Chapter 43: The Abominable Young Servant

  Just as Zhang Bao was feeling pleased with himself and thinking of making a good friend, a quarrel broke out in the store. Zhang Bao's brow furrowed, and he turned around to walk into the store. He saw Zhao Fei arguing with his partner about something.

  "You're just a poor kid from the countryside, what do you know? You even dare to question me?" Just then, the young servant in green clothes who had just brought Zhao Fei and his son over, looked extremely arrogant, not putting Zhao Fei and his son in his eyes at all.

  "What's the matter with being from the countryside? The poor kid from the countryside isn't necessarily worse than you. I can calculate correctly while you get it wrong, and yet this city person can't even compare to me, a poor kid from the countryside." Zhao Fei looked at the young man with the same cold eyes, his expression calm and collected, with a hint of a cold smile, not putting him in his sights at all.

  Zhao Fei's expression further enraged the young man, who was filled with anger in his eyes. "You... you... you..." The young man pointed at Zhao Fei for half a day without being able to say anything.

  "I don't know what to say, I'm at a loss for words." Zhao Fei took advantage of the situation and counterattacked, not giving the young man a chance to catch his breath. Zhang Bao nodded repeatedly on the side, "Good, good, take advantage of the victory and strike the final blow!"

  The young servant could no longer hold back the anger in his chest, rolled up his sleeves and was about to go forward to try to beat Zhao Fei. Although the young servant also looked slender, compared to Zhao Fei, he was stronger by a lot, which is why he dared to fight Zhao Fei. Zhao Hu saw that his son was going to lose, took a step forward and blocked Zhao Fei's way. Zhang Bao saw that things were getting out of hand, hastily shouted at the young servant: "You little scoundrel, what do you think you're doing?"

  Upon hearing Zhang Bao's angry roar, and seeing Zhao Hu blocking his way in front of Zhao Fei, the young servant didn't dare make any further moves, and could only sullenly withdraw his raised hand. It must be known that Zhao Hu was not someone to be trifled with, having spent years working in the fields, his body was robust and strong. Although Zhao Hu looked very honest, when it came to his beloved son, he didn't think his own small arms and legs could withstand a fight against Zhao Hu. So under Zhang Bao's angry shout, he hastily withdrew his hand. However, he still gave Zhao Fei a vicious glare. After all, one can lose in person but not in spirit.

  "Come here, you rascal!" Seeing the young servant's appearance, Zhang Bao couldn't help but feel extremely disappointed. Opening a door to do business, how can one not even exchange words before wanting to fight? How can they still do business in the future? Seeing that Zhang Bao was angry, the young servant no longer had his previous arrogant and domineering demeanor, and instead walked quietly to stand in front of Zhang Bao.

  "Speak! What's going on?" Zhang Bao stared at the young servant. Although Zhang Bao looked very gentle, when he was truly angry, he still had a lot of pressure.

  The young servant only felt the pressure around him suddenly increase, and he was at a loss for what to do. "This... this... boss... I..." The young servant was at a loss for words, not knowing how to speak, originally it was his fault, how could he dare to say anything?

  "What's wrong with you, I think you don't want to stay here anymore, do you?" Seeing the young servant's appearance, Zhang Bao's anger increased. His fists clenched and his whole body trembled. "Speak!!!" Zhang Bao suddenly slammed his hand on the table and shouted loudly, even Zhao Fei next to him felt his ears ringing.

  The little servant was startled by Zhang Bao's sudden shout and fell to the ground with a thud. "Boss... no... no, Uncle Zhang, please forgive me this time, I didn't mean to." The little servant had completely lost his wits, hugging Zhang Bao's leg and crying loudly.

  "Alas..." Zhang Bao let out a long sigh, shook his head, and then gave Zhao Hu a fist bump. "It's all because I didn't discipline him properly, making you laugh at me, big brother."

  "It's nothing, it's nothing." Zhao Hu also hastily returned the courtesy.

  "Alright, stop crying and get back inside. Don't humiliate me here." Looking at the little servant at his feet, Zhang Bao's temper flared up, so his tone also contained anger.

