Chapter 202: Shortage
"Everyone, come and take a look! The department store is shortchanging people. They actually did such a thing!"
The woman held up the thing and looked at everyone and spoke.
"What? No wonder the cakes I bought before were so expensive. It turns out this department store does this kind of thing."
A different voice immediately rang out among the crowd, and everyone began to talk about the department store.
Xu Miaomiao was surrounded by the crowd and didn't know how to start speaking for a moment.
“Dangdangdang—”
Gu Yuanniang took out a gong and drum and beat it towards everyone, and immediately everyone's attention was attracted to Gu Yuanniang.
"Everyone, we will definitely give you justice in this matter, so please be patient!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone started talking again, as if they didn't take Xu Miaomiao's words to heart.
"I really don't want to come to this kind of black-hearted store even once."
The man who had picked out the good things threw the pastries in his hand onto the shelf and left in a hurry.
Seeing this, everyone put down what they were holding and prepared to leave.
The woman who was holding the scale just now threw the things on the ground with disdain: "Give me back!"
"You broke the item, so you can't return it. Besides, these are all food, so there's no point in returning them!"
Song Weiwei explained to the woman in front of her, but the woman didn't seem to listen at all. She held Song Weiwei's abacus and refused to return it to her: "I didn't eat it, why don't you give me a refund? Give me a refund quickly!"
"That's against the rules."
Song Weiwei wanted to explain, but Xu Miaomiao suddenly said, "Weiwei, return the money to her."
"But……"
"Give it back to her." Xu Miaomiao said coldly.
The woman who got the money nodded in satisfaction. When she passed by Xu Miaomiao, she said secretly: "You should do business honestly in the future and stop doing these things."
Xu Miaomiao stared at her without paying any attention to her words.
When the woman walked out triumphantly, Xu Miaomiao looked at Xu Guo beside her and said, "Follow him."
"Yes, Sister Xu."
Xuguo nodded and immediately followed the woman.
"Miao Miao, do you suspect this is a frame-up?" Gu Yuanniang asked from the side.
Xu Miaomiao said nothing and picked up the magnet on the ground: "It's impossible that this thing grew on this scale for no reason."
Just after cleaning up the messy shop, Xuguo ran back panting.
"How is it? Did you see anyone?" Gu Yuanniang asked anxiously.
But Xuguo shook his head: "I followed the woman all the way back home, but didn't find anyone."
Xu Miaomiao frowned and lowered his head in thought: "Could it be that this thing was not put there by that woman?"
"With so many people coming to the store, could it be other people?" Song Weiwei asked tentatively.
Xu Miaomiao did not answer.
"It's possible." Gu Yuanniang stood up and spoke.
"Hey, Madam Xu, you are all here."
Xu Qingshan walked into the store carrying a lot of things. Seeing everyone with sullen faces, he was a little curious: "What's wrong? I brought you some delicious food, come and try it."
After the words were spoken, everyone remained unmoved.
Seeing this, Xu Qingshan touched his head awkwardly, pulled Gu Yuanniang over and began to ask what had happened.
Gu Yuanniang whispered a few words in his ear and explained the matter clearly.
"No wonder!"
Xu Qingshan clapped his hands as if he suddenly understood something.
"Mr. Xu, do you know anything?" Xu Miaomiao looked at him and asked.
"Our book club was held in a restaurant yesterday. When we passed by a house, I heard Lin Yan and the others discussing something like teaching her a lesson."
"Besides Lin Yan, who else?"
"And that..."
Xu Qingshan lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "The owner of the drunken crab restaurant had his door ajar at the time. I also saw him give Lin Yan some money."
"No wonder they came straight to us and said those things, it turns out they had been colluding for a long time!"
Song Weiwei slammed the table indignantly.
As soon as everyone heard Xu Qingshan finish talking about this, they saw a little spies coming up to the door. They recognized that this was the person who came with Lin Yan yesterday. Song Weiwei pointed a stick at him and said, "What are you doing here? Get out of here."
"Don't be anxious, madam." Seeing Song Weiwei's angry look, Xiao Si took a step back, looked at Xu Miaomiao and said, "My husband said that Madam Xu's business might not be good these days, so he asked me to ask you, have you made up your mind? Should we sell this shop or not?"
"No!" Gu Yuanniang took the stick from Song Weiwei and looked at the man in front of her angrily: "Get out! Dirty thing!"
"Yes, get out," Song Weiwei also said from the side.
Xu Miaomiao stopped the impulsive Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei, and said to Xiao Si in front of her: "Go back and tell your husband that he can use any tricks he has to make us admit defeat. It's impossible!"
Xiao Si glanced at Xu Miaomiao and turned away.
“That’s right!”
After Xiao Si left, Xu Qingshan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "Lin Yan's son is being taught in our academy, why don't we start with him?"
"My answer is not bad." Gu Yuanniang echoed from the side: "Qingshan is his teacher, so it will be more convenient for Qingshan to talk about this matter."
"No." Xu Miaomiao shook her head and rejected the idea immediately. She looked at him and said, "This is a matter between us adults. We must not involve the children."
Xu Qingshan and Gu Yuanniang were silent for a while.
Song Weiwei picked up a basket and handed it to Xu Miaomiao: "Let's go and deliver some food to the military camp first, otherwise it will be too late."
Xu Miaomiao took her things and went out.
As soon as I entered the door, Nangong Jin had been waiting for a long time.
Xu Miaomiao took out the things and put them on the table while chatting with Nangong Jin: "I have improved these things a little bit. I removed the things that may cause allergies, so they are safer to eat."
Nangong Jin stared at her profile in silence.
"Why are you looking at me?" After putting everything away, Xu Miaomiao looked at the man who was staring at her in a daze and asked.
Stunned Nangong Jin retracted his gaze and said to Xu Miaomiao, "I heard that your shop is not very peaceful recently. Do you need my help?"
She also wanted Nangong to help, but Nangong Jin was a military general and a child of a noble family. If he couldn't handle the matter well, the matter would become even more serious. Thinking of this, Xu Miaomiao shook her head.
"Don't worry, no matter what, you will still have food supplies in your barracks."
"That's not what I meant." Nangong Jin said subconsciously.
"I understand you want to help me." Xu Miaomiao looked at him and said.
(End of this chapter)
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