readytorunbook Chapter 279 Like a Quail
Chapter 279 Like a Quail
Chapter 279 Like a Quail
What kind of rent?
His master owns countless shops, but all of them are well-run with managers and employees, and I've never heard of any of them being rented out.
The master is already so rich, why would he care about that little bit of rent?
The Wang family has plenty of money; they can simply hire someone to manage the money and make it generate more money!
He asked with a suspicious look, "When did you rent this shop? Was it our housekeeper who rented it to you?"
That shouldn't be the case. No matter how much the master trusts the steward, he would never do such a thing. No matter what business the master's shop does, he can make a lot of money if he is willing to invest. Why would he give up the business and rent it out to someone else?
This little girl is really clever; she managed to come up with such an excuse that she almost fooled him.
He scoffed, "Don't try to fool me with excuses. Our master's shop can't be rented out, and the steward doesn't have the right to rent it out without permission. My young lady won't see you either. If my young lady really knows you and is on good terms with you, she will naturally go to see you. Why would you need to come to our door in person?"
Hmph, Miss never mentioned any poor girl would come looking for her, she must be a liar. Luckily, he was quick-witted and saw through it immediately.
Xiaoyu noticed that the doorman kept preventing her older sister from seeing Miss Wang and kept saying things she couldn't understand, but she could vaguely tell that the doorman simply didn't believe her older sister.
She pouted and defended her older sister, saying, "My older sister said she knows Miss Wang, so she does know her. She wouldn't lie."
The doorman picked at his calloused ears and said impatiently, "You think you know my young lady just because you say so? Every day, there are at least three or five people who come to our door saying they know our master, mistress and young lady. If I took you to see them as soon as you opened your mouth, our doorstep would be worn out and our yard would be so full that there would be no room to step. There's no way it would be your turn."
After saying that, he waved his hand, took a step back, and reached out to close the door, but was stopped by Xiao Jiu who was one step ahead of him.
Xiao Jiu got her foot stuck in the threshold, and it hurt from being squeezed. Fortunately, the doorman didn't use too much force.
"Wait, Xiao Tang really knows your young lady. It was Xiao Tang who rescued your young lady and took her away from the mass grave to the county government office. Your master went to the county government office in the middle of the night to bring your young lady back, right?"
The doorman was taken aback after hearing this. "That's exactly what happened, but... many people know about this. What if you heard it from other people?"
Xiaoyu, the doorman, kept preventing her older sister from seeing his young lady, which made her so angry that she burst into tears.
"You're bullying me! You won't let my sister see your young lady! You're a bad person, you're a dog... Waaah..."
Before Xiaoyu could finish speaking, Lin Xiaotang quickly covered Xiaoyu's mouth with her hand. The doorman already didn't want them to go in to see Wang Jiaojiao, and if Xiaoyu said anything more unpleasant, she would be turned away immediately.
She whispered to Xiaoyu, "Xiaoyu, don't cry. I'm sure I'll see Miss Wang. If we hadn't prepared these things, we wouldn't have been able to see her and would have just left. There's no need to be sad."
Xiaoyu moved her sister's hand away, stopped crying, sniffed, and said somewhat unwillingly, "Sister is the most amazing woman in the world. Everyone in our family believes in you. I can't stand seeing others disbelieve you and bully you."
“My dear Xiaoyu, I know you’re standing up for your older sister, but things are different when you’re away from home. Our family is just an ordinary one, and the disparity with a wealthy family like the Wang family is too great. It’s understandable that people don’t believe us. Just stay with your older sister and leave the rest to her.”
Xiaoyu nodded obediently and wiped away her tears.
Lin Xiaotang handed the things in her hands to Xiao Jiu.
She calmly said to the doorman, "I know you don't believe me and think we're here to curry favor and ask for favors. I'm visiting your young lady today to bring her some of our restaurant's specialties."
These braised pig trotters are sold in our newly opened pig trotter shop. You may not know that the pig leg shop is newly opened, but you should know Wanhe Restaurant, right?
"We co-own the pig's trotter shop with Manager Su. The pig's trotters at Wanhe Restaurant are braised and supplied by us. We've made money from the shop; although we're not rich, we're doing alright. Why would we bother coming here to take advantage of them?"
The doorman pondered that if what the girl said was true, and that her family had jointly opened a pig's trotter shop with Manager Su of Wanhe Restaurant, then their family must be quite well-off. After all, Wanhe Restaurant was the number one restaurant in Dushui County, and even the restaurant under the master's name was not as famous as theirs.
Then look at her, she still brings gifts when she comes to the door, while the master and mistress's distant relatives come to beg for money one by one, but they come empty-handed, wanting to freeload and even stay for free.
Looking at them from this perspective, they really were different, and he began to waver.
Lin Xiaotang noticed that the doorman's attitude was no longer as harsh as before, and she then began to coax him gently.
"Why don't you call your steward first and tell him that the person who rented the pig's trotter shop has arrived? He'll know it's us as soon as he hears it. We'll just stand here and wait to see him. There's no need to lie to you. If we lie to you, the steward will tear us apart when he comes out. There's absolutely no need for that."
That's true. If they're lying, the butler will make them reveal their true colors as soon as he comes out.
The doorman then agreed, "Alright, you wait here while I go ask the butler if this is true."
Xiao Jiu saw that he agreed to go find the butler, and then she pulled her foot back. But the doorman slammed the door shut with a "bang".
Lin Xiaotang and Xiao Jiu exchanged a glance, then shrugged in unison, looking quite helpless.
Xiaoyu said aggrievedly, "Sister, what if he lies to us and doesn't ask the steward? What if the steward doesn't come to see us either?"
It shouldn't be that bad, unless she guessed wrong and the housekeeper who rented the shop to them wasn't Wang Jiaojiao's housekeeper.
However, this doesn't make sense, since the steward said he was the steward of the Wang family, and Wang Jiaojiao was the daughter of the wealthy Wang family. The Wang family was the only one in Dushui County that was both prominent and wealthy.
She said, "Let's wait patiently a little longer. If the doorman is lying to us, then we'll go home and never come back. Sooner or later, the steward Wang who rented the shop to us will come to our pig's trotter shop to collect rent."
Besides, after the contract was signed, Steward Wang clearly instructed them to come to the Wang family to find him if they needed anything.
Steward Wang must have been too busy and forgot to tell the doorman.
The three of them stood outside the gate for quite a while before the doorman reopened it, and then Butler Wang came out behind him!
As soon as Butler Wang saw Lin Xiaotang, his eyes crinkled with a smile. He said warmly, "So it's Miss Xiaotang. What a forgetful thing I am! How could I forget to tell the doorman? I've made you wait outside for so long. It's my fault, my fault. Please come in with me quickly, and I'll take you to see Miss Lin right away."
The doorman lowered his head, looking like a quail, completely lacking his previous imposing manner.