Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 89 Crying in the Toilet
Cao Weida led everyone inside and invited them to sit down. Du Shiniang, being virtuous, led the servants of the mansion to serve tea to everyone, and then very tactfully left.

After everyone had taken a sip of tea, Li Zuo was the first to stand up, bowed to Cao Wei Da, and said gratefully:
"Master Cao, thank you for lending a helping hand in our time of crisis. We will never forget your great kindness!"

The other merchants also stood up and bowed. Manager Zhao echoed with gratitude, "Yes, Master Cao, if it weren't for your help, we would probably be doomed this time. I will remember your great kindness. If there is any demolition in the future, just send someone to deliver the message. I will do anything for you!"

As the saying goes, there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names. The fact that Sang Liuji was nicknamed "Mourning Stick" shows how ruthless he was; he was after money and murder!
Few families that have been targeted by Sang Liuji end up unscathed!
Otherwise, how did he acquire those dozen or so houses?

How can someone who's clearly a novice at gambling have such a steady stream of money going out of the casino?
If it weren't for Cao Weida's intervention, they might have been torn apart by Sang Liuji, their families destroyed, and their lives ruined!

Cao Wei Da accepted their greetings with a mixture of reluctance and politeness, then hurriedly stepped forward to help the bosses up, saying sincerely, "Bosses, you are too kind. It is all I should do."

"We are all from the same village, and in these chaotic times, we should help each other and work together in solidarity."

"Master Cao is truly virtuous!" a shopkeeper said with a bitter smile, bowing slightly. "If everyone were like Master Cao, our lives would be so much easier!"

"Not at all, you flatter me, you flatter me."

Everyone likes to be flattered, and these bosses are all businessmen who speak very kindly.

After a few flattering remarks, the conversation finally returned to the main topic. Manager Zhao gestured to the people behind him, and Li Zuo understood. He tilted his head at the servants following behind him, who then carried several exquisite gift boxes to Cao Weida.

Manager Zhao cupped his hands in greeting, "We are all rough men and didn't know what you liked, so we prepared some gifts to express our gratitude. It's just a small token of our appreciation, but we hope you will accept it, Master Cao."

"We're all neighbors, and I hope we can get to know each other better in the future."

It's just asking me to look after you guys a bit, no problem!

Cao Wei Da nodded with a smile, "In that case, I shall accept your offer."

"Of course, of course, I just hope you won't find it offensive, Master Cao."

After chatting for a few more minutes, the bosses tactfully got up to say goodbye.

Only after they had all left did Du Shiniang sway in, her well-fitting cheongsam swaying gracefully from side to side.

"Sir, Brother Lian just came to see you, saying it's urgent."

"Little Ears" is a nickname, and not just anyone can call him that. Outside, everyone has to respectfully address him as "Master Lian."
"Let him in and take all of these away." Cao Weida glanced at a few gift boxes casually and then paid them no further attention.

Du Shiniang responded softly, and as soon as she picked up the gift box, she exclaimed softly, "Why are these gift boxes so heavy?"

Cao Wei Da laughed immediately, gently pinched her nose, and said with amusement, "Of course it's because our friendship is so strong. You keep half of your allowance, and give me half of the rest."

Du Shiniang, filled with doubt and struggling, carried the gift box out the door. She called out to Xiao Erduo, who was waiting not far away. After returning to her room, she opened one of the gift boxes and her almond-shaped eyes widened immediately. She covered her cherry-like mouth to prevent herself from exclaiming in surprise.

"My God, it's all silver dollars, and even gold bars?!"

She excitedly counted the contents: one gift box contained a hundred silver dollars and two small yellow croakers!
I counted them, and there were only one gift box left. If I kept half of it, wouldn't that be three hundred silver dollars plus six small yellow croakers?!
I couldn't wait to open the other one, and sure enough, the number was exactly the same as the first gift box.

Du Shiniang's eyebrows curved with joy. She had only received a hundred silver dollars for selling herself into servitude, and she had never received so much money before!
"Master said this is for my allowance?!" Du Shiniang gasped for breath. A huge sum of money had suddenly been thrown at her, leaving her momentarily stunned.

After a while, she patted her full chest until it heaved, and then excitedly took out all the money. Then, holding the money, she busied herself around the room like a squirrel hiding nuts, hiding it here and there, but she felt like nowhere was safe.

At this moment, she no longer felt tired. She thought to herself, if this counts as being tired, then let her be exhausted!
the other side.

Little Ears strode inside and immediately shouted as soon as he entered:

"Brother Cao, that bastard Wu Da Laizi has shut down our shop!"

Wu Dalaizi was a company commander in the security team, mainly responsible for checking and defending the city gates.

This job is a lucrative one, very lucrative. As long as you have no conscience, you can make a lot of money.

And it is obvious that Wu Dalaizi is a heartless person.

He extorted a lot of people coming and going from the city, and the surrounding shops were not spared either. Although many people harbored resentment, they could only resent it silently, because they simply couldn't afford to offend him.

