On the morning of the third day of junior high school, the first thing Lin Mai did when he got up was to open the curtains and look at the weather outside.
A sheet of white snow immediately came into view, and the snow on the ground could reach an adult's calf.
The key is that the heavy snow is still falling in the sky, and it doesn't mean to stop at all.
According to this trend, heavy snowfall is very likely to cause disasters.
If that really happens, people will have no choice but to stay at home.
Fortunately, it is the Spring Festival, and every household has stocked up on new year's goods, so it is not difficult to stay at home.
If it were normal, within two days, the family would be out of food and food.
Lin Mai washed up and came to the living room.
The two little guys, Doudou and Qiqi, got up early and made snow dolls in the front yard together.
In the living room, Tao Zhiyun told Grandma Fang that she and Fang Zhuoyue wanted to go back to Jiangcheng after breakfast.
I'm afraid that if I don't go back to Jiangcheng, the snow will get heavier and heavier, and the airport and trains will be suspended, so I won't be able to go back.
Grandma Fang looked at the heavy snow outside the window and nodded in agreement.
Who knows how many days this snow will fall. If Tao Zhiyun and Fang Zhuoyue are trapped in the capital for the next five to seven days, unable to leave, it will delay their work.
Especially in Fang Zhuoyue's TV factory, Lin Mai invested a lot of money and couldn't relax for a moment.
After breakfast, Lin and Mai sent Fang Zhuoyue and Tao Zhiyun's mother and son to the train station.
She had already called the airport and the plane was temporarily grounded.
Tao Zhiyun and the others could only take the train back.
The two little guys Doudou and Qiqi stood at the entrance of the courtyard holding hands, inseparable.
It wasn't until Lin Mai said that they would return to Jiangcheng during the summer vacation that the two little guys let go.
Fang Zhuoyue saw that the snow was so deep and he didn't want his brother and sister-in-law to send them away.
But Lin Mai and Fang Zhuoran had to give it away, not just because Tao Zhiyun's mother and son were distinguished guests.
Also because Grandpa Fang, Grandma Fang and Lin Mai prepared many gifts for Tao Zhiyun's parents.
With such heavy snow, traffic was almost paralyzed.
There wasn't even a taxi on the street. It would be difficult for Tao Zhiyun and Fang Zhuoyue to get so many things alone.
Most of the snow on the street has been cleared by sanitation workers, but cars can still be driven.
Fang Zhuoran, his wife, Fang Zhuoyue, and Tao Zhiyun loaded the gifts into the car and took Qiqi to the train station.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, there are not many passengers at the train station, but all trains in and out of Beijing are delayed under different circumstances.
The reason is that the snow on the road leading to and from the capital is too thick, and the snow must be cleared before the train can pass safely.
After watching Fang Zhuoyue and Tao Zhiyun's mother and son get on the train, Lin Mai and his wife drove away.
Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year. It's snowing heavily again. I guess there are no guests at home, so there's no need to rush back.
Lin Mai asked Fang Zhuoran to drive the car to Huimin Market in Chaoyang District. She wanted to see if Huimin Market still sold spoiled fish and meat at low prices today.
When he arrived at the Huimin Market, Lin Mai saw that it was noisy. There were at least a hundred people making a fuss for some unknown reason.
Lin Mai leaned forward and listened for a while before finally understanding what was going on.
It turns out that many customers bought spoiled spicy fish and braised pork from Huimin Market yesterday.
Some elderly and children suffered from diarrhea after eating and were admitted to the hospital that night. These customers came to Huimin Market to complain.
But the person in charge of Huimin Market, Manager Qian, had a very bad attitude.
He said that he did not inform customers yesterday that the fish and meat he was selling were spoiled, and that those customers bought them knowingly.
One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. Let alone the hospital, even if he dies, he is asking for it.
Let those customers sue them wherever they want, just go.
There is no food safety law in this era, so where can those customers go to sue them?
Those customers were furious.
Someone shouted: "If you don't compensate, we will destroy your market!"
The man responded to every call.
Manager Qian panicked and asked everyone to calm down. She immediately asked the landlady for instructions on what to do.
Su Yuying was playing mahjong with her guests at the time. When she received the call, she was very impatient: "If anyone dares to smash my market, just call the police to arrest him. You have to tell me about such a trivial matter!"
Manager Qian accompanied him carefully and said: "If the crime is not blamed, there are hundreds of people, who will the police arrest?
Besides, if those people smashed up the market, they wouldn’t have stayed and waited for the police to catch them, they would have run away long ago.”
Su Yuying had no choice but to call her father's bus and rushed to the Chaoyang District market.
The customers who saw the excitement really wanted to smash up her market.
The goods at each of her markets amount to tens of thousands, and they are really going to be smashed, causing considerable losses.
When those customers saw her, they pointed at her nose and said that if she did not pay the medical bills, she would be careful when walking on the road in the future.
Su Yuying was not sure whether those customers' words were just to scare her or if they were true.
She thought about it and had no choice but to agree to those customers.
Not only for the safety of my own life, but also for the sake of preventing the market from being smashed.
After those customers asking for medical bills got their money and left, Manager Qian asked tremblingly: "Mr. Su, what should I do with these spoiled fish, meat, and vegetables?"
Su Yuying said angrily: "Throw it all away!" Then she left and went to another Huimin market.
It couldn't be that only one Huimin market had customers asking for medical expenses. The same situation should have happened at another one, and she had to deal with it too.
Lin Mai had already gotten into Fang Zhuoran's jeep and watched the employees at Huimin Market pouring out the spoiled fresh food.
She then left with Fang Zhuoran and went to her own Fuduoduo market.
The prices at Fuduoduo Market are the same as yesterday, and the business is the same as yesterday, deserted.
Lin Mai took a tour, bought a few vegetables and left.
As soon as the couple got home, Doudou ran over on his short legs and told them that his uncle was here.
Lin Mai quickly walked into the living room and saw Bai Xia sitting in the living room chatting with Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang.
Lin Mai was very surprised: "It's snowing, why are you here?"
Bai Xia said with a smile: "Yesterday you and your brother-in-law returned to your parents' home. Dad said that according to the customs in your Hu Province, your brother-in-law would like to return gifts today, so I came."
Grandma Fang pointed to a load of gifts next to the sofa: "The snow is so deep, it's a shame that your brother came to our door carrying such a load of gifts."
Bai Xia smiled: "It should, it should."
Lin Mai also followed the custom of Hu Province and made a banquet for Bai Xia at noon.
After eating and drinking, Bai Xia will go home.
Before leaving, he told his father that Lin Mai would not go to his grandparents to pay New Year's greetings today, but would wait until the snow subsides in a few days before going.
After bidding Bai Xia farewell, Lin Mai returned to the living room and heard the weather forecast from the radio, saying that the heavy snow in Beijing was expected to end in the next three days.
Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
If the heavy snowfall continues, roads will have to be closed, and the capital may become an island, and this year will be very troublesome.
After dinner, Lin Mai called Tang Yi and asked him if business had improved in the afternoon.
Huimin Market throws away all the spoiled fish, meat, etc., so there will be no low-priced goods to sell. The customers of her market will probably return.
Tang Yi was a little excited and said that business was much better in the afternoon.
Many customers come to buy his products and praise Fuduoduo Food Market for being more honest than Huimin Food Market.
We never sell damaged products, and all products are clearly priced.
It’s not as deceptive as Huimin Market.
Lin Mai was relieved.
But Su Yuying almost died of anger. Another Huimin Market also paid a lot of medical expenses.
The money earned from selling those spoiled ingredients was not enough to compensate. It was a huge loss.