Chapter 118: Business is Coming
Since the time to go back and forth and chat with the elderly is not very long, so when I came back, it was only more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and as soon as I arrived in Jingnan City, I hurriedly found a restaurant to eat.
There were one after another snack bars on the street, and I just looked for a home and walked in. As soon as he walked into the store, a middle-aged uncle greeted him: "Welcome, welcome, what do you want to eat?" ”
At this time, I glanced into the store and found that the business in the store was relatively deserted, probably because of the meal! I ordered a bowl of beef noodles, and it was served up quickly, and I started eating it immediately. The boss went to the counter on the side.
After a while, a person walked in from outside, and the boss greeted him warmly when he saw that person, and the person responded enthusiastically, and then walked to the counter and leaned on the counter to talk to the boss.
At this time, there were no other customers in the store except me, and there were not many vehicles or pedestrians outside, so I could hear the conversation between the owner and the person clearly.
Listening to the conversation between these two people, I found that the new person should be the owner of a nearby store, and the two of them were chatting about business, and I was bored and ate my own noodles.
Just as I was about to finish eating, the conversation between the boss and the man changed to talk about what had happened recently. The conversation between the two of them was funny, and although there was nothing new about those things, it was also more pleasant, so the speed at which I ate noodles slowed down a bit.
This is the person who came in from outside and said mysteriously to the boss: "Have you heard about what happened a few days ago?" When the boss heard this, he was also interested, "You should be talking about the shop on Qianmen Street!" ”
The man nodded, and then said: "The owner of that store is really, so stubborn, he kindly told him that the store can't be rented, but he still doesn't believe it, isn't this going to happen!"
"It happened suddenly, but fortunately no one had an accident, and we warned him, but he didn't listen, what can we do, it's up to him to solve it!" The boss said as he counted the accounts.
The man also sighed and said, "That's true, but I heard that the boss plans to go to Master Han from the Han Clan's Daoist Hall to come and see that shop!"
"We have been on this street for so many years, and you don't know what happened back then, and I don't know how many Taoist priests we have found over the years, but it's useless! Although that Master Han is a bit famous, it is not so easy to solve this matter! The boss said lightly.
The man who came in from the outside also nodded, and it seemed that he also agreed with the boss's statement. I was originally a little interested in this matter, but when it came to the Han Clan's Gym, my interest was immediately raised, and it seemed that I was going to do business again.
I quickly ate all the remaining noodles in the bowl, and then approached the boss and asked, "Boss, I'm more interested in what you said, I wonder if you can tell me about it?"
The boss and the guy were friendly, and they weren't so intimidating about the matter. After hearing what I said, he told me the whole story.
This matter has to start from five years ago, when this street was basically a commercial street, there were basically all kinds of shops, it was very lively, many people liked to patronize this street, and the business at that time was much better than now, even if it was not a restaurant, there were many customers in the store.
However, one night, a fire broke out at the store on Qianmen Street. At that time, it was late at night, and the first floor of the store was a storefront, and the second floor was also a place to live.
The fire started on the first floor, and although some young people who were living a nightlife passed by the door from time to time, not many people noticed that there was a fire inside the store. When the smoke wafted out of the store and someone shouted for a fire, the owner and his family, who lived on the second floor, also woke up.
However, it was too late at this time, although the pedestrians outside tried their best to put out the fire, and the shopkeeper family inside was also trying their best to escape outside, but the fire was too big and it was still difficult to get out completely from the inside, but after a while of hard work, the fire also arrived.
The firefighters rushed into the fire and quickly approached the shopkeeper's family, but found that because the fire was too big, only two people could be rescued at a time. The fire department also made a quick decision, and rushed out of the fire with the owner's wife and children.
But when the firefighters plan to go to the shopkeeper again, they find that the shopkeeper has been engulfed in flames. Although the firefighters quickly brought the fire under control with a fire water cannon, the shopkeeper was burned alive.
After this incident, the owner's wife and children were very sad, and the store here was no longer rented, so they returned to their hometown with the owner's ashes. They didn't rent it, but the store still had to be rented, and the owner of the store redecorated the blackened storefront and rented it out.
