu said something sensible and stopped Tong Huaqiong from coming forward.
Gu Taohua saw Tong Huaqiong get off the car and followed suit.
She evaluated her own strength in her mind and knew that it would be no problem to defeat the two petty thieves. She observed them for a while and had already locked onto which petty thief's sword she wanted to take away.
With the big knife in hand, she should be able to chop down this group of people.
"You guys are working for Sushi Garden, right? Where's that old bastard Feng the shopkeeper? Why didn't he come in person?"
It's not about robbing money or women. If Tong Huaqiong offended someone, then it must be Sushiyuan coming here to take revenge.
If it was the Zheng family, their methods would not be so low-level.
In her previous life, she had seen some business war reports, about Company A scalding Company B's money tree to death, the president poisoning the CEO, and two executives pulling each other's hair in the elevator... At that time, she had laughed at how rough and simple business wars were, as if they did not involve any brains at all.
Now she is also facing a brutal business war.
Sushiyuan sent people to rob directly.