I like to see you look at me unhappy, but had to smile and pay for grain.
Boss Tai was sitting in front of the counter, supervising the workmen and the bookkeeper to sell grain and collect money, while looking at the crowd in front of the counter waving their money bags to buy grain, his heart couldn’t be more beautiful. Just now, when he announced that the price of each stone of grain had increased by 10 cents, the crowd was still complaining. However, what does it matter, you no longer complain and unhappy, but still obediently give me out of the money bag.
The 600 catties of grain that was sold in the morning was sold out in just one meal.
There were still quite a few people who didn’t buy the grain, excitedly yelling for Boss Tai to sell them grain.
“No more, really no more, this grain will only be delivered at noon. Please come early in the afternoon you na.”
Shopkeeper Tai was already accustomed to this kind of scene, getting up and waving his hands in a practised manner, explaining with a smile.
After dismissing the reluctant people, Shopkeeper Tai counted the silver money with glowing eyes, confirming that the accounts matched, not a single copper, and could not help but smile with satisfaction. After enjoying counting again, from which he counted ten, with a face of meat pain rewarded to the two workmen, and then counted ten rewarded to the accountant, will be broken silver pick out all put into the sleeve money bag, the rest of the copper coefficient locked tightly in a special iron box.
“After I leave, you three will close the door in this shop to guard, wait until noon Lai Fu they transported grain, you weighed and put in the cellar lock! When Master comes in the afternoon, you’ll open the door again. I don’t know how much grain Laifu will bring in this time! If it’s less than three thousand kilograms, Master will scold him, regardless of whether he’s a brother-in-law or not.”
Boss Tai closed his cuffs, instructed his mate and the bookkeeper, and left the door on his own.
Lai Fu is his brother-in-law, is his family’s original wife’s second brother, rough knowledge of a few words, but articulate, in his wife’s recommendation, to do errands in the family grain shop. As a result of articulate, and rough knowledge of a few words, and soon came out of the head, became responsible for the purchase of food steward.
However, this time, the big flood, Jiangnan granary also had a grain shortage, buying food is getting more and more difficult. Lai Fu went out to buy food several times, once more than once far away, once more than once with more costs, but the food bought back is once less than once.
This time, the bottom line that Shopkeeper Tai could accept was three thousand pounds of grain, which could be sold for at least two days.
Of course, he still had some grain stored in his cellar, but it was also very limited and could only last for a few days. It seems that this time, after Lai Fu came back, we have to immediately let him take people to run north again, to go to the Shandong border to buy.
Boss Tai’s side just went out the door, then saw diagonally across the Yongfeng grain shop Lu Boss also came out.
“Oh, the old Lu ah, your side is also sold out, time is still early, we go where to drink?”
Tai boss cupped his fists and smiled and Lu boss greeted a thought to find an opportunity to set the words of Lu boss, to explore his Yongfeng grain shop procurement channels and procurement how, in addition to Tai boss also has an idea, thinking of partnering with Lu boss, together to go to the Shandong border to purchase food, many people power is also safe, the last few days to hear them say, the road is not quiet, those who are suffering to see the food trucks, one and one with the hungry wolves!The eyes of those victims are like hungry wolves when they see the grain trucks.
However, after greeting, Boss Tai noticed that Boss Lu’s face was a bit off, and he seemed a bit flustered.
Shouldn’t be ah, since the flood, our grain shop business is getting better and better, that’s really like robbing money, can say that there is no better times than these days.
Yongfeng grain shop business with their own Fengtai grain shop business ah, are too good to be true, the day into the bucket of gold. Lu boss these days, every day is happy with the Maitreya Buddha like, that mouth can not close.
This morning when we met, Lu shopkeeper is not still smiling with a flower like it, how a moment of effort not see, it became this look? A face of panic, a bit of soul like?
These days business is booming, day in and day out of the money, Lu shopkeeper should not be like this ah?
Could it be that the land boss of their Yongfeng grain shop point back, this day did not purchase food? Or was the grain purchased on the road robbed by the victims? If there’s a problem with the grain procurement, the Yongfeng Grain Shop’s stock will probably only be enough to sell for a few days. These days, the grain shop is a day into the bucket of gold ah, less sell a day, that is the loss of bucket of gold ah, silver like life Lu boss, not meat pain is strange, a face of panic is understandable.
Former rivals out of the problem, think of this, Tai shopkeeper can not help but have a hint of gloating up.
“Old Tai, Old Tai, have you heard?”
Seeing Boss Tai, Boss Lu looked like he had found a kindred spirit, jogging all the way to Boss Tai’s side, his small eyes panicked as he looked at Boss Tai, saying without a clue.
“What have you heard?”
The hint of Schadenfreude of Boss Tai grew a few more points, listening to Boss Lu say so, his heart was more than a few points sure that the grain of Boss Lu’s grain shop was 80% out of the question.
“Aiya, my old Tai ah, disaster, disaster ah.”Lu boss grabbed the hand of Tai boss, a fat face have cold sweat flow down, panic overflowed.
Yongfeng grain shop is really a problem, but that is your problem, woe is also your woe, with what I have to do with …… Tai shopkeeper heart incomparably sure, at this moment his face of gloating, with Lu shopkeeper face of panic like, are overflowing.
“Old Tai, my old Tai, how …… can you still laugh?”Lu Boss glimpsed the expression of smile that could not be hidden on Boss Tai’s face, and instantly hated it and let out a long sigh.
This is your woe, not mine, why can’t I laugh?
“Did I laugh? Ahem, how could I, it must be Old Lu that you’re seeing things.”
Boss Tai shook his head vigorously, not admitting that he laughed, just at this moment how can he suppress the gloating smile on his face, still a glance can be seen.
“My old Tai ah, heavenly woe is coming, this day my shop’s steward Zhang went to pick up grain, passing through the Taizhou province, saw the proprietor of the Mee’s grain house in the capital city Mee Boss ……”
As Boss Lu spoke, his face couldn’t stop paling, and sweat visible to the naked eye flowed down from his forehead.
“What happened to Boss Mi’s, did he give Steward Zhang a hard time? Their Mi family is also too overbearing, they don’t allow us to go to the Prefecture City to sell grain, and they don’t allow us to pass through the Prefecture City anymore?!”
Boss Tai said in disbelief, Boss Mi is very overbearing, but Boss Tai has some roundabout kinship with Boss Mi and thinks that Boss Mi won’t give him a hard time.
“What ah, Mi’s grain store’s Mi boss and food for the sky grain store’s Wang boss, two people by the governor of the Lord to inflate the price of grain, sabotage the disaster relief, the crime of disaster wealth, to the street beheaded!”
Boss Lu exasperatedly shook off Boss Tai’s hand, stomped his foot, and said with palpitations.
“What …… what?!”
Tai Boss’s sniffing, scared face as white as window paper, legs all of a sudden soft, if not holding on to the small crooked-necked tree on the side of the road, the whole person is going to collapse on the ground.
“Linhai County, which is right next to the Prefecture, immediately after that, arrested three grain merchants for the offence of raising grain prices and put them in jail! I’ve heard that Taiping County next door has also started arresting people.”
Boss Lu was like a crow, throwing bad news, one after another, to Boss Tai.
Pfft!
Holding onto the small tree was useless, and Boss Tai rolled to the ground! His face was pale!
