Rise From the Humble

I just like to see you guys unhappy with me, but you have to apologize and spend money to buy food.

Shopkeeper Tai sat in front of the counter, supervising the work and collecting money from the sales of grain in the accounting office. He also watched with pleasure the people in front of the counter waving their money bags to buy grain, not to mention how beautiful it was. When he announced just now that the price of grain would increase by 10 cents per stone, everyone was still complaining. But, what does it matter? No matter how unhappy you are, why don't you just obediently take out your money bag for me?

The limited amount of 600 kilograms of grain sold in the morning was sold out in just one meal.

There were still many people who had not bought any food. They shouted excitedly and asked shopkeeper Tai to sell them food.

"It's gone, it's really gone. This food can't be delivered until noon. Please be early in the afternoon."

Shopkeeper Tai was used to this kind of scene. He stood up, waved his hands and explained with a smile.

After sending away the reluctant people, shopkeeper Tai counted the money with gleaming eyes and confirmed that it matched the account. Not even a copper was much. He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. After enjoying it, he counted it again and counted ten coins. He gave the rewards to the two workers with a look of pain on his face. He counted another ten coins and gave them to the cashier. He picked out the broken silver and put them all into his sleeve money bag. , the remaining copper coins were locked in a special iron box.

"After I leave, the three of you will close the door and stay in this store. Wait until noon when Laifu and the others deliver the food. After you weigh it, put it in the cellar and lock it! Wait until I arrive in the afternoon, and you can open the door again. . I don’t know how much food Laifu can transport this time! If it’s less than three thousand kilograms, I don’t care if he’s my brother-in-law or not, I’m going to scold him like crazy.”

Shopkeeper Tai closed his sleeves, gave instructions to the waiter and the cashier, and went out on his own.

Laifu was his brother-in-law and the second brother of his first wife. He barely knew a few words but was very articulate. On the recommendation of his wife, he went to work as an errand boy in his family's grain store. Because he was articulate and knew a few words, he quickly became prominent and became the steward responsible for food purchasing.

However, due to this major flood, there was also a food shortage in the Jiangnan granary, making it increasingly difficult to purchase food. Laifu went out to buy grain several times, and each time he went further and spent more money, but the food he bought back was less and less.

This time, the bottom line that Shopkeeper Tai can accept is three thousand kilograms, which can at least sell two days of food.

Of course, he still had some food stored in his cellar, but it was very limited and could only last a few days. It seems that after Laifu came back this time, he had to immediately let him take people to run north again and go to the border of Shandong to buy.

As soon as Shopkeeper Tai went out, he saw Shopkeeper Lu from Yongfeng Grain Shop diagonally opposite also coming out.

"Haha, Lao Lu, your place is also sold out. It's still early. Where can we go have a drink?"

Shopkeeper Tai cupped his fists and greeted Shopkeeper Lu with a smile. He was thinking of finding an opportunity to trick Shopkeeper Lu and inquire about the purchasing channels and purchasing situation of his Yongfeng Grain Store. In addition, Shopkeeper Tai also had another idea, thinking of trying to trick Shopkeeper Lu. The shopkeepers teamed up and went to the borders of Shandong to purchase grain together. It was safer with more people and strength. In the past few days, I heard from Laifu and the others that the roads were not safe. When the victims saw the grain trucks, their eyes lit up like hungry wolves.

However, after saying hello, Shopkeeper Tai noticed something was wrong with Shopkeeper Lu's face and seemed a little flustered.

It shouldn't be. Since the floods, the business of our grain store has been getting better and better. It's really like robbing money. It can be said that there will never be better times than these days.

The business of Yongfeng Grain Store is the same as that of our own Fengtai Grain Store. They are both very good and make a lot of money every day. Shopkeeper Lu has been as happy as Maitreya Buddha these days, and he can't close his mouth.

When we met this morning, didn't Shopkeeper Lu smile like a flower? Why did he look like this after a while? ! A look of panic on his face, like he's a little out of his mind? !

