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  The small shop's business has been booming, with daily noodle sales maintaining around 220-250 bowls. Adding the income from the morning fried dough sticks, the pure profit per day is around 400 yuan.

  At this rate, it's absolutely no problem to complete the 5,000 yuan target by the end of the month.

  At noon that day, Xiao Yu was cooking the soup base when a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a white uniform and a large hat, walked in carrying a leather bag.

  "Good business, young man!" said Big Gai with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes as he glanced around the surroundings and spoke to Xiao Yu.

  "Oh, you want to eat noodles?" Little Yu saw the customer coming and quickly went forward to greet him.

  "Oh, no, no." The big hat shook his head and said, "Call the boss over, I have something to say to him."

  "Boss?" Xiaoyu smiled slightly, "I am the boss."

  "Oh? Changed person, huh?" Big Gai Mao was somewhat surprised, but immediately regained his composure, looked around and saw no one, and whispered to Xiao Yu, "When Zhang Mao left, did he say anything about me? I'm Old Wang from the Health Supervision Bureau."

  When he heard that the big hat self-proclaimed to be from the Health Supervision Bureau, Old Wang suddenly understood. When Boss Zhang left, he had indeed told him that every month, don't forget to give Old Wang of the Health Supervision Bureau 200 yuan as a hush fee, otherwise this guy would intentionally issue fines and frame people.

  No wonder that Zhang boss was able to continue running his dirty store, it turns out he had connections with this guy. Xiaoyu looked at his own store, although a bit old, but the tables and chairs were clean and tidy, not even a fly in sight, why should he give him money?

  Xiao Yu pretended to be confused and said, "Boss Zhang didn't say anything to me when he left. Otherwise, you tell me, what's the matter?"

  Old Wang's face twitched for a moment, and a sinister glint flashed in his eyes. Can this matter of asking for money be openly discussed? Generally speaking, as long as one makes a slight hint, these shop owners will obediently hand over the money. This kid is really not on the right path, I must think of a way to deal with him in the future.

  He had been fooling around in the market for many years, although he secretly resented Xiaoyu, his face was filled with a warm smile. "Hehe, young man, it's actually not a big deal, just that I warned him to pay attention to hygiene last time, and he promised me to improve next time. Unexpectedly, there was a new boss, but it's good this way. The store's hygiene is done well, yeah, I'm very satisfied. Thanks for supporting our health department's work, hehe, hehe."

  In Xiao Yu's eyes, the green arrow above Lao Wang's head had turned orange, a color that indicated hostility towards him. He immediately became more alert and sized up Lao Wang.

  "Object: Old Wang, Primary Mind-Reading Result: Special Skill - Extortion, Be Cautious, He Harbors Malicious Intentions."

  Xiao Yu cursed inwardly, good, ruthless enough, smiling on his face, actually wanting to stab me in the dark, really poisonous enough.

  Old Wang didn't get the money and was very unhappy in his heart. He muttered a few words and walked away.

  After he left, Old Zhang from next door immediately came over to chat. As soon as he entered the house, he scolded Old Wang, saying that he was a wolf who devoured people without spitting out their bones. Every month, he would come here to swindle them, two hundred per family, and had been fattened up by them all these years.

  "Lao Zhang, you've also paid up?" Little Yu was somewhat surprised. In his eyes, Lao Zhang should be someone who doesn't buy into anything, yet he had given Old Wang 200 yuan as an offering.

  Old Zhang said with a huff, "Can't we just not pay this money? Unless I don't want to do business here anymore, he says my sanitation doesn't meet standards, and suspending operations is one thing, but just the fine itself is unbearable. Last year at the entrance of the wholesale market, there was a restaurant that didn't buy his account book, and he found fault with them and fined them until they closed down."

  Xiao Yu sneered silently at the side, unexpectedly this old Wang was so formidable. It seemed that today he had offended a minor character, if he didn't think of a way out, then his small shop would eventually have to close down too.

  The deadline is near, I have to finish the task myself or it will be ruined. There's only one week left, no matter what, I must deposit these 5,000 yuan!

  Xiao Yu said he didn't pay the money, Old Zhang heard it and shook his head repeatedly, asking him to find time to hurry up and send the money over, otherwise he would definitely suffer a bad hand.

  Lao Zhang rubbed his head again and saw that there were customers coming to Xiao Yu's store, so he went back.

  The next day in the afternoon, Xiao Yu had just finished collecting the oil strip stall and saw from a distance that five or six people wearing white uniforms and big hats walked into the market from the entrance.

  These people are surrounding the one in the middle who looks like a leader, explaining something to him. Old Wang, who came yesterday, is also accompanying them. It seems that Old Wang and others are accompanying the leader to inspect their work.

  Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart, and he glanced at the box he used to collect money, which was filled with 50 cents and 1 yuan coins, the earnings from just selling fried dough sticks.

  He took out two hundred yuan from inside, put a big bag in a plastic bag, and placed it aside.

  The big-hat men gradually approached, still ten or so meters away from Xiao Yu's storefront. This time it was Old Wang's turn to introduce the work to the man in the middle, who spoke with flying spittle, occasionally using his hand to point and gesture around him, while the man in the middle nodded repeatedly.

