Chapter 198

"Old Man Han, are you really going to oppose me?" Xiao Yuji glared fiercely, but those calm, accustomed eyes could not manage a fierce, menacing look; instead they gained a few touches of cute, endearing charm.

Han Chunshen snorted, "Your price is outright unfair; Chen Wuji has cooperated with us many times, not giving a discount would be bad enough, yet you still press the price? I must give Chen Wuji a fair deal to prove our conscience."

"Old Man Han, if you had a conscience you wouldn't do this!" Xiao Yuji said fiercely.

Han Chunshen said calmly, "If you were fair, there wouldn't be anything between us."

"You!" Xiao Yuji was about to explode with anger, "You thieving old man, I'll fight you to the finish! How is my price unfair? I've already given a discount—who says I'm unfair and lack conscience?"

Han Chunshen suddenly shook his head and laughed, "Shopkeeper Xiao is just unfair."

"You you you, you thieving old man, wait, I'll chop you to pieces today!" Xiao Yuji looked left and right, then suddenly charged into Chen Wuji's house with a fierce momentum.

"Look at that posture, it seems she's going to get a knife."

Han Chunshen chuckled, shook his head, and handed the roasted goose in his hand to Chen Wuji, "Chen Wuji, you'll need to hold her back a bit later—when this little girl gets crazy she really will slash people."

"You know she'll slash people when she gets crazy, yet you still provoke her?" Chen Wuji was speechless.

Xiao Lao Tou really is a bit bad.

Han Chunshen chuckled, "She snatched this big deal right from under us, I feel awful; let her feel awful for a while, hehe."

Chen Wuji: ……

Han Chunshen rolled up his sleeves, sat down on a small stool, and began to help Chen Wuji, "Cleaning the entrails is a skilled task; if you trust me with it, Chen Wuji, I'm quite handy at this."

"My advice is for you to run quickly; if Shopkeeper Xiao really goes berserk, I can't stop her." Chen Wuji advised; the old man's attitude was pretty good—though he had made the girl angry enough to storm off, he calmly began working.

Han Chunshen chuckled, "I believe Chen Wuji can definitely do it; today, having encountered so many mountain delicacies, I must try Chen Wuji's cooking before I leave, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

Speaking, he suddenly reached into his bosom, pulled out a twenty‑tael silver ingot and handed it over, "By the way, I almost forgot—this is the profit share (dividend) promised to Chen Wuji; I also brought the account book, we can look at it while we eat, no rush."

"You've already started selling this quickly?" Chen Wuji asked in surprise.

Han Chunshen smiled, "We owe this to Chen Wuji's taught method. I and Shopkeeper Xiao have been in the fur trade for many years; everything else was already second nature, now that we've sped up the fur processing, everything else naturally follows suit."

"It's a pity that only part of this batch of furs was sold yesterday; the caravans we contacted will only arrive gradually these days. But our agreed profit‑share date is at month's end, so we're short. However, based on the caravans we've already settled, next month we should make a small profit."

Chen Wuji nodded; indeed, as an old hand in the fur trade of Yunan City, this efficiency is beyond reproach.

"It looks like they came today mainly for the dividend."

"A casually mentioned little trick actually managed to return several tens of taels of blood to him in half a month, leaving Chen Wuji somewhat surprised."

"However, this also shows, from the side, the capability of Han Chunshen and Xiao Yuji in the fur trade—only with real ability can one have sufficient efficiency."

Xiao Yuji brandished a kitchen knife and burst out of the gate with fierce momentum, behind her followed the flustered Huo Sanniang, "Miss Xiao, please don't act rashly, don't act rashly……"

Han Chunshen's eyelid twitched violently; he hurriedly hid behind Chen Wuji, "Chen Wuji, save my life!"

"Old Han the thief, hand over your life!" Xiao Yuji brandished her knife, murderous aura surging as she rushed over.

Chen Wuji, helpless, could only stand in the middle, acting as the peacemaker.

"Thanks for the knife, Shopkeeper Xiao; you two take your time chatting." Chen Wuji suddenly reached out, applying a bit of force, and snatched the kitchen knife from Xiao Yuji's hand.

Chen Wuji's move was too fast; by the time Xiao Yuji reacted, her hand was already empty.

After a moment of stupor, Xiao Yuji's eyes flashed fiercely; she turned and shouted at Huo Sanniang, "Sister‑in‑law, did you just see that? Your man, he touched my hand! Quick! Quick, beat him to death!"

Chen Wuji:?

Huo Sanniang shook her head helplessly, "I really didn't see it just now, Miss Xiao; how about we go inside for tea? I just baked a pot of pancakes with brown sugar—they're delicious, try some."

"Really? Sounds delicious." Xiao Yuji's eyes lit up, then she quickly shook her head, "No, I must first kill Old Han the thief, bite your husband to death, then we can eat and drink."

Huo Sanniang laughed helplessly, forcibly pulling Xiao Yuji, "Come on, come on, why bother getting angry with them? These bad people are just teasing you on purpose."

Xiao Yuji turned, glanced at Chen Wuji and Han Chunshen, gave a heavy snort, then flung a money bag at Chen Wuji, "Here's your profit share—count it yourself; if it's short, I don't care, if it's extra, there's none."

Chen Wuji only wanted to say, "Since ancient times, peacemakers never end well."

"What did I provoke or offend?"

"However, Xiao Yuji's money bag is quite full."

Chen Wuji poured it out and saw that it was actually more than what Han Chunshen had given.

"Although it was scattered silver, it amounted to roughly thirty taels."

"Do you two ship your goods differently?" Chen Wuji asked doubtfully.

Han Chunshen wiped a nonexistent sweat from his forehead, nodded and said, "Of course they differ; Shopkeeper Xiao's family has some clout, their own caravans head far off to Mobei and Xiyu, so their shipments are naturally faster than mine."

"Ah, I see!" Chen Wuji nodded.

"You wouldn't think this hot‑tempered young lady is actually a miss from a wealthy family."

"Besides, someone without any background couldn't open a shop in Yunan City."

"Not to mention officials and street ruffians—even these peers can't handle them."

"In Yunan City's merchant circles, nine out of ten have a story behind them."

"And what those stories correspond to are being hard to deal with and having tricks."

Chen Luozi watched Chen Wuji gain over two hundred taels in just a short moment, and he envied him bitterly, "Now I finally understand Lao San's sigh—people really do have to die compared to each other! We've spent years earning nowhere near this much, yet you scooped it up in a single day."

"It's all luck." Chen Wuji laughed.

Chen Luozi's face darkened, "Saying that… is really annoying."

Chen Wuji laughed heartily, put away the silver, and ordered Yuan Jinshi to take Han Chunshen for tea first.

"I'll do some work; otherwise I'd feel ashamed to beg Chen Wuji to personally take charge of the stove." Han Chunshen shook his head, refusing Chen Wuji's kind offer, and reiterated his skill at handling the entrails.