"That's easy. Just tell me what kind of license you want to apply for."
Su Li stood outside the door and heard their conversation clearly. She didn't know why Gu Huanian knew about her business license application, but she felt a little complicated.
She's almost five months pregnant now, and her belly is getting bigger. Today, she's wearing very large clothes.
If you're not paying close attention, you might just think she's gained weight.
Hearing footsteps inside, she instinctively hid.
She only came out and went in after Gu Huanian had gone quite a distance.
This time, it was noticeably different. The man who had previously been scornful of her was now all smiles and practically bowing to her.
"Comrade Su, you're here to apply for a business license, right? Please hand over your documents and I'll process them for you right now."
It only took ten minutes for this person to process her business license. She had spent several days running around before that, which was infuriating.
She had already decided on the name of the supermarket: Limin Supermarket, and she had someone hang up the signboard.
Most of the grains and fruits in the store are produced by her space.
Of course, she also stocked up on some ordinary items, but the prices in her space were slightly higher, whether it was vegetables, fruits, or grains.
Su Li brought in a batch of daily necessities on the second floor.
Two days in advance, Su Li distributed flyers in the vicinity, offering a 20% discount on all items sold in the store within the first three days.
On the day of the opening, Su Li was so busy she barely had time to breathe.
Everyone who entered the supermarket exclaimed in admiration, "This supermarket is really different from the supply and marketing cooperatives we used to go to! They actually let us choose our own things."
"Who says otherwise? That's really unusual, but look how many kinds of things this supermarket has."
"Oh my! Look at this apple, it looks so fresh and delicious."
The people around nodded in agreement; "Yes! Even the rice here is whiter and cleaner than elsewhere, and it even smells delicious."
"I heard that the shop was opened by a young woman. I wonder how she managed to be so capable?"
"I heard she got dumped at her wedding? That guy's probably kicking himself now!"
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Su Li's supermarket employs two staff members, one upstairs and one downstairs.
While Xiao Zhao was busy, he glanced back and inadvertently saw two men acting suspiciously, grabbing handfuls of candy from the supermarket and putting them in their pockets.
He quickly walked up to the two men and said, "Comrades, I just saw you grab two handfuls of candy and put them in your pockets. Please take them out and put them back now, otherwise our boss will find out and you'll have to pay ten times the amount. It's clearly written at the entrance of our shop."
There were a lot of people buying grains and eggs today, so Su Li was helping out downstairs.
She was busy when she heard a commotion upstairs. She rushed upstairs and saw Xiao Zhao being pushed to the ground by two men.
Su Li quickly stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"
Xiao Zhao got up from the ground and said to Su Li, "Just now I saw these two comrades each grab a handful of candy and put it in their pockets. I told them to take it out and I would let it go, but they insisted that they bought it at the supply and marketing cooperative and refused to return it."
Su Li looked at the two men, who had shifty eyes and were not afraid at all when she looked over.
His face also revealed a lewd look, which made Su Li feel disgusted.
"It's clearly written at the entrance of our store: 'Steal one, pay ten times the price.' Take the candy out of your pockets now and give it to us ten times the amount. If you don't want to, we'll call the police right now."
One of the men stepped forward to shove Su Li, but she dodged him. Enraged, the man said, "You bitch, we've already told you that we bought this candy from the supply and marketing cooperative. Can't you understand human language? If you block my way again, believe me, I'll smash up your supermarket."
Su Li looked at the two men with cold eyes, but she had to handle this matter properly and couldn't let them leave without knowing why.
Otherwise, anyone could come and steal from her supermarket, and she couldn't afford to have any conflicts with them, since she was pregnant.
It's not like before when you could hit someone whenever you wanted.
"Since you say it wasn't you, but our staff saw you take it, then we have no choice but to call the police to determine who is lying."
Upon hearing this, the two men immediately became agitated.
They might be able to deal with a man or a woman, but they wouldn't dare face the police.
"You bitch, you can't just say whatever you want. You're treating us like thieves. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet. If you want to call the police, that's your business. I have things to do, I'm going home now. Get out of my way."
As he spoke, the man rushed up to Su Li and almost pushed her over.
Su Li didn't expect the man to push her directly, and she fell backward, about to fall to the ground.
She clutched her stomach in fear and closed her eyes.
She thought she was going to fall to the ground, but to her surprise, a pair of strong hands from behind firmly locked her waist.
Su Li opened her eyes and saw Gu Huanian. She quickly stood up from him.
Gu Huanian looked her up and down and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
Seeing that she was alright, he finally felt relieved. Looking at the two men in front of him, he said to Zhang Da behind him, "Take them to the police station."
When the two men saw that the two men were wearing military uniforms, they knew that they had offended people they shouldn't have.
He immediately pulled the candy out of his pocket; "Officers, please spare me! I have elderly parents to support, I can't go to the police station!"
Another person chimed in, "We promise we'll never do it again, please forgive us this time!"
Gu Huanian looked at the two of them and said coldly, "What you're asking for isn't me."
The two then realized what had happened and pleaded with Su Li, "Boss lady, please, we've already put our things down. Please, don't hold it against us!"
Su Li looked at the two of them and said, "There are posters outside my gate and inside this supermarket, showing the 'tenfold penalty for theft' policy. Just pay according to these."
Then Su Li said to Xiao Zhao, "Check how much candy they took in total, weigh it and see how much it costs, then report it to me at ten times the price."
Xiao Zhao weighed the candy for the two of them and said to Su Li, "The comrade on the left took a total of one yuan and fifty cents worth of candy. According to the calculation of ten times, he has to compensate us fifteen yuan."
After saying that, he pointed to another man and said, "This comrade took a dollar's worth of candy, so he should compensate us ten dollars if it's ten times that amount."
The two men, indignant, retorted, "Why don't you just rob us? It's just a few candies! We've already given them back, what more do you want?"
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