After the meal was over, the two sons-in-law rushed to clear away the dishes. Unusually, Father Bai only said a few polite words and let them go.
Bai's father asked Bai Lu to play with the two cute babies in the dining room.
He took sisters Bai Yan and Lin Mai to the living room, and Bai Xia followed.
Father Bai lowered his voice and asked Bai Yan if her family's snack bar had such a high income, did her parents-in-law have any plans to take advantage of her family?
He wanted to ask these questions just now at the dinner table, but Yang Jin was present and it was not convenient to ask.
Bai Yan said depressedly: "How can I not make up my mind? Fortunately, A Jin is of the same mind as me.
No matter how much his mother wanted money, he just bought some gifts and gave them to her during the holidays.
Apart from that, he gave his biological mother two sesame seed cakes filled with meat and two cups of soy milk every day, and there was nothing else."
Bai Xia said in surprise: "Your mother-in-law still goes to your snack bar every day to get sesame cakes and meat?
Who kind of mother-in-law would be like this? Her son opened a snack bar, and instead of offering help, he only helped him to eat and drink. What a shame!"
Bai Yan sneered: "I used to take five at a time, but I took three back to feed her youngest son and daughter-in-law.
Your brother-in-law stopped giving it to him after half a month and only gave his parents two sesame seed pancakes with meat for breakfast.
He said that his younger brother and his family are very skilled, but he does not support their family.
I don’t know if my sister-in-law is holding a grudge for this matter and instigating it, or if Grandma Tiantian is trying to find fault with us.
Anyway, my parents-in-law asked us for alimony, but your brother-in-law refused."
Bai’s father asked: “How much alimony do your parents-in-law require?”
"One hundred dollars."
"So many? Why don't they grab it!" Bai Xia said angrily.
Father Bai patted him on the shoulder: "Your brother-in-law didn't give it to you, why are you so excited?"
Only then did the anger on Bai Xia's face dissipate.
Lin Mai interrupted: "My brother-in-law didn't pay alimony, so your mother-in-law just forgets it?"
Bai Yan curled her lips: "Do you think my mother-in-law is a good talker? How could she just give up? There's a lawsuit going on!
Your brother-in-law told her to go ahead and she would pay whatever alimony the court ordered her to pay, otherwise he and his wife would not pay her if they were under sixty years old."
Dad Bai asked: "Have your parents-in-law gone to court to file a lawsuit?"
"Of course not, the court also stipulates that only when the elderly reaches the age of sixty, the children must pay alimony.
Of course, even if you are not 60 years old, but you have no source of income, you still need to pay alimony.
But my father-in-law hasn’t retired yet and he still has his salary. Who will support him and his wife?
The couple can go to the court to find out these things, so how can they file a lawsuit?"
Father Bai said speechlessly: "That mother-in-law of yours is really speechless."
Bai Yan smiled: "Although my mother-in-law is annoying, my family's situation is already good.
I have several female colleagues whose husbands always side with their mother-in-law, and they feel aggrieved."
The two sons-in-law finished washing the dishes and returned to the living room. Father Bai and the others had already changed the topic.
Yang Jin couldn't sit still for a while and stood up to leave.
Father Bai asked in surprise: "It's still early, why are you leaving in a hurry?"
Yang Jin said nothing and looked at his wife.
Bai Yan smiled and explained: "He wants to do business in the store."
Father Bai said in shock: "You don't even take a break during the New Year."
Yang Jin rubbed his hands and said, "Business is only good during the Chinese New Year. One day's turnover is equal to what we make in a week on normal days."
After hearing this, Father Bai didn't dare to keep him anymore. Making money was a big deal.
Yang Jin left, and Bai's father asked Bai Yan: "The business is so busy during the New Year, can Yang Jin handle it alone?"
Bai Yan said: "He hired a guy."
Father Bai was relieved now.
The snow keeps falling, and it gets heavier and heavier.
Father Bai was afraid that the snow would be deep and it would be difficult for Bai Yan and his family to go home, so he asked them to go home early.
When sending them out, Bai's father specially told Lin Mai that if the snow lightens tomorrow, he should go to his grandparents' house to pay New Year's greetings.
He was afraid that Lin Mai had no feelings for Grandpa Bai and the others and would not pay them New Year greetings during the New Year.
