"yes... Huh? You're not here for dinner? So what are you here for? ”

Guan Ling's nodding movement, after hearing Hua Shi's words clearly, slammed suddenly, and the eyes that looked over also became strange.

When it is a flower, the lid of the fish basket placed on the table is opened, revealing the fish that are violently flicking their tails inside.

Guan Ling's eyes kept looking at her, and when her eyes fell on the fish basket on the table, she immediately reacted, what are these two people here for.

"You two are fishermen? Coming to sell fish? Guan Ling pursed his lips and asked.

Hua Shi nodded, "This is a fish raised in my own fish pond......"

Guan Ling didn't wait for her to finish speaking, she waved her hand, with a look of refusal, "No need, you have also seen it, this fish restaurant does not make money, it is estimated that it will close down in a short time, what kind of fish do you still collect, you better find another home." ”

The shopkeeper on the side listened to it, nodded straight, and said secretly in his heart.

Even if it doesn't go out of business, the big owner won't accept these fish anymore, our tavern, the place where the fish is collected until now, is almost fixed, these fishermen who don't know where they come from, come here, want to sell the fish to our restaurant, and don't want to think about it, such a big restaurant, can there be a shortage of these two fish......

The second shopkeeper's mind was active, and after knowing that these two people were not here for dinner, he directly shut down and let the second owner call the shots.

Hua Shi saw her attitude of refusing without saying a word, and she was not discouraged, but said: "Second Miss, do you want to take a look at the fish in this fish basket and then make another conclusion?" ”

Guan Ling raised his eyes and glanced at her, as if he saw the confident look on her face, lowered his eyelids, swept his eyes into the fish basket, and his gaze suddenly froze.

"This fish...?" Guan Ling's eyes widened slightly, "This fish is so big?" You raised it yourself? ”

Originally, he was still lacking in interest, but after seeing the size of the fish, Guan Ling's eyes flashed brightly, and he couldn't escape the eyes of Hua Shi.

Hua Shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there was still a drama in this matter, and some said it.

"Yes, I raised it home, but it's not the maturity period of the fish now, and there will be a large batch of fish until around the beginning of July."

"It's a pity," Guan Ling shook his head and sighed, "Alas... It's a pity that this is a tavern that is not competitive, otherwise such a good fish would not be so cold to make and sell. ”

Hua Shi stabilized his mind and asked, "I take the liberty of asking, what is the reason for the poor business of this tavern?" ”

"What else can I do, the dishes made by your chef are so unpalatable, my eldest brother has set the price high, ordinary people have no money to eat, and some people with little money have tried it once, and after tasting it, they will naturally not come to eat it a second time."

Guan Ling pursed his lips, and felt distressed when he thought of the large amount of money wasted by his eldest brother who opened this broken fish restaurant......

Damn, she must get this fish restaurant to close down soon, there is still no money coming in this month, so she went to her grandmother and told her grandmother to order her eldest brother to close the fish restaurant!

His own money is not blown by the wind, how can it be wasted like this every year......

Hua Shi thought for a moment, and was about to speak, when a man's clear voice suddenly came from the direction of the second floor behind him.

"Guan Ling! What are you doing again! This is the first time, my fish restaurant business is not good, half of the responsibility is on you! ”

The voice was mixed with a bit of annoyance, and it came at Guan Ling with rebuke.

Guan Ling looked up, his face was not panicked at all, but after seeing the person coming, his momentum became a little more energetic, "What did I do?!" Aren't I helping you, your fish restaurant is clean and closed, save quiet, your own cloth village is not tidy, you have to open a broken fish restaurant, not to mention, but also tired the cloth village there is no one to take care of, how much money has been lost! ”

Guan Wei ran down angrily, and before he could finish his scolding words, his little sister scolded her head and face with a crackling face.

