Chapter 215: Sister-in-law, We Were Just Playing Around With You!
The trouble encountered at Jian Tao Supermarket was indeed a big problem for Brother Jiang Tao.
Although Jiang Tao had earned some money in recent months, his connections were still very weak.
In the Capital City, he and Xu Li had a good in-law.
If they encountered any trouble, they could ask Du Ennan and her father Du Taiming for help.
But here in Ping County, the highest-ranking official Jiang Tao knew was the Village Chief of Jiang Family Village, Jiang Changgui.
Jiang Changgui’s words carried weight in the village, but outside of Jiang Family Village, who paid any attention to him!
So, this time, he could only come to Bai Yulan for help.
Just as he had thought, this small matter was nothing to Bai Yulan.
A phone call, less than two minutes, and she received a positive response from the other party.
“Alright Jiang Tao, don’t worry about this. It will be resolved for you this morning.”
“No one will bother your supermarket again.”
After hanging up the phone, Bai Yulan looked at Jiang Tao, a relaxed and natural smile on her face.
“I knew coming to Sister Bai was the right move.”
“I’ve troubled you too much this time, Sister Bai. I owe you a favor, and I’ll treat you to a meal another day.”
Jiang Tao politely thanked Bai Yulan with a smile.
“Heh heh, you little rascal, you want to treat me to a meal at my own restaurant?”
Bai Yulan was amused by Jiang Tao’s words.
Her hotel was the best hotel in all of Ping County.
“Haha, you’re right! Then I owe Sister Bai a favor. If you ever need me, just say the word.”
Jiang Tao also thought about it; inviting someone to a meal was suitable for others, but not so much for Bai Yulan.
“No need. Speaking of which, I still owe you a life. This little thing is nothing.”
Bai Yulan said casually, she really didn’t consider today’s small matter as anything significant.
She also didn’t think of using it to repay Jiang Tao’s favor.
While Jiang Tao and Bai Yulan were having idle chat.
In Li Town, about 8 kilometers away from Bai Yulan’s hotel.
A tall and strong male customer at Jian Tao Supermarket was holding several bags of milk powder for the elderly and shouting loudly.
As if afraid that other customers shopping in the supermarket wouldn’t hear.
“I bought these bags of milk powder from your supermarket, and I have the receipts here!”
“You say it’s not yours, so it’s not?”
“You want to shirk responsibility when something goes wrong, right!”
“I’m telling you, this matter isn’t over today!”
“We’ve already reported it to the Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Food Safety Bureau! You unscrupulous merchants are just waiting to be fined!”
“Everyone, be careful to check the expiration date when you buy things!”
“The boss of this supermarket is black-hearted, selling all sorts of expired products on the shelves as usual!”
“Fortunately, my aunt discovered that the milk powder was expired when she drank it, otherwise who knows what might have happened!”
Beside the tall man, three young men who came with him were shouting one after another, scolding them.
Several old men and women shopping in the supermarket also stopped picking out products, looking at everyone with curiosity.
These old folks were all residents from nearby. It was interesting to come to the supermarket in the morning when they had nothing to do, and even have some gossip to enjoy!
“Gentlemen, there must be some misunderstanding here.”
“As you can see, our scanner cannot scan the product code for your item.”
“This product is really not from our supermarket. It must be a misunderstanding.”
Beside them, Zhang Xiaoyan was so anxious that tears were almost falling.
In the past few days, seven or eight waves of customers had already come to the store saying they had bought expired products.
But she, Jiang He, and the store employees had checked the inventory several times and found no expired goods.
It was obvious that someone was deliberately looking for trouble!
After buying things from the supermarket and then leaving, they would “exchange the tiger cub for a fox” and replace it with an expired product, then come back to the supermarket to cause trouble.
Although they knew the other party was following this “script,” Jiang He and Zhang Xiaoyan had no evidence.
As for the scanner not working…
The other party insisted it was bought in your store and claimed the scanner was faulty.
Such a controversial issue.
Other customers in the supermarket naturally sided with their fellow customers and would think it was the supermarket’s problem.
“You’re just quibbling! We can all testify that we bought it from your store!”
“You’re just trying to shirk responsibility, you unscrupulous merchants!”
“Just wait! With no integrity at all, your supermarket won’t be around for long!”
“You unscrupulous merchants like this must be exposed so that everyone can keep their eyes open in the future and not be fooled by you again!”
Inside the supermarket, some young people were taking pictures, others were live-streaming.
After their commotion, how could business proceed normally.
The other customers in the supermarket, who initially watched the excitement and enjoyed the gossip, found it quite interesting at first.
