Xiao Deshun ran out and, seeing that no customers had come in to eat, guessed that something must have happened outside. Just as he reached the door, he saw a burly man arguing with his sister, with no one else around.
"Give me my money back!" The burly man threw the pancake on the ground. "This is the worst pancake I've ever had. Give me my money back right now. I'm already being lenient by not making you pay me back."
Xiao Ruxue was like a hen with its feathers ruffled: "A refund is impossible. You've already eaten the pancake, why should I give you a refund?"
“Why should I buy your bitter pancake?” The middle-aged man’s voice was loud and clear.
Xiao Ruxue argued illogically: "You've already taken a bite out of it and thrown it on the ground, so I have no way to sell it."
Qiao Xiaoni's hand slipped, and the coins she had just collected almost fell to the ground. She wondered to herself, "Did Momo put drugs in the basin last night too?"
The plan will be implemented in two steps.
The first step is to prevent them from making a sale on their first day.
The next step is to expose their theft of the secret formula. Even if they change careers afterward, their reputation in this area will be completely ruined.
If you don't have a good reputation in business, even if your food is delicious, people will still remember what you did in the past.
Xiao Deshun came up to dissuade him and took out two cents from his pocket to return to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man turned around and joined the queue for fried dough sticks again, no longer arguing with them.
Then more customers arrived one after another. As soon as someone went to queue up, someone told them that the pancakes were not good.
The neighbors trusted each other, and knowing that the pancakes weren't good, they went to queue up to buy fried dough sticks instead.
Xiao Ruxue looked at the fried dough cakes, not a single one of which had been sold, and sat there in frustration.
Xiao Deshun hadn't expected it to turn out this way. He took out the freshly fried dough from the basin, took a bite, and tasted it. It was so bitter. He looked at his sister, who was still sulking.
"Sister, this pancake is really bitter, you should try it."
Upon hearing her brother's words, Xiao Ruxue quickly took a bite, only to find it bitter and unpalatable. The surface smelled of oil; how could this be the fried dough she had made?
"How could it taste so bad?"
Xiao Deshun went back inside and took a sip of soy milk, which helped to reduce the bitter taste in his mouth.
Xiao Ruxue saw that the business next door was still booming. In the blink of an eye, it was already eight o'clock, and the morning's business was completely over.
Looking at the risen dough in the basin, I realized I shouldn't have added so much saccharin. I thought it would taste sweet, but it turned out bitter.
This huge bowl of flour was wasted; I could only carry it back inside.
Tao Chunfang's smile never faded after she heard the customer say that the pancakes next door weren't good.
After selling out of breakfast in the morning, everyone could sit down and catch their breath.
Qiao Xiaoshan was sitting on one stool, with his feet propped up on another stool.
"The neighbor is in trouble; they didn't make a good impression on their very first day of business."
Tao Chunfang, cracking sunflower seeds, said, "I thought that family were honest people, but I was wrong. They even ate at our house yesterday."
They didn't even tell us they were opening tomorrow; turns out they were planning to steal our business.
Su Chenhao brought over a pot of tea and sat down.
"Don't let your guard down, everyone. This family is cunning. Especially Xiaoshan, make sure to keep a close eye on things at home tonight. They can't win openly, so they might try to trip us up in secret."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a dog barked.
Momo led in a large dog that looked similar to a husky, as if it had brought along a follower.
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