Chapter 107,

So Changqi only rested at home for one day and then started working as usual. He sold mutton soup and duck oil pancakes in the morning and welcomed customers into the store for lunch at noon.

In the evening, I joined them in selling braised meat and pot stickers.

However, it's all a rotation. Now that there are more diners in the restaurant, Su Guoer is not stingy with the wages and has hired two more people to help with chores during the busy lunch period.

One hour costs 300 coins, which is enough for the boss to spend for two or three days.

Therefore, many people are willing to do it.

The manpower issue has been resolved, but...

At noon, Su Guoer felt a little worried as she watched the anxious diners waiting outside, half the street filled with people standing. Not only that, even those sitting by the wall were waiting, or enjoying a bowl of rice and braised pork dishes.

They don't mind either.

But Su Guoer became more determined to expand her store, and sighed: "This store is really a little small now."

Yunniang was standing outside with her, greeting customers. Seeing this, she also said, "Yes, our restaurant has so many customers. There are more than a dozen restaurants nearby!"

This is the truth. After all, there are no diners waiting anxiously outside any restaurant at noon. They are all workers who have to go to work. Time is money. Logically speaking, if there are too many people here, they should go eat somewhere else.

But she just chose Su Guoer's restaurant.

Finally, Yunniang said: "Our braised meat is unique. Most people come here just for this braised meat." As she spoke, Su Guoer also echoed: "Yes, workers don't have the energy to work if they don't eat meat."

"Look at these bustling people, they are all workers doing hard labor." They are wearing coarse clothes, and their faces don't have much energy. You can tell at a glance that they are people who make a living at the bottom of society.

This braised meat is delicious and cheap, so there is a constant stream of workers coming.

As a result, those big shots didn't come here often, which made Su Guoer feel a little regretful. However, the environment in the store was indeed a bit too noisy, so it was normal that they didn't want to come.

After all, those people are not short of money, and what they eat is for the taste, quiet environment and scenery.

Just as she was thinking about it, there was a "crackling" sound from next door. The loud sound startled Su Guoer and even Yunniang, who was standing next to her, was startled by the sound. She looked towards the next door curiously, saying, "What's going on?"

The two looked at each other, and Su Guoer said, "It sounds like the sound of dishes breaking."

Yunniang: "There can't be so many broken dishes, right?" But the continuous and crisp 'crackling' sound meant that there were quite a few broken dishes, which surprised Su Guoer.

The noise alarmed many diners, who came out to take a look and asked, "What's going on at Mingyuelou? Did they destroy the restaurant?"

"Only by smashing a store can such a big commotion be created, right?"

"Yes, yes, is it going to go bankrupt?"

"But I think it's almost over. Mingyue Tower is about to go out of business. It's been losing money so far."

"Hey, what are you talking about? A lean camel is still bigger than a horse."

The man said: "A camel is a camel, a horse is a horse, but this Mingyue Tower is no longer viable. There are no diners."

As they were talking, they spontaneously carried their bowls out of Su Guoer's restaurant and walked over to take a look. Su Guoer and Yunniang followed closely behind, wanting to see what was going on inside.

However, the others went to join in the fun, but Su Guoer was worried that if this noise came back, Miss Yan would suffer a loss.

Knowing that she recently intended to take back the shop, this was naturally a difficult matter.

But unexpectedly, the diner holding the bowl had just stopped in front of the door of Mingyue Tower, and then something like a vase was thrown out directly from inside, and it happened to fall at the feet of the man holding the bowl, making a crisp "click" sound.

Seeing a jade vase shattered into pieces! "Ouch, what are you doing in here?" The man dodged a little and said hurriedly to the people behind him.

"What's going on? This vase is pretty valuable, right?"

But then two smaller potted plants were thrown out and almost hit the diners' heads. This time no one went over to join in the fun.

Everyone stood far away, not daring to get close for fear of missing out on the spectacle. So, they all held their food trays to watch, and they watched with great gusto. As expected, people's gossip is invincible.

Su Guoer leaned in closer and heard a man's voice whispering, "Smash everything in this shop! Let us go without paying us. Even if we take this to the government, we'll be in the right! Why aren't you paying us?"

Then a female voice said calmly, "Silver? We've already handed the silver to your shopkeeper. If you want silver, go ask him for it."

The laborer: "What? Let us go and ask for it ourselves? Why? This is your family's business, why do you ask us laborers to bear the risk? There is a disagreement among your family, why do you ask us laborers to be caught in the middle? Do you believe us if you don't pay us? We will go to the government office and sue you!"

"I'm accusing your family of colluding to cheat us laborers. Who knows if you're colluding and deliberately not paying us?"

The portly man in the lead spoke sharply, and one could tell from his clean-shaven face that he was someone not to be trifled with. As for his identity as a farmhand...

Of course that's not the case.

The farmhand also has to work in the store. This guy is so fat that he doesn't look like a thin farmhand at all.

Qingluan knew at first glance that this man was a troublemaker. He used to hang out with the escaped shopkeeper Wu and probably made a lot of money from him.

This time... maybe someone asked him to stir up trouble on purpose?

But Qingluan didn't care about that and just said, "If you have the guts, go to the government office and file a complaint! We've already paid you the silver, so it won't help even if you file a complaint with the government."

The other day, I gave the silver to Mother Wu's son, the shopkeeper Wu, and told him to arrange the staff in the store as soon as possible so that she could take over the store for her own use.

But who knew that Shopkeeper Wu ran away after getting the silver? He ran away so quickly that he embezzled the silver and has not been found to this day.

The leading farmhand: "You...you!"

"Well, brothers, let's stay here today until they pay us. What do you say?" Everyone around, regardless of gender, shouted, "Okay!"

This clearly shows that he wants to fight Qingluan to the end.