novelhk Chapter 45: Shopkeeper Lin Gets Angry
Chapter 45: Shopkeeper Lin Gets Angry
Jiang Yuwei served the food on the table and invited the villagers to come and eat. She went into the kitchen and started to make chili sauce. When she was almost done with the chili sauce, the two children came into the yard with their backpacks on their backs. Jiang Yuwei hurried forward to take the backpacks and let the two children eat first.
She poured the crayfish into water and washed it before frying it in the pan. While the lobsters were being stewed, Jiang Yuwei was not idle either. She washed the charcoal mother that she had collected earlier and began to mash it and filter the juice, making two large buckets of herbal tea.
Only after everything was done did Jiang Yuwei go to bed.
next day
Jiang Yuwei heard some noise outside the yard early in the morning and hurriedly got up to check.
It turned out that Ning Huaizhi had gotten up early and was teaching Ning Zhao to practice Kung Fu. Jiang Yuwei was very happy to see the two figures, one big and one small, in the yard. She also hoped that Ning Zhao could learn more. Now, if one has no talent for Kung Fu, it would be good to just use it to strengthen his body.
Jiang Yuwei packed her things and prepared to go out:
"Huaizhi, I'm going to the market today, so I might be back late. We have some extra money now, and the house is almost finished. I want to go to the academy to ask about Ning Zhao's going to school. If I come back late, I won't take Uncle Ning's ox cart. It's not far to walk back."
Ning Huaizhi looked at Jiang Yuwei worriedly and said:
"Then you should go quickly. If you can sell all the goods earlier, or come back with Uncle Wu's ox cart, I will feel more at ease."
Jiang Yuwei smiled faintly at Ning Huaizhi and said:
"Okay, got it."
Jiang Yuwei rode Uncle Ning's ox cart and quickly arrived in town. As soon as Ning Qiu and her stall were set up, a bunch of old customers gathered around them:
"Hey, what strange thing did you make this time? Is it delicious?"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei hurriedly demonstrated how to peel shrimps and taste them in front of everyone. Several brave people were eager to try.
Ning Qiu also helped peel the shrimp meat and took the initiative to pass it to old customers for tasting.
"Ouch, what's the name of this thing? Why is it so spicy?"
Jiang Yuwei quickly took a cup of herbal tea and handed it over, saying with a smile:
"This is spicy crayfish, five cents a bowl, and it's best paired with this four cents cup of herbal tea."
"Give me a taste."
Jiang Yuwei saw that the visitor was a middle-aged man in a satin dress, who looked like a steward of some family. Jiang Yuwei did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly served him a bowl of crayfish and a cup of herbal tea.
The man paid and started eating on the roadside. A woman came over and said with a smile:
"Isn't this Zhang, the steward from the Xu residence? He's out shopping today as well."
Manager Zhang, who was gasping for breath from the spicy lobster, saw that it was an acquaintance and said with a smile:
"Mrs. Li, your husband asked you to go out and buy some rare goods again. Come and try my spicy crayfish. It's delicious."
Mrs. Li looked at the bright red lobster in the bowl of Manager Zhang and reached out her hand hesitantly. After eating one, she exclaimed:
"It's so spicy, delicious, delicious. My grandson will definitely like it. I'm going to buy some for him to try."
Then he turned his head and smiled at Jiang Yuwei:
"Give me ten bowls, and ten cups of the green one, too."
After saying that, he handed the silver to Jiang Yuwei. Ning Qiu hurriedly helped pack it.
At this time, Manager Zhang beside him also finished eating the lobster in his hand, and said to Jiang Yuwei with a smile:
"Your food is so delicious. Give me ten servings as well. Our young master likes spicy food."
After hearing this, Jiang Yuwei smiled and packed the food for Manager Zhang. Finally, she gave him a cup of herbal tea to thank him for helping her attract customers.
Butler Zhang naturally did not refuse and took it and left.
When everyone saw the stewards of the two noble families coming to buy the crayfish and herbal tea, they naturally swarmed over to buy some and try them.
Ning Qiu thought that with so many lobsters and herbal teas, they would take until the afternoon to sell, but he didn't expect that they were all sold out in just the morning.
Jiang Yuwei smiled and said to Ning Qiu:
"Sister Qiu, I have some things to do this afternoon, so I won't take the ox cart back to the village. Tell Uncle Ning Wu not to wait for me. Just take these bamboo buckets and backpacks home for me and give a message to my Huaizhi."
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei had something to do, Ning Qiu didn't ask any more questions. He packed up his stall and went to find Uncle Ning.
Jiang Yuwei was thinking about delivering the chili sauce to Lianxianglou on East Street as soon as possible, so she didn't stay for long and walked away quickly.
After she arrived at East Street, she found that there were fewer people lining up at Lianxianglou this time than last time. It should be because everyone has tried the new food and the customer flow has stabilized. Jiang Yuwei naturally knows that no business can be prosperous forever.
It is not easy to revive Lianxianglou with just one dish nowadays. If customers are to be retained for a long time, it will not be enough to just rely on the popular double pepper crucian carp.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuwei began to think about bringing a new recipe to Shopkeeper Xu next time. Jiang Yuwei was just thinking when she was suddenly brought back to her senses by a loud shout:
"Jiang Yuwei! You've screwed me to death!"
Jiang Yuwei raised her eyes and saw the shopkeeper Lin of Zuixianlou coming out of his own restaurant angrily.
"Manager Lin, why do you say that?"
Shopkeeper Lin felt unhappy when he saw Jiang Yuwei's calm expression, and he said directly:
"It's because of the two breakfast recipes you sold me. There are several imitations of those fried cakes in the market. They are not unique at all. You charged me forty taels of silver for those two recipes, but you can't sell the fried cakes at a high price. At most, you can sell them for five cents each. When can I ever make back the money I invested!"
Jiang Yuwei glanced at the frustrated look on Shopkeeper Lin's face and said calmly:
"Manager Lin, you are wrong. I didn't want to sell this recipe at that time. It was you who begged me to buy it. As for the price of this recipe, we settled the payment on that day. Now that you are running your business poorly, you are venting your anger on me, the seller. This is not right."
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei was tough and showed no fear, Shopkeeper Lin could not stop his anger:
"You, you, you've screwed me so much, I'm going to take you to see the official!"
When Jiang Yuwei heard that Shopkeeper Lin was going to take her to see the official, she couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"Haha, Shopkeeper Lin is really good at joking. We were doing a normal business on that day and we also signed the documents. I am not afraid even if you go to the authorities to sue me. If I really did something wrong, then let the government arrest me."
After Jiang Yuwei finished speaking, she no longer paid any attention to the unreasonable shopkeeper Lin and walked straight into Lianxiang Tower.
Seeing this, Shopkeeper Lin behind him angrily pointed at Jiang Yuwei's back and cursed:
"Well, you rascal village woman, I, Lin, will never let you go, let's wait and see!"
As soon as Shopkeeper Xu came down from the second floor, he saw Shopkeeper Lin across the street staring at Jiang Yuwei angrily. He hurriedly invited Jiang Yuwei to the accounting office and asked nervously:
"Mrs. Jiang, how did you offend Shopkeeper Lin across the street? He looked at you as if he wanted to eat you."
Jiang Yuwei waved her hand and smiled:
"It's okay. I just sold him two prescriptions and he came to me because his business was not doing well."
When Shopkeeper Xu heard Jiang Yuwei say that she sold two prescriptions to Zuixianlou across the street, his expression immediately turned cold:
"Madam Jiang, is the money I gave you not enough? Didn't we agree that you would sell the recipe to me first in the future?"