Chapter 475: Falling Apart
Tong Huaqiong lifted the curtain of the carriage, nodded to Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu, and ordered the carriage to drive towards her house.
She would never invite Old Mrs. Gu and Old Mr. Gu to live in the house in the county town. They were a bunch of people. They knew that she had a grudge against the Wu family, but they opened a shop with the Wu family.
They opened it, and opened it right across from her. Didn’t they think she didn’t know what they were planning?
Old Mrs. Gu gritted her teeth in anger.
The last glimmer of hope of being invited to the eldest daughter-in-law's house in the county town was shattered.
That's too much. He didn't even bother to pretend in front of so many people.
She heard that the house Tong Huaqiong bought in the county town was very spacious, and even with the old house, it could accommodate all these people. However, the eldest son's wife was a vicious and petty person.
The little bit of filial piety that people in the village usually show to them is all fake.
"I was wondering why my second uncle's shop was called Wu Ji. It turns out he worked for Wu Ren." Gu Dashu said.
It was not until dinner time that Gu Dashu found out that the grocery store across the street was owned by his second uncle. He couldn't understand how the store could be called Wu Ji when his second uncle's surname was Gu and his second aunt's surname was Jia.
His grandmother, Mrs. Gu, didn’t have the surname Wu.
It turned out to be the shop of Wu Ren, the village head of Heilongtan.
I don’t know how my second uncle could be so shameless as to work for others.
Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "You are not working for Wu Ren. It seems that your second uncle and Wu Ren are in partnership."
But it’s no different from working.
"shameless."
After Tong Huaqiong and his group's carriage drove away, Wu Na thought of the humiliation Tong Pandig had just inflicted on her, and cursed in the direction of the carriage.
Mrs. Qiao was furious when she saw Wu Musheng's lost eyes. Wu Na was right to scold her. Tong Pandi had divorced her but still tried to seduce her son.
If this isn't shameless, then what is it?
So I followed suit and cursed him as shameless.
Wu Na was scolded by Tong Pandi, and Gu Honglian was secretly happy, because she and Wu Na looked down on each other.
She hated Wu Na's arrogance. She was just the daughter of a village head, not the daughter of a county magistrate. What was there to be proud of?
Besides, if she was born beautiful, it would be fine, but Wu Na had dark skin and small eyes like her, and she was not a village beauty.
Even so, at the dinner table, Qiao still dared to ridicule her engagement.
Gu Honglian took Wu Na's arm and gossiped, "Tong Pandi is your ex-sister-in-law. Your family is so rich, but she dared to divorce her husband. Isn't it because she is beautiful? You can see now that she usually dresses up like this in the village. There are many young men in our village who like her."
Gu Honglian originally wanted to deliberately mention that Tong Pandi was dressed well to irritate Wu Na, but she accidentally irritated Qiao and Wu Musheng instead.
Qiao cursed her as a vixen.
Wu Musheng's expression changed.
Gu Honglian's mention of divorce made his self-esteem unbearable. Divorce was very normal in that era. Since the divorce was proposed by the woman, Wu Musheng was no different from a divorced man in the eyes of outsiders.
Good job, Tong Pandi, you are dressed up seductively even in Qinghe Bay.
He had never seen Tong Pandyi in Qinghe Bay, but he had seen Tong Pandyi in Pingchuan County. Didn't Gu Honglian say that he dressed like this every day?
Wu Musheng felt that Tong Pandidi divorced him because she really fell in love with some man.
Is it the Great Cold or the Great Heat?
Or maybe it's Gu Jingzhe.
Tong Pandi and his cousins are all good-looking.
Wu Musheng inserted his fingers, but Gu Honglian was still chattering about how good Tong Pandi was at dressing up in Qinghe Bay and how much the young man liked her.
"shut up."
Wu Musheng shouted at Gu Honglian and left.
Everyone was left looking at each other.
Wu Ren's face looked very ugly. He had a bad feeling in his heart that nothing good would happen to him if he met Tong Huaqiong.
He doesn't care about his ex-daughter-in-law. What he cares about is whether Wu Ji can beat Jufulai.
Gu Youtian said to look at the long term, but he is anxious because he can't make any money right now.
Although my shop doesn't have to pay rent, I still get paid for every day it's rented out, so if the shop doesn't make money, it's a loss.
Wu Ren thought about it and decided that since Jufulai had publicly announced that there would be a three-day grand opening promotion, and tomorrow was only the second day, there would definitely be a lot of customers. In that case, he would open his own shop early and divert the customers to Wu Ji before Jufulai opened.
"Arita, let's open an hour earlier than Jufulai tomorrow." Wu Ren said to Gu Arita.
Gu Youtian was very tired after a busy day. He was just stimulated by Tong Huaqiong's energetic spirit, and now he became even more angry when he heard Wu Ren's tone as if he was giving orders to his servants.
He is the one who is busy in the store. What did Wu Ren contribute? He only contributed the capital and the shop. It's only the first day and he has been assigned to work.
“I have my own rhythm.”
Hence the tone was a bit aggressive.
Wu Ren felt unhappy when he heard the harsh tone.
What do you mean?
He is one of the owners and he cannot make any suggestions.
So he said unhappily: "What do you mean? Are you saying that I shouldn't be in charge of the shop?"
Gu Ruinian was afraid that Gu Youtian would get into a fight with Wu Ren out of impulse, so he quickly stepped forward to smooth things over and said to Wu Ren, "Uncle Wu, that's not what my father meant. What my father meant was that the situation of each shop is different, and we should act according to the specific situation of our shop."
Wu Ren's face was icy.
He thought that Gu Youtian was not as steady as his youngest son and knew who was the key to the business.
Although Gu Youtian was annoyed by Gu Ruinian's attempts to smooth things over and only offend him, he was still willing to follow Gu Ruinian's lead.
He softened his tone and said, "Brother Wu, that's not what I meant. You are the one who provided the capital and the shop, so it's not your place to manage who should manage. I just thought about it carefully, and Brother Wu's suggestion makes sense. We should open the shop an hour earlier than Jufulai and bring customers into the shop first."
What can I do if it’s not soft?
If Wu Ren took away the capital and the shop, it would be unlikely for Gu Youtian to recruit a second partner.
But he has too bad a temper.
People have to bow their heads under the eaves.
First stabilize Wu Ren, and once he has established a firm foothold in Pingchuan County, he will leave Wu Ren alone to make a profit.
He didn't want to be as angry as he was today.
Wu Ren's expression softened slightly.
It seems that he will have to express his opinions from time to time in the future, otherwise Gu Youtian will not know who is the owner of this shop.
When I get back, I have to remind Wu Musheng to be more careful and not to take advantage of his status as the young master and do nothing. He should take a good look at how Gu Youtian runs the business and kick him out after learning how he runs the business.
Now half of the profits earned by the shop should be given to Gu Youtian. Wouldn’t it be nice if the shop could keep all the profits for itself later?
Rather, he himself must also pay attention to it and not be a hands-off boss, especially the account books must be firmly controlled in his own hands, and Gu Youtian can only use the money in the public account with his approval.
The partners, Tani Arita and Takehito, each have their own thoughts.
The business was falling apart before it even started.
In such a situation, there is no need for competitors to kill each other, they can just fight among themselves and break up.