"Okay!" All the grain merchants agreed, but they left early because they had something on their mind.
After separating from Liu Xiandi and others, Brother Zhang returned to the hotel where he was staying and said to his attendant, "Have you been to Zhou Liangshang's shopkeeper's house?"
"Shopkeeper Han got married the year before last, and I had a wedding banquet." The attendant asked in a low voice, "What do you mean, boss?"
"Go to his house." Brother Zhang took out a stack of treasure money from the boot leaf and said, "See if you can collect our food."
"You still need to give him a gift?" the attendant asked with wide eyes.
"Nonsense." Brother Zhang sighed: "This is only the first day, there are only so many people, and there will definitely be more tomorrow. Who will be given and who will not be given by then? It is even more unclear. It is better to spend money and settle the bag as soon as possible.
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"Yes." The attendant went out with the money, and half an hour later, he came back with the money: "He didn't go home, he stayed in the store."
"Then go to the store and knock on the door." Brother Zhang had already gotten under the covers and cursed: "Why are you so stubborn?"
"Don't mention it." The attendant said depressedly: "You didn't go there because you were a kid, but you couldn't knock the door open no matter how hard you knocked, and you ended up bumping into several colleagues..."
"Is it also a gift?"
"Yes." The attendant nodded and said gloomily.
"Alas," Brother Zhang sighed, "You are not stupid, it seems that tomorrow will be difficult..."
That night, Brother Zhang stayed awake all night like making pancakes, and finally waited until dawn. Then he got up, washed his face, had something to eat, and went straight to Zhou's Grain Store.
He thought he had arrived early enough, but when he arrived at the entrance of the grain store, he saw that several of his colleagues had already arrived.
"Good morning, everyone." Brother Zhang quickly squeezed out a dry smile and said, "It's quite cold this morning."
"Good morning, sir." Everyone also forced a smile and said, "I don't know when the door will open, so hurry up and get warm."
"Just tell him to leave." Brother Zhang said, "You're not here to buy food, so you still have to obey his rules?"
"I called, but no one answered." Everyone smiled bitterly: "What do you think is going on? Now we are begging them to buy food!"
"Yes," someone said angrily, "They have always begged us, why are we begging them?"
"Hehe." Brother Zhang said with a smile: "Who told us to covet high prices?"
"Hey, you can't make a fat man out of it in one bite, so why bother?" The man said angrily: "If he keeps pushing back, he will simply stop selling it and go home to celebrate the New Year!"
"That's right!" Everyone agreed.
Brother Zhang also nodded, but sneered in his heart, it would be strange if any of you are willing to leave. It is true that you are all looking forward to others leaving!
People were waiting outside the store in disbelief. More and more grain merchants came, and by the time the planks were not taken down, all the grain merchants beat the planks angrily and shouted: "Open the door, open the door!" which annoyed people on the street.
They all stopped and watched.
Finally, amidst the loud slamming of the door, a piece of flooring was removed, revealing the sleepy face of shopkeeper Han. He bowed to the grain merchants and apologized repeatedly: "I didn't expect you all to come so early. I'm sorry.
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"It took me so long to smash the door, and you didn't hear me!"
"Oh, I'm like a dead pig when I sleep. Even if I blast a cannon in my ear, I can't hear it." The shopkeeper removed the door panel and let the grain merchants into the store. "They are all frozen, come in and warm themselves up."
To judge whether a party is strong or weak, it does not depend on whose voice is louder or more angry, but on how they respond to lame reasons. People like the grain merchants who accept it silently obviously have nothing to do with being strong...
The grain merchants filed into the store and filled the front hall. The shopkeeper quickly made tea and greeted everyone.
After patiently dealing with him for a few words, I finally said in a hasty tone: "Shopkeeper Han, have you asked your boss? What did he say?!"
"Oh, forget it, I was scolded by my boss." The shopkeeper said with a depressed look on his face: "But I should be scolded too, because I didn't believe the bosses, so I came up with such a bad idea of 'casting a wide net'. I thought it would work.
It’s good to come half way, but I didn’t expect all the bosses to be so old-fashioned and enthusiastic, and even none of them came!”
"Did you write Zhou Yang's letter on your behalf?" Many people were outraged on the spot.
"Of course not, but the boss only wants me to find a few old-fashioned bosses and doesn't let me make it known to everyone." Shopkeeper Han sighed: "I have caused a big problem for the boss. You are all friends and benefactors. No.
No one is suitable to buy it, so the owner has to carefully consider whether to buy it on a first-come, first-served basis, or to buy a part for each person, or to buy it all."
"Of course I bought them all." Someone immediately said: "This way no one will be offended."
"If we buy them all, we won't be able to afford three liang or one stone. The boss just wants to sell everything, but he doesn't have that much money." Shopkeeper Han spread his hands and said sincerely: "Please wait for one more day. Tomorrow, there will be an accurate letter tomorrow."
"Why do you have to wait until tomorrow!" The grain merchants said unhappily: "If you park at the dock for a day, you have to pay a day's berth fee, as well as the labor of the clerk, and the loss of food. Who is responsible for this loss."