Lin Mai nodded in agreement.
After leaving Bai's father's house, Lin and Mai drove to Fuduoduo Market to buy some side dishes.
All fish, meat and eggs are stored at home, but vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables, are not stored.
You have to eat fresh vegetables. If you buy too much, they won’t taste good after a few days.
So she eats and buys now.
As soon as he entered his own market, Lin Mai felt something was wrong. There were too few customers in the market!
She whispered in confusion: "Why are there so few customers?"
Fang Zhuoran stood in front of the tomato selling counter and selected tomatoes: "Maybe many people bought all kinds of meat and vegetables at one time years ago, but now there are fewer people buying."
Lin Mai still felt something was wrong: "That shouldn't be the case. Even if I bought it all at once before the year, I would still buy some things temporarily during the Spring Festival.
Our Fuduoduo in Jiangcheng has been open for two years, and which year is it not overcrowded around the Spring Festival?"
"There are differences between Jiangcheng and Jingcheng.
The winter temperature in Jiangcheng is much higher than that in Beijing. You might think that the people in Jiangcheng had enough to buy, but they didn't.
Your Fuduoduo market doesn't close during the Spring Festival, and it's not like you can't buy it during the Chinese New Year. Why do people have to buy enough before the New Year? It will go bad.
Since I haven’t bought enough, I will definitely come here to buy during the Spring Festival, which will make the house seem crowded with customers.
But things are different in the capital city. They buy enough before the year, hang them under the eaves, and freeze them naturally, so the ingredients will not go bad.
Since we bought enough before the year, there will naturally be fewer customers buying during the Spring Festival.”
Lin Mai was still confused: "But our market not only sells fish, meat, eggs and vegetables, but also sells New Year's goods.
Don’t those common people buy a few kilograms of brown sugar, white sugar and snacks to give away?”
"Brown sugar, white sugar and snacks are also sold in state-owned stores. Those who save sugar coupons and snack coupons from ordinary people can buy them in state-owned stores, which are not much more expensive than ours.
On a snowy day, why don’t people go to the nearest state-owned store to buy it instead of coming to our market?”
Lin Mai heard that Fang Zhuoran's words made sense, so he relieved his doubts and picked tomatoes with him.
At this time, a pair of middle-aged women nearby were talking while buying groceries.
The fat middle-aged woman said disdainfully: "I'm just telling you why the Fuduoduo Market posted a notice saying it won't close during the Chinese New Year. It turns out they dug a hole here for us to jump into."
The short-haired middle-aged woman next to her asked confusedly: "Why did we dig a hole and jump?"
She picked up a handful of garlic seedlings and said, "This garlic seedlings only sold for 40 cents per catty a year ago, but now it has increased to 50 cents."
And this white radish, which cost 15 cents a pound a year ago, has gone up 20 cents now.
If I had known the price would rise, I would have bought more and stocked up a few years ago, so I don’t have to pay a high price now.”
The middle-aged woman with short hair said: "It's snowing so much, it's not easy for Fuduoduo Market to transport vegetables. It's normal for the price to increase."
When Lin Mai heard this, he hurriedly looked at the price tags of various products. As expected, many products had increased by ten cents or five cents.
Even if it doesn't snow heavily, let alone a heavy snowfall, it is normal for the prices of goods to increase slightly during the Chinese New Year.
If employees work overtime during the Chinese New Year, they should be given double pay and red envelopes.
Where does this money come from? Of course it comes from the price increase.
At this time, another aunt who only shopped but did not buy interrupted: "It's not easy to transport vegetables to Fuduoduo, but it's easy to do Huimin Market?
How come their vegetables and fish are sold cheaper than Fuduoduo?
Moreover, the fish and meat are all processed, so you can buy them and heat them up before eating.
All in all, Fuduoduo Market is too evil and treats its customers like fat sheep."
The two aunts looked at the other aunt at the same time.
The fat aunt said: "Impossible? How can the meat and vegetables at Huimin Market be cheaper than at Fuduoduo Market?
And it's still well processed.
Their things are always more expensive than Fuduoduo!"
