Chapter 59: Xu’s Tenth Noble Son
“Little Black Chu……little black Chu……ha ha ha ha ha, you unexpectedly returned. Don’t tell you aren’t afraid of the big devil eunuch finding you trouble? Co out co out co out! Quickly scurry out! Your old uncle Xu wants to see you!”
A voice shouted from far away outside as Chu Mo was painfully thinking about his lost Yuan stones. People who didn’t know the situation would believe it was a call for revenge, just by hearing the voice alone. Chu Mo’s face yet revealed a knowing smile.
He stood up, extended his right hand, pushed open the gate, and walked out. The shattered bones in his right arm had already reconnected, but they hadn’t yet completely recovered. It still needed a period of ti.
“Xu 2Fu, you bastard. You dare call out to . I caught you when you were seven……” Chu Mo shouted.
Chu Mo hadn’t finished speaking when a pained voice shouted back: “Little black Mo, are you still not finished? That thing happened so many years ago. Why must you always bring it up? Do you not feel any sha?”
Chu Mo coldly smiled: “Okay, I won’t talk about the ti when you were seven. I’ll speak a little more recently. Let’s talk about last Autumn when you went to the minister of revenue’s household. You fooled around with their daughter, then minister Guo discovered it. He chased you all the way to your house and asked that you marry his daughter.”
“I say……do you have a conscious? Do you specialize in opening my scars?” A helpless voice ca from outside. Soon after, a figure walked in. A sad face looked at Chu Mo: “Your good uncle Xu watches after you with kindness and love. Is this how you welco a brother?”
“Who made you hate !” Chu Mo smiled. He extended out his left arm and gave Xu 2Fu a hug.
“What’s wrong with your right arm? Is it injured?” Xu 2Fu wrinkled his brow at Chu Mo. He sized Chu Mo up with his eyes: “Little black Mo, why do you feel a little different from before?
“What is different?” Chu Mo gave a beaming smile to the handso teenager that was a little bit shorter than himself: “I’m not missing an arm or a leg, or sothing like that.”
“No, no, you changed a lot!” Xu 2Fu’s brow wrinkled. He sized him up: “First, you were a little shorter than half a year ago, and now……you appear to be just as tall as !”
“A little taller than you.” Chu Mo simply said.
“The sa height!” The extrely handso Xu 2Fu got a little mad: “The sa!”
“Fine……” Chu Mo returned a haughty look, he didn’t feel like bothering with this fool.
“Let’s go go go! You finally returned. I don’t need to worry about you. Your brother is giving you a welco dinner!” Xu 2Fu pulled Chu Mo along.
The veteran guards of the Fan Mansion turned a blind eye to Xu 2Fu. They had already beco accustod to this kind of strange scene.
Xu 2Fu is about the sa as Little black Mo. They are both nicknas from childhood. Xu 2Fu is called that because his original na is Xu Fufu. Chu Mo decided to call him Xu 2Fu because the word ‘Fu’ is repeated twice. Xu 2Fu didn’t want to be outdone, so he threw away the Mo in Chu Mo’s na. Mo originally ans ink, so he started calling Chu Mo Little black Chu because ink is black.
That is how these two nas appeared. But there were very few people who called them this in the whole of Yellow Fla City!
Xu Fufu’s family background is very powerful. They are a family of officials, and high level officials at that!
His grandfather, Xu Zhongliang, is a vice-cabinet mber. Chu Mo didn’t know if grandfather Xu went up in position after prince Xia Jing was dismissed. He thought it was a possibility. The the Xu family grandfather is rely sixty years old. He could be considered a strong young man in the royal court. He also always carried the deep trust of the emperor.
Xu Fufu’s father, Xu Shan, is the mayor of the most important city in southern Da Xia. It was only a city, but the administrative level was equivalent to a province!
Da Xia was split up into provinces, prefectures, counties, and districts…….the highest level magistrates of provinces are known as Provincial Rulers. Provincial Rulers are already genuinely large officials of the regions in Da Xia.
Xu Fufu’s father is rely forty years old, and he had already arrived to this status. Many people thought he could end up as a cabinet mber within five years, just like his father! This is the Xu family.
In addition to Xu 2Fu’s grandfather and father, his two uncles and aunts were also very extraordinary. They were practically all officials in positions of influence.
Because of this, the Xu family is called Da Xia’s number one governnt family by several people!
It is obvious that their influence is enormous.
At Xu 2Fu’s generation, several of his older brothers had already entered into various levels of Da Xia’s governnt. They borrowed the family’s influence, and continually kept their noses to the grindstone.
Perhaps because his father was never around, or he was the most spoiled by his grandfather, but Xu 2Fu has had a rebel nature since he was a child. It can beco a very awful thing if son’s of high level officials are spoiled by their families.
They can beco bullies, tyrants, and simply childish. They can even beco vile.
But Xu 2Fu didn’t beco that type of rich playboy. On the contrary, he is an academic, and a seldom seen genius. Not only is he learned, but he has read all the great writings of Da Xia at a very young age. This includes everything from ancient tis to present.
He could even express his own unique understanding after reading them!
The prospects of a genius born in such a family is normally limitless. If he took the imperial examinations, it would be no exaggeration to say he would be the top scorer!
[TL: Imperial examinations have a long history in China. For more information see: Imperial Examinations]
If you only looked at these examples, then Xu 2Fu would clearly be a bright shining star of the future!
He has a great family background, a family of high officials, personal talent, cultured, and extrely handso. Even the emperor would be tempted to have his daughter marry him.
Don’t even ntion that the emperor really did know Xu 2Fu is outstanding, and he really had a thought to having a princess marry Xu 2Fu.