"Because of the rules of this county's yamen, only Shen Shi can visit the prison." Shopkeeper Han said with a bitter smile: "I must come up with a charter this time!"
All the bosses looked at each other, should they wait another day?
At this time, people were already coming to buy food. When they came in and saw the good guy, the room was full of people. He asked cautiously: "Shopkeeper Han, are you open?"
"It's open, it's open." Shopkeeper Han leaned forward and said, "I'm sorry, everyone, a few of the guys in the store went out to deliver letters, and the one who stayed behind died the day before yesterday. Alas, I'm the only one left to do the work."
"What kind of grain are you selling? Let's get rid of this problem first," the grain merchants said dissatisfiedly: "Let him buy it from other stores!"
"Okay..." Shopkeeper Han had no choice but to apologize to the customer: "Go to Qian's Grain Store to buy it. Sorry, sorry."
"Okay..." They were all old acquaintances, so the customer couldn't say anything and left empty-handed.
As soon as Shopkeeper Han sat down and wanted to continue talking to the grain merchants, another customer came in, so he had to get up to greet them. Before they could be sent away, another person came in, and there was an endless stream, and nothing could be discussed.
Finally, the grain merchants couldn't help but said: "Let's put on the bunk! If we stay locked up for a day and a half, no one will die."
"Okay." Shopkeeper Han was easy to talk to. He immediately set up shop and put up a sign saying 'Closed Today'. He turned around and went in and asked, "What do you guys think? I can talk to the owner..."
"You have to cut the knot quickly. The more people come, the harder it will be to deal with it." The grain merchant came up with an idea: "Hurry up and accept the goods from us people, and then apologize to the people behind you. At worst, you will have to pay for the freight. This
That's how it went." "That's it, you are eager to be the savior this time, so remember not to be so arrogant in the future!"
"This is a good idea..." Boss Han's eyes lit up, and then he said with a grimace: "However, there were many people who came earlier than you yesterday, but they haven't arrived yet."
"Who do they blame for sleeping in?" Seeing him relenting, the grain merchants immediately swarmed up and said, "Let's make a written agreement!"
"I'm not the boss, how can I establish a contract?" Boss Han was surrounded by a group of grain merchants who looked like wolves and tigers, and looked very helpless.
"Why are you so stubborn!" The grain merchants warned him: "You draft a document with us, and you will have something to say about it later. Then in the afternoon, take it to your boss to sign and pledge it, and it will be settled."
"That's no problem," Boss Han smiled bitterly: "But without the documents signed by the owner, who will take it seriously?"
"This is simple." The grain merchants said, not lacking in ideas: "You can pay us part of the deposit."
"This..." Shopkeeper Han was confused: "I don't dare to make the decision on this kind of thing!"
"You are so stubborn." The grain merchants scolded: "We can give you a discount, and I will spare you a hundred cents for every stone of grain. In this way, your boss can only say that you are good at doing business, and others can't say anything!"
"This..." Shopkeeper Han looked at the grain merchants and said, "But there is only a little change on the counter. The boss's money to buy grain is stored in the bank, and you need to use his seal to withdraw it."
"I'm just a person who stops people, no matter how many." Everyone has no bottom line and just wants to sign the documents quickly.
"Okay, then, please bosses, please write down your surname Gao, and how much grain you want to sell..." Shopkeeper Han finally couldn't resist the crowd, and went to the counter to write a deed. After writing one, there was a grain merchant selling the goods.
He signed and stamped it, and then shopkeeper Han took out a stack of banknotes from the counter and handed it to him.
The stack of treasure notes was in tatters and was worth as much as a hundred cents. The grain merchants didn't think it was too little, so they immediately signed the receipt and put it in their arms. They immediately felt relieved.
More than a dozen businessmen signed the contract one after another, and it couldn't be completed in a short time. As soon as two copies were written inside, a louder banging on the door was heard outside.
"We are closed today!" A grain merchant replied on behalf of Shopkeeper Han: "Please come back tomorrow."
"We are not buying rice, we are selling it." Apparently, the people knocking on the door outside were also grain merchants, and there were more people than those inside. "Open the door quickly, don't think we don't know what you are doing inside!"
"Yes, friends inside, if you are rich, let's make a fortune, don't eat alone!" People outside shouted: "Besides, it has to be first-come, first-served. We arrived yesterday morning!"
The people inside looked at each other in confusion. It would be inappropriate not to open the door, but things would change once it was opened.
"Don't worry about the outside world!" Brother Zhang finally made up his mind and said, "Help Boss Han, hurry up and finish writing the contract!"
The grain merchants hurriedly found writing brushes, and five or six people helped write the deed...
They waited outside for a while holding back their temper, but when they saw no movement inside, they knew that they were planning to cook the rice before cooking. All kinds of complex emotions of being fooled, harmed, bullied and insulted immediately occupied everyone's hearts, and they didn't know who was taking the lead.
shouted:
"We can't let them succeed! Break the door open!"
"Yes, that's too bullying. Break the door open!" Then a young and strong man kicked and hit the floor of the grain store.