In the afternoon, Wang Peng found a small truck.
Du Lei and Dong Shishi had already packed their luggage. Everyone loaded the luggage into the car, and Du Lei drove to Li Kefan's house.
"Brother Peng, does Huang Hao really want to burn down our shop?" Dong Shishi couldn't believe it.
"Who knows? Just be careful," Wang Peng said.
Dong Shishi gritted her teeth in hatred, "Bastard, I hope he gets hit by a car and dies, or drowns while drinking water."
"I thank you for his blessing on his behalf," Wang Peng said with a smile. "This is my shop, why do you hate him so much?"
"Of course, I'm on your side." Dong Shishi got into the car. "Brother Peng, we're leaving now."
Wang Peng nodded, and Du Lei drove away in his small truck.
"Lei Zi, do you believe what I just told Brother Peng?"
"What are you saying?" Du Lei focused on driving.
"Hmph." Dong Shishi reached out and pinched his arm, puffing out her cheeks angrily.
Du Lei glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, then continued to concentrate on driving.
After a long silence, Dong Shishi spoke softly, "I'm just a shop assistant behind the counter, and Brother Peng actually paid me 800 yuan a month, while the sales staff at Huihuang only make 300 yuan a month."
Du Lei nodded. Brilliant was the largest supermarket in the provincial capital, and its supermarket occupied five floors.
“Brilliant’s business is so big, but his salary is so low. Brother Peng’s business is so small, but he has so much work.”
“Shishi, Peng’s business is quite large; he’s earned over 50,000 this year.”
Dong Shishi was taken aback, silently doing some mental calculations.
Her annual salary is 9,600 yuan, including room and board, while the tobacco and liquor store only makes a profit of 50,000 yuan a year.
Therefore, Wang Peng used 19.2% of the profit to pay her salary.
"Damn Huang Hao, you burned down Brother Peng's shop! Where am I supposed to earn 800 yuan a month? Do you want me to go to Brilliant for 300 yuan a month?"
Dong Shishi stared at the windshield and cursed, "I hope you get hit by a car and die, or choke on your food."
Du Lei felt a chill run down his spine, and glanced at her again out of the corner of his eye.
Brothers Tobacco and Liquor Store: Insurance agent Liu Nana arrived with her professional team to assess the store's value on-site.
This includes rent, renovations, cigarettes and alcohol in the shop, and furniture upstairs and downstairs.
Finally, Liu Nana said with a smile, "Mr. Wang, after our professional team's research, we have decided to give you three options."
"The annual premium is 1,000, and the claim amount is 3,000. The premium is 2,000, and the claim amount is 6,000. The premium is 3,000, and the claim amount is 10,000."
"I'll pay three thousand."
"ah?"
Liu Nana was a little confused. Other customers would scrutinize every word of a 100-yuan insurance policy, afraid of being taken advantage of.
This Mr. Wang was so straightforward that she could hardly believe it. She had prepared a whole lot of arguments, but now she couldn't say a word.
"Mr. Wang, really?" Liu Nana asked with a grin. "You're the most straightforward person I've ever met."
Wang Peng opened his briefcase, took out three thousand yuan, and placed it on the table.
"Okay, thank you, boss." Liu Nana hurriedly counted the cash and quickly completed the relevant procedures.
About half an hour later, Wang Peng received the basic property insurance policy.
Starting today, if Brothers Tobacco and Liquor Stores are suddenly hit by fire, lightning strikes, explosions, or other risks, the insurance company will provide compensation starting from 10,000 yuan, based on the losses caused by the disaster.
"Brother Peng, thank you." Liu Nana grasped Wang Peng's hands with both of hers.
"That's going too far. I'm only twenty years old," Wang Peng said with a smile.
“Brother Peng, I call you brother not because of your age, but because of your status.” Liu Nana smiled broadly. “To tell you the truth, I’ll take 500 yuan commission from this 3,000 yuan order.”
"Goodness, I'm even thinking of working with you in the insurance business." Wang Peng smiled slightly.
"No way, how can a big boss like you run an insurance business?" Liu Nana said. "Brother Peng, I'm leaving now."
With the insurance issue settled, Wang Peng waited for Du Lei to return and then prepared to take Li Kefan to find Feng Tianhe.
At that moment, a 28-inch bicycle was parked outside the store.
The man riding the bicycle was a middle-aged man, wearing a dirty old military uniform, with gray hair and only one right arm.
He looked up at the billboard, then at Wang Peng, and said with a smile, "You're the Little Wang that Old Li was talking about, right?"
"Uncle Hong, let's talk about Wang or not." Wang Peng said with a smile as he went out.
Hong Tianhe was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, it's my fault for not knowing how to speak."
"Uncle, come inside and let's talk." Wang Peng took out a teacup and tea leaves and brewed him a pot of tea.
"Xiao Peng, don't be so polite. Your father-in-law and I are sworn brothers."
“He came to my house yesterday and said, ‘You want us to monitor your shop day and night, provide food and lodging, and give me five hundred yuan every month?’”
"Xiaopeng, I don't quite believe it, is this really true?"
After finishing his speech in one breath, Hong Tianhe looked at Wang Peng with slight nervousness.
Wang Peng smiled slightly and pointed to the second floor across the street, "Uncle Hong, I've already rented that room. Is that true?"
Across the street, directly opposite the tobacco and liquor store, is a storefront where the breakfast vendor had just checked out.
There are windows on the second floor; you can see the tobacco and liquor store by opening the curtains.
"Just give me two hundred yuan, and I'll provide food and lodging." Hong Tianhe shook his head. "This job is too easy; I'm embarrassed to take so much money."
Their job was to sleep during the day and monitor the tobacco and liquor store at night to see if any bad guys were vandalizing it. He and Li Kefan were responsible for the first half of the night and the second half, respectively.
Hong Tianhe dreamed of having a job like this.
“Uncle, this job isn’t easy,” Wang Peng said. “Staying up all night is exhausting. You and Dad will have to stay up for at least a month.”
“Nothing is more tiring than fighting a war,” Hong Tianhe said. “I only want two hundred, no more. Your father and I have a life-or-death bond.”
Wang Peng, somewhat curious, asked with a smile, "Old man, what kind of life-or-death friendship is this?"
“We were carrying guns in the same trench.” Hong Tianhe lit a cigarette and fell silent.
Red Flower brand cigarettes, which cost three cents a pack, were among the worst cigarette brands.
Wang Peng turned around and went to the counter, giving him two packs of cigarettes that cost three yuan each.
Just then, the small truck carrying luggage returned, and Li Kefan got off the truck.
Wang Peng led the two old men to the rented room across the street.
Upon reaching the second floor, he lifted the curtains and looked down, where he could see the entrance to the tobacco and liquor store.
The tobacco and liquor store has only one main entrance, with storefronts on both sides.
“Xiao Peng, I discussed it with Lao Hong yesterday, and we think that if a bad guy wants to set a fire, he will definitely try to break into the house.”
Li Kefan said, "Then he poured gasoline into the house."
“Dad, Uncle Hong, if he really comes and sets fires, just let him do it. Don’t stop him or arrest him. Just follow him from a distance,” Wang Peng said.
The two men are old, one of whom is disabled and missing an arm. If Huang Hao were to become desperate and resort to violence, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Don't worry, my brother and I know what to do," Li Kefan said.
That night, Li Kefan kept watch for the first half of the night, and at two o'clock in the morning, he woke up Hong Tianhe.
Hong Tianhe sat by the window, staring intently at the door light of the tobacco and liquor store across the street.
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