Just like last Labor Day, Grandpa Fang had already bought chickens and ducks for Lin Mai, and Lin Mai could load them into the truck as soon as he arrived.
After loading all the chickens and ducks onto the tractor, Lin Mai drove the tractor back to the city.
Fang Zhuoran and the old couple took the train back to the city together to avoid riding on a tractor and smelling the stench of chickens and ducks.
It was only around four o'clock in the afternoon when Lin Mai drove his tractor back to the city.
Thinking that there was nothing to do back at the snack bar at this point, I simply drove the tractor to the black market to try my luck and see if I could sell some chickens and ducks.
Since the beginning of summer, the black market has been particularly prosperous before ten o'clock in the morning.
After ten o'clock, because the temperature is too high, there are not many people setting up stalls and buying things, and it looks depressed.
But at this time today, there are many people setting up stalls and buying things in the black market.
Small vendors grab holiday business, while buyers buy holiday ingredients. The black market is bustling and particularly prosperous.
Lin Mai was secretly happy that he had come to the right place.
As usual, as soon as the stall was set up, people came to buy it immediately.
By the time the workers got off work in the afternoon, the number of customers pouring into the black market had doubled, squeezing the small black market to the brim.
Lin Mai's business has improved to a higher level, and she can't handle it alone.
An aunt chose a big fat duck and waited for it to be weighed and paid for.
Seeing many customers surrounding Lin Mai tightly, vying to have them weighed and paid, Lin Mai was so busy that he didn't pay attention to her at all.
The aunt hurriedly stuffed the big fat duck into the vegetable basket and ran away.
Even after running all the way, I didn't see Lin Mai catching up. I was secretly happy that I had taken a big advantage today!
But she was happy for only three seconds. Four gangster-looking people surrounded her and blocked her.
The aunt thought she was being robbed, and was so frightened that she stammered: "You... what do you want to do? I'm telling you, I... I don't have any money."
"Has no money become your reason for stealing someone else's big fat duck?"
Chen Feng walked over slowly with a piece of grass in his mouth.
He was so domineering that he almost scared the aunt to the point of peeing.
The aunt said bravely: "I...I didn't."
However, his hand subconsciously blocked the mouth of the basket, not wanting anyone to see the big fat duck inside.
The big fat duck thought it was in danger and quacked.
Everyone stared at the aunt and said nothing.
The aunt said bravely: "I, I paid for this duck."
A gangster slapped her several times: "A group of us all saw with our own eyes that you stole this big fat duck, and you still dare to quibble! Do you insist on not crying until you see the coffin?"
After being beaten, the aunt became honest and trembled with fear.
Chen Feng said slowly: "Give you a chance, either return the big fat duck to others, or pay the money."
The aunt quickly ran back to Lin Mai's stall and said to her: "I just took a big fat duck from you, and you haven't been able to weigh it for a long time.
I ran to buy something else and then weighed and paid for it. I didn’t expect you to be so busy.
You hurry up and weigh mine so that I can pay and go back to cook."
Many customers who bought chickens and ducks praised this lady for her integrity and actually came back to pay.
Lin Mai is not that easy to fool.
Nine out of ten aunts are greedy. Now that the big fat duck has been taken away, how can they come back to pay!
She raised her head and looked around, and saw the back of Chen Feng turning away not far away, and immediately understood what was going on.
The sales lasted until about seven o'clock in the evening, and almost all the chickens and ducks were sold out, with only one chicken and one duck left.
This was specially left by Lin Mai.
She happily packed her things and was about to go home. Chen Feng, the younger brother responsible for guarding the black market, came over and said, "You are finally leaving. I can't get off work until you leave."
Lin Mai was startled for a moment: "You didn't come to collect my stall fee today, why are you still responsible for my safety?"
The younger brother spread his hands: "The boss ordered it, what can I do?"
As soon as Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang followed Fang Zhuoran to the city, they went to the hospital to visit Doudou.
Doudou was so happy to see them, and the grandparents and grandchildren spent a happy afternoon.
This time the old couple came to the city to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and were not allowed to notify anyone else, so Fang Zhuoran didn't tell anyone.
When the two old people were in the city, Lin Mai cooked delicious food for them, went to the hospital with them to visit Doudou, and took them to the park and shopping malls. The two old people left with satisfaction.
As long as it is a holiday, Linmai will not arrange for employees to take holidays. They usually take compensatory leave after holidays.
So no employees have a holiday during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Grandpa Fang and his wife returned to their hometown, so Lin Mai arranged for employees to take turns.
Among the first batch of rest lists are Zhou Caiyun and Li Mingcheng.
Lin Mai not only arranged for them to take turns to take vacations, but also gave each of them three days of leave to allow them to return to their hometown to visit relatives.
But the two of them were worried about the business in the store. They all went back to their hometown the day before and came back at noon the next day.
And they didn’t come back empty-handed, there were salted duck eggs, rice dumplings, and some seasonal vegetables.
Li Mingcheng also went down to the river to catch a large snakehead fish and brought it to Lin Mai to make black fish soup and beans to drink.
After boiling the black fish soup, Lin Mai and Zhou Caiyun served it to Doudou.
After feeding Doudou black fish soup, Lin Mai left Zhou Caiyun to take care of Doudou while she went back to the snack bar to look after the business.
As soon as she left the hospital gate, Lin Mai sensitively felt that the atmosphere in their street was not right.
She took a closer look and saw that many shops had their doors closed, indicating that they were not doing business.
Lin Mai was wondering, even though it was after two o'clock in the afternoon and there was not much business, it wouldn't be closed.
Moreover, she also saw many snack bar owners or proprietresses gathering together, with serious expressions on their faces, and they didn't know what they were talking about.
Although Lin Mai was confused, she was not a gossip and did not go over to listen to what they were talking about.
Back in the store, she asked Li Mingcheng casually: "Do you know what happened on this street?"
Li Mingcheng asked in confusion: "What happened?"
Seeing that he didn't know anything, Lin Mai didn't say anything more.
At this time, several men in industrial and commercial uniforms walked in, and one of them asked: "Is the shop owner here?"
Lin Mai hurriedly said: "I am."
The man said: "Someone reported that all the storefronts on this street are operating without a license. We are here to inform you that you are not allowed to operate without a license. If there is any violation, you will be severely fined."
Only then did Lin Mai suddenly understand why those snack bars had closed down. It turned out that it was because industry and commerce were not allowed to open.
She quickly declared: "I have a business license."
The staff of the industrial and commercial office were about to turn around and leave. When they heard this, they all looked surprised, and one of them asked Lin Mai to show him his business license.
Lin Mai said with a smile: "Please sit down for a while, I will go upstairs to get the business license." After that, he ran upstairs.
Wang Xiaoli hurriedly brought a dessert to each industrial and commercial office staff member.
The staff of the industrial and commercial offices were drinking desserts, and their expressions were not as serious as when they entered.
Lin Mai took out the business license from the cabinet and immediately went downstairs to show it to the staff of the industrial and commercial offices.
The staff of the industrial and commercial office looked over the business license over and over for a long time, and then returned it to Lin Mai after confirming that it was genuine.
One of them said: "This business license must be hung in the store so that we can see it at a glance during inspection to avoid accidental injury."
Lin Mai nodded and bowed: "Okay, okay, I'll hang it up when I get back."
The staff of the industrial and commercial office then got up and left, going to Aunt Hu's house next door.