He looked at the two of them standing on the side, and his handsome face showed a slight hatred for iron and steel, lowered his voice, and said in a deep and serious manner: "Do you know what you're talking about!" This is outside, not in the house, and the words are still so impertinent, and they talk about everything, and they are not afraid that people will listen to it! ”

"Hmph, what kind of people listen, I think you are weak-hearted, you go out and ask, look at this town, who doesn't know that the eldest young master of the Guan family spent half of his family property to open such a fish restaurant, and the silver was not earned, and he lost the silver day and month!"

Guan Ling's momentum was not weak at all, especially when he heard Guan Wei's good-faced words, it was even more difficult to control his temper, and he said sneeringly:

"Outsiders call you a philanthropic prince, the vegetables in the fish restaurant can't be sold, and they all give charity to the little beggar to eat, if you are not a good person, what else can it be?"

These sarcastic words made Guan Wei, who was already good-looking, quite annoyed and angry, his face flushed with anger, and he glared at Guan Ling angrily.

Guan Ling glared back without giving an inch.

The two of them argued in front of Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi like this, you said a word, and I argued a word.

The shopkeeper on the side looked left and right, and several times he wanted to interrupt the quarrel between the brother and sister, but he was scolded back by his eyes, so he could only stand on the side and watch anxiously.

Hua Shi turned his head and glanced at Xie Mingchi, Xie Mingchi was also looking at her, but his face was very calm, and he was not disturbed by the scene in front of him at all.

"Two owners," Hua Shi coughed lightly, interrupting the siblings' continued argument.

Guan Wei and Guan Ling paused, turned their heads together, and looked in the direction of Hua Shi.

The faces of the two of them were especially angry with the anger on their faces, and they looked at her with an angry expression.

Hua Shi was not frightened by the expressions of the two, and said slowly: "If the restaurant has no business because of the dishes, I may have a way to help you." ”

Guan Wei stared at her, his face was full of doubts, but there was a trace of hope hidden in his eyes, and he asked repeatedly: "Do you have a way?" What's your idea? ”

Xie Mingchi was also a little puzzled, and turned his head to look at Hua Shi.

Hua Shi handed him a slightly calm look.

"Can you take me to the back kitchen of your restaurant?" Instead of answering directly, Hua Shi changed the subject and asked.

Guan Ling's face on the side was full of doubts, and when he looked at the flowers, he looked at his eldest brother again, and just about to choke, he swallowed back.

She wanted to see what she could do to save the tavern......

Guan Wei didn't believe it because he heard her say that there was a way, but hesitantly looked at the two of them several times, and asked first: "What are you two doing here?" ”

Before Hua Shi could speak, the shopkeeper on the side immediately said: "The two of them are here to sell fish, saying that they are fishermen." ”

Take a meal.

She didn't seem to say she was a fisherman......

As soon as Guan Wei heard this, his eyes fell on the fish basket on the table, and when he went down vertically, he saw the fish in the fish basket again, and his eyes lit up.

"You caught this fish? Or did you raise it yourself? He asked again and again, looking at this appearance, obviously very interested.

"I raised it myself, but it's not mature now, and I won't have it until the beginning of July." Hua Shi repeated Fang Cai's own words.

As soon as Guan Wei heard this, he immediately understood the purpose of the two's visit.

"Are you thinking of waiting until the beginning of July to sell the fish to me?" Guan Wei asked.

"Yes, if the owner wants it, we will keep the fish in the pond." Nodding when flowering.

Guan Wei looked up and down at the clothes of the two, and suddenly asked, "Where are you two from?" ”

"Shoushan Village."

"Shoushan Village?" Guan Wei's brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and then said: "I remember that two years ago, I ordered fish from a family in your village. ”

Hua Shi didn't speak, Guan Wei said again: "That's it, tell me first, what can you do to help me?" ”

Guan Weixu really cared about the survival of this fish restaurant, thinking that there was really a way to save it, so he didn't hesitate for long, so he took Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi and walked in the direction of the back kitchen.

Guan Ling also followed behind him out of curiosity.

The four of them went together, and when they saw the huge back kitchen, there was a chef in charge and a junior apprentice in it, but they were just ......

