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"What's going on? Why did you increase the price so much all of a sudden?! Who can afford this for eighty bucks a dou of rice!?"

"That's right! Do you want to force us all to death?!"

"No! Mr. Ning has already said that the price cannot fluctuate more than twice! I will go to the county government to sue you!"

"The price of a pound of rice just now is rising every day. Why is it so exaggerated?!"

A middle-aged man walked out from behind the boy. He was a little fat. He picked his ears and yelled impatiently, "Go away! If you can't afford it, get out! A bunch of poor people! Now that food is in short supply, prices should be raised." Yes! Isn’t it free to transport the food here? Isn’t it free to hire a man?”

"I asked you to buy cheap food for half a month, so you should be satisfied, right? What's wrong? You haven't taken advantage of it enough and you still want to take advantage of it?!"

After saying that, he waved his hands to drive away the group of people talking in front of him.
"Let's go, let's go if you don't want to buy. Don't delay other people from buying food. The price is just like this. If you want to buy it or not, if you don't buy it now, the price will only be higher next time! Keep your money and starve to death." Come on you!"

This middle-aged man's attitude was extremely bad. The people were filled with indignation and threatened to sue him. Suddenly, chaos broke out in front of him.

Ning Qingxi pulled Wang Xiujuan and quickly backed away. Hearing the noise in front, the government officials on both sides quickly came up to maintain order.

Ning Husheng, who was standing at the end of the team, hurriedly ran forward, "What's going on? What's going on? What's the fuss about? You don't want to buy food anymore, do you?!"

He looked at the grain shop owner in front of him fiercely, "And you! How dare you hit someone! Do you want to go to jail? Or do you want to work in a plague area?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's just that these people want to steal food, so I have to take action." The owner of the grain shop waved his hand quickly.

In addition to soldiers who helped in the plague area, there were also some who had been punished. There were really not enough manpower, so we had to add an additional punishment to let them help. In fact, as long as you are obedient and take good care of yourself, you will not be infected, but Everyone was also afraid, because it was a plague. For them, going to work in a plague area was the most severe punishment.

Seeing Ning Hu come to life, these people cried and complained as if they had found a backbone.

"Master, we didn't want to grab the food. We just wanted to argue with him. Who knows, this man is unreasonable and just pushed us!"

"Yeah, we didn't do anything! Instead, he pushed the person to the ground."

"That's right, the price of grain in his grain store is increasing every day. This time the increase is even more exaggerated. It suddenly increased from [-] yuan per dou of rice to [-] yuan per dou of rice. Isn't this going to kill us? How can we afford it? ?We just wanted to reason with him."

Everyone was talking about the cause and effect.

Ning Qingxi and Wang Xiujuan squeezed in. Others saw the armbands on their hands and unconsciously moved out of the way for them.

"Uncle Husheng, my grandma and I all saw it just now. It was the shopkeeper who made the first move."

Ning Qingxi calmly and without any subjective thoughts stated the facts of how the two parties argued just now, and how the grain shop owner pushed someone away unhappily.

After listening, Ning Husheng came to a conclusion.He looked at the grain store manager coldly, "So you were the one who pushed people first, right?"

The shopkeeper of the grain store felt a little guilty. He had opened a grain store in Taixi County for so long. He also knew that these government officials were not able to get enough food and salt. He did not think about stuffing money with him, but planned to make a show of bitterness. He wiped away his unnecessary tears with a grimace on his face. .

"My lord, a group of them all rushed up fiercely. How could I tell if they were trying to steal food? I pushed people subconsciously. Besides, I only pushed the one who was walking in the front. Man, the quarrel was so fierce at that time, who could tell what they were here for?"

After a pause, he raised his eyes to look at Ning Husheng's expression. Seeing that the other party still had a cold face, he continued, "This grain store is not mine. I am just a shopkeeper who helps to look after the store. If there is any loss, How should I explain to the owner behind me? It’s not easy to transport food now, and all kinds of costs have increased. If something goes wrong with this food, even if I sell it, I won’t be able to afford the compensation! Sir, I was really careless. of."

He looked at the people who were being helped up by others, and said to Ning Husheng, pretending to be heartbroken, "Well, I shouldn't push people first when talking about it, and I won't embarrass the official. I will pay this brother's medical expenses." , one denarius," he looked at the common people who he pushed to the ground, "I'll pay you one denarius, and that's it, don't bother the official, okay?"

The people were a little hesitant. One coin was a lot of money. He was just pushed. At most, his palms were scratched. They wanted to take the money but didn't dare to take it. The two of them stared at Ning Husheng, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Ning Husheng nodded. Although the grain store manager's words seemed to shirk responsibility, after all, the common man was not seriously injured. The other party also agreed, and he could not be a bad person.

Seeing his promise, the storekeeper happily took out a penny from his pocket and gave it to the common man.

"Okay, okay, then it'll be fine."

Wang Xiujuan watched from beginning to end and secretly nodded at Ning Husheng's handling of the matter. After being a government servant for so long, Ning Husheng has become more and more experienced in doing things.

Sometimes you stand out and want to seek fairness for others, but others may not necessarily want the fairness you say. For ordinary people, what they get is the most affordable.

Just when the grain shop owner thought he could continue doing business.

Ning Husheng knocked on the wooden box containing grain next to him with the back of his knife. "This matter is over. Now let's talk about the next thing."

The shopkeeper was a little strange and asked, "Master, is there anything else you want to say?"

Ning Husheng pointed at the latest grain price with a knife, "If I remember correctly, Mr. Ning has informed everyone in advance that the price of salt, grain and other things cannot be increased by more than two dollars before the plague has completely subsided. Double it?"

He looked at the storekeeper of the grain store fiercely and banged the wooden board with the handle of the knife that said [-] cents per cup of rice, "Are you openly going against Mr. Ning?!"

The owner of the grain shop had an unconcerned expression on his face, "Sir, the grain belongs to my employer. I can only set the price as much as the employer asks me to. You can't tell me about this. Besides, the grain is not available at the moment." Can the price be the same as before?”

"If I remember correctly, Mr. Ning said that during this period, the price will not exceed twice the usual price, and there will be tax incentives for doing business in the future. At worst, we don't want these tax incentives. We set our own prices for our own food. This does not hinder Mr. Ning. What's going on?"

Seeing that the other party looked confident, Ning Husheng gritted his teeth and wished he could rush in and chop him.