latelenovela Chapter 294 Seeing you make money is more painful than me losing money.
Chapter 294 Seeing you make money is more painful than me losing money.
"What is it?" Li Ergou asked.
"Excuse me, do you know where Su Niannian lives?" the middle-aged man asked again.
Upon hearing this, Li Ergou realized that the person was looking for Su Niannian, and he couldn't help but scrutinize the other person carefully.
The middle-aged man felt the young man in front of him scrutinizing him and became slightly anxious.
I came to Kaoshan Village to find Su Niannian because I had some urgent business.
"What do you want with her?" Li Ergou asked again.
"I don't know where this guy came from. He just asked me where Xiao Su, the educated youth, lived. I was afraid of causing trouble for Xiao Su, so I didn't tell him. When I asked him what it was about, he wouldn't say," Grandpa Jiang said to Li Ergou as he moved closer.
Li Ergou nodded after hearing this.
“I really didn’t mean any harm. I can find Gu Nan.” The middle-aged man mentioned Gu Nan’s name again.
When Li Ergou heard Gu Nan's name, he actually remembered who he was.
Although I don't know his real name, I know that people call him Lao Qian, Lao Qian.
He was involved in the black market in the county town.
I had seen it before when I delivered seasonings to Lü Hongliang, who sells meat.
They probably aren't here to cause trouble; maybe your sister-in-law's business in the county town is in trouble.
"The black market?" Li Ergou asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Old Qian almost cried and quickly nodded.
"Oh, then come with me, I'll take you there," Li Ergou said to the middle-aged man.
Then she gave Grandpa Jiang a reassuring look and said, "Grandpa Jiang, it's alright, we know each other."
With that, Li Ergou waved his hand and led the middle-aged man toward Su Niannian's house.
"It's a good thing I met you. It's been so hard to find a girl like Miss Su," Old Qian said.
Su Niannian is quite popular in Kaoshan Village. It took me so long to ask around before someone finally brought me in.
This shows how afraid he is of causing trouble for Su Niannian.
Really... indeed, he's no ordinary person!
"My sister-in-law is popular, there's nothing I can do about it," Li Ergou said with a smug look.
Carrying the things, he led Lao Qian towards Gu Nan's house.
Before long, Li Ergou arrived at Su Niannian's house with his men.
"Brother Nan and sister-in-law, are you there?" Li Ergou called out from the courtyard gate.
Mother Gu was the first to see Li Ergou and invited him into the courtyard.
Gu Nan heard Li Ergou's voice and came out of the house.
Su Niannian followed behind Gu Nan.
After Su Niannian came out, she saw Lao Qian next to Li Ergou.
Logically speaking, since Old Qian doesn't know where he lives, his sudden appearance here must mean something important is happening.
The moment Lao Qian saw Su Niannian, it was as if he had seen a family member.
He quickly took two steps forward.
"Old Qian, what brings you here?" Su Niannian asked Old Qian, puzzled.
"I have something to discuss with you privately," Old Qian asked Su Niannian.
Su Niannian felt that Lao Qian's coming to see her must mean that something had happened to his business.
He nodded and led Lao Qian to the main room.
"I'll go with him to see what's wrong," Su Niannian said to Gu Nan, and then took Lao Qian with her.
"I saw him at the village entrance just now. He said he was looking for his sister-in-law, so I brought him here. I'll head back now if there's nothing else," Li Ergou said to Gu Nan.
Gu Nan nodded.
Li Ergou then left.
After Li Ergou left, Gu's mother asked Gu Nan who that middle-aged man was.
“His elderly relatives had consulted Niannian before,” Gu Nan told his mother.
Mrs. Gu nodded. "I see. Then go and pour a glass of water for the guest later." Mrs. Gu said to Gu Nan.
Gu Nan responded.
In the main room, Su Niannian asked Lao Qian to sit down and talk slowly.
After Lao Qian sat down, he let out a long sigh.
He had a face that looked like he'd eaten shit.
"Miss Su, it seems that Lu Hongliang's braised pig offal business is not going to work. He was reported by his former brother-in-law, and Lu Hongliang almost got arrested."
"Luckily, he has some connections and ran away as soon as he got the news, otherwise he would have been in big trouble." Old Qian said, then sighed again.
Then he took out a dozen 100-yuan notes from his black bag.
"This is the money for the seasonings for the last three days. Lü Hongliang asked me to bring it to you first. I'm afraid we won't be able to continue the braised meat business for the time being." Old Qian said, placing the money in front of Su Niannian.
Something happened to Lü Hongliang; his former brother-in-law reported him to the police…
This is really speechless.
However, it is not incomprehensible.
After all, some people feel worse seeing others make money than when they lose money themselves.
Therefore, Su Niannian wasn't particularly surprised that Lü Hongliang's brother-in-law could do such a thing.
As for the money, there should be three hundred yuan in it, which is the money for the braised meat that hasn't been sold yet.
This report has likely cost Lü Hongliang a day's wages.
Even in his current state, Lü Hongliang still managed to get Lao Qian to send him the money; he's quite honest.
I was right about Lü Hongliang.
Su Niannian picked up the money, counted out five hundred yuan, and handed it to Lao Qian.
"Three hundred yuan of that is for a day's worth of seasonings, so I'll cover the loss for that day. The remaining two hundred yuan is just a small token of my appreciation," Su Niannian said.
Old Qian definitely can't take this money.
“Lu Hongliang said he can’t do this business for the time being. I can’t let you lose money, so I can’t take this money for him,” Old Qian said, refusing.
“He’s on the run now, so he probably needs some money to cover his expenses. Let’s take it,” Su Niannian said.
Old Qian thought Su Niannian was a really good person; even though such a profitable business fell through, she wasn't angry or unhappy at all.
They showed no resentment towards Lü Hongliang and were even willing to cover the losses for him.
Don't let her young age fool you, Miss Su is a really good person.
Unfortunately……
Old Qian sighed helplessly.
"Since it's your kind offer, I'll accept it on behalf of Lü Hongliang. There's one more thing I need to tell you."
Old Qian had a look on his face as if he had eaten shit.
His expression was noticeably more downcast than before.
"Is there anything else?" Su Niannian asked Lao Qian.
At this moment, Gu Nan also brought in a glass of water.
Old Qian glanced at Gu Nan.
"Just tell me directly," Su Niannian said to Lao Qian, pulling Gu Nan to sit next to her.
"My arch-nemesis... also set me off." Old Qian was somewhat speechless.
He and Lü Hongliang were like brothers in misfortune.
Old Qian's rivals are envious of how much money Old Qian can make and how well he has access to his goods.
Moreover, because Lao Qian's products are now of such high quality, his own business has been squeezed out to the point of collapse.
Adhering to the mentality that if they themselves are not doing well, others should not be either, they first secretly arranged for someone to set fire to the warehouse where Lao Qian kept his things.
Fortunately, Lao Qian discovered it early, so there wasn't much loss.
Then he reported Lao Qian.