Chapter 304: Lost All the Money

Wei Qiang came back and looked at the room full of fish, feeling distressed.

He hadn't paid for the fish yet. He promised to settle the payment for the previous day when the fish seller came to deliver the fish the next day after buying the fish.

If the fish couldn't be sold, what would he give to the fish seller tomorrow to settle the bill?

Besides, they still had to deliver fish tomorrow.

Wei Qiang was very worried.

He went to the pickled fish shop and said he would sell it to them at the original price.

The owners of the pickled fish shop said that they had already bought two days' supply for their shop and didn't need it for the time being.

Wei Qiang, who was at his wits' end, could only go to Zhong Chongyang.

Zhong Chongyang thought Wei Qiang was here to pay him back, but he heard that Wei Qiang came to him to find a solution because the room full of fish couldn't be sold.

"The most important thing now is to deal with the fish quickly, even if the price has to be reduced."

Wei Qiang was reluctant: "If the price is reduced, won't I lose money?"

Zhong Chongyang said: "People have bought fish from other places, you will definitely lose money, but it's just a matter of how much you lose. You go back now and deal with it at half price. If you delay for too long, all the fish will die, and you will lose everything."

Wei Qiang realized the seriousness of the problem and hurried back to tell the owners of the pickled fish shop about the price reduction.

However, all the owners seemed to have discussed it and didn't need it.

...

The next day, the fishmongers came to deliver the fish.

Wei Qiang didn't want their fish, and the fishmongers felt that they were fooled. If the money from yesterday hadn't been settled, everyone wanted to punish Wei Qiang.

As a result, Wei Qiang said that the fish had not been sold and they had no money to settle for the time being, otherwise, they would let the fish sellers take the fish back.

Someone on the spot couldn't stand it and gave Wei Qiang a black eye.

The scene was chaotic for a while.

The fish sellers surrounded Wei Qiang and asked for money, and even alarmed the police station.

However, the public security comrades from the police station only came to deal with their buying and selling disputes.

Wei Qiang took out the money he had earned before and paid some of the fish sellers.

The remaining fish sellers who didn't get the money refused to leave.

While the public security comrades were making the decision for him, he hurried to ask for money. Who knows if he can still see Wei Qiang tomorrow.

Wei Qiang had no choice but to go back home, accompanied by police officers, and took out all his parents' savings to pay off the debt.

The next step was to figure out how to deal with the houseful of fish.

What was infuriating was that the fish sellers took the money and didn't leave. Instead, they stood in front of his shop and shouted to sell the fish they brought.

There were many people out buying vegetables in the morning, so Wei Qiang watched the fish sellers sell the fish one by one.

The owners of the pickled fish shops around who said they didn't need fish also came to buy.

Wei Qiang was almost mad enough to vomit blood.

Resisting his unhappiness, Wei Qiang comforted himself that it was winter and the temperature was low, so it would be fine to keep the fish in the house for two or three days.

He would advertise it later and lower the price a little more, hoping to sell out all the fish in the next few days.

Just after Wei Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, the public security comrades asked him to go to the police station.

Wei Qiang was panicked.

...

It turned out that after Zhang Baogen called the police, the public security comrades launched an investigation.

The poisoning in the fish pond must be done by competitors or enemies.

Zhang Baogen is an honest and decent person who never offends anyone.

Except for Zhang Baogen who raises fish in fish ponds, the other fish sellers in the market catch fish in the river, and there is not much influence between them.

The suspicion of poisoning by competitors was also ruled out.

After ruling out these two possibilities, when the public security comrades went to the market to investigate, they found that all the fish in the market were purchased by Wei Qiang alone, and he also sold the purchased fish to other restaurants at a higher price.

So they launched an investigation on him.

This investigation really found some clues.

When the public security comrades asked Wei Qiang to go to the police station, he felt guilty.

When asked if he had been to Zhang Baogen's fish pond, Wei Qiang strongly denied it.

But when the public security comrades took out a piece of cloth, Wei Qiang was dumbfounded.

The cloth was the one that was cut by a tree branch when he went to the fish pond to poison that night.

The public security comrades also found torn clothes in his home.

With the evidence solid, Wei Qiang had to honestly explain the process of his poisoning.

...

Zhong Chongyang was very unhappy to see his aunt coming to the school to find him.

"Aunt, I have to go to class. If you have anything to say, can't you wait until after school?"

Wei's mother said anxiously, "Go and save Qiangzi. He was arrested by the police station! He has been in prison for three days."

"What did he do wrong? Why did the police station arrest him?"

"It was because he didn't sell the fish. The fish sellers came to ask for money. I gave them the money, but he was arrested. I went to the police station to ask, and the public security comrades said that he poisoned the fish. He should be detained and compensate for the losses of others."

Zhong Chongyang suddenly remembered that Zhang Baogen's fish pond was poisoned.

Could it be Wei Qiang who did it?

When he asked Wei's mother, Wei's mother insisted that her son would never do such a thing.

Zhong Chongyang agreed to go to the police station after school to find out the situation.

...

After Zhong Chongyang arrived at the police station, he learned what happened and knew that Wei Qiang had poisoned Zhang Baogen's pond. He almost fainted.

Wei Qiang now has to compensate Zhang Baogen for his losses before he can go back.

When he saw Zhong Chongyang, Wei Qiang grabbed Zhong Chongyang's hand as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

"Cousin, what should I do? They want me to compensate Zhang Baogen for all his losses?"

Zhong Chongyang went to Wei Qiang and punched him on the arm in anger.

"You're out of your mind. How did he, a fishmonger, offend you? You're going to harm a pond of fish!"

Wei Qiang raised his head and said, "Zhang Baogen sent big fish to the Lu family and small fish to me, which caused my business to be bad. I was so angry that I asked my friend for some fish and sprinkled it in his pond. I didn't know it was so powerful."

Zhong Chongyang gritted his teeth and said, "I told you to buy smaller fish. It was my request. The success of business has nothing to do with fish. Why do you still rely on fish?"

Wei Qiang pretended to be dead and didn't say anything.

Zhong Chongyang thought that the money he invested might be wasted, so he asked Wei's mother to go back and find a way to make money.

Wei's mother said that she had taken out all her coffin money and there was no money at home, so she asked Zhong Chongyang to find a way.

Zhong Chongyang said, "There are still fish in the store. Sell them quickly. The more you can save, the better."

Even if the fish didn't stink after being dead for three days, few people would be willing to buy them.

He had to lower the price again. He sold a roomful of fish for only one-fifth of the cost price. He lost all his money.

Wei's mother borrowed money from all her relatives and finally got enough money to take her son out of the police station.

After Wei Qiang was released, the store was too embarrassed to leave. They asked Zhong Chongyang to help them close the store.

The two-person partnership of the pickled fish store went bankrupt in less than a month from opening to closing.

They didn't make a penny, and even lost a lot of money.

Shen Jiale's restaurant is considering expanding its business area because of good business.