Chapter 73: The Road to Rivalry is Narrow
After this assignment of work, Xiao Qiqi, Zhang Cuihua and others went their own way.
Of course, because she didn't have to worry about building a house, Xiao Qiqi and Zhang Cuihua borrowed Uncle Liu's ox cart and rushed to the town to buy ingredients.
Considering the amount of food eaten by the workers, Xiao Qiqi discussed with Zhang Cuihua that the most important thing to prepare food is to fill their stomachs, the portion should be sufficient, two vegetarian dishes, one meat dish and one soup, plus steamed buns and rice as the staple food.
Therefore, Xiao Qiqi and Zhang Cuihua first went to the rice grain store, asked for ten buckets of white rice, ten buckets of flour, and then went to the vegetable market to buy thirty catties of pork belly, because she bought a lot, and the butcher Wang who sold the meat also gave Xiao Qiqitwo a pair of pigs and a few big bones.
Xiao Qiqi saw that there were eight pairs of pigs and more than a dozen big bones on the side, so he simply asked the price of the king butcher and bought all of them directly.
"Qi Niang, this pig has no meat in the water and bones, it's not delicious, why are you buying so much?"
"Cuihua, don't underestimate this pig water and these bones, there are good things hidden in these bones, that thing can nourish the beauty and strengthen the body, whether it is a child or an adult, if you drink more bone broth, it is very beneficial. And this pig goes into the water, and when I deal with it, it will be boiled into soup, and it will taste delicious when the time comes, and I promise you will enjoy it. As soon as Xiao Qiqi said this, Zhang Cuihua didn't have any doubts at all, and said with a smile: "That's good, such a cheap thing is both delicious and beneficial, so you can buy more in the future." However, you can't tell the butcher of King Sรน about this, otherwise, I am afraid that the price of buying this thing will increase in the future. โ
"I'm afraid your worries are going to come true, and after I make the delicious pork and bone stew, as soon as the news spreads, many people will buy this to taste it, and at that time, the price will definitely go up."
"Then let's just hide and eat, eat secretly, and don't let others taste it." Zhang Cuihua blinked her eyes and said, Xiao Qiqi, I am happy to see her like this.
"Okay, listen to you, let's eat it secretly, anyway, this thing is really going to be taken out for others to taste, people who don't know it think we are so stingy, we don't give meat to eat, but to gnaw bones." So, just entertain those workers, just roast braised pork for them. โ
"That's right, that's true, don't let them think that our master has treated them badly." Zhang Cuihua nodded in agreement.
This pig is in the water and has big bones, if she didn't believe Xiao Qiqi's words, if she was replaced by someone else, she would definitely question Xiao Qiqi's statement, so these things should be tasted at home, if you really take them out to entertain the workers, forget it, if you don't get it, you will be kind enough to let them taste it, but it will be thankless.
Thinking of this, Zhang Cuihua quickly put the pigs and big bones into another basket, and then moved them to the ox cart.
Of course, after buying the meat, it's time to go grocery shopping.
But he didn't want to, at the vegetable seller, Xiao Qiqi saw a familiar face, it was the cold-faced girl named Shen Suyue.
What's even more surprising is that she also saw Chu Fengci and Ah Ran, who had disappeared early in the morning, the two of them were standing in front of the vegetable stall of the cold-faced girl Shen Suyue, and they didn't know what the two sides were talking about, in short, looking at the atmosphere, the two sides didn't seem to be talking happily.
When Xiao Qiqi and Zhang Cuihua passed, Shen Suyue was rushing Chu Fengqi to follow Ah Ran.
"Please leave quickly, you two, this girl still has to do business."
"If you don't sell snacks to my master, I will be here with you today, and if you can't do business, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes. Also, your dishes, the master has already said it, and he has said that he has covered it all, so he just asked you to go back and make a snack, do you want to refuse people thousands of miles away like this? I can sue you, you'd better not toast and not eat and drink, which angered me, and believe it or not, I kicked your stall over. "This is Chu Fengci's consistent style, if it is soft, it will be hard, anyway, this person will definitely not give up lightly in order to eat.
Xiao Qiqi had understood this point many times in the days she had been in contact with Chu Fengci, so at this moment, she saw Chu Fengci playing with the young master's temper at the cold-faced girl Shen Suyue, for fear that this guy would really smash other people's stalls, so she walked over quickly and pulled Chu Fengci's sleeve.
"Chu Fengci, you are here, what a coincidence, I met you here, what are you doing here? Early in the morning, you and Ah Ran didn't come to breakfast, why did you come to town? Xiao Qiqi asked Chu Fengci seriously, what about Chu Fengci, when he saw Xiao Qiqi, he was a little surprised, and then complained.
"It's not all to blame for this Shen, what month is Shen, if she hadn't refused, I wouldn't have spent most of the day here with her."