After watching for a while, they got bored and put down their items and left.
Outside the supermarket, in a Toyota Prado.
A young man with an unruly appearance and a small quiff hairstyle was smoking a cigarette while stroking the snow-white thigh of a girl in the front passenger seat.
“Brother Feng, it’s been a few days, and you still haven’t taken down this supermarket?”
Jiao Jiao withdrew her gaze from the supermarket, turned to look at Li Yifeng sitting in the driver’s seat, and said charmingly.
“Don’t worry, Jiao Jiao. It’s just a matter of a day or two. I will definitely get this supermarket for you.”
Li Yifeng looked at his brothers causing trouble inside the supermarket, chuckled, and slid his hand under Jiao Jiao’s short skirt.
“Then thank you, Brother Feng. My parents will be very happy!”
Jiao Jiao thought of her parents earning tens of thousands a month after taking over this supermarket, and her heart was filled with anticipation.
To get this supermarket, she had put in a lot of effort with Li Yifeng these past few days.
Ring ring ring—
A mobile phone ringtone suddenly sounded in the car.
Li Yifeng paused his exploration under the skirt and took out his phone from his pocket with his other hand.
Seeing the name “Second Uncle” displayed on the phone screen.
Li Yifeng’s unruly expression vanished instantly, like a Sichuan opera face-changer, becoming serious and respectful.
“Hello, Second Uncle.”
“Ah yes, my girlfriend fancies this supermarket, so…”
“Ah? Sister Bai? Is it Sister Bai from Bai Yulan Hotel?”
“Okay, okay, I understand.”
“I understand, Second Uncle.”
After hanging up Second Uncle’s call, Li Yifeng quickly found “Sun Meng’s” number in his contacts and called him.
“Hello Mengzi! Hurry up and withdraw. Don’t come to Jian Tao Supermarket anymore.”
“Don’t talk nonsense! Get out here for me!”
“Oh, right! Before you get out, apologize to the boss and boss lady!”
“Be sincere, do you understand sincere? Make them feel your sincerity!”
“You must gain their forgiveness! If they don’t forgive you, stay kneeling there and don’t come out!”
“I’m hanging up! Hurry up and do as you’re told!”
Beside him, Jiao Jiao watched Li Yifeng’s anxious expression and heard the content of his words, and was immediately bewildered.
“Brother Feng, what happened?”
“What the hell happened!”
“You’ve caused a huge disaster for me!”
After hanging up Sun Meng’s call, Li Yifeng suddenly turned to Jiao Jiao in the front passenger seat, his gaze towards her suddenly becoming extremely disgusted.
“Ah? What, what’s wrong, Brother Feng?”
Jiao Jiao was confused by Li Yifeng’s rapid change in demeanor and scolding.
“The boss of this supermarket is Sister Bai’s friend!”
“Do you know Sister Bai? She’s Sister Bai of Ping County!”
“Damn it, I was blinded by greed to offend Sister Bai over your family’s trivial matter!”
Li Yifeng became angrier the more he thought about it, and with a click, he pulled open the front passenger door.
“Get out, get out, get out! Get as far away as you can!”
“Brother Feng, you, I…”
Jiao Jiao was scolded by Li Yifeng’s sudden change in temper and started crying, looking at him with her innocent big eyes.
Last night she was called “sweetie,” and today she’s told to get lost.
The contrast is too great!
“Get out!”
Li Yifeng waved his hand in annoyance, pulled the front passenger door shut, and locked Jiao Jiao out.
He could only pray in his heart that his father wouldn’t find out that he had offended Sister Bai.
If his father found out he had offended Sister Bai, he would definitely get a scolding!
Ring ring ring—
Li Yifeng’s phone rang again.
He picked up the phone and saw the caller ID displayed as “Dad.”
Li Yifeng’s eyelids twitched.
Just as he feared, so it came.
As expected.
The moment he answered the call, a furious and vulgar roar from a rough male voice came through the receiver.
At the same time.
Inside the supermarket.
Sun Meng and his buddies, who had just hung up Li Yifeng’s call, looked at each other.
The group, who had been acting dramatically moments ago, suddenly went silent, all stunned.
The plot development was not even close to the script they had planned!
Zhang Xiaoyan, Jiang He, and the store employees saw Sun Meng and his group, who had been so boisterous moments ago, suddenly freeze as if paused.
They all looked on with curiosity.
“Um…”
Sun Meng, who had been filled with righteous indignation just moments ago, now looked pleadingly at Zhang Xiaoyan, whose face was still streaked with tears, and Jiang He, who remained silent.
