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I crossed my arms and looked at the old man with a sideways glance.The old man picked up his phone and dialed"911"with a lot of effort.
The police arrived at the market with ease,thinking they were going to deal with another seafood-buying and selling incident.Their faces were dark.
The old man pushed through the crowd and greeted the police."That bitch set up a stall in the middle of the market street to sell drinks without permission,and she doesn't even charge money.She must have put something in the water."
"By the way,officer,this woman deliberately set up in front of my store.She openly cursed at us in broad daylight.I think she's just out to get us..."
The couple firmly insisted that my free distribution of drinks was malicious,endangering public safety and disrupting market order.
They babbled on for a long time,with vulgar words flying around.
At this time,the people in the crowd who were familiar with the old couple all looked at me,as if to say:
"Little girl,we're all on your side!"
I smiled slightly to respond to everyone's concern for me.
I straightened my chest and calmly greeted the police officer,answering the questions one by one.
Seeing that I denied disrupting market order,the old man became furious.
"You little bitch,everyone knows that only our store can sell drinks on this street.Everyone on the whole street knows that.You deliberately give out free drinks right in front of our store.What are you up to?"
The old man was so brazen as to talk about his forced-buying and selling behavior as if it were legitimate.
Even if some of the onlookers didn't know the true nature of the old couple at first,they understood the whole story as soon as they heard them speak.
I stepped forward with two bottles of water."Officer,I'm a new media blogger who just moved here.I wanted to say hello to my neighbors.
"I've also reported this to the market supervision department.The volunteers were sent by them.I don't make a single cent.I just want to build a good reputation.
"I'm also promoting positive energy for the market in a way,which is much better than some individual stores forcing customers to buy things and bringing a bad reputation to our market."
"You...!"
The old couple had to swallow their anger and stared at me with hatred,as if they wanted to cut two pieces of meat off me.
Look all you want.I'm thick-skinned and it won't do any harm.
The line formed again,and the drinks were distributed continuously.
From that day on,the water was distributed for a few more days,and that family finally quieted down for a while.
I thought they had learned their lesson and started to behave themselves.
But two days later,someone started talking in the community's owner group.
