The Great Era of Siheyuan

"Huizhen! Just help us out and sell us some vegetables! The old and young at home all depend on you for their livelihood!"

"That's right, it was selling well before, why is it suddenly not selling anymore?"

"Xu Huizhen, you have to have some conscience! The business of your tavern was supported by us neighbors in the past. Now you are being a little ungrateful!"

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A group of people surrounded the tavern, using both soft and hard tactics to try to get Xu Huizhen back to her previous state.

"Xu Huizhen, I won't get involved in the affairs of the tavern. How about you help me find Li Wenqiang?"

Uncle Niu whispered to Xu Huizhen, as if these people had nothing to do with him.

Fan Jinyou stood aside and smiled with glee. His food was also out of stock. Now only the ingredients from the small restaurant could be supplied to the tavern, all other ingredients were out of stock.

Xu Huizhen glanced at the neighbors gathered together, then looked at Uncle Niu. It was obvious that most of the people here were related to him.

With the same smile on his face as usual, he spoke slowly and calmly with the words he had prepared long ago.

"Everyone should calm down, as anger is harmful to your health. I also know that life is not easy for everyone, but there is nothing I can do. I specially asked a friend to prepare these vegetables to thank everyone for their support of our Daqianmen Bistro over the years. I sell them to you at a reasonable price or even at a loss.

The supplies are tight right now, and there really isn't enough supply over there, so I can't do anything about it. So, if he has it later, I'll ask him for it, okay? I'm really sorry, everyone, please go back!"

No matter what the other party said, Xu Huizhen always responded with a smile.

As the saying goes, never hit a smiling person. After hearing this, most of the neighbors who were unaware of the situation felt too embarrassed to continue making trouble and slowly left. Only those who wanted money were still feeling unwilling to give in.

Vegetables in the tavern are 60 cents per pound, and the purchase limit is one pound per day. You can find a few people to queue up, buy them, and then sell them for 1.2 yuan, making 60 cents for free. This is much faster than making money at work, and if you can't sell them, you can take them home and eat them yourself, so you don't lose anything.

So there used to be quite a few scalpers squatting here, but now they won’t sell if you don’t want to, and they are the ones who make the most noise when making trouble.

"I don't believe it. You must still have vegetables in your store, but you just don't want to sell them to us. Everyone, follow me and rush in. Whoever grabs the first one gets it!"

Daqianmen is a place where all kinds of people gather, with many ruffians and hooligans. A man with a pointed chin and a fierce face rushed in while shouting.

"you dare!"

"Don't come in! If anyone of you dares to come in, I will call the police!"

Xu Huizhen and the employees in the store began to get anxious. If they rushed in and took away the things in the store, how would the store continue to operate?

"You guys try it, anyone who dares to come up here is disrespecting me, Master Niu!"

In view of the many years of neighborhood friendship, Uncle Niu had to stand up and say something fair.

"Don't worry about them, old man, go to hell, who do you think you are? Should I give you face? Follow me!"

After the man said this, he showed a ferocious expression and rushed inside.

The people who were hesitant at the back saw that there was a leader, hesitated for a second, and immediately began to follow. Anyway, there was someone leading the way, so they would not be the ones to look for, and in an instant, more than a dozen people followed.

"Don't come in, you are breaking the law!"

Xu Huizhen and several employees in the store tried to stop them, but were pushed aside. Fortunately, the remaining people were reasonable, and most of them were neighbors who were too embarrassed to follow them in.

"Wait a minute, I'll go find someone!"

Seeing that the situation was escalating and difficult to control, Fan Jinyou immediately went to the street office to find someone.

With a rumbling sound of a motorcycle, Li Wenqiang's motorcycle stopped at the door. As soon as he arrived, he saw Xu Huizhen being pushed to the ground, and he was immediately furious.

He was just about to park the car in the backyard, but when he heard some noise in the yard, obviously something had happened, he immediately turned the car around and headed forward, then he saw this scene.

As soon as the car stopped, Li Wenqiang jumped out and ran over, helped Xu Huizhen up and asked with concern.

"Huizhen, are you hurt? What do they want to do?"

"We had no vegetables to sell, but those people didn't believe us, so they had to break in to take a look and even pushed us down."

Kong Yuqin next to her said angrily.

Li Wenqiang then realized that these people were here to cause trouble, and he immediately became furious.

"Hurry, go in and take a look, don't let them scare you."

Xu Huizhen slowly got up with his help and said nervously.

"Don't worry, with me here, none of them can escape. You stay here first, I'll go and settle the score with them."

After saying this, Li Wenqiang rushed to the backyard with great momentum. As for the group of people watching the fun at the door, there was nothing to be afraid of.

When he walked into the yard, a group of people were scrambling for the few vegetables left in the yard. They were all laughing happily, holding a large handful of vegetables and wanting more, and some even walked out with a large pumpkin weighing dozens of kilograms. Li'er was frightened by them and burst into tears in the house.

This group of people had never seen Li Wenqiang before and thought he was here to steal things as well. They quickened their movements, fearing that the people behind them would take away their things.

"Put everything down!"

Li Wenqiang shouted angrily, but the people around him saw him as a young boy, and after hearing the sound, they glanced at him and ignored him.

"Who are you? If you want to take it, take it. If you don't want to take it, get out of here!"

The leading young man looked at Li Wenqiang with disdain, not taking his words to heart at all, and continued to grab things on his own.

"Don't blame me for being rude to you if you don't listen!"

Li Wenqiang warned again.

If this wasn't Xu Huizhen's home, he would have killed them long ago for fear of going too far and causing trouble for her.

"Bah, pretty boy, I ignored you but you still pretended to be so. You didn't even bother to ask what I, Tie Laoqi, was doing here. If I don't teach you a lesson today, I don't think you will learn your lesson!"

As Tie Laoqi said this, he walked over aggressively, ready to teach him a lesson. Seeing this, the rest of the people picked up their things and prepared to leave.

Tie Laoqi was only about 30 years old, in the prime of his life, and looked like a laborer who often made a living at the railway station. He was nearly 1.8 meters tall, which was common in the north, but his tanned skin, muscular body, and fierce expression were enough to scare away many ordinary people.

Judging from his attire, he was probably a street vendor in the railway station. People like him were rarely provoked. Not only was there no benefit, but there were also a lot of troubles. I didn't know why he chose the tavern.