Chapter 79

  Maple Leaf City, Four Seas Building.

  Li Datou looked out of the window on the second floor again. It had been several days, and the business across the street at Hu Di Lou was booming every day, while the business at Si Hai Lou was already very good with many customers coming in.

  "Sister, have you seen? They've been queuing up since morning, busy from lunchtime till night, not stopping for a moment to earn money. Our place is empty, not a single customer."

  Li Ru said: "That girl is really capable, doing business so well. Have you ever thought of sending someone to learn from them and stealing their recipes back?"

  "Others are easy to learn, but the business of picking up living things from the bottom of a lake is so hot, all thanks to chili peppers holding it up, that thing, we can't find anywhere to go."

  Li Ruxin was also unhappy in her heart. In fact, the good or bad business of Sihai Building didn't matter to her, after all, the Su family had money. Her goal was to drive Li Ruxin away, but looking at Su Qing now, it seemed like she wanted to take root and sprout.

  Just then, the two saw someone walking into the Four Seas Building downstairs. Li Ruda said: "It's not easy to come with guests, don't hurry up to greet them."

  Li Da Tou ran downstairs quickly and saw that the guest was someone he knew, it was Zhang Yuan Wai who often came to his place.

  "Director Zhang, it's been a long time since you've come. What would you like to eat today? I'll have the kitchen prepare our signature dish, Steamed Fish with Three Kinds of Mushrooms."

  "Let's not eat." Zhang Yuanwai waved his hand: "We've already put up a sign across the street, and now we're lining up. There's no place to sit. I'll come to your store to sit for a while."

  "......" Li Datou.

  Zhang Yuanwai was still waving a small wooden sign in his hand, swaying it back and forth in front of Li Datou.

  "Boss, I and a few friends are going to sit here for a while, you don't mind, right?"

  "This... haha... how is it possible, you guys want to sit for as long as you want..."

  Across the lake, business is still booming, and the freshly baked bread wafts out of the door with a sweet wheat aroma.

  Business is getting better, and Su Qing has hired a new shopkeeper. She's no stranger to accounting, but as a woman, she's not suitable for facing customers, so she needs a shopkeeper to take care of welcoming and sending off guests. Fortunately, after Du Mao's incident, no one dares to make trouble for Hubi Chou again.

  Now she has a shopkeeper to take care of the lake bottom, and she also bought a house in the city, where she usually lives with Xiaodie, occasionally coming over to check the accounts.

  The bread sells well every day, and customers need to wait a long time to get a seat. Su Qing plans to open another branch in the East City, and the sales of bread are also good, but not as good as at first. Cheng Dali sent a letter saying that he can open a store specializing in selling bread.

  Rakuyo City is by the sea and its port trade is still quite prosperous. Nowadays, many traveling merchants who come to Rakuyo City for the first time will go to the lake bottom to catch a meal.

  A guest was eating with great relish, and in his conversation, he kept mentioning the landlady of this wine house.

  "This old lady boss always covers her face with a black veil, and I don't know what she looks like."

  "It's definitely good to look at, if I, old Zhu, have good fortune, I can..." As he spoke, his eyes became lewd.

  "Shut up! You dare say this here? Don't you want to live?" A customer hastily interrupted.

  "It's just talk, what can it do? Why be so careful..." said the guest with the surname Zhu.

  "Hey, don't you know who's behind this wine shop? You must know about Du Lao Da's affairs..."

  As he spoke, his voice dropped lower and lower, until finally the guest with the surname Zhu was drenched in cold sweat, hoping that no one else had heard what he said.

  A successful man must have countless women, but how many men are behind a successful woman is hard to say. Currently, Cheng Dairen has become the man behind Su Qing's back, and with Cheng Dairen's notorious reputation, no one dares to cause trouble in the wine house.

  By afternoon, the customers in the wine house had thinned out. At this time, the shopkeeper led a few people from outside to the backyard.

  The first one was Yuan Wai, and the other few were unknown to Su Ying. Su Ying hastily put on a mourning dress and talked with them in the main hall.

  After the politeness, Zhang Yuan directly went to the topic: "Boss Su, this is my friend from Qingzhou who specializes in transporting leather goods. This time he came to buy a batch of peppers from Boss Su."

  All the peppers were grown by Cheng Dairen. Su Qing didn't know the specifics, she just agreed to consider it. But judging from their appearance, they seemed willing to pay a high price.

  Just as Sun Jiu was about to return to the mountain stronghold, Su Qing wrote a letter and asked him to deliver it to Cheng Da Lei.

  ……

  Toad's lair, dungeon.

  Du Mao lay on the straw, with several empty wine jars around him, his chin covered in a messy beard. He no longer had hemp rope on his body and was eating quite well, but he absolutely could not go out.

  Footsteps approached, Du Mao shouted: "Bring wine for Grandpa, if you're late for a moment, I'll blow your brains out."

  As he turned his head, he saw Cheng Dairen, Yu Qiran and Gao Feibao standing outside the cell.

  Gaofei leopard and Du Mao stared at each other, their eyes wide with fear.

  Du Mou felt a bit awkward, after all, he was also a number one figure, but now he was trapped in the dungeon and even seen by acquaintances.

  Gaofei leopard couldn't believe that Du Mao, who was as slippery as a loach, had actually been caught by Cheng Dairen. If this were false, then Du Mao would still be alive and kicking in front of him. But if it were true, how on earth did Cheng Dairen manage to do it?

  "Is that you, Boss Du?"

  "Leopard, must you humiliate me with these words?"

  Gao Fei Bao sighed and said: "I'll go back and tell my brother to plead for you, ask Master Cheng to let you off."

  "Go ask Mr. Cheng if he dares to let me go!"

  Cheng Dali smiled on the side, he really didn't dare. Du Maolun was famous for his reputation and had real skills, but what's more important is that he also has brains. If this gets out, it will attract a group of rascals who will definitely come after him first. Cheng Dali won't have the ability to catch him again.

  Gaofei leopard and Yu Quren's eyes looked at Cheng Dairen, their eyes were filled with incredulity and fear.

  He originally wanted to stay aloof and watch Cheng Dairen make a fool of himself, then condescend to help him out, but in the end the other party had already taken the person away. No matter how he managed to do it, it's terrifying.

  Beep, received fear value 19...

  Beep, received fear value 21...

  Cheng Dali's eyes lit up, and this time the fear value was enough for 20,000, which could be directly drawn twice.

  When he walked out of the dungeon, Gao Fei Bao was still dispirited and finally couldn't help but ask.

  "Cheng Dangjia, how did you manage to do it?"

  Cheng Dairen was also speechless, he knew that the information in this era was closed off, but he didn't think it would be to such an extent, and yet they were still completely unaware of what was happening around them. Looking at Yu Qiu Ran and Gao Fei Bao's eager eyes, Cheng Dairen thought to himself, how should I tell you guys?

  Finally, Cheng Dalai patted Gao Feibao's shoulder and said a string of words.

  "Read more books, read more newspapers, drink less cold water, take more baths."