My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Chapter 105 Who are the Jin Family?

Shopkeeper Hu pulled up the corner of his mouth with a forced smile: "Miss Si is a smart person. I love dealing with people like her the most. The requirements are not high. The first is that you must be the exclusive supplier and cannot supply to other places. Of course, I know you have opened a shop and I know that you have already supplied to Jixiang Restaurant. There is no problem, you can continue. But the price must be changed to match our Fumanlou."

My little sister's face immediately darkened.

"I know that price increases will have an impact on business, but it is necessary. And Miss Si should think about it. If the price goes up, won't the money you can earn per serving be more?" Shopkeeper Hu believes that businessmen must put profit first.

A small business like Sijia Food Store is just a joke. If you want to do it, you have to do it on a big scale.

"Our products are so good, but they're so cheap, isn't that a waste? There are so many similar products on the street now, and they're not expensive. Shouldn't ordinary people eat those? And our base and dipping sauces are so delicious, they can't be made anywhere else, so they should only be available to the rich."

"Only with competition can there be a market. Miss Si, please believe me, business will pick up soon and will only continue to grow!"

Shopkeeper Hu was full of confidence. He felt that the bait he threw out was tempting enough. How could the girl from the Si family refuse?

However, my younger sister flatly refused: "Manager Hu, there's no need to say anything more. Our Si Family Food Store is open for business, and the price is what it should be. We won't raise the price just because business is good. Manager Hu, please go back."

Shopkeeper Hu was stunned for a moment, then immediately became angry: "How can you be so inflexible, little girl? Ask your sister to come out. I won't talk to you, I'll talk to her."

"It's the same no matter who you talk to. Just go away and don't delay my business." The little sister ignored him and took the number plate to go out and give it to the people in line.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Hu was furious and said through gritted teeth, "It seems like you guys at the restaurant are just refusing to accept my offer? You haven't even asked about our Fu Man Lou. How can you afford to offend people like you? If I don't make you suffer a real loss, you won't know your place."

He walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

But the little sister paused as she was about to leave.

The second sister had been standing at the back, worried that the younger sister would be bullied. Now that she saw the person leave, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, we sent them away. Next time we meet them, just chase them away and let Brother Zhu and Brother Zhu come over. Don't force yourself, okay?"

The younger sister turned around and looked at her: "Did you hear that, second sister? He said he was going to make us suffer a real loss."

The second sister frowned: "It's just big talk."

"I'm not exaggerating, he's clearly being sincere."

The second sister thought for a moment before saying, "Then we'll be more careful from now on. Don't go shopping alone. Ask one of us to go with you."

Seeing this, the younger sister said nothing more, but her heart was heavy. She was not talking about future precautions, but the last time Song Erqiang's car was overturned by Zhou Dazhou in Guihua Village.

The person behind the scenes wanted to kill one of them last time. Fortunately, although Zhou Dazhou and Zhou Er were reckless, they were not capable of getting things done. In addition, Song Erqiang was strong and Dachun was smart, so they escaped.

Later, the village headman handed Zhou Dazhou over to the county government, and he was eventually sentenced to exile. However, the person behind the plot was never found out.

Not to mention the Si family in the past, they have no grudges against anyone now, and it is even more impossible for them to get to the point of killing innocent people because of any conflict.

Who on earth wants to do this to the Si family, or even the entire Songji Village?

The Si family had been puzzled, and so had the younger sister. Until today, when Shopkeeper Hu said something, she suddenly understood.

After finishing the work, the younger sister did not go out to buy things. Instead, she asked Aunt Jin to take her second sister with her. She wanted to settle the accounts quickly and go back early to tell her eldest sister her speculation.

But something was on her mind, and her hands were not under her control. She made mistakes when using the abacus and when keeping accounts.

When Fourth Master Xu came in and saw this scene, he couldn't help but reach out and take the abacus: "How did you record today's accounts like this? These are all wrong."

The daytime meals are rationed for 100 people, but because they are divided into single, double and quadruple portions, the prices are different and there is a difference in the accounts, but the difference is subtle.

But today, my younger sister's writing was a complete mess: "You only make a little over three taels a day. Even if you launched a fruit drink today and sold a lot, it wouldn't be much money. But look, you wrote twelve taels today. Where did you get these twelve taels?"

The younger sister was a little frustrated and said hesitantly, "No matter what happens, Big Sister always gets the job done first. Why do I panic when something happens? Today I even messed up several customers' orders. Luckily Third Brother Zhu was careful and replaced them in time..."

Fourth Master Xu looked at the various amounts for today, quickly calculated the accounts, and wrote them down directly for my younger sister.

He had excellent handwriting, and after taking a closer look at his younger sister's, he realized she could write, but her handwriting was average. However, her handwriting had a lot of depth, and she must have studied it seriously as a child, but then neglected to practice, which was why her handwriting wasn't very good.

Not many ordinary families let their children go to school. Even if they do, it is usually boys who go to school. Girls basically cannot read a single word, let alone practice calligraphy.

So what is the situation with the Si family?

Fourth Master Xu only thought about it for a moment, then quickly withdrew his thoughts and asked, "Did the Third Miss encounter any trouble?"

"Yes..." The younger sister wanted to say it, but after all, she was not very familiar with Mr. Xu Si, so she did not continue.

Fourth Master Xu laughed and said, "I think we hit it off right away, Third Miss. There's no need to hesitate. Just tell me what you have to say. I'll see if there's anything I can help with."

The younger sister then told him about what happened today when Manager Hu came over, and also expressed her own thoughts.

"Last time something happened in my family, I couldn't figure out why. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid it has something to do with Fu Man Lou."

Fourth Master Xu nodded and said seriously, "I think your analysis is correct. It's possible that Fu Manlou could have done something like this. The difficulty now is that everything is just your speculation. Without evidence, there's nothing we can do."

The younger sister said dejectedly, "Yeah, there's nothing we can do. But if it happens once, it will happen again. Last time, their plot against us failed, but they didn't lose much. Today, we've really fallen out. I wonder how they'll act."

This was the Si family's business, but Fourth Master Xu was not in a position to make a decision for her.

The younger sister continued, "By the way, Fourth Brother Xu, last time you mentioned the Jin family, you said they weren't very good. Can you tell me why?"

"Yes, but this is not the place to talk. I wonder if Miss San would be so kind as to go to the teahouse in front. I'll treat you to tea."

The younger sister stood up, put away the account books, and said, "I shouldn't have asked Fourth Brother to treat you. I'll treat you."