Chapter 98
As soon as Sister Luo saw Xiao Yue's expression, she knew what she was thinking and spoke with the tone of someone who had experienced it. …
As soon as Sister Luo saw Xiao Yue's expression, she knew what she was thinking and spoke with the tone of someone who had experienced it.
"It's good that this happened on the seventh day of Zhihuai Festival this year! In previous years, people would try to fish in troubled waters on the first day, and they were all very thieves! Now, there are already many patrols from the government this year, which makes people feel uneasy, and several more just showed up!"
Xiao Yue didn't really listen to the second half, because the first half was enough to make her stunned: "This kind of situation happened more often in previous years?"
"Of course not!"
When Ms. Luo* heard her question, her desire to gossip immediately surged, and she talked to Xiao Yue about things in previous years.
As they were talking, the cart was moving slowly forward.
Xiao Yue was in a daze when she heard this, but she still reminded Sister Luo to push the bike so that she could catch up with the large group in front.
Until there was only one cart left at the entrance, which was the one in front of the two people, and was pushed by a young man.
Xiao Yue felt that he had heard enough and was about to interrupt politely -
"What's this?!"
The official in front pointed at the bottom of the young man's cart with a serious expression and a stern voice.
Sister Luo stopped talking abruptly and looked over with Xiao Yue.
The two men saw another official bending down and pulling out a money bag from the bottom of the cart pushed by the panicked young man.
When the purse was opened and poured out, it was actually half a bag of money!
Xiao Yue heard people gasping for air all around him. The young man in front of him suddenly turned pale and stammered as he tried to explain.
But the evidence was conclusive, so another official took him away directly, and the cart was pushed aside forcefully to prevent it from blocking the road.
However, as soon as one inspector left, someone else would quickly take his place the next second.
In order to avoid disturbing the people's enjoyment during the Zhihuai Festival this year, government officials wore ordinary clothes instead of armor, but their swift and decisive actions were still shocking.
The young man was taken away, and the next one was Sister Luo's turn.
Sister Luo, who had been chattering all the way, was as quiet as a chicken. She pushed the dog over for inspection after her hand trembled for a moment. When she went in at noon, she did not forget to take a look back.
Xiao Yue nodded to her and quickly followed.
Coincidentally, the person on duty looked familiar with her and let her in after a casual inspection.
When Xiao Yue pushed the cart to position 22, Sister Luo had just set up her stall and immediately came over to talk to her.
"Oh my god, this is so scary! I just said that I heard so much from the neighbors, and this is the first time I saw it with my own eyes. How dare he have the courage?"
Xiao Yue: "...Well, he brought quite a bit of money. If you take that into account, I'm afraid he'll surpass quite a few people."
She was not scared, but felt that these people's behavior was really speechless.
Are officials blind?
"Hey, I suddenly feel that it's good that so many people are keeping an eye on other people and not doing anything tricky!" Sister Luo patted her chest to calm down, chatted with her for a few more words and then went back.
"What's wrong?" Luo Zhi came over and asked with a confused look on his face.
This just happened, and it’s far away from here, so we don’t know about it yet.
Xiao Yue briefly explained this to Luo Zhi, then looked at the obviously increasing number of government officials around him and said, "It is indeed twice as many as yesterday."
"That person is really..." Luo Zhi frowned, expressing his disdain for such things, and then joked: "My business is so ordinary that I don't have any bad ideas."
The prices in Linxiping have been falling these days, except for Luozhi's "Zhi Xin Zhi Yi Cake Shop", which has not changed in price, basically around three hundred and fifty per piece.
After Xiao Yue revealed their identities to him and became more familiar with him, she persuaded him to lower the price.
Ke Luozhi was also in a dilemma, saying that he had purchased all the ingredients at high prices, and if the price was lower he would not be able to make back his investment, and it would be difficult for him to maintain baking cakes every day.
He also said that he was not aiming for ranking, he just wanted to take this opportunity to make some money.
So Xiao Yue stopped trying to persuade him, after all, not everyone has a "golden finger."
If it were someone else, not only would the food be expensive and unpalatable, but the ingredients would also be average and they wouldn't listen to advice... Xiao Yue would be completely speechless.
But Luozhi is different, the ingredients are top-notch, the taste is really good, the cooking method is different from that in ancient times, so it’s okay if it’s a little more expensive.
Xiao Yue then went to work on the stall, and Luo Zhi helped her carry the table and put it away.
After about half a quarter of an hour, customers began to pour into Linxiping.
There are not as many people today as in the past few days. They come in groups, and Xiao Yue is more adept at cooking.
Occasionally when she chatted with customers, she would learn a lot about Linxiping.
For example, the food stalls in Liuyun City and Qingyun City were originally separated from each other. In recent days, the business in Liuyun City has been good, causing people there to doubt themselves.
Especially the "Yueting Snacks", which have long been famous in Linxiping.
Not only do local people from Liuyun City like to come here to buy, but customers from Qingyun City also come here to patronize.
This gives people on both sides the impression that one side is proud that our food is good, while the other side is depressed that the taste of our food is so average.
However, the Zhihuai Festival is held for the sake of excitement, and while the two sides are secretly competing, they are also very friendly and enthusiastic.
In the area of South Street alone, many entertainment activities were held jointly by the two governments.
