Shen Qiqi took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, but still had her signature sweet smile on her face.
"Let's go out and see what kind of monsters dare to run wild in our territory!" Lu Qing held her hand tightly, giving silent support.
The two walked out of the workshop side by side. Although the old artist Chen had difficulty walking, he followed them out with a cane, and a determined light flashed in his turbid old eyes.
Outside the workshop, the owner of Zhaolin Village was standing in the yard with a few burly men, looking very arrogant.
Broken tools were scattered on the ground, sawdust was flying, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of paint.
The workers were angry but dared not speak out, hiding in the corner.
"Oh, isn't this the clever daughter-in-law from our Lujia Village? Why, is she planning to open a kiln to burn porcelain, expand and become stronger, and create greater glory?" The shop owner of Zhaolin Village said sarcastically, his tone full of ridicule.
He glanced at Shen Qiqi. He had long been jealous of Lujia Village's business. This time, when he heard that they were going to expand their production scale, he could no longer sit still. He simply brought people to smash the place and force them to submit.
"Shopkeeper Zhao, what do you mean?" Shen Qiqi suppressed her anger and tried to keep her tone calm.
"You brought people here to smash our workshop for no reason. Do you think there's no one in my Lujia Village?"
"Hey, don't say such harsh words. I just came to see how your new thing is doing." The owner of Zhaolin Village said as he kicked over an unpainted pottery figurine, sending fragments flying everywhere.
"I heard it's something...innovation? Tsk tsk, this thing, you can call it innovation? I think it's just grandstanding!"
Shen Qiqi watched helplessly as the pottery figurine she had painstakingly made was smashed to pieces, her heart aching as if it were being cut by a knife.
But she knew that now was not the time to act on impulse.
She took a deep breath and sneered, "Shopkeeper Zhao, I've taken note of this account you've paid today. We'll see what happens!"
The shop owner from Zhaolin Village laughed out loud as if he had heard some huge joke.
"Just wait and see? Just you? I'll wait!" He waved his hand and left with his men, leaving the ground in a mess.
Looking at their departing backs, Shen Qiqi clenched her fists tighter and tighter.
The atmosphere in the workshop was extremely depressing. The workers looked worried and unhappy, looking at the broken tools scattered on the ground, not knowing what to do.
Shen Qiqi looked at their worried eyes, and a feeling of powerlessness surged in her heart.
Funds are already tight, and now the tools have been smashed. What should I do?
In the next few days, Shen Qiqi ran around, trying every possible way to raise funds.
She applied for financial support from the village, but was opposed by some conservative villagers.
"How much money can you make from handicrafts? I think it's just a waste of time!" "What if we lose money? Who will be responsible?" Opposing voices rose one after another, and the village committee was filled with a tense atmosphere.
Shen Qiqi argued with reason, but still couldn't convince them.
"Chen Qiqi, I advise you to give up on this idea!" A villager said sarcastically, "Don't let it get to the point where you lose everything and won't even have time to cry!"
Shen Qiqi gritted her teeth and said, "I just don't believe that I, Shen Qiqi, will lose!"...
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the entrance of the village. "Have you heard? The owner of the shop in the neighboring village, Zhao..."
There was a commotion at the entrance of the village, like a pot exploding, with all kinds of sounds mixed together and buzzing.
Amidst the chatter, words like "quality issues", "money-losing goods", and "Lujia Village is going to be in big trouble" drifted into Shen Qiqi's ears.
"Have you heard? The shop owner in Zhaolin Village said that Shen Qiqi's new gadgets are all shoddy construction, good looking but useless!" A loud-voiced woman described it vividly, spit flying everywhere.
"Is it true? Then weren't all those innovations that Shen Qiqi mentioned before just bragging?" another villager asked half-doubtfully.
"That's right! I've always felt that she is unreliable. What can a little girl understand?" The villagers who had previously opposed Shen Qiqi were even more complacent at this moment, as if they had anticipated everything.
These words pierced Shen Qiqi's heart like needles, and anger and grievances surged like a tide, almost drowning her.
She bit her lips tightly, her fists clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound, and her nails almost dug into her flesh.
She took a deep breath, trying to control her trembling body, and her eyes flashed with angry flames.
"Bullshit!" Shen Qiqi rushed into the crowd and shouted angrily, shocking everyone present.
She raised the file bag in her hand and slammed it on the table with a "bang". Her tone was cold, "Open your dog eyes and see what this is!"
The villagers were intimidated by Shen Qiqi's aura and looked at the document bag on the table.
Shen Qiqi opened the file bag, took out the quality inspection report inside, and read it out word by word.
The test report clearly states: All products meet national standards and are of qualified quality.
"This is a report from the city's most authoritative testing agency. It's written in black and white, clear and concise!" Shen Qiqi's voice was sonorous and powerful, "If anyone dares to spread rumors again, I will sue him for defamation!"
Those who spread the rumors were suddenly speechless, their faces burning with anger, and they wished they could find a hole to crawl into.
The surrounding villagers also began to whisper, looking at Shen Qiqi with eyes full of admiration.
"Qiqi, this girl, is really amazing!"
"Yeah, I didn't expect she was so capable!"
Shen Qiqi looked around at everyone, a sneer appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"Rumors stop with the wise. I hope everyone will stop believing in slander." She paused, her eyes fixed on the sarcastic villager. "As for some people, they'd better watch their mouths, otherwise..."
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