Chapter 17: The Troublemaker
The back door of Muqing Restaurant is on the side of the Sanjin Courtyard, that is, the courtyard where Chen Muqing lives. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The back door was not closed, it should have been opened by Chen Muqing.
Ning Xiaocheng rushed in in a hurry, and happened to bump into Chen Muqing, who was sweeping the yard.
Seeing Ning Xiaocheng suddenly appear from here, Chen Muqing's face changed slightly, and then she put the bamboo broom in her hand in front of her, and stared at Ning Xiaocheng vigilantly.
"What do you want to do! Get me out! ”
Ning Xiaocheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Muqing for some reason, and only reacted when she saw her defensive posture, feeling that this girl was treating herself as a pervert with bad intentions.
Ning Xiaocheng smiled bitterly and hurriedly explained the situation outside to Chen Muqing.
After Chen Muqing heard what he said, he took back the broom in a daze, with a touch of blush on his face.
The next moment, Chen Muqing's somewhat embarrassed look was replaced by nervousness.
"So what do we do? You can't give them free every day......"
Ning Xiaocheng frowned and thought for a while, habitually touched his chin, looked up at Chen Muqing and said, "That's ...... You go get a big piece of paper, and then write down all the prices of the food and drinks, and then I'll go to the second floor and put it down, and when they read it, it should be gone......"
Now it can only be like this, although Chen Muqing doesn't know if it works, but he can't do nothing.
Chen Muqing brought the four treasures of the study, spread them out on the stone table in the courtyard, and then discussed with Ning Xiaocheng and began to write.
By the time it's all done, it's already three poles in the morning.
Chen Muqing pressed her somewhat stiff neck, blew the ink that had not dried, and handed the price list to Ning Xiaocheng.
Ning Xiaocheng picked it up and looked at it, nodded to Chen Muqing, and walked out of the Sanjin courtyard and walked towards the lobby of the restaurant.
There is a staircase leading to the second floor in the lobby, and when you reach the second floor, you can open the windows, tie the price list with a small rope prepared in advance, and put it down.
When it was just enough for the people below to see and out of reach, Ning Xiaocheng stopped.
At this time, the door was already full of people, and there was a commotion, and when Ning Xiaocheng put down the price list, someone suddenly saw it, and immediately read it out in front of everyone.
"Stir-fried greens...... Twenty texts! ”
"Fried chestnuts...... Thirty articles! ”
"Stir-fried radish with shredded pork...... Forty-five texts! ”
“……”
"Why is it so expensive! Usually eating a steamed and boiled green vegetable is only seven or eight dollars! ”
"That's it! Even if it is Liuxiang Building, it is only a dozen yuan, and this Muqing Restaurant is more expensive than the Liuxiang Building? ”
Liuxianglou is the highest specification in Ningcheng, the best grade of the restaurant, usually those high-ranking officials and nobles of the banquet, most of them are held in Liuxianglou, a meal inside, may ask a tenant for more than half a year's income.
Ning Xiaocheng didn't say a word, and looked down quietly.
When the homeless people saw that the little second brother at the window on the second floor did not speak, the discussion became louder.
Among them, there are many people who seek provocation and provoke trouble.
In the past two days, the movement of Muqing Restaurant can be said to be known all over the city, and the entire restaurant industry in Ningcheng, whether it is a restaurant inn or a restaurant teahouse, sales have dropped by several grades, and the culprit is Muqing Restaurant.
Naturally, there are also many people who can't bear the temperament and send people over to secretly provoke and make trouble, isn't this the best time!
"Twenty yuan, which is enough for half a month's expenses of an ordinary tenant's family! Tighten it up, it's no problem to eat for a month, but a green vegetable here costs 20 yuan? Why don't you grab it? ”
"That's it, the first two days are free, isn't this a free sign?"
Remarks such as these quickly dominated the crowd in front of the restaurant.
Ning Xiaocheng's brows gradually twisted together, those few troublemakers were too fake, although they changed into ordinary clothes, but the perennial shopkeeper's slightly rickety back couldn't escape his eyes.
Don't think about it, these few people who stir up trouble in the crowd must have been sent by other restaurants.
With a hint of realization in his eyes, Ning Xiaocheng looked at the Deyu restaurant next to him.
When it comes to finding faults, the first to bear the brunt must be Deyu Restaurant. After all, the two families are next to each other.
After Ning Xiaocheng looked over, at the door of Deyu Restaurant, Zhang Desheng looked back at Ning Xiaocheng with a proud face.
In his expression, there was no awareness of being caught at all.
Beside him, the shopkeeper also looked at Ning Xiaocheng on the second floor with arrogance.
Zhang Desheng was actually very surprised by what happened to Muqing Restaurant at this time, he didn't expect that someone would secretly stir up trouble.
The main thing is that their price is too outrageous.
In the past, such a green vegetable was only five cents at most, but they increased it by four times, which was enough to arouse public anger.
Although it is true that the people take food as their heaven, they can't be exploited like this!
The fat on Zhang Desheng's face trembled slightly, and he seemed to have a premonition of the fate of Muqing Restaurant.
Looking at the expressions of Zhang Desheng and the shopkeeper, Ning Xiaocheng twitched his brows slightly.
The following has become more and more fierce, and if you don't stop it, I'm afraid that something big will happen.
After thinking for a while, Ning Xiaocheng stretched out his hand and shouted below.
"Everyone, be quiet, listen to me!"
Ning Xiaocheng stood on a high place, his voice spread far away, and the crowd suddenly quieted down.
Among them, there was a middle-aged man with a sharp-beaked monkey cheek, rolled his eyes, pointed at Ning Xiaocheng, and then said: "Okay, you say, we want to see, can you tell the sky?" ”
"It's just ......"
The crowd suddenly echoed a chorus.
Ning Xiaocheng frowned, glanced at the middle-aged man with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and then looked at everyone with a smile.
"The reason why these dishes are so expensive is because it is a dish carefully developed by the master chef of the restaurant, I believe that in the past few days of free dining activities, everyone has also tasted the taste of these dishes, although it is not as good as the imperial meal, but in the realm of Ningcheng, I dare to guarantee that there is no other semicolon for this one!"
Speaking of this, Ning Xiaocheng paused slightly, saw that many people in the crowd showed expressions of approval, smiled slightly, and then continued to speak.
"The taste is so good, and it is the painstaking research and development of the master, the fee will naturally be a little more expensive, I believe everyone can understand, after all, the operation of a small store also requires a cost, right?"
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"Good! Even so! Then I ask you, why is it free for three days, but now you have to charge money? In that case, why don't you collect the money as soon as possible, lest I wait here in vain? ”
As soon as Ning Xiaocheng's voice fell, he was snatched by the middle-aged man with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks in the crowd.
After finishing speaking, he even provoked everyone to look at it with a questioning face.
Those homeless people who don't know what to do don't care about it don't care so much, as long as they have something to eat, now they don't have anything to eat, so they naturally responded one after another, and looked at Ning Xiaocheng questioningly.