Xiao Yue also learned another thing from the customers.
——The people of Qingyun City only know about the Huai Festival. This year's cooperation was funded by the government of Liuyun City, but it will also benefit Qingyun City.
But, using money to attack?
For a moment Xiao Yue doubted whether what she heard was human words, but looking at the customer in front of her with a confident tone, she believed it.
After handing him a portion of snail noodles and flower cakes, Xiao Yue looked at the temporarily empty stall and took a short break.
She took two glasses of passion fruit drink and carried them to the right.
One cup was given to Luo Zhi who was nearby, and one cup was sent to Sister Luo who was a little further to the right.
There was no one at Luo Zhi's stall. After he took it, he watched Xiao Yue leave, following her with his eyes for a few seconds.
"Bah, pretending!"
Unexpectedly, a man as thin as a monkey passed by him, looked at Luo Zhi and then at Xiao Yue, with a resentful expression on his face.
I don’t know who he was scolding, or if it was both.
Luo Zhi frowned, knowing that this person was the owner of the flower porridge stall on the left side of Yueting Snacks. He often came to chat with the owner who sold locust flower honey on his right side.
Because business was average, the two of them spent most of their time complaining about the customers, the other stalls, and even the government... they simply had similar tastes.
At this moment, the skinny man rolled his eyes at Luo Zhi, walked to the acacia honey stall, and said as he walked: "Why don't you deliver it to us?"
"What's the gift?" The owner of Sophora japonica Honey said sarcastically, "Do you want that crappy thing? Are you thinking of giving away two cups because you can't sell them all today?"
The skinny guy laughed out loud.
Luo Zhi took a deep breath and said expressionlessly, "Two idiots."
"Hey?" The skinny man turned around and said maliciously, "The pretty boy is still speaking for her. Are you two having an affair? Otherwise, why is your business so good these days? Do people like you?"
"you!"
Luo Zhi's face turned red and white. When he saw Xiao Yue coming back from afar, he simply kept silent.
He saw it, and of course the owner of Sophora japonica Honey saw it too, and he immediately whispered a reminder to the skinny man.
When Xiao Yue came back, she saw that Luo Zhi's face looked strange, and there were two people with guilty expressions beside him. She was about to ask a question when she heard someone shouting.
"Madam Xiao!"
It turned out that a group of customers had come and were calling her from afar.
Xiao Yue responded, thought about asking again later, and went back to the stall to get busy.
"See if people care about you?"
The skinny man finally whispered something to Luo Zhi, and then went to chat with the owner of the Sophora japonica honey shop.
Hearing the usual complaints ringing in his ears, Luo Zhi lowered his eyes without saying a word.
*
Xiao Yue felt relaxed today and felt that this state was the best.
There were a lot of people, but it wasn't too busy with no breaks, even though it was another day when we had to go back early.
It would be best if it could continue like this until the end of the Huaihuai Festival. Speaking of which, half of the time for setting up stalls has already passed...
Xiao Yue felt emotional when he thought about it. When he was taking the last bite of rice, he heard a noise beside his ears.
"Why is this person like this?"
"What's going on..."
"Aren't these positions divided by the government?"
"Move your stuff away."
Xiao Yue was stunned, recognizing that the last sentence was from Luo Zhi's voice, which was almost drowned out by the sudden chaos of voices.
The table and stool were low when she sat down, so she couldn't see anything and stood up immediately.
With a wide view, Xiao Yue saw that the cake shop on the right was different from before. It was surrounded by people, or rather, the locust flower honey stall a little further to the right was also surrounded by people.
"Please make way." Xiao Yue finally squeezed in and saw this scene.
Luo Zhi's cake stall was somehow pushed askew, and all the delicate and small boxed cakes on it were ruined.
He was so angry that his chest heaved, and he stared at the culprit, who was the owner of the shop selling locust flower honey next door.
Xiao Yue moved his gaze and found that the owner of the Sophora japonica honey shop had his arms folded with a look of disdain on his face.
"...My stall selling acacia honey is so small. So many customers suddenly came just now. Shouldn't I move the carts to make it easier for everyone to use it and make it less crowded?"
Xiao Yue looked at his cart and found that it was obviously not where it was supposed to be.
The size of each person's stall on Linxiping is divided by a colorful rope fixed on the ground, which stipulates that each stall cannot cross the boundary.
But at this moment, the cart of locust flower honey was not just "moved" but was directly pushed over by someone with great force.
Not only did it cross half the border, it also bumped into Luo Zhi's stall.
Xiao Yue looked up at the locust flower honey stall again. The "so many customers" that the boss mentioned were actually only three, which would not cause congestion at all.
So...it was intentional?
At this moment, the owner of Sophora japonica Honey didn't give Luo Zhi a chance to speak. Seeing that he wanted to speak, he blocked him and said, "Why are you so petty? I didn't mean it. I've already apologized. What else do you want?"
What a good way of putting the blame on someone else.
Xiao Yue's eyes turned cold and he walked over.
The owner of the Sophora japonica honey shop was totally clueless and said arrogantly: "Anyway, that's what happened today. I've already apologized. I think you're a cowardly guy, so what can you do to me..."
"Bang--!"
A figure walked over and stopped, and before anyone could react, he kicked the locust flower honey cart.
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