In an ordinary small shop in the city, Lao Zhang was sitting there, followed by a boy like Xiao Shunzi, who was moving goods from the warehouse behind.
"Boss, does anyone still want to buy this? It will be the beginning of spring in a few days. Who will buy this?"
The clerk Xiao Shunzi also complained in a low voice to Zhi Lai that he was buying things that were easy to buy in winter and then selling them now. People who needed them had already bought them, so who would come back to buy things now.
"You know what the heck, this thing is at the cost price now. If you sell it tomorrow, the price will be the same. Who knows these things won't break?"
Lao Zhang also laughed and cursed a few times. He didn't buy these things, he had to buy them. In order to take care of his comrades' families and give them some money for medicine, he had to buy the goods that his family didn't use.
"Really, it's a loss-making business."
Xiao Shunzi complained, then moved the goods to the back and stacked them directly into the warehouse at the back.
At this moment, a store owner opposite shouted to him.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, I have your phone number, phone number!"
Lao Zhang, who was calculating the small accounts in the store, was stunned when he heard the boss opposite calling him, and immediately put down the account book in his hand.
I patted my whole body gently a few times, as if to knock off all the dust.
"Come on, come on!"
While slapping, Lao Zhang stretched out his hand and shouted back loudly to the boss opposite. After all, they are all doing business in this generation and there are not many phone calls.
"Thank you!"
He ran across the street and immediately politely thanked the boss, then picked up the phone on the table and answered it.
"Hello, I'm Lao Zhang, what do you want from me?"
"Old Zhang, it's me. The money you said is all bad. How do you do business? Are there any people doing business like you? I'm really angry. Come here and explain it to me."
During the call, a woman's roar came from a distance, which immediately made Lao Zhang confused. After all, the roar was a little too loud.
Even the owner of the store smiled awkwardly upon hearing this, then turned his head and looked elsewhere, pretending not to see it to avoid Lao Zhang's embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, I'm going to apologize to you right now. How about this? I'll go over and explain it to you clearly. Do you think that's okay?"
"Okay, guests come to the teahouse, hurry up!"
After the woman's voice on the phone finished speaking, she hung up the phone.
Here, Lao Zhang took out a dime and put it on the table, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry to trouble you."
When the boss saw the money left behind, he also smiled and quickly collected the money.
"Lao Zhang, is there something wrong with the business?"
"It's a small problem, it's a small problem. I'll explain it to you now. It won't be a problem, really!" Lao Zhang also felt a little embarrassed.
Of course, he felt a little embarrassed on his face, but it was nothing else. After all, it wasn't really a business issue.
For a small grocery store like his, this business is almost always running at a loss.
But what really made him frown was when Qin Yuxiang called. Her tone was very unpleasant. She seemed to be accusing her, but in fact, it was an urgent situation and she asked him to hurry up.
After all, if it wasn't an emergency, she wouldn't be able to call him directly and ask him to discuss countermeasures.
A flash of doubt flashed across Lao Zhang's face. After all, it was the day when Qin Yuxiang and Lao Qian were meeting. At this time, the connection should have been successful, but why was it so urgent?
Could it be that there is something wrong with the connector?
When he thought of this problem, he couldn't sit still and ran directly back to the store.
"Xiao Shunzi, when you go out and someone buys something, just watch and sell it. Just don't lose money."
"Boss, you have to go out again. Really, you won't be in the store all day long."
When Xiao Shunzi heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable and complained a few times.
"Boss, when will you come back?"
Xiao Shunzi saw that Lao Zhang looked a little nervous, so he asked casually.
"If you come back early, you will come here. If you come back late, you will go home directly. You can close the store door for me."
After a brief exchange of words, Lao Zhang took his hat and walked directly to the road outside.
After a while, I stood in front of the store and waved to a rickshaw not far away. After a while, I got in the car and went to Yuelai Tea House.
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"Madam, when I was observing the surroundings just now, there were a few suspicious people in Qian's Cloth Shop. Although they were doing business, their eyes were always staring at Qian's Cloth Shop."
Zhao Long explained to Qin Yuxiang in a low voice: "Not only that, but standing there and reading the newspaper is too fake. Standing outside reading the newspaper on such a cold day, isn't this a bald slut? It's obvious, right?"
"There were four suspicious characters in total. I sensed something was wrong, so I immediately came over and told the lady not to contact them."
"Well, Zhao Long, you did a good job, thank you. Boss Qian obviously has a problem. When I came here for the first time, I asked tentatively, only to find that the other party couldn't answer. It's logical to do it.
There is no way that you can't answer the question about clothes. There is only one situation, that is, you answer wrong intentionally, or you simply don't know and have no way to answer."
Qin Yuxiang also immediately analyzed: "And Mrs. Wang, I seem to have heard that she is domineering in this area. It is impossible for Boss Qian not to recognize him, but today he seems to be treated as a stranger, which makes people even more suspicious."
Doubtful."
Zhao Hu stood there and didn't say much, but quickly recalled it in his mind.
"Madam, I have observed the store. It seems that two or three places are new. There is also a faint smell of paint in the room. This is a long-established store. Logically speaking, there should not be a smell of paint in the room. I have never thought about it.