allonlinenovel Chapter 317 The mute eats Coptis chinensis
Chapter 317 The mute eats Coptis chinensis
The Great Witch hasn't arrived yet, but people from the County Chamber of Commerce have.
There were quite a few people coming, and there was a long line of carriages.
Jiang Wenjie helped Jiang Yuanhai get off the carriage and was shocked to see people lying in a mess at the gate of the villa. "Hey, this isn't a famine, why are there so many people here begging for money?"
Bai Chi hurriedly got up from the ground. After all, he was a well-known figure in He'an County.
"President Jiang, why are you here?" Bai Chi saluted.
"Boss Chi, you are here too! The new head of the Bai family has taken office, and we have come here specially to congratulate him. What are you doing..." Jiang Yuanhai said.
Bai Chi said with a bitter face, "Alas, we also came to congratulate the new head of the family. But we were turned away here. The second young master Bai is so arrogant that he refused to let me, his uncle, in. Even his great-uncle was turned away."
When Bai Yilang saw that there were outsiders around, he sat on the ground and cried out in pain several times.
"How corrupt the world is! I'm your elder after all, yet not only did you shut me out, you even assaulted me. Pity my old bones... I'm afraid I'll die here today!"
"Boss Chi, you're such a fool. Your father is about to die, why don't you rush him to the hospital? Why are you wasting time here?" Jin Zirui raised his voice.
"That's right! If you can't see me today, just come back tomorrow! How can you block someone's door and insist on seeing them?"
"That's right! He's old, and he's threatening to die at someone's doorstep... Is he trying to take advantage of someone by threatening his own life?"
Seeing this, Bai Chi hurriedly helped Bai Yilang up: "My father is also very angry. He came to congratulate my second nephew, but he was not allowed in at the door. After all, he is the elder..."
"Oh, since you value Bai Er so much, you must have prepared a big gift. I'll have to take a good look at what the gift is later." Jiang Wenjie said with a smile.
Bai Chi and Bai Yilang looked pale. They came here to cause trouble, so how could they bring any gifts?
"I heard that Boss Chi had a Golden Lotus Platform built some time ago. It must be a gift for the new owner of the family, right?" Jin Zirui said.
"Oh, that Golden Lotus Platform is worth a lot of money! Boss Chi is really generous!"
"Boss Chi is so generous!"
Bo Chi was lifted up by everyone and had no way to get down. He couldn't say that he was not here to congratulate the new owner but to cause trouble.
Bo Chi smiled awkwardly: "Yes, that is a gift specially prepared for the new head of the family."
"Really? Can you let us see it for ourselves?" Jiang Wenjie asked.
Bo Chi said hurriedly, "It's not ready yet. I'll send someone to deliver it to you once the chef at Jubaozhai is done."
As they were talking, Bai Yishui arrived.
As soon as he got off the carriage, Bai Yilang, who was walking quickly towards him, grabbed his hand.
"Yishui! You're finally here!"
Bai Yishui said, "Cousin, you came to Baijiazhai, why didn't you come to the old house to find me? Why did you come here?"
"Oh, I wanted to meet Bai Xun first. But he turned me away! Oh, my old bones are not welcomed by others!" Bai Yilang burst into tears.
Just as Bai Yishui was about to speak, the gate of the villa opened.
Bai Xun came out and saw that the door was full of people. He pretended to be surprised and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting. Please come in!"
Bai Yishui patted Bai Yilang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go! Why would Xun'er turn you away?"
Bai Yilang knew that those people in the He'an County Chamber of Commerce had received favors from Bai Xun, so they would definitely speak for him.
If I go into the yard and there is no one else there, I am afraid I will not be able to get the upper hand.
"Wait a minute! I'm here today on behalf of all the members of the Bai family's branch! We have objections to the selection of the new head of the Bai family." Bai Yilang said loudly.
When everyone heard this, they were shocked.
"What do you mean?"
"Are you here to mess things up?"
Jiang Yuanhai waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet: "What do you mean, old man?"
Bai Yilang glanced at Bai Xun and said, "The selection of the Patriarch of the Bai Family is a matter of great importance. We can't just make a hasty decision."
Bai Yishui's face darkened. "Cousin, are you accusing me of being hasty in selecting people?"
"You really should discuss such a big matter with us before making a decision." Bai Yilang said.
The people from the side branches echoed, "Yes, we weren't informed in advance. Suddenly, the new master was appointed, and the second young master was chosen."
Bai Yishui frowned and said, "Bai Xun is a man of both virtue and talent, brave and resourceful, as everyone can see. The position of Patriarch of the Bai Family belongs to him alone. What is there to discuss?"
"Yes, old man, the second young master is both talented and virtuous, brave and resourceful, and has helped us and the merchants in An County a lot. He has given us advice time and time again and helped us overcome difficulties. I think the second young master deserves to be the head of the Bai family!" Jiang Yuanhai said.
Bai Yilang said dissatisfiedly: "President Jiang is wrong. Just because he helped outsiders, he can't be made the head of the Bai family and inherit the Bai family business. Bai Xun has helped you time and time again, allowing you to make a lot of money, so naturally you say good things about him.
But the head of the Bai family should always consider the interests of the Bai family. He assisted outsiders and took advantage of his own family, leaving them with shame and no money. Such behavior does not qualify him as the head of the Bai family!
Bai Xun chuckled. "What you said, great-uncle, is quite interesting. I inherited the family business of the main branch of the Bai family. What does it have to do with your side branches? Which house or piece of land belongs to the side branches?"
You, however, occupy the main house, shop, and farmland. You even demand so-called monthly payments from the old mansion. Now you're actually reaching into my pocket and controlling my money? Aren't you getting too much?"
"You...how can you talk to your elders like that?" Bai Yilang's face turned pale. "We, the branch family, have contributed greatly to the Bai family! Bai Chi has been managing the Bai family's herbal medicine shop for many years, working diligently and wholeheartedly. Don't use people to advance, and don't use people to retreat!"
"Really? You guys actually put in some effort?" Bai Xun raised his chin.
Han Bailing understood and walked forward with the account book. "Let's not talk about the distant past. Just look at the past five years. Bai's Herbal Medicine Shop has been losing money every year. Last year, it lost nearly ten thousand dollars."
Bai Xun said, "Uncle, please stop exerting yourself. If you continue to exert yourself like this, you will empty the Bai family's wealth."
Bo Chi defended himself, "This...this medicinal material also depends on luck. The medicinal materials collected are of poor quality and cannot be sold at a good price..."
"If you use the money you earn from buying angelica to buy Duhuo, you won't get a good price for it!" Bai Xun snorted coldly.
At this moment, the official in charge brought a man out from the yard. When Bo Chi saw the man, he was horrified and his back was covered in sweat.
When he realized that Han Bailing was investigating him, he sent someone to secretly kill Li, the accountant of the medicine shop.
This person is still alive?
Accountant Li knelt on the ground, trembling, and said, "Shopkeeper Chi ordered me to do this. Not only did he falsify the accounts, he also often passed off inferior goods as good ones when purchasing, profiting from the difference."