Hua Shi looked at the kitchen full of wolves, and a fishy smell came in his nose, and the nausea fishy smell was very choking.

"Vomit...... What taste?! Stinks to death! ”

Guan Ling, who had just stepped in with his front foot, immediately took two steps back and screamed in a low voice after asking about the fishy smell.

The cook, who was cleaning the fish offal, heard the footsteps of someone opening the door curtain and walking in, his face suddenly drooped, thinking that the two ignorant shopkeepers outside had broken in again, and scolded in a low voice without looking back:

"Didn't I tell you?! Without my permission, you are not allowed to enter the back kitchen, the practice of these signature dishes is the unique skill of our Li family, do you want to steal the teacher?! ”

"Chef Li is me." Guan Wei listened to his harsh words, his brows wrinkled subconsciously, and his face became even worse when he smelled the strong fishy smell in the kitchen.

Chef Li's impatient face just appeared, and after hearing Guan Wei's voice, he immediately retracted, hurriedly wiped the fish blood on his hands with his clothes, and turned his head to look at the group behind him.

"Big Boss...? And the second owner, why are you here? Who are these two...? ”

Chef Li wiped his hands a little helplessly, and asked in a hesitant voice.

Guan Wei looked at the messy kitchen with a gloomy face, and scolded coldly: "Didn't you say that you were researching new dishes?" Making the kitchen look like this is what you said about research dishes?! ”

Looking at the angry look of the owner, Chef Li panicked for a moment, and then immediately calmed down and said: "Yes, this fish is already fishy and smelly, if you want to make it delicious, of course you have to keep trying." ”

Guan Wei looked at his calm appearance, the anger on his face subsided slightly, and he snorted lowly: "Then let me see the dishes you have studied in the past few days." ”

Seeing that his expression softened, Chef Li became more and more calm: "The owner is not good yet, the new dishes are not so easy to research, and it will take some more time." ”

Guan Wei's face was not very good, his face was calm, and he didn't speak.

Chef Li's skillful way of speaking, obviously accustomed to this posture, was appeased, smug, and swore again: "Don't the owner still believe me? Haven't you tasted the sour soup fish I made before? ”

Referring to his specialty dishes, Guan Wei's face softened slightly, and he waved his hand, "Okay, okay, you can just do your own work, I'll take someone to take a look." ”

"Okay." Chef Li agreed happily, but a pair of eyes vaguely glanced at Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi behind Guan Wei, and his eyes seemed to be very vigilant.

Guan Wei looked back at the flower and said, "Look at it." ”

Hua Shi took two steps forward, looked around at the spacious back kitchen, and his eyes fell on Chef Li's body and the fish he was chopping.

She took two more steps forward, until she walked to Chef Li's side, and watched him handle the fish in his hands, very rusty, not at all like a cook, but like an outsider.

Chef Li held the hand of the knife to chop the fish, and as the flower time approached, he obviously stiffened, frowned, glanced at her with his eyes, and held back his anger.

Hua Shi suddenly said, "Why don't you clean the gills first?" Instead, chop the fish directly into pieces? ”

The fish obviously had to clean the internal organs first, and then cook the whole fish in the pot, but the cook did the opposite, and the raw ones didn't even clean the belly of the fish, and the fish was chopped into pieces, and the internal organs ran out......

Chef Li immediately seemed to be ignited because of Hua Shi's words, and the kitchen knife in his hand looked heavily on the wooden cutting board, making a "bang" sound.

"What do you mean?!" Chef Li blew his beard and stared at Hua Shi.

Hua Shi dodged two steps back, and the blood from the kitchen knife almost spilled onto her clothes.

And Chef Li's annoyed and angry words, it took time to understand why the business of this restaurant was bleak......

In the final analysis, the chef is not a chef, this Chef Li is obviously an expert, why is the owner of this restaurant... Can't you see it too?

