Kung Fu Baby with 17 Doting Brothers-Chapter 438: The Banner Arrives

Based on the business sense of these two people, Director Zheng suspects that the supermarket hasn’t gone bankrupt simply because there are no competitors.

If anyone in the village had the courage to open a supermarket with fair prices, they would definitely crush this small supermarket quickly.

Director Zheng smiled: "Why not do this, you bring out the ledgers from the past, and I’ll show you the ledger from yesterday."

Both sides took out their ledgers to calculate the net profit.

Director Zheng volunteered: "Not every day do people come for archaeological visits, so let’s not count that income for now. How about just counting the villagers’ shopping?"

The couple had no objections.

Both sides calculated their net profits.

The results were clear. Even if Tuanzi and the others gave away near-expiry products as freebies and organized a small discount event, the net profits were still higher than a regular day’s profits from the couple’s normal business operations.

Director Zheng: "Small profits, quick turnover."

The couple stayed silent.

Director Zheng continued: "We’re all from the same village, and if you trace back a few generations, we’re all related somehow. So there’s no need to exploit the elderly and children."

The couple’s faces turned red with embarrassment.

They observed the crowd all day yesterday and counted in their hearts. The traffic in one day was more than what they usually get in three days.

Except for the elderly who have no other choice and the young who don’t understand these things, if people had other choices, they wouldn’t choose them. They shop out of necessity.

The villagers might even think that the young guests who have only been here for two days are more honest than people who’ve lived here for decades.

The five kids had a discussion.

Tuanzi firmly said: "The little brother can’t stay here."

Whenever Zhong Yi was in the supermarket, he just thought of eating, so it was better for him to go outside and chat with the elderly.

She turned to the little boy and asked, "Do you have any objections?"

Zhong Yi shook his head vigorously, not daring to have any objections!

Lu Feiyong volunteered to stay behind.

"You four can all go, I can handle it alone."

The five of them then split into two groups.

Although the four of Tuanzi didn’t bang gongs and beat drums, they borrowed a loudspeaker from the crew, recorded a promotional slogan in soft voices, and walked around the village with the loudspeaker.

It’s about the busy farming season now. Not many people are at home at this time, but hearing the commotion, they ran out of their houses, saw those following cameramen, and realized they were filming a show.

A few elderly folks were cooling off under a tree with their grandchildren. Seeing the young guests, they greeted them with smiling faces to play together.

Tuanzi and the others began to make energetic recommendations.

An old man asked, "Which store?"

Tuanzi mentioned the store’s name.

The old man’s expression immediately became subtle, and so did the expressions of the other people.

[That expression, there’s a story here]

[What kind of story? With so many near-expiry products that the crew had to sort out separately, you can imagine how this store usually operates]

[So isn’t Miaomiao helping a villain then?]

[That’s a bit harsh, besides, the money they earn goes to the crew. If the guests leave and this supermarket returns to its old ways, the villagers won’t buy from them, no one wants to be fooled]

Fearing the young guests might be deceived, the elders one after another recounted the supermarket’s past practices.

Tuanzi was so angry she stamped her foot, "That’s too wicked, unscrupulous merchants!"

Zhong Yi parroted, "Unscrupulous merchants!"

"But Grandma, we are the bosses now, and we’re having an event."

Ai Fengyi hurriedly promised, "We will never do anything unethical. If you want to buy something, you can buy from us."

The couple had been hiding among the staff, watching. Seeing everyone saying this, they hung their heads, afraid of being recognized.

Tuanzi and the others made a round, successfully pulling in a few sales, and happily returned to the small supermarket.

Soon it was noon, Tuanzi quickly finished eating, ready to deliver meals to the archaeology team.

This was something the director had discussed with the head of the archaeological team in the morning.

Only a small part of the archaeological team were fixed members who stayed all the time. People like Professor Gu only came by to help occasionally.

Moreover, once inside the tomb, it’s inconvenient to come out often, and everyone’s mealtime is different. It’s also quite far from the town, and prepared food would be cold when brought over, so the person in charge simply let everyone handle meals by themselves with self-heating meals or bread.

Now the crew was willing to offer a few meals for free, just asking for the young guests to come over to play and live-stream, which the person in charge had no objections to.

He even thought the kids might get bored and leave soon.

The young guests split into two groups as usual.

Lu Feiyong and Zhong Yi took a nap, while Tuanzi and the twins went to the archaeological site.

On the way, Tuanzi chirped, "They work so hard, all living in small tents, Miaomiao could topple one with just a push."

Ai Fengyi listened with great interest, but Ai Tanbo was puzzled, "But Miaomiao, you’ve been with us the whole time, how are you so clear about this?"

"Ah, um..."

Tuanzi immediately looked up at the sky, shoving her little hands into her pants pockets.

[Guilty, guilty]

[But hasn’t she been under the camera the whole time, where did she have the time to go to the archaeological site]

[Only at night, but what would she go there for at night?]

The audience was quite puzzled, but Tuanzi was unwilling to explain.

Until the afternoon of the third day of the first episode, when the young guests were about to finish filming and head home, a few police officers came into the small supermarket holding a banner.

The younger officer scanned the room, his eyes lit up when he saw Tuanzi doing calculations, "Gallant and righteous, unparalleled martial arts!"

That’s the text Tuanzi specifically requested on the banner.

Tuanzi found it familiar, perked her little ears up, turned to look, and upon seeing the police officers, she smiled sweetly.

"Hello, Uncle!"

The officer cheerfully opened the banner, "Would you like to take a photo?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Tuanzi dashed over, happily grabbing the other end of the banner.

The crew, the young guests, and other viewers were all bewildered.

[Wait, I’ve been watching the live stream the whole time, it’s like I missed a big one]

[It’s like someone pressed the fast-forward button on a movie]

[Why does it seem like this banner is related to her night adventure at the archaeological site]

The director obviously didn’t let this topic go, standing outside the camera, he asked the officer.

The officer smiled, "The night before last, she and her senior caught a few tomb raiders near the archaeological site."

[My Miaomiao is amazing]

[Is this a trip to practice martial arts with her senior and catching thieves on the side?]

[Even movies wouldn’t dare to depict this]

[Maybe the crew arranged this for some drama, how could it be so coincidentally, they’re filming here, and there’s an ancient tomb nearby that gets raided]

[The one saying that, how could the crew have the power to make the police lie, don’t just hate for the sake of hating]

[I really want to see the video of catching the thieves]

Once the police issued a report, even the haters were speechless. Naturally, this incident trended, and the show gained additional attention.

The netizens were eagerly waiting, unable to see the video of catching the thieves, so they replayed earlier videos repeatedly to satiate their curiosity.

Once again, traditional martial arts began gaining recognition.

Reputation value steadily soared once again.