Chapter 63 Chapter 63 The Market is Noisy
Under Lu Baian's inquiring eyes, Chang Ruijia gritted her teeth and told him about her experience in the storm, from the thrill of discovering the storm at first to drifting in the storm later.
Even now, when she thinks about it, Chang Ruijia still seems to remember the biting cold when she was curled up under the canopy, shivering and wrapping all her clothes around herself.
"I don't know what other people remember about that storm, but for me, the world that day was filled with raging winds and waves, icy rain, and water drops falling from the sky."
Chang Ruijia paused as she spoke, looking at Lu Baian with a cautious look in her eyes. "If this storm continues like this, you must be prepared to endure it."
hiss!
Looking at Chang Ruijia's cautious expression, even Lu Baian, who had already prepared himself for the possibility that the storm might be difficult to weather, couldn't help but take a breath.
Having known her for so long, it seems that no matter what kind of disaster she encounters, she can always rely on herself to resolve it perfectly, and nothing can stump her.
But even for Chang Ruijia, to whom the supply warehouse looked like Doraemon's pocket, facing the storm still left her with a psychological shadow. How severe must it be?
However, Chang Ruijia suddenly changed the subject, "If everything is just our current speculation, whether it's a sudden storm at sea or just an ordinary rain, there's no need to worry too much."
"No, on this point, I still agree with Brother Yu." Lu Baian shook his head, not letting Chang Ruijia's comfort lower his guard. "For some things, it's better to be prepared than to be caught off guard."
That is something that those in charge should worry about.
Chang Ruijia watched Lu Baian leave in a hurry, and did not say anything more to influence their thoughts.
Whether it is that they all flee when disaster strikes or that they are allowed to hone their ability to cope with the changing climate at sea, if they really cannot survive even the most common storm on the sea, then why should they carry the hopes of survival of so many people on the unpredictable sea?
I don’t know if it was because the storm gave the people in the market too great a sense of crisis. In the next one or two days, although the market was still bustling and prosperous on the surface, Chang Ruijia could feel the undercurrents among the people inside.
Before the storm line even drifted over from the distant horizon, some people in the market who had been unable to contain themselves for a long time took the lead in causing trouble.
"what are you up to?!"
"You've already exchanged so many things, what else do you want us to exchange? You have bad intentions."
"Monopoly! This leaves us no way to survive."
"Where are the market managers? Is there no one to regulate this unscrupulous exchange method?"
"That's right! You're always so arrogant at the market, grabbing all the good stuff for yourself, but now you're a coward when something happens?"
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Chang Ruijia heard the sudden noisy chatter in the market from a long distance away. Originally, she didn't want to care about those things before the sudden unexpected storm came at any time, but when she heard that they had changed the topic from the person who caused the trouble in the first place to the market manager in just a few words, she was a little interested in taking a look at this kind of trouble with a very clear purpose.
Rowing the bed slowly towards the gathered crowd, Chang Ruijia saw a group of people in the middle of the crowd at a glance.
If I remember correctly, some of them were stall owners I had seen at the market at that time. I don’t know why they were now surrounded by customers shopping.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Are you so idle that you want to cause trouble here? Can't we just talk it out?" Zhang Rui had been busy these days because of the news of the sudden storm. He didn't expect that such a bad thing would happen in the market.
Seeing Zhang Rui appear, the originally noisy crowd suddenly seemed to have a backbone. After the chattering paused for a moment, it instantly sounded from all directions.
Everyone seems to have grievances to complain about, and they are afraid that if they speak out too slowly, their right to complain will be snatched away by others, and they will not be treated fairly.
However, it would be fine if one or two people spoke, but when more than ten people spoke at the same time, it was like falling into a duck farm. The chatter was so loud that I couldn't even hear a word.
Even though Zhang Rui was used to being at the market and used to resolving conflicts between the two parties in the market, he simply couldn't stand the feeling of these 500 ducks quacking in his ears at the same time.
Fortunately, after Zhang Rui left, Lu Baian and the others vaguely realized that the problem here seemed not something she could solve alone, so they followed behind to maintain order.
"Quiet!" Shifang, who usually had a smiling face, frowned, which made some people who were getting more and more demanding suddenly stop talking and dared not make any extra noise.
"Everyone, calm down! Can arguing solve the problem?" Lu Baian frowned and looked at everyone present. "You want someone to solve it? Here we are! Now do you want to solve the problem, or do you want to keep arguing like this? Are you going to argue until a storm starts and everyone gets killed?"
"We never said we were going to keep arguing," the crowd, who had been shouting at the top of their lungs, finally muttered softly, seeing several familiar market managers standing in front of them with serious faces. "Who knows if you're here to solve the problem or to solve us? Who knows if you're taking sides?"
Although the words were not spoken loudly, they still reached Shifang's ears sharply. His eyes suddenly looked at the person who was mumbling reluctantly in a lowered voice.
"Just say whatever you want to say. If you don't agree with our management, we don't force you to stay in the market. You can always go somewhere else that you think is better managed."
