Chapter 8: Counting the Fishbeard
Buying a variety of fresh ingredients is something that every restaurant needs to do every day.
Grocery shopping, something that seemingly ordinary people might do every day, is like a war for the chefs of the top hotels who come to the farmers' market before dawn.
The freshest and best ingredients in the market are often not available every day, and the supply will not be so abundant.
Some fresh and top-notch goods can be encountered, which is like hitting the luck.
Therefore, the market came with the night, and the top chefs in the city seemed to be incarnated as detectives, and the competition was all about eyesight.
When you see those sharp goods, you must not hesitate to make a timely move, and even half of the hesitation may become someone else's pocket.
Therefore, after Feng Yifan and the owner of the vegetable stall determined the vegetables, he rushed to the Yusheng area in the farmers' market first.
And only in the city's largest farmers' market where Feng Yifan came could he buy the freshest goods.
Stepping into the Yusheng area, the guys and bosses of the first few stalls immediately surrounded them and greeted them warmly.
Feng Yifan was naturally unmoved, because he knew very well that at the beginning, the terrain of several houses was so good, and most of them had nothing good, and even if they were, they had already been snatched away by others.
Ignoring the enthusiastic stall guys and bosses, he walked in silently like a passer-by all the way, seemingly casual glances, but accurately scanning.
After walking through more than a dozen stalls, I have come to the middle of Yusheng District, and the boss of each stall will greet him warmly.
However, Feng Yifan always seemed to be a passerby, smiling at everyone who was enthusiastic, but his eyes seemed to be inadvertent, carefully sweeping all the fish inside and outside each stall.
After walking a few more steps, when Feng Yifan's eyes swept over a small stall, he was suddenly attracted by the fish in a huge iron basin in the stall, and he didn't want to think about it, so he took three steps and made two steps to rush directly into the stall.
But before Feng Yifan could open his mouth to call someone, the other two figures also stepped into the small stall at the same time.
Dangdangdang.
The younger of the two people who came in with Feng Yifan lightly knocked on the iron basin in the stall, and then shouted inside: "What about people?
After a while, the small door in the middle of the stall opened, and out of the door came a sleepy-eyed middle-aged man wearing shorts and slippers, and his hair and beard were messy.
Seeing the two people who entered the door with Feng Yifan, the middle-aged man quickly woke up and stepped forward with a smiling face.
"Oh, Chef Zhang, what do you want today? I'm a little good today. ”
Among the two who came in together, another middle-aged man who was a little older and a little more elegant nodded lightly, and then looked down at the fish in the iron basin.
Without waiting for the elegant middle-aged man to speak, the young man in the same company obviously figured out the meaning and asked directly: "Boss, how do you sell this pot of fish?"
The boss looked at the fish in the iron basin, and then said with a smile: "Chef Zhang, you are an old customer, if you want, I will give you a 60." ”
When the young man heard this, he was immediately unhappy: "What? 60 pounds? Boss, are you mistaken? Can catfish be sold for this price?"
The boss thought for a moment and said, "Otherwise, I'll give you 55, it's always okay, right?"
The elegant middle-aged chef Zhang only spoke at this time: "35, I want it all, go back and send it back to me." ”
This price made the boss very embarrassed: "Chef Zhang, this price is really not good, my fish ......."
Without waiting for the boss to finish speaking, Feng Yifan, who was standing on the side, preemptively said: "I want 60 pounds, weigh it, send me a trip." ”
Feng Yifan's sudden interjection made the other three people in the stall stunned, and six eyes instantly converged on him.
Seeing that the three of them were stunned, Feng Yifan smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"
When the boss heard this, he quickly responded: "Sell, sell, how can you not sell? Are you really sure? 60 pounds?
Feng Yifan nodded: "Yes, it's 60 pounds, but if you deliver it to me, you can't kill me." ”
When the boss heard this, he patted his chest and said, "You can rest assured that this will be sent to you alive." ”
Seeing that Feng Yifan took out the money, the middle-aged boss over there had already begun to weigh it.
The young man who had been bargaining with the boss spoke again: "Boss, you have to talk about first-come, first-come, right? We haven't said if you want it or not, you just sell it to someone else?"
