Chapter 30
I support everyone reporting to the police
The voice came too abruptly, as if he had been watching for a long time and knew what was happening here, and spoke as soon as he heard Xiao Yue's words.
Xiao Yue turned around and saw two men and one woman standing at the gate of the courtyard, and now they were walking in.
"I'm Zhang Mo, the owner of Jixiang Restaurant." One of the men introduced himself. It was the same voice as before. He immediately added, "I heard some noise from this side. When I came here, I heard Madam Xiao saying what should be done if the food in the restaurant is not clean?"
Xiao Yue could hear the hidden gunpowder in this person's words, his eyes moved, and he smiled and said, "I support everyone, report it to the police."
Her voice was not hollow at all, and she said it in front of everyone in the courtyard.
There were exclamations all around at once, and even the most skeptical customers put aside their doubts at this moment, because these words were so meaningful.
Cuisine is popular in Dachen Country, and there are dedicated people to manage the ingredients and cleanliness of various stores.
Although most customers would rarely choose to report such a thing to the police, once they do, it would take at least three days for the store to be thoroughly investigated.
Zhang Mo didn't expect to hear such a sentence. His face froze for a few seconds, and then he softened his tone: "It seems that Madam Xiao is very confident, but if the ingredients are so good, why only sell it for fifty copper coins?"
Nowadays, the whole West Street knows about this shop. Not only are the prices ridiculously low, but you can also eat as much meat and vegetables as you want.
But no one seems to have ever questioned why it is sold so cheaply?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yue was even more confused than Zhang Mo after hearing this: "Because I like it, because I have to eat so well for only fifty copper coins, and because good ingredients are the most basic thing for a restaurant, isn't it?"
Not only was Zhang Mo stunned, but the customers around him also widened their eyes as if they had heard something incredible.
Only Fu Xunzhou looked at her with a slight movement in his eyes.
"Or..." Xiao Yue stared at Zhang Mo and asked curiously, "Manager Zhang, don't you think so?"
She had a smile on her face, but her eyes were full of coldness.
I thought there was only one small minion here today, but I didn't expect the guy next door to come in person.
How funny.
First, a person came to the store to cause trouble at the expense of his physical illness, and now he looks so heroic and confident that if you don't know, you might think he is enforcing the law.
Do you really think Xiao Yue is a soft persimmon that can be bullied at will?
But she was indeed curious about what this person was trying to do. He couldn't just come and blame the food for something that was not even mentioned.
Zhang Mo came back to his senses, and the disguise on his face almost couldn't be maintained: "Ms. Xiao, you are really a joker. The best ingredients are naturally the basis of a store. But I didn't come here to talk about this today. I just want to ask, will Yueting Buffet prepare breakfast tomorrow?"
tomorrow?
Making breakfast?
This sentence revealed a lot of information. Xiao Yue did not expose it, but asked: "Yueting Buffet does have to make breakfast, but what does this have to do with Shopkeeper Zhang?"
This time, before Zhang Mo could say anything, the woman who followed him stood up.
"This is not only related to the Jixiang Restaurant, but also to me. The little girl is really short-sighted!"
Xiao Yue frowned slightly, and saw that it was not just her. Another middle-aged man also came forward and snorted coldly, with a look of contempt.
"Because Yueting is open for self-service, several of us have changed our business methods accordingly. If you want to open breakfast, shouldn't you ask for our opinions first?"
who?
Xiao Yue almost laughed out loud, and completely understood what they were here for.
So you were in a hurry?
So Xiao Yue said in an innocent yet sarcastic tone: "Why should I ask you, who are you...?"
This rhetorical question made Sister Zhu and Old Li choke.
Seeing this, Zhang Mo gritted his teeth and tore off his disguise: "Madam Xiao, there is no need to ask even though you already know the answer. Everyone on this street knows exactly how Yueting Buffet is doing recently and how the other stores are doing! Let's be frank. If you want to make breakfast, you can't make lunch in the future!"
"That's right!" Old Li immediately responded and agreed: "This is for the sake of West Street. Giving other shops a way to survive will help them survive in the long run!"