“Um, ahem, actually, we were just…”
“Sister-in-law, we were just playing a small joke on everyone, we were filming a funny skit, hahahaha…”
“Yes, that’s right. We were filming a skit video, haha.”
“Sorry everyone, we scared you. We apologize here.”
“We’re sorry, we’re sorry, Brother and Sister-in-law, please don’t hold this against us.”
“Sorry, sorry~”
Sun Meng said, bowing his hands apologetically towards Jiang He and the others.
“…”
Jiang He and the others witnessed Sun Meng transform from the arrogant Heavenly King Laozi into the subservient grandson before their eyes, and they were all filled with confusion.
“Brother, Sister-in-law, we’re sorry! These items are indeed not from our store, they are props for our skit.”
“Heh heh, yes, these are all props.”
“Please be magnanimous and don’t hold it against us. We will never disturb your business again.”
“I promise!”
Seeing that Jiang He and Zhang Xiaoyan were not speaking, Sun Meng continued to apologize and make promises.
The followers who had come with Sun Meng to add to the show were all racking their brains, unable to understand what was going on with Brother Sun.
Just moments ago, they were so arrogant, threatening to report them and make the other party suffer.
Why had they suddenly become so humble!
“Uh, you, you…”
Zhang Xiaoyan was also a bit stunned to see the “hostile customers” who had been so fierce moments ago suddenly become docile and start calling her sister-in-law.
Jiang He beside her, who remained silent, was equally bewildered.
I was just an unscrupulous merchant, and now I’m “Brother” and “Sister-in-law”?
The store employees beside them were also confused, not understanding why Sun Meng had suddenly changed his tune.
Was it because of that phone call just now?
Who was on the phone and what did they say?
For a moment, everyone’s curiosity to watch the drama reached its peak.
“I’m sorry, Sister-in-law, I scared you just now, I sincerely apologize.”
Seeing that Zhang Xiaoyan and Jiang He were not unreasonable people, Sun Meng continued to apologize.
“Uh, it’s okay, it doesn’t matter. It’s good that the misunderstanding is resolved.”
Zhang Xiaoyan didn’t know whose call Sun Meng received or what was said on the phone that made him suddenly so polite.
But none of that was important.
The most important thing in her eyes was for the misunderstanding to be cleared up and for things to settle down.
She didn’t intend to hold Sun Meng and his group accountable for anything, nor did she expect them to compensate her for any losses.
As long as they didn’t come to the shop to cause trouble and her supermarket could operate normally from now on, she would be content.
“Sorry, Elder Brother, Sister-in-law, we’ll be going now. We won’t bother your business!”
After Sun Meng finished speaking, he waved his hand and, with the buddies who came with him, sheepishly left the supermarket.
Seeing that the situation had calmed down and the troublemakers had left, Zhang Xiaoyan, Jiang He, and the supermarket employees finally felt their hearts ease.
Everyone looked at each other, their eyes filled with a sense of bewilderment.
Zhang Xiaoyan looked at her husband and said with absolute certainty:
“It must be Xiao Tao who helped us!”
“Yes, now that you mention it, I remember!”
“This morning, Xiao Tao called me and said he would resolve the problems the supermarket was facing this morning.”
Jiang He also immediately recalled the phone call with his younger brother this morning.
“Then it’s settled, it must be him!”
After hearing Jiang He’s words, Zhang Xiaoyan became instantly certain that Jiang Tao had helped them.
In matters like these, surely no one would stand up for oneself or help without reason.
Afterwards, Jiang He made a phone call to Jiang Tao, telling him about the situation at the shop, and received an accurate reply from Jiang Tao.
The reason Jiang Tao told his elder brother and sister-in-law the truth about the situation wasn’t to seek credit or anything like that.
It was purely to reassure them, so they wouldn’t have to worry anxiously about this and that in the future.
After the phone call ended, the expressions on Jiang He and Zhang Xiaoyan’s faces also became much more relaxed.
On the other side.
After hanging up the call with his elder brother, Jiang Tao slowly drove his car to the entrance of his home in Jiang Family Village.
Xu Li and Jiang Xue were still out shopping with his mother-in-law in Ping County and were not at home.
Him returning alone made it convenient to do things.
He parked the car, opened the door, and got out. He opened the trunk.
Jiang Tao saw about ten empty bottles of Feitian Moutai piled up in the trunk.
Among them, there was one bottle emitting a dark golden glow.
This bottle was clearly the special wine bottle mentioned in the intelligence.
