Chu Ji was given a plaque inscribed by the county magistrate himself. This matter spread throughout the entire city of Xing'an County before even a stick of incense was released.
When people talk about this, they usually talk about the scene at the time and the Chu family's good deeds, and some even talk about the snow disaster.
But the traders who had previously sided with Chu Ren became frightened and called the bosses of other shops they had made friends with to gather together to discuss countermeasures.
"Tell me, are we on the wrong team this time? Look at this, this Chu Ji has the support of the county magistrate!"
The person who said this was Boss Huang of the big shop that had cut off the Chu family's paint supply. At that time, Chu Ren found him in private, mentioned the grievances between the two families several times, and persuaded him in subtle ways, and this kind of People with bad behavior and bad character should cooperate carefully to avoid losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds.
They are all human beings. Boss Huang naturally understood this. After confirming that he could get some benefits from Chu Ren, he gave up on the big customer of Chu Ji Papermaking Workshop and found an excuse to cut off the supply there. .
Not only that, Boss Huang, in line with the idea that if he couldn't make money, others wouldn't make it, so he gave it to several other paint shops in the name of giving Chu Ren a chance to submit a name certificate, and directly cut off the relationship between several shops and Chu Ren. Remember the possibility of cooperation.
A fat boss on the side frowned, still not willing to believe this, shook his head and murmured: "No way, I heard someone said it was because Chu Ji donated about a hundred coffins. The county magistrate just gave me this plaque. If Chu Ji really had the county magistrate behind him, how could he let the newly appointed Chu City stingy man bully him like this? No, no."
Another boss, Zhao, didn’t think so: “I can’t bear to look at it. I heard that Chu Ji seems to have a very close relationship with Mr. Ding from the county government office. Maybe he followed his path and hooked up with the county magistrate. My lord, if you think about it, he is not the only one who does good deeds in the county. When did you see the county magistrate write a plaque in his own hand?
Let Cao County Lieutenant personally take the official messenger and send it to the house all the way. How much face is this? If you say that I have never contacted you in private, I don’t believe it. If you say it doesn’t matter, then you can donate a hundred now. Come out with the coffin and see if the county magistrate will also give you a plaque saying, "Do good deeds and do good deeds." "
The fat boss seemed to be convinced by this long paragraph, he hesitated for a long time, looked at Boss Huang aside with a grimace and asked: "What's going on, then aren't we trying to punish Chu? "
Boss Huang is also very regretful now. If he had known that when the Chu City stingy man came to lobby him, he should have pretended not to understand: "How do you deal with it? How do I know how to deal with it? You have never talked to Chu before." I remember that I was the one who should be angry. Not only did I lose a regular customer, but I also offended someone with a backer."
When Boss Zhao heard this, he became even more angry and shouted: "You are still aggrieved. Who do you blame for this matter becoming such a mess now? It's not all your fault! Forget about being your own sinner. You have to drag the two of us in, but we haven’t even tried to reason with you yet, and you’re still complaining.”
Boss Huang's intentions were indeed wrong at the time, but he couldn't admit it in front of everyone. He said stiffly: "I didn't do it for your own good. I thought when I heard that I could have a relationship with Chu Shi Shifu, you guys But they are all so happy!"
"Fart, we were fooled by you!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, the fat boss quickly stood up to dissuade them: "Forget it, let's think about what to do now."
Boss Huang was silent for a moment, then excused himself as having a headache and sent the other two people out. However, he turned around and quickly changed his clothes. He called the boy at home to prepare the carriage. He wanted to go to Chu Ji's paper-making workshop. .
Here, Boss Huang and others are trying to make amends, but there is also a feeling of relief on the other side. I am glad that I did not completely listen to the instigation of others, such as the cloth shop owner who has been secretly delivering goods to Chu Ji's shroud shop.
For a while, several families were happy and some were sad, but the ones who were most upset were Chu Ren and the Wang family. They spent so much effort to finally mess up the business of Chu Yi and his wife. Knowing the situation, they were just waiting for this to drag on. Sooner or later, there would be a yellow shop. Who would have thought that before they could be happy for a few days, they would actually catch up with the county magistrate.
"Ren, they all say that the magistrate is supporting those two evil men. We, we can't offend the magistrate. What if they complain in front of the magistrate?"
Mrs. Wang looked like she was about to cry in a hurry, and her face, which was already a little crooked and squinty after the stroke, had an even more ferocious expression, which showed that she was really scared.
Chu Ren was also frowning at this time. He, who was on duty at the Yamen, actually knew about the fact that the Chu family was given a plaque by the county magistrate from others. Thinking about it, he felt angry, but he did not take the public opinion to heart. Take the rumors to heart.
Seeing Mrs. Wang's appearance, she gave some advice: "Mom, please stop listening to the nonsense of those people outside. If those two people really had the support of the county magistrate behind them, would they have waited until now to launch an attack? They had already done so from the beginning. Why wait until now when we can just kill our family?
However, the gift of this plaque is really not good. I am afraid that the merchants in this county are thinking the same thing as you, A Niang. They feel that there is a county magistrate behind those two people, and they are afraid that they will no longer stand on our side. "