"That's what's wrong with you, I remember this girl, I didn't throw flowers and send purses to you like other girls last time, are you so careful to run in front of other people's stalls to find fault?"
"Are you mistaken, sir, am I the kind of person who is cautious? Although this woman made me very unhappy last time, I didn't catch up with her. I'm here today, not to trouble her, but to buy snacks from her, the kind of snacks you bought back yesterday, but this woman is too ignorant, I told her well, I just don't care about the master, just refuse to sell snacks to the master, do you say she is too much? Chu Fengci felt that he was very aggrieved, he obviously didn't mean to find fault, he was obviously talking to this girl very seriously about whether it was okay or not.
What about Xiao Qiqi, when he heard this, it was strange. "But I remember, I told you yesterday that it was a little boy named Shen Xiangyang who sold me dim sum, but it's not this Shen girl, you have found the wrong person."
"I'm not wrong, I ran to Lao He Bun Shop before dawn to squat, but I didn't wait for the little boy you said, and then I asked the owner of the bun shop, and he told Sรน Master, saying that this little boy's sister is setting up a vegetable stall here, so I asked here, and finally found her here, she is the only vegetable stall surnamed Shen in this place, you say, it's not her, who else can it be. As for her, it's good, the master asked her well, but she didn't care, and lied to the master, saying that I found the wrong person. When I exposed her lies, she still refused to sell snacks to my master, and drove me out of here so unceremoniously, you give a comment, who is unreasonable, who is deliberately embarrassing me? Chu Fengci got up early in the morning, and even gave up going to Xiao Qiqi's place for breakfast, just to buy Xiao Qiqi's snacks yesterday, is it easy for him?
This woman was really angry with him, Chu Fengci was very dissatisfied, and spit out bitterness at Xiao Qiqi, as if he had received a lot of grievances.
As for Xiao Qiqi, after listening to Chu Fengci's words, he wanted to say that he was wrong, and he was worried that it would irritate him even more, but he didn't say that he was wrong, he said that it was the cold-faced girl's fault, and it didn't make sense.
You said that the cold-faced girl just doesn't want to sell you snacks, she is happy to do this, she doesn't want to earn your money, can you manage it?
But this can only be said in her heart, Xiao Qiqi will not say anything on the face, because she has understood the consequences of Chu Feng's temper, and she doesn't want to experience that kind of thing again, so she turned to the cold-faced girl Shen Suyue with a pleasant face.
"Miss Shen, I'm really sorry, my son's master doesn't have a good temper, but he is not a bad person, he is a good person, he just likes all kinds of delicious things, especially things he hasn't eaten, he is very insistent, and I ask Miss Shen not to mind what he did just now, that is really he appreciates the girl too much for you to make dim sum."
"This lady, you are polite, my temper is not very good, you don't have to apologize, in fact, I am also at fault in this matter, I have a bad opinion of this son because of my sister's incident last time, so I am not willing to sell snacks to him, and I am also wrong. Also, thank you Mrs. for buying the snacks in my brother's hand yesterday, my brother came back and said, Mrs., you are very kind, and bought all the snacks in his hand to let my brother go home early, thank you, madam. When facing Xiao Qiqi, Shen Suyue's attitude was completely different, her tone and eyes were very soft.
Because Xiao Qiqi formed a good fate yesterday, in this way, Shen Suyue was naturally not as cold as others to Xiao Qiqi, and when she spoke, she naturally had a little warmth.
Because of this, if Xiao Qiqi opened his mouth to buy snacks, Shen Suyue did not categorically refuse Chu Fengci just now.
"Madame, do you still want to buy that snack from yesterday?"
"Yes, that snack tasted good yesterday, and the three children in the family all liked it quite much, if Miss Shen is willing, I wonder if you can make some and sell it to me?" Of course, Miss Shen has the right to refuse, if it is inconvenient, then I have not said anything. When Xiao Qiqi spoke, he was smiling all the time, and his tone was very soft, and he didn't mean to force Shen Suyue at all, it was completely up to Shen Suyue's intentions.
As for Shen Suyue, she was a little embarrassed to hear Xiao Qiqi say this.
"Madame, I am glad that your children like to eat the snacks I have made. It's just that I'm the only one who goes out to sell vegetables today, so if Madame doesn't mind, can I wait until I'm done selling this dish and then go back to make snacks for Madame? โ
"That's not easy, I just said it, sir, I'll buy all your dishes, in this case, can't you go home and make snacks?" Chu Fengci took the opportunity to interject, but Shen Suyue glanced at Chu Fengci coldly. "I only sell my food to those who need it, not to those who don't need it at all."
"Who said that the master doesn't need it, the master needs it." Chu Feng said with great words.
"But I don't think you need to."
"How do you know if the master needs it, of course the master needs to buy it back."