Sister Zhu even acted like she was preaching: "I have elderly parents and young children to support, little girl, you can't take care of yourself, the elders on the same street don't care, anyway, you have to choose between breakfast and lunch!"
As soon as these words were spoken, before Xiao Yue could react, the customers around him looked at each other with puzzled expressions.
Fu Xunzhou frowned slightly, and his brown eyes deepened a little.
"You guys..." Fang Sanhong couldn't help it and rushed forward with a cold face.
"Sister Sanhong." Xiao Yue held her back and said indifferently, "Go get me a doctor first."
In an unnoticed corner, the red marks on Liu Qiao's arms had already spread to his neck. At this moment, he was slumped on the stone table, breathing so hard that his vision went black.
"...Okay, be careful." Fang Sanhong frowned, suppressed his disgust, turned around and left.
Don’t die in a store, it’s unlucky.
After explaining, Xiao Yue looked at Zhang Mo and the others, and said calmly with his arms folded, "Choose one of the two, why?"
Without waiting for them to speak, Xiao Yue continued, "Why should I consider other shops? Who has parents and children to take care of? Why don't you just tell me directly, do you think that if I serve breakfast and lunch at the same time, I will steal your business?"
Sister Zhu and Old Li's expressions suddenly became a little unnatural, and even Zhang Mo was a little stunned.
Xiao Yue didn't care and glanced coldly at the three people in front of him.
"But why is your business not doing well? Do you need me to point it out? Since people who are honest don't speak in jargon, I'll just put it in a harsh way. Isn't it just that your craftsmanship is not as good as others, you are reluctant to pay the price, and you are jealous of others making money. In the end, you want to use personal connections and public opinion to pressure me?"
This is too straightforward!
Zhang Mo and the others were speechless for a moment. They never expected that she could be so eloquent in front of three people. All the speeches they had planned were turned upside down.
In front of so many people!
Zhang Mo noticed the subtle gazes of the crowd, clenched his fists and said coldly: "Madam Xiao, don't you think this is inappropriate? Not only will it disrupt the normal operation of other shops, but over time everyone will compare the prices with Yueting. However, the food of Dachen Country has always been expensive, and everyone is used to it..."
"Used to it?" Xiao Yue interrupted him coldly: "Then why are there so many people in my affordable store now? What are you used to? Are you used to the high prices being the right thing to do? Or are you used to you making money against your conscience?"
Zhang Mo was speechless again.
These words suddenly exploded into the ears of the surrounding customers, and they couldn't help but be stunned.
Because everyone knows that the prices of food in Liuyun City, or the entire Dachen Kingdom, are distorted nowadays.
But the rich don’t care, and most ordinary people can’t shake it at all, until Yueting Zizhui appears.
Not only does it slap the faces of all the expensive stores, it also seems to tell everyone that this is how normal prices should be, and that you can eat and drink your fill with this little money.
This is correct!
Where does this habit come from?
Everyone was in a daze, and no one knew who would speak first.
"Ms. Xiao, you're right. I support you!"
Once someone started talking, the rest of the people seemed to be set off one after another. Although there were not many people, it seemed as if there was a huge crowd of people.
"I support Madam Xiao too! We paid for it, why should we eat expensive and unpalatable food?"
"I've had enough. Why should a boiled egg cost eighty coppers?"
"Liuyun City was not like this ten years ago. Madam Xiao, if you can get the prices back to normal, I will eat at Yueting Buffet for the rest of my life!"
"I say, you guys, why are you picking on Madam Xiao to bully?" Li Xiong stood up and twisted his strong wrist: "I just want to eat Yue Ting's breakfast, what's wrong?!"
Zhang Mo, Sister Zhu and Lao Li never expected such a scene to occur. Looking at the suddenly angry crowd, they couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"I, we didn't mean that..." Sister Zhu tried to defend herself with a forced smile, but was drowned out by the accusations.
The anger of the people is not so easy to quell.
Xiao Yue watched coldly, feeling that they were asking for trouble, and couldn't understand how they dared to say such things so openly.
Could it be that these people thought that today's moral kidnapping would not only gain the approval of customers, but also make Xiao Yue feel guilty, so that he would consciously seek harmony and give in for them?
ridiculous.
