Enter the Room

The deed was only a piece of paper with seven or eight lines of characters, but Song Daliang took it in his hand and looked at the front and back, and then the back and the front. Song Tao even suspected that he was going to change his mind, so he said: "I The five thousand taels of silver and the filial piety you give me every month must be written clearly and a contract can be made!"

Song Tao thought for a moment and agreed to him.

Song Daliang wrote the deed himself, then signed the three deeds and pressed his red fingerprints.

Song Tao took the deed and checked it carefully. Seeing that there were no mistakes, he handed the deed of the kiln and factory sales to the Hong family's nursing home and said, "Take it to the general manager and transfer it to the county government."

The Hong family's nursing home promised.

But Song Daliang stopped the nurse: "Wait a minute! Shouldn't my five thousand taels and filial piety silver be stamped with a big seal in the Yamen?"

Song Tao smiled and said: "Dad, the filial piety of one hundred taels per month is a private matter between you and me. How can we let the Hong family help us handle it? Besides, you have this contract in hand. What are you afraid of? Not to mention going to the Yamen, just go out with some air. If I dare not give it, other people's spit will drown me. Do I want to be a human being in the future? "

"It's good if you know!" Song Daliang said proudly, and wanted to go over the ownership deed with the nursing home, "pay the money with one hand, and transfer the ownership with the other."

Song Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Dad, after all, you are a well-known family in Liang County, how can you be like that small family with a humble family? The Hong family's huge property is there, and a little leakage between your fingers will be enough for us to live for several years. Yes, their family bought our kiln factory, are you afraid that they won’t give us the money?”

Song Daliang was worried because he didn't see the money.

Song Tao shook his head and asked the nurse to call another nurse to come in.

"Dad!" She said with a scared look on her face, "People have also inquired about our family. When Mr. Hong went out, he specifically told him that he would not give the money until the transfer of ownership in the Yamen. So I gave you the five thousand taels of silver notes. On the other nursing home. Once the things over there are done, I will give you money and I will take over the kiln factory.

"The peak season for porcelain is coming soon, and merchants from all over the country are coming to Jingdezhen to purchase goods. If we miss this peak season, we will have to wait until next year. No matter how rich the Hong family is, they are not willing to miss out on this good business opportunity.

"Don't blame the Hong family for not believing in us."

Song Daliang did a few rogue things when he had no money, and his credit in Jingdezhen was not very good. This is why he ran out of money after firing several kilns and failed - no one was willing to give him credit or credit. , let alone borrow money.

He coughed a few times and didn't insist anymore.

One of the nurses in the Hong family went to the house with the chief manager of the Hong family, and the other nurse stayed by Song Tao's side.

Song Tao called a young apprentice in and gave him a few instructions in a low voice.

Song Daliang couldn't help but glance at her and asked curiously: "What are you going to do?"

He looked afraid that she would push him out to vent her anger on the kiln worker apprentices.

Song Tao smiled and said: "I asked him to tell the people outside and ask everyone to go to the accountant to calculate all the wages owed these days, so that they will not all gather around here and have nothing to do but gossip and nonsense. "

"It should have been so long ago!" Song Daliang was very satisfied with her decision and talked about the kiln factory, "After all, you are young and ignorant. If these people can abandon their former employers and masters to come to our house to work, it is not about keeping their promises. Good things. You don’t have to respect them..."

Song Tao listened with a smile.

The young apprentice came in with a brazier.

Song Daliang asked in confusion: "You can't use a brazier in this weather, right? Why bring a brazier in here?"

Song Tao smiled and said nothing, and when the young apprentice left, she picked up the deed to pay Song Daliang one hundred taels of silver every month, and lit the fire slowly.

"What are you going to do?" Song Daliang was shocked and rushed to take back the deed, but was stopped by the Hong family's guardian.

"What do I want to do?" Song Tao raised her eyebrows, and the flames quickly swept through the paper.

She said lightly: "What do you think I want to do? My one hundred taels of silver is so good?"

The deed turned into a ball of ashes and fell among the red bamboo charcoal.

Song Daliang didn't care to argue with her and went to grab the deed with five thousand taels of silver written on it.

Song Tao raised her hand.

She held the deed high in the air.

Song Daliang was blocked a few steps away by the Hong family's nursing staff.

He hurriedly stood up on tiptoes and reached for the deed: "That's mine, it's mine. Whether the silver fell into my hands or not, the government can find out if the silver house is well-founded."

A corner of the deed passed across his finger, and he became even more anxious: "Don't think that just burning the deed will be enough. Don't forget that you promised me one hundred taels of silver per month in public. If you dare If you don’t give it, you won’t be able to open this kiln factory.”

Song Tao sneered and slowly clicked a corner of the five thousand taels of silver deed.

"You think everyone is as stupid as you." She slowly watched the flames spread on the paper, swallowing up every word, "Have you read carefully the deed of buying and selling the kiln? A thousand taels of silver is a good sum for buying a kiln factory, but there is no clear statement that the old debts of the kiln factory will be borne by the new owner. It is a custom in the industry that whoever owes the debt must repay it, right?"

There is indeed such a convention. And if the old owner does not assume the debt, this needs to be made clear. On the contrary, the old employer can assume the debt without writing anything.

Song Daliang was suddenly sweating profusely.

"You are a rip-off!" He jumped up with all his strength, not to grab the deed but to beat Song Tao. "You are disobeying your parents and being unfilial and disobedient. I want others to know what you are!"

Song Tao threw the burnt deed into ashes in the brazier and told the Hong family's guardian: "Please throw him out."

The Hong family nurse was stunned.

Song Tao smiled and said: "Don't he want others to know what I am? Let him talk about it. I just want to see what others will think of me!"

After hearing this, the nurse of the Hong family hesitated for a moment before throwing Song Daliang out the door.

Under the grape trellis outside the accounting room, people from the kiln factory were queuing up and counting their wages with the accounting room. When they heard the noise, hundreds of pairs of eyes looked over.

Song Daliang pointed at the accounting room and jumped on his feet and scolded: "You have no father and no mother, I thought I didn't dare to tell the dirty things about you..."

But as soon as he cursed a few words, Song Tao walked out of the accounting room with an apologetic face and said to everyone in line: "I'm sorry, the kiln sold five thousand taels of silver. I have to pay you some wages first." The payment for the goods at the raw material store has been settled, I can't let my father take it all away..."

Before she could finish her words, everyone started to cheer: "If anyone dares to take away the money from selling the kiln factory, I will fight him to the death!"

A few others who couldn't hold their breath ran over immediately, carrying Song Daliang to the accounting room: "Mr. Song, you'd better wait until the Hong family and Miss San take over the kiln factory before leaving!"