But I don't know why, since this incident, although the business on this street is not bleak, it is much worse than before, and the store on Qianmen Street is always not rented for a long time. The storefronts on this street are generally rented for a few years or even more than ten years, but only that storefront is always rented for a few months at a time.
When the owner of the store rents out, he will say that there are ghosts in the store, but the owner of the store just doesn't believe the bosses. Although the owner did not believe it, the story also spread on this street.
The bosses on this street are basically old neighbors and competitors in business, but they are old friends in private, and they are very good-hearted. The people who do business on the street on this day also believe in this to a greater or lesser extent, so they also believe the words of the previous bosses.
Despite everyone's private discussion and speculation, everyone agreed that there was a problem after the incident in the storefront, and the ghost that those bosses saw should be the ghost of the boss who was burned to death by fire five years ago, probably because he died in it, so the ghost lives in it.
Since then, anyone who wants to rent the store will be kindly reminded by the people on the street around them, which has made most people who want to rent the store shy away after hearing about it.
At first, the owner of the store would be angry because of the reminder of the shopkeeper outside, and even quarreled with the shopkeeper on the street because of this, but it was not until the owner really saw the ghost in the storefront that there was no conflict, and he turned a blind eye to the reminder of the shopkeepers.
After a few years, no one rented that storefront, until two years ago, a man wanted to rent that storefront, although the shopkeeper on the street kindly advised him, but that person's temper was very stubborn, you don't let me rent, I will rent it.
That person also rented the store, maybe the anger on that person was heavier, so I haven't seen the ghosts that the previous bosses talked about. This also made the boss even more misunderstood the kindness of the shopkeepers, and did not interact with the nearby shopkeepers much.
The shopkeepers also thought that their judgment was wrong, but they were not satisfied with the attitude of the new boss, so they did not associate with him much, so the relationship between that person and the people around him was not very good, but there was no conflict.
But just this month, something strange happened in the man's shop, after the door was locked at night, everything was neatly arranged, but the next day everything was scattered. At first, the shopkeeper thought it had been burglarized, but after cleaning it up, he found that he hadn't lost anything, so he didn't care.
But this happened for several days, and finally the shopkeeper could not hold back his temper, and thought that it might be the work of the people on the street, so he clashed with the people on the street. After this happened, most of the people on the street knew what was going on, so they didn't have much conflict with the shopkeeper, but only fought back a few words when the shopkeeper's words were more ugly.
The shopkeeper touched a soft nail, and he didn't feel good about it, so he didn't quarrel with the other shopkeepers on the street. But maybe it was because the shopkeeper was in a bad year, and it didn't take long for the owner to see the ghosts that stayed in the store.
The shopkeeper was also bold, and although he saw the ghost, he still stayed in the store to do things. But something bigger happened then, and I didn't expect another fire in that store, but this time I was lucky, and I found it in time, and there were no accidents.
After this happened, it made the shopkeeper a little jealous, first moved out all the things in the store, and then planned to find someone to take a look, and what he was looking for happened to be a Taoist hat. But in fact, after the owner saw the ghost, he also found a few Taoist priests to see and do it.
But these Taoist priests were either scared away, or they didn't have the ability, and after doing a ritual indiscriminately, they didn't play any role, so the shopkeeper and the friend still felt the same result for the shopkeeper to look for the Taoist hat, no fun.
After listening to the boss's story, I immediately felt that business was coming to the door, and I had to go back and talk to the Taoist hat quickly, but whether this matter was solved or not depends on the situation.
After I settled the bill, I immediately ran to the nearest bus stop, got on the bus, and drove in the direction of the Han Clan Gym. After almost an hour, I finally arrived at the door of the Han Clan's Gym.
When I pushed the door in, I saw the Taoist priest hat leisurely holding his teapot, lying on the chaise longue, squinting slightly and drinking tea. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he immediately sat up, put down the teapot, turned into a fairy wind bone, and said softly: "I don't know what happened here!" ”
This series of actions was completed in one go, and it was completely from a lazy person to a Taoist master in a few seconds, which shows that the deceptive skill of the Taoist hat has been perfected.