The content of the sign was easy to understand. Some people would pat and knock on the watermelon before picking it to listen to the sound.
The supermarket thought that this would damage the watermelon, so it put up a sign forbidding people to knock on the watermelon.
Watermelons belonged to the supermarket, and it was up to them what they wanted to do.
However, the supermarket wrote this rule in Chinese characters, which caused some Chinese people to be dissatisfied. This was obvious racial discrimination! It was also an insult to the Chinese!
Perhaps the person who knocked on the watermelon before was Chinese, but who could prove that all the people who knocked on the watermelon were Chinese? The words were written in Chinese characters, which was clearly putting all the blame on the Chinese, which was not allowed in the United States.
Li Du was annoyed when he saw the sign and said, "This is too much. What do you mean by putting up this sign? Do you think the Chinese are easy to bully? Why are you insulting us? "
"Yes." The girl then said, "The Americans are too much. Besides, knocking on watermelons is the Chinese tradition of buying watermelons, right? Even if I don't know anything, I know that you have to knock on the watermelon before buying it. This is respect for the watermelon! "
The other girl next to her said unhappily, "That's right. If you buy a watermelon without knocking it, then this watermelon will not be recognized. How will it face other watermelons? How will its family survive in the watermelon circle? "
Li Du didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the words of the two girls, but he nodded and said, "Although I don't know the trick of recognizing watermelons by listening to the sound, I knock on the watermelon every time I sell it."
"Well, my father told me that knocking on watermelons is a necessary process to buy watermelons. If this process is missing, the process of buying watermelons will not be complete," the first girl said again.
Li Du looked at her carefully, not knowing whether she was joking or serious. Anyway, it sounded like a joke, but she looked quite serious.
The supermarket staff didn't want to argue anymore. Their manager waved his hand and said, "We won't remove this sign, because you Chinese people like to knock watermelons, and if you don't buy them, how can we sell them?"
Another staff added, "Yes, you Chinese always do all kinds of stupid things in the name of tradition. We will not let you do that!"
This made Li Du work hard. He went up and said, "Sir, if you go to buy a car and find that the engine is broken, will you buy it? If you go to buy a cake and find that the cake is not baked, will you buy it? If you went to buy painkillers and found them to be retarded pills, would you buy them? "
At the end of his sentence, he quickly corrected himself. "Oh, that's not the right analogy. You'll definitely buy retarded pills because you're retarded. That's what you need."
The staff member flew into a rage and said, "Are you going to curse me?"
Li Du said contemptuously, "How did I curse? I told you the truth. You're a moron. "
The staff member wanted to throw a punch, but the manager tried to stop him and said to Li Du, "Sir, you better apologize, or we will have to call the police."
Li Du sneered, "Who should apologize? You are the ones who should apologize. I've already given you an example. You're selling things, so why can't customers choose? Do customers have to buy broken ones? "
The manager said, "Of course, the customer has the right to choose the goods, but knocking on the watermelon is not a skill at all. I've already inquired …"
"You must have asked a moron." Li Du interrupted him. "What if I prove that knocking on the watermelon to listen to the sound is a skill for picking watermelons?"
The manager thought for a moment and said cautiously, "Our watermelons are all ripe, so it's not easy to prove."
Li Du smiled and said, "It's a good proof. I can tell you the ripeness of the watermelon by knocking on it, and judge whether it's good or bad. If I can do that, what will you do?"
The manager said, "Then I'll remove the sign."
Li Du snorted. "You have to remove the sign anyway. This bet is not good. How about this, if I can't keep my promise, I'll buy all the watermelons in your supermarket. If I do, your supermarket will apologize to us! "
The manager said, "Do you know how many watermelons we have in stock?"
Li Du snapped his fingers. Sophie understood what he meant, took out the Palladium card from her wallet, and said, "It can buy all the watermelons in the United States."
Cleveland was a small city, after all. The manager was ignorant and did not know the origin of the Palladium card. He said disdainfully, "You're bragging."
Someone reminded him, "This is a top card issued by the Palladium Association. Every owner is a billionaire. They're not lying."
Hearing this, the manager was shocked, and then looked at Li Du carefully.
Li Du said impatiently, "Do you want to bet or not? Why don't we change the bet? If I lose, I'll buy all the watermelons in your supermarket at ten times the price, and if you lose, you'll pay me ten times the value of the watermelons in cash. How about that? "
The people around were not afraid of making a scene, and they all clamored:
"Bet, isn't your sign just because you don't believe they can do it?" "Don't be a coward, fight them to the end!" "This sign is too insulting, just apologize!"
Li Du said, "Look, they're asking you to apologize directly."
The manager was even more reluctant to do so, so he simply said, "Then let's bet. If you win, I'll apologize …"
"No, not you," Li Du said, waving his finger and smiling again. "It's your supermarket that apologizes."
Sophie, who knew Li Du's temper well, saw his trademark smile and quickly reminded the manager, "You apologize directly, or the consequences may be worse."
The manager did not understand Sophie's kindness. He thought she was trying to take sides, so he said, "Let's bet. If you win, our supermarket will apologize, but …"
He smiled slyly. "You have to do what I ask."
"State your conditions." Li Du continued to smile.
The manager took a deep breath and said, "I'll pick out five watermelons, and you rank them in order, according to the ripeness of the watermelons."
"How is that possible?" A Chinese girl cried out. "Besides, five watermelons may not have different ripeness. There's no standard!"
The manager put on a scoundrel's attitude. "Don't you Chinese think you have a special skill for watermelons? Why is there no standard? You can tell by looking at the color! "
Li Du said, "Your conditions are not valid, because the sample is too small. How about this, I'll pick five watermelons from the watermelons here and rank them according to their ripeness, okay?"
The manager looked at the pile of watermelons and hesitated. He saw that Li Du seemed to be very confident, and he was a little afraid of losing.
But the customers who were waiting to watch the show were not happy, and they began to mock him:
"This condition is very reasonable, why are you so timid?" "Yes, for God's sake, this is impossible." "The watermelons here are about the same ripeness."
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