dognovel Chapter 852 Deflated
Chapter 852 Deflated
Meng Yuanping glared at the two gatekeepers through gritted teeth and said viciously, "You snobbish bastards, I'll make you pay one day."
Although he was in a sorry state, he managed to calm down.
It doesn't matter if he's not the first person to enter Huiwen Street; as long as he gets in, he's confident he can meet the Prince of Wu.
He is, after all, Meng Qingge's father, so the other party will definitely give him some face. He can then directly state his purpose. With Meng Qingge's looks, the matter is already more than half settled.
When he becomes the father-in-law of the Prince of Wu, the first thing he will do is to teach those two gatekeepers a lesson.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a cold smile, which was somewhat eerie.
Amidst the throng of people surrounding him, Meng Yuanping finally arrived at the door again, with one leg already inside.
Bang!
The gate suddenly slammed shut, forcefully knocking Meng Yuanping out.
"There are already two hundred people, Sanheizi, let's close the gate!" one of the gatekeepers said.
"What's going on?" Meng Yuanping was a little confused.
"We're out of stock on Huiwen Street today, so we can only accept two hundred customers. I'm sorry, you're number two hundred and first," Sanheizi said, hands on his hips.
"Damn it! I shouldn't have let my mind wander like that, otherwise I could definitely have made it into the top 200." Meng Yuanping was filled with regret.
If he hadn't secretly planned to teach the two gatekeepers a lesson, which led to his rush over in the following days, he wouldn't have been blocked at the door.
"What's the use of squeezing into the top 200? If you're the second white person, we'll only accept 199 people today, and that's you we'll block!" The two gatekeepers exchanged a smile, enjoying watching Meng Yuanping get his comeuppance.
"If you sincerely want to buy something, we can buy it for you," the first doorman kindly said.
Since we've come all this way, how can we leave empty-handed?
The doorman's words reminded Meng Yuanping, who immediately took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the doorman with a fawning smile: "Please help me pass on a message that Meng Qingge's father requests an audience."
Upon seeing the silver, the two gatekeepers quickly divided it equally and then replied with righteous indignation, "Don't worry, we will definitely help you spread the word. Just wait here."
"I'll make you spit out those ten taels of silver!" Meng Yuanping thought viciously.
He's incredibly stingy; if it weren't for pursuing better financial prospects, how could he be so willing to splurge, spending ten taels of silver at a time?
A true man can bend and stretch; this was also Meng Yuanping's expedient measure.
Once I see Prince Wu, I will definitely speak ill of those two.
With light in your heart, you can wait without panic.
He waited for a full hour, but the doorman still didn't return.
Just as he was gritting his teeth, two doormen walked over impatiently.
"You surnamed Meng, just because we informed you, we were reprimanded by the boss and had our bonus of one hundred taels of silver deducted this month!" the top gatekeeper said angrily.
"That's right, that's right, you'll compensate us for our losses!" Another doorman also put on a fierce expression.
"A hundred taels of silver were deducted? That means you get more money every month than that?" Meng Yuanping suddenly didn't want to marry off his daughter anymore, and just wanted to ask weakly, "Are you still hiring? Can I come work here?"
The two gatekeepers still gave him a cold shoulder: "Get out of here, I don't like being disturbed."
Meng Yuanping originally wanted to reprimand the two men for taking money but not doing their job, but now he was too ashamed to speak. The other party had lost a hundred taels of silver because of this matter, and if he continued to argue, he might have to compensate for the loss.
This ten taels of silver was his savings from a whole month; even if he emptied the soles of his shoes, he wouldn't find a hundred taels of silver.
Seeing that the two gatekeepers were about to go out to collect the debt, Meng Yuanping covered his head and fled in a sorry state, no longer caring about saving face.
"As expected of Brother Lin, you always have a clever way to deal with your father-in-law. I admire you to the extreme!" Zhu Xiaoji said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.
The reason he decided to follow Lin Ping and fool around was because he was optimistic about Lin Ping's ability to marry into the family.
He not only specifically chose beautiful young women, but he also always managed to keep his father-in-law completely under his thumb.
Zhu Xiaoji somewhat liked this kind of live-in son-in-law; he just hoped that his own annoying father-in-law would appear soon.
"What do you know? If you want to deal with your father-in-law, you have to please your mother-in-law!" Lin Ping said earnestly.
In this feudal society, the father's orders were paramount, and a father-in-law's words could sway a wife's actions. Going against the father-in-law was tantamount to pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth.
But Lin Ping had already mastered a clever trick: as long as he could make his mother-in-law happy, his father-in-law was nothing!
The Marquises was like that back then, and Huang Jiayu is like that now.
Lin Ping was always very good at this, ensuring that his father-in-law would not dare to get angry with him.
Moreover, since Meng Yuanping needed his help, Lin Ping was more able to act freely.
When Meng Yuanping returned home looking disheveled, he was spotted by Meng Qingge.
"Father, what's wrong?" Meng Qingge asked with concern.
Upon hearing Meng Qingge's voice, Meng Yuanping immediately perked up and excitedly asked, "Qingge, does that Prince Wu have feelings for you?"
Prince Wu is ranked third on the list of extraordinary people and is a highly sought-after figure in the entire Asia Dynasty.
In order to secure this cooperation opportunity, the four families have already crossed the line, but even so, the other party still has not agreed.
Meng Qingge not only secured the cooperation opportunity, but also earned several times the profit.
The Meng family was merely a second-rate family, and its capabilities were incomparable to those of the four great families.
The only possibility is that the young master of the Wu Kingdom was attracted to Meng Qingge's beauty.
It was precisely for this reason that Meng Yuanping dared to confidently propose marriage to the Prince of Wu.
"I don't know what Father means by that?" Meng Qingge asked in return.
"I mean, does he like you?" Meng Yuanping asked anxiously, showing no sign of being a father.
In order to become the father-in-law of the Prince of Wu, he truly lost all moral principles.
“Young Master Lin never said that,” Meng Qingge replied softly.
"He doesn't like you? Then why would he call you over so late at night? It couldn't possibly be to discuss business," Meng Yuanping said confidently.
The meaning of these words couldn't be clearer: Meng Yuanping suspected that his daughter was having an affair with the Prince of Wu.
Meng Qingge was stunned. She looked at the other person with surprise, and said with a mixture of anger, indignation and sadness, "Is this how Father sees Qingge?"
After saying that, Meng Qingge wiped away her tears and left, not mentioning the pain in her heart.
She even thought Lin Ping did the right thing; Meng Yuanping should be taught a lesson to prevent him from becoming obsessed with money and disregarding the feelings of his loved ones.
"Qingge, that's not what Father meant," Meng Yuanping hurriedly explained, realizing that his words had gone too far.
But words spoken are like water spilled; they can never be taken back.
At the same time, Lin Ping hurriedly returned to his residence, as he could not be away from Zhang Yuelu for too long.
"Come in if you want, I'm not wearing any clothes anyway," Zhang Yuelu said irritably after hearing Lin Ping's footsteps.