The young man frowned and said, "Young lady, is there anything wrong with your snacks? Why is everyone selling at four to five times the market price but you are only selling it at twice the market price? This seems strange! I think I should buy from another store."
After he said that, he turned and was about to leave.
Jiang Qingqing was speechless.
Jiang Qingqing and Mu Leng looked at each other in confusion…
Was this man crazy?
He was not going to buy cheap things but chose to buy something expensive. What on earth…
Jiang Qingqing rolled her eyes and signaled to Cheng Nuo that she did not want to entertain the man anymore. "Your turn, Cheng Nuo!"
Cheng Nuo smiled and stopped the young man. He said while smiling, "Sir, hold on! We just started our business today. All of our snacks are only priced at twice the market price just for today, and will be back to normal price tomorrow. Rest assured, there's nothing wrong with the snacks!"
"Really?" Hearing that it was a discount, the young man felt more assured and turned back.
"Then, give me the pack of pistachio," said the young man after looking at the snacks.
"Sure, it's 40 Yuan!"
The first deal was made!
The subsequent deals went very smoothly. Since Cheng Nuo was selling snacks at a much cheaper price than the other vendors and there was nothing wrong with the quality of his snacks, tourists who could afford the snacks would buy a pack or two. Very quickly, they were left with five packs of snacks.
"Thank you for patronizing the Little Snack Bar!" After making another deal, Cheng Nuo stretched his body and wiped the sweat off his forehead. He took a sip of the Oldenlandia that Su Xiaoxiao had passed to him without looking and only realized that it was the Oldenlandia after he had swallowed it.
"Water… water…"
Cheng Nuo saw a half-finished bottle of mineral water on the floor and without caring about whose it was, he opened the cap and took a few sips to get rid of the taste of the Oldenlandia.
Cheng Nuo placed the almost empty bottle back on the floor as Mu Leng stared at him.
Cheng Nuo looked up and saw Mu Leng's emotionless gaze. "Cheng Nuo, that's my water."
Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "Sister Leng, so it's yours. Haha, haha.
"Sister Leng, please don't get angry, don't get angry, you will get wrinkles if you get angry, I…"
Just as Cheng Nuo was about to explain himself, a middle-aged man stood in front of their stall and asked, "Is this stall yours?"
Cheng Nuo went forward and said, "Good afternoon, are you keen on buying our snacks? We are having a sale today. We are selling the snacks at only twice the market rate."
"I am not here to buy your snacks," the middle-aged man said in an unfriendly manner as he waved his hand.
"I am here to ask you who approved of you guys selling snacks." The middle-aged man's words caused Cheng Nuo to frown.
They had to go through some application to sell things on the mountain? No way!
The street vendors should be dealt with by the police. However, it was hard for the police to patrol the mountain at an altitude of 800 meters every day.Therefore, nobody cared about the vendors on the mountain. However, most of the vendors on the mountain were villagers who lived nearby. After all, only these people had the time and ability to transport the stock up the mountain.
As they were villagers who lived nearby, they more or less knew each other and discussed the prices of their products. They standardized the prices to prevent any unfair competition. As for which stall their customers chose to buy from, it was fate. The vendors got along rather well with each other. Because of the high profit, they earned quite a lot.
The middle-aged man was like Cheng Nuo. He sold snacks too.
However, he realized that his sales had dropped a lot that day. After asking around, he realized that a stall called "Xiaoxiao Snack Bar" had appeared and was selling snacks at only twice the market rate. As a result, most of his customers were gone.
How could he bear with that?
The area near the Giant Rock Peak had always been his territory. How could he allow a stranger to steal his business?
Therefore, he went forward in anger!
When he saw Cheng Nuo, who was dressed in sportswear, he frowned and could not figure out their background.
Cheng Nuo asked, "Brother, do we have to get a license to sell things here?"
"Of course not," said the middle-aged man in a firm tone. "I meant that you should let the people from the Wang Village know if you are planning to set up a stall here."
"Hmm?" Cheng Nuo could not understand.
Was the so-called "Wang Village" an organization similar to the police, but their main job was to regulate the vendors on the mountain?
Cheng Nuo was unsure, but if that was the case, he was in trouble. He bowed slightly and was about to pack up and run.
It was not his first time doing that anyway—he had been chased three times in the business district. Cheng Nuo felt alright about that.
However, the middle-aged man continued, "Brother, do you know that you are wrecking the rules by lowering the price?"
The middle-aged man said coldly, "Most of the vendors here belong to the Wang family, and we agreed to standardize the prices. You are wrecking the rules by lowering the price suddenly, do you know that?!"
After hearing that, Cheng Nuo smiled and was not as nervous as before.
He had figured out the identity of the middle-aged man. He was a vendor just like himself. As they were selling the snacks at a cheaper rate, it disrupted the man's business and hence he had come to talk to Cheng Nuo.
The problem was simple. As for the "Wang family", it seemed to be a real village.
Cheng Nuo smiled and asked, "So what do you want us to do?"
"Pack up!" the middle-aged man said in a determined voice. "Pack up immediately and promise to never sell anything here in the future. Then I shall not pursue the matter further!"
Before Cheng Nuo replied, Su Xiaoxiao exploded uncontrollably. She was the owner of the "Xiaoxiao Snack Bar" and she would definitely not give in to threats. "No way! We could make a lot of money with the remaining snacks!"
Cheng Nuo gave her a thumbs up secretly. Indeed, that sentence was charismatic. There was no way they would allow their business to be disrupted. Pack up? Impossible!
Su Xiaoxiao widened her eyes and said angrily, "I can buy so much more snacks with this money! Therefore, for my snacks, we cannot pack up!"
Cheng Nuo was shocked. Shop Owner Su Xiaoxiao, can you be better than that? Why are you talking about food again?
He had no choice but to listen to his "boss". "That's right, it's impossible for us to pack up. Over our dead bodies!"
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