"Fellow villagers, all the grain in my grain shop has been sold out. If there is nothing left, you should go buy it somewhere else."
Although the food in the shop is expensive, it is only expensive due to the space it produces.
The price of the grain that Lin Jiuyue bought from other places was the same as that of other grain shops, and sometimes it was even cheaper.
The reason for doing this is because Lin Jiuyue knows that the people at the bottom of society are the most difficult. She will give them appropriate discounts within her ability.
"You're lying! I clearly saw that there was still so much food in your shop. How come you sold it all? It's not like we don't want to pay you."
"That's right, it's not very decent of you to do this."
"Yes, are you planning to keep these grains and sell them when the price goes up? You are a black-hearted businessman."
The lives of the lower classes were already difficult, and with the war going on, everyone was worried that they wouldn't have enough food at home, so they rushed to buy food. They wanted to stock up on food so they wouldn't be short of it later.
At first, when everyone saw Lin Jiuyue's shop open, they all thought they could buy food. But unexpectedly, Lin Jiuyue said that the food had already been sold.
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
When everyone found out that they couldn't buy food, they couldn't accept it for a while.
Some people even started cursing.
Lin Jiuyue was not very angry about the insults from these people.
"Miss, these people are so unreasonable! They started cursing when they couldn't buy food!"
Uncle Li's face was filled with anger, and he was mentally prepared to go up and fight. He was just waiting for Lin Jiuyue's order to rush forward and attack.
Lin Jiuyue smiled indifferently.
"Let them scold me if they want. I won't lose any of my money anyway."
Uncle Li looked at Lin Jiuyue in surprise.
Being scolded won’t hurt you, but it does make you feel uncomfortable, doesn’t it?
"Miss, aren't you angry?"
"Angry? Of course I'm angry, but put yourself in their shoes. If you were the one standing there cursing, what would you be thinking?"
Uncle Li frowned.
If I were one of them and couldn't buy food during this crisis, I would naturally feel anxious, and of course, I might even curse at others.
"But, Miss..."
Lin Jiuyue waved her hand.
"We're in business, and business is about making money through harmony. Uncle Li, go explain this to them."
After Lin Jiuyue finished speaking, she turned and went into the backyard.
Watching the food being loaded onto the car sack by sack by sack by Gu, Lin Jiuyue felt a little emotional.
Although he opened a grain store as a cover, a small grain store would not have much grain in stock.
If I take out too much food, it might arouse suspicion from those who have ulterior motives, which would not be a good thing for me.
Not long after leaving the main entrance of the shop, Uncle Li hurried in.
"Miss, those people insisted that we sell them some food."
After listening to this, Lin Jiuyue frowned.
"Uncle Li, we sold our grain to someone else. Didn't you explain this to them?"
"I explained it clearly, but they wouldn't listen. They insisted they had just seen some food and had to buy it today. If they couldn't buy it, they would come in and rob us."
Lin Jiuyue laughed out of anger after hearing this.
"Oh? Are they so bold? They dare to steal food in broad daylight? Aren't they afraid of being caught?"
Uncle Li didn't know what those people were thinking.
"Miss, I told them the same thing, but they said that without food, they would starve to death sooner or later. Rather than starve to death, it is better to give it a try now."
After hearing this, Lin Jiuyue frowned even more tightly.
The war had just begun, and these people were already out of food? If that was true, then those people now gathered in front of their own shops were probably just lazy people.
Maybe they didn't intend to use money to buy food at all, but came to rob directly.
Thinking of this, Lin Jiuyue immediately used his mind to listen to the conversation of the group who took the lead in saying they wanted to buy food.
"Is the owner of this grain store really just a woman? Does she have any background?"
"No, I've already found out everything. It's just a woman, and she came here to escape the famine. There's a shopkeeper and two employees in the store."
The leader was relieved after hearing this, and then he led his men to start making trouble again.
Before, I couldn't understand why this man could be so bold as to even talk about robbing a grain store right at the foot of the capital. Now Lin Jiuyue finally understood.
It seems that these people think they are easy to bully because their grain shop has no one to support it and is run by a woman.
Lin Jiuyue snorted coldly.
"Uncle Li, come with me out to see how they robbed my shop."
Uncle Li was also very angry with the people gathered at the door. When he heard Lin Jiuyue say that she wanted to go out and take a look, he took the lead and walked in front, looking like he was going to "charge into battle".
The conversation between Lin Jiuyue and Uncle Li was naturally heard by Butler Gu who was standing nearby.
However, Butler Gu still had to watch his men loading the truck and had no time to waste with them.
After the food is loaded, I will go out and see who is so bold as to snatch food from the general! Moreover, this is food that needs to be used for the soldiers at the border.
Arriving at the door of the grain shop, Lin Jiuyue looked at the crowd and saw a familiar figure.
"Oh, it turns out that the Lin family is involved! No wonder these people knew that I was a refugee from famine, and I am the only woman here."
However, they will know whether this woman is a weak one later.
"Just now, I heard that you insisted on coming to the grain store to buy grain? If we don't sell the grain to you, you will come and rob us? Is that right?"
The people gathered at the door of the grain store heard Lin Jiuyue's blunt words. Those who were more shy blushed instantly.
There are so many of us, and yet we bully a weak woman. If people get to know about it, they will laugh at us.
But the family really didn't have much food. All the other food stores had sold out, and I heard that only this store had some left. If they didn't stock up on food, the whole family would starve to death.
Based on the principle of "a friend's death is better than my own", I would rather prioritize preserving myself.
Lin Jiuyue looked at the crowd and found that not all of the people at the door were as unreasonable as the leader.
"Weren't you guys having a great time just now? Now that I'm out, why are you guys silent again?"
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