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Chapter 104: Chapter 105: Making Trouble_1
Upon arriving in town, Qiao Duo’er sliced a small plate of meat for customers to taste, just like yesterday.
The dock was teeming with transients, making this tactic viable for a while.
But today, it seemed as if the heavens were jealous of her booming business, for it wasn’t long before someone was sent to cause trouble.
"Madam, why don’t you cut some more? My grandson hasn’t had his share yet!"
A woman complained discontentedly.
Her face of disdain seemed to say: What kind of person are you, so stingy? There’s barely any meat here, who’s it enough for?
Black lines formed on Qiao Duo’er’s forehead; had her grandson even had time to swallow the meat in his mouth?
She wasn’t blind, she figured that little boy had eaten nearly half a plate of meat already.
"Auntie, I’m just running a small business here. If you keep eating like this, I might as well hand over the stall to you," Qiao Duo’er joked half-heartedly.
Normally, with a comment like that, anyone would have held back.
But Qiao Duo’er forgot, would a normal person do something so shameless in the first place?
She just felt that being too nit-picky at the start of business was not good, but who could have expected someone to be this outrageous?
The woman spoke with dissatisfaction: "Can’t you, a little daughter-in-law, speak properly? I’m going to buy, aren’t I? Just letting my grandson have a taste, what’s wrong with that? Do you, a business owner, no longer understand that amiability brings wealth?"
Qiao Duo’er mentally rolled her eyes countless times; so it was all her fault, was it?
"Look at my poor... husband, he fell and broke his leg while hunting in the mountains, and we really can’t keep things going, so we had to set up a stall," Qiao Duo’er said with pitiful affect.
Wuwu, saying "husband" felt so awkward.
She almost bit her own tongue off!
The people didn’t need her to say more, they understood the situation clearly.
The man did indeed have a splint on his leg, and here was this woman taking advantage of their predicament. Wasn’t that too much?
The moment Qiao Duo’er served the meat, that child reached out, grabbed a handful, and shoved it in his mouth.
His manner was as if he hadn’t seen meat in hundreds of years, utterly lacking manners!
"You really are something, aren’t you? The young lady cut the meat for us to taste, and your grandson has eaten half of it. Isn’t that enough?"
"Don’t talk nonsense, where is there half?"
The woman retorted with dissatisfaction, feeling that her grandson had eaten too little!
"We are not blind. Maybe you should pay for that plate of meat just now. That’s at least two or three taels of meat."
"Hey, how much meat did you buy? Does your grandson eat that much? People need to save face!"
"Why bother talking to her? If she’s shameless, can you even bite her?"
Qiao Duo’er said weakly, "Everyone, let’s calm down. This matter is over. Once my husband’s leg is better, our days will improve."
She wore a dejected look, performing her part perfectly.
The woman couldn’t save face and skulked away with her grandson.
"Young lady, you can’t do business like this. Aren’t you just inviting people to bully you?" a kind-hearted sister reminded her.
Qiao Duo’er quickly nodded: "Thank you, big sister. If someone does this again next time, I’ll grab a stick."
"That’s right, we don’t bully others, but we can’t let others bully us either!" 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
Qiao Duo’er strongly agreed with this statement. She always believed in not initiating trouble, but being ready to retaliate if troubled.
And another saying went, if someone troubled her, justice would be met, no matter how far!
When she was packing eggs for the big sister, she added an extra one on purpose, and she charged less to those who had just defended her, so everyone liked Qiao Duo’er even more.
This young lady knew how to run a business, and with the delicious stewed meat as well, how could she not make money?
It wouldn’t be long before they could enjoy better days.
