Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Making Trouble
Zhou Jiangang: "Anything else? As long as it's something I can do, I'll help you with it!"
Zhou Jiangang already had a good impression of Jiang Xi, and now that they had confirmed their cooperation, he treated Jiang Xi as one of his own, and his tone became much more familiar.
Jiang Xi: "Brother Zhou, has the storefront we looked at before been sold?"
Zhou Jiangang was surprised: "You are not really interested in that storefront, are you?"
Jiang Xi nodded. "Uncle Zhou, to be honest, my family lives in the village and has to commute to the county town every day. The journey is difficult, and the long distance also limits the scale of our business. So, I've long wanted to buy a shop. That shop has upstairs living space, which suits my needs perfectly. So, I do plan to buy it."
Zhou Jiangang nodded and thought for a moment. "I passed by that shop yesterday, and it's still unsold. Old man Ding has a weird temper and asks such a high price, so it's hard to sell. From what I know, it's been sold for a long time. A few people occasionally look at it, but they just don't do anything. I think you're the only one who seriously wants to buy it."
Jiang Xi felt relieved, as long as the house would not be stolen.
Zhou Jiangang: "When do you want to buy it?"
Jiang Xi: "Right now, the money isn't enough. Wait a few weeks, and it should be enough."
Zhou Jiangang... If he remembered correctly, that shop seemed to cost more than a thousand yuan. This little shop owner was very secretive, how could he come up with so much money at once?
Is it really that profitable to do business? Zhou Jian just wanted to try to help Jiang Xi sell the braised pork, but now he is so excited that he wants to find his friends to sell the braised pork immediately.
Jiang Xi was still thinking about the stall, so after asking the information he wanted, he said goodbye to Zhou Jiangang.
Jiang Xi left Zhou Jiangang and went straight back to the steel plant. From a distance, she saw a group of people gathered outside the stall. The crowd was noisy and Jiang Xi couldn't hear clearly. She hurriedly walked towards the stall and saw clearly what was happening.
A couple, about forty years old, was standing in the crowd. A child was lying on the ground, crying out in pain.
The woman put her hands on her hips, pointed at Wu Youli's nose, and kept cursing, "You black-hearted stall, what kind of crap are you selling? You rotten intestines! My child got an upset stomach from eating your stew. He's had diarrhea all day and is dehydrated! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'm going to smash your stall!"
The man roared back, "That's right! Give me an explanation now! My child is a hardy kid. Your stew is too poisonous. If he eats it, he'll be in trouble! Tell me what to do!"
The crowd listened to what the man and woman said, pointed at Wu Youli and whispered to each other.
"This stall has been open for so long. I wanted to buy some today, but I didn't expect that eating their braised pork would give me diarrhea. I don't dare to buy anymore."
"How can you do business like this? Do you have any conscience?"
"How can these business people have any conscience? They don't even know what kind of meat they are using. Now people have come to their door and let's see what they will do."
Wu Youli's face flushed red as he faced everyone's gazes. He kept explaining, "We buy fresh chicken every day. We never sell leftovers. It's impossible for someone to get sick from eating it. It's not our food. You must have made a mistake."
The woman pointed at Wu Youli and said sharply, "You made a mistake. I don't think you want to admit it. The bad stew you sold made my son so bad. Do you think you can get away with it by simply saying a few words? I'm telling you, no way!"
Wu Youli was extremely anxious: "It's not that I don't want to take responsibility, but it definitely has nothing to do with me. The braised vegetables in my house are very clean, so this wouldn't happen."
The woman insisted, "You're a salesperson, so you'll definitely say your stuff is good. But the truth is, my son has had diarrhea for so long after eating your food. Tell me what I should do!"
Wu Youli was not a person who was good at arguing with others, and Niu'er was also very timid. Facing the two ferocious-looking people, she huddled behind Wu Youli, her eyes full of tears, and she looked at everyone in panic.
Facing the two men with ferocious looks, Wu Youli could only repeat, "We only have fresh food at home. It's impossible for you to get sick from eating it. Please trust me. I've been setting up my stall here for so long and there has never been any problem. Just trust me!"
Some of the onlookers had bought Wu Ji Zao Lu products before, but they were not sure whether what Wu Youli said was true.
Most of the others were just watching the fun. Their first reaction was to believe what the couple said. After all, no one would have nothing better to do than to come over and cause trouble. Didn't they see that the child was in so much pain?
Jiang Xi quickly approached and pushed through the crowd. Her eyes were sharp as she glanced at the troublemaking couple and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The man looked shifty. Seeing Jiang Xi and the woman exchange glances, he demanded, "Are you the owner? My son got sick from eating your stew. What do you think we should do?"
