Cave Refuge
Chapter 809 - 525 Trouble Arises Part 2
Most ordinary people, after purchasing the items they wanted, hurriedly left to share with their close family members.
Yet, there was another group of people who not only didn’t queue up to buy things from the store but instead squatted not far from the store recording its sales situation and secretly planning something.
When Dong Tianyu received the renewal notice for the second time, he paused for a moment, then said to the customer in front of him, "I’ve been so busy for two whole days, I haven’t even had a bite to eat.
Brother, give me a few minutes to eat, sorry for delaying your time. After I have eaten and you’ve bought your goods, I’ll give you an extra chicken."
Hearing Dong Tianyu say this, the customer who entered the shop was very pleased. After all, to buy meat from Dong Tianyu, he had already queued for a long time, a little while longer wouldn’t matter.
As the seller, Dong Tianyu, even if he didn’t give anything and left directly, wouldn’t make much difference to the customer. After all, in the entire market, although the price of meat here wasn’t the cheapest, compared to those cheaper meats, the quality here was very high.
As for those cheaper meats, they were simply a little stale due to being kept for too long, and not only Martial Artists with their strong physical constitution but also ordinary people would have a very low chance of getting sick after eating them.
But that said, given the choice, who would want to eat that spoiled meat.
Moreover, while most adults could control their cravings for meat, the self-control of children at home was not that strong.
If they didn’t have the means, there would be no need to say more, but the Martial Artists who could shop here generally had some savings.
They could afford the expensive meat, and considering their children’s health, most of the time they would rather grit their teeth and buy some higher quality, expensive meat rather than the slightly spoiled ones.
This was why they wouldn’t immediately leave this store of good quality, even if it was affordable or cheap, just because Dong Tianyu needed a break.
The shop was small, so only three customers could stand inside. Although Dong Tianyu was speaking about the chicken only to the customer at the front,
the other two customers inside the shop were also guessing in their hearts whether Dong Tianyu would also give them a whole chicken when it came to their turn to buy.
However, despite being eager inside, they were quite subtle and didn’t ask directly.
The shop was not large, and as Dong Tianyu did not lower his voice deliberately when he spoke, and considering that those queuing outside were all sharp-eared Martial Artists, many of them had indeed heard what Dong Tianyu had said just now.
Whether they were stirring up trouble or being greedy, seeing that the two people inside did not speak up, someone outside suddenly instigated the crowd, "The boss is so generous, he is even willing to give each of us an extra chicken."
Hearing this voice from outside, Dong Tianyu frowned and then used Divine Sense to investigate to see who was causing trouble for him out there.
What Dong Tianyu didn’t expect was that the person did not act on a whim but had planned it ahead of time, so even when he used Divine Sense to investigate, he couldn’t find the person who originally started the trouble.
But even if he couldn’t find the person, it didn’t matter. Dong Tianyu was not a professional businessman. The main reason for opening the store was to clear out the items in his Storage space, making it more convenient to organize the Storage space.
Therefore, whether or not everything sold didn’t really matter to Dong Tianyu. Even if he stopped and closed the shop now, his biggest loss would be the recently paid store renewal fee.
As for the goods in the warehouse that were not sold out, those were all in-demand items that didn’t lack a market. If Dong Tianyu really found it too troubling, he could sell them directly to the official procurement point. Although the price was a little lower, it was convenient and saved trouble.
So when Dong Tianyu heard those noisy voices outside, he said with a cold and calm tone, "Buy if you want, get lost if you don’t."
Even though Dong Tianyu’s voice was not loud inside the room, whether standing inside or outside, the sound heard was like thunder, piercing into everyone’s eardrums.
And Dong Tianyu’s action had intimidated everyone, after all, those who had survived until now were not fools. They were very aware that an ordinary Martial Artist simply could not reach this extent.
Dong Tianyu’s action had directly made the shop inside and out very quiet; everyone carefully watched Dong Tianyu, who stood leisurely inside the shop, feeling somewhat apprehensive in their hearts.
At this moment, they were not afraid that Dong Tianyu would suddenly start hurting people, after all, this was within the market of the Magic Capital Base, even though there were no constables patrolling here.
But everyone knew that every single move of everyone in the market was under the surveillance of the Governmental Office.
What they actually feared was that Dong Tianyu might close the shop and stop sales because of what had just happened.
Regardless, the items sold in the shop were both good quality and reasonable in price. And despite the shop being towards the back, when Dong Tianyu sold ingredients, there wasn’t only no shortage in quantity, but the quality was also rather good.
They knew they had already queued for so long, and just when it was almost their turn, if their earlier chattering had annoyed Dong Tianyu, leading to him closing the shop in frustration, then they would be the ones at a loss.
After all, they were also not fools; clearly aware that the merchandise Dong Tianyu sold was in high demand. Even if he didn’t sell today, there would be no situation where he couldn’t sell his goods.
Seeing everyone quiet down, Dong Tianyu then nodded in satisfaction. He checked the inventory in the Storage space, then spoke again, "The remaining ingredients are not much, so to ensure that no one goes back empty-handed, we will start rationing immediately. Each person can only buy a maximum of one bag of grain (fifty jin), one head of livestock, and one piece of poultry."
"I will update the remaining stock on the sign at the door. Those in line can take a look to see if there are any goods left for your position in the queue. If your position exceeds the number remaining on the sign, then there’s no need to continue queuing."
Hearing Dong Tianyu say this, everyone thought he was giving them a lesson because of what had just happened.
Although Dong Tianyu had changed the sales rules once before to improve efficiency by setting a minimum purchase quantity, he had never limited the maximum purchase quantity.
Just after the incident, Dong Tianyu immediately introduced a purchase limit, and everyone could guess why.
But even with Dong Tianyu’s actions, they couldn’t really say anything, because the reason Dong Tianyu gave made it impossible for most people standing in the back of the line to refuse.
After all, Dong Tianyu had been selling continuously for two days, so it was very normal to say the stock wasn’t enough.
If they hadn’t caused trouble earlier, Dong Tianyu probably wouldn’t have unnecessarily extended his sales time.
After all, under consistent pricing, trading with one person was just as profitable as trading with ten people in obtaining Mysterious Cores.
When faced with two options, ordinary people would definitely prefer to sell everything directly to one person, since such a transaction was much more convenient.
Furthermore, people actually have a strange psychology: no matter what the shop, once they’ve queued for a long time and it’s finally their turn, most will choose to buy more than originally planned, feeling as if it’s not worthwhile after waiting so long for too little purchase.
They saw a four-digit number lit up on the large LED sign outside the door, and by then it was already too late for regrets.
They were actually very clear: unless Dong Tianyu didn’t want to sell to them, those standing inside the shop, and a few queued up at the shop’s entrance, would certainly be able to buy goods from the shop.
But the matter of having as many Mysterious Cores to sell as there were goods, had been spoiled by some guy who annoyed Dong Tianyu with a few words, making them suffer a loss instead. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
At this moment, they couldn’t even object, otherwise, they would offend not only Dong Tianyu, the seller, but also those standing behind them in line.