A fast-paced transmigration story set in a historical fiction era: The fox spirit is enjoying happin

Aunt Shen pointed at her: "Do you believe I'll tell everyone in the village right now that you deliberately overcharged them?"

Li Jiaojiao wasn't flustered at all: "Go ahead, I won't deliberately not sell anything. Then I'll tell the villagers it's your fault."

Even if Li Jiaojiao raises the price, it will only return to a "generally normal price".

Aunt Shen retreated again. If she really refused to sell, the villagers would have to go to town to buy them.

Every time someone buys something, they'll nag about her; her house will be flooded with villagers' drool.

"There's more to the world than just your little shop," Aunt Shen said, clearly lacking confidence.

By this time in the afternoon, many people had finished their farm work and were chatting idly at the village entrance.

Some people were waiting for the butcher, while others were selling their own fish and shrimp at the village entrance.

As usual, Aunt Honghua comes to buy some things at this time.

"Jiaojiao, I'd like a pound of salted peanuts and a pack of my family's usual hand-rolled cigarettes."

Li Jiaojiao couldn't quite remember who liked which pack of hand-rolled cigarettes.

Shen Mingrong told her about "the bag at Green Bridge".

Aunt Honghua didn't leave even after receiving the items and paying: "What were you all talking about just now?"

Her eyes darted around Aunt Shen and her companion.

Aunt Shen yelled as if she'd been pricked by a needle, "What's it to you? Always so gossipy!"

Li Jiaojiao snorted coldly: "How can it not be Aunt Honghua's business? She's a villager, why didn't you tell her?"

Aunt Honghua has seen it all in the village. Aunt Shen Liu's loud and boisterous manner means she's hiding something big. We can't let her provoke us and cause us to go astray.

Aunt Shen turned to Shen Sanbao and asked him for help.

"What does this have to do with the villagers? I'd like to hear it!" Aunt Honghua stepped outside and called out, "Everyone come quick! Aunt Shen Liu is going to talk about something that concerns the villagers!"

Aunt Honghua was very popular in the village, and many people would put down their work and come over when she called out.

Shen Sanbao slapped her arm and yelled, "All you do is embarrass yourself!"

After scolding and beating her, Shen Sanbao wanted to take her out of the convenience store.

Aunt Honghua wouldn't let him have his way: "Wait a minute, Shen Laosan, your sister hasn't said anything yet."

A dozen pairs of eyes outside the door were all staring at the two of them.

They can't leave even if they want to.

Aunt Shen, in a fit of desperation, said, "It's all Shen Ajiao's fault for deliberately overcharging me lately. I'm just here to seek justice."

Shen Sanbao rolled his eyes in anger. Why not just say it's an internal matter of the Shen family?

They're not elders, so who can interfere in other people's family affairs?

Some villagers, unaware of the situation, spoke up: "Some items at the convenience store have indeed gone up in price recently. Did Boss Shen deliberately overcharge them?"

The younger, more naive villagers also echoed his sentiments.

Some people remained silent, quietly observing how things unfolded, their experience telling them that it was too early to speak up.

Hearing that someone was on her side, Aunt Shen's momentum surged.

"Did you hear that, Shen Ajiao! I'm not the only one who thinks you're deliberately raising prices."

Aunt Honghua immediately sensed something was wrong: "Oh, Aunt Shen, didn't you go to school? Nobody said Jiaojiao deliberately raised prices, so don't talk nonsense."

"They all mean the same thing," she thought, which meant someone was on her side.

Li Jiaojiao was too lazy to watch the drama unfold: "A while ago, Aunt Shen and a few others were talking badly about me behind my back. I overheard them, and they didn't apologize when confronted, so I dealt with it in my own way."

Aunt Honghua grasped the key point: "Then it's their own fault for doing something wrong; it has nothing to do with the village."

Li Jiaojiao nodded.

Aunt Honghua continued, "I knew Jiaojiao was such a good person that she would never implicate innocent people. Why didn't the prices of the things I bought go up?"

Aunt Shen's mind was working very quickly at this moment.

"If she raises prices so casually today, who knows what other reason she'll use to raise them tomorrow?"

"Sixth Aunt Shen, are you sure? This shop belongs to me, Shen Ajiao," Li Jiaojiao said sharply, not backing down an inch.

"Who gives you the right to comment on the pricing of my products?"

Aunt Shen looked smug and said, "See, I made you angry, didn't I?"

Li Jiaojiao rolled her eyes at her: "Everyone here, please be fair, aren't the things in my shop much cheaper than other shops?"

"yes"

"It's really cheap."

"That's right, people from other villages are coming to buy it."

Li Jiaojiao: "I've been offering discounts to everyone by taking on less profit, and I haven't made much money anyway. Now my brother needs a lot of money for eye surgery, so I raised the price just a little bit..."