  Xiao Yu seized the opportunity, picked up a plastic bag containing money, walked a few steps to Old Wang's front, held out the plastic bag and said, "Comrade Wang, I'm really sorry. When you came yesterday, I forgot about the seal fee. This morning, I borrowed some from others and finally managed to gather the money. Here it is, this month's seal fee of 200 yuan."

  The eyes of the big hat men suddenly focused on this bag of money, and Xiao Yu's shabby clothes were also taken into account. Someone thought to themselves, "Old Wang, don't look at him as a decent person with a dignified appearance, but actually deceiving us by doing such things. Look at this bag of loose change, how long did this young man have to save up? And he still has the nerve to ask for it? Besides, since there's profit involved, why didn't he share some with us in the past? Letting him eat alone and get all the benefits!"

  Old Wang felt that his colleagues' gaze was no longer right, only feeling dry throat, buzzing head, and a blank mind.

  At this time, a middle-aged leader-like figure with a big hat spoke up, "Young man, what do you do? What is this money? Why do you want to give it to Old Wang?"

  Xiao Yu feigned innocence, batting his eyelashes and saying, "Oh, I'm from the small universe chili sauce noodle shop up front. It's also my fault for being careless and forgetting that the previous boss told me to give Old Wang comrade 200 yuan every month as hush money. My business is small, and it's only been open for two weeks, so I don't have much cash on hand either. So this morning, I specifically borrowed some money from someone and was just about to send it to Old Wang when I saw him arrive, so I directly handed it over to him."

  The leader took the wallet from Xiaoyu, weighed it in his hand, and the coins inside made a "clinking" sound. He turned to Old Wang and said, "Old Wang, is what this young man said true?"

  Old Wang's forehead was sweating profusely, he took out a handkerchief, removed his big hat, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and steadied himself before saying, "Director Li, don't listen to his nonsense. You know that as health inspectors, we often encounter many obstacles in enforcing the law. This person must be intentionally trying to frame me! Oh, I remember now - his store was selling fried dough sticks this morning, he must be using gutter oil! I warned him yesterday and now he's here seeking revenge today!"

  Lao Wang thought his words were flawless, but in this area, it's common for small shops like this to use gutter oil, and the sanitation is definitely substandard. As long as he finds a flaw, then the matter of hush money must be him intentionally framing himself.

  Xiao Yu sneered and pulled out a receipt from his pocket, holding it up in front of him. "Comrade Wang, when speaking, one must have evidence. As a health law enforcement officer, how can you not rely on facts and randomly accuse others of using gutter oil? This is the receipt for the oil I bought at the supermarket two days ago. Additionally, you can also go to my store to investigate, take my oil for testing, and if it's found that I used gutter oil, I'm willing to accept any punishment."

  The leader took *** away, checked it out, nodded, and returned the money bag and *** to Xiaoyu. He looked at Old Wang with a stern expression and said, "Do we need to investigate further, Comrade Old Wang?"

  The four 'Old Wang Comrades' behind him spoke very loudly, everyone knew that the leader was angry.

  Lao Wang felt his head had grown three sizes bigger, and he continued to argue in his mouth, "He is framing me, Director Li, he is framing me."

  What happened here has already attracted the attention of people around, and the crowd watching has already surrounded two layers densely.

  These people were mostly owners of surrounding shops and vendors. Seeing Old Wang still arguing, a burst of hisses immediately erupted from the crowd.

  At this time, a voice emerged from the crowd, "Old Wang, stop pretending, you collected 200 yuan from me yesterday and now you don't acknowledge it?"

  Xiao Yu immediately recognized that it was Old Zhang's voice, and secretly laughed to himself. This old man is also a master of stirring up trouble wherever he goes, but his words came at just the right time.

  Old Zhang's words immediately stirred up the other shop owners and vendors, who saw this as a good opportunity to bring down Old Wang. They had been bullied by him for a long time, so they all started speaking out about the wrongdoings Old Wang had committed in the past, one by one, exposing every single one of his misdeeds.

  Old Wang was finished, he had not expected that these people who usually nodded and bowed to him would collectively come to deal with him today, and in his heart, he hated Xiao Yu to the bone.

  That leader did not expect things to develop like this, it seems that Old Wang has made a lot of money here, causing public outrage and anger. If handled improperly, it will not only damage the image of the Health Supervision Bureau but also lead to incidents affecting social stability.

  He made a decision on the spot and loudly said to the crowd, "Please quiet down, I came here today to thank everyone for letting me know about the shortcomings of our health law enforcement department. For someone like Old Wang who is a scourge to society, after going back, I will definitely severely punish him. Here is my business card, if there are any similar incidents in the future, please feel free to call me and I will handle it immediately!"

  After finishing, Director Li took out a stack of business cards from his pocket and asked the staff beside him to help distribute them. He took one himself and stuffed it into Xiaoyu's hand, looking at Xiaoyu with deep meaning in his eyes, "Young man, not bad."

  Xiao Yu knew that his tricks today wouldn't fool the director's eyes, but no matter what, he probably won't be able to see Old Wang again from now on.

  Smiling slightly, he said to Director Li, "Director Li, we small business owners earn our money through hard work. We hope that in the future you can give us more help and support. Of course, we will also definitely follow the rules and regulations, so that customers can eat with peace of mind and healthily."

  Director Li's eyes sparkled with delight, and he laughed loudly, "Great, well said! Let's go! I want to try this spicy sauce noodles!"

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