After breakfast the next day, Xue Poye left Yuezhu ten taels of silver and asked her to buy some new clothes for the children, and then led by Xiao Pinshi to the south of the city.
Before approaching, I saw the towering Hongyan Pagoda from a distance. It is a pavilion-style pagoda with eight floors, with layers of peaks and protruding verandas. The pagoda stands in the green forest , looks majestic and solemn.
Sure enough, there are not many people here, and it is sparse, compared with the bustling and noisy sky in the city, there is a huge difference.
"Brother, look, that's the restaurant!" Xiao Pinshi pointed to the distance and said, "Those debtors haven't left yet."
Xue Poye looked along his fingers, and saw that not far away, there really stood a tall restaurant with three floors, which looked very imposing. Xue Poye cried in his heart: "My darling, if such a restaurant In my time, I’m afraid it would cost several million.”
However, this area is really remote. Although there is a flat road in front of the restaurant, there are few pedestrians.
Nuo Da's restaurant, however, seemed very deserted. There were many people shaking around the restaurant. As long as someone approached, someone would come up to them and scare them away aggressively. Obviously, they were those who wanted debts.
Xue Poye touched his nose, with a strange smile on his mouth, and sighed: "It really is a good building, and the place is clean, I have found a treasure."
The two walked quickly to the front of the restaurant, only to see that the plaque of the restaurant had been taken down, and the place where the plaque was hung was empty, quite ugly.
"Wu that boy, what are you doing?" Before approaching the gate, two thick men came over aggressively and shouted: "There is no business here, hurry up!"
Xiao Pinshi whispered in his ear: "These are the guards hired by the creditors, in case the owner of the restaurant will run away."
Xue Poye nodded, and clasped his fists at the two with a smile: "You two big brothers have worked hard!"
The two were stunned for a moment, seeing that Xue Poye was very polite, his voice became quieter, the tall man said: "Brother, this restaurant is closed, you can't do business, if you want to drink, please go elsewhere."
Xue Poye touched his nose with a smile: "My brother is not here to drink, I want to go in and meet the boss."
The two became alert, and other people scattered around also paid attention to the movement here.
"Meet the boss?" The tall man frowned and said, "Brother, it's nothing serious. I advise you not to see him and leave as soon as possible. That son of a bitch owes a whole lot of debt, and everyone is waiting for money. No way, pay him back." Trick him to see an official."
Xue Poye smiled lightly, didn't take it seriously, and said calmly: "The younger brother knows that the boss owes everyone money, so he came here to solve this matter for the big guy."
"Oh?" The two big men were a little strange. They looked at Xue Poye carefully. He was an ordinary person, and he didn't seem to be able to touch a few taels of money. How to solve the problem? The short big man was a little unconvinced, and tentatively said: "Solve it? How to solve it? Do you have money?"
Xue Poye chuckled, "The two big brothers let me go in at ease. Many of you are afraid that I can take him away. It will be good for you if I go in and have a word with the boss. You surround him, He can't change the silver, but if I go in, maybe I can really change the silver."
The two big men were skeptical, but seeing that Xue Poye was full of confidence, they also hesitated.
Xiao Pinshi stepped forward and said: "I'm Shao Ji Mihang's guy, this is my elder brother, he has an idea, please let us in quickly."
The two big men looked at each other, and finally pouted their lips, signaling them to go in.
Xue Poye clasped his fists and entered the restaurant first.
I saw that the lobby on the first floor is extremely spacious. There are more than a dozen tables and chairs, and the tables and chairs are all new. Naturally, they haven't been used for long. There is a counter in the east corner, and a guy is sleeping at his desk inside, snoring quite forcefully.
The room is quiet, and there are stairs at the back, made of nanmu, solid and firm.
Xue Poye and Xiao Pinshi walked past the counter, the guy was unconscious, still snoring loudly, with an obscene smile on his face, and he didn't know what he was dreaming about.
Next to the counter was the stairs, and the two of them went up slowly, and only halfway through, they heard the sound of moaning and sighing from above, and even the sound of a woman crying sadly.
Xue Poye knew that the owner of the restaurant was depressed. When I went up the stairs, I could see that there were private rooms one by one on the second floor. There were eight rooms in total, and the decoration was also very gorgeous. There were several flowers and plants placed on the stairs, which was quite fresh.
