Chapter 88: Demanding Crackdown on Overpriced Stalls

Chapter 88: Demanding a Crackdown on the Rip-off Stall

Jiang Yingxue replied coldly to Chen Biyu, "Oh." She didn't want to waste words on a fool like that.

Then she gently pulled Jiang Peiyu behind her and said, "Don't waste your energy on fools. She's not worth getting everyone upset."

Jiang Yingxue took out a relatively large rectangular display stand from the front of the tricycle cart. She then turned to Jiang Peiyu and said, "Peiyu, could you get the inspection reports from the second-to-last cabinet for me?"

"Please help me attach the reports onto the stand, one by one."

"Okay." Jiang Peiyu took the reports and went to stick them up.

Ignoring the furious Chen Biyu, Jiang Yingxue raised her hand and said, "Next, please. What would you like to eat today, classmate?"

The next customer was Liang Erlan, who had also spoken out against Chen Biyu's unreasonable behavior. Hearing Jiang Yingxue ask her what she wanted, her expression immediately softened.

Liang Erlan immediately stepped forward, pushing the troublemaker Chen Biyu out of the queue. "Boss, I'd like two nutritional boxed meals, one large cup of Qiong Peach Juice and one large cup of Spirit Hawthorn Juice. Also, I want a set of Spirit Flower Cookies."

She had bought Spirit Flower Cookies yesterday too. Originally, she planned to eat just two pieces before dinner to curb her craving and save room for the meal. However, the texture and flavor of the cookies were so excellent that she couldn't stop after one bite. She ended up eating two whole boxes, leaving only two.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Jiang Yingxue took her purple membership card and placed it on the card reader. After packing the food, she handed it over, saying, "Classmate, your total today is 8,100 yuan. Your remaining balance is 7,700 yuan. Here are your membership card and food."

Liang Erlan took the food and membership card. The next second, she handed the membership card back to Jiang Yingxue. "Boss, I'd like to put 20,000 yuan on my card."

"Okay."

Chen Biyu, watching this scene from the side, was utterly stunned. Had Yaori International High School gone crazy? These people acted like money grew on trees! The stall owner was clearly ripping them off, yet they were willingly handing their money over! Unbelievable!

If she watched any longer, she might make herself sick from anger!

"Hmph!" Chen Biyu snorted coldly and turned to leave.

After Jiang Peiyu finished sticking up the reports, Jiang Yingxue placed the display stand in front of the stall. Customers in line could now see the food inspection reports at a glance, so they could eat without worry.

Jiang Yingxue took out a nutritional boxed meal and a whole chicken for Jiang Peiyu. "Peiyu, eat first. If you starve, my grandpa and granduncle won't let me off the hook."

Seeing her sister was still busy, Jiang Peiyu didn't want to eat alone. "Sis, I'm not hungry yet. Let's eat together later."

Jiang Yingxue opened the boxed meal. "Be good and eat now. I've already eaten." In truth, she was practicing inedia, so eating or not didn't matter. However, she had also made some Dan Tang Hua candy. These candies had the same effect as Inedia Pills, just for a shorter duration—one pill lasted for only three days.

"Well, alright then," Jiang Peiyu looked at the whole chicken, her expression slightly troubled. "Sis, half a chicken is enough. A whole one is too much; I can't finish it."

Since it was already on the table, putting it back for sale wasn't appropriate.

Jiang Yingxue lightly sliced with her ice blade, and the whole chicken was cut into two halves. "Eat as much as you can. If there's any left, I'll take it home to feed the fish."

Feed the fish? Jiang Peiyu was silent for two seconds. "If I can't finish it, I'll take it home for Grandpa. My parents always steam it or make soup; they never barbecue it." Her family also had the chicks and ducklings sent by Jiang Yingxue's family, raised by her grandpa on the balcony.

"Either way is fine. Hurry up and eat." Jiang Yingxue said while packing food for customers and turning her head to speak to Jiang Peiyu. Later, she packed one roast chicken and one roast duck for Jiang Peiyu to take home to her granduncle, so he could have them prepared a new way too.

At that moment, about ten meters away from the stall, a woman was hiding behind a tree trunk, leaning out to peer, holding a phone pointed towards the stall. The screen protector on this phone was newly applied.

This woman was Xie Xinxin. She glared at the stall's direction with eyes full of resentment.

"This is infuriating! The stall owner dares to set up shop again today? Isn't anyone going to do anything about it? How hateful!" Especially since there were even more people at the stall today than yesterday. This is too much!

Xie Xinxin recorded a short video and hurried back, eager to edit and upload the video online.

*

"Ms. Jiang, hello. Teacher Yu sent me to pick up the food." A young man wearing long sleeves and pants arrived at Jiang Yingxue's stall. His clothes still had traces of dirt that hadn't been brushed off.

"Hello, are you Xu Zhou?" Jiang Yingxue opened her phone to the chat page with Yu Yuande. There was a photo Yu Yuande had sent half an hour ago of the designated person picking up the food today. It was the same young man before her, though in the photo, taken in the mountains, his face had a bit of dirt on it.

Xu Zhou nodded. "Yes."

Jiang Yingxue handed him the two large bags of food she had pre-packed for him to take away and took a photo of his back to send to Yu Yuande.

Yu Yuande had privately messaged her to order the food last night. The payment would be deducted from his membership card. Jiang Yingxue's Spirit Storage Stone computer had the membership card information; she could process the deduction directly on it and send a screenshot to Yu Yuande for verification.

Suddenly, Jiang Yingxue remembered an idea Xue Kaisheng had mentioned before about creating a mini-program or app. She hadn't considered it before, but now she was interested.

However, she wanted to make it exclusive for members and only allow orders placed the night before.

After closing the stall and returning home, Jiang Yingxue told Xue Kaisheng about her idea. Xue Kaisheng said it wouldn't be a problem.

Jiang Yingxue: How much would it cost to make this member-exclusive app? Please give me a quote.

Xue Kaisheng: We're all friends. It's just a small favor. Talking about money hurts feelings; let's not discuss money.

Jiang Yingxue: In that case, thank you. I recently brewed some new Spirit Flower Wine. Would you like to try some as a gift?

Xue Kaisheng: Yes, please. I'll come to Nanhe Village to pick it up after work.

Jiang Yingxue: OK

Since the inspection report for the Spirit Flower Wine wasn't out yet, currently only very close relatives and friends, and He Ximin, had tasted it. Now, Xue Kaisheng would be added to that list.

*

Online, another blog post published by the netizen "Xinxin Xiangrong" sparked widespread debate among netizens once again.

The title of the blog post was "The 2,000 Yuan Rip-off Boxed Meal Stall Remains Defiant Today! The Boss Will Buy a Mansion!", while her previous post was titled "Shockingly Priced Food Stall Appears at J City Middle School Gate! A Single Boxed Meal Actually Costs 2000 Yuan!".

Both blog posts discussed the same issue, deeply condemning the rip-off stall for its heartless profiteering off students' money and its serious disruption of the market, fueling widespread anger among netizens.

Netizens began tagging J City's law enforcement departments, demanding they take action against the rip-off stall's illegal behavior of arbitrarily setting high prices and disrupting the market, confiscate the stall's illegal gains, and prohibit the stall from operating.