But……the emperor quietly extinguished that idea after hearing of Xu 2Fu’s accomplishnts. He actually celebrated not bringing this up with Xu Zhongliang.
Because that young guy……is too much!
At seven he peeped on his own maid bathing. By eight years old, he had already snuck into the brothel to drink wine. At nine he had paid the debt for a girl seven years older than himself……the most popular girl at Yellow Fla City’s largest brothel……such types of achievents were simply too many to count.
The matter at the brothel especially caused a ruckus at that ti.
The most popular girl was taken away. What boss would be happy? As a result, Xu 2Fu nearly tore the brothel down!
Even Xu 2Fu’s father, Xu Shan, hurried back from the south because of the incident. He ruthlessly gave his foolish son a beating.
The final result……he still couldn’t change Xu 2Fu!
The most popular brothel girl at that ti is said to be a top level beauty that even moved the heart of prince Xia Jing. She is still in the Xu mansion even now! As far as sothing occurring between her and Xu 2Fu, that cannot be known.
This is rely the tip of the iceberg for the guy. The daughters of royalty and ministers, the concubines of business tycoons…….anyways, so long as he wishes, he is rarely unsuccessful.
Xu 2Fu once sympathetically said to Chu Mo in the past: “We are the sa age. You are even a month older than , but I am yet a highly skilled artist. And you……have yet to touch the stem of a flower. It is truly a pity!”
This guy was such a player. It didn’t matter if the girls were older or young, they all chased after him. The amount of aristocrats that accused Xu 2Fu of misconduct could fill up a whole house. Yet this guy was unaffected, and he continued on in his own style.
This guy had one great advantage. He never used force. Moreover, he always disdained the people that used force. In Xu 2Fu’s own words: To use force is worse than the beasts! n who are not tender to the fairer sex are the most botherso!
But Yellow Fla City still had a saying: Guard against fire, thieves, and the tenth Xu! Xu Fufu is the tenth son in his generation. He is nicknad the Xu’s tenth noble son.
To say Xu 2Fu only had this ability would be another mistake. He is also the secret owner for the largest restaurant chain in Yellow Fla City!
There was only one person who knew this besides the restaurant bosses.
That is Chu Mo.
Because strictly speaking, Chu Mo also had a share of this industry!
The reason these restaurants opened is sowhat ridiculous. Xu 2Fu disliked other restaurant’s dishes, so he decided to start his own. He didn’t even say anything to his family. Who could have imagined it would beco a hot business…….it accidentally beca Yellow Fla City’s number one restaurant.
Now he didn’t dare tell his family. Otherwise there would be countless jealous people accusing him of misconduct once word got out.
So of the Xu family probably knew about Xu 2Fu’s business, but they weren’t inclined to bother him. They probably never thought Xu 2Fu would beco this big.
Xu 2Fu casually pulled Chu Mo to the largest restaurant in Yellow Fla City——Gluttonous Ogre!
[TL: The restaurant na is an actual Chinese mythological creature loosely translated as the Gluttonous Ogre. You can read more about it here: Taotie ]
This restaurant is one owned by Xu 2Fu, and it is also the first one he built at ten years old.
Chu Mo ca up with the na of the restaurant. Xu 2Fu has profound knowledge. He is a learner of the hundred schools of thought, and he is also a poetic intellectual.
[TL: Hundred schools of thought]
The hundred schools of thought are used to deal with his family; Poetic knowledge is used to deceive the girls.
But he is not as good as Chu Mo when it cos to miscellaneous knowledge.
Xu 2Fu ran to Chu Mo at that ti, and he requested Chu Mo help with the na. Chu Mo casually said: “The real eaters are like Gluttonous Ogres. They will dare eat anything, so call it Gluttonous Ogre.”
Chu Mo rely casually said this. Who would have thought Xu 2Fu was actually serious, and used this as the na. Who knows how many people laughed at the na of the restaurant when it first opened. But in the end, the fa of Gluttonous Ogre spread more and more. Countless people requested a seat in Gluttonous Ogre, but they couldn’t get one.
“Little black brother Mo, half of our restaurant is yours. Your profits have been recorded on the books for you. Several branches have opened over the past two years, but…..there is still a large portion of them belonging to you.” Xu 2Fu appeared pleased with himself as he looked at Chu Mo: “Isn’t brother wonderful?”
“Don’t cause a fuss. This is all made by you. I didn’t help in the slightest. I know you consider your best brother, but I will be really mad if you act like this!” Chu Mo seriously looked at Xu 2Fu, and he spoke solemnly
“You still have no interest? I’m clearly praising you! How can you be that unreasonable? Did you not co up with the restaurant na? Didn’t several of the business ideas co from you? Several of the employee recomndations……were they not given by you?” Xu 2Fu returned a Haughty look: “Don’t say that you didn’t help. Do you not know? The things you have helped with, any business tycoon would consider you a priceless treasure! The business imdiately increases if they receive your personal instruction. Do you think that is worth nothing?”
“I have always felt greedy by only giving you half. I never thought that you would want nothing. Little black Mo, carry on with ! Otherwise, we won’t be brothers later on!” Xu 2Fu angrily said.
Chu Mo curled his lips: “Do not threaten so much. I do not wish to say this to you, but this noble son has been in a bad mood recently. Be careful when provoking , or I’ll beat you!”
“Damn, do you have Yuan power? I’m not inclined to test it, but I must tell you, your Xu family uncle isn’t the sa uncle he was half a year ago!” Xu 2Fu imdiately pulled up his sleeves and muttered: “Co, but don’t say I beat up a little one-ard cripple……ah!”
“A……aaaaaaaaah!”
Crash!
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