Chapter 223: Little Evil Star
"My son has no gambling debts and I have not stolen any money."
Nanny Cai kept defending herself under the young man's aggressive pressure.
The young man didn't bother to pay attention to Madam Cai's explanation. He held up his money bag and said, "Stealing my silver is not enough. You come to frame someone else's shop. You want to get some silver from the shop and give it back to your son who has no ambition."
"Mammy, if you ask me, just give up on your son. A gambler is not worthy of you being a thief or committing fraud."
The young man was still not satisfied after mocking Madam Cai, and he raised his voice to Xu Zaohua in the carriage, "Mrs. Zheng, you indulge your madam. Does she know some secrets about you? When I was riding in your carriage, didn't you tell this madam that you didn't get the monthly salary of Zheng's maid back from loan sharking this month, and now you need to fill the hole? Your way of filling the hole is quite special."
The young lady of the Zheng family needed money to fill the hole, and the nanny of the Zheng family needed money to pay off her son's gambling debts.
The master and servant hit it off immediately and started planning a peach blossom dessert.
He tried to extort money from Taohua Dessert by falsely accusing others.
It's just that the truth was revealed.
The onlookers put together the cause and effect of the incident and concluded that Aunt Cai and Xu Zaohua had framed Taohua Dessert.
In addition, the young man had a face that looked like justice, so the onlookers unconsciously stood on the young man's side.
Xu Zaohua was so angry sitting in the carriage.
Where can this Cheng Yaojin come from?
Unlike Nanny Cai, Xu Zaohua didn't believe that this young man was trying to help Widow Tong and Gu Taohua.
She completely concealed Gu Taohua's expression in the carriage, and it was obvious that Gu Taohua didn't know this person.
She suspected that Madam Cai had offended someone, and that person was taking it out on Madam Cai and also implicated her.
"Since you are women and children, I will not bother you. If you were five feet tall, I would knock your brains out. As for the silver you stole, I will keep it in your hands for now. I will go to Mr. Zheng in Pingchuan County to get it later."
The young man smiled brightly at Aunt Cai, but Aunt Cai heard a threat in his smile.
The young man then held up the bag of money and turned it around to show it to the crowd.
Only then did Gu Taohua finally see the young man's face clearly.
This man has a face that is not inferior to Gu Jingzhe's. If there is any difference, Gu Jingzhe has a scholarly air, while the man in front of him has more heroic spirit than Gu Jingzhe.
Gu Taohua was obsessed with her.
The young man did something outrageous in front of the crowd.
"A thief will not just steal from one person, he will not let go of even a needle on the ground. Fellow villagers, please check your wallets to see if they have been stolen. Maybe this nanny saw that there were many people lining up at Taohua Dessert and took the opportunity to cause trouble, not only to steal Taohua Dessert but also to steal everyone's wallets."
The onlookers were shocked and subconsciously touched their purses and pockets.
There was indeed an old lady who said, "I lost five hundred coins."
The old lady was greedy and often used her change to buy some cakes from Taohua Dessert. Over time, she spent five hundred coins. These days, she was worrying about how to explain to her husband. When she heard the young man asking, she simply pushed the blame onto the young man and insisted that Aunt Cai had stolen her money.
No matter how Aunt Cai explained, the old lady insisted that her money was stolen by Aunt Cai.
Even the bystanders wanted Aunt Cai to pay back the money.
Aunt Cai was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.
She was slandered as a thief for no reason.
If Nanny Cai in Pingchuan County brought up the Zheng family, everyone would be somewhat afraid, but in the minds of the people in Yanguan Town, the name of the Zheng family was useless.
Nanny Cai was speechless and returned to the carriage in shame amid the crowd.
There were even some angry onlookers and loyal customers of Taohua Desserts who surrounded Xu Zaohua's carriage, and Madam Cai almost couldn't climb onto the carriage.
Gu Taohua was concerned that Xu Zaohua was pregnant. If something happened to Xu Zaohua at Taohua Dessert, it would be difficult to clarify and the Zheng family would definitely not give up.
