The woman rushed to the tractor with her two children and lay down on the ground: "Living Bodhisattva, since you have helped Mr. Tian and his grandson, you have even built a house for them.
Have pity on us, mother and son, and give us two hundred yuan for living expenses, otherwise we will starve to death."
Grandma Tian's face turned livid with anger: "You and your wife are lazy and deserve to starve to death!"
The woman sat up from the ground, pointed at Grandma Tian's nose and said, "Mrs. Tian, you are quite old. It's not kind of you to say this. Why can't the Living Bodhisattva help us if we can help you?"
Lin Mai said coldly: "The money is mine. I can spend it on whomever I want. Are you in charge of it?"
The woman lay down again: "If you don't give me money, you won't be able to leave here today!"
"Really?" Lin Mai said loudly to the villagers standing one or two meters away watching the excitement: "Fellow folks, you may have heard that I often purchase agricultural products around here."
The villagers who were watching the excitement suddenly became excited and responded loudly: "I've heard of it!"
Lin Mai smiled and asked: "I hope it will be your village's turn next time?"
The villagers were excited: "Hope!"
Lin Mai nodded: "Then please drag this woman and her two children away. Next time I return to Simei Town, I will collect the corn from your village."
When the villagers heard this, they all swarmed up, picked up the woman and her two children, and threw them directly into the smelly ditch not far away.
The woman was so angry that she screamed, but no one paid attention to her. The villagers had long been fed up with her mother.
Lin Mai drove the tractor back to Grandpa Fang's house and Grandma Fang's house.
After having lunch at Grandma Fang’s house, we drove the tractor back to Jiangcheng.
As soon as she parked the tractor in front of her store, many neighbors gathered around and asked with a smile: "Wheat, has the corn been transported back?"
"Yes." Lin Mai nodded, "Anyone who has paid for corn, come and get it!"
After a while, a line of people lined up behind the tractor to receive corn.
Li Mingcheng came out of the store to help.
Lin Mai took out the list of corn orders and shipped them in an orderly manner.
Soon, half of the goods were taken away.
At this time, a landlady named Chun Xing ran over and said to Lin Mai with a cold face:
"Yesterday I ordered three hundred corns from you and paid a total of twenty-seven yuan. Please return the money to me. I don't want to buy your corn anymore."
Many snack bar owners condemned her: "Why are you like this? Xiao Lin has already transported the corn back, and you just said you don't want it and asked them to refund the money. Isn't your work in vain?"
Chun Xing rolled her eyes and said, "I can't care about that. Who is calling her black-hearted? The wholesale price of corn cobs is five cents, but she charges nine cents. Of course I want to return it!"
Some people are deeply skeptical: "Where can there be such cheap corn? Even if there is, it will definitely not be as good as Xiaolin's."
Linmai's corn is big and plump, and it's really not expensive for nine cents.
But a few people were tempted and asked Chun Xing: "Are there really five-cent corn on the cob? I want to approve some too."
Chun Xing agreed readily: "Okay, then you can help me get Xiaolin to refund the money to me."
Li Ming was so angry that he wished he could push Chun Xing to the ground and beat him severely.
Two of the small business owners who wanted to buy corn at low prices backed down.
Chun Xing did not help them for free, but with conditions.
Who knows if she will actually help them buy low-price corn if her conditions are met?
If Chun Xing can break his promise to Lin Mai, he can break his promise to them.
Lin Mai, however, didn't care and said to Chun Xing: "Don't let others ask for money for you. It's only twenty-seven yuan. I'll give it back to you."
While talking, he took out twenty-one dollars from his bag and gave it to Chun Xing, and told her: "Don't order from me again in the future!"
Chun Xing snorted coldly, raised her butt high, and walked away proudly.
There was a snack shop owner who also wanted to buy low-priced corn on the cob, Qi Qi Aiai said: "I, I also want to return the goods~"
"Okay." Lin Mai quickly refunded his money, and then asked loudly, "Who else wants to return the money? Just do it."
Several more bosses came over and returned the goods, including the two bosses who backed down.
The other bosses were quite loyal and no one returned the goods.
When all the people who took the goods dispersed, Li Mingcheng asked worriedly: "There is still so much corn, what should I do?"
"Keep it for yourself and sell it."
"I'm just afraid that it will go bad before it's sold out."
Lin Mai looked at the remaining corn and saw that there was indeed a lot.
"Then I'll take some time to sell some on the black market."
Early the next morning, Lin Mai rode a tricycle and brought hundreds of corns to the black market.
The black market in the morning was quite lively, selling everything.
When Chen Feng's younger brother saw Lin Mai coming to set up a stall, he ran over to say hello to her.
People in Jiangcheng love to eat corn. As soon as Lin Mai’s stall was set up, someone came and asked, “How do you sell this corn?”
"Fifty cents and four."
Linmai's corn is big, plump and fresh, and the price is really affordable.
Many people gathered around to buy corn.
Although the business was booming, it only lasted for a while. After eight o'clock, the sun was very hot and there were no people in the black market.
The vendors who set up the stalls were very experienced. They only took a small amount of goods and sold them for an hour or two before closing the stalls and leaving.
Lin Mai looked at the more than 100 corns left on the tricycle and left.
If you continue to hold on, no one will buy it. It will be a waste of time and heat.
While passing by an institution, a loud broadcast sound came from inside.
A mezzo-soprano was broadcasting: "...We must respond to the central government's call, find sales for the peasant brothers, and solve the problems of the peasant brothers..."
Lin Mai had an idea. If I can't sell all my corn, I can go to the government.
She excitedly went to Jiang'an District Government on a tricycle, but the guard refused to let her in.
Lin Mai bought cigarettes to bribe the doorman, but the doorman not only refused to accept them, but also ordered her to leave quickly, otherwise he would arrest her as a troublemaker.
Lin Mai had no choice but to return home listlessly.
When passing by the entrance of Chun Xing's store, she saw many neighbors gathered around her store to watch the excitement. Lin Mai slowed down the car and stretched his head to look inside.
There was not a single customer in the store, only a dozen baskets of corn, Chun Xing and his wife, and the few bosses who wanted to buy low-priced corn yesterday and returned Linmai's corn.
The two sides were at war with each other and kept arguing.
If someone else was quarreling, Lin Mai wouldn't be much interested.
But she was quite interested in the dog-eating-dog scene, so she stopped to watch the show.
I just heard a boss who returned the goods yesterday pointing at the dozens of baskets of corn and shouting: "Can you call this corn? How many grains of rice are on it! They are all empty!
Your four corns are not worth Xiaolin's one corn.
You still sell this low-quality corn for five cents a piece, doesn’t your conscience hurt?”
The other bosses who were deceived by Chunxing into withdrawing from Linmaiyu said with dark faces: "Don't tell her so much, just let her refund the money and that's it!"
Chun Xing said with a bitter face: "How can I refund the money to you? I was also cheated. If you want to refund the money, go to the scammers. What's the use of looking for me?"
A boss said angrily: "Didn't you introduce that liar to us? If we don't look for you, who will we look for?"
Another boss said: "Who knows if you and the liar are in the same group!"
Chun Xing swore to the sky: "If I and the liar were together, our whole family would die badly!"
A boss said: "Refund the money, we won't listen to your swearing!"
Chunxing man suddenly became angry: "I told you, we are also victims, why are you still so aggressive!"
"What? You don't want the money back, do you?"
The bosses pushed and pushed the Chunxing man, and the conflict gradually escalated, and finally a fight broke out.