After all, what can someone with nothing to use to compete with someone carrying a gun?

"Oh? It's been sealed off?" Cao Weida remained completely calm and asked with interest, "On what grounds was it sealed off?"

"They're saying all our goods are contraband!" Little Ears was furious, cursing as she spoke.

"That damned Wu Dalaizi was clearly deliberately causing trouble. Everything in our shop was confiscated. It's fortunate that you instructed the staff not to stop them, otherwise no one would have been hurt."

"Those bastards are despicable! Not only did they take all the goods, but they even smashed the counter and took the benches! Now the shop is cleaner than if it'd been burgled!"

Cao Weida grinned, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Alright, what's there to be angry about? It's not like we didn't know beforehand. Now that they've made their move, I should act too. Go, call me a car; I'm going back to the police station."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Upon arriving at the police station, Cao Weida went straight to Ono Oda's office.

dong dong dong~~
"Enter."

"Ono-kun, did I disturb you?"

"Haha, if it were someone else, it would be a disturbance even if it wasn't, but if it's you, Cao Sang, it's a disturbance even if it isn't." Ono Oda smiled very kindly as he stood up. Cao Weida was his god of wealth, so even if he didn't worship him, he had to treat him kindly.

In the past two days, he contacted everyone he needed to, and those he contacted then used their connections to contact even more people.

It can be said that in a short period of time, a simple net was initially woven, just waiting for Cao Wei Da to show his prowess.

To make things easier for Cao Weida in the future, he even specially helped Cao Weida obtain a position as the head of the logistics department from the Special Higher Police.

It can be said that he did everything he could, and tied himself to Cao Wei's ship.

"Ono-kun, I have something to ask of you this time, as I told you before."

"You said."

"Is such that."

Cao Wei Da recounted what Xiao Erduo had told him, embellishing the story, and said with considerable grievance:
"Ono-kun, I've found out the truth. Fukutoshi is behind this."

“I had a conflict with Kui Biao, one of his subordinates, before. You told me to prioritize the overall situation and not to fight amongst myself, and I have always kept that in mind and never had a direct conflict with him.”

But the other party doesn't seem to want to let it go and keeps causing me trouble. It's nothing for me to suffer a little, and I don't dare to bother you, Ono-kun. I hope this matter can be resolved peacefully.

But this time I really had no choice. The shop is a pilot project for our future business. It's okay for me to suffer a little, but if it delays your important business of making money, Ono-kun, then I would be guilty of a terrible mistake.
Moreover, if this pilot program is successful, I plan to put some of the acquired supplies into the shop for consumption. This is both safe and convenient, since there are quite a few supplies, but now…

Upon hearing these words, Ono Oda's previously smiling face immediately changed. He abruptly stood up and roared with a murderous look:
"What?! You bastard! Has this Company Commander Wu lost his mind?! How dare he try to steal from your shop?!"

"Don't worry, Cao-san. Anyone who targets you is targeting me, Ono Oda, Fujita-kun, and Matsui-kun and the others!"

"I'll call Fujita-kun right now and ask him what's going on!"

He's gambled everything he could. You could say his mind is now filled with the promises Cao Wei Da made to him—no, the rosy future he envisioned!

If the pilot program fails and thus hinders his business, those people will definitely be dissatisfied, even if they don't devour him!

This is something he absolutely cannot tolerate!

Anyone who dares to disrupt future 'development' is his enemy!
Let alone a minor Fudecheng, even a regimental commander wouldn't be able to do it!
Moreover, this matter concerns the sale of those supplies, so he has even more reason to take charge!

Without saying a word, he picked up the phone and dialed: "Moshi moshi, gibberish, gibberish."

Halfway through his sentence, he turned to Cao Weida and asked, "Cao Sang, have you kept track of how much of your goods they took and how many items they destroyed?"

Cao Wei Da quickly replied, "Ono-kun, it's not much. I've calculated it, and it's about 1,200 silver dollars in total."

"Yoshi!" Ono Oda turned to the phone and said, "Two thousand four hundred silver dollars in total! Yes, not a penny less!"

"Yoshi yoshi, jili gua la"

After a while, Ono Oda slammed the phone down. "Cao-san, Fujita-kun will call the police soon, and they will compensate you in full."

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You have to admit, the Japanese are really greedy. They doubled that 1,200 silver dollars. Good heavens, Ono Oda, that Japanese devil, doubled it again. I bet that Wu Dalaizi is crying his eyes out in the toilet.

No compensation?

You won't compensate me at this price?
Let's give him the guts and see if he dares not to pay.
Cao Wei Da quickly stood up and thanked him, "Ono-kun, thank you so much. I will keep those supplies at the original price."

Ono Oda immediately smiled with satisfaction, having understood the meaning behind Cao Weida's words.

He was overjoyed to suddenly have a windfall of 1,200 silver dollars. "Hey, Cao-san, I've arranged to have dinner with Fujita-kun and the others tonight. Why don't you come too?"

(End of this chapter)