Chapter 68: Stealing Money
“What’s up? You forget what?” Says Jin Weiwei, staring at Little Rich, confused. However, Little Rich says nothing but takes a piece of leaf lying at the foot of the old pagoda tree and puts the leaf through the door of their dinning room. Suddenly, Jin Weiwei knows the whole thing. Little Rich did this to protect their money from being stolen by Jin Dabao. If he steals money and breaks into the dinning room, the leaf will tell them everything.
Although Jin Dabao appears much obedient than before, he is by nature sophisticated and cunning. This leaf is actually a test for the honesty of Jin Dabao to see whether he really becomes honest or as cunning as before. After the noon, customers becomes fewer and fewer. Since Jin Weiwei and Little Rich run a new meat-shop in the county, time is so limited for them to make sausages. After all, the demand greatly exceeds the supply. In this case, Jin Weiwei has come up with the idea of limited supplement of the sausage. Therefore, the sausages are only available for just one hour a day.
Thus, villagers have more passion to buy their sausages. Thus, the sausages will be sold out immediately. Definitely, Jin Dabao won’t offer food to Tao Xiaoqing if Jin Weiwei is absent. However, she has already thought of that and left some food for Tao Xiaoqing. “Er… I must visit the loo. You come over there and give me a hand.” Says Jin Dabao. The moment Tao Xiaoqing goes out from the inner office, Jin Dabao covers his tummy, pretending to have stomachache. Tao Xiqoing, an innocent young man, will never understand the sophistication of a cunning old guy like Jin Dabao.
Walking out of the shop, Jin Dabao rushes home. On the way home, he thinks, “Jin Weiwei runs a shop in the country. Where did the money come from? None of us got the money of her mother. Could it be said that she has her own secret money? This little bastard! I brought her up, offering her clothes and food. She stole money from me! She is really a good daughter!” Jin Dabao is gnashing his teeth on the thought of that. Generally, villagers are used to going to the meat-shop if anything happens. Thus, few people will visit their home. Jin Dabao sneaks into the room where Jin Weiwei and Little Rich live.
“The little bastard! She earns a large sum of money! There must be money in her room.” Jin Dabao starts to search for money in the room. Unfortunately, after a long time of hard searching, not a penny has been found. “What? No money here? Could she have hidden the money up in another place?” Jin Dabao asks himself. After that he replaces everything in the room carefully. Then he searches the kitchen, the backyard and even the toilet. Still in vain. Thus, he has to leave there, disappointed. However, he never thinks of that the leaf put by Little Rich in the door has already fallen down to the ground secretly.
Jin Weiwei and Little Rich take almost half of the day travelling to the county. Thus, when they reach the Yongtong Restaurant, it has already been noon. Knowing that Jin Weiwei will visit today, Qian has already been waiting for them in the restaurant. After all, Jin Weiwei has already promised him five taels of sliver as reward. Getting off the carriage, Jin Weiwei covers her buttocks which hurt a lot because of the long rough trip. She thinks, “Little Rich is far from reliable. How could he find such a foolish donkey!” “You still feel hurt? How about I massage your buttocks?” asks Tao Xiaoqing. “No…” Jin Weiwei refuses him immediately, thinking that how a girl’s buttocks could be massaged by others. “Aha! Miss Jin, finally you come! You have already rented the shop for more than two days. That is to say, you have already lost two-day rent. It is not wise for you, Miss Jin.”
Qian has been doing business for many years, which makes Qian very sensitive about money. To tell the truth, he is unwilling to toil himself just for this small sum of money. However, as the bread-earner of his family, he has to do so. Thus, he cannot understand Jin Wiewei’s careless attitude towards money. Jin Weiwei’s buttocks still ache and she walks slowly towards Qian and smiles, “That’s very kind of you, Mr. Qian. Hearing the news, I fixed up all the things in my shop immediately. Mr. Qian, let’s go and check the shop.” “Miss Jin, I am sure that this shop is the best in our neighbourhood! The most important thing is that if you run your meat-shop in that area, you can definitely compete with the meat shop of Jiang Qingshou. Thus, his meat-shop must be closed very soon.”
Surely, hearing that, Jin Weiwei shows a great interest. “Are you sure of that?” asks Jin Weiwei. “Of course, Miss Jin. How could I cheat you? We are business partners, aren’t we.” Says Qian. The shop is not far from the town. But this shop is located three blocks away from Guangtong Restaurant. As a shrewd businessman, Qian must have thought that Jin Weiwei would become his business competitor because both of them sell sausages. If Jin Wiewei’s meat shop is quite close to his restaurant, customers to buy the sausages might becomes fewer than before. After a while, they arrive at the gate of the shop. Facing the shop, Jin Weiwei has a mixture of feelings about her life. For some unknown reasons she has been here for a long period of time. She cannot believe that she has already risen from rags to riches, and she has her own house and shop. Now she can be regarded as a female entrepreneur in modern times.
The billboard of the shop has been taken off the shop. Jin Weiwei has already decided to change the billboard into “Jin’s Meat Shop”. Pointing to the billboard, she tells Little Rich about her decision. Walking into the shop and looking around the empty room, they think that the shop needs some decorations, which will make the shop much better. Jin Weiwei is quite satisfied with the shop. “How about the shop, Miss Jin? This shop…. The best location…” Suddenly, a female scream interrupts Qian’s words.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.
“You get out! Qian Tieniu!” With the sound, a black cloth shoe is flying directly onto his face. “BANG!” Jin Weiwei feels surprised! Then, she finds a woman, tall and strong, is standing in front of the door, angrily. Most importantly, she is not alone. Behind her, there stand several women, also tall and strong, with angry faces. “Cuihua, how you come here…” Says Qian, timidly. No matter how shrewd Qian is, he will become discouraged the moment he sees his wife.
Jin Weiwei wonders who that woman is. “Qian Tieniu! You dare to call my name! I guess that you have already forgotten me! You bitch, come out! Let’s find her out!” After the order from Cuihua, all the women rush into the shop! Before Jin Weiwei prevents them from doing so, those women have already started to smash the shop. The noise here draws the attention of the neighbour. “Aha! That shop has been rented out?” “Yes! why people fight inside the shop?” “That must be Mr. Qian in Guangtong Restaurant.” “Oh, really? That lady is his wife, Shen Cuihua?” How does she come here?” “Has his wife found some love affairs of her husband? I see a girl here. She is very beautiful!”