Chapter 68: Danger on a Winter Night

Although Huang Fangyu only had cakes and had no business at all, she still gave Pu Xiang inspiration. It would be good if she could find a big manufacturer to cooperate with, but her current situation was that the scale of her business was too small. If she didn't have some connections, the big manufacturers probably wouldn't even look at her.

So it’s better to find a small factory to cooperate with.

Thinking of this, Pu Xiang immediately became more enthusiastic towards Huang Fangyu.

"Okay, Brother Huang, let's exchange our contact information. As long as your stall is up and running, there's no problem with cooperation."

Huang Fangyu's eyes immediately showed surprise. He was just too excited and rushed over to say these words, but he didn't expect the other party to actually agree.

"you……"

Because the other party was so straightforward, Huang Fangyu was a little unsure whether the other party was just talking nonsense.

Pu Xiang saw his doubts and said, "Don't worry, Huang. I mean what I say. When I opened my own shop, I didn't have much money and I borrowed money. I did pretty well, didn't I? As long as you have the intention and really do it, I believe you can succeed."

Huang Fangyu was spread rumors by Zhao Yuanqing in the factory, and his recent days have been frustrating and uncomfortable. He went home and told his family that he wanted to strike out on his own, but his family members did not support him.

Setting up a factory?

That's something that only big bosses can do. How can you, a young man with no family background, run a factory? You finally became a team leader in the factory, so you should work hard.

If you have the time to daydream, you might as well find a partner and get married as soon as possible.

Day after day, I do nothing serious.

Even his family asked him to give gifts to Zhao Yuanqing. In their words, how could the leader bother you for no reason?

It must be you who offended others. Go and apologize sincerely and seek peace.

Huang Fangyu was so angry that he almost went crazy. He might as well kill him if he was asked to give gifts to Zhao Yuanqing and apologize.

Others scolded him for being a sell-out, but as a grown man, he didn't fight with others on the spot, which showed that he had good patience.

Tell him that Zhao Yuanqing is a pervert. When going to the restroom together, he always glances at other people's things. It's hard to tell how much he wants to sell his ass in his heart.

Pu Xiang was the first person to believe in him and support him.

Huang Fangyu was moved, and her determination to go out and work on her own became firm at this moment: "Sister, wait for me for a few days, I will definitely be able to build this team!"

Pu Xiang smiled and nodded at the person: "Okay, sister will wait for you. If you have any difficulties, come to me directly. Even if I can't help, we can think of a solution together. Many people are always better than one person."

Just a few words moved Huang Fangyu deeply.

After the people left, Yang Luming sighed: "Boss, you are really good at encouraging people. Fortunately, you don't do bad things, otherwise many people would be deceived."

After hearing all these little words, she calls him "sister" all the time.

Pu Xiang didn't think she had the ability to do so: "That's because they already have this idea. If they don't have this idea, it's useless for me to talk them out of it."

Huang Fangyu really had an idea. After that, he came to Puxiang's store and talked a lot about his plan to recruit people to set up a factory.

Pu Xiang simply introduced Mo Yang to Huang Fangyu. Although they were not in the same line of work, since they were planning to start a factory, there were some things they could learn from each other.

With the guidance of Mo Yang, Huang Fangyu's senior, the progress was indeed much faster, and the address of the factory was decided within a few days.

After the address was determined, the purchase of machinery and equipment and the recruitment of personnel all went smoothly.

However, the recruitment process was stuck and not as smooth as expected.

The people Huang Fangyu knew were all from the original factory. When he wanted to recruit people now, he would naturally recruit old colleagues.

The factory business is in recession right now, and many people have been laid off. Even those who have not been laid off cannot be paid by the factories, so everyone is very worried.

When Huang Fangyu said he wanted to recruit people, many of his colleagues agreed. But when he actually started looking for people to work, those who had agreed to the job all went back on their word.

"It's all that bastard Zhao Yuanqing's fault. He was bullying the factory openly, trying to climb up the ladder and gain power, but secretly he opened a new factory and poached people to work there."

Huang Fangyu kept scolding people for "eating from the inside and stealing from the outside", and finally made a rude statement, "The old factory manager will lose both his money and his life sooner or later if he gets such a son-in-law. Fortunately, Yang Xiaoling left early, otherwise he would have been delayed for a few more years, which would have been a big loss."