There is a small hall on the second floor. A middle-aged man in black shirt in his forties is looking sad and haggard. Beside him is a woman in her thirties who is sobbing softly.
These two people were obviously immersed in depression, Xue Poye and Xiao Pinshi came over, but they didn't notice it.
"Boss Song!" Xiao Pinshi, who had delivered rice before, knew the name of the boss, and called out, "My elder brother is here to see you!"
The man in black was shocked, and was so frightened that someone came over unexpectedly. When he saw Xue Poye and the other two, he stood up and said vigilantly: "Who are you? Which shop? I said Now I don’t have any money on me, even if I’m killed, I won’t be able to get it out.”
Xiao Pinshi stepped forward and said with a chuckle: "I'm the guy of Shaoji Rice Company, I used to give you rice often, have you forgotten?"
Boss Song, the man in black shirt, relaxed his nervous expression when he heard this. He sat down softly, poured a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and said indifferently: "Shao Ji Mi Xing? I remember, it seems that I owe you forty Two denarii."
Xue Poye smiled and said: "Boss Song, don't get me wrong, we are not here to collect debts, we are here to pay your debts for you."
Boss Song was taken aback, looked at Xue Poye, frowned and said, "What do you mean? Pay my debt?" With a wry smile, "Are you here to ridicule me?" Xue Poye didn't care, looked around, sighed Said: "It's a pity that such a good restaurant will suddenly close down!" He seemed to shake his head sadly.
When the woman saw that someone was coming, she had already avoided it.
"Boss Song, when I come here next time, I have absolutely no malice, and I will never dare to ridicule you. I really want to come here to solve Boss Song's problems!" Xue Poye put away his smile, and said seriously: "I heard that in two days you If you can't pay back the money, those creditors will smash the store to take things, don't you think it's a pity that such a magnificent restaurant will be destroyed?"
Boss Song also heaved a long sigh, shook his head and said, "I spent all my savings to buy this restaurant. I originally wanted to make a career out of it, but I really didn't expect it to happen today." Looking around, he showed nostalgia.
"Please sit down, both of you!" Boss Song was very helpless at this moment. Although he still had doubts about Xue Poye, his attitude improved a lot: "Madam, serve tea!"
Xue Poye and Xiao Pinshi sat down at the table and got straight to the point: "Does Boss Song sell this restaurant?"
"Selling a restaurant?" Boss Song was a little surprised, and his face was a little ugly: "Your Excellency came here this time, is it because you want to buy this restaurant and want to buy a place?"
Xue Poye nodded and said, "That's what I mean."
"Not for sale!" Boss Song flatly refused.
Xue Poye was not in a hurry, touched his nose, and said calmly: "Boss Song, I'd better think about this before I say it."
"Don't think about it!" Boss Song's face turned blue, he suddenly stood up, and directly issued the order to evict the guest: "If you two have nothing else to do, you should leave!"
Xue Poye remained calm and said calmly: "Boss Song, I'm a little surprised. There are many people around outside. What are these people doing?"
Boss Song's body softened, and he sat down again.
"As far as I know, although Boss Song has only been running this restaurant for half a year, he has a lot of deficits. According to preliminary estimates, the money he owes is about four to five hundred taels, which is a large amount." Xue Poye seemed to care about his palm. Very interested, he stroked it gently, without looking at Boss Song, looking at his palm: "Your money at the beginning was just for the storefront, and later the tables, chairs, decorations, utensils, and the wages of the clerks, the government's taxes, all of which Enough for you to eat a pot."
Boss Song was already sweating profusely, looking sluggish.
Xue Poye squinted, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and continued: "Now you are considered bankrupt. Those guys outside, who are not watching you with covetous eyes, when the time limit given by them is up, those people will be like this. The wolf is like a tiger, rushing in frantically, tearing your restaurant into pieces."
Boss Song's face was pale, obviously frightened by Xue Poye's words, sweating profusely, he asked involuntarily: "Me, what should I do?"
Xue Poye chuckled, and said leisurely: "What should I do? It's easy to handle, leave all these troubles to me, and I will take care of it for you!"