Chapter 1376 Chapter 1376 - Watermelon Battle (1/2)

The sign was easy to understand. It referred to the sound of someone patting and tapping the watermelon before choosing it.

The supermarket thought it would destroy the fruit, so they put up a sign forbidding people from doing so.

Originally, this kind of thing was nothing objectionable. The watermelons belonged to the supermarket, and they had the right to set the rules in their business.

However, the supermarket put the sign in Chinese characters, which caused some Chinese people to complain. This was obvious racial discrimination and also an insult to the Chinese!

Maybe the people who tapped on the watermelons before were Chinese, but who said that all the people who did so were Chinese? Writing the sign in Chinese implied that Chinese people were ignorant, primitive foreigners.

After Li Du saw the sign, he got angry as well and said, ”This is too much! What could this possibly mean? Do they think Chinese are easy to bully? That insulting us would have no consequences?”

A next to him said, ”Those Americans are the limit. Tapping watermelons is how any sensible person would choose them, right? Even if don't know anything, I know how to tap a watermelon before buying it. This just makes sense.”

Another girl nearby said unhappily, ”Yes, if you buy a watermelon and take it away without tapping, how do you know it's a good one?”

Li Du nodded and said, ”Although I don't know how to evaluate a watermelon's quality by the sound it makes, I still tap watermelons every time I buy one.”

”Well, my dad told me that tapping watermelon is a necessary part of buying it, and without that, the process would be incomplete,” the first girl said.

Li Du looked at her carefully, not sure whether she was in earnest. It sounded like a joke, but she looked quite serious.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

The staff in the supermarket would not budge. The manager waved his hands and said, ”We will not remove this sign, because you Chinese like to tap watermelons, and then you do not buy them, so how can we sell them to other customers?”

Another added, ”Yes, you Chinese always do all kinds of stupid things in the name of tradition. We won't cater to you!”

This made Li Du angry. He went up and said, ”Sir, if you go to buy a car and notice that the engine was faulty, would you buy it? If you went to buy a cake and found it underbaked, would you buy it? If you needed some painkillers and it turned out that they cause brain damage, would you still take it?”

Then he quickly recanted, ”Oh, but you probably did, because it sounds like you do have brain damage.”

That staff member was very angry, and said, ”Are you mocking me?”

Li Du said contemptuously, ”Why would you think so? I'm telling you the truth, you're stupid.”

The supermarket worker tried to throw a punch at him, but the manager tried to stop him and said to Li Du, ”Sir, you'd better apologize, or we'll have to call the police.”

Li Du sneered. ”Who should apologize? You should. I've just made an analogy. Why don't you allow customers to check the produce before buying? Do customers have to buy a cat in the bag?”

The manager said, ”Of course the customer has the right to choose the goods, but your tapping on the watermelon is just ridiculous. I have found that…”

Li Du interrupted him and said, ”You must have asked the wrong person. What if I prove that tapping on a watermelon to hear the sound can tell you if it's good or not?”

The manager thought for a while and said cautiously, ”Our watermelons are all ripe, so that would be hard to prove.”

Li Du smiled and said, ”Tapping on the watermelon doesn't just tell you how ripe it is, it also enables you to judge whether it is good or bad. If I can do that, what will you do?”

The manager said, ”I'll take the sign down.”

Li Du hummed and said, ”How about this? If I can't fulfill my promise, I'll buy all the watermelons in your supermarket. If I do, your supermarket will apologize to us!”