She sighed, "It's better if this shop closes down. I can earn more working outside; at least enough for my brother's eye treatment and my own expenses."

Upon hearing that she didn't want to open the shop, the others couldn't stand still and all started to persuade her.

Li Jiaojiao feigned pitifulness and fooled Shen Mingrong.

Shen Mingrong was about to say something when Li Jiaojiao pinched his palm: "Brother, I was faking it."

The sound was very soft, just enough to slip into his ears.

Shen Mingrong chuckled inwardly; he was still the same as when he was a child, always playing the victim.

The people gathered at the entrance began to denounce Aunt Shen Liu and Shen Sanbao.

If these two hadn't caused trouble today, none of this would have happened.

Are these two scoundrels only satisfied when they force other shops to close down?

This was the first time that Aunt Shen and Shen Sanbao had been chased and denounced by so many people. They seized the opportunity and rushed out of the shop to make their escape.

Before leaving, Aunt Honghua came to comfort her: "If you don't have enough money, just ask me. I'll borrow money to help you."

"Okay, thank you, Auntie." Li Jiaojiao put an extra handful of salted peanuts into her bag.

There were no more people crowding around the store entrance; only Jianzi, who arrived by bicycle, was able to get in.

"Brother Mingrong, Sister Ajiao"

Jianzai is a few months older than Shen Ajiao and has always called her "little sister".

He came in carrying two bundles of bright red pork.

Li Jiaojiao looked at him with a genuine smile on her face, "It's fresh meat!"

Two girls followed Jianzi in.

Two girls called out softly from behind him, "Good afternoon, Brother Mingrong."

Only after realizing that Shen Mingrong was truly blind did the two of them dare to stand in front of him.

Li Jiaojiao took out a basin to put the pork in and saw the female lead He Yueshan and another girl she didn't recognize.

"What happened in your store just now? There are so many people gathered at the door, I couldn't get in." Jianzai found a seat and sat down.

He heard from Xiao Liu that Shen Ajiao had changed and was going to take Shen Mingrong to a major hospital in the province for treatment, so his attitude towards her returned to what it was before Shen Mingrong was injured.

When Shen Ajiao refused to give money for Shen Mingrong's medical treatment, he was the one who was most angry.

If he weren't in a hurry to raise money, he would have stormed into the convenience store and smashed it up.

"It's just a small matter in the village, everyone gathers up to chat," Shen Mingrong said, glossing over what had just happened.

"It's alright as long as it's not a big deal," Jianzi asked, worried that they might be bullied.

While he was waiting outside, the butcher across the street watched him sharpen his knife.

Even when cutting meat, they stared intently at him, making Jianzai afraid he would be the piece of pork leg being cut.

He Yueshan seemed not to understand: "Wait a minute, Brother Mingrong, what I heard outside just now sounded like your sister was raising prices arbitrarily?"

"Tsk," Jianzai frowned as he looked at her. Why did she have to bring up the sore spot?

Li Jiaojiao looked up and asked, "Oh, so what happened to the price increase in my shop?"

She disliked He Yueshan from the first glance.

"Right, I remember the female lead didn't appear at this time."

They clearly placed a mark on her: "Host, the plot is subject to change."

He Yueshan pursed her lips, but ultimately said nothing.

Jianzai explained for her, "Yueshan was just asking out of curiosity."

Li Jiaojiao rolled her eyes and didn't reply.

He Yueshan didn't speak again after that, nor did her friends who came with her.

However, the two exchanged many glances and gestures, their eyes constantly fixed on Shen Mingrong.

Li Jiaojiao doesn't like Jianzai speaking up for people he dislikes, but when it comes to "fresh meat," it's a different story.

"Take this money; you'll need to make an extra trip when you need pork."

Jianzi hesitated to accept it, but Shen Mingrong spoke up: "Take it, otherwise she won't dare to eat it."

Li Jiaojiao nodded vigorously: "That's right, that's right!"

Free things are the most expensive; she didn't want to have to repay favors later.

Jianzi rode his bike here, and his bike was almost identical to the butcher's bike.

The only difference was that there was a red paper with black characters that read "Li's Pork" pasted on the outside of the bamboo basket.

Jianzai's family runs a butcher shop in town, selling chicken, duck, fish, beef, pork, and mutton.

His main responsibility was to deliver meat to customers' homes, and he charged separately for each delivery.

Li Ji was one of the earliest butcher shops and was famous throughout the town.

He Yueshan and her friend were riding a bicycle when they ran into Jianzai on the road, so they came together.

"Yueshan, didn't Mingrong's sister say she didn't have money for medical treatment? She was so generous buying meat just now."