"My sister-in-law also works in this shop, so you can all rest assured that nothing like rotten meat or vegetables will happen."
Zhao Wu's words put everyone in the shop at ease. The county magistrate and the county assistant were both rare good officials. Now that the county assistant had given his guarantee, and that government officials would conduct a surprise inspection of the shop, it seemed that the Moon Round Restaurant was indeed trustworthy.
This farce has come to an end.
The guests returned to their seats, the misunderstanding was resolved, and they were all relieved to continue eating and drinking.
"I am deeply grateful to Your Excellency for upholding justice. Otherwise, I would not know what to do today." Pei Yuezhi bowed deeply.
Zhao Wu quickly said, "No need for formalities. This is an injustice, and it is my duty to uphold justice. If you hadn't truly acted with a clear conscience and integrity, I would have been helpless even if I wanted to help you."
"It's all thanks to my sister-in-law. She repeatedly assured me that there were absolutely no problems with your shop. You have a very good character, which shows that you also have great respect for those who do things. In fact, you helped yourself in this way."
Pei Yuezhi was genuinely touched by these words; she hadn't expected to encounter such an upright official here.
"This meal is on my behalf, sir. I hope you will come again another day," Pei Yuezhi said politely to Zhao Wu.
"Absolutely not! It is an official's duty to serve the people and seek personal gain!" Zhao Wu waved his hands repeatedly.
Seeing this, Pei Yuezhi didn't insist anymore. She simply thanked him and then Zhao Wu went back to eat. After that, he quickly stir-fried some pork with chili peppers and mixed some peanuts with vinegar.
"It's just a small dish, nothing special, but it's a token of my gratitude to Brother Zhao and Sister-in-law Zhao for their help today. Please accept it."
Seeing that they couldn't refuse, they accepted it.
After finishing their work in the evening, Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan were both exhausted, and they lay together with blank stares.
"Yueyue, do you think things will calm down now that this has happened and the county magistrate is here to help?"
Pei Yuezhi nodded and said, "These false accusations will stop. Although our supply channels have been blocked, it won't affect us."
Liu Yuanyuan stretched lazily: "Now I can be a little less worried. Oh, right!"
She suddenly perked up: "Oh right, right, I said I'd go check out the mall the other day, but I haven't gone yet!"
“Right, look at my memory, shall we go take a look now?” Upon hearing this, Pei Yuezhi was no longer sleepy and sat up.
"Okay, okay, we can buy some things. By the way, how much money do we have now?"
It's been about ten days since the last payment. I've had a steady income lately, without taking a break, and have saved up about thirty taels again.
Adding to the fifty-odd taels from last time, all the money spent on shopping these past few days has been spent directly, so there's no need to deduct anything else.
There are now a full eighty taels.
After telling Liu Yuanyuan how much savings she had, she happily grabbed Pei Yuezhi's hand and said, "Great, Yueyue, take me shopping!"
"good."
According to the system's instructions, he took Liu Yuanyuan's hand and used his mind to enter the mall.
This physical version of the mall is similar to a modern shopping mall, but you can switch floors and different sales areas with your mind.
"This is huge! It feels like we've stepped back into modern times!" Liu Yuanyuan excitedly ran around looking at everything.
Pei Yuezhi also looked on with curiosity: "When I entered, I chose the modern mode. What's the difference between this and going back to the modern world?"
“Yes! Look, there’s a supermarket over there, let’s go to the supermarket!” Liu Yuanyuan pulled Pei Yuezhi into the supermarket.
The only difference between this and a modern supermarket is that there are no people; it's all self-service.
Liu Yuanyuan looked at the fruit section and happily ran over, shouting as she ran, "I want to eat fruit!"
Pei Yuezhi was a little timid. Looking at the empty shopping mall, she couldn't help but feel scared. She quickly followed Liu Yuanyuan and said, "Don't run, Yuanyuan, I'm scared."
“Oh, I’ll hold your hand, what are you afraid of? It’s just the two of us.” Liu Yuanyuan turned back and grabbed Pei Yuezhi’s hand again.
"I'm only scared when there are only two of us."
The two spent a long time browsing in the supermarket and bought a lot of food.
"That's great! Now we don't have to hide our food outside anymore. We can eat whatever we want in this space!" Liu Yuanyuan said as she opened a bag of potato chips.
Pei Yuezhi was also very happy. She had been here for so long since transmigrating, and she really missed home.
"Yeah, we can eat things we wouldn't dare to eat outside, and we can go shopping, isn't that great!"
The two of them each opened a bag of potato chips and were happily eating them. They also grabbed some chilled Cokes and were drinking them.
I was startled by the broadcast-like sound.
"Your daily time limit has expired. Please leave the system shop."
Liu Yuanyuan looked completely bewildered: "Yuanyue, what's this?"
Upon hearing that familiar electronic voice, Pei Yuezhi immediately recognized it as her silly system's voice, which sounded dull and lifeless.
"This voice is the system, but it didn't tell me beforehand that there was a time limit!"
Why is there a time limit?!
Liu Yuanyuan, who was roaring, and Pei Yuezhi, who looked puzzled, were teleported out, holding potato chips and cola in their hands.
The two looked at each other, still not understanding what was going on.
"Yueyue, quickly ask the system what's going on!"
Liu Yuanyuan quickly got up and closed the doors and windows.
Fortunately, it's not hot yet, so I'll turn it off for a while and eat what I have in my hand first.
While Liu Yuanyuan was eating, Pei Yuezhi went to confront the system.
"System, what's going on?! Why wasn't there any mention of a time limit before?"
"I apologize, host. The system has neglected to inform you about the time limit. The physical store can only be accessed for one hour each day. You will be teleported out if you exceed the time limit."
Pei Yuezhi angrily said to the system, "You didn't tell us beforehand. What if there were people in the room and we were carrying a bunch of stuff, and suddenly we were teleported out?"
The system was silent for a moment, its electronic voice carrying a hint of guilt: "I'm sorry, host, the system will give you some compensation."
"What can you compensate me for? I have suffered great emotional damage. In addition to compensating me for your work mistake, you also have to compensate me for emotional distress."
Pei Yuezhi didn't care; even taking advantage of the system's carelessness would be unfair.
Besides, a system that involves sophisticated calculations and operations—how could it possibly forget that?
The system hesitated for a moment, but then relented and agreed: "Alright, it's my fault. How about I compensate the host with a 100-jin (50 kg) food bag?"
The compensation sounds good, but we'll have to see if we can squeeze out a little more.
“I agree to the food package as compensation for your negligence at work. Now tell me how you want compensation for emotional distress.”
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