Pu Xiang heard all the gossip, and naturally Yang Xiaoling's family heard it too.

Half of it was out of hatred for Zhao Yuanqing, and half of it was also because he hoped that Pu Xiang's stall could be set up as soon as possible.

Yang Luming and his wife also went to recruit people.

By the time Pu Xiang knew about this, four or five people had already come, all of them were older aunties. Zhao Yuanqing either disliked them because of their age, or they had spoken for Yang Luming's family when they were in the factory before.

Yang Luming smiled and said, "My wife and I will go over to help. Now there are only seven or eight of us, and we can get it done."

It is easier for Puxiang's store to recruit people than for a clothing factory to recruit skilled workers.

After Yang Luming talked to Pu Xiang, he went to Huang Fangyu to help. In her three stores, there were three "old hands" namely Pu Xiang, Shi Wenya and Yang Xiaoling, and the rest were all newcomers.

Fortunately, Puxiang’s two new stores are close to each other, so it’s okay for one person to stay there to look after both stores.

Everyone has their turn.

The store was so busy that Shi Wenya didn't have any time to feel uncomfortable after her divorce.

But Shi Weiye, who had already torn up the divorce certificate, came back to Shi Wenya and said he would hand over his salary.

Shi Wenya was so angry that she laughed.

Salary?

Does she care about his salary?

The money he gave her was all used for this family. Did he spend all his salary on her?

Shi Wenya was too lazy to tell Shi Weiye all this. If he wanted to come here sneakily, let him come. She would not pay any attention anyway.

She wanted to see how many days he could come.

Pu Xiang had seen Shi Weiye more than once, looking into her shop like a thief.

It was Saturday and the store was very busy. Mo Yang wanted to ask her out for dinner on the weekend, but it seemed like she had given up the idea.

"It's your birthday in a few days. I'll make it up to you then."

Pu Xiang and Mo Yang said.

Mo Yang was busy himself, so he could understand Pu Xiang's situation of being too busy to take care of anything else.

"None of this matters. We'll talk about it when we have time. If you don't have time for dinner, we can have a midnight snack at home when you come back. I'll prepare a dry pot chicken. Do you want anything else to eat? I'll prepare it for you at home."

Pu Xiang thought about it and suddenly felt craving for water chestnuts. The weather had turned cold and some families in the village grew water chestnuts, so now was the time to eat them.

She remembered that when she was a child, the thing that made her happiest was digging water chestnuts.

Wait until the water chestnut leaves are dry, light a fire to burn them clean, then start turning the soil with a hoe, picking the water chestnuts as you turn. You can't tell you how happy you are.

"I want to eat water chestnuts... Never mind. At this time now, even if someone sells them, they would have already sold out and packed up. I'll go to the market to buy some another day."

Pu Xiang felt troubled again after she finished speaking. She was not so greedy that she had to eat it.

Mo Yang said, "It's okay. It's not a big deal. I'll go to the market and see if there's any. If there's none, I'll go back to the village and dig some up. It'll be in time for you to come back in the evening."

Having said that, he left excitedly.

Pu Xiang thought that this was a really good thing about Mo Yang. No matter what the matter was, as long as he could do it, he never felt it was a problem.

Just like now, he is going to the market again, and maybe he will have to go back to the village later, but he has no complaints.

Think about what kind of life she lived in the past.

Shi Dafu is a man who does nothing, talks a lot of nonsense, and his emotional value is "maxed out" - the opposite of the opposite.

Back to the store and continue working.

When it was almost evening, she asked several other people to look after two stores and go off work at that time.

She took all the store's sales, leaving only a little change, and told the good man to lock the cashier's counter when he left.

Then Pu Xiang went to the central building and took all the money there.

It was her habit not to keep the money in the store overnight.

Shi Wenya stayed in the store for a whole day. After handing over the work to Pu Xiang, it was almost time to get off work.

I took a look and saw no customers. The shop next door had turned off the lights and was closing for inventory.

"Let's go. We're off work now. It's really cold out here. Is it going to snow?"

Pu Xiang looked outside and saw a man peeking out from under a tree not far away.

"Shi Weiye is here again?"

Shi Wenya didn't even raise her head or look at him when she heard that.