Even without system tasks today, Xiao Yue has seen that the shops and merchants of this era are simply the opposite of Tiangang.
There is nothing wrong with delicious food itself. In a high-level sense, it soothes the heart, and in a more general sense, it fills the stomach.
Why is it sold at such a sky-high price?
Xiao Yue just wanted the price to become more normal...or maybe it wasn't just her, but the people in front of her also felt the same way.
So what's wrong with what people want?
Xiao Yue looked at the group of customers in front of him who were speaking up for Yue Ting and himself, and his anger dissipated a lot. He took a few steps forward.
"Everyone."
As soon as she spoke, the surroundings quickly became quiet.
Xiao Yue walked up to Zhang Mo and the other two who looked a little embarrassed. Seeing their resentful expressions, he understood that these people had no idea that they were dancing in a public place that was out of place for the public.
If she backs down today and lets these cancerous people continue to disgust people in the future, Yueting Self-service will simply go bankrupt.
Xiao Yue sneered, "Manager Zhang, and these two 'old seniors' from the same street, since you think I've disrupted the normal business of West Street, why don't we report it to the authorities and let them make the judgment?"
"It just so happens that Shopkeeper Zhang also seems to have always been unconvinced that the ingredients in my store are clean. I'll give you this opportunity to report it, how do you think?"
Zhang Mo was just breathing a sigh of relief, but when he heard this, the breath got stuck in his throat.
He never thought that he would be caught in such a dilemma. His original plan before coming here was to expose the unclean ingredients of Yueting Buffet and make her subsequent business operations go wrong so that she would go down soon.
But this woman is not only eloquent, she also uses sweet words to gain sympathy from others!
Everyone is a potential customer. If Zhang Mo refutes something today, Jixiang Restaurant will be closing soon.
As for reporting to the police, Zhang Mo had no intention of doing so at all. In fact, when he first heard Xiao Yue bring it up so confidently, he decisively gave up on this idea.
It’s not that he doesn’t suspect the ingredients, but that he himself is not clean either.
Just in case, just in case...
Zhang Mo swallowed his saliva and managed to calm down: "There's no need to report to the police. I naturally believe that the ingredients in Madam Xiao's store are clean. As for what we meant, I'm afraid you all misunderstood us. We meant..."
"Don't waste your time here. You're even more talkative than my husband. Aren't you just jealous of Madam Xiao for having so many customers?" Zhao Liang interrupted him in annoyance and turned to look at Xiao Yue: "Madam Xiao, just keep an eye on this man! I'll find an official to work for you. I don't believe that these people would have any complaints about your normal business."
In the state of Dachen, people could report their grievances to the court by beating drums, or they could have officials come to the scene to judge disputes.
In today's situation, the latter process will naturally be followed.
As soon as these words were spoken, people around immediately responded.
"I'm going too!"
"Count me in! I want to see who thinks there's something wrong with Yue Ting's self-help!"
"And me!"
Hearing this, Zhang Mo's face turned red and white, and Sister Zhu and Lao Li had moved to the door without him knowing when.
Seeing this, Xiao Yue said in time: "Manager Zhang, you have no objection to the food issue, but now it seems that not only me, but everyone also wants to know whether Yueting's self-service business model has affected West Street. Why don't we let someone make the decision? Otherwise, I'm afraid I will have to ask you again for what I want to do in the future?"
Xiao Yue's words were full of sarcasm, and he used the same method to hold them back.
The difference is, she became.
Therefore, seeing Zhang Mo standing there stiffly, Xiao Yue raised the corner of his mouth and said to Zhao Liang: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhao, but I am the person involved, so I'd better go. I believe that Shopkeeper Zhang and the others will not think that this is a waste of time."
Another blow.
Zhao Liang had no choice but to nod, as if his anger had been calmed by her words. Just as he was about to say something, a male voice came from beside him.
"No need to bother."
Fu Xunzhou walked to Xiao Yue's side and took out a bamboo tube-shaped object from his sleeve. It was about two fingers thick and six inches long, with a drawstring at the end.
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