"That's not right, Xi'er, didn't Shiweiyuan pay a deposit when I went to order ingredients yesterday?" Although Jian Ning knew that there was no contract here, there must be a part of the deposit for such a large batch of ingredients.

"How could it be that you didn't pay it! Shopkeeper Liu knew that this opening was very important, and he personally went to discuss with the vendors yesterday, and I heard that he had paid half of the silver! ”

"In that case, how can those vendors still sell their goods to others?" The more Jian Ning thought about it, the more angry she became, and the more she thought about it, the more she didn't dare to compliment the ancient business integrity.

"Xi'er, help me make up and send someone to invite Shopkeeper Liu to come over." This matter can be big or small, if it is an accident, it is fine, but if someone deliberately designed it and wanted to see the jokes of the Food Garden, it would not be so easy.

Xi'er quickly helped Jian Ning dress and groom properly, and prepared some simple pastries for Jian Ning to eat. Jian Ning was not the eldest lady, but she was very accustomed to Xi'er's service during this time, because without Xi'er, she would not have worn these complicated clothes at all, let alone combed her hair in such a bun.

Jian Ning was eating, and Liu Leshan came in a hurry.

"Ning'er, are you looking for me?" Liu Leshan was originally discussing with the person in charge of the purchase of Shiwei Garden how to solve the current ingredient problem, but he would have thought that a maid would come to ask Jian Ning to find her in an emergency.

"Senior brother, is there something wrong with the ingredients in the food garden?" Although she already knew the answer, Jian Ning still wanted to confirm how strict the situation was now.

"Did Xi'er sue you?" Liu Leshan was a little embarrassed, but he quickly returned to normal. I'm really useless, I can't even solve the problem with ingredients, and I have to worry about Ning'er about everything.

"Yes, Ning'er, there are some problems with the supply of ingredients in Shiweiyuan, and the vendors who originally agreed with us suddenly came this morning and said that they would not sell them, and they also refunded all the deposits we paid yesterday." Liu Leshan was also surprised when he heard it in the morning, those are all cooperating with Shiweiyuan for several years, and this time Shiweiyuan has not lost a single point of them, how can you say that if you don't buy it, you won't buy it, isn't this the business after it is broken?

"Senior brother, have they explained why they didn't sell it to us?" Jian Ning could vaguely guess the answer, the Food Garden did not lose a penny from them, nor did it suppress their price, but if they were so decisive not to sell it to them, then there was only one possibility

"They didn't say it, but I can guess from what they said that someone must have paid a higher price for their stuff than we did." Liu Leshan's face was solemn. There are not too many enemies in the Taste Garden, and if there is, it is the person in the Hundred Taste Garden.

Jian Ning snorted coldly in her heart, as expected, someone was secretly making trouble, trying to make the Food Garden unable to open.

"Senior brother, is all the ingredients missing or some missing?" Jane froze and began to think. Since someone else threw such a big problem to her, how could she not accept it.

"So far, only four people have returned their deposits, and they have provided pork, chicken, fish, and flour to Shiwei Garden."

Most of the meat dishes in Shiweiyuan are inseparable from this pork and chicken, and flour is an indispensable thing for Jian Ning to launch a new pastry.

Jian Ning wrinkled uncontrollably, it was really ruthless, almost half of the vegetables in the food garden!

In the Food Garden, Jian Ning and Liu Leshan were worried about the lack of ingredients, but in a room in Baiwei Building, Yin Jian was leisurely drinking tea, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Jian Ning, this time you forgive me for not being able to recruit no matter how powerful you are. As the saying goes, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, and now there are no ingredients, I see how you open it! ”

Just thinking about it, there was a knock on the door, and then, the voice of the shopkeeper Wu sounded outside: "Boss, the little one has something to report." ”

"Come in."

Shopkeeper Wu came in and played with his waist as a salute, and then handed an account book and a few lists in his hand to Yin Jian.

"Boss, this is this month's accounts, and this is the ingredients you sent someone to buy today, what do you need to do?" Regarding the matter of ingredients, Shopkeeper Wu has never been in charge of Yin Jian and has never consulted Yin Jian, these backyards have their own special people in charge, but this time it is special.

"Do you need to ask me what to do?" Yin Jian was obviously displeased, and he came to ask him about this kind of trivial matter.

"Boss, this time it's a little different. Tokuko, who is in charge of ingredients in the backyard, said that the storage room can't put so many ingredients at once, so I came to ask you how to deal with it? Shopkeeper Wu hurriedly explained.

You must know that it is summer, and many ingredients need to be refrigerated, otherwise it is easy to spoil, but the cellar for refrigeration in a restaurant is very limited, and Baiweilou originally had enough ingredients, and now there is still a surplus place to put the ingredients snatched from the food garden.

"Hmm" Yin Jian frowned and pondered for a while, then whispered to Shopkeeper Wu.

Shopkeeper Wu nodded again and again, and walked out with the list after a while.

Jian Ning was silent for a long time, and she didn't mean to speak at all, and suddenly Liu Leshan said: "Ning'er, these vendors are gone, it doesn't mean that other vendors don't have goods, or let's go find something else." ”

Liu Leshan was actually ready to use this trick early in the morning, but before he could do it, he was called here by Jian Ning. Jian Ning listened to Liu Leshan's construction, and did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Could it be that there are other cooperative vendors in Shiwei Garden?" ”

"Not really. Although Ning'er may be more expensive than before, it can solve the current problem very well. If we can't serve the dishes ordered by the customers on the day of opening, wouldn't the loss be even greater! "Liu Leshan's words are not wrong, it is not that the price of buying with long-term cooperative vendors is according to the price on the market, which is higher than the price of the ingredients they originally set, but the difference is not so heavy compared with the lack of food.

"Now, that's all it can be, there are still two days to open, and we really can't delay any longer." Jian Ning thought about it and decided to give it a try, and stood up as she spoke, "Senior brother, I'll go with you this time." ”

Jian Ning said that she would go, and it didn't take long for the carriage to come to the special trading market in Yangxin County. Liu Leshan and Jian Ning picked a fairly large stall and walked over.

"The stall owner, how much is your pork per catty (one catty and sixteen taels in ancient times)?" Liu Leshan asked politely.

"One penny, one pound." The stall owner's tone was quite impatient, and without raising his head, he spit out four words in a rough voice.

"What, a pound!?" Liu Leshan and Jian Ning were surprised at the same time. Jian Ning didn't know much about the prices here, but she often went out to buy things these days, and she was also learning to look at the accounts, so it was impossible for this pork to be so expensive.

"Stall owner, are you mistaken, this pork is generally 35 wen a catty, no matter how expensive you are, it shouldn't exceed 40 wen?" Liu Leshan was speechless, the pork they ordered before was 30 wen a catty, but 35 wen is enough in the market.