Zhang Zian moved a chair for Electrician Wu to sit down and let him speak slowly. Electrician Wu was not young anymore. If something bad happened to him due to his impatience, it would be troublesome. Zhang Zian did not want the ambulance to visit the pet shop again.
However, Electrician Wu's body was still quite good, especially in terms of his mental state. He looked younger than people of the same age, probably because of his stable life, cheerful attitude, and spiritual sustenance.
Electrician Wu caught his breath and said, "Actually, it's not something urgent. I was anxious because I was afraid that you would leave again. A few days ago, I came to your shop two or three times, but you were not there. So today, I rushed here early in the morning, afraid that you would go out again … "
Zhang Zian was stunned. He had come to look for him two or three times? But he did not hear the staff mention it.
He went to the capital a few days ago, and after he came back, he took Famous to a series of media events organized by Binhai City, including leaving Famous' paw prints on the Avenue of Fame in Binhai Studio. He often went out in the morning and came back at night, so it was normal that Electrician Wu did not see him.
He had already instructed his employees in advance to register the visitor's name if anyone came to look for him. Then, when he returned at night, they would return the visitor's call based on the situation. However, Electrician Wu was not in the visitor's records for the past few days.
Electrician Wu was observant. Seeing that Zhang Zian was inquiring about Lu Yi Yun with his eyes, he quickly added, "Oh, when I came, I saw that your staff were very busy, and there were a lot of customers in the shop. I thought that I shouldn't cause trouble for you, so I didn't want to affect your business, so I just took a few glances outside the shop and left."
Zhang Zian nodded to show that he understood. "Then why did you come this time …"
"Cough! It's all because of that old Welder Zhao. I'm almost like his father. I worry about him all day! "Electrician Wu sighed and slapped his thigh hard.
In fact, when Electrician Wu entered the door, Zhang Zian had already guessed about 70% to 80% of it. After all, Electrician Wu was the kind of old man who was more stable. Although he walked on the street like everyone else, he was stable and did not take the initiative to cause trouble. If he had nothing better to do, he would not join in on the fun. People like him usually did not encounter any particularly urgent matters.
Electrician Wu's old partner, Welder Zhao, was simply a classic example of seeking death. In order to take advantage of others and save money, he could be said to be unscrupulous, and his luck was extremely bad. The first time, a bobbit worm was mixed into a reef that was moved back from the seaside. The second time, he watched Carpenter Wang clean the tank, and he was thick-skinned enough to ask for a few fish. In the end, he was poisoned by Palytoxin. He wanted to take advantage of others, but the hospital charged him the hospital fees instead … How did he survive until retirement?
Listening to Electrician Wu's tone, could it be that Welder Zhao, who had just been discharged from the hospital a few days ago, had caused some trouble again?
Speaking of this, Electrician Wu also felt ashamed for his old partner. His retirement salary was obviously quite high, and it did not cost much for an ordinary family to raise fish. However, Welder Zhao always tried to get money out of the gaps between his teeth. Even though he managed to get the money out, he also broke his teeth.
Electrician Wu had the heart to ignore him and let him seek death. Once he suffered a huge loss, he would be well-behaved, but he could not bear to do so, especially after the Palytoxin incident last time. Electrician Wu still had lingering fears. He was afraid that Welder Zhao would cause trouble for others because of his own actions.
According to Electrician Wu, after Carpenter Wang caused the Palytoxin incident, he almost became the target of public criticism in the entire community. He was like a street rat that everyone wanted to beat up. He felt that he was too ashamed to stay in the community. After he was finally discharged from the hospital, he did not even return home. Instead, he went directly to a relative's house in another city to take refuge and recuperate. He might have planned to sell the old house in the factory's family community and would not live in Binhai City in the future.
Welder Zhao was discharged from the hospital earlier. Without Carpenter Wang, who was an experienced driver, he was really quiet for a few days. In the face of his family's bitter criticism, he claimed that he would repent and never touch dangerous things again. However, his family asked him to stop raising saltwater fish, and he did not agree. Considering that Welder Zhao was old and only had one hobby, and it was not a bad hobby such as eating, drinking, or gambling, his family did not force him after a few words.
Carpenter Wang had previously pulled Welder Zhao into a local saltwater fish farming group. There were not many people in the group, and their usual chatter was mainly about bragging. Occasionally, they would exchange information about marine pets, such as which fish shop had introduced new fish and calling for everyone to form a group to buy them. If there were more people, they could apply for a group purchase discount from the boss.
Once, Welder Zhao saw the people in the group talking excitedly about a local aquarium that was going to close down for clearance. It was not because the boss had run away with his sister-in-law, but because the shop had been jointly seized by the industrial and commercial, taxation, and public security departments. That was because the shop had accidentally sold Palytoxin corals to Carpenter Wang, and it was suspected of dealing in dangerous goods.
The shop was destined to close down. The owner and employees of the shop secretly sold off the things in the shop at a low price during the night. It was better than losing everything.
After the people in the group heard about it, they all went to buy aquarium tanks, aquarium equipment, and aquarium creatures. They bought whatever they could, and after they bought it, they posted the discount price in the group. The price was indeed ridiculously low, almost a third of the market price. Besides, the quality of the equipment and aquarium creatures was good, which made Welder Zhao envious.
Welder Zhao looked at the heated discussion in the group, looked at the photos that the group members posted one after another, and looked at the few saltwater fish in his tank that had been eliminated by Carpenter Wang. The more he thought about it, the more upset he became. Why are you guys taking advantage of me, and I'm just watching?
Such a mentality was very common. Unless one was extremely wealthy, few middle-aged and elderly people were immune to it. Not to mention cutting the price by half, even if the eggs in the supermarket were suddenly cheaper by a dozen dollars, it would attract a bunch of old people to line up early in the morning to buy them …
Welder Zhao calculated in his heart. This was the best opportunity to buy high-end aquarium creatures at a low price. Such an opportunity might not come once in a blue moon, but it was at least once in a decade. If he missed this opportunity, there would be no other shop like this! If he didn't go, the things would be taken away by others, or if they were completely closed down by the joint law enforcement department. He would really regret it for the rest of his life!
Of course, it would be slander to say that he didn't learn from his past lessons. After all, he wasn't someone who didn't learn from his mistakes.
He had learned his lesson and felt that the danger always came from live rocks and corals, so he decided to only buy fish this time. No matter how cheap they were, he would never touch live rocks or corals. After he bought them, he would make a pure fish tank. That should be fine, right? It wouldn't be considered as breaking his promise to his family.
He made up his mind to save the country in a roundabout way, so he lied to his family. After dinner, he said that he was going to visit Electrician Wu's house and that he might be back late. He asked his family to go to bed first and not wait for him. Then, he slipped out and went to take advantage of the situation.
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