Chapter 37 Ili Chamber of Commerce
"One hundred taels of silver, how can it be!" Zhen Xing said unsatisfiedly.
Widow Li sneered twice, looked at Zhen Xing with slanted eyes and said, "How is it impossible? What's the matter? You burned our house, and you still don't lose money? Is there any king's law in the world? Let's go to the government and talk about it and see who can make sense!"
With that, Widow Li suddenly stood up, pulled Zhen Xing's hand and dragged it out. Zhen Xing tried to get rid of her hand, but the old widow's hand was like iron pliers, holding Zhen Xing tightly."What's the matter? I've been away from home for a while, and I still grab it?" Suddenly, a voice came in. Zhen Xing turned her head and couldn't help but feel relieved when she saw Qi Boxong coming in.
Qi Bosong stretched out his hand, pulled up his robe gracefully, and strode in. When Widow Li saw that Zhen Xing's man came back, she didn't know why she slowly let go of Zhen Xing's hand.
"Aunt Li, you are not kind. I haven't been at home for a while. If you don't say that you help your niece and daughter-in-law take care of the store, why do you still pull your niece to the government? What's the matter? Your nephew's daughter-in-law offended you? If that's the case, another day, my nephew, I will set up a banquet and apologize to you in person. Qi Bosong said.
Widow Li sneered twice. When she saw Qi Boxong, she was a little uncertain. In the past, she had heard about Qi Bosong hanging the young owner of the silk shop on the chimney. Although she is horizontal in front of Zhenxing, she is not so bold in front of Qi Boxong.
Anyway, Zhen Xing is just a little girl. The skin is thin and tender. At first glance, it is a lady who can't carry it on her shoulders or lift it with her hands. No matter how fierce she is, can she be more fierce than an old widow whose dead husband has been bullied for many years?
"Is it too much for your family to burn our house and let you lose money?" Although Widow Li was a little nervous, she was not convinced at all.
Qi Boxong smiled and asked Widow Li to sit down. She smiled and said, "Of course it's not too much. It's natural to repay the debt. It is natural to lose money if you break other people's things. What can we say about this? However, aunt, even if it is compensation, there should be a scope. You can't ask for a lot of price, right?
"Oh, big nephew, what's the matter? What do you mean, aunt, I'm a lion? Talk about it and see if the price I want is high or not! No more, no less, just a hundred taels of silver. Is this price still high? Widow Li said.
Qi Boxong sneered twice and suddenly changed his face and said coldly, "My aunt has a good memory. In those years, the satin village occupied your home and refused to give in. Who helped my aunt drive them away? Now, your nephew is in trouble. Does your aunt come to make trouble without help? Your aunt is a sensible person, and your nephew and niece are not unreasonable people. There are a lot of people who should be compensated. However, if your aunt wants to rob while the fire, your nephew won't let you go!"
"You..." Widow Li stood up angrily.
Zhen Xing looked at it and suddenly felt that it was time for her to do things by herself. Zhenxing hurriedly brought a plate of snacks and put them next to Widow Li's hand.
"Aunuch, try it. This is a new snack today. Auntie, can you say a few fair words? Although we haven't been with our aunt for a long time, we should be clear about how she is doing, right? It doesn't matter whether our store makes money or not, but the monthly rent is not as short as my aunt's. You said it was on fire, and we didn't want to. How much have we lost? Auntie is a sensible person. We are not confused either. I think it's better to pay for it. We will definitely compensate for it. However, my aunt wants a hundred taels, which is really a little too much. We can't get a hundred taels of silver after tossing around in a month. Well, let's count our sincerity and lose less. What do you think, aunt?" Zhen Xing said.
Widow Li thought for a moment. Before Widow Li could answer, Qi Boxong suddenly said, "Thirty taels, it's more than enough!"
Hearing this, Zhen Xing immediately said, "Well, aunt, we will compensate for forty taels. My aunt knows everything about the family. No matter how much, we don't have it.
Widow Li stood up unhappily and said strangely, "I'm afraid of you, fifty taels of silver. Send it to my house at the end of the month, not to mention that I am the elders bullying you. I gave you buffer time!" After saying that, Widow Li, like a ghost in the ghost, twisted her fat waist and left the Qi family.
In the morning of the next day, Zhen Xing told Xiao Fuzi to find a mason and carpenter, repainted the house, installed the gate and plaque, and remade a few burned shelves.
With such a toss, from compensating Widow Li's money, decoration expenses to the loss of goods, a total of 160 taels of silver was used. This made Zhen Xing's heart ache to death. The last month's promotion at the end of last year was almost all buried in this fire. Every time Zhen Xing thought of this, she beat her chest and regretted it.
