Chapter 60: Pretty Honest
Tian Zao’s eyes heated up, with liquid wanting to flow down, choking as she looked at Cao Weida: “Cao Ge, why are you so good to us?”
“I’m telling you, I definitely won’t be your concubine, don’t expect me to be moved and agree to you.”
“.”
When the first sentence fell, Cao Weida still planned to comfort her, but was amused by the second sentence.
“I say, what is this little brain of yours thinking about all day long.” Cao Weida ‘fiercely’ rubbed her head, messing it up like a chicken coop.
Tian Zao resisted indignantly, but her little strength couldn’t resist at all.
After rubbing and abusing for a good while, Cao Weida finally comfortably let go of his hand, facing Tian Zao’s bared teeth and fierce look, he snorted:
“I’m telling you, I spend money to train you, and when you grow up, you’re going to work for me!”
“Every penny spent on training you, I’ll record it all, and if you can’t repay it later, I’ll tie you all up and send you to the mine to dig coal to pay off the debt!”
Tian Zao secretly pursed her lips, it’s this same rhetoric again, can’t he come up with something new!
“You might as well say that if I can’t repay it, you’ll make me your concubine to help.”
“Phew~~ You think beautifully.”
Tian Zao instantly broke down, screaming: “Cao Ge, I’ll fight you!!”
“Whoa, you little girl are for real! Let go, let go!”
After tussling with Tian Zao, Cao Weida left the courtyard and headed to Liutiao Hutong, and when no one was around, he drew an inverted triangle in a corner, then quietly left.
When Cao Weida brought a group of kids into the courtyard on Yan Dai Xie Jie, Duomen had already arrived and was chatting with a bald man.
“Master Duo.”
“Cao’er, you’re finally back, today you’re the groom, how are you still running around everywhere.” Duomen laughed and scolded, just about to introduce when the bald man suddenly knelt down with a thud, startling Cao Weida.
“No no, Big Brother, what’s going on?” Cao Weida quickly dodged to the side, looking confused at Duomen, “Master Duo, this is”
Before Duomen could explain, the bald man kneeling on the ground knocked two loud kowtows: “Cao Ye, I’m He Daqing, you saved my wife’s life!”
“So it’s you.” Turns out being steady and mature is a family trait, huh.
He stepped forward and pulled up He Daqing, “Get up quickly, I’m a patrolman, those were things I should do, even without me, anyone else in that situation would definitely help out.”
Now, He Daqing’s wife didn’t die, Jia Zhangshi’s man didn’t pass, who knows if the future siheyuan will still become a beast-filled siheyuan, looking forward to it.
“You are our family’s lifesaver, let me kowtow a few more!” He Daqing refused to get up, and shouted into the courtyard, then He Yuzhu, who looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, was pulled by He Daqing to kneel down.
“Yuzhu, this is the lifesaver of your mom, kowtow quickly!”
“.” Your mom, how does that sound like cursing.
His heart felt a bit odd, but he knew He Daqing didn’t mean that.
He Yuzhu was also straightforward, without a word, he knelt with a thud, and knocked several with banging sounds, so loud that Cao Weida feared the green bricks underfoot might crack.
Cao Weida’s teeth ached just listening, no wonder he’s called Silly Pillar, this is too straightforward.
“No no no, take it easy, get up quick, get up quick, Master Duo, give me a hand!”
Can’t let He Yuzhu kowtow anymore, the father and son already miss a few strings in the brain, if they keep going, who knows if another one will snap.
“Master He, you’ve kowtowed, the meaning is there, no need to kowtow more, or you’ll shorten Cao’er’s life.” Duomen didn’t think there was anything wrong with He Daqing and his son kowtowing, they had kowtowed to him at the hospital too.
Life-saving grace, such a great kindness, how can you not kowtow a few times.
Hearing this, He Daqing hurriedly got up, kowtowing ten or eight more would be no big deal, but he didn’t dare make the benefactor lose lifespan.
Seeing father and son up, Duomen continued: “Master He is the head chef at Fengze Garden, authentic Tan family cuisine heir, and he apprenticed under a Sichuan chef to learn Sichuan cuisine craft, that craftsmanship is top-notch.”
“Around our Tianqiao, if you ask around, Master He is definitely the first one mentioned.”
“So, I just went to him and mentioned it, and Master He immediately agreed, and said he absolutely won’t take hardship fee.”
Cao Weida shook his head upon hearing, “That won’t do, not taking hardship fee, how’s that right, what should be given must be given.”
