Chapter 336

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

The ramen shop owner's gaze swept over the stack of drink boxes at the entrance of the braised food shop: "I'm just kindly reminding you that these drinks don't look like they'll sell. You've brought in so much stock today, you'd better think carefully about how to deal with this pile of stuff."

His tone didn't sound like a kind reminder at all; it was clearly meant to watch the drama unfold.

How could the shop owner's wife fail to hear the meaning in the ramen shop owner's words? Her chest heaved violently with anger.

She gritted her teeth and said angrily: "I'll deal with it however I want; I don't need your reminder! At worst, I'll take them home and drink them myself!"

"Oh, then you'd better be careful."

The ramen shop pointed at the small blackboard at the entrance of Lu Feng's shop and said with a smile: "Boss Lu reminded everyone today to drink fewer drinks, as too many are bad for the body. If you take so many drinks home to drink yourself, don't end up drinking yourself into the hospital later—that wouldn't be worth it."

Yesterday, the ramen shop owner had stood up for Lu Feng and been scolded by the shop owner's wife for meddling, so he had already been holding back his anger.

Today, he naturally seized the opportunity to vent that frustration.

"Get lost, get lost, get lost! Go back to your shop and make your noodles! Don't be an eyesore here!"

The shop owner's wife was so furious she was seeing red, pointing at the ramen shop owner's nose and shouting angrily.

Having vented his malice, the ramen shop owner felt much better.

He slowly turned around and walked toward his own ramen shop, humming a little tune under his breath.

His smug look made the braised food shop owner's wife even more furious.

The shop owner's wife's gaze swept over the mountain of drink boxes piled at the entrance; she had no mood at all to argue with the ramen shop owner now.

The ten thousand bottles of drinks she ordered from the bespectacled man this time had cost her over thirty thousand.

She had even put the money for the braised food shop's inventory into this.

If these drinks ended up unsold, even this month's shop rent would be in jeopardy.

"You bastard, I'll settle this with you later!"

The shop owner's wife glared fiercely at the departing back of the ramen shop owner, muttered under her breath, and turned to walk back.

Inside the braised food shop, the bespectacled man was sitting on a chair in the corner.

He looked at the bank card balance on his mobile phone and was overjoyed.

He had just swindled over five thousand from the shop owner's wife, another extra income.

He happily calculated in his mind that he could go to the foot massage parlor for a foot massage tonight to relax.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the braised food shop's gate swung open, and the shop owner's wife pushed the door in with an iron-blue face.

The bespectacled man jumped in fright and quickly stuffed his mobile phone into his pocket.

"Sis, what's this? How are the drinks in the machine selling? I happen to have nothing else to do today; I'll help you move two boxes of stock in a moment."

The bespectacled man stood up, smiling obsequiously.

"Sold a damn thing!"

The shop owner's wife glared at the bespectacled man, her tone full of intense anxiety: "That kid surnamed Lu has been open for a while, and not a single bottle of drink in the vending machine has been sold!"

The smile on the bespectacled man's face froze instantly, and he frowned deeply: "How is that possible? Weren't there a lot of people coming to buy drinks at this time yesterday?"

He hurriedly walked quickly to the door and looked outside.

The diners at the entrance of Lu Feng's shop were queuing in a long line, laughing and chatting, slowly walking into Lu Feng's shop.

But at the vending machine by the shop entrance, there wasn't a single person around.

"Tell me, what on earth is going on!"

The shop owner's wife stood behind the bespectacled man, her gaze scraping his back like a knife, and her tone had lost yesterday's enthusiasm.

The bespectacled man felt a bit uncomfortable with her tone.

But seeing her iron-blue face, he still soothed her: "Sis, don't be anxious first; let's wait a bit more. That kid just started business, and the customers haven't finished eating yet. Once they finish and come out, someone will still come to buy drinks."

When the bespectacled man said this, he wasn't very sure in his heart either.

He couldn't help but recall the content on that small blackboard at the entrance of Lu Feng's shop.

Could those few lines of text really have such a big impact?

"Wait? Wait for what! From morning until now, my vending machine has only sold a dozen or so bottles, a dozen bottles!"

The shop owner's wife slammed the table: "It's fine that no one drank drinks in the morning, but it's almost noon now. At this time yesterday, I had already sold seven or eight boxes! Tell me, why are so few sold today! Is there something wrong with the drinks you gave me today! Are they expired!"

"Sis, don't talk nonsense; my drinks definitely have no problem!"

The bespectacled man panicked, hurriedly grabbed a bottle from the drink boxes under the table, and pointed at the production date on it: "Look, the production date of my drinks is from last month, exactly the same as those sold in supermarkets. How dare I give you expired drinks?"

While speaking, he looked at the vending machine outside the door.

At this moment, there really wasn't a single customer walking this way.

This situation was indeed a bit strange.

Even if this machine were placed elsewhere, from morning until now, it shouldn't have sold so few.

Could it really be because of that so-called Warm Reminder Lu Feng put up?

The bespectacled man couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy in his heart.

"Then what do you say we do now? My drinks aren't selling a single bottle; you have to think of a way for me!"

The shop owner's wife looked coldly at the bespectacled man with a grim face and asked.

The bespectacled man walked out of the braised food shop, his gaze sweeping over the drinks in the vending machine.

He frowned and thought for a while, then said with an uncertain tone: "Could it be the price is a bit high? Convenience stores sell them three yuan cheaper than you. Maybe they think yours are too expensive. This Food Street isn't a scenic spot, so how about we lower the price and try selling?"

"Lower the price to sell? By how much?"

The boss lady had also calmed down by now, looking at the glasses man and asking.

Right now her mind was full of how to sell off the drinks piled up in the shop.

As for what the glasses man said before, that pricing higher would definitely still have buyers, she had forgotten all that by now.

In the current situation, she didn't consider earning more or less anymore; as long as the drinks could be sold, that was fine.

"Sis, I estimate that kid definitely used some other dirty trick, otherwise those people wouldn't not come buy drinks."

The glasses man glanced toward Lu Feng's Shop, then said to the boss lady with a dead-serious face: "We can't just sit and wait for death. I say why not go all out, directly lower the price to the same as the Convenience Store. I don't believe no one will come buy!"

"Lower to the original price to sell?"

The boss lady frowned, the expression on her face very unwilling: "My drinks came from you at the original price. You want me to sell at the original price again, then what's in it for me?"

She was very unwilling; doing it this way she wouldn't earn a single cent. Wasn't that busyworking for nothing?