Xu Lai stepped forward and pointed to the three troublemakers, explaining the whole incident to the patrol leader, including how the two troublemaking women ran away as soon as they heard her report to the patrol team.

The security patrol captain, who had to deal with countless disputes every day, immediately signaled to the three troublemakers to bring over the cracked clay stove they were carrying.

He took the three clay stoves in his hands and examined them carefully, especially noting the identical cracks on different parts of the stoves. It was obvious that these cracks were not caused by burning.

So he ordered his subordinates to put the three clay furnaces away, and said to Xu Lai and the other three men with a serious expression, "In that case, the four of you will take these three clay furnaces back to the Public Security Brigade with me to analyze the cracks on them using instruments!"

Although the security team leader appeared to be incorruptible, Xu Lai seemed to understand the meaning behind his words.

So he feigned an exaggerated exclamation and said, "Comrade, the instruments these days are so advanced! They can even detect the cause of the cracks in the clay furnace!"

"Of course! If it cracked during firing, the arrangement of carbon elements at the crack in the clay furnace will be different!"

Upon hearing Xu Lai's words, one of the team members behind the security captain immediately stepped forward and took over the conversation.

"Not only that, but that instrument is incredibly advanced. If it's man-made, it can even detect fingerprints on the clay furnace and what tools were used to damage it!"

The team member seemed afraid that someone might not hear him clearly, so he deliberately raised his voice for the last sentence.

"Oh, I see. Then, comrade, if someone deliberately damages the clay stove I bought to cause trouble and extort money, how would they be punished?"

Xu Lai looked at the security team's squad leader with a serious expression.

"Those who deliberately cause trouble and extort money will be fined three times the amount, or even sentenced to serve in a coal mining area for free!"

The security team leader thought about the newly revised penalty regulations issued by the government, his face darkened, and he spoke to the three men without hesitation.

He thought he could both extort money from the clay stove seller and get some reward from the two people who entrusted him with the task.

Upon hearing what the security team leader said, the three of them were terrified.

"Sorry, we don't need compensation for the clay stove, we're leaving!"

The three men left a message and tried to make their escape.

However, Xu Lai didn't want these clueless people to keep causing trouble for him in the future when he was doing business, especially in front of the security team.

"Wait a minute, I have your identification information recorded here. This matter must be clarified in front of these comrades today!"

Xu Lai waved the customer information registration book in his hand and called out to the three people who were trying to run away.

"Why are you causing trouble for my family's business? Accusing a business of wrongdoing is illegal!"

Upon hearing this, the three troublemaking old men were so frightened that they bent their knees again.

Since the disaster of torrential rain and floods ended, and the authorities led the people to rebuild their homes and restore some order, the content of the administrative penalty regulations originally used to regulate the people of City C was changed.

Any crime involved, once confirmed, will be severely punished.

If the security department's high-tech equipment really detects that they deliberately sabotaged the clay furnace, and they are subsequently forced to work in a coal mine, that would be disastrous.

Having thought of this, the three of them blurted out the reasons all at once.

Upon hearing this, Xu Lai realized that it was one of the two strange-sounding business partners among the four households that sold clay stoves downstairs from her house.

Song Qiu'e had a short temper. As soon as she heard the three men's "confessions," she angrily shouted, "They have no conscience at all! They only started doing this business because they saw that our family's clay stove business was doing well. In the end, they're the ones who are harming us!"

Grandpa Xu and Xu Haiguo were furious when they heard this.

With the weather hot and the evidence irrefutable, the security team leader immediately led the three men to find the person in question.

Since what happened today, when Xu Lai and her family went downstairs to set up their stall again the next day, only two of the four competitors remained.

And the fewest were the two families that had previously been sarcastic and sarcastic towards them.

"Hey, they deserve it, who told them to use such underhanded methods!"

"That's right, I heard those two families were arrested by the security team and are going to work as laborers in a coal mine in the mountainous area of ​​our city for a week!"

When Xu Lai and her family passed by, the two families were very attentive, telling them how tragic their own fates had been.

It also seemed to carry a hint of schadenfreude.

Seeing this, Xu Lai and her family simply smiled at the two men and left.

The Xu family, who were busy making and selling clay stoves, had been doing so for about half a month when a similar trend of setting up stalls to sell clay stoves also emerged in different districts and streets of City C.

As more people started selling, the market gradually became saturated, and sellers began to lower their prices.

When everyone's prices dropped to five cents for one and two for eight centimeters, Xu Lai and his group stopped this business.

"We'll keep the few clay kilns left for ourselves!"

Looking at the two rows of eight clay furnaces in the space, Grandpa Xu finally understood.

"That's great! Second Uncle has finally come to his senses!"

Xu Lai was overjoyed to hear that her second uncle had finally agreed to stop doing this low-profit business.

For them, such a low price means very low profits. It's not worth it for the whole family to work themselves to the bone in this extreme heat.

"Yes, Lai Lai is right. Anyway, our family has no worries about food and drink, so there's no need to work so hard!"

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