Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 359: Beating Green Tea

With a "pa~" sound, Miss Lu's face was slapped to the side, and her cheek was visibly swollen. However, the powder on her face was too thick, so the redness and swelling could not be seen. However, this also made her face look extremely strange.

Miss Lu never expected that Song Chunlin would actually dare to hit her. After being beaten, her ears were buzzing for a long time before she recovered. She covered her cheeks in disbelief. The burning feeling made her realize that this was real. She was really slapped in public by Song Chunlin.

"You, how did you..."

"What about me? How dare I hit you, right?" Song Chunlin blew on his hands, looked at them over and over again, and finally took out a handkerchief with disgust and wiped them hard.

"I hate beating around the bush the most in my life, so I'll be frank, Miss Lu. I hit you purely because you were so cheap and offended me. You asked for this slap."

Miss Lu was ashamed and angry. She pointed at Song Chunlin and said, "You are going too far. Sir, I just came here to apologize for what happened that day. If you don't accept it, that's fine. I am a weak woman and can't say anything anyway. But why did you slap me in front of so many people? Sir, you are trampling on the face of my Lu family."

Gu Fengyue showed displeasure. This girl surnamed Lu was deliberately using her family background to pressure others. Although the Lu family was indeed a prominent family, their influence might not extend to Bai Ta City. Moreover, the Miss Lu in front of them was probably not worth the risk of offending the Gu family just to protect her.

But Miss Lu couldn't understand. She thought that Song Chunlin was just a child from a peasant family. Facing such a huge family, he would naturally understand that with his family background, confronting the aristocratic family would be like hitting a rock with an egg, and would be a dead end.

Song Chunlin was not a fool. After hearing her words, he understood that this woman wanted to use her power to overwhelm others. But was he the kind of person who would be afraid of aristocratic families?

He had no idea how many times he had stolen from the warehouses of aristocratic families. When he didn't like someone, he could even put a full stop to their entire family tree. How could he be afraid of a mere Lu family? Moreover, he already knew the real situation of Miss Lu's family. Her father was not a favored one, otherwise he would not have been sent to the border to be a minor official of the fifth rank, and was suppressed by the two huge mountains of the commander and the general. Under such circumstances, it was another matter whether he really dared to stand up for Miss Lu.

So Song Chunlin was completely fearless and he glanced at Miss Lu with contempt.

"Just you? I hit you, I bullied you, Miss Lu, it's important to know yourself. Do you really think that others don't know your dirty thoughts?"

Miss Lu's thoughts were exposed, but she still stubbornly argued: "What did this gentleman say? What do I have any thoughts about it? I just don't want to see Gu Sima being entangled by irrelevant people, so I said a few words for justice. How come in this gentleman's mind, I have become the person with dirty thoughts?"

Song Chunlin felt that this woman could go to the Oscars to receive an award, just based on these few lines, they sounded so natural and confident, and it was impossible to tell that she was lying.

"Tsk, what a righteous statement, Miss Lu, are you really standing up for the injustice and thinking about Gu Sima and his fiancé, or are you clearing away imaginary enemies for yourself?"

Miss Lu bit her lower lip. Song Chunlin's words hit the nail on the head. Yes, she was just eliminating the imaginary enemy for herself. Ever since Gu Fengyue came to Bai Ta City, she had been eyeing Gu Fengyue. Who wouldn't want to pounce on a young and handsome Sima who was in his twenties?

Gu Fengyue had rejected many beauties offered to him before, so Miss Lu understood that this man would not be dazzled by ordinary cosmetics. On the contrary, what he needed most was a flower that could speak and understand others and bloom at the border. Miss Lu had always advertised herself with such a personality, and at first, this really made Gu Fengyue feel somewhat favorable towards her.

However, this only good impression was shattered when Song Chunlin arrived.

Miss Lu was unwilling to accept this. It was clear that Song Chunlin was a spoiled person. He was neither gentle nor considerate, and he would often lose his temper at Gu Fengyue. Gu Fengyue could tolerate such a person for a while, but did she have to endure it for a lifetime?

