Chapter 60 Hanged at Your Door
The vegetables grown by Gu Qingshi are now only enough to supply her own family. Although the vegetables grow fast in the space, she still has to plant and harvest. She is alone and has limited energy and time. She has to do business during the day and is busy growing vegetables and farming at night.
Because business was good, she had been busy until midnight. If it weren't for the space in the bamboo house where she could rest more efficiently, she would have collapsed long ago.
Their business was good during this period, and there were people who came to inquire about them, both openly and secretly, but she refused any of them.
She couldn't easily make this offer, otherwise if everyone came to buy vegetables, her business would definitely be affected. She didn't have that many vegetables, so naturally she couldn't agree.
Gu Qingshi has rejected several people. Although they are disappointed and even angry, no one will be too hostile.
But Lao Liang is different. He has no other choice, and he thinks Gu Qingshi is soft-hearted. After all, he has helped Gu Qingshi before, so he expects Gu Qingshi to be soft-hearted.
He kept talking and didn't give up, and later he even knelt down, "Xiao Gu, I beg you, okay?"
"It really won't work, Boss Liang, please don't do this, it's useless."
Some guests had not left yet. It was so embarrassing. Gu Qingshi forcefully held onto Lao Liang and persuaded him to leave.
Duan Renjie, who saw everything, thought about it and followed.
Gu Qingshi didn't notice him and was busy greeting the guests, "Grandpa Li, you are here, please take a seat, what would you like to eat today?"
Grandpa Li who came here is an old customer. Since he tried coming here on the opening day, he has been coming here every day, at least once a day.
"Is there any porridge left? Let's have some porridge today."
Grandpa Li was not in a very good mood. Seeing the scratch marks on his hands, Gu Qingshi could not help but ask with concern, "Grandpa, did you encounter anything?"
"Nothing." Grandpa Li forced a smile and was unwilling to say more.
Gu Qingshi looked at his expression and guessed, "Did your son say something again?"
Grandpa Li sighed and agreed. He used to work in an enterprise. Although he is retired now, he has a pension. He used to live a frugal life. His pension is basically a subsidy to his son, which reduces a lot of burden for them.
But since Gu’s Kitchen opened, the old man has been coming here all the time, and the money is basically enough for him to spend.
The son was not happy about this and came to make a fuss two days ago, saying that Grandpa Li had no conscience, ate and drank in restaurants every day and didn't care about their lives.
Grandpa Li was angry and sad, and said on the spot that he could spend his pension however he wanted.
The father and son had a very unpleasant quarrel. Gu Qingshi was also present at the time, but she did not persuade Grandpa Li not to come.
It was not just because she couldn't turn the guests away, but she felt that the old man had worked hard all his life, always planning for his children and grandchildren. Now he was so old, he might pass away at any time. Her son's conditions seemed not bad and he was not unable to make ends meet, so it was not wrong for him to want to eat better.
Gu Qingshi had died once, and he was very open-minded. He felt that one should not live one's life just for one's children. He did not go to prostitutes or gamble, and he just used his retirement salary to eat.
Grandpa Li also felt that he was not wrong, but today his son knew that he was going to come out and said that if he did this again, he would not care about him anymore.
These words completely hurt Grandpa Li. He just didn't care about it. Anyway, he had never seen his son care about him before. Instead, he was the one who subsidized and took care of his son.
It was just a meal, but something like this happened. Grandpa Li was disheartened, but he still came in a huff.
"Xiao Gu, I'm fine, you go and do your work." Grandpa Li had a lot of anger to say, but he didn't want to involve Gu Qingshi, so he didn't say much.
"If you have anything to say, please come to me." Gu Qingshi did not force him and went to greet the guests.
The next day, Lao Liang came again, and not only him, but also the proprietress and a group of relatives, blocked the door directly.
"Gu Qingshi, just give me a definite answer today. Are you going to force me to death?"
The boss lady's eyes were bloodshot and full of madness. "You took revenge on us and forced our restaurant to close down. You didn't help me. I will hang myself in front of your restaurant today. I want to see if you can still do business."
She was making such a fuss that Lao Liang hid behind her and sighed but did not stop her.
Gu Qingshi looked at the guests of Gu's Kitchen leaving, those who were watching the fun, and those who were rushing over from all directions, and anger flashed across his face.
"Don't push me too far. I sold you vegetables before, but you didn't want them and you accused me of stealing money. I have never done anything wrong to you."
The lady boss knew, "So I apologized to you. I knelt down and kowtowed to apologize. Isn't that enough? We don't ask for anything else. We just ask you to sell us some vegetables."
"I told you that there is only enough food for my restaurant now." Gu Qingshi took a deep breath, "You guys can go now. No matter how much you make trouble, it's useless. I won't change my mind."
They are like sticky candies, once they stick to you, you can't get rid of them. If you compromise with them, you'll never be able to get rid of them in your life.
Seeing that Gu Qingshi was unmoved, the proprietress took out a rope and tried to break in. After being stopped, she hung herself on a tree by the roadside, "Gu Qingshi, I'm going to say this too. If the restaurant closes, there's no point in me living anymore. If you don't sell me vegetables, I'll just hang myself here."
The people she brought also started to make a fuss, saying that Gu Qingshi was too cruel at such a young age and did not help the person in danger. Among those who accused him, there were several familiar people who had forced Gu Qingshi last time.
Regardless of whether they were right or not, they had made up their minds that if Gu Qingshi didn't sell them out, they would not allow Gu Qingshi to do business. They blocked the door and no one could have peace.
Gu Qingshi sneered and asked Bai Yang, who was so angry that he wanted to attack, to call the police.
In the end, this farce ended with the arrival of the police. Although Lao Liang and the proprietress were very unwilling, they did not dare to confront the police head-on, and finally did not dare to make a fuss.
However, Gu Qingshi's business was still affected. The lunch business was reduced by more than half. He had planned to continue working hard in the evening, but in the afternoon, Lao Liang and the proprietress came again.
He didn't bring anyone with him this time, and didn't dare to make a big fuss. He just sat aside and accused Gu Qingshi of forcing his colleagues to death, which affected the evening business.
Gu Qingshi looked at the two of them with a sullen face, thinking in his mind how to completely deal with them.
"Boss, what's going on with them?" Just as I was thinking about it, a customer came to check out and asked curiously about the situation.
"Because my vegetables are delicious, they forced me to sell them vegetables." Gu Qingshi explained and settled the bill, "Sister Wang, I will give you a discount for affecting your meal."
Those who still come in to eat under such circumstances are loyal customers of Gu’s Kitchen, and Gu Qingshi is very grateful.
Sister Wang smiled and touched the head of her son who was a head taller than her. "Thank you very much. Dazhi likes to eat your family's food now. He will behave well after eating your food and will not eat anything carelessly anymore."
"It's delicious." Wang Dazhi, who was standing next to him, grinned when he heard the name and waved to Gu Qingshi, "Goodbye, sister. I'll come again tomorrow."
Wang Dazhi looks a little naive, and the tone of his voice doesn't match his adult body. This is because his IQ remains at the level of a four-year-old.
(End of this chapter)
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