HLnovel Chapter 133 Malicious Competition
Chapter 133 Malicious Competition
Boss Zhu felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward and hesitated, wondering whether he should give them a hint.
The father and daughter often bought raw pig trotters from his butcher shop. The price was always agreed upon and fixed. The two were easy to talk to and paid readily, never on credit or in debt, so they were old acquaintances.
This morning someone came to buy a live pig's trotter, and was even willing to give him a one-cent raise on each trotter, but he needed to sell all the live pig's trotters he had stored for almost a month to that person.
Looking at the empty wooden basin on the mule cart, it seemed that the father and daughter couldn't buy any raw pig trotters in the county. The raw pig trotters in the several butcher shops must have been bought up by that person.
These days, business is tough, and there's a lot of competition among people.
He also guessed why Lin Qingchuan and his daughter came to buy raw pig trotters every day.
Initially, Lin Qingchuan and his daughter suddenly came to his butcher shop and bought a large quantity of raw pig trotters. Not long after, Wanhe Restaurant started selling braised pig trotters, which means they were the ones supplying the food to Wanhe Restaurant.
However, recently several other restaurants have also started selling them, and today they even raised their prices to buy them all, clearly trying to prevent the father and daughter from buying them and making it impossible for Wanhe Restaurant to produce braised pig's trotters to sell.
Everyone may be vying for business, but he works hard running his butcher shop, so of course he'll sell to whoever pays the most.
Ugh!
"Qingchuan, um... while it's still early, why don't you go to the next county to buy some? You might be able to find some. Recently, several restaurants in Dushui County have started selling braised pig's trotters."
Lin Qingchuan was still a little confused. He asked blankly, "Could it be because several restaurants have started selling braised pig's trotters? The restaurant staff are in the county, they live nearby, and they sold out early. We were late, so this is why?"
Boss Zhu hesitated, then ultimately didn't offer any further advice.
After all, he runs a business in the county; how could he possibly offend the county government because of customers in the town?
In the past, raw pig trotters didn't sell well, but things are different now. Several restaurants have started selling braised pig trotters, so his raw pig trotters won't rot in his hands.
Lin Qingchuan wanted to discuss it further, "Boss Zhu, how about we pay the deposit the day before next time, and you can save it for us, okay?"
Boss Zhu's face stiffened, and he felt somewhat embarrassed.
Paying a deposit is fine, but the customer this morning raised the price by one coin. If he says that he didn't reserve any for them because other customers raised their prices, wouldn't that make him seem dishonest?
What if Lin Qingchuan gets angry and stops coming, and then that customer stops coming after a while?
He thought for a moment and said, "Brother Qingchuan, it's not that I don't want to save some for you, it's just that everything sells quickly during the New Year period, and everyone's prices will go up in a couple of days. I'm only telling you this because we're old friends."
You should hurry and check out the next county town. Buying early will be more cost-effective. Come back after the New Year, and we'll still offer the original price, okay?
Lin Xiaotang had figured out most of it.
This Boss Zhu wanted to have it both ways: on one hand, she sold raw pig trotters to people who were secretly competing with Wanhe Restaurant, and on the other hand, she didn't want to lose the business she and her father had.
That's why I hinted that they should go to other counties to make purchases during this period.
At least he hasn't completely lost his conscience!
If she guessed correctly, that person must have raised the price for Boss Zhu, otherwise he wouldn't have sold out so early, and wouldn't have refused even the deposit his father offered him.
I don't know which restaurant in the county was involved, but they actually did such a despicable thing. It's simply malicious competition!
She suppressed her displeasure and said with a half-smile, "Okay, Boss Zhu, we understand."
There's no point in saying more. We've already wasted a lot of time, so we need to hurry to the next county to buy it.
"Dad, let's hurry on our way to another county to buy it. If we delay our business, we'll be in big trouble."
Urged on by his daughter, Lin Qingchuan had no choice but to give up and stop discussing the deposit and reservation with Boss Zhu.
He led his mule cart, carrying his daughter, away from Dushui County and headed towards Pingding County, which they had visited before.
On the way, he couldn't help but start grumbling.
"Tang'er, how could Boss Zhu do this? We've been buying from him for months, we're practically regulars now. He wouldn't even hold onto our deposits, and he's even planning to raise the prices."
If it weren't for my daughter making braised pig's trotters and supplying them to Wanhe Restaurant, how could those restaurants have followed suit and started selling them?
Why are the raw pig trotters in several butcher shops selling so much faster than before?
They should really thank him and his daughter. Not to mention other butcher shops, he and his daughter always buy all the raw pig trotters from Boss Zhu's butcher shop.
We had already agreed on this beforehand, yet they didn't even leave any for them.
"This boss is so disappointing and infuriating!"
Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but shake her head, feeling that her father was too naive and had seen too little of the world. He simply didn't understand the dangers of society and the complexities of human nature.
"Dad, didn't you hear that Boss Zhu told us not to come to Dushui County to buy anything for a while? He was practically telling us that he wasn't selling to us anymore."
If the price increase is just because of the Chinese New Year, why didn't he ask if we were willing to pay extra to buy it?
Lin Qingchuan was stunned and speechless. "Tang'er, we were buying from him just fine, without any credit or delays, and we never shortchanged him a single penny. Why is he suddenly unwilling to sell to us?"
She said helplessly, "What else could it be? Someone must be sabotaging us so we can't buy raw pig trotters and can't supply Wanhe Restaurant. Other restaurants can't make delicious braised pig trotters, so someone resorts to this dirty trick."
"Ah, is that so?"
Lin Qingchuan was even more shocked after hearing this. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Everyone is competing for business, so how could they resort to underhanded tactics?"
Because of the competition for business, many people resort to underhanded tactics, and it's not uncommon for fights to break each other's heads and bleed. Some rise to the top and become incredibly wealthy, while others fall into hell and lose everything.
It's just that they can't buy raw pig trotters in Dushui County, that's nothing.
"Sigh, Dad, don't think that Manager Su and the managers and staff of Yunlai Restaurant are all good people. There are good people everywhere. As our business grows bigger and bigger, we have to be careful in everything we do."
"Okay, Father understands."
He asked with some doubt, "Tang'er, how old are you? How do you know so much?"
Lin Xiaotang smiled awkwardly, thinking to herself, "Oh no, I've accidentally told Dad too much."
"If I said that when I was reincarnated in my past life, I forgot to drink the Meng Po soup, would you believe me, Dad?"
Lin Qingchuan chuckled and quickly shook his head.
"Father doesn't believe it. What you're saying sounds so mysterious. There's no such thing as reincarnation or Meng Po soup in this world."
If that were true, how could someone as honest and hardworking as Dad, who never did anything wrong, be reincarnated into the Shen family? No… it should be the Lin family. My maternal grandfather was a great philanthropist, and he, his wife, and my mother all passed away early. Could it be that Dad was a great villain in his past life?
Lin Xiaotang immediately chimed in, "That's right. Dad and Mom are both very kind. If you could be reincarnated, you two would definitely be born into wealthy families. I was just joking."
"You little rascal, you're always trying to fool your father." Lin Qingchuan smiled, forgetting all about the previous topic.
Fortunately, her father was not very knowledgeable and was easy to fool, otherwise she would have had a hard time covering it up.
However, with her by their side, their parents' hardships were finally over.