Seeing that she was still unconvinced, Song Chunlin felt a little itchy in his palms and wondered whether he should slap her again to wake her up.

"Ms. Lu, let's stop here. I don't care who your Lu family is. Just go back and complain to your father. Let's see if your good father will offend both of us in order to save you."

"You, you are simply bullying others by taking advantage of your power!"

"Stop. Speaking of bullying, Miss Lu, when you used your family background to pressure others, weren't you also bullying others?"

"I didn't!"

"Oh, you didn't." Song Chunlin slapped away the other person's finger that was pointing at his nose. This time he did not hold back his strength. A red mark immediately appeared on the back of Miss Lu's white hand, and she screamed in pain.

"Young master, why do you hit others just because you disagree with something?" The maid couldn't stand it anymore and stood up for her master, but she was also slapped in the face the next second.

"Who the hell are you to blame him?"

No one expected that the slap was actually given by Gu Fengyue, and his blow was even heavier than Song Chunlin's. The maid's mouth was bleeding and her cheeks were swollen, looking even worse than her master.

"Your mistress is a young lady from an aristocratic family after all. She is so shameless to approach a man outside and spread dirty rumors. Beating her is not a light punishment. Besides, we clearly warned you that day that I will not offend others unless they offend me. Since you are so ignorant, don't blame me for using violence."

Song Chunlin would feel guilty if he hit a woman, but if the other party was the first to do something shameless, he would not show mercy and would slap her in the face without any hesitation.

Miss Lu was completely frightened. She never expected that Gu Fengyue would blame Song Chunlin for the maid and then beat people regardless of their status. The couple was more violent than the other. Why did she think she could control such a man?

"Are you scared? If you are, get out of here right away. Do you want me to slap you?"

After hearing this, Miss Lu and the maid could no longer utter a word of rebuttal. They left the place dejectedly, supporting each other with the maid, as if escaping.

After making Miss Lu angry and leaving, Song Chunlin felt refreshed. When he thought about what he was going to do next, he couldn't help laughing again.

It’s great that when you are feeling down, there are people who are willing to take advantage of you and let you vent your anger.

While they were lingering at the gate of the government office, the clerk inside had already prepared the necessary documents and had been hiding behind the door listening to the opera for a while. Now, taking advantage of Song Chunlin's good mood, he smiled and handed over the documents with both hands.

"Young Master Song, look, all the procedures have been completed. You can go directly and ask Luo Shaokun to vacate the house." The clerk originally wanted to ask Song Chunlin if he needed any help, but after seeing the twenty or so burly men, he swallowed the question back.

With these twenty strong men, Song Chunlin swaggered to Luo Shaokun's shop, and saw Fang Siyi and Fang Chen who had been waiting for a long time at the door. Fang Yi stayed at home with his sister and did not come.

"Master, you are finally here. My little dad and I asked the shop assistants and found out that Luo Shaokun did not come to the shop today. He is at home."

Song Chunlin signaled him to stay calm.

"Come on, close the shop first, and we'll deal with the rest later when we get back."

Closing the shop went much more smoothly than expected. This kind of seed shop had no business for a long time. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs distributed potato and sweet potato seeds first, and later began to sell corn, cotton and watermelon seeds. Moreover, they not only gave seeds, but also taught farmers the latest planting techniques and taught them how to grow new crops. With such high-yield and rare crop seeds, who would come to buy ordinary seeds from the seed shop?

In fact, it was not only the Luo family's seed shop that had a bad business. Business at other seed shops was not much better. However, Luo Shaokun was not honest in his business. Not only did he shortchange people on weight, he also liked to pass off inferior products as good ones. His prices were also higher than those of other shops. As a result, their business had long since plummeted, and he even ruined the good reputation that the Fang family had built up over generations.

Fang Siyi and Luo Shaokun had been married for many years, so she naturally knew him well. Therefore, she thought it was natural that the shop's business was slow.