The boss rolled his eyes and said, "You guys are too expensive, people are willing to bid for money, I have a small business, whoever pays will sell it to whomever I want." ”
The young man was suddenly unhappy: "How can you be like this, the boss? My master has always purchased from your family, if you are like this, then we will consider changing to another family in the future." ”
These words were obviously very lethal, and the boss's weighing hand was obviously slowed down a lot.
Feng Yifan saw a hint of arrogance on the young man's face, and deliberately raised his eyebrows at himself.
I really didn't expect to come to the farmer's market to buy a few fish and meet such interesting people.
Feng Yifan asked with a smile: "Hehehe, if you embarrass the boss like this, you are not afraid that the boss will publicize it, saying that if you buy a few fish in your restaurant, you will use coercion, and then I am afraid that the reputation of your restaurant will not be good?"
In this way, Chef Zhang, who allowed the young apprentices to bargain, did not have that elegance.
"Okay Liu Quan, we have an old relationship with Boss Fang, can we change it if we say it? Shut up, since these fish are willing to pay a high price, they can't prevent Boss Fang from making money. ”
When the young apprentice heard this, he finally didn't say anything more, but his face was obviously very unconvinced.
Chef Zhang smiled apologetically at Feng Yifan, and said to the stall owner: "Old Fang, I don't want these fish today, and you can deliver the rest according to the order." ”
Boss Fang also hurriedly dried the water on his hands, and then carefully took the list handed by Chef Zhang.
"Okay, okay, Chef Zhang, don't worry, I guarantee that they are all the best, I will arrange it for you immediately and send it to Fujinglou." ”
Hearing the name "Fujinglou", Feng Yifan couldn't help but look at Chef Zhang and his young apprentice twice.
Capturing Feng Yifan's gaze, the young apprentice suddenly regained his arrogance, raised his chin and said, "We don't lack these catfish in Fujinglou, since you have money, then you can buy it." ”
The young man's words were full of arrogance, and he also revealed a kind of Feng Yifan who didn't know anything at all, but just relied on money.
Hearing the meaning, when the master and apprentice turned around to leave, Feng Yifan reached out and stopped the master and apprentice.
The young apprentice asked unceremoniously: "What are you doing? Are you not convinced? Do you still want to do it on the street?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said: "No, no, I have been admiring Fujinglou for a long time, but I haven't had a chance to taste it yet, so I stopped the two of you because I wanted to show them something." ”
As he spoke, under the gaze of the master and apprentice, Feng Yifan walked to the big iron basin and stretched out his hand to pull out the head of a fish.
"One, two, three, four......"
In front of the master and apprentice, Feng Yifan carefully counted the four whiskers under the fish's mouth.
After reading it, the young apprentice looked confused, and it wasn't until Feng Yifan put the fish back in the basin that he asked strangely, "Is this the end?"
But without Feng Yifan opening his mouth, Chef Zhang arched his hand to Feng Yifan: "Zhang Fenglin has been taught today." ”
Then he called the young apprentice and turned around and left this inconspicuous little stall together.
Looking at the back of the master and apprentice, the corners of Feng Yifan's mouth rose slightly and muttered: "Zhang Fenglin of Fujinglou? Well, he is also a master, but unfortunately he is a little arrogant." ”
The fish seller, Boss Fang, had already weighed the fish, and then stepped forward and asked, "Where do you want to send this fish?"
Feng Yifan replied and said, "Oh, send it to Su Ji, but you have to wait for me, I have to buy other things, and you can send it over after you buy it." ”
Boss Fang nodded and said, "Okay, then you go, I'll keep these fish for you." ”
Waiting for Feng Yifan to pay the money and leave, Boss Fang suddenly woke up while distributing goods to Fujinglou: "Su Ji, didn't old Su Tou have a stroke? Who is this young man?"
The probe went out to search, and Feng Yifan's figure had disappeared into the lively street market outside.
......
Liu Quan followed the master out of the way, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Master, what does that number of fish whiskers mean by showing you?"
Zhang Fenglin sighed: "Alas, I took a look, those catfish are wild in the river, and they should have only been caught for a short time." ”
Hearing this, Liu Quan was stunned for an instant, and he also understood why Master was so annoyed after reading the fish beard? Because he made Master miss the most delicious fish in that pot.