Chapter 41
Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife
Chapter 41: Chapter 41 This isnât just asking for money, itâs practically asking for her life.
Before she could speak, Sister Liu, the melon seed seller, couldnât hold back.
"You, how can you falsely accuse someone like that? I saw with my own eyes that Lin finished packing up early yesterday, and you sold quite a few buns."
"Just because I sold quite a few doesnât prove they bought them from me. Why donât you bring out some evidence then?" Granny Sun said with a face full of smugness.
With Lin Chuxia around, her buns just couldnât sell at all.
She had planned to quit after selling these, but she couldnât stand to see Lin Chuxiaâs business doing well, watching others make money filled her with jealousy and envy.
If she could disrupt someone elseâs business, even if she closed her stall and stopped selling, she would feel happy inside.
"Looking for evidence, are you?" Lin Chuxia raised her hand to stop Sister Liu, who wanted to speak again, and turned to Granny Sun.
"Yes, show me the evidence if you dare," Granny Sun declared defiantly.
"Fine, then I will show everyone the evidence and prove my innocence. Let me make it clear, if the evidence is conclusive, you will not only have to compensate these two people for their medical expenses, but also for my reputation damage."
When the topic of compensation came up, Granny Sunâs gaze flickered, but there was no turning back now, she finally gritted her teeth, "Fine."
She didnât believe that baseless accusations could produce any evidence.
Lin Chuxia stepped forward and first asked the two customers when they had bought the buns.
The couple who came first had stopped by yesterday afternoon during a light rain when Lin Chuxia had already packed up.
The other one who bought earlier, lured by the cheaper price, got the extra bun for one yuan from Granny Sun.
"After all, cheap goods arenât good quality." The old lady spat again.
"You say you bought them at that time? Who saw it? If nobody saw it, isnât it just saying whatever you want whenever you want?" Granny Sun was adamantly refusing to admit anything now.
Lin Chuxia nodded, "Alright, then I will find a second piece of evidence."
She crouched down and picked up the buns from the ground.
Granny Sun immediately knew what she was going to do and spoke first, "Donât say these buns look like the ones I sell. I could say they look like yours too. This canât count as evidence; doesnât everyone make buns the same way?"
She hadnât just randomly taken over Lin Chuxiaâs spot for selling buns.
That day she had gone to see her son and passed by Lin Chuxiaâs bustling bun stall, thinking she could also start a small business.
Her buns had always been praised, and she was confident they would sell.
In order to compete for Lin Chuxiaâs market, she had someone help her buy a few buns to study, even making sure they were exactly the same size as Lin Chuxiaâs.
Lin Chuxia looked at her with a meaningful smile, "I can prove these arenât my buns."
Lin Chuxia opened the waxed paper wrapping and let everyone present first look at the buns inside before saying, "I donât know if those who bought my buns noticed, but my buns always have the same number of pleats - 16. These buns may be the same size as mine, but the number and size of the pleats vary."
Having said this, she then opened her own steamer to let people at the scene see.
"Itâs true, each bun in the steamer has the same number of pleats."
"Thatâs right, even though theyâre the same size, this girlâs buns look much better."
"I noticed this point a long time ago; I even mentioned it, depending on the person, the buns, too, match the beauty - 16 pleats per bun take a lot of skill."
"Miss, you donât need to prove anything more. We believe you. First, give me 10 buns, Iâm catching a train in a while."
"Give me 20, I just came back from a business trip and havenât brought anything for the kids, Iâll buy a few big meat buns to stuff those two rascalsâ
mouths."
"Give me 5."
"Give me 8..."
The scene turned chaotic for a moment as everyone crowded forward to buy buns from Lin Chuxia.
Some meddlesome folks didnât stop there; they urged Granny Sun to compensate.
"Now you have nothing to say, right? If someone gets sick from eating, one should compensate, just pay up."
"Not only should she pay the medical expenses, but also compensate for the girlâs damaged reputation. This person is simply terrible, selling bad buns after losing her conscience and even falsely accuses the girl."
"Thatâs right, letâs all stop buying her buns from now on."
The two customers who suffered upset stomachs also timely produced their medical bills, "This is our medical fee, plus todayâs lost wages. Weâre not asking for much, 20 will do."
Another old lady also said, "I want 20 as well."
Granny Sun almost cursed, she hadnât made 10 yuan from selling buns for so many days, yet these two were asking for 40 yuan.
This isnât asking for money; itâs practically asking for her life.
During the chaos, someone called the nearby duty officer, "Make way, make way, the officer has arrived."
Dressed in uniform, Sun Hao also spoke up, "Letâs all make way. The train station is crowded, donât block the way here, affecting othersâ travel. If you have any issues, talk to me."
"Officer, youâve come at the right time. Her buns are problematic, she denies wrongdoing and falsely accuses this girl, such a person should be arrested and re-educated properly."
Sun Hao nodded, steadied himself as he walked into the crowd. Just as he was about to lecture, as soon as he saw the surrounded person, he nearly stumbled.
"Mom, why is it you?"
The moment Granny Sun saw her son, she clutched a greasy bun wrapper and smeared it over her face, fearing recognition by her son, but he recognized her anyway.
Reluctantly dropping the oily paper, she gave a sheepish smile, "I was just bored and came here to stroll around."
She tried to brush it off, but the others wouldnât let it go, continuously complaining to Granny Sun.
Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife So what if itâs the police? Especially because itâs the police, they should stand up for the people.
In this era, people are indeed afraid of the police, but in their eyes, the police also hold an upright and grand image.
Sun Hao had heard about the situation on his way, but he didnât expect it to be his mother.
Putting aside personal grievances, he hastily helped to sort things out, apologized on behalf of his mother, and compensated.
Some even approached Lin Chuxia, "Girl, the bun sellerâs son, who is indeed a police officer, has arrived. You should ask them for compensation for the damage to your reputation since he should be impartial in law enforcement."
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuxia looked over and met Sun Haoâs gaze.
"Mr. Lin?"
"Officer Sun, why is it you?"
She looked between Sun Hao and Granny Sun, and couldnât help but hold her forehead.
The world really is quite small.
She had heard before from Granny Sun that her son was a police officer, and it wasnât a lie.
Sun Hao also knew what his mother had done. After Lin Chuxia finished her tasks, he sincerely apologized.
"My mother shouldnât have lied or falsely accused you, affecting your business. I will compensate for the loss of reputation, although Iâve given all my money to those two people. Let me know how much you need, and I will bring it tomorrow."
Granny Sun watched her son empty out his pockets, her heart bleeding.
Her sonâs monthly wage was just over 40 yuan, and now, after a month of hard work from dawn to dusk, not only was it all for nothing, but he also had to compensate Lin Chuxia.
Worried that Lin Chuxia might demand an unreasonably high amount, she muttered quietly on the side, "My words didnât really affect her; look, her business is doing well."
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