The aunt who interrupted said: "I have always thought so, so I looked at the vegetable prices at Huimin Market, and then went to Fuduoduo to check the vegetable prices, and found that Fuduoduo's is actually more expensive than Huimin!"
The fat aunt and the short-haired aunt put down all their chosen dishes and left together.
One said to the other: "I would rather believe that it exists than that it does not exist.
Let’s take a look and if the meat and vegetables at Huimin Market are really that cheap, we will buy them at Huimin.”
Lin Mai whispered in Fang Zhuoran's ear: "This is the reason why our market is not doing well."
She didn't even bother to buy food and went to Tang Yi's office.
Fang Zhuoran buys groceries alone.
Tang Yi was on the phone with Zhao Liang when he saw Lin Mai and his wife coming in. He said to the phone: "Mr. Zhao, Mr. Lin is looking for me. Let's talk later."
When Tang Yi hung up the phone, Lin Mai asked directly: "Do you know that the processed fresh food at Huimin Market is cheaper than the unprocessed food we sell?"
Tang Yi nodded: "I know, I even went to Huimin Market to see it in person."
"Then you're still going to raise the price?"
Lin Mai was puzzled, and then added, "It's not that prices can't be increased during the Spring Festival.
But Huimin Market is cutting prices, so we can't raise prices, otherwise how can we squeeze them out?
Instead, it gave them a chance to make a big comeback."
Tang Yi said: "It is precisely because I went to see it on site that the price was increased."
Lin Maimengquan: "How do you say this?"
“None of the fresh food they sell is fresh.
It’s no surprise that they are all fresh food that was not sold years ago and have been processed and sold at low prices.
Our vegetables are all sold out on the same day.
Although the fish is not sold out on the same day, it will be put into the freezer at closing time.
And it is only sold for a maximum of two days, which ensures the freshness of the ingredients.
Our current prices I think are reasonable.”
He said confidently: "Those customers who went to Huimin Market to buy fresh food will come back to our house to buy fresh food if they find out that they have been cheated."
Lin Mai doesn't think so.
In the past, ordinary people who often bought expired food in state-owned stores and rotten vegetables in state-owned markets had very strong gastrointestinal adaptability.
Even if the ingredients they buy are not too fresh or even bad, they can still eat them as long as they are cheap.
However, there are still a small number of wealthy people who got rich first and will not eat stale or even spoiled ingredients for cheap.
Then observe it for two days to see if this small group of wealthy people will return.
If there is no further price reduction.
At the moment, the Huimin Market in Chaoyang District is overcrowded.
When customers saw that the spicy fish nuggets only cost 50 cents per catty, and the braised pork belly only cost 60 cents per catty, which was cheaper than the white pork and frozen fish at Fuduoduo Market, they went crazy to buy it.
Manager Qian stood not far away and was very happy.
A shrewd housewife noticed something was wrong. She picked up a piece of spicy fish, smelled it, and frowned.
He picked up another piece of braised pork and smelled it, frowning again.
He curled his lips and said, "Why do I say they are sold so cheaply? The fish and meat are smelly."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and many customers immediately came closer to take a whiff, and sure enough, there was a stench.
A customer who just bought spicy fish or braised pork tasted the spicy fish or braised pork he bought.
Although the salt and seasonings are heavy, you can still taste a stinky taste.
Many customers quit and demanded returns.
Su Yuying, who had just arrived from her parents' home, saw her and rolled her eyes in disdain.
This group of poor people who used to eat even rotten cabbage gangs have become so picky that they even dislike big fish and meat.
Upon seeing this, Manager Qian made a calming gesture to the angry customers: "Our fish and meat have indeed gone bad.
However, it is impossible to buy good fish and meat at this price. You get what you pay for.
Don’t worry if it goes bad, just eat it as usual!
You can buy it if you like it, and you can return it if you don't want it, as long as you don't regret it.
Such cheap spicy fish and such cheap braised pork, if you don’t buy it today, you won’t be able to buy it tomorrow.”
Manager Qian tried to retreat in order to advance, but those customers hesitated.
The processed fish and meat are indeed ridiculously cheap.
Although it has gone bad and has no nutrition, it can satisfy your cravings.
If you eat too much, it's just diarrhea at most, it's not a big deal.
In the end, not only did no one return the goods, but all the low-priced fresh food was sold out.