Koi Fleeing Famine: I Picked Up a Chief Assistant as a Husband

39 Kneel down
Lu Nanzhi followed his brother and sister to a dilapidated house, which was even more bleak than the place where they lived.

The courtyard is not big, only two rooms, and a dilapidated small kitchen.

In one of the dilapidated houses, there was a violent coughing sound.

"Cough cough...cough cough..."

It was a woman's voice. Although her voice was very soft, she could vaguely hear the pain mixed with it.

The man was startled, and hastily opened the door and entered.

Lu Nanzhi followed into the door, and a strong and pungent smell of medicine rushed to his face. It seemed that the woman in the room was seriously ill.

"Did your father go to gamble again?" The woman leaned weakly on the bed, her face was pale without a trace of blood, her lips were slightly parted, and she kept trembling when she spoke, as if she had difficulty even speaking.

A look of worry flashed in Xu Beiting's eyes, and he lowered his head and said, "Mother, don't get angry, and I'll talk to you after I find out what's going on."

The woman nodded weakly, closed her eyes to rest, and after a while, she slowly opened them again.

"Xue'er, hurry up and get the medicine for your mother." Xu Beiting turned around and ordered.

"Okay!" The girl named Xue'er ran out in response, and soon came back with a bowl of dark things and handed it over, and stood back beside her brother.

Xu Beiting carefully fed the medicine to his mother and drank it. When he saw the person lying down, he got up and left.

"Your mother seems to be very ill." Lu Nanzhi hesitated for a moment and asked.

"My mother has tuberculosis, and my father is a gambler." Xu Beiting said slowly with a sigh.

He knew that his mother suffered from tuberculosis, but the disease was not fatal, but it became more and more serious in the past few years, and a large amount of medicine was needed every once in a while.

The life at home has become more and more difficult, especially in the past five or six years, my mother has almost become skinny, and there is not much money left. Even so, his father is still addicted to gambling.

He glanced at Lu Nanzhi behind him and said slowly: "Sorry, I'm afraid I can't take you to see the shop today, how about tomorrow?"

"Okay, then I'll come see you tomorrow." After Lu Nanzhi finished speaking, he turned and left.

Before leaving, she glanced at Xu Beiting, she never thought that such a young man would make her feel inexplicably sad.

After Lu Nanzhi went back, he told Shen Lanze about it.

After listening to her thoughts, Shen Lanze said in a deep voice: "If you want to buy the shop out of sympathy, I don't quite agree."

"Of course not, sympathy is sympathy, but I am serious about buying a shop." Lu Nanzhi is a businessman, and she values ​​her own interests more.

"Since you are so persistent, let's try!" Shen Lanze finally nodded in agreement.

Lu Nanzhi said happily, "Okay!"

The next day, Shen Lanze and Lu Nanzhi waited outside the house early. When they saw Xu Beiting, they went up to greet them, and then they walked towards the shop.

This place is located in the southeast of the capital, although it is not the most prosperous place, but the location is good, which makes Lu Nanzhi only a little puzzled.

"Why can't your shop be sold?"

"Because I hope that the buyer who takes over can continue to operate the incense powder shop." Xu Beiting lowered his head decadently when he said this.

He knew that he couldn't insist on this idea, otherwise they might not buy it, so wouldn't his sister be sold to a brothel?

"I promise you." Lu Nanzhi was very satisfied with everything inside.

It happened that she was hesitating about what kind of shop to open, and now she had a bold idea to set up a rouge shop.

Xu Beiting stood up slowly, and asked again in disbelief, "You said just now that the incense powder shop can continue to operate, is it true?"

"Of course." Lu Nanzhi nodded very seriously.

Xu Beiting wept with joy, strode forward, and hugged Lu Nanzhi into his arms, "That's great, thank you, thank you."

Lu Nanzhi was frightened by his actions, and quickly relieved, and patted him on the back with a smile.

Shen Lanze looked at the two people who were embracing each other, and slowly clenched the hands beside him into fists, the color in his eyes gradually deepened.

The matter of the incense powder shop was finalized, and she bought the shop for 120 taels.

After Xu Beiting and Lu Nanzhi discussed some details and signed the contract, they took Shen Lanze away.

On the way back, Shen Lanze walked behind without saying a word.

"What's the matter with you? Are you in a bad mood?" Lu Nanzhi slowed down and walked side by side with him.

"It's okay!" Shen Lanze replied lightly.

After a while, he added, "I think you are more suitable for doing business."

"I'm just lucky." Lu Nanzhi's greatest wish in his life is to live a life without worrying about food and clothing, without worrying about anything.

After Lu Nanzhi went back, she told Grandma Lu about this matter. After listening to her words, Grandma Lu sternly reprimanded her for the first time: "Kneel down!"

"Grandma..." Lu Nanzhi was puzzled, but still knelt obediently in front of her, lowered his head, and folded his hands on his knees.

"Why did you take that business?" Grandma Lu's face was gloomy and her tone was serious.

Grandma Lu walked up to her, stared at her condescendingly, remained silent for a long time, and said earnestly, "Nanzhi, I know you want the Lu family to gain a foothold in the capital quickly, but you really shouldn't spend money like this, it's 100 taels silver!"

Grandma Lu was so distressed at the thought of 100 taels, she was so angry that she hit her crutch hard.

"That's right, Nan Zhi, you're too courageous. You spend 100 taels if you want to spend it, and you don't know that everyone will say it. It's too bold." Aunt Lu added fuel and jealousy, fearing that Grandma Lu's anger was not strong enough.

Lu Qinghe grinned, pretending to be kind, stepped forward and explained: "Grandma, maybe Nan Zhi just wants to help others, she has no bad intentions."

"Help others? It's so rich to help others with 100 taels! Cough cough cough..." Grandma Lu coughed violently as she spoke.

Mother Lu hurried forward to pat Grandma Lu on the back, and then glared at Lu Qinghe: "Shut up, will you die if you don't say a few words?"

Lu Qingtao curled her lips and muttered, "I'm also helping Nanzhi."

"Could it be that no one is allowed to tell if you've done something wrong?" Third Aunt Lu didn't hide her gloating expression.

Shen Lanze then knelt down in front of Grandma Lu, and defended Lu Nanzhi, "Grandma Lu, what Nanzhi did was for the future of the Lu family. Having a shop in the capital means that the Lu family has another income. Don't you believe that Nanzhi handicraft?"

Hearing what he said, Grandma Lu finally calmed down, looked at Lu Nanzhi and asked, "Nanzhi, are you really going to hand over the shop to the Lu family?"

Lu Qinghe was taken aback for a moment, Shen Lanze's head was really bright, and he came up with such a high-sounding excuse.

"Well, grandma, if I can make more money, the life of the Lu family will definitely be much more prosperous than it is now." Lu Nanzhi replied seriously.

"Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier, kid." Grandma Lu sighed.

"Nanzhi, I think it's too risky for you to do this. What if you lose money?" Uncle Lu reminded with a frown.

"Third uncle, where is absolute safety in this world?" Lu Nanzhi retorted lightly.

In this era, business investment itself is an extremely risky matter.

(End of this chapter)