The simple painted Qijia supermarket did not lose many customers due to the fire. Before the new promotion, Qiji's total daily business was about five taels of silver.
Zhenxing combines that supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour have their own brands. In fact, you can find an OEM to make a "Qi Ji" brand. However, when she was thinking about this matter, some people in the Ili Chamber of Commerce were dissatisfied.
At the beginning, the main purpose of establishing the Ili Chamber of Commerce was to unite to deal with the big faction. Nowadays, Yu Dapai seems to be the air that has disappeared. There was no unified enemy in the Chamber of Commerce, so he turned around.
Boss Sun of Ruifuxiang Shoe Village and Boss Fang of Deshengxiang, both selling shoes, fought for customers. In the middle of the night, Boss Liu personally smashed the door of Zhenxing's house, pulled Qi Boxong and went out.
Qi Boxong is worried about Zhen Xing. Her wound has not completely healed. In case someone comes to make trouble at this time, she can't handle it. Simply, let's take Zhen Xing to solve the contradiction between the two shoe giants.
When they arrived at Xianghezhuang, the bosses of the two families refused to live in the same room and were arranged in two different rooms. Boss Liu whispered and asked Xiao Er to bring Boss Sun to this room. For a moment, everyone fell into a short period of embarrassment.
Qi Boxong found a chair for Zhen Xing and gently helped her to do it. Boss Fang saw that Zhen Xing's arm was still wrapped in thick gauze and asked, "My sister-in-law's hand is not ready yet?"
"No, it's been more than half a month." Boss Liu answered instead of Zhen Xing.
Zhen Xing smiled, and the boss of the other party said, "Thank you, Brother Fang, for thinking about it. There is nothing wrong."
Boss Fang nodded and sighed, "It must have been done by Yu Dapai. If it weren't for him, I would have cut off my head. He, a guy, put the blame on others when he did something bad.
"Oh... What can I do? Li Si said that he set the fire. He was jealous when he saw that our business was good, so he set it on fire. However, Li Sier is a handlebar for pulling a car, which has no match with our family's business. Yu Dapai is also the brother-in-law of the county magistrate. Of course, the county magistrate is blind!" Qi Bosong said.
Boss Liu shook his head and said, "In this world, it is difficult for us to do business. The county magistrate can let you out and let Yu Dapai get out of this street. It has given us enough face. Yu Dapai must remember his hatred this time. I heard that he organized a camel team and went to southern Xinjiang? After coming back, there must be another disturbance.
Just then, Boss Sun came in. As soon as he saw Boss Fang, he immediately showed a look of disdain.
Qi Bosong smiled and took Boss Sun to sit down in front of a chair.
"Xiao Qi, don't say that I won't give you face. I'm not in the same room as this kind of person! Look at the bad luck!" Boss Sun said angrily.
Qi Bosong hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Sun, come on, you sit down first. If there is anything wrong with Brother Fang, I will apologize to you instead of him. Brother Sun, we are all a family. Why do you need to get a living? I know that Brother Sun has always been positive in the Chamber of Commerce and sincerely good to the Chamber of Commerce. Look at Brother Fang, isn't he also sincere to the Chamber of Commerce? Both sinceritys are kind-hearted. Since they are kind-hearted, why don't you sit down and have a good chat and relieve the pimples in happiness?
"You don't have to do this. Xiao Qi, ask him what he has done! He actually robbed my goods! Stagger! Lack of morality, not lack of morality!" Boss Sun looked at Boss Fang contemptuously and said.
"Alas! What are you talking about! What are you talking about! Who is immoral? I've put up with you for a long time! If it weren't for Brother Liu, Xiao Qi and Xiao Qi's daughter-in-law today, I would have beaten you long ago!" Boss Fang said.
"Ye, two brothers, this is all my fault. Don't quarrel with the two of you. Let's sit down and have a good talk!" Qi Bosong said.
"What are we talking about! What's there to talk about with people like him!" Boss Sun said.
At this time, Zhen Xing suddenly said, "Brothers, what can't we say? At that time, how much effort did everyone do to save our family Qi Bosong? We will not forget the kindness between the two brothers and the Ili Chamber of Commerce. However, as soon as Yu Dapai left now, why is everyone not united?
When the two big men heard Zhen Xing's words, they suddenly closed their mouths and didn't say a word. Zhenxing has this confidence in her heart. In front of women, they always want to keep an image. She knows that as long as she says this, the two men will not quarrel.
Zhen Xing smiled and said, "I think you don't have a common enemy, so I remember that it's the opposite. Brother Liu, I have a proposal. These two bosses are both big shots on this street. It just so happens that the position of vice president of our Chamber of Commerce is still vacant. How about these two?