Chapter 198 The Grapes Were Smashed
"For two consecutive days, Miss Mengzhi sang one show every day, and her voice is no longer sore." Xiao Jiuyue expressed her doubts about this news. She said, "The other members of the Dong family troupe only sang two shows."
"When we left tonight, Miss Mengzhi complained about her throat." Shopkeeper Zeng said angrily, "If I hadn't learned from Miss Xiao about the tenfold penalty, I'm afraid I'd be embarrassed tomorrow."
"It was agreed that Miss Mengzhi would sing at Fengchunlou for three days, and she's only been singing for two days. If Miss Mengzhi can't perform tomorrow, then Fengchunlou will be offended by outsiders!"
After Shopkeeper Zeng finished speaking, he sighed and said, "I clearly wrote it in the contract agreement. If Miss Mengzhi can't sing for three consecutive days, she will have to pay ten times the liquidated damages."
Shopkeeper Zeng slapped her face and said with a smile, "When I took out the contract, Miss Mengzhi's face changed. Dong Banjia also looked at the contract again and again, and finally left in anger."
Xiao Jiuyue gave Shopkeeper Zeng a thumbs-up and asked, "Shopkeeper Zeng, who do you think is most likely to have done this?"
"It's hard to say for now. We've only been in Hongdu a short time. The food in the restaurant is delicious, especially the dishes with fresh vermicelli. Even the cabbage is better than the ones fried in other restaurants!"
Shopkeeper Zeng was very confident in Fengchunlou. He said, "No matter who is causing trouble, as long as we can survive the first three days of opening, we won't have to worry about customers coming to eat there in the future, thanks to our delicious dishes."
"Now I'm worried whether the other party will pay the five hundred taels of silver for Miss Mengzhi?" Shopkeeper Zeng expressed his concerns. On the way here, he was thinking, what if the person behind Miss Mengzhi was determined to repay the five hundred taels of silver for her?
"How many vegetables can I sell for five hundred taels of silver for free?" Xiao Jiuyue smiled at Shopkeeper Zeng and said, "Hongdu is the capital city. Our goal is to make everyone think of Fengchunlou when they mention Hongdu. We're just an opera troupe. We can't just follow Miss Mengzhi's reputation and say whatever she wants, right?"
"In all of Hongdu Prefecture, the Dong family is the most powerful!" Shopkeeper Zeng sighed and said, "I'm afraid we won't be able to hire them in the future."
"If we can't hire the Dong family, we still have the Zhu family, the Wang family, and the Zhao family. There's always a way out, and there's always a mountain higher than the other." Xiao Jiuyue consoled him, "Besides, as long as the food in our restaurant is good, that's all we need."
"Miss Xiao is right. Our restaurant is about serving customers. I've put the cart before the horse." Shopkeeper Zeng, feeling uneasy when he first arrived, was now completely relieved. He said excitedly, "Miss Xiao, this is today's account book!"
"Manager Zeng, it's troublesome to keep the account books every day, right?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the account books and smiled, "I trust Manager Zeng."
"I know, but Miss Xiao, I just want to make you happy." Shopkeeper Zeng's smile reached his ears. Yesterday he sent a pigeon to announce the good news to the Third Prince!
"Thank you for your hard work these past few days, Manager Zeng." Xiao Jiuyue looked at the figures in the account book and was in a very good mood. "It seems that we have made a good start in Hongdu Prefecture City. Let's keep up the good work and make everyone think of Fengchunlou when they want to eat."
"If that's the case, that would be great." Shopkeeper Zeng left without staying long.
Before leaving, Shopkeeper Zeng thanked Xiao Jiuyue again. If he had not learned about the penalty for breach of contract from Xiao Jiuyue, he really would have had no way to deal with Miss Mengzhi.
The next day, Shopkeeper Zeng was feeling anxious. Although the other party wanted to pay him five hundred taels of silver as compensation, compared to the silver, the appearance of Miss Mengzhi was the most important thing!
Xiao Jiuyue also went to the private room on the second floor. When she saw Miss Mengzhi come on stage and began to sing, and listened to the cheers of the fans, she sipped her tea carefully and chuckled, "It seems that the other party is reluctant to part with the five hundred taels of silver."
"Money doesn't just fall from the sky. If it were me, I wouldn't even give you fifty taels, let alone five hundred!" Luo Kui leaned against the window and said, "You said the Dong family troupe's singing isn't as good as the Shengjing troupe. They're paying quite a bit for this."
"Well, that's not the case." Xiao Jiuyue nodded in agreement and said, "People from Hongdu are rich."
"Miss, what you said is true." Luo Kui immediately turned around and said, "When I went to Wan'an Street, I found that those people really don't treat money as money when buying things!"
"Oh, there's also a glass shop. The things there are also very beautiful. But you can't see them if you go there normally. I heard that the owner went out to sea and has to come back before he can sell his goods."
Luo Kui was gossiping a lot. She and Lian Xin took turns serving the young lady, so she heard a lot of gossip.
"Oh?" Xiao Jiuyue finally understood after asking. No wonder she hadn't seen this shop on Wan'an Street the last time. It turned out it was closed. She asked, "How many months does it take for a trip? Doesn't that mean it's only open for a few months?"
"Yeah, I heard that as soon as the boss came back, some of the things in the Liulifang were sold out!" Luo Kui said excitedly, "The young lady had some transparent bottles before, but the Liulifang in Hongdu probably gets their goods from overseas, so there are more of these styles."
"Then next time the shopkeeper comes back, we can go and take a look." Xiao Jiuyue said, "Luo Kui, prepare the carriage."
When Xiao Jiuyue thought of Wan'an Street, she thought of the grape seller and she went out immediately.
After a cup of tea, Xiao Jiuyue arrived at the place where grapes were sold.
"Grapes, my grapes." Aisan's exotic voice rang out in Wan'an Street. Xiao Jiuyue could hear it from a distance.
"You liar, you clearly said that these grapes are from Xijiang Kingdom, but I just heard him say that they were sent from Beiyang!" A strong man grabbed a man and kicked him directly in front of Aishan.
"Ouch." The man lay on the ground, his face bruised and swollen from the beating, and he didn't dare to look up at Aishan at all.
"You're mistaken, you're mistaken." Aishanli, wearing clothes from the Xijiang Kingdom, explained, "My goods were shipped from Xijiang and are only stored in Beiyang. Otherwise, how could we transport so many grapes?"
"These are the grapes I planted myself. Ouch!" Aishanli looked at the grapes that fell to the ground. He was reluctant to throw away the smashed grapes. He blew on them and ate them. He shouted, "You have to compensate me for my grapes."
"Do you think we'll believe you just made up an excuse?" A female voice rang out, saying, "Brother Xiao, these are Beiyang grapes, not Xijiang grapes at all. Why are you selling them to us for fifty cents a pound?"
"Hanhan is right. If these grapes are really from Beiyang, then the price should be calculated based on Beiyang grapes. Although we don't lack the money, we can't be fools."
Zhuang Xianxian spoke gently and looked at Xue Lingxiao who was standing in the center. He was standing there in a brocade robe, with the corners of his lips casually curled up, and his pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes seemed to be smiling, making people unable to look away.
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