When Lin Jiuyue heard this, she frowned.

Nowadays, food prices are rising. I sell it to villagers at the original price and don’t make a penny from them.

If you include labor and other things, I'll still lose a bit of money. Being able to make an exception and sell them 20 kilograms of grain each is already good enough. Why did this person just buy something and come back to buy again?

"I told you before we started selling the grain: I'll sell you coarse grain at five copper coins per pound, but each person can only buy twenty pounds. What? Don't you know this?"

The villagers who came to buy food heard what Lin Jiuyue said and said with a smile.

"Haha, Miss Lin, I know what you're talking about. However, your family runs a grain store, so I guess you're not short of food. I saw you still had quite a bit of food left, and I figured your family wouldn't need that much food, since you're small. So, I came here to buy some more."

When Lin Jiuyue heard this, she almost rolled her eyes.

It is common knowledge that food is in short supply nowadays.

Not only did I find food for my fellow villagers, but I also sold it to them at a loss. And these people still think the bargain wasn't enough? They came to buy more food!

"We do have some grain left over, but we won't sell the remaining coarse grains!"

When the man heard Lin Jiuyue's words, the expression on his face became a little ugly.

"Miss Lin, you're running a business. Customers are coming to buy food, so how can you not sell it? You can't do business like this."

When Xiyue heard that this man dared to speak to her young lady like that, she immediately stood in front of Lin Jiuyue.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? My young lady said she won't sell the remaining coarse grains, and that's it! The grain belongs to our young lady. She can sell it if she wants to, and not if she doesn't want to. Are you going to force her to buy or sell it?"

There was a step at the gate of the yard. Xiyue stood at the gate and looked much taller than the people who came to buy food.

Seeing Xiyue’s face turned red with anger, Lin Jiuyue raised her hand to stop her.

"The coarse grains can be sold, but the price is not the same as the price we sell to the villagers."

The people who came to buy food thought Lin Jiuyue had figured it out when they heard the first half of her words, and were just feeling happy. But when they heard the second half of her words, their happiness faded within two seconds.

The main reason why I can come here to buy food is because Lin Jiuyue sells food cheaply, only five copper coins per catty. If she sells food for seven or eight copper coins per catty like other food shops, then there is no need for me to come here to beg her, right?

Besides, I bought this grain for my relatives. If the price is different from the price I bought it at before, wouldn’t people say that I embezzled the money?

"Haha, Miss Lin, we used to buy it for five copper coins per pound. It's only been two days, and you're already raising the price? I'm afraid that's not very decent of you to do this, is it?"

If I hadn't promised my relatives in advance, I wouldn't have come here to beg Lin Jiuyue to buy food.

"Authentic? I, Lin Jiuyue, can buy twenty kilograms of grain for each of the villagers at this time, and sell it to you at the price of five copper coins per kilogram. I am already a very authentic person."

"Why don't you go ask around? Other shops are selling a pound of coarse grain for seven copper coins a pound, or even eight copper coins a pound. It can be said that the grain I, Lin Jiuyue, sold to the villagers before was sold at a loss."

"I, Lin Jiuyue, am not stupid. Since this business is losing money, I definitely can't continue doing it."

Although he was not a great philanthropist, he did manage to sell some low-priced grain to the villagers. This person got the benefit, but he still felt that he hadn't gotten enough!

"Miss Lin, to be honest, I bought this grain for my relative. Just consider it a good deed and sell it to me."

Lin Jiuyue shook her head calmly.

"There is no order without rules. Since I set the rules myself, there is absolutely no reason for me to break them."

Cun Jian said so many nice things, but Lin Jiuyue still couldn't change his mind.

"Miss Lin, your family runs a grain store, and you can't even finish eating all the high-quality grain. There's no point in keeping the coarse grain. You might as well sell it as soon as possible while the grain is still good."

Lin Jiuyue smiled.

"Sell it! Didn't I just say that? The grain can be sold, but the price won't be five copper coins per pound, but eight copper coins per pound."

In the town, some people were selling coarse grain for seven copper coins per pound, while others were selling it for eight. Lin Jiuyue, hoping to dissuade the man from selling it, simply said eight copper coins per pound, hoping he would leave after hearing the price.

"Miss Lin, how can you sell this for eight copper coins per pound? Some shops in this town only sell it for seven copper coins per pound."

Lin Jiuyue smiled.

"Yes, there are grain shops in this town that sell coarse grain for only seven copper coins per pound. If you know all this, why do you still come to me to buy? Isn't it because I used to sell it to you for five copper coins per pound?"

"I'll sell 20 kilograms to the folks in Shangbei Village at the price of five copper coins per kilogram. This is what I, Lin Jiuyue, promised, and I've done it."

"As for the people from other villages, whether they can buy cheap food is their business. What does it have to do with me?"

When the people who came to buy food heard Lin Jiuyue's words, their faces turned green with anger.

Lin Jiuyue's behavior clearly shows that she is not giving herself face.

"Ms. Lin, I used to think you were a kind person, but now I see that you are just like those profiteers, greedy for money."

Lin Jiuyue curled the corners of her mouth.

Am I greedy for money? If I were really that kind of person, I wouldn't be selling coarse grain to the villagers for five copper coins per pound!

However, everyone has a different impression in others' minds, and you are not money, so it is impossible for everyone to like you.

"You're wrong. I never said that I, Lin Jiuyue, am a kind person. That's just what you think!"

"Besides, I'm a businessman. I don't care about making money. Do I really want to spend my own money to do charity? I'm a businessman, not a Bodhisattva!"

Even Bodhisattvas need to take naps sometimes. How can they take care of everyone?

“You, you…”

Xiyue stood beside Lin Jiuyue, watching the villagers being so unreasonable, and felt sorry for Lin Jiuyue.

"How can you be like this? Not only did you buy cheap food for yourself, but now you're here to buy food for your relatives. My daughter won't sell it, and you do this to her? This is moral kidnapping!"

I had just heard my mistress mention the term "moral kidnapping" before, and that's when I finally remembered it. In this situation, it shouldn't be wrong to use it, right?

"Miss, is the word 'slave' used in the wrong context?"