The shop assistants were recruited when Fang Siyi was still there. Originally, there should have been a shopkeeper and three assistants. Two were responsible for entertaining customers in the front of the shop, and the other two worked in the warehouse in the back. The shopkeeper was responsible for accounting and managing the buying and selling of seeds in the entire seed shop.

Before it was renamed, the Luo Family Seed Shop was also very popular among nearby residents. When business was good, the shop also sold some groceries. But now, Fang Siyi looked at the empty shop, which was completely different from when his parents were alive.

Thinking about the past, Fang Siyi couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

"Here, here, it's all gone. There used to be a lot of seeds for sale here, but now there's nothing."

Fang Siyi's eyes were red, and he was reminded of some past events. Fang Chen kept comforting him.

The clerk was stunned as it was the first time he saw so many burly soldiers. When he heard that they were here to take over the shop, he immediately handed over the shop keys without hesitation.

"Gentlemen, um, our boss, did he commit a crime?"

Song Chunlin signaled one of them who was good at speaking to explain the whole story to the worker. After hearing the whole story, the worker looked puzzled. He had never thought that the things he gave away could be taken back.

After closing the shop, Fang Siyi had no plans to continue doing business for the time being. Moreover, the seed shop business was not doing well, so he thought about just closing it down and then discussing what to do with the shop in the future when he returned.

"Little Daddy, how about we redecorate this shop and use it to sell grapes?"

"That's a good idea, but our vineyard doesn't always have grapes to sell. I'm afraid it won't work if we only sell grapes."

Song Chunlin suggested: "Then sell grapes and watermelons in the summer, cotton in the fall, and chili sauce and tomato sauce in the winter. I remember I asked you to plant a lot of chili peppers."

"We did grow quite a lot, and we made some sauces according to the young master's recipe. However, we sold them to the military camps in previous years. If we want to sell them retail, I'm afraid the production won't be enough."

Song Chunlin thought that this problem was easy to solve, just add some more manpower.

"It's not a big problem. Just hire more people. I remember the Ministry of Agriculture allocated me a lot of land. If I don't use it, it will grow weeds. It's better to reclaim it and plant peppers, tomatoes, and garlic."

Fang Siyi never objected to Song Chunlin's decisions. Since the master had spoken, they just had to do it. So they walked around the shop and finally took a look in the warehouse.

Fang Siyi grew up in a seed shop and was influenced by his parents. He naturally knew that the stocks in the shop were basically old goods. The germination rate of this kind of seeds was extremely low, but the probability of infestation with insects was very high, making them not suitable for sale as grain seeds at all.

"This Luo Shaokun is really outrageous. If this kind of grain had been placed in the past, it would have been used to feed livestock. Why is it still left here to be sold?"

Others also grabbed a handful. They didn't know much about grain seeds, but even so they could tell at a glance that the grain seeds in their hands had obviously been stored for a long time. They were gray in color and had many empty shells. Such grain seeds were not suitable for farming at all.

"It's not long before the spring ploughing season, but there isn't even a single decent seed in the shop. How on earth is Luo Shaokun doing business? Could it be that he doesn't even want to buy any goods?"

The clerk who had been following behind him finally spoke up at this time: "Brother Fang, you don't know that Boss Luo is not a good businessman. The seeds you have are still old ones from the year before last. Because they have not been sold, he won't let us get rid of the seeds, saying that if we do, we won't be able to get our capital back. He asked us to lower the price, but any farmer with a little experience can see the problem with such seeds. How could they buy them? In this way, the old goods cannot be sold and the new goods cannot be brought in, and the business of this shop has plummeted. In fact, if you don't come, I plan to stop doing it after this month."

Fang Siyi sighed: "When my parents were alive, there was no old goods in this warehouse that were more than two years old."

"There's no point in talking any more. Why don't we deal with these old goods first?"

Fang Siyi thought about it and shook his head.

"Let's put it aside for now. We'll find someone to take it away and sell it to the farmers in the countryside who raise cattle and sheep at a low price. We'll just use it as feed."