Chapter 201: Deserting from the battlefield
"Now that the Chamber of Commerce has made these harsh remarks to us, they will definitely make the next move."
Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei sat on chairs looking at Xu Miaomiao and listening to her analysis.
"So we must be careful in what we do in the future and not let them find any flaws." Xu Miaomiao took out a piece of paper and began to write down the things that should be paid attention to in the near future.
They have no way to manage the people in the Chamber of Commerce, so they can only restrain their own behavior.
"Alas." Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao and sighed, muttering, "The people from the Important Affairs Chamber of Commerce want to target us. No matter how powerful we are, we can't continue."
"Yes." Song Weiwei continued with Gu Yuanniang's words, "If this is really the case, we can't stay out of it either."
Putting down the pen and paper in his hand, Xu Miaomiao looked at the two of them and said, "Is that it? Let's go back to our hometown in Bai County and live on that one acre and three mu of land for the rest of our lives?"
At this point, Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei paused.
Song Weiwei held the handkerchief in her hand and muttered softly: "Brother is in high school now, right? Even if we do nothing, we can't live well."
"What about Liu Niang, do you think so too?"
Xu Miaomiao looked at Gu Yuanniang again and said, somewhat unwillingly.
Gu Yuanniang wanted to refute, but the words stayed in her mouth for a long time and finally she didn't say it.
"I know what you mean."
Putting down the paper and pen in her hand, Xu Miaomiao walked straight past them.
She always thought that there was nothing that could not be accomplished with hard work, but now she found that there was.
No matter what she does, she can't change the prejudice in people's minds. It's like a mountain that can't be moved.
She thought that as long as the three of them remained united and did not give up, there would be a different outcome. But now it turns out that she is the only one who insisted on this idea.
Because of what happened today, they returned home early.
Song Wu Shao had been waiting at the door and was a little puzzled when he saw Xu Miaomiao coming out alone.
"What's wrong?" Song Wu Shao looked at Xu Miaomiao and asked.
Xu Miaomiao, who had been staying in her own world, glanced over these words and got into the carriage.
Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei got into the car behind them.
There was quiet anger and dull embarrassment. Finally, when the carriage arrived at the mansion, everyone was rescued from this atmosphere.
After returning to the mansion, Xu Miaomiao hurriedly said, "I don't want to eat anymore," and went back to her room.
"Mother, are you unhappy?"
Erbao looked at the dazed Xu Miaomiao, took his candied haws and walked over curiously to ask.
"You little girl, why do you start eating candy again? Don't you want your teeth anymore?" Xu Miaomiao looked at Erbao and nodded her head.
Erbao stuck out his tongue and looked at Xu Miaomiao with a smile.
(Mother, why are you unhappy?)
Xiaobao on the side was also using sign language to look at Xu Miaomiao.
Of course, the adult matters could not be told to the two children. Xu Miaomiao looked at the two children and said, "It's okay. I'm just a little tired today."
"No matter how tired you are, you can't not eat." Erbao looked at Xu Miaomiao and said.
While pulling Xu Miaomiao's hand and walking out: "Come on, mother, come with us to eat."
Xu Miaomiao let Erbao pull her to the dining table. At this time, Song Weiwei and Gu Yuanniang were eating in silence.
"Eat quickly, mother."
Erbao urged Xu Miaomiao to pick up the chopsticks.
Seeing this, Gu Yuanniang picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in Xu Miaomiao's bowl: "Yes, Miaomiao, no matter what, you can't not eat. Eat some food quickly."
"good."
Xu Miaomiao picked up the chopsticks and took a few bites. She didn't blame Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei for deserting the battlefield, but she just didn't want all her hard work to go to waste.
"I thought about it carefully." Xu Miaomiao took a sip of porridge and said, "I still can't give up. If you really don't want to do it, I can't force you, but I will keep doing it myself."
There was a firmness in his tone and Xu Miaomiao's serious expression could not be ignored.
Seeing her like this, Song Weiwei also remained silent: "I was a little impulsive yesterday. I'm sorry, sister-in-law."
"There's nothing to be sorry about." Xu Miaomiao responded: "If you don't want to do it, I won't force you."
"That's not what I meant."
Song Weiwei wanted to explain, but when she saw Gu Yuanniang's eyes, she didn't say the words of explanation.
"Miao Miao, Wei Wei means that since we opened this store together, we should stick with it together. It's wrong for us to escape at the critical moment, but don't worry, we will never have such an idea again."
Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao, put her fingers on her hand and spoke.
Hearing what Gu Yuanniang said, Xu Miaomiao looked at them in disbelief: "Really?"
"Of course." Song Weiwei swallowed everything in her mouth before speaking, "We have finally accomplished this earth-shattering feat. How can we give up just because of a few threats from others?"
Seeing this, Xu Miaomiao looked at them and her eyes suddenly turned red.
The three people's hands unconsciously held together.
With yesterday's encouragement, everyone arrived at the department store early the next day to prepare for the new day.
Although people from the Chamber of Commerce came to provoke trouble yesterday, the people around here didn't know about it.
Because of the cooperation with the imperial court, many people came.
Xu Miaomiao went to Gu Yuanniang to see what the guests needed, and then to Song Weiwei to see where the bills were settled.
"etc!"
The noisy crowd was suddenly interrupted by a female voice.
The woman took a lot of cakes and put them on the shelf to weigh them. Looking at the rotating shelf, the woman exclaimed in surprise.
Xu Miaomiao immediately went forward to check.
"I only bought a few pieces of cakes, how come it costs so much money!" the woman said, attracting a lot of people.
Xu Miaomiao looked at the scale and then at the woman's cakes and said, "Madam, there may be something wrong with our things. Don't worry, we will definitely give you a fair price."
"Who are you?"
The woman looked at Xu Miaomiao with some suspicion in her eyes, as if what Xu Miaomiao said did not count in her eyes.
"I'm the owner of this department store." Xu Miaomiao explained as she tried to take the scale from the woman's hand, but the woman dodged it nimbly.
"Maybe there's something wrong with this scale. If you secretly replaced it with a better one, who would I go to for justice?" The woman said as she held the scale in her arms.
He took out the pastries inside and turned the scale over, and a small black stone was sucked on the back.
Maybe some people don’t recognize it, but Xu Miaomiao recognized it as a magnet at a glance.
The woman lifted up the scale and started shouting at the people next to her.
(End of this chapter)
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