Hua Shi ignored the annoyed and angry Chef Li, but turned his head to look at Guan Wei on the side.

Guan Wei was also looking at her blankly, not feeling anything wrong at all.

"What do you mean?! Can I still make my own dishes in your turn as a little girl?! Chef Li was angry by her direct ignorance, panting roughly, staring at his bloodshot eyes, and asked angrily.

Hua Shi ignored him, but walked in the direction of the kitchen door, and walked past everyone in three or two steps and walked out of the back kitchen.

Chef Li stared at him, and wanted to scold something, but was swept back by Guan Wei's eyes.

Outside the door of the back kitchen, Guan Wei frowned and stared at Hua Shi with an unhappy expression, "What the hell are you selling?" What do you mean? ”

Guan Ling sneered, "I see that your restaurant is hopeless, and you are counting on a fisherwoman to give you ideas, you are crazy!" ”

Guan Wei ignored his sister's sneering words, and kept staring at Hua Shi.

Hua Shi pondered for a moment, suddenly looked at the two brothers and sisters of the Guan family, and asked, "Didn't you notice anything wrong?" ”

These two people obviously saw the messy appearance of the back kitchen, why didn't they have the slightest doubt that it was the cook's problem...?

“… What's wrong? Guan Wei asked with a frown.

"Then Chef Li is not a cook at all, he is obviously an amateur, don't you see it?" Flower time said bluntly.

Guan Wei's brows furrowed even tighter, as if he didn't believe Hua Shi's words.

Guan Ling on the side showed a thoughtful expression, and after some mention, he seemed to recall something wrong.

Guan Wei said: "Impossible, I have tasted the sour soup fish made by Chef Li, as well as the dishes on the side, how can he not be a cook." ”

Hua Shi continued: "If you don't believe him, just stare at him and ask him to make you a sour soup fish to try." ”

Guan Wei was silent and didn't speak, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.

Guan Ling nodded, looked at his eldest brother, slapped Guan Wei on the back, and said, "Brother, what are you hesitating about?" As soon as I looked at the cook's eyebrows, I knew that it was not a good thing, and you believed in him so much, I see, our restaurant business is not good, just because the cook can't cook, and he is not a cook at all! ”

Guan Wei said in a deep voice, "I have eaten the sour soup fish he made, and it tastes excellent." ”

Otherwise, why would he invite him to come over at a high price to be the master, he believes that his tongue has tasted it, and the taste is very good......

"What about you? Maybe he used some kind of trick to deceive you?! In my opinion, the problem is with this cook! ”

The more Guan Ling thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and remembered the words she had heard outside a long time ago......

Those who have come to the restaurant to eat fish, some people have said that the fish in the fish restaurant is fishy and unpalatable, and the price set by the owner is still expensive.

She heard about it later, and came to his brother to tell him about it, but her brother told her not to listen to the nonsense of those people outside, saying that she had eaten the sour soup fish made by the cook, and it tasted very good, and there could be no problem, as for why the business was not good......

Her brother always thought that the price was too high, ordinary people couldn't afford it, and over time, everyone was reluctant to come over to eat, and his brother regarded himself as high and unwilling to reduce the price, so for two or three years, he has been dragging it out like this, and I don't know how much silver he has lost!

Guan Wei, who was originally hesitant, listened to Guan Ling's words, immediately settled down, turned around in silence, and walked back towards the back kitchen.

Guan Ling immediately followed.

Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi, who fell behind them, stood in place and did not move.

Xie Mingchi's gaze fell on Hua Shi's calm face, his eyes crossed a trace of deep thought, and then asked, "Ah Shi, how can you see that the cook is not a cook?" ”

Hua Shi came back to his senses, looked up, thought about it, and asked, "Didn't you see it?" ”

Xie Mingchi scratched the back of his head and shook his head, "No." ”

He didn't look closely, and asked the fishy smell inside, wondering if the fish was not fresh, otherwise how could the smell be so smoky......

