Chapter 246 Proposal

If I like someone, I like him. A man from the grassland will not hide his feelings, nor does he need to hide them. He almost missed it before because of his pretentiousness.

Zhao Tingduo was originally hesitant about how to confess his feelings so as not to be misunderstood by Miss Song as being too promiscuous, but he did not expect to hear Song Liyun's thoughts at this time.

Those words sounded like the magical sound of immortality.

Zhao Tingduo was wearing a long gown with dark indigo brocade patterns today, with an indigo silk sash tied around his waist. He looked steady and refreshing. With a bright smile on his face, he looked even more handsome and imposing.

He took out a bloodstone from his waist, suppressed his heartbeat, lifted his clothes, knelt on one knee, looked at Song Liyun openly and said: "Yun'er, this is my true heart, please accept it!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Song Liyun's hand and placed a thumb-sized stone, as red as blood, into her palm.

"this……"

Song Liyun was already frightened at this time.

She just wanted to test it out, but she didn't expect the deal to be made with just one sentence.

Holding the bloodstone, she felt as if she was holding a ball of boiling fire. Even if she didn't have good eyesight, she could tell that the bloodstone was worth a lot of money.

Song Liyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Her face flushed crimson, and her heart was pounding: Oh my God, please strike me to death with lightning! What should I do? What should I do?

Her understanding of Zhao Tingduo was limited to the fact that she was not married yet, but he was proposing to her now... too fast!

It feels like all I wanted to do was ride a bike and enjoy the flowers, but I ended up riding a rocket... I feel like I've let myself down!

When Zhao Tingduo saw her expression at this moment, her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were full of affection. This coquettishness was completely different from her usual boldness and fierceness. He suddenly felt his throat tighten and his eyes were fixed on her.

There was a sound coming from outside. If someone saw Ah Shi kneeling down in front of him, who knows what would be said.

Song Liyun was sweating. She grabbed the bloodstone and pulled Zhao Tingduo up: "Okay, I accept!"

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Among the teahouses and taverns in Qili County, Tianxianglou, which had been very popular for the past two months, suddenly became a hot topic again.

Everyone says that Tianxianglou learned the barbecue from Chef Gao of Jinxilou.

As for Jin Xi Lou, they showed no intention of refuting the rumors. When the rumor reached them, the staff even said something ambiguous: "Alas! Poor Chef Gao! His reputation, which he had worked so hard to build, was taken advantage of by an outsider."

After being passed back and forth, it almost became a done deal.

In Zuichunlou, Huang Changsheng's face turned ashen.

He ran into several setbacks with Song Liyun, and not only did he not gain any benefits, he was also made a laughing stock.

As the head of the culinary industry, Shen Leyan has always been timid and only showed up now.

Only now do I know that Jinxilou used this trick.

Song Liyun was originally taking advantage of the fame of Tianxianglou, and she used grilled skewers, which were similar to the previous signature dish, grilled lamb chops.

Once Jinxilou made its statement, Tianxianglou had no choice but to refute it.

Even if the barbecued meat tastes better than Gao Li’s, we can still say that “a good teacher produces good students”.

This is the unsolvable trick.

Despite the rumors, Song Liyun was not idle either.

She no longer stayed in Tianxianglou every day to take care of business, but instead took Zhou Xiang, Zhao Tingduo and Abu for a stroll.

Over the course of two days, the four of them visited every restaurant, pastry shop, candy shop, and winery in Qili County.

There was nothing wrong in the first half of the day, but seeing a few people coming in and out, they soon attracted the attention of those idle people.

As soon as Song Liyun and her friends left a dried fruit shop, some curious people came to inquire about it.

At this time, the owner of the dried fruit shop was still a little confused.

"Hey! Boss, what did the guy from Tianxianglou tell you just now?"

"Nothing was said. Steward Song said nothing!"

If you ask one person, the answer is this; if you ask two people, the answer is also this.

The idlers heard nothing that Steward Song hadn't said, and for a moment, there was a flurry of discussion: Tianxianglou's business is so busy, how could the Steward still have time to hang out outside? He must be discussing something privately.

Song Liyun and the others didn't really say anything, they just wrote down the names of the owners and shops of the famous stores.

They were wandering around the city these past two days, so naturally someone told Jinxilou about it.

Gao Li stood in front of Shen Leyan with a big smile on his face: "Boss, what can I do for you?"

Shen Leyan clasped his plump, white hands that looked like a woman's and said lightly, "Is what was spread outside a few days ago true?"

Gao Li quickly bowed and explained, "Boss, I have signed a contract with Jinxilou. How dare I spread this cooking skill to others?"

He was paid a high salary and had signed a contract with Jinxilou. If this unique skill was learned by outsiders, he would be fired.

"What do those words mean?" Shen Leyan asked again.

Outsiders don’t know whether Tianxianglou has learned Gao Li’s skills, but he, the owner, definitely knows.

By asking this question, Gao Li was also trying to realize that he was talking nonsense and that he had to find a way back so as not to tarnish the reputation of Jinxi Tower.

Gao Li said this out of a momentary anger. The embarrassment on his face only flashed by, and then he raised his head and said bitterly: "Everyone knows that Tianxianglou's current business is based on the path I paved. I just said a few words casually, and these words were spread by others.

If she comes to cause trouble, I still have something to say!"

Gao Li's resentment started from the day Song Liyun took over Tianxiang Tower.

When he was asking Song Liyun to get the deed back, he heard that the customers were all coming for him and the remuneration should be high, so he actually went back and asked his boss Shen Leyan for a 50-50 split.

Shen Leyan was not a pushover either, as he couldn't fire the newly hired chef, so he had to sell twenty grilled lamb chops a day before he could get a raise.

This sales volume is not easy to achieve. Even when Tianxianglou was doing its best business, it could only sell ten portions a day.

Gao Li felt that he was being deliberately made difficult, so he planned to go back to Tianxiang Tower.

But he had already signed a five-year contract with Jinxilou. If he wanted to leave, he would have to pay a penalty.

He couldn't come up with several hundred taels of silver, and the business of Tianxianglou was booming.

The resentment in his stomach turned, and Gao Li, feeling sour, said outside that he was the one who taught Tianxianglou.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words were spoken, Jinxilou's business improved a lot.

A serving of grilled lamb chops costs five hundred wen, which is much more expensive than the grilled skewers at Tianxianglou. Even if the taste is a little worse, customers are eating for the sentiment and the craftsmanship of the chef.

In the past few days, he asked his men to spread the word intentionally to attract more business.

When Shen Leyan heard him say this, his brows tightened. A prosperous business was of course a good thing, and he didn't want to bring disaster upon himself.

In these two months, he has figured out who is behind Tianxiang Tower.

And there are two of them, the county government office and the garrison.

It's good for people to have ambition, but it also depends on their own strength. Shen Leyan can run a restaurant steadily in Qili County, and he also has his own way of dealing with things.

That is to seek stability.

Especially that idiot Huang Changsheng, who made several stupid moves, only made Tianxianglou's momentum stronger and stronger.

(End of this chapter)