As the shop door was closed, the dazzling light outside was blocked outside the door, and only light could shine in through the paper windows.
It was midsummer, after all. Although the house was relatively cool, it would still feel stuffy if the doors and windows were closed for a long time. Su Qingluan decided to make a quick decision, so he looked at Shopkeeper Lu and asked, "Do you do these things to enrich yourself privately? Is it your own idea, or the idea of the people who are protecting you?"
Su Qingluan could tell from the beginning that the shopkeeper must have someone backing him up, and that person was probably of high status.
However, she did not intend to be cautious because of the other party's identity.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that Su Qingluan has anything particularly important to rely on - after all, if you insist, the “reliance” itself is still missing.
However, as the saying goes, "the barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes", Su Qingluan never cared whether "Su Ji" fruit jam could maintain the business of the branch in the capital, because now except for the branch in the capital, the supply of other branches is still in short supply, and here it is a situation that one more or one less will not make too much.
So even if the other party used the killer trick of "making your store in the capital unsustainable", Su Qingluan didn't care at all. Because the fundamental reason for her setting up "Su Ji" was not to do business in the capital, but to make the lives of her fellow villagers better.
So as long as Su Ji can continue to operate, whether it is in the capital, or in other counties and towns, anywhere, as long as there are people supporting it, she doesn't care.
So from a standpoint, although Su Qingluan really hopes to gain a foothold in the capital, it will not affect her much if the business fails - after all, she is already living a comfortable life relying on the commission from other branches, right?
Hearing Su Qingluan's rude question, Shopkeeper Lu sneered, "Where did you come from, you wild girl? You're slandering me here! Be careful or I'll have the authorities arrest you!"
"So Shopkeeper Lu has connections in the government? I wonder what rank of officer he can get to arrest me?"
Of course, Lu Jian was just saying it casually to scare Su Qingluan. After all, he saw that Su Qingluan was only about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the girl next to her, who was said to be his cousin, was about the same age. How much trouble could these two little girls, who didn't seem to be from the area, cause?
Unexpectedly, Su Qingluan didn't buy it at all, and continued to stare at him coldly with a half-smile. Yaoguang was even more "free-spirited", after all, she just pulled out a chair and sat down near the door.
Lu Jian thought the little girl was afraid of the heat, so she sat at the door. But Yaoguang didn't choose this position casually.
She was a real martial artist, so after receiving the signal that Su Qingluan might "settle the score later", she began to observe the direction of the entire room.
As a martial artist, she had excellent hearing. And unlike Liu Yunniang's "kung fu" which was simply acquired through practice, her kung fu, which could single-handedly defeat five or six hooligans, was ultimately acquired through the "right way."
Yaoguang, on the other hand, had fought her way through mountains of blood and mountains of corpses. The missions of the Secret Guards were often extremely dangerous, so the training was rigorous. One wrong move could lead to death.
Therefore, secret guards like Yaoguang are much more sensitive to "murderous intent" than any other ordinary people.
From the sound of footsteps, Yaoguang could hear clearly that in addition to the clerk and the shopkeeper who were managing the store in front, there should be a sweeper behind. That person's movements were slower and his gait was heavier. He should be an elderly person.
However, including these three people, none of them are martial artists. Even the one handing out wooden signs outside is completely different from martial artists and has no internal strength, so his gait is like that of an ordinary person, not light.
Yaoguang was confident that she could easily deal with the people in the store, but she sat in this position to prevent the shopkeeper or the waiter from sneaking out when she was not paying attention - after all, she could do it alone, but she also had to take into account Su Qingluan, who had no martial arts skills at all.
Su Qingluan didn't know why Yaoguang was sitting at the door, but the look she received from the other party just now told her that the people here could be easily dealt with.
She knew that Yaoguang was not the kind of person who liked to brag, so since she could give this guarantee, it meant that she was quite confident.
With the military guarantee, Su Qingluan felt more confident in her "cleaning up the mess." Seeing Shopkeeper Lu speechless for a long time, Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Didn't you say you were going to report me to the police? I wonder how you're going to report me? Are you going to say, 'Someone exposed my shop for bullying customers and forcing them to buy and sell, and I'm so angry that I'm reporting to the police'?"
Shopkeeper Lu's face turned pale and blue at what he said: "You...when did I ever force you to buy or sell?"
"Isn't jam a first-come, first-served basis? And I remember the shopkeeper stipulated that in order to prevent hoarding, no one could buy more than two sets or ten jars of jam at a time."
Although Su Qingluan's jam is sold in a "series", there is no hard and fast rule that it cannot be sold separately. As a result, many people who have a limited budget but want to satisfy their appetite will only buy one or two cans at a time to try something new.
Some people even buy back jam boxes at high prices just to "collect blind boxes" rather than to eat the food.
The sneer on Su Qingluan's lips turned into a spit of anger. "And you? Not only are you forcing the sale of that damn sign, but you're also completely ignoring the jam revenue. You're even not allowing people who haven't bought the wooden sign to buy jam. Isn't this just bullying customers and forcing them to buy?"
After a moment's thought, she sneered, "Oh, it's not really 'bullying customers'. After all, this shop has only been open for two or three years at most. Compared to the surrounding establishments that have been around for decades or even centuries, it's still a bit of a baby. But they dare to do such shady business like this. Aren't they afraid of being struck by lightning?"
At first, Shopkeeper Lu felt a little guilty, but then he figured, since he had someone behind him, what was there to be afraid of? So he sneered, "What's wrong with me forcing people to buy and sell? I don't think the people who bought the brands had any complaints. But who do you think you are, meddling in my business?"
Later on, Boss Lu's true colors showed up and he became arrogant, no longer the man who dared to be angry but not to speak out.
Su Qingluan sneered inwardly: Great, the fox's tail is finally exposed. In fact, if the other party is calm and composed, she will really have a headache. After all, the law these days is "as long as both the buyer and the seller are happy, there is no such thing as a big store bullying the customer." And as long as the customer is satisfied, there will be no third party intervention to protect the rights.
But it was obvious that the other party's life was too easy, so he was very impatient and his attitude was arrogant and domineering.
In this case, Su Qingluan felt much more relieved: such a short-sighted and narrow-minded person would be much easier to deal with as long as he could be suppressed by force.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan sneered and said, "My grandfather has been buried for many years. How come you are still alive? Do you want me to pray for your soul and send you to hell now?"
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