"I don't care if he comes or not... It's cold now, and I'm craving something to eat. I'll cook some vermicelli for myself when I get home later. I cooked a big pot of bamboo shoots and roasted pork two days ago, and it's just right. I can eat two big bowls of it if I mix it together."

Pu Xiang couldn't help shaking her head: "We'll be sleeping soon, so you should eat less. Don't let the spring roll by next year and you'll be fat again."

As he was speaking, a young woman came in from outside with a bag in her hand. As soon as she entered the room, she angrily threw the bag on the ground in front of Pu Xiang.

"Who is the boss here? The clothes you sold had a big hole in them, and you didn't even check it?"

Seeing that the man was furious, Pu Xiang didn't rush to scold him. Instead, she picked up the clothes on the ground to see what was going on.

Judging from the pockets and clothes, they are definitely from their store.

The clothes were a woolen sweater with a scissors cut on the chest.

It's very big, you don't even have to look for it, just lift up the clothes and you can see it clearly.

When Pu Xiang looked up at the woman again, she was sure that she was deliberately causing trouble.

"Did you buy the clothes yourself? Did you buy them in our store?"

The woman immediately raised her eyebrows: "Of course I bought it from your store, otherwise where else could I buy it from? Your clothes have quality issues, don't try to blame me!"

Pu Xiang had just asked one question when the woman started firing like a machine gun, raising her voice and not ready to stop.

Shi Wenya interjected, "If you have something to say, please speak slowly," and the woman's voice immediately rose an octave.

Pu Xiang quickly pulled Shi Wenya away and signaled her not to speak.

Shi Wenya was also speechless. How could such a person come when it was almost time to get off work?

The woman was getting excited when the shop door was pushed open again.

"Mother Cheng Cheng, is Mother Cheng Cheng here? I'm your neighbor. Your son Cheng Cheng was hit by a car when he went downstairs to play just now. He broke his leg and bled a lot. His grandma has taken him to the hospital now. You should go and see him as soon as possible."

The person who came in was a woman in her forties or fifties, she was panting and looked anxious.

When Shi Wenya and Pu Xiang heard that something happened to the child, they immediately became anxious. Shi Wenya rushed out without thinking.

Pu Xiang reminded her to get her bag and was about to follow, but the woman who came in first grabbed her.

"No, my problem is not solved yet, how can you leave? Are you trying to cheat me?"

Even though this woman doesn't look strong, she has quite a bit of strength in her hands.

Pu Xiang frowned: "This dress sells for 120 yuan in my store, I will pay you the full amount."

But the woman insisted: "Is this a matter of money? I'm here to ask for an explanation, you——"

Pu Xiang took money out of his pocket and said, "I'll pay you two hundred."

However, the woman still refused and held Pu Xiang tightly, refusing to let go.

Pu Xiang was also angry. What kind of person is this? Didn't he hear that the child was in trouble? He was still making trouble here. Or was he just looking at her anxiously and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a profit?

"Wenya, you go first. I'll go to the hospital to find you later."

Pu Xiang asked the anxious Shi Wenya to follow the crowd first, and he decided to have a good talk with the woman.

"You said you bought this dress in my store yourself. OK, let me ask you, there is such a big hole on the front of the dress. Even if you didn't try it on when you bought it, you didn't even look at it? I think you are just trying to blackmail me. You want an explanation, and I want an explanation now too. Let's call the police and tell them at the police station."

When talking about calling the police, the woman's face froze for a moment, and it was obvious that she was still afraid of the police.

But even so, she didn't change her words.

"This is obviously a problem in your store, why are you so arrogant? Are you a gangster? Go to the police station if you want. I'm not afraid of you!"

That was true, but the woman didn't move a step and even blocked the store door.

At this moment, Pu Xiang suddenly had a thought that was not quite right.

What a coincidence!

What happened tonight was such a coincidence. This woman came to cause trouble and Shi Wenya was called out... Why would Shi Chengcheng, a little kid, come out to play at this late hour?

At this point, I guess his grandparents have already taken him to sleep.

Pu Xiang was a person who reacted quickly. He glanced around, reached out and grabbed the clothes pole, and pushed the woman out of the door.

While people were still stunned and hadn't reacted, he tied the clothes fork horizontally to the door handle of the glass door.