"Hey! Are you crazy? Who the hell is…"
Seeing that the people from Shifang and the market were about to start arguing again, Zhang Rui, who had finally cleared his mind and cleared out all the noise in his ears, hurried forward to intervene between the two and act as a peacemaker.
"Stop arguing! Everyone, calm down. We can see the storm line on the horizon is heading towards us. We're all trying to survive on this sea. What's the problem with not talking it out?"
After finally suppressing Shi Fang, who was so busy that he had no time to rest but was nearly stabbed by this group of people, Zhang Rui looked at the few people in the crowd who had been in a bad mood.
"What's going on? You need to tell us everything clearly so we can judge who's right and who's wrong, right? Right now, everyone's arguing back and forth, and even if we argue to the ends of the earth, we still won't know what's going on."
Zhang Rui signaled with his eyes to Yu Jianyi, who was silent at the side, to suppress Shi Fang, who was irritable when he disagreed with something. He looked at the onlookers and spoke to them with both emotion and reason.
"Everyone has seen what's happened recently. We've been busy trying to provide everyone with the most protective layer of defense to prevent those outsiders who always treat us as juicy prey from attacking us. We've also been busy trying to find a way to help everyone weather this storm. Even if we don't have any credit, we've certainly contributed, right? Please be kind and stop keeping us guessing. Once this is over, we can go back to collecting supplies."
After hearing Zhang Rui's earnest words, the onlookers who had originally gathered to watch the fun began to feel embarrassed and began to whisper to the troublemakers.
"Yeah, everyone has their own time. Just talk about it if you have anything to say. Isn't it your own business that's being delayed by arguing?"
"It's fun to argue now, but when time really runs out, some of you will regret it."
"I don't think you did this on purpose. When the storm comes, if we're not prepared because of the time you wasted, how are you going to compensate us?"
"And what about compensation? It's a good thing you don't die by then..."
Seeing that the people around them suddenly turned their anger on them, the person who was already a little angry finally couldn't help it and pointed at the person who started the quarrel and shouted loudly.
"What does it have to do with me? This guy is collecting supplies on a massive scale, but he's never giving anything away. Why didn't you say anything? Now you're blaming me one after another. Wait until they team up and buy up all the supplies, and you won't be able to buy anything and you'll be crying your eyes out!"
"What?!"
Regardless of whether this person's words were right or wrong, the meaning of his words confused the onlookers who didn't understand the situation at first.
The storm is about to hit, and everyone is eager to collect more supplies at the market for emergency use. However, there are still people who only want to buy in and not sell out?
It’s true that my uncle can tolerate it but my aunt can’t!
"Stop, stop, stop!" Seeing that the crowd was about to start quarreling again, Zhang Rui hurriedly stopped the chaotic scene like the quarrel of ducks.
However, she understood what that person meant. Lu Baian and Zhang Rui couldn't help but look at each other, and their eyes turned to the other party in the quarrel.
"No, it's none of my business!" Seeing the looks from the crowd, the vendor couldn't help but speak first. "I'm just exchanging what I want. I sell to whoever wants it. I can't control how much they buy..."
Amid the blaming eyes of the people around him, the stall owner's voice became smaller and smaller. He had noticed before that this person wanted to clear out the stock, but with the storm approaching, who wouldn't want to collect more supplies? Now that there was this sucker who bought up all the goods as soon as they arrived, who wouldn't be happy to exchange them for more desired supplies?
"I am..."
"It's okay," Zhang Rui swiped a few times on the group chat on his phone. After gathering the opinions of others, he looked at the stall owner who hadn't resisted the temptation. "It's none of your business in the first place. Buying and selling are free. You can sell to whoever you want at the market."
Unexpectedly, the stall owner got such an answer from Zhang Rui, who managed all the shops in the market. He breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then looked at Zhang Rui with gratitude.
He also understood that his actions before the storm were not very ethical, but he really didn't expect that the market manager would be so magnanimous as to solve his problem and clear his name in front of the public. How could he not be grateful for her actions?
"Alas, why did you let it go..."
Before the onlookers could react to her actions, Zhang Rui's eyes turned to the buyer on the other side.
No matter what, the seller is just feeling guilty about the sale. If someone wants to buy it, he can buy it. Although it is only a moral issue, it is not a big problem. However, the person who maliciously purchased most of the items in the market needs to be investigated thoroughly.
Seeing Zhang Rui turning his attention to them, the two men who had originally thought of using the noise in the market as an opportunity to escape could not help but look at each other, and the same idea arose in their minds.
Trouble.
Zhang Rui didn't care about the dispute between the two. Since he was surrounded in the market and had no time to escape, he had to confess what he wanted.
Although the stall owner in the market was considered unforgivable in the eyes of the onlookers, under Zhang Rui's guidance, they let him go first and looked at the two people who seemed a little nervous on the side.
"We..." The two people who were stared at by everyone were frantically thinking about the countermeasures at the moment, but were suddenly interrupted by a voice when they were about to say something.
"We might not be able to get anything out of them, so why not take a look at these two?"
When Lu Baian heard the familiar voice, he turned around suddenly and saw Chang Ruijia holding a fully drawn kitchen knife, pointing it at the two people with a nervous look on her face as she walked closer to the center of their conversation.
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