Jiang Xi said coldly, "You said your son had a stomachache after eating my stew. Do you have any evidence? Although we are just a small stall, we can't be blackmailed so easily."
Jiang Xi concluded the nature of the matter in one sentence: the couple was clearly here to blackmail him.
When Jiang Xi started his food business, he paid special attention to hygiene. He would buy fresh chicken from Liu Daqiang every day. In order to ensure that the chicken did not spoil, he would even process it in the middle of the night. Besides, Wu Ji's braised chicken sold very quickly. It was always sold out on the same day and made anew the next day, so there was no possibility of spoilage at all.
When everyone heard Jiang Xi directly say blackmail, they did not expect such a reversal and the crowd exploded.
"No way, these two people are liars? I just believed them."
"Who knows? Nowadays, most people in business are good at talking. It's not easy to say white is black."
"Could it be that the bad guys filed a complaint first, sold spoiled goods, and then drove people away?"
"Stop arguing and keep listening, that woman is about to speak!"
When the woman heard Jiang Xi's words, her eyes were fierce, as if she wanted to eat Jiang Xi alive: "Is this how you do business? You slander people so indiscriminately. My son became like this because he ate your stew, and you still have the nerve to ask us for evidence!"
The man also continued: "I think you are just bullies!"
He glared at Jiang Xi and cursed, "I didn't hit you because you're a woman. Watch your words. It was clearly your fault, and you're trying to blame me. I'm telling you, there's absolutely no way we're going to let today's incident go!"
Jiang Xi didn't retreat or dodge, showing no sign of panic. "Why are you so emotional? I'm just asking for evidence, but you came right in and said something went wrong after eating my stew. So please provide evidence. Otherwise, you can come and blackmail me today, and go to someone else tomorrow. Anyway, without evidence, you can make up whatever you want."
The corners of the woman's mouth twisted downwards. She hadn't expected Jiang Xi to be so difficult to deal with. She simply spread her hands and said to the crowd, "Everyone, please judge for me. I went to his house yesterday to buy some braised pork for my son. He felt sick after eating it and had diarrhea all night. Look at him, he's still groaning now, and they still won't admit it."
The little boy on the ground was also very cooperative. His face was pale and his expression was painful. After the woman finished speaking, he pulled at her trouser legs and whispered, "Mom, my stomach hurts."
The woman quickly squatted down and hugged the little boy, sobbing: "God damn business people, what kind of things are they selling? If you eat them, you will be sick. I came to seek justice for you, but they won't admit it. Why did my poor child have to suffer so much?"
The two people looked very pitiful, which aroused the indignation of the onlookers.
An old lady said, "Shopkeeper, someone got sick after eating your food. Please compensate them immediately."
Another person echoed, "That's what I mean. We're all honest people. How can we just go and extort money from people? You're really desperate. The stall owner has come to you and you can't just ignore it. Otherwise, who would dare to buy from you in the future?"
Some people even pulled their children aside and said, "Look, I told you the food from these stalls was unclean, but you didn't believe me. Look at what that little brother has done after eating. Don't eat anything from these stalls anymore."
Seeing that everyone around her started to speak up for her, the woman was very proud. The man said angrily, "You have to give me an explanation, otherwise I will shut down your stall! Even if I am not as rich as you, I will not tolerate this humiliation. I want justice for my child!"
Men are particularly good at making big promises. After they say something, everyone around them nods their heads frequently.
"This is a true man. A man should be upright and fight to the death against anyone who bullies his wife and children!"
"Stop being so stubborn, stall owners! Give me an explanation!"
Despite being pressed for an explanation, Jiang Xi's expression remained calm, her tone unchanged. She stared at the woman, "You said you bought some of my braised pork yesterday and something went wrong. Now, let me ask you, when did you buy it yesterday, and what kind of braised pork did you buy?"
The woman's eyes flashed, and then she said, "I bought a portion of braised chicken from your house yesterday afternoon, and my son got sick after eating it."
Jiang Xi sneered, "My braised chicken always sells out very quickly, usually sold out by the afternoon. You said you came to buy my braised chicken this afternoon, so where did you buy it from?"
Everyone cheered.
"Could this woman be a scammer? They sold out in the afternoon. How did she buy it in the afternoon?"
"I don't know either. You were crying so hard just now, how could you lie to me?"
The crowd cast questioning glances at the woman, who dodged their gazes and quickly changed her words: "I remembered it wrongly, I bought it at noon. Yes, I bought it at noon!"
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