"Shopkeeper Chen, you're really wronging me!" Li Laosan said with a look of grievance. "How dare I fool you with inferior goods? This is really an accident. If you don't believe me, I'll replace it with a basket of good ones."
"Exchange? Let me see who you want to sell these rotten vegetables to!" Zhou Si snorted coldly, "Li Laosan, I'm telling you, you must give me an explanation for what happened today. Otherwise, don't even think about selling these vegetables to my 'Happiness' restaurant anymore!"
When Li Laosan heard this, he immediately became anxious: "Shopkeeper Zhou, please don't do that! I have elderly parents and young children to support, and my whole family depends on my vegetable stall for their livelihood! If you don't accept my vegetables, what will I do?"
"What should I do? Leave it alone!" Zhou Si said bluntly, "Business is all about integrity. If you don't even have the most basic integrity, how can you expect others to trust you?"
Seeing Zhou Si's resolute attitude, Li Laosan knew he couldn't hide the matter anymore, so he confessed honestly: "Shopkeeper Zhou, Shopkeeper Chen, I...I have no choice! Shopkeeper Wang from 'Zuixianlou' is pressuring me to supply substandard dishes to your 'Happiness' restaurant, and I...I dare not disobey!"
"Manager Wang?" Chen Xiaoru and Zhou Si exchanged glances, each seeing surprise and anger in the other's eyes. "It's him!" Zhou Si gritted his teeth.
"What else did he say?" Chen Xiaoru asked.
"He...he also said that as long as I do as he says, he will give me benefits, and he also promised that he would take care of all my dishes in the future at Zuixianlou." Li Laosan lowered his head, not daring to look Chen Xiaoru and Zhou Si in the eyes.
"What a shameless shopkeeper Wang is! He actually resorted to such despicable means behind the scenes!" Chen Xiaoru was so angry that her chest heaved.
"Xiaoru, don't be angry first. We need to discuss this matter carefully." Zhou Si patted Chen Xiaoru's shoulder and signaled her to calm down.
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