According to Tong Huaqiong, when the Gu family was penniless, they could act as if they were not afraid of wearing shoes even if they were barefoot. Now that they have shops and fields, they should not be afraid of conflicts with others, but they can't make things worse without scruples.
What's more, the public opinion crisis of Taohua Dessert has been resolved, and there is no need to get entangled with Xu Zaohua and Cai Mama and the like.
So Xu Zaohua put her hands on her hips and persuaded the onlookers to leave.
The Zheng family's carriage was able to leave Yanguan Town.
The crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed, and the Taohua Dessert branch returned to its bustling pace with customers.
Gu Taohua breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as I was about to walk into the shop, I caught a glimpse of the young man who muddied the water out of the corner of my eye.
The young man and Gu Taohua looked at each other, and Gu Taohua thought that this man was hinting at him to give money.
After all, he performed such a big drama and nipped the public opinion crisis of Taohua Dessert in the bud. He really should be paid for his passionate performance.
But you can't do it naked on the street.
"Come with me to the shop to pay the bill." Gu Taohua lowered her voice and said to the young man, "But I'll go in first. When no one is paying attention, you can pretend to buy cakes and go into the shop to find me."
After Gu Taohua finished speaking, she turned around and walked into the shop while the young man looked petrified.
Bill, please?
What do you mean?
The young man wondered what the plump white girl was singing.
Under normal circumstances, Su Chengmin would not have the time to pay attention to these things and would leave after finishing his work, but this time he entered the shop for some unknown reason.
It was mainly the freshly baked snacks that forced him to move.
It's worth going in and getting a box of snacks.
"...Tell me, was it Second Brother who asked you to perform this? Your performance was quite realistic. What was the price you negotiated?"
Gu Taohua invited Su Chengmin into the room where she was doing the accounting, poured him a cup of hot tea herself, and then spoke.
Fortunately, Su Chengmin didn't have time to drink it into his mouth, otherwise he would have spit it out.
It turns out that this plump white girl treated him as a babysitter.
He is a man who is called a little evil star sent from the sky. Who would dare to ask him to be a stooge?
But then again, his reputation as a little evil star sent from the sky in Yanguan Town may not necessarily intimidate people.
Didn't the little evil star who fell from the sky almost get killed? If the fat white girl hadn't beaten up a scholar in the alley last time and alerted the killer, he wouldn't have been able to escape successfully.
Today he came to Yanguan Town again. When he passed by Zheng family's carriage, he heard that Madam Cai and Xu Zaohua were going to cause trouble for Taohua Dessert. Then he saw Gu Taohua appear, and only then did he realize that Taohua Dessert was a shop opened by this girl.
So I took the opportunity to repay the favor.
"Tell me, how much price did my second brother negotiate for you? You can't lie to me. If my second brother and I have a disagreement in the future, I won't let you go just because you acted well." Gu Taohua crossed her hands and pressed her fingers together.
The corners of Su Chengmin's mouth twitched.
Since the fat girl asked him to negotiate the price, then he would negotiate.
Anyway, it would be a waste if you don’t make money.
Su Chengmin stretched out five fingers and said, "Five taels."
Gu Taohua said: "How could my second brother be so generous? I think it's about three taels at most."
Even if the man in front of her looks better than her third brother, she cannot compromise.
Su Chengmin said calmly, "I used so much force and almost knocked the nanny unconscious. Isn't it worth five taels of silver? If it weren't for me, would your Taohua Dessert be able to resume normal business now?"
Gu Taohua gritted her teeth and took out five taels of silver and gave it to Su Chengmin.
"And two bags of snacks." Su Chengmin took the silver and said.
Gu Taohua asked the waiter to pack four bags of snacks for Su Chengmin as her personal thank you gift.
Su Chengmin walked out of Taohua Dessert with the silver and snacks in his pocket, and disappeared from Gu Taohua's sight in the blink of an eye.
Gu Taohua's eyelids twitched, and she always felt that something was wrong.