“Cao Ye, if you give hardship fee, isn’t that slapping my He Daqing’s face!” He Daqing was firm in attitude, nearly shaking his neck off: “If outsiders find out, I He Daqing won’t have face to stay in Beiping, no no!”
“You won’t take hardship fee, then I’ll give you a red envelope afterward.” He Daqing wanted to refuse, but was interrupted by Cao Weida:
“Today is my happy occasion, if I don’t spend money, wouldn’t that be unlucky?”
“This” He Daqing was at a loss for words, how could he wish ill luck on the benefactor?
“Alright, it’s settled.” Cao Weida decisively set it without allowing refusal, he doesn’t lack money now anyway, and he’s never been one to be stingy and take small advantages.
“Alright, that’s it, I’ll go inside first to change into festive clothes.”
After two steps, he suddenly stopped, “Master Duo, I almost forgot to ask, do I need to pick up the concubine?”
Duomen laughed and scolded, “Pick up what Louzi, you’re not marrying a wife, just wait in the courtyard, knew you boy know nothing, I’ve already arranged everything, you today just do nothing, wait to enter the bridal chamber.”
Cao Weida chuckled, “Got it, no wonder you need an elder, Master Duo rest assured, when you marry a wife, I’ll arrange for you just like this.”
Duomen couldn’t help rolling up sleeves to beat him: “You little bastard, cursing who, whose elder are you! Besides, if I marry a wife, you arrange to concubine standard for me? I see you boy just need a beating! Stand still, don’t run!”
Not run?
That would be silly.
Cao Weida chuckled and ran into the house.
“Master Duo, your relationship with Cao Ye is really good.” He Daqing smiled and handed over a cigarette, his heart still faintly afraid even now.
If his wife really died in difficult labor, leaving him and the child, he wouldn’t know what to do afterward.
“Can only say this boy has conscience, Master Duo I picked up a bargain.” Duomen chuckled, his mind involuntarily recalling their first meeting.
At that time, Cao Weida who had just run from the countryside to Beiping, wearing rural clothes full of patches upon patches, hair messy, but immediately caught Duomen’s attention.
This Cao Weida boy had very bright eyes, sharp and spirited, exuding confidence from his bones, worlds apart from the numb people around him.
At that time the boy’s eyes darted everywhere, full of curiosity, without any awe of a countryman.
At the time he thought this boy was a thief scouting targets, so he went up to question, who would have thought, fate, so wondrous.
As time passed, gradually people started coming.
The first to arrive was Little Ear.
Looking at Little Ear sitting opposite, constantly rubbing his waist, Cao Weida wanted to laugh,
“I say, take it easy, people who don’t know might think you met a female demon who sucked your yang energy.”
“Big Brother Cao, you’re right, she’s just a demon!” Little Ear had a lewd face, clearly still dreaming about last night,
“Big Brother Cao, I Little Ear have played with women, Bada Hutong, not many places of pleasure I haven’t visited, but none as exciting as that woman Han Lu!”
“You don’t know, that waist shaking, I nearly broke my waist sitting!”
“Damn, one night at least sucked dry a month’s worth of my yang energy!”
“I heard early on, Xiaguang Garden’s procuress came from Tianjin, formerly top courtesan at upper-level places of pleasure, many dignitaries and nobles lingered on her, savoring the taste, I didn’t take it seriously before, now I see it’s my own shallow knowledge.”
“If I were those dignitaries and nobles, I’d linger too.”
“Alright, put away that lewd look,” Cao Weida laughed and scolded, “What that woman is scheming, you should have some guard in your heart, don’t let your little head get lost and the big head can’t think straight, ‘prostitutes have no heart, actors no righteousness’, not empty words.”
“Big Brother Cao rest assured, I these years in jianghu not for nothing, that woman served me so eagerly, how could I not know what she’s scheming?” Little Ear had a mocking face,
“Last night that woman beat around the bush inquiring about your background, as if I didn’t know.”
Little Ear has many shortcomings, but also many strengths.
One, he’s very loyal, that’s a shortcoming, but also a strength.
Without this strength, Cao Weida really might not bring him along.
Two, he knows his own place.
He knows his own weight, saying to be a gang leader, collect protection money, open casino, black market and such is fine, but anyone with some power can pinch him as easy as a harpy dog.
He deeply knows, that woman Han Lu ‘cares’ for him so much because of Big Brother Cao’s face, without Big Brother Cao, she wouldn’t even bird him.
“As long as you know in your heart,” Cao Weida took a sip of tea,
“Today I didn’t invite many guests, you help Master Duo greet them later.