"I saw that he was unfamiliar with the fish, and when we suddenly went into the back kitchen, he looked flustered and weak-hearted, so I guessed it," Hanati explained. ”

Xie Mingchi nodded and asked, "Shall we go in and have a look?" ”

"No, it's too smoky inside, as long as the brother and sister surnamed Guan are not too stupid, they should be able to detect that something is wrong with the chef."

Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi waited outside for about half an hour, and there was a strange movement in the back kitchen, which seemed to be Guan Wei's irrepressible anger, mixed with the cook's panicked voice.

The two looked at each other, and after a while, there was a sound of footsteps on the side, and it was Guan Ling walking out of the back kitchen.

Guan Ling's face was embarrassed, obviously angry with something, and it wasn't until he saw Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi standing outside that he slightly restrained the emotions leaking from his face.

Hua Shi looked at Guan Ling's back as he walked away, and guessed that the brother and sister surnamed Guan should know the truth of the matter......

Guan Ling, who walked out, didn't know where to go and brought four strong men with tall oxen and big horses, tigers and bears, and walked over from outside, with a menacing momentum.

Hua Shi pulled Xie Mingchi to retreat to the corner tower and get out of the way.

Guan Ling nodded his head at the two of them again, and then led the four strong men into the back kitchen, and after a while, there was a terrible scream from inside.

Listening to the voice, it was like the cry of Chef Li, mixed with another slightly immature cry......

When Xie Mingchi lowered his eyes and looked at the flowers, he suddenly praised in a low voice: "Ah Shi, you are so smart." ”

Hua Shi was in a daze, and suddenly heard his low voice, some didn't react, and subconsciously asked: "What is smart?" ”

Xie Mingchi smiled and said repeatedly: "I said, Ah Shi is really smart, I only looked at it twice, and I guessed that the cook was a fake." ”

Hua Shi touched his nose and whispered: "It was the chef who was a thief and exposed, and I found out." ”

In fact, there is an obvious loophole, but I don't know what kind of decoction medicine the cook gave Guan Wei, and he can hide it for so long, and the brother and sister surnamed Guan have never found out, and they are really lucky enough to hide it......

The two were talking, and there was a strange movement in the back kitchen, a crackling sound, and in a blink of an eye, I saw the four big men, dragging a person, out of the back kitchen.

When I looked at it, it was the cook I had just seen.

Only at the first sight, the cook was beaten and covered in blood, and the blood trail dragged out a bloody trail from head to toe along the ground......

Hua Shi saw that the cook's head seemed to be broken, dripping blood, and his hand seemed to be twisted and broken, curled up in a twisted position, with a blue nose and swollen face, and there was still a look of being just commanding.

The two brothers and sisters surnamed Guan walked out of the back kitchen after a while.

Guan Wei's face was very ugly, and there was still a trace of ruthlessness that had not subsided, and his dark eyes were staring at the blood stains that spread to his head on the ground, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Guan Ling, who was one step behind, although his face was ugly, he showed a disgusting and disgusting emotion very simply.

"It's really hateful, I knew that his surname was Li, I should have guessed it, and sure enough, it was a spy sent by the Li family restaurant, and he hid it so deeply, and he didn't find out for two or three years, just to bring us down! Damn it! ”

Guan Ling said in a low voice.

When I thought of the time when I didn't realize it before, the people on the Li family's side didn't know what to look at the two of them, and it was estimated that they watched their brother and sister being played around, and I don't know how many times they laughed at them!

Guan Wei slightly restrained the unkind face on his face, looked at Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi who were standing on the side, suppressed the anger that surged up, and said: "Thank you for the reminder just now, otherwise I don't know how long I will be hidden, that cheap bone, I treat him well, he actually deceived me like this, and made me so miserable." ”

As he spoke, Guan Wei was holding back a mouthful of old blood, and he was almost about to come up again.

He paused, remembered what Hua Shi said at the beginning, and asked, "What kind of way did the girl say at the beginning that there is a way to help us?" ”

He didn't remember what it was......

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