Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 37 - 37: 35: He got off way too cheaply!

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“But Boss, they chased all the customers out of the restaurant, this loss…”

“Humph!”

Boss He scowled and grunted coldly, clearly not wanting Fatty to say anything more.

“Yes, yes, I’ll go now, I’ll go now!”

Fatty shrank back, his face full of sycophantic flattery, repeatedly bowing to Boss He while backing out of the restaurant.

As he left, he glared furiously at Liu Sisi and Di Yelei, secretly scheming how to regain his lost ground.

Liu Sisi didn’t take this petty man’s threat seriously at all – he was just a dog seeking the support of humans!

If a dog bites a person, the person cannot bite the dog back>

“Since the matter has been clarified, we’ll take our leave now.”

Di Yelei didn’t want to stay a moment longer, leading Liu Sisi to turn around and leave.

“Wait, brave sir!”

Boss He’s gaze fell on the elk, flipping through some material before saying, “This elk was killed by a single arrow through its throat! Other than that, it has no other injuries. Sir, you truly have impressive martial arts!”

Elks are not like other animals. Deer are naturally agile and quick, and they have a timid nature, so with any slight disturbance, they’ll run and disappear in a blink!

To shoot an arrow to seal the throat without damaging the hide, it is only possible to do so at a very close distance with a direct shot.

This requires not only extremely stringent archery skills but also an extremely high level of overall physical fitness.

Yet this seemingly ordinary hunter accomplished it, which naturally astonished Boss He.

Di Yelei didn’t explain further, raising his fist slightly in acknowledgment: “You flatter me, Boss. It was just a lucky catch by Ye Lei.”

Boss He’s eyes flickered for a moment, but he didn’t ask any more questions: “Alright then! We won’t take the deer antler from this elk. You can sell it at the herbal medicine shop for a good price. As for the elk itself, our Heji Restaurant will buy it at a price of 30 copper coins per pound, what do you think?”

Liu Sisi understood that, given how the situation had developed, the boss had already shown enough sincerity. After all, this was their territory, and the shopkeeper had humbled himself enough. If she kept pushing, it wouldn’t end well.

Di Yelei and Liu Sisi obviously thought the same. If they forcibly took the elk away, they might really create a rift!

“If the Boss insists, then we’ll sell this elk to Heji Restaurant.”

Upon weighing, the elk was a total of 238 pounds, at 30 copper coins per pound, totaling 7,140 copper coins.

“How about this! Let’s just call it 7 taels and 200 copper coins for the sake of round numbers.”

While speaking, Boss He generously took out the silver, handed it over to Di Yelei, and settled the deal.

Liu Sisi carefully looked at what Boss He had handed over – one large, two small silver ingots, and some scattered copper coins.

Leaving Heji Restaurant, the couple saw Boss He still standing in the doorway, waving at them from afar.

Only after he could no longer see the backs of Liu Sisi and the others did Boss He re-enter the restaurant.

Fatty appeared from somewhere and came to Boss He’s side, repeatedly nodding and bowing: “Boss, this, this, this…”

Boss He glared coldly at him, continuing upstairs to the private room on the second floor.

“Boss – I didn’t mean it, really. I just saw such a big elk and thought there was a profit to be made, so I pressed down on the price. I didn’t expect these poor bastards to become bolder, and they dared to disregard our Heji Restaurant, even…”

Fatty entered pitifully, trying to please.

“Enough! Your fake sincerity towards outsiders, don’t use it in front of me! You only gave them one tael of silver for such a big elk. Do you think I don’t know what you’re up to? You just have lustful thoughts about the pretty young wife, right?” Boss He hit the nail on the head.

Fatty’s face flushed red all of a sudden!

“No… how could I? Boss, I’m not, not…”

“Enough! You caused quite a scene today, and the restaurant lost quite a bit! I won’t say anything else, but I’ll deduct a month’s wages from you just to teach you a lesson. Beauty is not so easy to lust after!”

“Yes, yes, yes, rest assured, boss! I’ll definitely be more careful in the future!”

Although he cursed Liu Sisi and Di Yelei to death in his heart, and lost money, Fatty still had to act like a grandson in front of his boss and put on a smile.

“Alright, just go! You don’t need me to tell you what to do, just remember, this restaurant belongs to the He family! Not to you, Sun Ergou!”

Sun Ergou was so shocked he nearly swore to the heavens!

“Boss, where are you coming from? I, Sun Ergou, may be ignorant, but I naturally understand that this restaurant belongs to the He family. My heart is dedicated to the He family, pounding like this! If you don’t believe me, you can feel my heart…”

Boss He forcefully withdrew his hand, took out a handkerchief, and wiped his hand several times before throwing the handkerchief on Sun Ergou’s fat, squinty face!

“Fine, just remember to be more conscientious! Isn’t there work to be done in the kitchen? Hurry up and go!”

“Yes, boss, I’ll get to it right away…”

Once Sun Ergou left, Boss He’s furrowed brow did not relax. Instead, it seemed to tighten even more.

“Where have I seen that young wife before? It seems that a few days ago, Businessman Zhang said he had his eye on a woman, causing quite a stir, but then it came to nothing… I don’t know… could they be the same person?”

With the taels of silver and deer antler in hand, Di Yelei’s thoughts were clear.

This Chief Cook Fatty has always been a penny-pinching person. Today, he lost face because of the two of us. In the future, we will definitely be targeted to make things difficult. It’s not likely to sell this game in the small town anymore.

He frowned. It seemed that after hunting, he could only try to sell the game in the county!

What can be done when this small town is really too small? There are only three restaurants in total!

Liu Sisi and Di Yelei thought differently. The previous 2,725 copper coins, plus the current 7200 copper coins, totaled 9,925 copper coins. They were still short of 75 copper coins, which would make ten taels of silver, not counting the deer antler they were holding!

Thinking of having nearly ten taels of silver yet to be sold, Liu Sisi became excited! It was one big step closer to clearing their debt!

The most important thing right now was to turn these deer antlers into silver coins!

“Yelei, do you know how to get to the herbal medicine shop?”

“You want to exchange deer antlers for silver coins? Let’s go, we can go this way.”

Di Yelei immediately understood Liu Sisi’s thoughts, bent over to hold Ying’er in his arms, and led the others striding towards the other side.

“Yelei, are you angry? What happened just now was my fault…”

“Don’t talk nonsense! This matter has nothing to do with you.”

Di Yelei turned around and gently clasped Liu Sisi’s hand: “This Fatty Chief Cook has already been cutting into our hunting revenue for more than a day or two. Because there are only a few restaurants in the small town, everyone is angry but dares not to speak. They are all afraid of offending this little man. Today, one elk sold for more than seven taels, while it would normally take me half a year to make this amount!”

“So much? How much silver has Damned Fatty been pocketing from us all these days!” Liu Sisi gasped. It seemed that Di Yelei’s punch was too lenient!