Business is booming these days and people are making money every day. Shouldn't Shopkeeper Lu be like this? !

Could it be that Shopkeeper Lu and his Yongfeng Grain Store didn’t purchase any grain today? ! Or was it that the food purchased was robbed by the victims on the road? ! There was a problem with grain procurement, and Yongfeng Grain Store probably only had enough grain to sell for a few days. These days, the grain store is making a lot of money every day. If it sells less for a day, it will be a loss of gold. Shopkeeper Lu, who loves money like his life, is not surprised. It is understandable that he has a panic on his face.

A former competitor had a problem. Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Tai couldn't help but feel a little gloating.

"Old Tai, Old Tai, have you heard?"

Seeing Shopkeeper Tai, Shopkeeper Lu seemed to have found someone similar to him. He trotted all the way to Shopkeeper Tai. He looked at Shopkeeper Tai with panicked eyes and said in a confused manner.

"Have you heard anything?"

Shopkeeper Tai's sense of schadenfreude grew stronger. Hearing what Shopkeeper Lu said, he was even more certain that there was probably something wrong with the food in Shopkeeper Lu's grain store.

"Oh, my old Tai, it's a disaster, it's a disaster." Shopkeeper Lu grabbed Shopkeeper Tai's hand, with cold sweat streaming down his fat face, and his panic was palpable.

There is indeed a problem at Yongfeng Grain Store, but it is your problem, and the trouble is also your trouble. What does it have to do with me... Shopkeeper Tai is extremely sure in his heart. The gloating on his face at this moment is the same as the panic on Shopkeeper Lu's face. All the same, beyond words.

"Lao Tai, my Lao Tai, you...how can you still laugh?" Shopkeeper Lu caught a glimpse of the smile that couldn't be hidden on Shopkeeper Tai's face. He immediately hated the iron and let out a long sigh.

This is your fault, not mine. Why can’t I laugh?

"Did I laugh? Ahem, how could that happen? It must be Lao Lu who is blinding you."

Shopkeeper Tai shook his head vigorously, refusing to admit that he was smiling, but the gloating smile on his face could still be seen at a glance no matter how hard he suppressed it.

"My dear, a terrible disaster is coming. Today, Manager Zhang from my shop went to buy food. When he passed by Taizhou Prefecture, he saw shopkeeper Mi, the owner of Mi's Grain Shop in Fucheng..."

When Shopkeeper Lu spoke, his face couldn't stop looking pale, and visible sweat was dripping from his forehead.

"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Mi? Is he making things difficult for Manager Zhang? The Mi family is too overbearing. They don't allow us to go to Fucheng to sell grain, and they don't allow us to pass by Fucheng?!"

Shopkeeper Tai said disapprovingly, Shopkeeper Mi was very domineering, but Shopkeeper Tai and Shopkeeper Mi were somewhat related in a roundabout way, and he felt that Shopkeeper Mi would not embarrass him no matter what.

"What? Shopkeeper Mi from Mi's Grain Company and Shopkeeper Wang from Shiwei Tianliang Company were executed on the street by the prefect for driving up food prices, sabotaging disaster relief, and making money from disasters!"

Shopkeeper Lu angrily shook off Shopkeeper Tai's hand, stamped his feet, and said with lingering fear.

"Wha...what?!"

When Shopkeeper Tai heard this, his face turned as white as window paper with fear, and his legs suddenly became weak. If he hadn't been holding on to the crooked tree on the side of the road, he would have collapsed on the ground.

"Linhai County, which is next to Fucheng, immediately arrested three grain dealers for driving up grain prices and put them in jail! I heard that Taiping County next door also started arresting people."

Shopkeeper Lu was like a crow, throwing bad news to Shopkeeper Tai one after another.

Plop!

It was useless to hold on to the small tree. Shopkeeper Tai suddenly collapsed on the ground! His face turned pale!