  "Yes, yes, I'm going." The little servant hastily scrambled towards the back room. Seeing the little servant's appearance, Zhang Bao shook his head helplessly.

  "I'm really sorry about this. Don't mind it, okay?" Zhang Bao apologized to Zhao Hu again. "By the way, brother, what just happened anyway."

  Before Zhao Hu could respond, Zhao Fei hastily flashed out and said: "Boss Zhang, the situation is like this." Zhao Fei told Zhang Bao the whole story from start to finish. It turned out that the young servant saw that Zhao Hu was a country bumpkin and looked very honest, so he intentionally shortchanged him by a bit of money. He planned to secretly keep some money for himself, thinking that a country bumpkin wouldn't know any better. Because he had done this many times before. But he didn't expect to run into Zhao Fei this time, who clearly calculated the accounts and laid them out in front of him, explaining the reasoning to him. However, the young servant refused to admit it, which made Zhao Fei extremely angry. The young servant was exposed by Zhao Fei, and his own financial gain was about to be cut off, so he was also very angry, leading to the scene that unfolded when Zhang Bao had just arrived.

  After listening to Zhao Fei's words, Zhang Bao felt a bit embarrassed. "I'm really sorry about what just happened, it was my fault for not being strict enough. Luckily, Brother Zhao didn't suffer any losses." Zhang Bao apologized again to Zhao Hu. Zhao Hu, on the other hand, looked somewhat frightened and hastily said he didn't dare.

  "By the way, old brother, just now Xiao Fei might not have told you, I have something to trouble you with." Zhang Bao suddenly changed his tone and said to Zhao Hu. His expression was slightly awkward. Zhao Hu was taken aback at first, then said: "Whatever it is, Master Zhang, please feel free to say it. If there's anything I can help with, I'll definitely do so."

  "Not that serious, actually." Zhang Bao glanced at Zhao Fei and smiled slightly. "To be honest, I think this kid is very clever and I quite like him, so I'd like to keep him on to help me out. Of course, I'll pay him a salary."

  Zhao Hu listened and thought for a moment, "This still needs to be heard from the child, after all he's not young anymore." He then looked at Zhao Fei.

  "This you can rest assured, just now Xiao Fei has already agreed, it's just that you need to give the word." Zhang Bao said with a smile, having just been furious and now restored to his usual smiling face.

  "Now that Xiao Fei has agreed, as his father, I certainly can't stop him." Then Zhao Hu turned to look at Zhao Fei and said; "Since you've decided to stay, from now on, work hard for me and listen to Zhang's boss more often."

  Zhao Fei nodded and then said to Zhao Hu: "Dad, you can rest assured, I know what to do."

  "Uh-huh, that's good to know." Zhao Hu looked at the time and found it was already late, so he decided to head home. "Since that's the case, I'll head back now. Xiao Fei, you can stay here."

  "There's no rush." Zhang Bao smiled and said to Zhao Hu, "Let Xiaofei go back and pack his luggage first, then let him say goodbye to his mother, and we'll set off tomorrow."

  "But..." Zhao Hu hesitated.

  "There's nothing else to discuss, I've made up my mind. Let Xiaofei come back to work tomorrow, and let him go home with you today."

  "That's right, Dad, I don't have anything here, how can I go home and get a few clothes?" Zhao Fei also hurriedly chimed in.

  "Alright then, since you've put it that way, Zhang Guan, I suppose we have no choice but to agree." Zhao Hu finally consented reluctantly.

  "Wait a moment, brother. I'll go get the money for you." Zhang Bao said and turned around to walk into the inner room. After a while, he came out with a bag. "Here, brother, this is your grain money. Count it."

  "Heh heh, what's the point, how could I not trust Manager Zhang? Then my son and I will leave first." Zhao Hu also said with a smile. After finishing speaking, Zhao Hu put the money bag into his chest pocket, then pushed the cart and turned to leave.

  "Take care, Old Zhao and Little Fei," Zhang Bao said to the father-son duo as he saw them off.