My Loyal and Lovely Husband

Crossing the street, Jin Weiwei and Little Rich soon arrive at Guangtong Restaurant. The moment they step into the restaurant, the waiter soon recognizes her because of that sensational event days ago. “Boss, Miss Jin of Jin’s Meat-shop comes!” Hearing that, Qian welcomes Jin Weiwei warmly and says, “You are surely an infrequent visitor to my restaurant! Miss Jin, how do you have time to visit me today? Please take a seat.”

“That’s very kind of you, Mr. Qian. I need your help.” While speaking, Jin Weiwei follows Qian into the inner room. She sits down directly at ease. “What’s up, Miss Jin? Anything I can help you?” asks Qian, ordering the waiter to offer a cup of tea to treat Jin Weiwei. “Yes Mr. Qian. I’m a country girl and a beginner of doing business. I need your instructions Mr. Qian.” “Well… well… Miss Jin, to be honest, few people in the county are better than you, a young girl, in terms of doing business!” After some goods words, Jin Weiwei says, “I make myself clear to you directly, Mr. Qian. Hope my affair won’t bother you.”

After that, she takes out two fifty-tales-of-silver draft, puts them on the table and pushes them under the nose of Qian. “Miss Jin, what do you mean by that?” asks Qian, who is shocked by the cheque. “Down-payment. Mr. Qian, I want to ask you to find a good shop in the county.” Says Jin Weriwei, taking out another five tales of silver and putting it on the table. “This five tales of silver is your reward, Mr. Qian. If everything is done successfully, I will give your another five tales of silver to express my thanks to you.”

“Miss Jin, you wanna to buy a shop in the county? Are you planning to run a branch meat shop in the county?” asks Qian surprisingly. “Yes. That’s my plan.” Replies Jin Weiwei. She leans closer to Qian and says, “Days ago, I suggested your breaking up your business relationship with Jiang’s Meat shop; however, I found that you still hesitated to make that decision. I guess that you are worried about the supplement of meat for your restaurant. So, I think about that for a while, and I come up with the solution to help you get rid of all the obstacles of making that decision. I plan to open a meat shop in the county to be your meat supplier. Trust me!”

Knowing that, Qian feels happy because much of his hesitation really lies in his worry about the meat supplement. “Mr. Qian, if that won’t bother you, and you are willing to help me, I will send people to bring 50 kilograms sausages tomorrow.” Jin Weiwei keeps on talking and barely pauses for breath. She snips the tea and says, “What do you think, Mr. Qian?” “No problem! I shall take full charge of your business. Tomorrow, I will go to find a good shop for you. I am sure you will not regret to ask me to do that!”

Qian agrees with that without any hesitation. Meanwhile, he fixes his eyes on the cheque and silvers on the table, thinking that Jin Weiwei is really affluent. Thus, he decides that he must break up his business relationship with Jiang’s Meat-shop. Soon after the departure of Jin Weiwei, Jiang Qingshou sends the meat to Qian’s restaurant. “Mr. Jiang, how you send the meat by yourself?” Greets Qian, checking the meat. “We haven’t seen each other for a long while. I miss you much, Mr. Qian.” Replies Jiang Qingshou, wearing a fake smile. If this happens before, Qian would also exchange pleasantries about his business. But today, he responds to his greetings coldly. “Do not tease me, Mr. Jiang. You must have something to talk to me, right?” The response of Qian embarrasses Jiang Qingshou. He says, “you are right, Mr. Qian. I come here to discuss with you about our future business corporation…”

“Wait…” His words are interrupted by Qian, who checks the account book and calculates something using the abacus. Finishing the calculation, he says, “Mr. Jiang, including today’s meat, all together, you send me 20 tales sliver meat. Remember, you owe me 25 tales silver. Now the meat can be used to repay 20 tales silver. You still owe me 5 tales silver. You check it out. Any problems?” Jing Qingshou takes a glimpse at that account book, and says with his head nodding, “Ok. I owe you 5 tales of silver. Sending meat for one or two more times will pay off the debt.” Days ago Jiang Qingshou was hard up for money. Thus, he borrowed 25 tales of silver from Qian. However, when he has gone through his financial difficulties, he is unwilling to pay back that money immediately with the excuse of lack of money. At that time, instead of paying back the money, he wanted to pay back that money with the meat. At the beginning, Qian was unwilling to accept that plan. But he agreed with that finally when he thought that he would purchase meat from the meat shop of Jiang Qingshou.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“Mr. Jiang, if you have money now, please pay back the 5 tales of silver today. Because today is the last time for Guangtong Restaurant to purchase meat from your meat-shop. I mean, tomorrow, you need not send meat to my restaurant. Our cooperation ends today.” Says Qian, closing the account book. Hearing that, Jiang Qingshou is shocked at the words of Qian. Today, he goes there for future business cooperation. Unexpectedly, before he starts to talk about cooperation, Qian has already interrupted his words with the the bad news of ending their business relationship. Jiang Qingshou thinks, “Why? It can’t be true that Mr. Qian break up our business relationship just because of the few words of Jin Weiwei!”

Qian should have had no intention of furthering his conversation with Qian. But he can’t resist the repeated asking from Jiang Qingshou. So he has to pour out the whole thing to him. “What? That can’t be true! Mr. Qian, how can you trust a little girl so easily? She only owns a meat-shop in the countryside! How could she have enough money to run a shop in the county?” shouts Jiang Qingshou. “Believe it or not. But I believe her.” Frowning impatiently, Qian asks, “You laugh at the poor Jin Weiwei. You said that she didn’t have money to buy a shop. But what about you? You haven’t paid my money back, only 5 tales of silver. You are the boss of a meat shop! 5 tales of silver will not be a thing for you, right?”

Unfortunately, that’s true! He does not have 5 tales of silver. So he is furious and says, “I tried hard to persuade you, because I worry about you being cheated by that little bastard. But you tease me! I tell you the truth that Jin Weiwei was brought up in my family. I know her quite well! I know how much money she has. I am sure that she is unable to take out so much money to buy the shop! If you do not believe me, I bet you that she will never run a shop in the county. If not, I will return you ten tales of silver!” Says Jiang Qingshou. “OK! If Miss Jin fails to run a shop in the county as you predicted just now, those five tales of silver will be written off.” Says Qian without any hesitation, and after all, Jin Weiwei’s 100 tales of silver are in his hands, which is a more reliable than the 5 tales of silver coins of Jiang Qingshou. “That’s the deal!” With a hand-clap, they make a deal for that bet.